Can we dream for sustainable cities in Pakistan? Sustainable cities and towns are no longer a new concept in the world. However, in a country like Pakistan, they are something new -- a hard but not impossible goal.



A number of cities around the world are taking measures to make their cities sustainable. By simple way of definition, a sustainable city would be a city which can generate sufficient revenue to provide basic health care and other socio-economic facilities to its…

Hundreds of World Leaders will be gathering in Rio de Janeiro this June to discuss the health and wellbeing of all Earth’s inhabitants. Now you can weigh in! Win a chance to address World Leaders at the UN Rio+20 Earth Summit!

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As we reflect on 2011, a year of extreme weather all over the world, my thoughts have turned back to a very strange summer I experienced not long ago.



That summer, I met a government employee who was working in his office and received a frantic call from his wife. "The flood water is coming," she said.



At first, he didn't take much notice. Occasional floods are normal in our part of…

This is a good read.

Dr James Hansen provided this witness statement in support of an application to reveal the name of the seed funder of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) in the UK.  I have reproduced it in full, having previously been given permission by Dr Hansen to use his work to better inform the public by the most effective means.  To access the original article (with diagram), follow this link: …