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Politics : Manmade Global Warming, A hoax? A Scam? or a Doomsday Cult? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (2459)	4/30/2011 11:15:46 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 4326

Youths fight Climate Change .............................................................. Written by FRANCIS RWODZI Friday, 29 April 2011 1 thezimbabwean.co.uk HARARE - Young people who gathered for the International Youth Conference on Youth Awareness of Climate Change held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia recently implored governments to increase awareness on climate change. They challenged governments to actively promote climate change issues through incorporating climate change education into both the formal and informal education system and ensuring the availability and accessibility of related information to the public. They also challenged governments to support in-depth research on renewable energy alternatives conducted by the youth, to support networking, knowledge-sharing, and continued communication amongst youth as well as encouraging youth participation in decision-making processes on environmental issues. The participants encouraged the private sector industry to develop more environmentally friendly products and practices as well as to support youth initiative programs and promote environmental entrepreneurship by aiding small and medium enterprises. Youth Agenda Trust programmes officer and Zimbabwe Youth Council board member, Lawrence Mashungu, who attended the conference, said the youth were worried at the apparent lack of commitment on the part of governments with regard to addressing climate change issues despite the effect it is having on global food security. ‘Young people here expressed worry over the continued lack of commitment on the part of their governments to act decisively on climate change. In Zimbabwe we have been having incessant droughts for the past 15 years or so which is a clear indication of the effects of climate change but it seems this is not inducing any panic in our government and other stakeholders and even at continental level there does not seem to be any clear cut formula to deal with this scourge. It is actually disheartening to note that even this conference was sponsored by non-state actors despite the fact that the governments should be directly responsible for combating climate change. There is need for all stakeholders, that includes the government and the private sector, to continuously act to combat climate change,’ Mashungu said. The conference resolved that it was imperative for young people to be actively involved in the deliberations of environmental issues at the local, national and international level. Civil society was urged to organize and support environmental events to increase the public awareness on environmental issues; to educate and motivate people to actively engage in environmental activities and a sustainable life style; and to maintain the check and balances function to ensure the government and private sector support environmentally friendly initiatives. The conference proposed that youths should engage in community projects aimed at reducing their vulnerability to Climate Change by researching, exchanging knowledge and experience, involving media in disseminating success and inspiring stories, organizing campaigns, actively participating in climate change events and to facilitate the analysis at the community level on vulnerability and the possible ways to mitigate it. - Rwodzi is Editor of The New Age Voices published by Youth Agenda Trust

To: d[-_-]b who wrote (2459)	4/30/2011 11:17:47 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 4326

Study: London's congestion charge lessens traffic; has not improved air quality ........................................................ by Eric Loveday Apr 29th 2011 green.autoblog.com London's Congestion Charging Scheme (CCS), which was implemented back in 2003 to reduce traffic volume in central London, has had virtually no impact on air quality, according to a study published by the Health Effects Institute (HEI). The study, "The Impact of the Congestion Charging Scheme on Air Quality in London," was led by professor Frank Kelly of King's College London as part of HEI's research into measures that could positively impact health by improving air quality. Although London's CCS was implemented strictly to ease traffic flow and not necessarily reduce pollution, early projections had hinted that air quality in central London could improve because of CCS. However, HEI's study did not find consistent evidence of improved air quality resulting from the CCS, probably because air pollution respects no boundaries. Therefore, any benefit of the CCS appears to have been lost or offset by increasing regional pollution. HEI claims that any CCS-related changes in pollutant levels at roadside monitoring sites were barely even measurable. At the time of its implementation, London's CCS was a world-leading traffic intervention program aimed at controlling excessive congestion in central London. However, the findings presented by HEI suggest that such a scheme is most successful at reducing traffic, and should be promoted as such.