Democratic Party Platform: Lots of Hot Air on Climate Change

TheRealNews

Published on Jun 30, 2016

Janet Redman, who provided testimony at the DNC Platform Committee, and Wenonah Hauter, the executive director of Food & Water Watch, address the draft’s shortcomings on the carbon tax, TPP, fracking, and fossil fuel extraction

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The Conflict is Between Wall Street and Main Street within the Democratic Party

TheRealNews

Published on Jun 30, 2016

Thanks to the Sanders movement, corporate interests in the Democratic Party are a little weaker now than a year ago, says Michael Lighty of National Nurses United

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Conservation Agriculture in arid areas – Oumarou Balarabé

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Published on Jun 30, 2016

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Oumarou Balarabé of Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (CIRAD) presents Conservation Agriculture (CA) work carried out in the context of dry zones. Balarabé talks about the main characteristics of dryland areas including short single-mode rainfall, fragile natural ecosystems, high competition on space and biomass, bushfires, small-scale agriculture and high population density.

CA affects both the determinants and effects of climate change. Balarabé introduces water balance issues arguing that CA soil management techniques result in lower levels of soil loss through run-off and erosion. Drawing on his experience in Cameroon, Balarabé demonstrates how CA methods can be highly productive in terms of improving agricultural production.

This webinar was organized as a part of a learning event on conservation agriculture for climate change mitigation that was organized by the community of practice for climate change mitigation in agriculture and CA-CoP Conservation agriculture community of practice in 2012. © FAO www.fao.org

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I Have a Seed – International Day for Biological Diversity 2016 (Alois Leidwein)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Published on Jun 30, 2016

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Message of Dr. Alois Leidwein, Director of the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Security (AGES), recorded for the European Side event titled “I Have a Seed” in occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2016, which has been held in Geneva at Palais des Nations with the aim to raise awareness on the contribution of the International Treaty to mainstreaming plant biodiversity sustaining people and their livelihoods, with particular focus on “Expanding benefits bringing non-monetary benefits to farmers”.

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UC Carbon Slam 2016: Faculty Climate Action Champions Part 1

University of California Television (UCTV)

Published on Jun 30, 2016

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Presentations from University of California Faculty Climate Action Champions, who are working to build community engagement and awareness of climate change and to discover and implement solutions. Recorded on 05/23/2016. Series: “UC Climate Solutions Channel ” [Science] [Show ID: 31050]

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Let’s talk about immigration | EU Referendum – Brexit 2016

Published on Jun 16, 2016
Are immigrants good for Britain? Or are they taking our jobs and lowering our wages?
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The issue of immigration could be tipping Britain towards a vote to leave the European Union. Anushka Asthana meets voters in Cheshire, Lancashire, Peterborough, Oxford and east London and asks about the impact of immigration on services, and joins Ukip and Tory leave supporters on the campaign trail

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Britain needs to talk about the R-word: racism – Anushka Asthana

The Guardian

Published on Jun 30, 2016
A vote for Brexit is not racist, argues the Guardian’s political editor, Anushka Asthana. But a small group with deeply racist views have hijacked the result of last week’s referendum, and are having a field day.
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Boris Johnson and others in the Leave camp have let a genie out of a bottle, and they must do whatever they can to put it back.

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Vidar Helgesen, Norway Minister of Climate and Environment

Climate Home

Published on Jun 30, 2016

Vidar Helgesen, Norway Minister of Climate and Environment speaks to Climate Home on the sidelines of the 2016 Business and Climate Summit

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Boosting food output can solve health, fiscal, & inflation problems

CCTV Africa

Published on Jun 30, 2016

At present, African states spend $ 35 B every year, importing food they can grow right here on the continent, from elsewhere. If nothing is done to reverse this mass export of capital and jobs by 2030, African states will be spending about $ 100 B, importing food. CCTV’s Ramah Nyang’ spoke to the President of the African Development Bank, and he explained why fixing agricultural output, is vital for jobs creation, poverty eradication, and the future of monetary policy.

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The Paris Climate Deal: An Inside Account of How It Happened

Boston University

Published on Feb 26, 2016
Ambassador Laurence Tubiana, France’s Special Representative to the Paris climate change talks last December, spoke publicly for the first time on February 8, 2016 about what it took to orchestrate both the two-week long climate change negotiation session and the agreement that came out of it. The event was co-hosted by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University.

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