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Some excellent examples of how the WTO has failed developing nations

Read this............. then get as angry as i did

Greta graphic on large people

"Zambia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, with many citizens relying on wood for fuel and timber. A pioneering reforestation scheme aims to increase awareness and halt the trend"

"Climate CHIP is a non-profit website supported by charitable grants from organizations and individuals concerned about local and global threats to human health and society from climate change. We aim to provide a range of information and resources about heat stress and other health impacts of climate change." Good INTERACTIVE tools here

"In June 2012, "Welcome to the Anthropocene"-a film about the state of the planet-opened the UN's Rio+20 summit on sustainable development. The summit was the largest UN meeting to date. 3mins 38 worth watching A 3-minute journey through the last 250 years of our history, from the start of the Industrial Revolution to the Rio+20 Summit. The film charts the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological processes. "

"More than 90% of pesticide fatalities are believed to occur in developing countries. Campaigners in Ghana are pushing for tighter controls"

"Global soft drinks manufacturers are dependent on the emulsifier but with a lack of transparency over supply chains, sustainable gum arabic is hard to find" If youlike COCA COLA / PEPSI you should read this

"0.85 - the amount in degrees Celsius that the world's land and oceans warmed between 1880 and 2012. 3.7 - the amount in Celsius of extra global surface warming we will likely get between 2081 and 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions stay roughly on their current path. 14 - the number of chapters in the full Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis report. Australian scientists feature as authors in 11. 19 - the amount in centimetres the world's oceans have risen between 1901 and 2010. 36 - the number of pages in the summary document. 39 - the number of countries represented in the list of authors and review editors for the full report. 40 - the percentage rise in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere between the years 1750 and 2011. 55 - the number of countries represented in the list of expert reviewers. 63 - the amount in centimetres of extra sea level rise we will likely get between 2081 and 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions stay roughly on their current path. 90 - the percentage of the extra energy in the climate system between 1971 and 2010 that has been taken up by warming oceans. 209 - the number of lead authors who worked on the full report. 600+ - the number of contributing authors to the full report. 1089 - the number of self-appointed expert reviewers of the full report. 1250 - the number of figures (that's charts, graphs and other eye candy) contained in the full report. 2000+ - the number of pages in the full draft of Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. 9,200 - the number of scientific publications cited in the full report. 54,677 - the number of comments made on the full report by the group of self-appointed expert reviewers. 1,400,000 - the number of words in the full report. 2,000,000+ - the amount in gigabytes of numerical data gathered from computers running models of the world's climate systems. 30,000,000,000 - the tonnes of ice that "likely" melted from the Antarctic Ice Sheet on average each ye

"IPCC climate change figures: then and now - interactive From the world population total to the global temperature mean, find out what has changed since the 2007 report from the UN's climate panel, the IPCC. Click on the arrow at the bottom of the screen to take a tour of the facts and figures" YOu can SCREENSHOT the graphics to include in your work

"Drought-prone areas will become drier and wet tropical regions wetter, says Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change"

"The chairman of the IPCC warns that the only way to reduce large-scale fossil-fuel use is to 'price' carbon emissions"

"Click play on the timeline to see how fossil fuel emissions of every country have changed since 1960" This is really excellent. Spend some time understanding it the pattern

Excellent graphics - have a play what trends can you find

"Demand for sugar is triggering land conflicts, says Oxfam, as it calls on Coca-Cola and other major firms to have zero tolerance"

"Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items"

As we discovered last week in Italy, the company likes to to localise its menu. Can global chains 'do' regional specialities?

"'The results show that based on plausible climate trends and a total failure to change course, the global food supply system would face catastrophic losses, and an unprecedented epidemic of food riots'"