Climate change

The climate change is happening right here, right now. The greenhouse gases are increasing at an alarming rate. The 17th annual United Nations climate conference, which aims at coming up with a successor to the Kyoto Protocol or a new international agreement, wraps up Friday in Durban, South Africa.

The U.S. position at the talks can be described as, well, nuanced. Chief climate negotiator Todd Stern says that he favors a legally binding treaty to replace Kyoto (which the U.S. Senate never ratified), but only if it holds developing nations such as China and India to the same mandatory standards as industrialized countries such as the U.S.

If not reach an agreement, that would mean catastrophic sea-level rise, drought, famine and weather-related carnage. Fortunately, we'll all be dead by then. But our progeny will not thank us.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-climate-20111209,0,3826430.story

Mª Teresa Dueñas Díaz

Drop in Sea Eagle population due to poor weather condition

The number of new-born see eagle chicks has descended by three in 2011. The spring weather has been awful and some birds nests have been broken. Although the good news is that more territorial pairs have been sited this year.

The birds were incorporated in 1975 and there is controversy about the fact that they may be reintroduced in to other areas of Scotland with the posible danger of the birds attacking people, children in particular.

It is understood that people love to see these magnificent birds soaring the skies and many people travel to Scotland to enjoy natural based tourism. The benefit to the economy is a staggering £1.4 bn per year.

I chose this article because I love birds, and find it inspiring that the ragged and bleek coasts of Scotland can house something so beautiful. I also want to pay tribute to the enormous amount of conservation work being carried out for the protection of species.


Elizabeth Pacheco Barca

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16139760

A BOOK DEDICATED TO HAITI

Three Spanish authors: Gustavo Martín Garzo, Georgina Higueras and Manuel Rivas bring to mind the hard times of the earthquake in Haiti with the title of '2 years ago and we do not forget Haiti'.
The intention of this book is to raise our spirit of solidarity which of all us feel deep down.
The result of the book sales will be assigned to a cultural project which will take place in Haiti.

I have chosen this new because I consider myself a person in solidarity with others.

Blogs.elpais.com/juan_cruz/index.html