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THE IES WELCOMES ITS NEW MEMBERS
The IES is pleased to announce the addition of several new distinguished members to its Management Board and Advisory Council.
Gottfried Leibbrandt, Consultant in Education and Chairman of the EuroCampus Institute Board has joined the IES Management Board as Secretary / Treasurer.
The following people have joined our Advisory Council:
- Derek Osborn, Former President, Sustainable Development Observatory, EESC
Welcome aboard!
CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT EGGS WORLD LEADERS ON FOR A VICTORIOUS COP 15
Aiming for prosperity, security and equity
On 22 September when 100 world leaders united together at the the
Summit on Climate Change – a summit which materialised owing to the
personal initiative of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, what was loud
and clear was ‘Success in Copenhagen’.
In the Secretary General’s own words, “ The Copenhagen Conference (...) can
catalyse a global economy based on low-emissions growth that can
strengthen sustainable development and lift billions out of poverty,”
adding that success at that meeting would have positive ripple effects
for global cooperation on trade, energy, security and health.
NOT A DROP TO SPARE
The Kenyan Mau forest and drought linkage
Accused of adding to an ecological disaster around 20,000 families in
the Kenyan Mau forest hills soon risk being uprooted from their own
lands. The inhabitants of this region are being blamed for the droughts
which have affected several million of their compatriots.
The Mau forest is at the heart of Kenya’s natural water supply system
and over the last fifteen years these forests have been cleared to
provide for settlement. Now a special task force appointed by the
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga sees eviction of its inhabitants and
replanting trees as the only solution to restore the region’s water
deficit caused by deforestation.
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