Is climate change caused by rich countries only?

"Damage to the environment is usually associated with pollution in the highly industrialised countries. But environmental degradation is also possible in conditions of underdevelopment."

International acknowledgement, now, (even by Bush's America) that humanity bears substantial responsibility for global warming with its various negative impacts on the environment, reminded me of our publication of the paper by Prof Cooke 23 years ago.

 

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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