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Climate-change summit: A deal in Durban
Dec 15th 2011, 4:00 from Print edition
Something came out of it. Which is probably better than nothing(13)
Climate change: Durban and everything that matters
Dec 12th 2011, 9:13 from Democracy in America
The global climate crisis continues (mostly) unabated(191)
Climate change: A deal in Durban
Dec 11th 2011, 6:08 from Newsbook
The UN climate negotiations end with an agreement to have more negotiations(141)
UN summit on climate change: The green scene
Dec 9th 2011, 3:46 from Newsbook
“I’M SORRY,” said the UN bureaucrat, a flush of emotion flickering across his perspiring face. “I’m sorry, but this is something that bothers me a lot.” He paused to compose himself. The problem was the Saudi Arabians, who the previous night had threatened to block the passage of a parcel of agreements at the ongoing UN climate change summit in Durban. They were demanding an addition to it—a commitment to look into ways to compensate oil producers for the losses they would suffer if the world stopped burning fossil fuels(67)
Climate-change talks: Wilted greenery
Dec 1st 2011, 4:06 from Print edition
The UN’s latest round of climate-change talks open in Durban. Even avoiding deadlock would be an achievement(88)
Climate change: The sad road from Kyoto to Durban
Dec 1st 2011, 4:06 from Print edition
The latest UN climate summit says much about why the world is failing to tackle global warming(64)
The week ahead: November 25th 2011: Acute economic problems
Nov 25th 2011, 4:17 from Newsbook
ELECTIONS in Egypt and Congo, a climate conference in Durban and Britain's chancellor of the exchequer gives his autumn statement(0)
Leaked climate-change e-mails: Climategate, part two
Nov 24th 2011, 8:55 from Babbage
Another batch of hacked e-mails sparks a fresh furore ahead of the Durban climate summit(71)
Schumpeter: Why firms go green
Nov 9th 2011, 6:47 from Print edition
Despite governments’ failure to put a price on carbon, more businesses see profits in greenery(24)
Poland's environmental politics: Green growls in Poland
May 18th 2011, 1:18 from Eastern approaches
Polish greens are fed up with government footdragging(6)
The XVIII International AIDS Society meeting: Waltzing with death
Jul 22nd 2010, 11:21 from Print edition
AIDS still kills 2m people a year. But the rate of new infections is falling and it is possible to imagine bringing the disease under control(18)
Rogue waves: Monsters of the deep
Sep 17th 2009, 11:59 from Print edition
Huge, freak waves may not be as rare as once thought(19)
The UN, Israel and racism: At risk of early derailment
Nov 27th 2008, 11:50 from Print edition
Preparations for a new global discussion on race start to go wobbly(30)
South Africa: The name game
May 24th 2007, 11:51 from Print edition
Changing names is making some people cross(0)
Stand up for your rights, March 25th
May 2nd 2007, 7:44 from Letters to the Editor: the inbox (0)
The view from the shacks
Apr 6th 2006, 12:02 from Print edition
Miserable but not quite hopeless(0)
Treating AIDS: 1.3 by 5
Mar 30th 2006, 11:20 from Print edition
The World Health Organisation's attempt to roll out AIDS drugs in poor countries has missed its target. A shame, but not a disaster(0)
South Africa and AIDS: Death by dithering
Aug 7th 2003, 12:11 from Print edition
A health tragedy compounded by government farce(0)
War, coltan and conservation: Digging a grave for King Kong?
Jul 31st 2003, 12:21 from Print edition
Congo's gorillas are in trouble. But they may yet be saved(0)
AIDS: Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst
Jul 11th 2002, 3:46 from Print edition
AIDS activists and researchers gathered in Spain to exchange ideas last week. Not all was doom and gloom(0)
Debating racism: Shambles and fury in Durban
Sep 6th 2001, 3:26 from Print edition
A United Nations world conference against racism was in tatters this week. Who is to blame?(0)
Unreconciled
Sep 5th 2001, 8:46 from Print edition
The UN racism conference in Durban is descending into farce. A compromise on the Middle East is still possible, but probably only if most mentions of the subject are cut from the final declaration. Descendants of African slaves are renewing demands for cash to compensate them for their forefathers' suffering.(0)
Close to chaos
Sep 4th 2001, 7:10 from Print edition
Outraged by attempts to label Israel the world's most racist state, American and Israeli delegations have withdrawn from the UN World Conference Against Racism. Can anything be salvaged from the mess?(0)
Vying for victimhood
Sep 3rd 2001, 1:30 from Print edition
At the UN World Conference Against Racism, delegates are squabbling bitterly over Israel and the possibility of reparations for slavery. Will the conference be derailed?(0)
Battling over racism
Aug 31st 2001, 5:44 from Print edition
The UN Conference Against Racism, which opened on Friday, has generated bitter arguments and political disputes, with the United States still considering a boycott. Will the conference help to build a consensus on how to fight a pervasive evil, or degenerate into a finger-pointing contest?(0)