News Archive
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Call for carbon credits
- Released: 23 November 2007
President of Guyana says credits should be introduced as an incentive for countries to reduce levels of deforestation
Don McKinnon outlines priorities for CHOGM
- Released: 22 November 2007
A new Commonwealth Secretary-General will be elected at the Meeting
Climate change addressed at Commonwealth Youth Forum
- Released: 21 November 2007
Director of Commonwealth Foundation highlights some of the potential effects of global warming
Climate change not only environmental
- Released: 16 November 2007
Small island states already feeling the social, economic and political impact
Experts address water access in India
- Released: 24 October 2007
Increasing collaboration between public and private sectors seen as potential way to improve water supplies
Deputy Secretary-General visits Iwokrama Forest
- Released: 17 October 2007
“Iwokrama is helping us to find practical approaches that will maintain forests and the important natural services that they provide, including regulating our climate,” says Ransford Smith
More action needed to combat climate change, says Guyana’s president
- Released: 17 October 2007
“There is need for the global community to start solving the problem” -- President Bharrat Jagdeo
Foreign ministers discuss governance, climate change at annual meeting
- Released: 3 October 2007
Climate change has been on the Commonwealth agenda since 1989, says Secretary-General
Effective urban governance needed for slums, says Ransford Smith
- Released: 3 October 2007
Every human being has the right to live in security, peace and dignity, notes Deputy Secretary-General
Effective urban governance needed for slums
- Released: 1 October 2007
“By tackling the problems of slums, we can help people to realise their full potential and make a better world for all” -- Ransford Smith