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"Part 3: The Solution: Low Carbon economy" by Asoka Abeygunewardana

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From Colombo to Copenhagen: A Road Map

Climate change is rapidly leading the planet towards a catastrophe. Despite the terrible danger it poses to mankind, no one has come forward to present a sustainable solution fearing that he or she will be branded as an 'anti-development' individual who proposes a revisit back to the Stone Age. The fact that all of us should recognize but constantly choose to ignore is that the world will reach a new era after the aforementioned catastrophe that will be similar to an era that appeared on earth long before the Stone Age.

The solution is a low carbon economy. This is not a new concept. This solution has been discussed at length among the insightful and the far-thinking since the first oil shock occurred in the early 1970's.

Launch of "It has to be Climate Sustainability" by Uchita de Zoysa in Copenhagen

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Activist Uchita de Zoysa will be launching his book "It has to be Climate Sustainability" at the COP15 in Copenhagen this December. It will be available at the stalls and events of the Climate Sustainability Platform.
 
For more information about the book, visit climatesustainability.blogspot.com Order your copy now by calling +94 112769459 or by emailing betterworld@sltnet.lk. 
 

'Age of the Stupid' by Renton de Alwis

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 10/28/2009 - 12:28
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My column title this week is also the title of a recent cinematic creation of the British film maker, Franny Armstrong, who earlier directed the film McLibel and producer John Battsek of One Day in September fame. In the film, Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008, and asks; why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? The implication is that those who live now should and could have a profound impact on avoiding a climate catastrophe of the future and our inaction in changing our lifestyles can lead to devastating circumstances for our future generations.

Global Reboot Online Documentary 'The Age of Adaptation'

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'Warning on Climate Catastrophe' by Asoka Abeygunawardana

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 13:02
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'Sri Lanka ready to tackle Climate Change' by Nilma Dole

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 12:48
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As the recent Samoan Island tsunami sent shockwaves throughout Sri Lanka with many dreading the worst to come, the Director General of the Disaster Management Centre Major General Gamini Hettiarachchi said that Sri Lanka is now ready to tackle natural disasters like climate change in the future. "There are human-made disasters that have caused natural disasters and we have to face them all," he said.


'Sri Lanka Must Act Now' by Asoka Abeygunewardana

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 10/06/2009 - 13:49
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'Climate Change - Using science based information to guide policy making' speech by Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe MP at the High Level Segment of the World Climate Conference 3

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'Need for establishing a national electricity consumer movement' by Asoka Abeygunawardana

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 10:21
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Having electricity for domestic requirements is a basic need of the modern human. It is the duty of the government to provide the infrastructural facilities to provide access to electricity. The successive governments during the last 20 years with the financial assistance of multi lateral agencies and foreign governments took steps to increase the electrification rate of Sri Lanka from 30 per cent to 85 per cent; a great achievement. A further 03 per cent of the population has established stand alone renewable power generation schemes financed by lending and grant schemes of the World Bank. 
 

'Towards a commonsense understanding of Carbon' by Ranil Senanayake

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