The United Nations is hosting the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), which is a convention on climate change, in Durban, South Africa. The Conference of the Parties has met every year since 1995. COP17 began on Nov. 28, 2011 and will end Dec. 9, 2011. Governmental representatives from close to 190 nations will be in attendance. Several nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and international organizations will also be at the convention. (more…)

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
Because of increasing concerns over the rising levels of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions into the earth’s atmosphere from industrialized nations, the UNFCCC treaty was entered into by most countries in 1992. This was the beginning of formal considerations revolving around the issue of how to minimize the impact that industrialization has had over the decades on the earth’s atmosphere and climate change. (more…)

In the near future, the UK will be bracing for droughts so severe that they haven’t faced their like since 1976. The year 1976 boasts one of the worst droughts in recorded UK history. Experts expect that the rate of these killer droughts is going to continue increasing, and with them will come the harsh water shortages and crop failures. (more…)