Forests: Seeing REDD at Copenhagen
November 25, 2009 by Kath
Filed under Expert Comment, Policy
David Humphreys talks about the REDD scheme, and why carbon emission credits are such a big issue in forestation terms
China, Africa, and Oil
November 13, 2009 by Kath
Filed under Energy, Expert Comment
The Open University’s Dr Giles Mohan, reader in the politics of International Development, gives a 90-second lecture on China’s involvement with Africa and why it may or may not be a good thing for the region.
Is the world running out of oil?
Godfrey Boyle, director of the Open University’s Energy & Environment Research Unit, is co-author of one of the technical reports that provided the background to the Global Oil Depletion report which was announced recently. Is the world running out of oil? Are supplies just about to reach a peak, followed by a steep decline, as oil [...]
