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Sustainability Journal, Volume 5, Number 5 available

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The fifth issue of Volume 5 of The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability is now available.

Volume 5, Number 5 contains:

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‘The Sharp End Of Climate Change’

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phillip
on June 10, 2009
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Nic Maclellan of newmatilda.com reports…

When he spoke before the UN General Assembly this week, Palau’s representative had this to say: “We do not carelessly call climate change a security threat. When we are told by scientists to prepare for a humanitarian crisis, including exodus, in our lifetimes, how can it be different from preparing for a threat like war?”

For some time, people from low-lying atoll nations in the Pacific have expressed the view that climate change is a greater threat to national security than terrorism. In 2007, Pacific representatives at the United Nations submitted a draft resolution to the 62nd Session of the UN General Assembly, requesting that the Security Council consider the security implications of climate change. More…

“Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything”

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Natalie Angier from the New York Times reports…

If you wanted to push yourself to the outermost chalk line of human endurance, you might consider an ultramarathon, or a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean, or being nominated to the United States Supreme Court. Or you could try studying the long-beaked echidna, one of the oldest, rarest, shyest, silliest-looking yet potentially most illuminating mammals on earth. More….