Dear EarthTalk: Which countries that signed onto the Kyoto Protocol, which set goals for reducing global warming emissions, are fulfilling or surpassing their commitments? - Dan S., via e-mail As of the end of last year, 169 countries had signed on. The agreement called for a 5.2 percent reduction overall in the release of six pollutants - carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs) - by 2012 in relation to 1990 levels.
As spring arrives in Kyoto, a writer reflects on the country's resilience. One bright early spring morning this month, I took myself to Ryoanji, the Kyoto temple that is home to the world's most celebrated rock garden. There was not a single other foreigner in the place. Not even many Japanese were visible across the 120-acre compound. I had scheduled my trip for spring break, when clamorous school tours are less in evidence.
... United Nations as the organization that is most familiar to nonspecialists but also the one whose ... of far-reaching regimes, most notably the Kyoto Protocol. But the most rapid recent growth in admi...
Capote: Truman Capote's In Cold Blood told the story of a Kansas farm family that was slaughtered by a pair of ex-cons, and this quietly enthralling film chronicles the years-long ordeal during which Capote (Philip Seymour Hoffman) had to use every trick in the reporter's notebook to get people to talk to him. (K.W.) Memoirs of a Geisha: In Rob Marshall's overlong film, Nitta Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang) transcends her fishing-village roots to become Kyoto's most powerful geisha. Sayuri's circumstance and surroundings are fascinating; her character, not so much. (K.J.) The Producers: In this adaptation of Mel Brooks' Broadway musical, a producer (Nathan Lane) and his accountant (Matthew Broderick) dream up a theatrical get-rich-quick scheme. Susan Stroman's direction leaves much to be desired, b...
The main reason is the loving touch heaped on the original songs -- in some cases entirely recreated, rather than remixed -- by some of the finest and most experienced producers around the globe. Kyoto Jazz Massive and Vanessa Freeman do nothing wrong with Eddie Henderson's "Kudu," Jazzanova's remix of Eddie Gale betrays the group's Teutonic roots without losing the song's feel, and Matthew Herbert's "Caravan" has the same po-mo edit groove of Herbert's own Big Band project from 2003. But the finest stuff on Blue Note Revisited comes from London's Co-Op massive, just as you might guess. Bugz in the Attic attack "Los Alamitos Latinfunklovesong" like the 21st-century jazz aficionados they are, with sweeping vocal layers and sunny chords a la Brasil '66 never upstaging the beat and the mel...
Match Point: A former tennis pro (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) falls for a femme fatale (Scarlett Johansson) who's dating his soon-to-be brother-in-law. Woody Allen's film lacks originality, but it's a diverting story of crime, love and luck that refreshingly refrains from moral judgment. (M.B.) Memoirs of a Geisha: In Rob Marshall's overlong film, Nitta Sayuri (Ziyi Zhang) transcends her fishing-village roots to become Kyoto's most powerful geisha. Sayuri's circumstance and surroundings are fascinating; her character, not so much. (K.J.) She's the Man: In this failed attempt at a teen-movie update of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Amanda Bynes disguises herself as her brother at an elite London boarding school. Bynes is a gifted comedian, but she can't salvage the film's hamfisted script. (M.S.)
- Montreal Protocol Actions Would Exceed UNFCCC/Kyoto Reductions WASHINGTON, Nov. 5, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While most of the world is focused on the UNFCCC climate negotiations leading up to the December meeting in Cancun, next week's Montreal Protocol meeting will consider three distinct decisions, each of which would produce greater emission reductions than those resulting from the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol or any near-term options being considered in the climate talks. These three options are the main subject of a report released today by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), Maximizing Climate Benefits from Ozone Protection.
Europe's increase closely trailed the U.S. who was estimated at 16.7 percent. He also gives increase percentages for various countries throughout Europe. However, Britain (-5.5%) and Germany (-13.3%) have shown decreases. But he declares that their decreases have nothing to do with Kyoto, instead he claims that the shutting down of coal mines in Germany; and Britain changing from electric utilities requiring coal to natural gas is solely the reason(s) for the decreases. All decisions made prior to the implementation of Kyoto. He says that many European countries will miss Kyoto Protocol targets for 2008-2012, unless they cut back on driving and using electricity. He believes that this will never happen because it would only lead to an economic depression and social unrest. He says...
... outlook and suggests that the warnings are mostly "exhibitionism". He also states that most politic...
Akiko Fukai has made a name for the Kyoto Costume Institute with exhibits that have traveled the world. From the exterior, no one would expect that the nondescript industrial building, owned by the Japanese lingerie giant Wacoal, contains one of the world's most prestigious clothing collections.
I have, in other words, seen lots of Korean films of the good-not-great variety. And I'm not sure what it says that my two favorite Korean films of recent years, Spring, Summer... and Bae Yong-kyun's Why Has Bodhi-dharma Left for the East? (1989), both depict Buddhist monks in gorgeous natural settings. These movies also share something that might strike some observers as rather curious. Although both seem to convey a Buddhist sensibility, neither originated within Buddhism. In fact, the makers of both films are painters who admit to various sorts of Western influences. [Kim Ki] was raised a Christian. And Bae has cited Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha (!) as a crucial influence on Bodhi-dharma. It's noteworthy that both films stress a correlation between a Buddhist outlook and nature, becaus...
..., Fall, Winter..and Spring has one of the most striking and unforgettable settings I've ever seen...This guy's against the Kyoto Protocol at the tale's beginning but ends up overs...
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