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24 May 2007
 
Solar panel charging a battery used to run a computer, rural Kenya, July 2003
Solar panel charging a battery used to run
a computer, rural Kenya, July 2003.
© Peter Armstrong
As the world wakes up to the perils of climate change and dependence on fossil fuels, alternative energy sources are gradually becoming both more demanded and supplied. In today's news section, a pair of top research institutes are reporting that technologies and global circumstances have now brought solar energy to the brink of the mainstream. Plus, today's top feature highlights ten pioneers in the field of renewable energy -- from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Also in the news, however, is a disturbing report that, despite the recognized perils of climate change, CO2 emissions have not decreased in either developed or developing countries. And in the analysis section, a British free speech advocate calls for his country to legislate as much.
 
 
 
News
 

Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London.
Solar power is the fastest growing source of energy in the world and likely will become much more affordable in the next few years, according to a new report out this week.
OneWorld US
Image: Solar panels at a women's health centre in Camden, London. © Peter Armstrong
 
There is no evidence of progress in managing carbon dioxide emissions in either developed or developing countries, despite scientific consensus that emissions are responsible for climate change, according to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences report.
OneWorld UK: SciDev.Net
 

Corruption is undermining judicial systems around the world, denying citizens access to justice and the basic human right to a fair and impartial trial, according to the Global Corruption Report 2007 issued today.
OneWorld UK: Transparency International
Image: Symbol of justice
 
The Fairtrade Foundation has expressed "shock and dismay" about conditions experienced by migrant workers employed by a company in the UK that is licensed to ripen the bananas sold to them by Fairtrade-certified producer groups in developing countries.
OneWorld UK: Fairtrade Foundation
  
 
Leading UK aid charities launched an emergency appeal today to save lives in Darfur, Chad and the Central African Republic.
OneWorld UK: Oxfam Great Britain

 
 
Analysis/Opinion
 

Jonathan Heawood calls for active legislation for free speech in the UK.
OneWorld UK: Index on Censorship
Image: Jonathan Heawood, director of English PEN
 
McDonald’s is in danger of creating a wave of new additions to the dictionary to sit alongside the now infamous “McJob”; words such as McPedant, McKilljoy and McSense-of-humour-failure, says Dominic Walsh.
OneWorld UK: The Times of London

  
 
Features
 

Around 25,000 Daxu stoves have been sold since production started in 2006. They are made in China by the Beijing Shenzhou Daxu Bio-energy Technology Company, which is one of the 10 Ashden Awards finalists
Ten renewable energy pioneers from across the globe have been selected to enter the final stage of the world's leading green energy awards.
OneWorld UK: Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy
Image: Around 25,000 Daxu stoves have been sold since production started in 2006. They are made in China by the Beijing Shenzhou Daxu Bio-energy Technology Company, which is one of the 10 Ashden Awards finalists
 
Mobile phone banking is expanding across the region from South Africa to Kenya and is putting the poor directly in control of their own finances like never before.
OneWorld US: Inter Press Service (IPS)
Image: Woman on mobile phone, Western Kenya. © Peter Armstrong
  

Two Iranian women released from prison in April will be among those profiled.
Activists detained for their human rights work will be profiled at a major civil society gathering in Scotland this week.
OneWorld US: CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Image: Two Iranian women released from prison in April will be among those profiled. © Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
 
There are gruesome stories that surpass anything you can imagine - stories that have left scars and given rise to feelings of revenge.
OneWorld UK: Médecins sans frontières

 
 
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OneWorld Africa, Kelvin Chibomba
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OneWorld South Asia, Rahul Kumar
OneWorld Southeast Europe, Dejan Giorgievski
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