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]]> http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry150108-180003 alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:00:03 GMT <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> Alofa Tuvalu's warmest wishes for 2015</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry150101-180004</link> <description><![CDATA[<a href="javascript:openpopup('images/AlofaTuvalu_2015_wishes.jpg',1754,748,false);"><img src="images/AlofaTuvalu_2015_wishes.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=226></a>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry150101-180004</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2015 17:00:04 GMT</pubDate> </img> <item> <title><img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> Mercredi 10 décembre 2014 : Dominique Campana, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141211-170900</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/dom_campana_legionH_IMG_1904.jpg" " width=530" height=707> Hier soir, Dominique Campana, Directrice de l'Action Internationale de l'ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie) a reçu de son Président Bruno Léchevin les insignes de Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Soutien de la première heure des actions d'Alofa Tuvalu, Dominique nous a fait l'honneur de féliciter notre engagement dans la lutte contre les changements climatiques, citant la BD "A l'eau, la Terre" (15 langues) comme l'une des collaborations emblématiques entre Alofa Tuvalu et l'ADEME. Parmi les invités, Michèle Pappalardo, qui lorsqu'elle était présidente de l'ADEME avait pris le temps d'entendre de Gilliane et Laure Noualhat, le récit d'un état-nation insulaire du Pacifique menacé de disparaître... Dès lors, outre la BD et les autres actions pédagogiques réalisée avec les "Ademiens" de la Communication Yves Leers, Denis Tappero, puis Valérie Martin, nous devons à la Direction de l'Action internationale et à Michel Courillon pour le suivi des projets, la conduite à Tuvalu d'une étude nationale sur l'énergie et la formation de centaines de Tuvaluens à la mise en place et à l'usage d'unités pilotes de valorisation de la biomasse en énergie (biogaz de lisier et déchets humains, gazéification, biodiesel et essence de dérivés du cocotier). Activités qui ont donné lieu à des reproductions sur place et ailleurs dans le monde. Dominique, c'est nous qui te remercions de ta confiance, de ta bienveillance et de ton humanisme précieux. Gilliane et Fanny]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141211-170900</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:09:00 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> 6 décembre / december 2014 : Atelier Manga / Manga workshop</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141211-164418</link> <description><![CDATA[Atelier #Manga du 6 décembre, c'est parti pour les premières pages ! <img src="images/IMG_1885_manga_groupe.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/IMG_1881_majida.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/IMG_1883_jose_molibo_mh.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/IMG_1890_mohammed_sd.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/IMG_1891_mohammed_sd.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/IMG_1893_Mohammed_BG.jpg" " width=530" height=298>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141211-164418</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:44:18 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11>15 novembre 2014 : Paris Manga avec les Mang'ados</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141117-151234</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/Mangados_SalonManga_IMG_1698.jpg" " width=530" height=298>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141117-151234</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:12:34 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11>13 novembre / november 13th, 2014 : Réunion plénière de la coalition climat 21 / climate coalition 21 plenary meeting</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141117-150828</link> <description><![CDATA[Another plenary meeting for the climate coalition 21... Many brains united for climate in the perspective of COP 21. <img src="images/meeting_coalition.jpg" " width=530" height=140>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141117-150828</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:08:28 GMT</pubDate> </img> <item> <title><img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> 8 novembre 2014 : Salon Paris du livre associatif</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141117-150449</link> <description><![CDATA[Atelier manga au salon Paris du livre associatif avec les Mang'ados et José <img src="images/essai_cover_mg_IMG_1658.jpg" " width=530" height=271>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141117-150449</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 14:04:49 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> 5 novembre / november 2014: "Manga, ensemble pour le climat / standing together for climate" avec OurLife21 à Gouville s/Mer</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141106-160843</link> <description><![CDATA[Formation OurLife21* avec présentation du projet "Manga, ensemble pour le climat" d'Alofa Tuvalu aux Rencontres Nationales de l'Education à l'Environnement et au DD à Gouville s/Mer à l'invitation de la Ligue de l'Enseignement. *un projet 4D en partenariat avec la Ligue de l'enseignement, les Petits Débrouillards, Prioriterre, le Cfsi et le Grdr. <img src="images/OurLife_2021_IMG_1553.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/OurLife2021_IMG_1563.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/OurLife2021_IMG_1565.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/OurLife2021_IMG_1570.jpg" " width=530" height=298> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141106-160843</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:08:43 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> 18 octobre / october 2014: "Manga, ensemble pour le ‎climat / standing together for climate"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry141106-160121</link> <description><![CDATA["#‎Manga, ensemble pour le #‎climat": en attendant que nos petits auteurs rapportent les autorisations de diffusion qui permettront de lancer le facebook du projet, voici un aperçu du dernier atelier. Après 2 mois de sensibilisation aux dérèglements climatiques, ils ont ce samedi rencontré pour la première fois le dessinateur et éditeur José Jover #‎tartamundo qui doit nous aider à les accompagner dans la mission périlleuse de reprogrammer notre futur. "#Manga, standing together for #‎climate ": as we wait for our young authors to bring back their parent's authorization to publish their picture..., here is an overview of the last workshop. After 2 months of climate change awareness, it was their first encounter with comic book artist and publisher Jose Jover who will assist us and them thru the perilous mission of reprogramming our future. Join us on facebook : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/alofatuvaluofficial" target="_blank" >https://www.facebook.com/alofatuvaluofficial</a> <img src="images/group_jose_IMG_1504.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/molibo_IMG_1530.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/majida_IMG_1526.jpg" " width=530" height=298> <img src="images/Mohammed_IMG_1499.jpg" " width=530" height=298>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry141106-160121</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:01:21 GMT</pubDate> </img> <item> <title>September 21th, 2014: People's climate march http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140919-135737 ]]> http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140919-135737 alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv Fri, 19 Sep 2014 11:57:37 GMT <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> 23-24 août 2014 : 1ère réunion internationale de la Coalition Cop21 - Coalition Cop21 first international meeting</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140826-102442</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/Pano_0020.jpg" " width=530" height=155> 200 représentants de la société civile réunis pour construire un mouvement pérenne pour la justice climatique. 200 civil society representatives gathered to build a sustainable movement for climate justice.]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140826-102442</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2014 08:24:42 GMT</pubDate> </img> <item> <title>19th August, 2014: Pacific Voices at USP lower Campus http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140814-115545 ]]> http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140814-115545 alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv Thu, 14 Aug 2014 09:55:45 GMT <img src="images/emoticons/logorac_lg.gif">" width=50" height=29> APPEL des ONG : la transition énergétique est une chance !</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140618-111615</link> <description><![CDATA[ Soutenez l’appel ! Après plusieurs mois d’un débat national sur la transition énergétique qui s’est conclu sur une synthèse de 170 actions consensuelles entre les différents acteurs – économiques, associatifs, syndicaux, de collectivités -, le projet de loi devra transformer les intentions en actes. Mais les opposants à la transition énergétique, par leur proximité des arcanes du pouvoir, tentent de rogner sur toutes les avancées et freinent les changements indispensables à mener. Par cet appel, des acteurs économiques - entreprises et fédérations professionnelles, des syndicats, des collectivités, des associations et ONG et des personnalités veulent dire haut et fort que la transition énergétique n’est pas une contrainte, c’est une chance ! Si, vous aussi vous voulez joindre votre voix à la nôtre, soutenez cet Appel : Nous avons besoin de vous pour contrer les promoteurs du sur-place, ceux qui ne veulent évoluer qu’à la marge, préserver un système qui les favorise et remettre à plus tard les changements indispensables. Isolation des logements, transports en commun, énergies renouvelables, outils de financement, accès à tous au chauffage, formation vers les nouveaux métiers… les solutions existent, soutenez-les avec nous. Vous être une organisation – association, ONG, entreprise, autre acteur économique, syndicat, collectivité – vous pouvez signer l’appel, en envoyant un e-mail à anne.bringault(at)cler-rac.org Vous souhaitez marquer votre soutien personnel à l’appel, vous pouvez <a href="https://www.facebook.com/laTEestunechance" target="_blank" >rejoindre la page facebook</a> : la transition énergétique est une chance ! pour démontrer que nous sommes nombreux à soutenir la transition énergétique. Texte de l'appel : La transition énergétique est une chance ! Se chauffer, se déplacer sans polluer ni se ruiner. Vivre dans un air redevenu sain. Créer des centaines de milliers d’emplois durables au cœur des territoires. Engager nos entreprises, petites et grandes, dans des activités d’avenir. Réduire nos importations de pétrole, charbon et gaz (plus de 1000 € par Français et par an !) qui creusent le déficit commercial. Sécuriser notre accès à l’énergie car consommer mieux et moins, recourir aux énergies renouvelables, c’est garantir un avenir moins dépendant des risques géopolitiques. Limiter le risque de catastrophes aux effets irréversibles tels un accident technologique majeur (nucléaire, chimique ou pétrolier) ou un dérèglement climatique hors de tout contrôle. En finir, enfin, avec le fléau de la précarité énergétique. Voilà ce que changer notre façon de consommer et de produire de l’énergie peut nous procurer : la transition énergétique n’est pas une contrainte, c’est une chance ! Or cette chance est déjà en germe dans un formidable bouillonnement d’initiatives : partout nos concitoyens et de très nombreux acteurs sont prêts à s’y engager. C’est maintenant au gouvernement et aux parlementaires de prendre leurs responsabilités. Les seules déclarations d’intentions ne suffisent plus : face à la gravité des enjeux, toute inaction serait une faute dont notre génération serait tenue pour responsable. Il y a urgence à agir, et la Loi sur la Transition Énergétique en est l’occasion. Mais celle-ci ne produira une impulsion décisive que si elle se fonde sur des principes forts : Privilégier l’avenir et non d’illusoires profits à court terme. Miser sur les économies d’énergie : grâce à la sobriété et l’efficacité, nous pouvons – et nous devons – réduire de moitié nos consommations d’énergie. Désinvestir progressivement les énergies qui nous mettent sous dépendance, polluantes et épuisables (pétrole, charbon, gaz fossile, uranium), afin d’entrer résolument dans l’ère des renouvelables. La France en dispose en abondance, récoltons-les, dans le respect de la biodiversité ! Réorienter la fiscalité et les outils de financement vers la transition énergétique et l’économie réelle. Sensibiliser, éduquer, former à de nouveaux métiers,pour donner du sens et des ressources à ce formidable chantier pour l’avenir. Libérer les initiatives, l’autonomie, la participation des citoyens et des entreprises à partir des territoires. S’appuyer sur une recherche renforcée. Renforcer le rôle des collectivités pour la mise en œuvre de la transition énergétiqueau plus près des territoires Permettre à chacun de bénéficier d’une transition énergétique juste : nos concitoyens en précarité ont aussi droit à l’accès à l’énergie et à la performance énergétique. Ce n’est qu’à ces conditions que la loi permettra de façonner un nouveau paysage de l’énergie, plus solidaire et plus juste, dégagé des fardeaux accumulés par le modèle énergétique existant : si l’énergie est une large part de nos problèmes, elle est aussi au cœur de nos solutions. Gouvernement, parlementaires, en fondant la Loi sur la Transition Energétique sur ces principes, saisissez cette chance ! <a href="http://transitionenergetique.org/les-signataires/" target="_blank" >Les signataires</a> Le site <a href="http://transitionenergetique.org" target="_blank" >http://transitionenergetique.org</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140618-111615</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:16:15 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> June 17th, 2014: "Biogas in Nanumanga" by Kaio</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140617-101406</link> <description><![CDATA[After almost a decade of Alofa Tuvalu’s awareness-building activities and training about local biofuel production, the Government of Tuvalu, in 2009, declared its intent to become energy independent by 2020. Tuvalu’s Outer-island communities having expressed as well their wish to use biofuels, after Nanumea, where Alofa Tuvalu implemented 4 family size digesters, 7 more are being installed in Nanumanga under the USP-EU GCCA umbrella which plans to secure a mix of renewable energies for Tuvalu. Kaio, an Alofa Tuvalu active member and the project facilitator wrote : Thanks G and Fanny for the <a href="http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/US/09_news/CP_biogas_us.jpg" target="_blank" >press release</a> So far Sikeli brought some copies of <a href="http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/US/07_ailleurs/biogas_us.pdf" target="_blank" >the “Biogas – What a blast!!!” leaflet</a> with him and it is with us here in Nanumaga... we have given 50 copies to the Primary School "Lotohoni" here in Nanumaga and 7 copies to each Kaupule. In regards to the USPEUGCCA bio-gas project,we are still here in Nanumaga and so far 2 out of the 7 bio-digesters have produced gas and the families are using the gas now for cooking. We did a demonstration with the Kaupule members and bio-digester beneficiaries today. We will also be having a workshop tonight with the whole island. The head teacher of Lotohoni Primary School has requested for more copies of <a href="http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/FR/07_ailleurs/BDTuvalu_us.pdf" target="_blank" > the "Our Planet Under Water" comic book</a> for they dont have any more copies with them. I couldnt blog on our page cause the internet here is so expensive.You two might think of a way to get this over our page for our viewers.... That is all from here Uma from Nanumaga Kaio]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140617-101406</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:14:06 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> RIP Sir Toaripi</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140527-100938</link> <description><![CDATA[So sad to hear this news but pleased that Teu asked for a few words from us. I feel very proud to have met him and privilieged to have discussed in length with him about so many things... Below is what Chris wrote on our behalf and we would feel honored to have this read to his family and friend. Alofa atu Gilliane "It is with great sadness that the membership of Alofa Tuvalu has learned of the passing of the Right Honorable Tauripi Lauti. His accomplishments as a politician and as one of the founding fathers of independent Tuvalu are well known, but his qualities as a man were more remarkable still. His strength, humility, good natured wisdom and sense of justice informed his actions as a human, as a family man, as a friend and as a leader. With his easy, common sensical and open-hearted manner, he was, it seems to us, a model of what a responsible citizen could and should be... a rare thing indeed in this confused and confusing world. Someone to look up to and to feel proud of...and to feel privileged to be able to call a friend. We send our love and deepest sympathies to his family, his larger circle of friends and to the nation of Tuvalu. Taoripi will surely be very missed by all who knew him. May he rest in peace... and may his spirit soar as an enduring example for all of us." <img src="images/toaripi_indep.jpg" " width=250" height=200> <img src="images/toaripi_indep2.jpg" " width=250" height=200> <img src="images/toaripi_kbday.jpg" " width=250" height=200> <img src="images/toaripi_fun_pasteur.jpg" " width=250" height=200>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140527-100938</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 08:09:38 GMT</pubDate> Coming soon !! http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140526-124917 ]]> http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140526-124917 alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv Mon, 26 May 2014 10:49:17 GMT <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> A few comments on the "Biogas - What a Blast !!! leaflet</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140519-133042</link> <description><![CDATA[May 19, 2014, Sarah, Project Team Leader at University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands and Alofa Tuvalu biomass specialist wrote: "Our staff n students love the book!! Sikeli left today (flight delay!!0 to take books to Nanamaga…" May 18, 2014, John, an Alofa Tuvalu active member in Australia and Alpha Pacific Navigation Ltd manager, wrote: Congratulations for “Biogas – What a Blast!!!”. It is a terrific booklet and is sure to be a great success. There is a lot of detail in it, all told in a such an ‘easy to read’ and happy way. I particularly laughed at the final graphic ‘WC Bank’; very clever! With a little luck it will become as popular as the comic :) ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140519-133042</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 11:30:42 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> Press release: "Biogas - What a blast!!!"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140514-133744</link> <description><![CDATA[<a href="javascript:openpopup('images/CP_biogas_us.jpg',688,1176,false);"><img src="images/CP_biogas_us.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=906></a>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140514-133744</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2014 11:37:44 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> CP : "Biogaz pour les nazes" - "Biogas - What a blast !!!"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140512-135328</link> <description><![CDATA[<a href="javascript:openpopup('images/CP_Biogaz_fr.jpg',800,1353,false);"><img src="images/CP_Biogaz_fr.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=896></a>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140512-135328</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2014 11:53:28 GMT</pubDate> 11 avril 2014 : La Foulée du 10e http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140505-104925 ]]> http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140505-104925 alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv Mon, 05 May 2014 08:49:25 GMT <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> NASA: Arctic Melt Season Lengthening, Ocean Rapidly Warming</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140401-125223</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/nasa_arctique.jpg" " width=530" height=286> "The length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each decade, and an earlier start to the melt season is allowing the Arctic Ocean to absorb enough additional solar radiation in some places to melt as much as four feet of the Arctic ice cap's thickness, according to a new study by National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) and NASA researchers." <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQBn-Sg-gc" target="_blank" >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IQBn-Sg-gc</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140401-125223</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2014 10:52:23 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> EarthHour 2014 by Cat, an Alofa Tuvalu active member in the Uk</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140329-180000</link> <description><![CDATA["Getting ready for EarthHour 2014 and feeling nostalgic about past Earth Hours Remember 2009? : <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHxnJyYtO18" target="_blank" >www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHxnJyYtO18</a> Cat ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140329-180000</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> AFP : "Le réchauffement fait fondre la dernière région stable de la calotte du Groenland"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140317-100705</link> <description><![CDATA[Paris — La dernière bordure stable de la calotte glaciaire du Groenland, après avoir résisté longtemps aux assauts du réchauffement, recule désormais à son tour, augmentant la contribution de cette région du globe à la hausse du niveau de la mer, selon une étude parue dans la revue Nature Climate Change. <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5ih4nI4GSOpOZC_wctwxbZxxG-ypQ?docId=f351d84a-301c-4c3d-96db-4ef6a3c9c38c&hl=fr" target="_blank" >ACCESS THE ARTICLE</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140317-100705</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 09:07:05 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> National Geographic: if all ice melted...</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140310-133927</link> <description><![CDATA[Explore the world’s new coastlines if sea level rises 216 feet : <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/rising-seas/if-ice-melted-map" target="_blank" >If all ice melted...</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140310-133927</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:39:27 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> The Independent: "Frequency of severe flooding across Europe 'to double by 2050' "</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140304-141252</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/flood.jpg" " width=530" height=398> <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/frequency-of-severe-flooding-across-europe-to-double-by-2050-9163852.html" target="_blank" >ACCESS THE ARTICLE</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140304-141252</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 13:12:52 GMT</pubDate> 6 mars -10 avril : Expo & concerts de Kent aux Trois Baudets http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140228-105246 ILLUSTRATIONS SONORES *"C’est le titre de l’exposition qui aura lieu aux 3 Baudets du 6 mars au 10 avril prochains. Pourquoi ce titre ? Parce que ma vie durant j’ai dessiné la musique. Pochettes, affiches, illustrations diverses, travail de commande ou crobards dilettantes, l’exposition en réunit un bon nombre, des 70’s à aujourd’hui."* Kent 6 mars 2014 : vernissage de l'expo 10 mars 2014 : concert 10 avril 2014 : concert Plus d'infos sur le site des trois baudets Et retrouvez Kent sur Facebook ]]> http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140228-105246 alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:52:46 GMT <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> Artic news: "High methane levels over the Arctic Ocean on February 17, 2014"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140226-101432</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/google_earth_methane.jpg" " width=530" height=272> <a href="http://arctic-news.blogspot.fr/2014/02/high-methane-levels-over-the-arctic-ocean-on-february-17-2014.html" target="_blank" >ACCESS THE ARTICLE</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140226-101432</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2014 09:14:32 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11> Undercover à Paris Manga</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140218-144949</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/manga_town_ok.jpg" " width=530" height=750>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140218-144949</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:49:49 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/logorac_lg.gif">" width=50" height=29> "I don't believe in Global Warming"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140217-103944</link> <description><![CDATA[Le Royaume-Uni est sous l'eau, les inondations se succèdent en Bretagne. Pourtant le lien avec les changements climatiques n'est (presque) jamais fait par nos dirigeants... <img src="images/Uk_dont_believe_GW.jpg" " width=530" height=398> Retrouvez le Réseau Action Climat sur <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ReseauActionClimat" target="_blank" >Facebook</a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140217-103944</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:39:44 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> RIP Captain Iefata Paeniu</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140213-143401</link> <description><![CDATA[Our friend John just gave us the news. We are sad to hear about Captain Iefata Paeniu passing away. Our thoughts go to his family. We also heard that Leota is not Tmti chief engineer anymore, but the manager for the fuel depôt. Eti son's in now is acting CEO at TMTI. <img src="images/tmti_back.jpg" " width=530" height=384> (from left to right: Leota, Gilliane, Iefata and wife, Sailoto, Fanny, Sikeli)]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140213-143401</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:34:01 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> Thinkprogress "‘Most Exceptional Period Of Rainfall In 248 Years’ In The U.K. Is ‘Consistent’ With Climate Change"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140211-092910</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/street-blog-APimages.jpg" " width=530" height=302> Credit: AP Images <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/10/3273171/climate-change-floods-rainfall/" target="_blank" >ACCESS THE ARTICLE </a>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140211-092910</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2014 08:29:10 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> Think progress "Sea Level Rise Could Reduce The World Economy By 10 Percent This Century"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140206-093331</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/bangkok_airport_2011_shutterstock.jpg" " width=530" height=354> Credit: SHUTTERSTOCK - Flood hits a Bangkok airport in 2011. <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/05/3254771/sea-level-reduce-gdp-10-percent/" target="_blank" > ACCESS THE ARTICLE </a> ]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140206-093331</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 06 Feb 2014 08:33:31 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> 350.org "I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like last night."</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140205-104206</link> <description><![CDATA[Friends, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like last night. The call to organize rallies against Keystone XL went out on Friday afternoon as the State Department released their report on the pipeline. By Monday morning, over 250 actions were planned and thousands of people were ready to take to the streets in the cold, rain and snow. In New York, people gathered after a heavy snow and spelled out a giant #noKXL message in lights. In DC, a crowd stood outside the White House and asked a simple question to President Obama: "Will you be a climate champion or the pipeline president?” In Nebraska, folks gathered in the solar-powered barn that stands in the path of the pipeline were it to move forward. I could say more, but in this case it really is true that the pictures are worth a thousand words. Could you share this image with photos from last night on Facebook to help show the world that this movement is mobilized like never before? Click here to share this image: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152158546477708&set=a.136077452707.110998.12185972707&type=1&theater" target="_blank" ><img src="images/350_blog.jpg" " width=530" height=529></a> (Photo credits: Oakland - Brooke Anderson, Atkinson - Diane Steskal, NYC - Terry Allen) If that’s what we can do in one weekend, imagine what we’re capable of in the weeks and months to come, as President Obama makes his final decision about the pipeline. Tonight we’ll be bringing together a video chat to talk about some ideas for what comes next. Now is the time to start making plans — the video chat will start at 9 PM Eastern/ 6 Pacific, and we’ll have a message from 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, hear from Idle No More organizer Clayton Thomas-Muller, and lay out some ideas for a full court-press to stop the pipeline. Click here to get a reminder email for the video chat: <a href="http://act.350.org/cms/thanks/feis-video-chat?action_id=5313821&akid=4157.1143665.VLO7u0&ar=1&rd=1" target="_blank" >act.350.org/sign/feis-video-chat/</a> President Obama has the evidence he needs to reject the pipeline — the question is whether he wants to be remembered as a climate champion or the pipeline president. That means that Washington bureaucrats won’t decide this fight — we will. If we can make enough noise in enough creative, unavoidable ways, we can drown out the voice of big oil. This won’t be our last fight — there are still many tar sands projects to stop, and a whole fossil fuel economy to turn around — but it is a crucial one, and one that I’m so, so excited to continue alongside you. Let’s do this. Duncan <a href="http://350.org/?akid=4157.1143665.VLO7u0" target="_blank" >350.org</a> is building a global movement to solve the climate crisis. Connect with us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/350.org?akid=4157.1143665.VLO7u0" target="_blank" >Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/350" target="_blank" >Twitter</a>, and sign up for email alerts. You can help power our work by making <a href="https://act.350.org/login/?next=/me/update/&akid=4157.1143665.VLO7u0" target="_blank" >a donation</a>.]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140205-104206</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2014 09:42:06 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> John H., Alofa Tuvalu counterpart and APNL Manager shares the improvements of his energy supply system at home in Australia</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140120-100657</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/Solar_power_panels.jpg" " width=500" height=333> <img src="images/emoticons/john_emoticon.gif" " width=84" height=63 id="img_float_left" valign="top"> John said: I can’t remember whether I mentioned or not that I had installed a grid-connected solar power system. The opportunity came up unexpectedly to make an arrangement with a small power company to sell them my excess power at 30 cents/kWh, compared to 34.2 cents buying from them. I installed a 5kW system (20 panels). I would like to have gone bigger but that was all that the power company permitted (they want one to draw some power from them). They will supposedly install a new meter soon that shows power production and power consumption and offsets one against the other. For time being I still have my old meter; it spins backwards when the sun is shining. Thrilling to see that! Yesterday my net consumption was minus 8kWh. My running average daily consumption for two months was 0.6kWh but having family here at Xmas and using air-conditioning on one rather hot night, and doing lots of cooking, suddenly pushed up the daily average to 2.3kWh. Nevertheless, that is far lower than before. I calculate that I have saved $925 in the three months since installation. Payback would take about four years on present figures but will be longer taking into account the lower angles of sunlight and shorter days in Winter. We made the decision to install the panels flat on the roof of our shed which is only sloped at 20 degrees to horizontal. It would be better to have them at about 35 degrees but that would have required a more expensive supporting framework. The increased efficiency would probably not have justified the extra cost. Anyway, it was not an option as the installers didn’t have the materials for such a frame. More importantly, my wife said ‘I absolutely don’t want ugly panels sticking up in the air’. So that was that! <img src="images/Solar_hot_water_panels_lgt.jpg" " width=500" height=333> I also installed a solar hot water system. After looking at the various options, including heat pump and evacuated tube systems, I went for a conventional solar panel system but with the tank at ground level (connected to the panels through a heat exchanger). <img src="images/Solar_hot_water_lgt.jpg" " width=333" height=500 id="img_float_left" valign="top"> The tank has a booster element connected to our existing off-peak power supply. In three months we’ve used 43kWh of off-peak power at 20 cents/kWh but most of that was consumed on Xmas and Boxing Days when the house was full of kids showering. When just my wife and I are at home the off-peak meter hardly changes from one week to the next. The payback time will be at least nine years, so it’s not really an economic proposition in our situation where off-peak power is available – but, what the heck, I did it anyway! I have in mind to install more solar panels. I won’t be able to connect them to grid because of the power company’s policies but I will be able to use the power in other ways to reduce overall consumption. I don’t want to use batteries because standalone solar systems are so expensive. What I have in mind is to use direct loading. Our waterbed is a significant consumer of power (I have been measuring it) even though I recently installed a new, supposedly more efficient heater. The consumption isn’t really a concern at present because I have at time clock on the heater circuit that only allows power during full daylight hours. Nevertheless, if I can connect panels directly to the heater it will allow more power to go to the grid during the day, bringing our production close to equalling what we draw from the grid at night. <img src="images/Solar_inverter_lgt.jpg" " width=500" height=333> Matching the panels and the load is not straightforward. I want to understand it all better so I have decided to take advantage of a ‘living with solar’ course offered by the Rainbow Power Company (www.rpc.com.au) in a few weeks. That company has its business at Nimbin in northern NSW, an area that has a plethora of alternative living people (‘hippies as they used to be called when that term was in vogue). It should be an interesting course. <img src="images/emoticons/emoticon_chris.gif" " width=49" height=63 id="img_float_left" valign="top">Alofa Tuvalu counterpart in the US, Chris said: So great that you have embraced solar at home. Yeah...with all its own ins and outs, it can be a pain at first to adjust...but longer term, it's the right, smart move...and it sounds like you are rapidly becoming an expert, as you always do with things that capture your attention. Funny about the longer payback on the hot water system...it's just the opposite here in California. Payback is MUCH quicker for hot water...especially with new state subsidy. But there are so many variables from place to place... In any case...way to go! Will be interested in hearing of your continuing solar adventures. When are you converting to an electric car ??? (sorta just joking re that one... your distances are likely too great.... but maybe an electric scooter?) <img src="images/emoticons/john_emoticon.gif" " width=84" height=63 id="img_float_left" valign="top"> John said: I must admit I didn’t directly take into account the subsidies available for solar systems. They were taken off the prices that I had to pay for the two systems. My payback calculations were on net price basis as that’s what mattered most to me. Still, I think that is a correct way of calculating, or have I missed something? With solar hot water the calculation would no doubt be very different if there were more people living in my house. We could have installed a more modest system that would have met our requirements 95% of the time. That would have paid back much more quickly I suppose. Offpeak power here is about 60% the cost of peak power so is quite an economical way of heating water. My average cost was about $1.49 per day. Now it’s virtually nothing, but it takes a long time to recoup capital cost at $1.49 per day! Something I am watching carefully is use of air-conditioning. My Xmas ‘scare’ wasn’t so bad as I thought. My wife has just told me that the grandkids switched on a heat lamp in the main bathroom and left it on all night. They flipped the wrong switch - heap lamp instead of light. It’s a good thing I didn’t find out at the time; I might have been a little upset! Anyway, it was good in the sense that it has made me very wary of using air-conditioning. As you know, we ceased using any air-conditioning in Tuvalu last year, which made a huge reduction in consumption. Here in southern Australia there’s not the same need for air-conditioning anyway, and in addition our houses are much better insulated that Tuvaluan houses. Admittedly it is Summer now and if we get the very high temperatures that some parts of Australia are experiencing I may have to concede a little cooling. However, yesterday it was 36.5C here and I didn’t feel the need for aircon. Perhaps that’s a legacy of having lived in the tropics so long! It’s also a question of humidity. It’s low here and feels much cooler than the average day in Tuvalu, despite being about five degrees hotter here than the average in Tuvalu. Electric car? Huh, if I went to the local shops I would need to plug in and recharge before I could come home! Electric scooter? Possible I think, but not much fun riding one our dusty, unsealed roads around here. <img src="images/emoticons/emoticon_chris.gif" " width=49" height=63 id="img_float_left" valign="top">Chris said: If you calculated on a "net price paid", including any subsidy, then that would seem an accurate way to do it. When calculating economics of solar projects, it's important to include the value of any subsidy that is available...as it can completely affect the viability of any given project. Germany and Spain built their entire solar industries in this fashion, offering the equivalent of enormous subsidies by paying way over the market price of conventional power to solar/alt energy producers feeding power into the grid...so called "feed-in tariffs". This caused some problems later when fit's were lowered later, but the ones in early -- at both personal and commercial scale -- made out very well. And this is how Germany, with its many grey days, became the #1 installed solar power producer in the world...!! everything you describe re your house is part of what i call "the solar learning curve"...learning how to adapt one's habits to an entirely new way of energy production and management. there are just a bunch of new details to learn to maximize system efficiency. when designing a new house, for example, from the ground up, some of these have nothing at all to do with equipment but rather with actual design....the kinds of materials used, the orientation of the building, where windows are placed, where and what kind of landscaping is used to provide shade where needed, etc, etc. This latter category is known as "passive design"...all the things you can do WITHOUT active solar systems to maximize energy efficiency and living comfort. Intelligence with passive measures can radically reduce the need for the more costly active ones... Example: roof overhangs designed to utilize season sun-angles to shade windows in summer when sun is high, but to allow sun in in winter to help heat house. etc etc etc....there are hundreds of such "tricks" to work WITH nature and site specifics.... one point of interest to me: designing this way is both VERY MODERN in terms of learning how to best maximize efficiency and reduce footprint....but in many ways also ANCIENT in terms of working with nature, something which successful societies have done since time began! re the electric car idea....sounds premature for your situation, but eventually there will be effective enough storage and longer available ranges to take advantage of all the electricity you are producing... it all sounds like great fun for you...a kind of living experiment as you make the big transition...and, over the longer haul, save a good deal of $$ while you're at it !! all best.]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140120-100657</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 09:06:57 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> 350.org "Leaked documents confirm the worst"</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140120-094527</link> <description><![CDATA[Friends, A confession: I hesitated to even send this email. The thing I’m writing about today -- a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP -- is a bit outside 350.org's wheelhouse. When it came down to it though, I couldn’t NOT send this email, since the TPP is shaping up to be the worst kind of corporate power grab. This week, Wikileaks released newly leaked documents that confirm the worst: the United States' TPP negotiating team is walking away from supporting strong environmental safeguards. Without protections for land use, logging, and climate pollution, the TPP has gone from a bad deal to a disastrous one. It's time to take action: <a href="http://act.350.org/sign/tpp/?akid=4066.1143665.z2-CCM&rd=1&t=1" target="_blank" >Click here to tell your Members of Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership.</a> The TPP is an expansive, highly secretive international free trade agreement. It's being negotiated by delegates from twelve Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, along with hundreds of industry leaders. Elected officials, civil society, and the press have largely been shut out of negotiations, but these leaked documents reveal disturbing provisions. The TPP would empower corporations to directly sue governments over laws and policies that they claim reduce their profits. Legislation designed to address climate change, curb fossil fuel expansion, and reduce air pollution could all be subject to attack as a result of the TPP. Right now, our best chance to stop this train wreck is to stop Congress from giving “fast-track” authority to President Obama, allowing him to push the agreement through without a public debate. <a href="http://act.350.org/sign/tpp/?akid=4066.1143665.z2-CCM&rd=1&t=2" target="_blank" >Click here to tell your Congressional representatives to reject “fast track” and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.</a> In Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, and here in the U.S., citizens have taken to the streets in mass protest. Last year, 130 members of Congress voiced concerns about the TPP, and opposition is growing now that a fast-track bill has been introduced in the Senate. Let's make sure those Senators and Representaives who may be on the fence get our message loud and clear: <a href="http://act.350.org/sign/tpp/?akid=4066.1143665.z2-CCM&rd=1&t=3" target="_blank" >We oppose the "fast-track" bill, and we reject the TPP.</a> Any trade agreement that gives corporations unfettered power is a bad one, but a trade agreement like this would be a disaster for people and the planet. Onward, Phil <a href="http://350.org/" target="_blank" >350.org</a> is building a global movement to solve the climate crisis. Connect with us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/350.org" target="_blank" >facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/350" target="_blank" >Twitter</a>.]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140120-094527</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2014 08:45:27 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> from 2013 feelings to 2014 wishes</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140102-105912</link> <description><![CDATA[<a href="javascript:openpopup('images/Voeux_Wishes2014.jpg',1234,887,false);"><img src="images/Voeux_Wishes2014.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=381></a> 2013 is coming to a close, the 10th year since our first trip to Tuvalu… and our uninterrupted campaigns to fight Climate Change*. In November 2013, as the planet hit a record heat, over 40 years since the Stockhom meeting and first reports, the 19th CoP took place in Poland… (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhyqZRnEfE" target="_blank" >see our CoP15 video</a>) To divertingly illustrate what international happenings feel like i.e.: hot air… we chose to recycle our biogas leaflet cover (thanks to our friend Kent). For 2014, our planetary wish is for all leaders to get serious… And, for all and each of you, we’ll stay on the entertaining field with John Lennon’s “All we need is love” and wish you : love, care, share… humanity. The Alofa Tuvalu Paris office *below is a one page overview of what 2013 was made of for us. <a href="javascript:openpopup('images/2013_in_brief.jpg',1240,1754,false);"><img src="images/2013_in_brief.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=750></a>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140102-105912</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 09:59:12 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_fr.gif">" width=15" height=11>De 2013 à 2014...</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry140102-105530</link> <description><![CDATA[<a href="javascript:openpopup('images/Voeux_Wishes2014.jpg',1234,887,false);"><img src="images/Voeux_Wishes2014.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=381></a> 2013 s’achève, la 10ème année depuis notre premier voyage à Tuvalu et nos campagnes ininterrompues depuis contre les changements climatiques*. Au mois de novembre, le plus chaud jamais enregistré, plus de 40 ans après la conférence de Stockholm et les premiers rapports, la CoP19, le rendez-vous annuel international sur le climat, se déroulait en Pologne. (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHhyqZRnEfE" target="_blank" >Voir notre vidéo sur la CoP15)</a>) Pour illustrer ce qu’évoquent ces grands raouts, nous avons choisi, pour nos voeux 2014, en clin d’oeil, de recycler la couverture de notre livret sur le biogaz (merci Kent !). Un souhait global : que les dirigeants de la planète fassent preuve d’un peu de sérieux… Et pour tous et chacun de vous, restons sur le terrain du divertissement avec le “all we need is love” de John Lennon et un voeu : amour, partage et humanité. Le bureau parisien d’Alofa Tuvalu *ci-dessous un aperçu de nos activités 2013 <a href="javascript:openpopup('images/2013_en_bref.jpg',1240,1754,false);"><img src="images/2013_en_bref.jpg" border=0" width=530" height=750></a>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry140102-105530</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jan 2014 09:55:30 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/flag_uk.gif">" width=15" height=11> Common statement : Warsaw Climate Conference of the Parties : ENOUGH !</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry131121-174753</link> <description><![CDATA[Talofa ! On Thursday November 21 2013, Unions and international NGO’s decided to leave the COP19 negociations. The objective : to protest, in solidarity with the victims of Climate Change facing the steps backward of gathered countries in Warsaw : (Japan climbing down, Australian crises, firing of the Polish Environment Minister replaced with a pro shale gas)… and to send a strong message : enough is enough ! Alofa Tuvalu, as part of the Board of the Climate Action Network France (RAC), is very proud of this strong demonstration of our common deep disappointment, Gilliane Warsaw Climate Conference of the Parties : ENOUGH ! The NGO’s joint statement: Organizations and movements representing people from every corner of the Earth have decided that the best use of our time is to voluntarily withdraw from the Warsaw climate talks. Instead, we are now focusing on mobilizing people to push our governments to take leadership for serious climate action. We have said we stand in solidarity with the millions impacted by Typhoon Haiyan, and with all climate impacted people. Our solidarity compels us to tell the truth about COP 19 – the Warsaw Climate Conference. In fact, the actions of many rich countries here in Warsaw are directly undermining the UNFCCC itself, which is an important multilateral process that must succeed if we are to fix the global climate crisis. The Warsaw Conference started off on the wrong foot, with a “Coal & Climate Summit” being held in conjunction, corporate sponsorship from big polluters plastered all over the venue, and a Presidency that is beholden to the coal and fracking industry. Things only got worse during the first week, when Japan announced that it was following Canada and backtracking on mitigation commitments previously made, and Australia gave multiple signals that it was utterly unwilling to take the UN climate process seriously. This week saw a “finance ministerial” with almost no actual finance, and loss and damage talks that have stalled because rich countries refuse to engage on substance. Warsaw has not seen any increase in emission reductions or support for adaptation before 2020 – and on many of these things it has actually taken us backward. And a clear pathway to a comprehensive and fair agreement in Paris 2015 is missing. We as civil society are ready to engage with ministers and delegations who actually come to negotiate in good faith. But at the Warsaw Conference, developed country governments have come with nothing to offer. Developing country governments are also failing to stand up for the needs and rights of their people. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott posted a video to mark the opening of the 44th parliament, saying the ‘adults are back in charge’, as he seeks to abolish the carbon tax. It is clear that if countries continue acting in this way, the next two days of negotiations will not deliver the climate action the world so desperately needs. Therefore, organizations and movements representing people from every corner of the Earth have decided that the best use of our time is not to further engage in the Warsaw climate talks. Instead, we are now going back to mobilize people to push our governments to take leadership for serious climate action. We will work to transform our food and energy systems at a national and global level and rebuild a broken economic system to create a sustainable and low-carbon economy with decent jobs and livelihoods for all. And we will put pressure on everyone to do more. Coming out of the Warsaw Climate Conference, it is clear that without such pressure, our governments cannot be trusted to do what the world needs. We will return with the voice of the people in Lima to hold our governments accountable to the vision of a sustainable and just future.]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry131121-174753</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:47:53 GMT</pubDate> <img src="images/emoticons/logorac_lg.gif">" width=50" height=29> ASSEZ ! Conférence climat à Varsovie</img> <link>http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/index.php?entry=entry131121-135509</link> <description><![CDATA[<img src="images/CP_assez_blog.jpg" " width=530" height=755>]]></description> <category></category> <guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.alofatuvalu.tv/blog/?entry=entry131121-135509</guid> <author>alofatuvalu@alofatuvalu.tv</author> <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:55:09 GMT</pubDate>
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