Full Coverage: Iceland

04/28/2008 Ilmastovaikutustensa nollaamiseen tähtäävät valtiot, kaupungit ja yritykset löytävät toisensa kasvavassa Climate Neutral Network -verkostossa. Valtioista mukana ovat Costa Rica, Norja, Islanti ja Uusi-Seelanti.

11/05/2007 Hingga saat ini 36 napi LP Kerobokan tercatat aktif mengikuti terapi metadon. Sebelumnya lebih banyak napi yang terlibat. Hanya, dalam perjalanannya, banyak yang mundur. Demikian diungkapkan dr. Putu Asih Primatanti, dokter di LP Kerobokan.

08/20/2007 Ilmastomuutosta hillitsevien päästöjen hillitseminen 60 prosentilla vuoteen 2050 mennessä maksaisi Pohjoismaille noin prosentin bruttokansantuotteesta, toteaa Pohjoismaiden ministerineuvoston tilaama raportti.

07/16/2007 Iceland, according to Europe-wide research.
And see which European country is the worst in terms of its carbon footprint per person.

11/25/2004 (Fredericton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto, Saskatoon, Vancouver - Members of the Climate Action Network/Réseau Action Climat:) Canada has called on Arctic Ministers to support strong action on climate change at the Arctic Ministerial meeting in Reykjavik. Arctic Ministers are meeting in Iceland to agree on policy recommendations arising from the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment.

10/06/2004 An interview with Marnee from Nevada who has pursued her environmental campaigning online for the last 5 years culminating in an anti-whaling voyage to Iceland on the Greenpeace ship Esperanza.

09/05/2003 Greenpeace wants your help in its efforts to convince the government of Iceland to stop pursuing what it calls a "scientific" whaling program that will result in the killing of 250 minke whales next year.

09/05/2003 The Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior will soon arrive in Iceland. The Icelandic government is currently engaged in a "scientific" whaling program, the first stage of which includes the hunting of 38 minke whales. They plan to expand this program to take 250 whales in 2004. Show your support now to end whaling.

04/04/2003 An Icelandic proposal for a resumption of whaling on three species, including endangered fin and sei whales, was condemned by a leading conservation organisation yesterday.

10/15/2002 Environmental groups reacted with outrage this week to an International Whaling Commission vote to admit Iceland to the organisation.

06/10/2002 The European Union, which has supported the Palestinian education sector, has ruled that the charges of anti-Jewish bias in Palestinian textbooks are unfounded.

05/21/2002 Furious Icelandic delegates to the International Whaling Commission walked out of the body's annual meeting on Tuesday, after the rejection of their bid for full membership.

04/10/2002 The United Nations Children's Fund has urged the Mideast leaders to put an end to the unprecedented escalation in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as the extensive use of violence by both sides had its immediate and long-term effects on children.

09/19/2001 Iranian President Seyed Mohammad Khatami proposes a global summit against terrorism, according to a document released by the United Nations.

09/19/2001 Iran's president Seyed Mohammad Khatami has proposed a global summit against terrorism, according to a document released this week by the United Nations.

08/07/2001 Conservationists have hailed a decision by Iceland's official planning agency last week which turned down a hydro-electric dam project proposed by the National Power Company because of potentially damaging environmental impacts.

07/23/2001 Iceland's attempt to rejoin the International Whaling Commission while maintaining a reservation on the long-standing moratorium on commercial whaling threatens the survival of the Commission, warns a leading conservation organisation.

01/01/2001 Short, precise analysis of why the so-called peace process will never create peace: the process and the concepts themselves stand in the way.

11/10/2000 A culture of impunity around the Israeli police is resulting in brutality, ill-treatment, threats and beatings, according to Amnesty International.

04/28/2000 Upper caste Hindus who attacked a young "untouchable" boy for daring to enter a temple in Nepal's northwestern Lamjung district found themselves locked up a police cell. Suman Pradhan reports from Kathmandu on this latest example of the Dalit movement's fight for equality and justice.