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...managed to forge some agreement on global warming - despite news of Iran's secret nuclear facility eclipsing most of the discussion at the Pittsburgh summit - greens said little of substance was actually achieved. "They haven't really produced anything that is relevant in terms of active progress," says Kim Carstensen, head of the World Wildlife Fund's Global Climate Initiative. "I'm not that impressed...
...chances for a global deal at Copenhagen. But, then, China pledged to improve energy efficiency, while progress was made toward crafting a way to use global carbon markets to slow tropical deforestation. That gave environmentalists some hope. "Overall, I still feel better than I did a week ago," said Carstensen. "We had 100 leaders in the U.N. in New York come together and they actually talked about climate change in a significantly committed way. We have the door open...
Cabot, R. M.; Calkins, H.; Carr, F. J., Jr.; Carstensen, W.; Chadwick, T., Jr.; Chiesa, R. W.; Cliff, W. H., Jr.; Collinson, S. E., Jr.; Connolly, J. F.; Conway, J. F., Jr.; J. F. Jr.; Cook, K. S.; Cooke, W. P. Jr.; Coolidge, C. A.; Jr.; Corbett...
Still, late-life reunions can make for good relationships. Shared history and values grow more compelling as people age. Says Laura Carstensen, a Stanford University psychologist who studies emotional development in adulthood: research shows that "relationships benefit from knowledge of a person earlier in life." As people retire from careers, external signs of identity, like an office or affiliation, disappear. So it's valuable to know someone from your past "who knew...
Prevention is the best medicine for loneliness. "Make sure you grow old surrounded by people who know you and care about you--and that you care about," says Carstensen. That means actively maintaining friendships by frequent contact throughout life...