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Groups concerned at EU logging loophole
Three NGO’s raise concern on a move by the European Union to change the content of a text in the REDD Negotiating text that portrays a hidden motive.
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Jordan and Climate Change
No commentsJordan’s position as a member of the G77 + China group is to support the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the IPCC.
»Climate troubles: empowering young people to cause change
No commentsA conference held in Uganda targeted the people with the potential to build much-needed awareness among poor people who are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
»Monsoon changes ‘hit seven million Sri Lankans’
No commentsA Sri Lankan Minister has reminded journalists of the role they can play in alerting people to the risks of climate change.
»‘You too may become extinct’
No commentsThee World Conservation Union’s list of wild species threatened with extinction is a wake-up call to human beings as well.
»Climate of no trust
No commentsThe recent UN climate talks in Bangkok were bedevilled by a lack of trust between rich and poor – a wide gap that needs bridging if the December climate summit in Copenhagen is to produce real agreement.
»Wangari warns Africa on climate stance
No commentsAfrica needs a united voice as it heads for the UN climate conference in Copenhagen in December, the Kenyan Nobel Prize laureate and environmental activist Professor Wangari Maathai has said.
»How Nigeria Is Coping With Climate Change Challenge
No commentsA special-purpose climate adaptation initiative in Nigeria has unveiled a package of community-based solutions and mitigation measures.
»Ready for REDD
No commentsREDD proposes that forests are more valuable standing than cut down. They serve as water catchments, as homes for biodiversity and indigenous peoples and as carbon storage. It would make sense for the world to start paying for these free, living services rather than clearing the forests for logging and turning them into plantations or ranches.
»Nigeria Has Climate Mitigation Plan, Says Official
No commentsNigeria says suggestions that it does not have a national plan of action to tackle climate change are untrue and are the work of hostile developed countries.
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