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Aregu Balleh

Aregu Balleh is an environmental journalist working for the only English daily government newspaper, The Ethiopian Herald. He writes for the economy section, where environmental issues are also published. Balleh is also one of the founding members of the Ethiopian Environmental Journalists Association, EEJA, a non-partisan body that strives to contribute to the development of an environmentally sensitive media sector and support sustainable development. Previously, he worked for a private media institute, Walta Information Centre, in the position of reporter and senior reporter.

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Wary Africa voices concern over alleged attempt to ‘kill’ Kyoto Protocol

By: Aregu Balleh on December 14th, 2009

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African negotiators accuse the Danish president of the UN climate change conference of trying to ‘kill’ the Kyoto Protocol – the only legal binding agreement that limits greenhouse gas emissions.

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Nothing but a deal can save the planet: activists

By: Aregu Balleh on December 12th, 2009

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Tens of thousands of people demonstrated today in Copenhagen to urge world leaders to push forward the climate-change negotiations that started last Monday.

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Developing nations seek US$200bn in climate finance from US

By: Aregu Balleh on December 11th, 2009

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Developing nations have called on the United States to provide US$200 billion in financial aid to help the address climate change.

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Amid claims of progress in climate change talks, at-risk nations harden demands

By: Aregu Balleh on December 11th, 2009

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The UN’s top climate-change official says the negotiations underway in Copenhagen are making progress in some areas.

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UN environment chief rejects any talking down of climate summit

By: Aregu Balleh on December 10th, 2009

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Amid growing fears that a legally binding deal to tackle climate change cannot be signed at the UN conference underway in Copenhagen, the head of the UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) is optimistic that a deal is within reach.

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Secret text at Copenhagen climate-change talks enrages developing nations

By: Aregu Balleh on December 9th, 2009

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Three days into the climate-change negotiations here in Copenhagen, a draft text leaked from the Danish government has left the participants in disarray.

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Traditional farmers ‘can help fight against climate change’

By: Aregu Balleh on October 9th, 2009

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A joint Afro-Latin American conference has called for recognition of the vital role in combating climate change played by indigenous people’s knowledge of farming and forestry.

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Africa speaks out on climate

By: Aregu Balleh on September 7th, 2009

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Africa is determined to speak with a united voice at the UN climate change summit in Denmark in December, says Ethiopia’s Prime Minister.

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Nobel laureate urges undivided African voice at climate summit

By: Aregu Balleh on August 25th, 2009

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Wangari Maathai urges Africa to find a united voice in the crucial climate change tallks to be held in December.

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Trees offer ‘window of opportunity’ against climate change

By: Aregu Balleh on August 25th, 2009

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African farmers can make their land more productive by growing trees as well as other crops – and doing so will help to lessen the threat from climate change.

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