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Tanzania may benefit from new climate change research programme
No commentsTanzania and other East African countries might now be able to undertake extensive research on climate change beginning next year.
»Himalayan snow ‘half previous estimates’
No commentsHimalayan snow cover is little more than half of that previously estimated, according to first-ever comprehensive research on snow cover in the region released at UN climate talks here.
»Go vegetarian, reduce your carbon footprint
1 commentVegetarianism in the struggle against climate change.
»African Bushman tries to get his voice heard at COP 17
1 commentToppies, a bushman from the Kalahari, travels to COP17 to share the problems he is facing in the Kalahari desert, because of climate change. Hoping to talk to his leaders he waits for an opportunity, that was never granted.
»Climate change bedfellows: Colombia vs US
1 commentColombian Lorenzo Morales compares his consumption – and carbon footprint with that of his US roommate and fellow journalist Jeff Kelly Lowenstein.
»Climate change bedfellows: US vs Colombia
1 commentJeff Kelly Lowenstein should have listened to his wife. Instead his bulging suitcase confirmed to his Colombian colleague that US-style consumption is helping to fuel climate change.
»Taking it to the streets – in pictures
No commentsChanting time-honored South African protest songs, the people of Durban joined workers and activists from all over the world to march against climate change, poverty and inequality – in the hope of pressuring delegates at UN talks into finding real solutions.
»Scrambling for a climate deal in Durban
No commentsUN climate talks entered their second week here in Durban, South Africa, with pressure mounting to salvage the UN climate change system. The EU is pushing for a new road map toward a deal that includes all countries in a binding deal to cut carbon emissions. But resistance remains over how long that ride might be and who would be on it.
»Brazil gets its first ever ‘fossil’ award for new forest policy
No commentsBrazils earns its first ever “fossil award” for suggesting that a new forest law would help it reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
»Bullseye for Robin Hood tax
No commentsMany here in Durban are worried the Green Climate Fund will unravel should the US continue to push for details to be renegotiated. Meanwhile campaigners push for a Robin Hood tax to fund the fund.
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