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The Fossil Awards: Canada’s ‘winning streak’
No commentsThe Fossil Awards act as a dramatic lens on each day’s negotiations at UN climate talks here in Durban, South Africa. The awards call out countries that the Climate Action Network says are impeding the negotiation process. Given reports that Canada is backing off the Kyoto Protocol, it continues its ‘winning’ streak.
»Why COP17 Matters
No commentsHeather King neatly sums up why COP17 matters and why many insiders say the Kyoto Protocol is not the be and end all.
»A Nigerian quest for better use of wood fuel
2 commentsUgochi Anyaka reports on the health effects that people suffer when the burn wood as fuel in their homes – and how tackling this problem can help to limit climate change too.
»Why we must save our forests now
No commentsIn this edition of the Radio Netherlands Worldwide show Africa in Progress, four African climate change experts discuss why it is important for us to protect our trees and what would happen if we continue cut down our forest cover in Africa.
»Africa’s Green Fund for action on climate change
No commentsAt the COP16, the African Development Bank (AfDB) announced plans to create the Africa Green Fund (AGF), an mechanism designed to enable African countries access global resources to tackle climate challenges. Ugochi Anyaka reports from Cancun, Mexico.
»What will Tanzania get in return for a charcoal compromise?
3 commentsLike many African countries, Tanzania depends heavily on charcoal for energy. How can it protect its forests when they are its people’s major source of fuel?
»Banking on flood and drought?
No commentsBhutan is attempting to break free of its dependence on foreign donors and is looking at hydropower as the one main source of revenue. But melting glaciers threaten the hydropower plants that Bhutan is building in its dream to be economically self reliant.
»Oil still has its friends
No commentsOil-producing countries are lending their support to those who want to delay the introduction of binding global limits on the emission of greenhouse gases.
»Biofuel cultivation threatens Africa’s climate change agenda
No commentsIn pursuit of green energy to replace climate unfriendly fossil fuels, African governments together with their private sector may be reaping benefits from biofuel production but at the expense of their ability to cash in on reducing emissions through deforestation and degradation (REDD).
»Climate Change in Central Asia
No commentsCentral Asia is to face the worst impacts of climate change sooner than most of the regions in the world, according to reports released at the United Nations climate summit being held in Cancun, Mexico. Climate vulnerability is a burning issue on the summit’s agenda, where more than 15000 officials and NGO representatives from around the world are discussing ways of preventing drastic effects of climate change on earth. Meanwhile, independent experts say that the governments from the Central Asian countries are not prepared to put their case strongly in these negotiations. Komila Nabiyeva reports from Cancun, Mexico.
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