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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.
»Making forest-climate plans gender friendly
2 commentsWomen depend so much on the forest for livelihood. They are also among the most vulnerable to impacts of climate change. This feature advocates for gender mainstreaming in the REDD mechanism. Ugochi Anyaka reports on this.
»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.
»Could health benefits offset costs of tackling climate-change?
No commentsThe World Health Organization (WHO) aims to show how efforts to limit climate change will affect human health — for better or worse — with a new study that will launch early in 2011.
»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.
»The coming storms — warning for climate negotiators
No commentsWith studies showing frequent extreme weather events and severe humanitarian impacts, scientists warn negotiators at UN climate talks wrapping up in Mexico to act quickly on climate change.
»Pakistan’s flood crisis highlighted in Cancun
No commentsThe Pakistani delegation held a side event at the UN climate talks in Cancun to draw attention to the “world’s most devastating floods: Pakistan’s extreme climate event”. The proceedings began with a documentary showing moving scenes of the devastation caused this summer by the increasingly erratic monsoon. In the documentary the Minister of Environment, Hameedullah [...]
»Bhutan aims to lead by carbon-negative example
No commentsHigh hopes for a climate deal failed to produce results in Copenhagen, and participants of the United Nations climate meeting in Cancun mutter that into the second week of the negotiations, they are getting a sense of déjà vu’.
Meanwhile, one of the countries most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, Bhutan, is facing the self imposed challenge of remaining carbon neutral for all time to come. Bhutan declared last year that it would keep absorbing more carbon than it emits, even though this would mean forgoing considerable economic opportunities.
»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.
»Vietnam advances climate preparation
No commentsVietnam is one of the countries most affected by climate change, however the Southeast Asian country is taking the lead with strong local actions to counter this global issue.
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