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Persuasion, prison and hard cash: how Nigeria is halting rainforest loss
2 commentsWith the feisty lyrics of American rap legend Tupac pumping out of the car stereo, 36-year-old Steve Okoikpi manoeuvres his only-slightly ageing Mercedes Benz through sharp bends on the road. The destination is Akasanko, a forest community of about 500 people in the outskirts of Calabar, the capital of Cross River State. Cross River lies [...]
»Postcard from Durban: Greener football and tree-preneurs
No commentsBusisiwe Ndlela was radiant when I met her yesterday. Just this month, and with money she earned selling tiny trees, she has bought a new cupboard and an electric stove and she is proud as can be. I met this 60-year old mother of seven on the outskirts of Durban, South Africa where she and hundreds [...]
»Can Indonesian cities drive emissions down without tackling transport?
No commentsIndonesia has ambitious plans to green dozens of its cities to help fight climate change. But these plans won’t affect the transport sector for more than a decade and experts warn this could create more environmental problems.
»Durban city offers summit goers a chance to offset carbon
No commentsOne of the side effects of a huge climate change summit is its own carbon footprint. Durban, the host of this year’s UN climate talks in South Africa, offers attendees a way to reduce the size of it.
»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.
»Go vegetarian, reduce your carbon footprint
1 commentVegetarianism in the struggle against climate change.
»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.
»Can the UN’s clean development mechanism bring benefits in Nigeria?
1 commentNigerian journalist Ugochi Anyanka explores the pros and cons of the Clean Development Mechanism.
»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.
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