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CCMP Fellowships 2011 – Applications Open
No commentsApplications are open for the 2011 Climate Change Media Partnership Fellowships. Open predominantly to journalists from developing countries, the fellowships cover travel, lodging and support at the COP17 summit in South 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.
»More nations claim climate-vulnerability as battle for limited funds begins
No commentsThe competition for access to climate finance has begun, with nations arguing hard that they are the most vulnerable and should be first in line for the money.
»Cancun’s ‘rushed’ forest deal
No commentsCancun did produce an agreement on protecting forests as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but doubts persist about the strength of the deal the negotiators finally reached.
»Unlike in Copenhagen: This time leaders did not stymie climate-change talks
No commentsThe two-weeks of intergovernmental negotiations on climate change in Cancún, Mexico this month ended with some hope — for the process if not for the climate itself.
»China-US, a truce in Cancun?
No commentsChina and the US are demonstrating better relations at the Cancun negotiation table, compared with their big fight in Copenhagen. Both sides claim they are being constructive but a highly political agenda is behind this truce.
»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.
»Redd: Problems and Prospects
No commentsThe Mexican ocean resort of Cancun is the scene of the 2010 UN climate talks. Almost 200 nations are negotiating on how to reduce carbon emissions which scientists say causes global warming. To many people who have arrived for the conference the choice of Cancun is a little incongrous – a holiday destination of unlimited development, all-inclusive package holidays, and an awful lot of concrete. The local forest was cut down, pushing the indigenious Mayan population further into Mexico’s natural habitat. Ironically, the subject of deforestation has been one of the main topics discussed at the Climate Change summit being held here. Ugochi Anyaka reports from the white beaches and sapphire seas of the Gulf of Mexico.
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