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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 [...]
»No place at the climate table, Nepali communities say
No commentsMembers of a federation of community forests from Nepal accused the government of Nepal of being biased towards them by refusing to accept their representative as a party delegate at UN climate talks.
»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.
»Rural women strike back!
No commentsFor women in rural areas, life can be especially tough. Tired of suffering in silence, rural women from across southern Africa, and many from further away, gathered outside the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Convention Centre in Durban to make their voices heard during the COP17 climate change conference.
»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.
»Climate march on Durban
No commentsThousands marched through the streets of Durban, South Africa at the weekend and held a mass meeting in front of the ICC where the United Nations climate change negotiations are taking place.
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