Climate Curate: Thursday 9 February 2012
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South Africa’s G20 push for local processing of transition minerals faces barriers
Will minerals giant China sign up to a plan to help resource-rich developing countries build a value chain and generate more wealth?
Valentine’s Day a costlier affair as rising heat hits West Africa cocoa production
Extreme temperatures dent cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts
DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
Congo has launched a plan for the world’s largest protected area – but Indigenous and local people say they haven’t been consulted
A strong carbon tax on shipping can give hope to climate-vulnerable communities
The International Maritime Organization is nearing a deal to price shipping emissions – it should be in the form of a levy that benefits the Global South
McDonald’s flames highlight our failure to face facts about food
There are ways to reduce the climate impact of what we eat – but companies and governments have been slow to back them
Colombia’s COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns
Observers told Climate Home that Susana Muhamad’s resignation as environment minister could affect UN nature talks
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South Africa’s G20 push for local processing of transition minerals faces barriers
Will minerals giant China sign up to a plan to help resource-rich developing countries build a value chain and generate more wealth?
Valentine’s Day a costlier affair as rising heat hits West Africa cocoa production
Extreme temperatures dent cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts
DRC’s huge Green Corridor project lacks buy-in from forest communities
Congo has launched a plan for the world’s largest protected area – but Indigenous and local people say they haven’t been consulted
A strong carbon tax on shipping can give hope to climate-vulnerable communities
The International Maritime Organization is nearing a deal to price shipping emissions – it should be in the form of a levy that benefits the Global South
McDonald’s flames highlight our failure to face facts about food
There are ways to reduce the climate impact of what we eat – but companies and governments have been slow to back them
Colombia’s COP16 presidency in suspense as minister resigns
Observers told Climate Home that Susana Muhamad’s resignation as environment minister could affect UN nature talks
After US cuts cash, Green Climate Fund head urges others to step up
Mafalda Duarte stresses the strategic and economic importance of keeping money flowing to developing countries after Trump cancelled $4bn pledge to the fund
How to resuscitate 1.5°C by identifying accountable countries
Keeping the 1.5°C warming goal alive requires holding individual countries responsible for their fair share of climate action – our new framework points the way
UN gives countries more time to submit “quality” climate plans for 2035
China, the EU and India are among big polluters set to miss this month’s deadline for new targets as concerns grow of a “softening” in climate ambition
Renewed global violence puts pressure on climate adaptation
Climate funds are learning how to keep projects running when conflict breaks out by being flexible and working closely with communities