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Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 5 diary
CBD COP11: DDT in the air, dying lakes, finance stalemate but progress on 4 main issues
Hyderabad biodiversity talks: day 4 diary
CBD COP11: Finance heats up, Hyderabad’s cash machines cool down and youth groups make a stand
India urged to ditch damaging sea walls and plant mangroves
CBD COP11: Calls for India to halt damaging sand mining and sea wall construction and focus on cultivating mangrove forests
Brazil sparks REDD+ duplication row
CBD COP11: Brazil, Columbia, Ethiopia and Argentina argue REDD+ discussions should be left to UNFCCC conference
Greenpeace protest highlights India’s tough choice between coal and forests
CBD COP11: Greenpeace warns more must be done to protect the India’s forests from increasing exploitation
Countries focus on finance as they move to implement biodiversity targets
CBD COP11: At the CBD’s latest summit delegates look for ways to implement the decisions made two years ago in Japan, but there can be no implementation without finance.
UN biodiversity chief calls for new way of ‘doing business’
CBD COP11: Braulio Dias calls for more integration of ambitions and working as summit opens in Hyderabad
WWF reminds nations of promises on environmental finance
WWF express ‘concern and disappoitment’ over lack of delivery on finance since last major UN Biodiversity conference two years ago
Biodiversity loss, benefit sharing and finance on CBD COP11 agenda
RTCC previews the Convention on Biological Diversity’s COP11 conference, which starts in Hyderabad today
Papua forest communities offer new perspective on climate change
Local knowledge in Indonesia is filling crucial gaps in data for climate scientists
Clean coal, kryptonite and Mitt Romney
Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney says clean coal is the answer to the USA’s energy problems – but does it really exist?
Japan set to meet Kyoto Protocol commitments
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Can we break the REDD+ stalemate?
Accelerating the pace of REDD+ negotiations would send strong signals that the world is serious about addressing climate change, say CIFOR scientists.
Obama and Romney remain silent on climate change in first US Presidential Debate
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Emission reduction policies must be based on accurate carbon measurements
Understanding how much carbon is stored and released from trees remains on of the biggest technical challenges for REDD+, say scientists.
Nitrous oxide and methane: the forgotten gases in the forests and climate change debate
Deforested land used to grow palm oil, soya bean and other crops releases huge levels nitrous oxide and methane into the atmosphere
VIDEO: A record-breaking year for the Arctic & Antarctic
Sea ice levels in the North and South Poles have dominated the climate change debate this summer – these animations demonstrate why.
Costa Rica’s youth eye a carbon neutral future
Youth Profile #14: Costa Rica is one of the world’s smaller countries, but in the world of climate change it stands tall – led by a dynamic youth movement
VIDEO: Why it’s time time to protect biodiversity – nature’s safety net
Terry Sunderland from the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) explains the relationship between biodiversity and climate change.
Pressure grows on Romney and Obama to mention climate change in debate
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