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The African youth group driving climate adaptation in rural communities
Youth Profile #17: Severin Apedjagbo from the Young Volunteers for the Environment (JVE) explains how one group meeting in a rural community in Togo has spread climate adaptation across Africa.
Pavan Sukhdev: Biodiversity not a luxury for the rich but a necessity for the poor
Pavan Sukhdev calls for the value of biodiversity to the poor to be considered when assessing the economic impact of the loss of nature.
Company behind Dubai’s ski slope to receive cash from UN carbon market
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Mitigation and adaptation critical to guaranteeing food security
Ahead of the UN climate summit in Doha, two new studies highlight the impacts of climate change and the world’s food system on one another and their potential to impact our relationship with food.
UN climate talks will fail without acknowledgment of rich/poor divide, says Indian diplomat
Without acknowledging the varying ability of nations to respond to the threats of climate change, negotiations cannot end successfully, according to Nitin Desai.
Comment: Is it time the UN climate change talks abandoned consensus?
Searching for agreements between 195 Parties is slow and can limit the ambition of the outcomes. Is there is scope for a “better” consensus and could voting ever work?
Polish environmentalists complain of harassment and visits from “secret police”
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Hydropower could double by 2050, say IEA and Brazilian government
Report claims 3 billion tonnes of CO2 could be saved but critics question benefits of “big-hydro” on social and environmental grounds.
Hurricane Sandy: the climate change alert the USA was fearing
The Hurricane Sandy Frankenstorm may not help scientist’s link storm frequency and climate change but it could be a painful demonstration of what New York can expect if extreme weather becomes the norm
Why climate scientists should be on twitter
Michael Mann tells RTCC why he joined the social networking site, and explains that despite the trolls he feels it has been a worthwhile experience
Climate of doubt: how sceptics influence US policy
PBS documentary explains how sceptic groups have undermined science behind climate change and make issue toxic for many politicians.
President Obama breaks his climate silence on MTV
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Comment: Stakes too high for foul play inside the Green Climate Fund
Allegations of financial incentives offered ahead of recent vote on GCF’s location highlight fund’s vulnerability to corruption. With the climate stakes so high, Alice Harrison says there is no scope for sleaze
Conservation or carbon sinks: Can the UN see the forest for the trees?
Forests play a key role for the UN’s climate change and biodiversity agencies. Melati Kaye investigates whether they can they serve the goals of both simultaneously.
Michael Mann: attacks on climate science could weaken next IPCC report
Author of iconic hockey stick graph says barrage of invective against scientists means few are willing to state true impacts of man-made climate change
EU divide on surplus carbon credits endangers second Kyoto commitment period
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UN climate talks in Doha should give REDD+ the green light
Market for carbon credits from forests needs to be signed off at COP18 if innovative finance mechanism has a chance of success
Pressure grows on Australia to sign Kyoto Protocol II
Julia Gillard’s cabinet will meet next week for the last time before COP18 in Doha – but will they discuss joining KP2?
Mayor of Seoul aims to ‘cancel out’ a nuclear power plant with climate action
City-wide energy efficiency drive announced as South Korea continues to push the climate change agenda at home and abroad.
Poland’s use of vetoes on EU climate goals has no legal basis
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