2001-2010: Warmest decade on record
Climate change is happening now and is not some distant future event: World Meteorological Organization general secretary. The rate of climate change accelerated in the period 2001-2010—the warmest decade
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>> Researchers have unearthed the mummy of a 67-million-year-old hadrosaur from South Dakota in the US. A high-resolution CT scan of the 10-tonne fossil shows that the well-preserved body has much
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Soot adds fuel to global warming
NYT News Service Soot from cookstoves in Asia and Africa is seen as responsible for 18 pc of the planets warming, says Elisabeth Rosenthal. It could help to curb emissions as we observe another Earth Day tomorrow
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Legal frameworks for REDD: design and implementation at the national level
This book builds on related experience of the IUCN Environmental Law Centre in the areas of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, Access and Benefit-Sharing
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Wrong climate for damming rivers
International Rivers has created a state-of-the-art Google Earth 3-D tour and video narrated by Nigerian activist Nnimmo Bassey, Chair of Friends of the Earth International and winner of the prestigious
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Multi-actor initiatives in action: Lessons from the Sustainable Diets for All programme
<p>Sustainable Diets for All (SD4All) is an advocacy programme, coordinated by IIED and Hivos, which is designed to improve access to healthy and sustainable diets for low-income communities, while highlighting
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The Hunger Virus: How COVID-19 Is Fuelling Hunger In A Hungry World
<p>COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day could die from COVID-19
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Global and regional climate changes due to black carbon
Abstract Black carbon in soot is the dominant absorber of visible solar radiation in the atmosphere. Anthropogenic sources of black carbon, although distributed globally, are most concentrated in the tropics
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Rising from the depths: water security and fragility in South Sudan
In 2022, South Sudan was ranked as the world’s most vulnerable country to climate change and the one most lacking in coping capacity. South Sudan is also one of the world’s most politically fragile countries.
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BASIC unity on show in clamour for post-’20 deal
Denying Differences, Nations Ready For Future Pacts Durban: It was BASIC countries’ day out in Durban on Tuesday, with the ministers of Brazil, South Africa, India and China forcefully reiterating their
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WMO statement on the state of the global climate in 2017
The very active North Atlantic hurricane season, major monsoon floods in the Indian subcontinent, and continuing severe drought in parts of east Africa contributed to 2017 being the most expensive year
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U.N. report says Africa will be most affected by global warming
A new U.N report forecasts rising levels of disease, famine and poverty for Africa, identifying it as one of the continents to be most affected by an increase in global temperatures. According to a
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Freshwater governance for the 21st century
<p>The water-related challenges have reached a climax with an unoptimistic future expected to feature more competition between users. This book on freshwater governance broadly illustrates key aspects of water governance. It maps the spectrum of decision-making from techno-centric and eco-centric approaches, to hybrid concepts and people-centric approaches.</p>
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U.N. reports that global warming may heap disasters on Africa
Africa may face more natural disasters if the world's main economic powers do not ratify a key protocol on climate change as soon as possible, the top United Nations environmentalist said Tuesday.
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The future of global water stress: an integrated assessment
Population growth and increasing social pressures on global water resources have required communities around the globe to focus on the future of water availability. Global climate change is expected to
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>> The World Food Programme is working with the Ethiopian government to extend drought insurance. The US $230 million insurance will cover about 6.7 million people, which will be disbursed in case
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Red heat
Droughts in Africa were far worse in the last millennium than is now
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Ecological changes induced by full-sun cocoa farming in Côte d’Ivoire
<p>Full-sun cocoa farming is currently the most widespread cocoa cultivation system in humid and sub-humid Côte d’Ivoire. Higher short-term yields from increasing surfaces under cultivation
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simple remedy: Garlic not only keeps the vampires at bay, but also pests such as slugs and snails, which cause millions of dollars worth of damage in countries with cool or temperate climates.
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How solar household systems contribute to resilience
Solar lamps and solar home systems are increasingly seen as a route to electrification in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Much of the population that would be served by such systems is vulnerable