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SAA looks to voluntary carbon offset project
Pretoria – State owned enterprise South African Airways (SAA) is exploring the implementation of a voluntary carbon offset project that can support the development of forestry in the Southern African...
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Social scientists demand bigger role in environmental research
This article was originally published on the SciDev.Net Website 15 June 2012. After decades of empirical evidence of climate change, why does climate change denial still exist? This is just one question...
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Bonn meeting commits to COP17 outcomes
Pretoria – Representatives from the 32 countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiating blocs have expressed determination to build on the strong momentum of the...
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Indigenous Brazilian tribe certified to trade carbon credits
Brazil’s Paiter Suruí community has become the first indigenous group in the country to receive international certification to sell carbon credits in return for protecting and restoring forests in their Amazonian territory....
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Climate change: Coping versus adapting
JOHANNESBURG, 2 April 2012 (IRIN) – People often use “coping” and “adapting” interchangeably in the context of disaster response – an issue the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seeks...
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The Strauss Center Uses Esri Technology to Better Target Aid
The Strauss Center’s Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program has implemented Esri technology to view how climate change impacts vulnerable populations in Africa. CCAPS created the dynamic mapping...
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IPCC predicts rise in extreme climate events
Climate change could mean unusually high temperatures occurring much more often in most parts of the world by the end of the century, according to a special report on extreme...