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March 31st 2012 – Earth Hour! Once again households and businesses are encouraged to turn off their non-essential lights for one hour to raise awareness about the need to take action on climate change. Initiated by the WWF and started in Sydney in 2008, the event has grown year by year. This year, Earth Hour [...]
Recently there was an event in London, a joint Research and Policy in Development (RAPID)/Climate Change, Environment and Forests (CCEF) occasion they called ‘Knowledge Café’. Discussed was ‘Climate policy and climate science: an oxymoron?’. It seems sensible that policy should be decided based on facts, and that climate science is the base of climate policy. [...]
If we want to accelerate the transition to low-carbon societies and support those who will be affected most by the impacts of climate change it is crucial that organizations, partnerships and NGOs team up and support each other. Today I want to bring some attention to another Partnership engaged in the plight to limit global [...]
Durban Climate Change Conference – high expectations?
28 Nov 2011
by Denise Recheis - Category: News
We might be the last generation with the capacity to act in our struggle to mitigate climate change. The future looks bleak; recent disasters such as the floods in Australia can almost definitely be attributed to global warming, and most experts take an increase in temperature of several degrees Celsius for granted. Today, Monday November [...]
Doctor turned hydro developer demonstrates energy needs in health
19 Sep 2011
by GVEP International - Category: Contributed News
A micro-hydro company that is to supply electricity to health centres in remote areas of Rwanda is a reminder of how critical energy access is for achieving the Millennium Development Goals – as the 2015 deadline approaches. But before the acclaimed universal access can be met, small energy enterprises in developing countries must overcome significant [...]
CDKN releases new Policy Brief: Climate change and poverty reduction
23 Aug 2011
by Florian Bauer - Category: Contributed News
CDKN’s new Policy Brief on vlimate change and poverty reduction outlines the impacts of climate change on achieving and sustaining development goals. It reviews the evidence gap on climate effects on poverty, and recommends how to ensure effective development in the face of climate change. The brief, written by Simon Anderson, Head of Climate Change [...]
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