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Tuesday 20 March 2012

Damage to world's oceans 'to reach $2 trillion a year'
Reuters | 20 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - The cost of damage to the world's oceans from climate change could reach $2 trillion a year by 2100 if measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions are not stepped up, a study by marine experts said on Wednesday.
 Climate Change
Exclusive: India to urge airlines to opt out of EU carbon scheme
Reuters | 20 Mar 2012
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will urge its airlines not to take part in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), a senior official said, the latest salvo in an escalating row over an EU law requiring all flights in and out of Europe to pay for their emissions.
 Climate Change
Airline CO2 friction is hint of new climate politics
Reuters | 20 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - Threats of retaliation by China and India against a European Union plan to charge airlines for their carbon emissions is misplaced, given their weak legal case and a drift towards more such unilateral climate action.
 Climate Change
Africa: Rural Women Shift to Climate-Resistant Jobs
AllAfrica.com | 20 Mar 2012
[AlertNet] Meru - For the first 24 years of her marriage, Philista Cianjoka's only source of income was attending to births and performing female genital cutting on adolescent girls.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Ghana: Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 20 Mar 2012
[Public Agenda] Most ordinary people attest to the fact that something is happening to our environment these days, particularly the weather - the heat is worse than before and the rains no longer come at the expected time. And when they come at all, they come down...
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Uganda: Documentary Calls for Gender Responsive Measures to Address Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 20 Mar 2012
[Independent] On March 19, the "Faces of Climate Change-the gender perspective" documentary which points out the plight of men and women in extreme weather events like heavy rains, droughts and landslides was launched.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Nigeria: UNN to Begin Masters Degree in Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 20 Mar 2012
[Vanguard] Nsukka - University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has concluded plans to run a masters degree programme on climate change at the post graduate studies school of the university, as the deans of faculties in the institution have all keyed in into the programme.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Budget 2012: Businesses call for government to commit to green economy
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 20 Mar 2012
Businesses have called on the Government to commit to the green economy and clarify how it intends to drive its growth ambitions with its long-term climate change objectives in tomorrow's (March 21) budget announcement.
 Climate Change
India may urge airlines to boycott EU scheme
Guardian Unlimited | 20 Mar 2012
Indian official says Europe risks provoking a global trade war by requiring airlines to pay for their greenhouse gas emissionsIndia will urge its airlines to boycott the European Union's carbon charge scheme, raising the prospect of a global trade war over an EU law requiring flights in and out of...

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