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Wednesday 21 March 2012

Britain mulls replacing corporate CO2 scheme
Reuters | 21 Mar 2012
LONDON (Reuters) - The UK government will consider replacing a scheme to cut corporate energy use with an alternative environmental tax if it cannot reduce the scheme's administrative costs, finance minister George Osborne said in his budget statement on Wednesday.
 Climate Change
Damage to oceans will cost $2 trillion
New Scientist | 21 Mar 2012
A global temperature rise of 4?C by 2100 will have a huge impact on fisheries, tourism and atmospheric carbon dioxide
'Act now' to cut ocean damage costs
The Independent | 21 Mar 2012
Failing to tackle climate change will damage the world's oceans to the tune of £270 billion a year by mid-century, researchers warned today.
 Climate Change
Africa: Carbon Markets Take Centre Stage at Continental Forum
AllAfrica.com | 21 Mar 2012
[Addis Fortune] A loan scheme and standardised methodology guidelines to smooth the progress of future carbon markets will be launched in the upcoming African Carbon Forum at Addis Abeba.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Africa: Turning to Communities to Protect Forests
AllAfrica.com | 21 Mar 2012
[AlertNet] Tackling climate change through sustainable forest management is being promoted as a way forward to fight greenhouse gases.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Nigeria: Climate Change May Kill 184 Million People by 25th Century - Nwangi
AllAfrica.com | 21 Mar 2012
[Vanguard] Nsukka - A Kenyan don has estimated that climate change problem would kill about 184 million people by the 25th century with Africa recording the highest victims.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Tanzania: TASAF Keen On Climate Change Adaptation
AllAfrica.com | 21 Mar 2012
[Daily News] TANZANIA Social Action Fund (TASAF) in collaboration with the World Bank has started mainstreaming climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into social protection programmes.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts
Highlighting the need and potential for adaptation to climate change in African international river ...
feedproxy.google.com | 21 Mar 2012
Africa's fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as ...
 Climate Change Adaptation
Sizing the carbon bubble
chinadialogue.net | 21 Mar 2012
Financial markets are in denial, backing both the winners and losers of climate change and stocking up more fossil fuels than they can burn, writes James Leaton.How much “unburnable” carbon is there on the world’s stock exchanges? Last year, the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI)...
 China
Rising Asia and old Europe need to work together (Analysis)
EurActiv | 21 Mar 2012
Europe should engage more firmly with Asia not only in trade but also in foreign policy, climate issues and resource efficiency if it is to regain its powerful role in the international arena, argue Giles Merritt and Shada Islam from Friends of Europe. More '
 Climate Change | EU Emission Trading Scheme
How to create resilient agriculture
SCIDEV.NET | 21 Mar 2012
Durable food security and agricultural growth depend on development strategies with resilience built in from the start, says Gordon Conway.
 Zambia | Climate Change Adaptation

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