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Thursday 17 May 2012

Tanzania: Zanzibar Pushes to Join Island Alliance to Confront Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 17 May 2012
[AlertNet] Migombani - The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win "environmental independence" from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean.

Gabon: President Bongo Presents Strategy for Development
AllAfrica.com | 17 May 2012
[Office of the President of Gabon] London, 17th of May 2012 - The President of the Gabonese Republic, Ali Bongo Ondimba delivered a speech entitled 'Investing for the Future' at the world-renowned foreign policy think tank, Chatham House. Over the course of an hour, he presented his vision for economic development for Gabon to an audience of researchers and business leaders.

Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

South Africa: Gov't Continues to Back Eskom's Investments in Coal
AllAfrica.com | 17 May 2012
[Greenpeace] It was announced yesterday that Eskom's funding plan to 2017 had been approved. The utility company will spend R201.6 billion over the coming period, with R65 billlion budgeted for this year.

Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Guidelines for incorporating free, prior and informed consent into REDD+ projects
feedproxy.google.com | 17 May 2012
The right for indigenous people to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) has recently been strengthened through the adoption ...

Climate Change and Development

Peatlands - guidance for climate change mitigation by conservation, rehabilitation and sustainable u...
feedproxy.google.com | 17 May 2012
This report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is aimed as a handbook for policy makers, technical audiences and others ...

Climate Change and Development

Real-Time Evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative Contributions to Nation...
feedproxy.google.com | 17 May 2012
The purpose of this country level evaluation is to assess Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI)s support to national REDD strategy ...

Climate Change and Development

Real-Time Evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative: Contributions to Natio...
feedproxy.google.com | 17 May 2012
The primary objective of the Norwegian Government's climate policy is to help establish a global, binding, long-term post-2012 regime that will ensure ...

CRC 'stealth tax' damaging attempts to cut carbon
Environment Data Interactive Exchange | 17 May 2012
New research being presented to Parliament today (May 17) indicates that attempts to encourage some of the UK's largest organisations to cut carbon have been hit by a change in government policy.

Climate Change

Canada axes green advisory body
Guardian Unlimited | 17 May 2012
The Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its green business advisers by shutting the agency downThe Canadian government is to mark the 25th anniversary of its green business advisers by closing the agency down.John Baird, Canada's foreign affairs minister and pointman for next...

Trading places?
chinadialogue.net | 17 May 2012
Europe’s emissions trading scheme is no longer the only game in town. A new report considers the challenge posed by China’s carbon market pilots, writes Rob Elsworth.The European Union (EU) has long seen itself in the vanguard of action on climate change. At the centre of its climate...

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