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Botswana

Economic slump may limit moves on clean energy
International Herald Tribune | 25 Nov 2008
From Italy to China, a poor global economy and plunging prices of coal and oil are upending plans to wean businesses and consumers from fossil fuel.
 Afghanistan | Albania | Algeria | Angola | Argentina | Armenia | Australia | Austria | Bangladesh
Botswana: Farmers Welcome Rain But Fear Unpredictability
Mmegi Online | 22 Oct 2007
Farmers in the northern part of the country have welcomed the recent rains with enthusiasm. The farmers are now gearing to start tilling the land, though with mixed hopes.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Botswana: All Must Fight Global Warming
Mmegi Online | 25 Sep 2007
The high attendance at the UN meeting in New York to discuss global warming is an indication of how serious the world regards the issue. It would be remiss if one thought that global warming is a new phenomenon, since the debate on the subject has been raging for quite some time now.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change
Africa: Developing Nations Embrace Renewable Energy
AllAfrica.com | 22 Jun 2007
Developing countries have increased investment in renewable energy, accounting for one-fifth of the world's total last year, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released today (21 June).
 Energy Efficiency | Renewable Energy | Climate Change
Africa: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Appoints Kofi Annan, Former Secretary-General of t...
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2007
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa today announced the appointment of former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as its first chairman.
 Biodiversity
Africa: UN Wins Pledges to Plant Billion Trees
AllAfrica.com | 25 May 2007
The United Nations has received pledges to plant over a billion trees in a drive to help fight climate change and poverty, Reuters reported from Nairobi quoting the UN as having said Tuesday.
 Climate Change | Global Warming
Africa: UN Refugee Agency Backs 'Green' Plan
AllAfrica.com | 23 May 2007
Backing a major "green" initiative, the United Nations refugee agency has pledged to plant more than 9 million trees this year in areas of human displacement.
 Algeria | Angola | Botswana | Cameroon | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Egypt | Ethiopia | Ghana
Africa: City Leaders Ring Climate Change Alarm
AllAfrica.com | 22 May 2007
JOHANNESBURG mayor Amos Masondo and 30 mayors of the world's biggest cities have called on Group of Eight (G-8) leaders meeting in Germany to encourage national governments to support city leaders in combating climate change.
 Climate Change | Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Africa: Curbing Deforestation 'Key' to Fighting Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 11 May 2007
Reducing deforestation in developing countries could become a key strategy in fighting climate change, say a group of forest and climate experts.
 Global Warming | Climate Change
Africa: Agriculture Key Player to Stop Degradation of Vital Ecosystems - Environmental Degradation C...
AllAfrica.com | 27 Apr 2007
Agriculture offers important solutions for many of today's environmental problems, FAO said today in a report prepared for its Committee on Agriculture meeting in Rome (25-28 April 2007).
 Biodiversity | Climate Change
Africa: Worldwide Impact From Climate Change Predicted
AllAfrica.com | 11 Apr 2007
A grim picture of the impact of environmental changes ahead - especially for the world's poor -- is drawn by the latest installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report.
 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Africa: Africans Must Ratify Kyoto to Slow Desert Expansion - Conference
AllAfrica.com | 07 Apr 2007
An international desertification conference concluded here Wednesday with a call to all African countries to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, to help slow the rapid expansion of deserts on the continent, AFP reported Wednesday.
 Climate Change
Botswana: Climate Change Affects Country
AllAfrica.com | 26 Mar 2007
The depletion of the ozone layer does not only affect Antarctic but the whole globe, director of Meteorological Services Phetolo Phage said yesterday.
 Climate Change
Africa: Global Report Cites Progress in Slowing Forest lLosses
AllAfrica.com | 26 Mar 2007
A number of regions of the world are reversing centuries of deforestation and are now showing an increase in forest area, according to FAO's State of the World's Forests report, released last week.
 Climate Change
Africa: Renewable Sources the Key to Energy Crisis?
AllAfrica.com | 25 Mar 2007
Biofuel and other renewable energy sources may hold the key to Africa's energy crisis. Without intervention, this crisis is set to grow. Southern African cities such as Lusaka in Zambia, Harare in Zimbabwe, Gaborone in Botswana and Dar-Es-Salaam in Tanzania will be affected.
 Renewable Energy
Africa: Climate Experts From 188 Countries Meet
AllAfrica.com | 21 Mar 2007
A CONFERENCE on the social and economic benefits of weather, climate and water services to secure sustainable living, opened here on Monday.
 Biodiversity | Extreme Weather
Africa: Carbon Dioxide 'Released, Not Stored' By Soil
AllAfrica.com | 16 Mar 2007
Increasing levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere may turn soil from a potential carbon sink into a carbon source by stimulating microbial communities to release, not store, carbon dioxide, according to a study.
 Global Warming | Carbon Storage
Africa: Global Report Cites Progress in Slowing Forest Losses
AllAfrica.com | 13 Mar 2007
A number of regions of the world are reversing centuries of deforestation and are now showing an increase in forest area, according to FAO's State of the World's Forests report, released today.
 Climate Change
Botswana: Global Warming
AllAfrica.com | 27 Feb 2007
The Earth is heating up. At supermarkets, in office corridors and in the park-ing lots the topic that dominates conversations is how hot it is these days!
 Climate Change | Extreme Weather | Global Warming
News | Harsh climate hurting tourism in Africa
The Standard | 14 Feb 2007
Adverse climatic changes in Africa are threatening to hamper agricultural and tourism sectors.
 Algeria | Angola | Botswana | Cameroon | Congo | the Democratic Republic of the | Egypt | Ethiopia | Ghana

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