Africa: Initiating Moves to Climate-Proof Africa
AllAfrica.com | 22 Jun 2010
Discouraged by the outcome of the Copenhagen climate summit last December as well as how negotiations at the just concluded talks in Bonn in Germany seem to have turned out, developing nations made up of mainly those from Africa are now looking inwards as a way out of the dilemma.
 Nigeria | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Mitigation | Climate Change Negotiations

Africa: Climate Change Could Affect Our Growth
AllAfrica.com | 21 Jun 2010
Climate change is a major threat to sustainable growth and development in Africa, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, hence urgent action is needed. Although Africa is the continent least responsible for climate change, it is particularly vulnerable to the effects, including reduced agricultural production, worsening food security, the increased incidence of both flooding and drought, spreading disease and an increased risk of conflict over scarce land and water resources.
 Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Climate Change Mitigation

South Africa: New Draft for Climate Deal One 'We Can Work On'
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2010
CLIMATE change talks limped to a close in Bonn, Germany, on Friday with many countries expressing disappointment over the new preliminary draft text on a global agreement, but agreeing to carry on negotiating at the next meeting in August in Cancun.
 South Africa | Climate Change Adaptation | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Negotiations

New UN climate text under fire as talks end
Reuters | 11 Jun 2010
BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Rich and poor nations alike criticized a new blueprint for a U.N. climate treaty on Friday as two weeks of talks among 185 countries ended with small steps toward an elusive deal. "The group is dismayed that the ... text is unbalanced," developing nations in the Group of 77 and China said in a statement. Several of them said the 22-page text wrongly put emphasis on greenhouse gas curbs by the poor, not the rich.
 Germany | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Negotiations | Global Warming

Africa: UN Seeks Fair Climate Deal
AllAfrica.com | 10 Jun 2010
THE United Nations's top climate official, Yvo de Boer, yesterday warned that time was running out to agree on a global, ambitious and fair deal on climate change, even as Bolivia revealed data which showed industrialised countries' greenhouse gas emissions would actually increase if accounting loopholes are allowed to proceed.
 South Africa | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Negotiations

Solar power brings World Cup to Ghanaian village
SCIDEV.NET | 02 Jun 2010
World Cup matches will be broadcast in a Ghanaian village, despite it being off the national grid, thanks to solar panels.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development

Rich-poor rifts stall progress at U.N. climate talks
Reuters | 31 May 2010
BONN, Germany (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks opened on Monday, exposing familiar rifts between rich and poor countries which delegates said were likely to delay a re-start of formal negotiations.
 Germany | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Negotiations

East Africa: Traditional Seeds Vital for Climate Change Adoption
AllAfrica.com | 24 May 2010
The continued use of modern seed varieties by small-scale farmers could eventually lead to the loss of traditional varieties that are more resilient to climate change.
 Kenya | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Mitigation

India's GHG emissions up by 58 per cent
SCIDEV.NET | 12 May 2010
While Indias greenhouse gas emissions are rising, its s GHG intensity has declined, suggesting improved efficiency.
 India | Climate Change and Development | Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Somalia: Somaliland Needs Own Plan for Climate Change
AllAfrica.com | 07 May 2010
The human and environmental disruption wreaked by drought in Somaliland, where more than 60 percent of people raise livestock for a living, means the self-declared, but barely recognized, independent state should draw up its own plan for climate change adaptation, according to a new report.
 Somalia | Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts | Extreme Weather