Nigeria: Rio+20 - Group Warns the Nigeria of Green Economy
AllAfrica.com | 17 Jun 2012
[Daily Trust] Green for trouble: Rights groups have slammed the Green Economy as pandering to rich multinationals
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Africa: Seizing the Opportunity for a Sustainable Future
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[AlertNet] The 1992 Earth Summit was a bright moment for the environmental movement. For the first time, presidents and prime ministers - more than 100 in all - were "coming together to save the earth," as a headline on the cover of Time magazine put it.
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Africa: Regional Science Communities to Meet to Push Post-Rio+20 Agenda
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[SciDev.Net] Rio De Janeiro - Researchers from across the developing world are attending a series of meetings to push forward the science and policy issues they have identified for inclusion in next week's Rio+20 summit.
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Zimbabwe: The Flipside of E-Donations
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[The Herald] A new wave of environmental degradation is threatening Africa's environments, it is not the effect of climate change, but electronic waste dumped in Africa by some Western countries in the form of computer donations and other electrical gadgets.
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Africa: African Govts Urged to Support Unhindered Reporting on Global Warming
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2012
[allAfrica.com] Brazzaville - Ahead of the Rio+20 conference in Brazil next week, African journalists have called on governments to allow them to report independently on issues related to global warming.
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Africa: Water Security and Climate Change in Africa
AllAfrica.com | 14 Jun 2012
[ISS] The problem of climate change is very real and will probably not go away during this century or this millennium. In approaching the problem of climate change the question to be asked is not what is causing climate change (human insouciance, solar activity or some other cause) but what should we be doing to mitigate its effects.
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Cameroon: Investors Seek to Boost Biofuel Production
AllAfrica.com | 13 Jun 2012
[AlertNet] Yaounde - Biofuel production initiatives are gaining ground in Cameroon as the government seeks to reduce the Central African country's energy deficit while fighting climate change.
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Africa: We Have No Time to Lose - the Global Transition Must Start Now
AllAfrica.com | 13 Jun 2012
[AlertNet] Our planet is in a precarious state. The trajectory towards sustainability is even further off track than 20 years ago, when the first UN Conference on Sustainable Development took place in Rio de Janeiro.
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Rwanda: Climatic Change Causes More Trouble
AllAfrica.com | 13 Jun 2012
[Rwanda Express] Following floods in Gisaya swamp, Ngoma District Administration closed Gisaya road and stopped a boat that people had started using for transportation, expert say it is due to fluctuating climate.
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Africa: Six Ways to Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Development
AllAfrica.com | 12 Jun 2012
[AlertNet] Clear and respected land rights in favor of rural communities are fundamental to global success in slowing climate change, lifting the poorest people out of poverty, and saving the world's finite resources. Yet, the advances that have been made since the first Earth Summit 20 years ago are far from sufficient.
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