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WATCH: Holistic Planned Grazing: Is This the Solution to Climate Change?

Burning fossil fuels isn’t the only way to pour carbon into the atmosphere. In this TED talk, Zimbabwean ecologist Allan Savory explains how desertification – the process of land turning into desert – is an equal if not...
by Richard Scott-Jones
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COP2: Environmentalists, a dangerous profession

Around the world, environmental activists are being killed on a weekly basis, yet some governments are turning a blind eye. Standing up for Mother Earth is a tough job. There’s only so many whales that one can save save, tree...
by Sarah Brady
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Information Revolution And Climate Action: A Marriage With A Promise?

On September 23, 2014, as world leaders, corporations and other actors at the UN New York headquarters gave pledges on how they plan to address the challenge of climate change, climate-oriented blogs and social media platforms...
by Kennedy Mbeva
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Europe Hashes Out Climate Change Compromise

… and shows the world what to expect from the next round of global negotiations in Paris 2015. After the EU summit in Brussels this Thursday and Friday, European leaders struck a new deal on climate change and energy poli...
by Mathias Einberger
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: And the Swiss take the cake

Fossil of the day: Switzerland’s fear of commitment, Brazil’s struggle to count and AOSIS shines bright with ambition. Switzerland took out first place in the daily Fossil of the Day awards today, with a spin around a Lima ...
by Sydney Pead
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COP20 Fossil Of The Day: Australia’s winning no mates

For a second time this week, Australia was awarded the Fossil of the Day for their dismal performance at the UN climate change negotiations. This should come as no surprise given Australia’s infamous reputation as a climate ...
by Sydney Pead
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COP20: Article 6 and the changing world

Negotiations have already kicked off in Lima, but there is one Article of the convention that isn’t garnering much attention. “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mande...
by Malcolm Johnson
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Climate Change Vulnerability in the ‘South’

Africa has contributed the least to global warming among the seven continents, but it is the worst affected by climate change effects and this is projected to get even worse in the future. Adaptation to climate change has faced...
by Daniel Wasonga
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Humanizing REDD+: Focusing on the Rights of Indigenous Forest Communities

Protesters gather outside a Governors Climate and Forest Task Force (GCF) meeting in Chiapas lamenting against the UN programme to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing counties (REDD). Chant...
by Rubin Makomere
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