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The current mainstreaming of climate change into international development policies and thinking may not be enough to address the practical challenge of climate change in poor countries says Professor Kate Brown of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. A leading specialist in climate change and international development, Professor Brown’s experience shows that [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Environment’
June 9, 2008
How can International Development policy help poor countries face climate change?
March 3, 2008
Biofuels may promote, not slow, global warming
Source: Earth Times
“Cultivated biofuel crops may actually increase the carbon emissions that ethanol and other biofuels were supposed to reduce. Plowing up rainforests, peatlands, savannas and grasslands to plant corn, sugarcane and other crops for biofuel releases 17 to 240 times more carbon than the annual savings from replacing fossil fuels.
That’s because the plants and [...]
February 27, 2008
Climate Change Guide
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Rare international consensus ensured that the new millennium heralded the promise of a fairer world for poor countries, symbolised by undertakings to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Suddenly, a combination of science and observation makes it clear that climate change will impact developing countries much harder and sooner than the richer countries which have [...]
