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Jamaica’s ‘powerless’ fishermen watch livelihoods disappear

By: Carol Francis on November 30th, 2011

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“Nobody cares about us, nobody.” Jamaica’s fishermen are in despair. Warming coastal waters, and the destruction of coral reefs have seen their catches dwindle. Increasingly frequent hurricanes often means it’s too dangerous to go to sea. Many fear what the future holds. Listen here.

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    In Tanzania climate change, wildlife and people are tightly linked

    By: Hasina Mjingo on December 9th, 2011

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    Climate change threatens to add to the risks faced by Tanzania threatened wild species, with knock-on effects for people whose livelihoods depend on them – from farmers to those employed in the tourism sector.

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    How many delegates did your country bring to the climate conference?

    By: Jeff Kelly Lowenstein on December 9th, 2011

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    For about 95 countries (those in colours other than red), this map shows the number of pre-registered participants and the climate risk index for 2010 as determined by GermanWatch.

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    Malawi and climate change: strength in numbers?

    By: Tiwonge Ng'ona on December 9th, 2011

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    Negotiating blocks help small countries stand toe to toe with the most powerful in the UN climate change negotiations, but even so the main power lies in the hands of large individual nations.

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    Forests more profitable dead than alive

    By: Isyana Artharini on December 9th, 2011

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    One of Indonesia’s biggest challenges in climate change is being forced to redesign its economic model. Daju Pradnja Resosudarmo, a researcher on forestry governance from CIFOR says the problem is around 70% of Indonesia’s non-tax revenue comes from natural resources. Therefore keeping forests dead is still the more profitable than keeping forests them alive. The problem is that many of the decisions in Indonesia rest at regional and provincial level, where the national government has less power and reach.

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    Expert: Tanzania needs climate policy to coordinate efforts

    By: Deodatus Mfugale on December 8th, 2011

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    Many Tanzanians are determined to help the country deal with the impacts of climate change, but their resolve has been hampered by a lack of domestic policies to coordinate climate change adaption activities.

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    No place at the climate table, Nepali communities say

    By: Ramesh Prasad Bhushal on December 7th, 2011

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    Members of a federation of community forests from Nepal accused the government of Nepal of being biased towards them by refusing to accept their representative as a party delegate at UN climate talks.

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    Can Indonesian cities drive emissions down without tackling transport?

    By: Isyana Artharini on December 7th, 2011

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    Indonesia has ambitious plans to green dozens of its cities to help fight climate change. But these plans won’t affect the transport sector for more than a decade and experts warn this could create more environmental problems.

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    Report: employ disaster-risk management to reduce climate impacts

    By: Deodatus Mfugale on December 7th, 2011

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    Tanzanians and indeed all developing countries should brace for more disasters arising from extreme weather events caused by climate change as a result of human activities, the UN climate science body recently reported.

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