Sub-Saharan Africa remains the world’s most food insecure region, despite improvements in life expectancy and education . . . → continue reading..: Sub-Saharan Africa can only grow if it solves hunger crisis: UNDP
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Global warming threatens the future of Peru’s poorest coffee farmers, but one brand thinks it has found an answer on the financial markets . . . → continue reading..: Peru’s coffee growers turn carbon traders to save their farms from climate change New research suggests Greenland’s glaciers are slipping into the sea more slowly than previously thought . . . → continue reading..: Sea-level rises ‘may not be as high as worst-case scenarios have predicted’ Putting a price on carbon will benefit environment and cut deficit by raising money, Henry Waxman argues . . . → continue reading..: Climate change: make industry pay for carbon emissions, US congressman says Human Rights Watch says people in the remote western Gambella region of Ethiopia are being forcibly moved to inadequate villages to free up land for commercial agriculture . . . → continue reading..: Thousands ‘forcibly relocated’ in Ethiopia, says HRW report Dipu Moni criticises ‘dismal’ efforts to deliver billions of pounds in aid to help poorer countries cope with environmental change . . . → continue reading..: Developed world failing on climate funds pledge, says Bangladeshi minister Durban, South Africa - The World Bank on December 6 announced two new financial initiatives – the Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev) and the third tranche of the BioCarbon Fund (BioCF T3) - to help the least-developed countries access financing for low-carbon investments and enable them to tap into carbon markets after 2012. “The World Bank is helping countries in the further development of carbon markets and other market mechanisms to support acceleration of mitigation efforts, and access to those . . . → continue reading..: New World Bank Carbon Initiatives Announced in Durban Environmental centrepiece of government policy risks ‘pork-barrel politics’ and financial ineffectiveness, critics fear . . . → continue reading..: Concerns over Green Investment Bank New funding intended to ensure uptake of energy efficiency scheme and give confidence to business . . . → continue reading..: Treasury injects £200m cash into home insulation ‘green deal’ |
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