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COP17 - UN Climate Change Conference 2011

Type: Organization

Name: COP17 - UN Climate Change Conference 2011

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

National Aquaculture Policy Framework approved

PRETORIA: Cabinet has approved the National Aquaculture Policy Framework (NAPF), says acting Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams on Thursday, 16 May 2013.Image courtesy of Stoonn / FreeDigitalPhotos.net"This policy provides a unified framework for the ... [Published Biz Community - May 21 2013]

Entities: Aquaculture, Framework, Food Security, Lodgment

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

National Aquaculture Policy Framework approved

Home >> South Africa >> Pretoria - Cabinet has approved the National Aquaculture Policy Framework (NAPF), says acting Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams on Thursday.“This policy provides a unified framework for the establishment and development ... [Published SAnews.gov.za - May 16 2013]

Entities: Aquaculture, Framework, Food Security, Lodgment, South Africa

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

A First World stove for the Third World

Staff Reporter The ACE stove is designed to replace open fires, paraffin cookers, expensive gas and electric stoves.The innovative Philips Smokeless Stove, also called the ACE stove, is ideal for people in rural areas and urban townships. It is also a ... [Published Farmer's Weekly - May 11 2013]

Entities: Biomass, Lesotho, Combustion, Pyrolysis

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Guest Article #18: CITES at 40 Marks a Major Decision Point for Sharks, Trees, Snakes, Turtles and other Wildlife Species

by: John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)CITES at 40 Marks a Major Decision Point for Sharks, Trees, Snakes, Turtles and other Wildlife Species: Guidelines, toolkits, ... [Published Biodiversity Policy & Practice - May 09 2013]

Entities: Species, COP16 - UN Climate Change Conference 2010, Decision Point, Synergism, COP17 - UN Climate Change Conference 2011

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 2 reports

COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009

Carbon Tax policy paper published

Johannesburg - The Carbon Tax Policy Paper was published for public comment by the National Treasury on Thursday."This is the second and final round of comments requested on carbon tax policy, before government proceeds with the publication of draft legislation ... [Published IOL - May 02 2013]

Entities: Carbon Tax, COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009, Greenhouse Gas, Short Ton, Carbon Dioxide

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Wealth washing away

HONEY, we shrunk the wine-lands! By 2050, our traditional wine-growing region may have reduced by as much as half, according to a recent study released by the UK’s Conservation International.Apparently, wine farmers in South Africa have already begun ... [Published Finance 24 - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Drought, Kenya, Christian Parenti

First reported Mar 23 2013 - Updated Mar 23 2013 - 1 reports

BRICs Cook the Climate (Part Two)

By Patrick Bond, a political economist with longstanding research interests and NGO work in urban communities and with global justice movements in several countries. He teaches political economy and eco-social policy, directs the Centre for Civil Society ... [Published naked capitalism - Mar 23 2013]

Entities: BRIC, Climate, Emission

First reported Feb 18 2013 - Updated Feb 18 2013 - 1 reports

Why Peru Should Host Cop20

Next year a Latin American or Caribbean country will host the annual UN climate change negotiations or 'COP20' of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).Rumours are circulating that Peru and Venezuela are interested. As the 2015 deadline ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Feb 18 2013]

Entities: Peru, Venezuela, Climate, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ..., Global Warming/Climate Change

First reported Dec 06 2012 - Updated Dec 06 2012 - 1 reports

Africa Demands Implementation of Climate...

Prime Minister Hailemariam told the Doha Climate Change Summit that Africa demanded full implementation of previous pledges on climate change.Speaking on behalf of Africa at the COP18-CMP8 meeting, the Prime Minister said "We are not expecting new decisions ... [Published AllAfrica.com - Dec 06 2012]

Entities: Climate, Durban, Doha (Qatar), Global Warming/Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol

First reported Dec 03 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

Rich nations subsidize fossil fuels at 5x rate they give to climate assistance fund for poor nations

Participants at a side event at theclimate change conference in Qatar.We know now the ice sheet of Greenland is melting five times faster than 20 years ago. We know that Antarctica is losing twice as much ice in the west as it is gaining in the east. ... [Published Daily Kos - Dec 03 2012]

Entities: Climate, Fossil Fuel, COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009

First reported Dec 03 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

World: COP18: Will funding for climate change end this year?

Source: ACT AllianceCountry: World Doha, Qatar, December 3, 2012 A financial black hole is fast approaching as the second week of negotiations in UN climate change talks, known as COP18, begins in Doha, Qatar, today. Unless governments pledge funds from ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Dec 03 2012]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Doha (Qatar), ACT Alliance

Quotes

"If and when it wants to expand the facility, the investment decision in major redevelopments at the centre ultimately lies with the city" she said

ICC cuts costs, boosts profits [Published South Africa Post - 20 hours ago]

"This gives effect to the President's 2013 State of Nation Address announcement on proposed amendments to the Restitution Act."

National Aquaculture Policy Framework approved [Published Biz Community - May 21 2013]

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Durban Port's Poverty, Consumerism, Enoughness [Published The Africa Report - Apr 29 2013]
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Wealth washing away [Published Finance 24 - Apr 15 2013]
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BRICs Cook the Climate (Part Two) [Published naked capitalism - Mar 23 2013]
Friends of the Earth South Africa: Brics-from-b... [Published friends of the earth international blog - Mar 20 2013]
SA to weigh rhino horn trade at Cites [Published South Africa Star - Mar 01 2013]
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Africa Demands Implementation of Climate... [Published AllAfrica.com - Dec 06 2012]
Doha: It's the end of the world as we know it [Published Spiked Online - Dec 05 2012]

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BRICs Cook the Climate (Part Two) [Published naked capitalism - Mar 23 2013] By Patrick Bond, a political economist with longstanding research interests and NGO work in urban communities and with global justice movements in several countries. He teaches political economy and eco-social policy, directs the Centre for Civil Society ...
Friends of the Earth South Africa: Brics-from-b... [Published friends of the earth international blog - Mar 20 2013] BRICS governments often use radical rhetoric alluding to anti-imperialism, and in this year’s summit, they will undoubtedly impress upon the rest of Africa that their corporations offer better investments in infrastructure, mining, energy, and agriculture ...
A New Latin American Climate Negotiating Group:... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Dec 12 2012] Well-worn stories of dinosaurs like the United States and India battling it out in the United Nations climate change negotiations in Doha last week (see my previous post, titled " Doha Climate Change Negotiations: Moving Beyond the Dueling Dinosaurs ...
Rich nations subsidize fossil fuels at 5x rate ... [Published Daily Kos - Dec 03 2012] Participants at a side event at theclimate change conference in Qatar.We know now the ice sheet of Greenland is melting five times faster than 20 years ago. We know that Antarctica is losing twice as much ice in the west as it is gaining in the east. ...