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Who will lead and who will be left on the sidelines? by Jakarta Post, 04-11-2009
It remains to be seen if world leaders meet the challenge issued by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the G20 Leaders Summit in Pittsburgh to “give a stronger mandate, a stronger push and clearer directions to our negotiators for the success of Copenhagen”.
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Disney Invests $4 Million to Save Forests by The New York Times, 04-11-2009
The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that it has made a $4 million investment in forest conservation projects to decrease carbon dioxide emissions.
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REDD concerns deepen in Indonesia by REDD-Monitor, 07-10-2009
In its most recent newsletter, Down to Earth outlines the increasing concerns about the way REDD is developing in Indonesia, focussing on the role of the World Bank and the Australian government. The World Bank is pushing ahead with its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility in Indonesia in spite of a “storm of criticism from civil society organisations at home and internationally”.
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Last gasp for the forest by The Economist, 29-09-2009
A new climate treaty could provide a highly effective way to reduce carbon emissions by paying people to not cut down forests.
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Top Brazilian Organizations Unite in Alliance to Fight Climate Change by Reuters, 04-09-2009
Fourteen major Brazilian organizations representing the agribusiness, planted forests and bioenergy sectors announced today the creation of the Brazilian Climate Alliance, with the goal of contributing with solid proposals for the negotiations related to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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Geoengineering the climate: A clear perspective from The Royal Society by 2020 Science, 03-09-2009
The Royal Society’s much-anticipated report on geoengineering was published. Aimed at presenting “an independent scientific review of the range of methods proposed [for geoengineering the climate] with the aim of providing an objective view on whether geoengineering could, and should, play a role in addressing climate change, and under what conditions,”.
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Gloomy Negotiators End Bonn Climate Talks by The New York Times, 02-09-2009
The latest round of preparatory talks for the U.N. climate conference concluded today with negotiators lamenting that the languid pace of talks could mean there won't be a deal on emissions in Copenhagen this December.
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India Plans Focus on Environment by Wall Street Journal , 14-08-2009
India has established one of the world's largest forest-protection funds and plans to set up a regulatory body modeled on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to improve its dismal environmental track record. The move comes even as the country resists firm caps on carbon emissions.
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India says forests soak 10 percent emissions annually by Reuters , 05-08-2009
India's forests are absorbing about 10 percent of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) every year, the environment minister said on Tuesday.
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Deforestation is 'key climate issue' by BBC News, 05-08-2009
Set deep in among the southern edge of the Amazon rainforest, the Xingu Indigenous Park seems isolated from the problems of the world. But the tribal leaders here were pleased to welcome a British minister who will play a key role in this year's summit in Copenhagen on climate change.
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