Posted on 03 December 2011 by admin
By Kristin Palitza
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 3 (IPS) – Chanting loudly, thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets to the venue of the 17th United Nations Climate Change Summit to demand that their voices be heard for “immediate and drastic” carbon emission reductions to save the planet.
Posted on 02 December 2011 by admin
By Joshua Kyalimpa
DURBAN, South Africa, 2 Dec (IPS) – Civil society organisations are urging Africa to remain steadfast in its demands for a commitment to the Kyoto Protocol and not to be bulldozed into a new agreement.
Posted on 02 December 2011 by admin
Niños apoyan en Durban los esfuerzos para la reducción de emisiones de carbono. Crédito: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
Por Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, Sudáfrica, 2 dic (IPS) La sociedad civil alertó en Durban sobre el peligro de convertir tierras africanas destinadas a la producción de alimentos en cultivos con vistas a comerciar créditos de carbono.
Posted on 02 December 2011 by admin
Only owners of large tracts of land can be expected to benefit from soil carbon credits. Credit: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
By Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 2 (IPS) – Civil society has warned of the danger of turning Africa’s food-producing lands into “carbon farms” so that rich countries can avoid making cuts in their carbon emissions. Continue Reading
Posted on 02 December 2011 by admin
By Joseph Bushby – Winelands Echo*
Isak Kruiper fears his generation will outlive its home in the Kalahari desert. Credit: Ramatamo wa Matamong/TerraViva
DURBAN, Dec 2 — (TerraViva) Isak and Toppies Kruiper have made their way across the country with a message, travelling all the way from their home in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa’s Northern Cape Province to the United Nations Climate Conference taking place in the port city of Durban on the eastern coast.
Posted on 02 December 2011 by admin
Busani Bafana
DURBAN, Afrique du Sud, 2 déc (IPS) – La Communauté de développement d’Afrique australe (SADC) veut que l’eau soit présentée comme un point distinct dans les négociations sur les changements climatiques – la décrivant comme étant trop importante pour être laissée à la périphérie. Continue Reading
Posted on 01 December 2011 by admin
Zambian dairy farmer, Effatah Jele, does not believe in farming luck. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS
By Busani Bafana
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 1 (IPS) – Zambian dairy farmer, Effatah Jele, does not believe in farming luck but in pragmatism because of climate change.
Posted on 01 December 2011 by admin
Climate change wreaks damage on infrastructure, ecosystems, livelihoods and lives in developing countries. Credit: Zukiswa Zimela/IPS
By Tim Ash Vie *
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 1 (IPS) – As climate talks get underway in Durban, South Africa this week, progress on a Green Climate Fund is one of the hottest, most contentious tickets in town. It is also one of the great prizes to be won.
Posted on 01 December 2011 by admin
Kristin Palitza
DURBAN, Afrique du Sud, 1 déc (IPS) – Les changements climatiques à travers le monde peuvent être désormais observés depuis l’espace grâce aux satellites de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO). Continue Reading
Posted on 01 December 2011 by admin
By Isaiah Esipisu
Geoffrey Ndung’u earns a living growing watermelons on his dry land. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 1 (IPS) – On a Sunday evening, a track loaded with 10 tonnes of watermelons leaves Geoffrey Ndung’u’s homestead in Kanyonga village in semi-arid Eastern Kenya. It travels past a village shopping centre were people have formed a queue to receive food aid because of a prolonged drought in the area. Continue Reading
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