AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
29 October 2009
On the eve of the climate change summit in Copenhagen this December, momentum for action still falls far short of that needed to avert catastrophe. Africa will suffer consequences out of all proportion to its contribution to global warming, which is primarily caused by greenhouse gas emissions from wealthy countries.
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Just a factual correction. Nigerian LNG is not sold to Benin, Togo and Ghana. There is a gas pipeline from Nigeria to these three countries. But it does not carry LNG. It carries natural gas under pressure. Unfortunately, becuse there is insufficient gas being gathered and shipped from Nigeria, the pipeline has been empty for over a year.
In today's climate talk that's going and will be converse more in December must not be damaging to Africa. Together, Africa MUST STAND FIRMLY and get what she deserves - BETTER and LASTING AGREEMENT. That's, what is beneficial for Africa. Any negativities effects concerning our people standard of living MUST NOT be accepted by any Africa Government. The days of a/an African Live seeing as less than an insect or any other most be OVER and SHOULD NOT be negotiated in any Climate talks. Our "Africans" lives and living standard is/are as important as any other lives. Therefore, as Africans head to the climate talk in December, please open your ears, listen carefully, don't be trick, and don't accept anything lesser to solve your prombles for the betterness of your people in the whole of Africa - period !!!!! The days of damaging Africans' lives, enviroment, living conditions; the physical and metal abuses should and most all come to an end. Therefore, we "Africans" should not be conveince with their sweet tooth to accept something lesser where'in our people keep continue to suffer and die for their pleasures and the lack of consideration for Africans lives and living standards. God Bless Africa
International Institute for Environment and Development (London)
3 November 2009
Impacts of climate change on Africa's development and prospects for the continent's growth in a new low-carbon economy are among the subjects covered in a new book by the director of the International Institute for Environment and Development, Camilla Toulmin.
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Namibia Economist (Windhoek)
30 October 2009
Away from our skies, weather patterns around the hemisphere continue to emphasize the clash between a normal or regular framework and the intervention of systems responding to the increasing influence of global warming.
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Cameroon Tribune (Yaoundé)
3 November 2009
The British High Commissioner to Cameroon, Bharat Joshi was received in audience last Friday by Minister Pierre Hele.
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Leadership (Abuja)
2 November 2009
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has said that Environmentalists in the country need to work closely with the Federal Ministry of Environment to gain technical support and better understanding of the global concern for climate change.
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Daily Champion (Lagos)
2 November 2009
Advancement in technology has eased the tasks of meteorologists in providing near accurate predictions on weather conditions and environmental changes in given societies.
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Daily Trust (Abuja)
2 November 2009
Environment is now a focal point when ever experts gather in the oil producing region like Nigeria. This is as a result of the green house gases that emanate from the gas flare and burning of hydrocarbons fuels that constitute great hazard to the whole world and increase the global warming.
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Daily Trust (Abuja)
2 November 2009
The climate-based Greenwatch Initiative (GI), one of the implementing partners in Building Nigeria Response to Climate Change (BNRCC), has broken a new ground in its pet project to check the climate-related environmental disasters and the attendant consequences on the people.
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New Vision (Kampala)
1 November 2009
THE news is bad, and it is coming in fast. Turn tens of thousands of scientists lose on a problem for two decades, and the results will seem pathetic for the first few years, because it takes time to gather the data - even to build the equipment with which you gather the data. But slowly the flow of data will grow, and at the end of 20 years, you can expect major new insights every month or so.
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Commonwealth News and Information Service (London)
4 November 2009
On the shores of Lake Victoria two years ago, Commonwealth leaders agreed a comprehensive action plan on climate change, which reaffirmed the collective vision of member countries.
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The Nation (Nairobi)
4 November 2009
Salt manufacturers in the North Coast are counting their losses as the El-Nino rains subside in the area after causing great destruction.
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UN News Service (New York)
3 November 2009
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is leading UN relief efforts in north-eastern Kenya, where recent torrential rainfall has brought flooding at the same time as much of the rest of the country endures a prolonged drought.
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The Nation (Nairobi)
3 November 2009
Government has issued a fresh flood alert to thousands of people near River Tana.
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Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
5 November 2009
The Technical Council of Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC), estimates that about 260,000 people may suffer from food insecurity in various parts of the country up until the next harvest, in March/April 2010, reports Thursday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
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The Citizen (Dar es Salaam)
5 November 2009
The World Bank has issued $30 million (Sh40 billion) to Tanzania to help it deal with the imminent food shortage facing 40 districts on the Mainland and the Isles.
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UN News Service (New York)
6 November 2009
The United Nations refugee agency is appealing for $2.8 million to provide essential supplies and respond to possible disease outbreaks among more than 300,000 refugees in two camps in Kenya threatened by flooding.
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Business Day (Johannesburg)
6 November 2009
Environment Minister Buyelwa Sonjica is "cautiously optimistic" about a deal on climate change being hammered out at the forthcoming Copenhagen conference. But no deal would be better than a weak deal, she said, and SA as a developing nation would not commit itself to specific emission reduction targets.
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Vanguard (Lagos)
11 November 2009
A groundbreaking partnership that will link African governments' commitment to agricultural development with concrete programs in seeds, soil health, policy, and markets was launched in Abuja on Monday between The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)
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SciDev.Net (London)
13 November 2009
East Africa will face both crop gains and losses as a result of climate change, but food security is an achievable goal if new farming technologies are embraced, says a study.
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The Monitor (Kampala)
16 November 2009
The recent past saw Africa's commitment to a common stand in the forthcoming UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (COP15). In Addis Ababa, African ministers agreed on $67 billion per annum.
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The Nation (Nairobi)
17 November 2009
Climate change is a big contributor to world disasters, an international humanitarian agency said on Tuesday. About 70 per cent of disasters are now climate related -- up from 50 per cent two decades ago.
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A very interesting and thoughtful article. The best way for Africa to help itself with GHG is to stop exporting oil and gas to the outside world. Gas that is valuable enough to ship abroad and sell should be sold at a price that is competitive enough to keep it home. Catch all of that gas, and use it for yourselves. You will then have electricity and cooking fuel both. It is maddening to see forests felled for charcoal cooking fuel while cleaner-to-use gas is being wasted. Each of your nations should try to be the last to run out of fuel. Move to solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels from wastes for your energy sources.
Other activities to fight climate change troubles include the restoration of your waterways to full functionality by clearing the weeds that clog them and the silt that they have left behind.