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Africa has contributed less than any other region to the greenhouse gas emissions that are widely held responsible for global warming. But the continent is also the most vulnerable to the consequences.
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Opinions and Analysis
Climate change: Bring Africa in from the cold
For Africa to effectively adapt to climate change, the rules of the game must change in Copenhagen, says Araya Asfaw.
Namibia cannot ignore the effects of climate change
Countries like Namibia cannot ignore the environment's contribution to national wealth in the face of climate change, says James MacGregor.
27 October 2008
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Source: Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Europe must admit Africa to carbon trading club
7 December 2007
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Africa needs better data to combat global warming
1 August 2007 | EN
Policy Briefs
To be resilient to climate change, Africa must adapt
Better integration of science and policy in Africa is crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, concluded an international workshop.
30 July 2007
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Source: IIED/Tyndall Centre
NAPAs put climate change adaptation on the map
National Adaptation Programmes of Action put climate change adaptation on the development agenda, write Balgis Osman-Elasha and Thomas E. Downing.
30 July 2007
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Source: European Capacity Building Initiative, University of Oxford
News and Features
Mobile masts used in African weather monitoring
Aims to boost Africa's weather forecasting are taking advantage of its mobile phone infrastructure to mount weather stations on masts.
29 June 2009
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Source: BBC Online / UN News Centre
Sudan sets its sights on biofuels
Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.
Livestock may do better than crops, African farmers told
23 June 2009
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