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China's nitrogen emissions could worsen pollution

China has reduced its sulphur dioxide emissions, but its failure to reduce nitrogen emissions could worsen acid rain in the country.

4 November 2009 | EN | 中文

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Weather station network to serve South Asia

A weather station network across South Asia is part of an India-led drive for locally produced climate change data.

26 October 2009 | EN

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World needs sophisticated biofuel approach, urges report

Biofuels are neither a panacea nor a pariah, says a major UN report, but they must not be grown on productive cropland.

20 October 2009 | EN | 中文

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Wastepaper could be biofuel source

Wastepaper has been overlooked as a clean, cheap source of biofuel that could replace five per cent of petrol, say researchers.

19 October 2009 | EN | 中文

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China faces colossal bill for a low-carbon economy

Scenarios — and costs — for attaining a low-carbon economy in China are outlined in a major report.

23 September 2009 | EN | 中文

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Climate mitigation needn't stifle development, says report

Poor countries can continue to develop while curbing climate change, by pursuing 'climate-smart' technologies, says the World Bank.

15 September 2009 | EN | 中文

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Homegrown climate models 'set India's record straight'

Newly-developed climate models have dismissed predictions of extreme greenhouse gas emissions for India.

8 September 2009 | EN

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India says no to emission reduction

India has said that it will not agree to emission reduction targets, given that it has among the lowest emissions per capita.

20 July 2009 | EN

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Small farmers could cash in on carbon monitoring

Small farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.

22 June 2009 | EN | 中文

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Drain rice fields to cut methane, say scientists

Methane emissions from rice fields could be cut dramatically by combining two simple farming practices, say researchers.

20 May 2009 | EN | 中文

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Scientists put carbon ceiling at a trillion tonnes

A simplified model shows that the world's total carbon output since the industrial revolution must reach no more than a trillion tonnes.

30 April 2009 | EN | 中文

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Indian small-scale forestry project wins CDM certificate

A community forestry project in Haryana state has won the world's first afforestation clean development mechanism certificate.

23 April 2009 | EN | 中文

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Battle lines drawn over climate mitigation registry

Developed and developing countries are divided over whether a registry to record mitigation efforts should be mandatory.

16 April 2009 | EN | ES | FR | 中文

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South Africa sets its sights on carbon capture

South Africa aims to employ carbon capture and storage technology by 2020, starting with the creation of an atlas of potential sites.

6 April 2009 | EN

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Climate change 'more serious' as emissions soar

Carbon emissions are far higher than expected, so climate change is likely to be more severe than predicted, warns an IPCC member.

16 February 2009 | EN | FR | 中文

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Climate change linked to decline in Asian monsoon

Climate change may be affecting the Asian monsoon cycle, according to an analysis of ancient Chinese stalagmites.

29 December 2008 | EN | 中文

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Mexico receives US$200 million to fight climate change

Mexico has received a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for developing strategies to mitigate the impact of global warming.

27 November 2008 | ES

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Indian temperature rise 'will exceed projected rainfall'

The rise in temperature in India due to climate change will not be compensated for by increased rainfall, warns a leading climate scientist.

6 November 2008 | EN

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Remember small-scale farmers, policymakers told

New policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector should take into account the effects on small farms, say scientists.

14 October 2008 | EN

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Cities 'contribute less' to global emissions

Previous estimates of how much cities contribute to the world's greenhouse gas emissions are overstated, according to a researcher.

29 September 2008 | EN | 中文