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20-11-2009
OneClimate.net has launched a new interactive TV channel that allows people across the world to watch the Copenhagen climate conference live on their computer. The channel will feature breaking stories, an opportunity to interact with experts, as also crowd-sourced and crowd-distribution system to ease out participation from people worldwide.
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Image: Logo of OneWorld TV/ Photo credit: OneWorld
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20-11-2009
New findings are pointing towards the fact that average global temperatures are on course to rise up to dangerous six degree Celsius. It is therefore mandatory for world leaders to take urgent action to curb CO2 emissions, says the lead author of the report.
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Image: Fossil fuel emissions are rising with GDP, particularly in developing countries/ Photo credit: Getty Images
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20-11-2009
The three-day UN summit on world food security wrapped up in Rome earlier this week. The host country has lamented that the high profile summit failed to produce either measurable targets or specific deadlines for ending a scourge that afflicts more than 1 billion people around the planet.
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19-11-2009
US and Chinese presidents have expressed their desire to tackle climate change. President Obama wants next month's talks in Copenhagen to produce something more than "an agreement to have an agreement" at a future date.
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Image: US president Barack Obama at the Great Wall of China/ Photo credit: Huffington Post
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18-11-2009
A new report has predicted that carbon dioxide emissions globally are set to drop because of the slowdown in economic activities. The report however cautions that that the dip could be very short-lived, given the strong link between emissions and economic activity.
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Image: Carbon emissions have come down due to economic slowdown/ Photo credit: Reuters
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17-11-2009
UN chief lays out steps to save billions from hunger at the inaugural ceremony of the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Leaders are drawing up comprehensive measures to combat hunger that is now gravely exacerbated by climate change and population growth.
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17-11-2009
Millions of babies are born each year the world over, who are not granted any birth certificates. The fact that they are never registered deprives them of vital education and healthcare facilities, leaving them vulnerable to abuse.
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Image: This five-year-old girl from Bolivia is one of some 40 million children helped/ Photo credit: BBC
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16-11-2009
At the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, world leaders announced on Sunday morning that a legally binding deal on climate change would be impossible to achieve at the climate change summit in Copenhagen next month.
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Image: President Barack Obama, center, stands with other APEC leaders for a group photograph following their evening dinner in Singapore/ Photo credit: AP
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16-11-2009
Two new reports have concluded that it is possible to ensure food security, if right kinds of policies are pursued. These reports by FAO and International Food Policy Research Institute document many success stories across the globe.
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Image: A little bit of initiative and sound policies will ensure everyone has access to food/ Photo credit: IRIN
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13-11-2009
Brazilian scientists have improved upon existing techniques of sequestering carbon that absorbs industry-produced carbon dioxide before it reaches the atmosphere. The secret lies in half-centimetre ceramic spheres.
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