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Summary of Outcomes: Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day
11 December 2012, source: Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 URL: http://www.agricultureday.org/blogs/2012/12/11/summary-of-outcomes-agriculture-landscapes-and-livelihoods-day/?utm_source=Agriculture+Day&utm;_campaign=4fa3389fd7-Report_back_from_ALL_5_Day12_12_2012&utm;_medium=email
Experts, practitioners, civil society, researchers and others gathered to discuss issues related to food security, climate change and rural development on 3 December at ALL-5 Day. The fifth edition of the event offered a mix of policy discussions, ‘Big Ideas’, and networking opportunities... Read more...
Press release: Doha climate conference opens gateway to greater ambition and action on climate change
10 December 2012, source: United Nations Environment Programme environment for development URL: http://www.unep.org/newscentre/default.aspx?DocumentID=2700&ArticleID;=9353
(Doha, 8 December 2012) At the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha, Qatar (COP18/CMP8), governments have taken the next essential step in the global response to climate change.Countries have successfully launched a new commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, agreed a firm timetable to adopt a universal climate agreement by 2015 and agreed a path to raise necessary ambition to respond to climate change... Read more...
COP18 held on giant car city
05 December 2012, source: The Zimbabwean URL: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/zimbabwe/62599/cop18-held-on-giant-car.html?utm_source=thezim&utm;_medium=homepage&utm;_campaign=listarticle&utm;_content=headinglink
Its roads packed with big 4 X 4 cars, Qatar, the Persian Gulf nation built upon the riches of petroleum and natural gas, ranking highly on per capita income indices, but with that ranking come huge carbon emissions per capita as well.
Was it the best choice to hold the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, taking place in Doha the country’s capital? Qatar becomes the first OPEC nation to hold the UNFCCC COP conference, it has the highest carbon emissions per capita in the world and is the largest exporter of liquefied natural gas... Read more...
Developing countries worried about possible weak outcome of Doha climate talks
05 December 2012, source: SIMBA Radio URL: http://www.simba.fm/2012/12/05/developing-countries-worried-about-possible-weak-outcome-of-doha-climate-talks/
Posted by Emma Okella
The ministerial high level segment of the UN climate change conference started (Tuesday) in Doha on a slippery note as battle lines are drawn between developing and wealthy countries over extension of the commitment period for the Kyoto protocol as well as the green climate fund... Read more...
Britain announces climate finance - Africa praises positive lead
05 December 2012, source: SIMBA Radio URL: http://www.simba.fm/2012/12/05/britain-announces-climate-finance-africa-praises-positive-lead/
Posted by Emma Okella
Britain has breathed new life into the UN climate change talks in Doha with announcement to give over the next two years £1.8 billion of new money to help poorer countries develop along a low carbon pathway and tackle the effects of climate change.
This announcement sets a positive tone to the negotiations that in its final week had sent many observers into fears of a possible weak outcome from the talks following apparent stalemate on the future of the Kyoto Protocol and climate financing to developing countries... Read more...
The International Federation of Red Cross says in 2011, there were 300 climate-related disasters, which affected 207 million people. By 2015, this figure is expected to rise to 375 million people. A mathematical calculation reveals that this will be a 75% increase in the number of people affected by climate related disasters in just three years... Read more...
Small Joe calls for farmers' unity at Doha
05 December 2012, source: Swazi OBSERVER URL: http://www.observer.org.sz/index.php?news=46047#.UL9hqoPqnK0
Minister of Tourism and Environment Mduduzi Dlamini has urged players in agriculture and food security to remain focused and collaborate as they call for action on the sector at the United Nations climate negotiations. Speaking at the fifth Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day (ALL-5) in Doha, Qatar, on Monday, Dlamini said the sector should not lose its sense of urgency but continue to seek action... Read more...
“No agriculture, no deal” was the mantra coming out the fifth Agriculture, Landscapes, and Livelihoods (ALL, formerly Agriculture and Rural Development) Day on Monday. Yet it appears as though the Subsidiary Body on Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) will not make any sort of recommendation regarding agriculture to the UNFCCC at COP18, due to difficulties in reaching consensus... Read more...
The meat of the issue
04 December 2012, source: The Zimbabwean URL: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/business/agriculture/62555/the-meat-of-the-issue.html?utm_source=thezim&utm;_medium=homepage&utm;_campaign=listarticle&utm;_content=headinglink
In an interview during the Agriculture Day held on the side-lines of COP18 in Doha, Qatar, Carison said farmers in Africa produce their cattle in a way that emits less methane and reduces the contribution of beef production to climate change.
“High intensity farming practised in developed countries is the major contributor to methane emissions and the farmers that are in Africa, mostly use open land grazing,” he said... Read more...
We Want Agriculture to be part of the deal we are getting out of Qatar
04 December 2012, source: Simba Radio URL: http://www.simba.fm/2012/12/04/we-want-agriculture-to-be-part-of-the-deal-we-are-getting-out-of-qatar/
Agriculture experts and advocates at the ongoing climate change negotiations in Qatar are blaming political leaders whose responsibility it’s to ensure food security for their citizens for failing to ensure that agriculture is a major topic at the talks. Chief Executive Officer of the Copyrights | 2022 | africaclimatesolution.org, Dr... Read more...
Africa urged to gear up role in climate change negotiations
04 December 2012, source: Simba Radio URL: http://www.simba.fm/2012/12/04/africa-urged-to-gear-up-role-in-climate-change-negotiations/
Observers say Africa risks losing its essential bargains at the ongoing United National Climate Change negotiations in Qatar, if African delegates at the conference don’t play an enhanced role on a number of issues that are still hanging and need to be resolved at least by the end of the two week gathering... Read more...
By Mantoe Phakathi
DOHA, Dec 4 2012 (IPS): Qatar may be one of the richest countries in the world, but it has something in common with its African counterparts – food insecurity.
This Middle-Eastern oil-producing nation imports 90 percent of its food because it is a dryland country.
"Food is very expensive here," an immigrant Ghanaian taxi driver who opted to remain anonymous told IPS... Read more...
Over 500 Agriculture Experts Convene at Day-Long Event Held in Parallel with United Nations Climate Talks
03 December 2012, source: Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day 5 URL: http://www.agricultureday.org/blogs/2012/12/03/over-500-agriculture-experts-convene-at-day-long-event-held-in-parallel-with-united-nations-climate-talks/
Over 500 Agriculture Experts Convene at Day-Long Event Held in Parallel with United Nations Climate Talks
Renewed Call to Action Issued for Negotiators to Include Agriculture in Addressing Global Climate Change Challenges
Doha, Qatar: Global agricultural leaders and practitioners come together today to share best practices and build consensus on policy recommendations from the sector at Agriculture, Landscapes and Livelihoods Day, held in parallel with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) currently underway... Read more...
MDG to be replaced
03 December 2012, source: The Zimbabwean URL: http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk/news/africa/62549/mdg-to-be-replaced.html?utm_source=thezim&utm;_medium=homepage&utm;_campaign=listarticle&utm;_content=headinglink
Addressing the media on the sidelines of the Forest Day 6, held on 2 December 2012 in Doha, Qatar in conjunction with the UNFCC COP18, Hongbo says climate change confronts society with a range of uncertainties.
The 2012 Forest Day brought together over 600 scientists, delegates and other interested people under the title “Living Landscapes... Read more...
"Come out of the forest" to save the trees
02 December 2012, source: FANRPAN URL: http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01466/
DOHA, QATAR (2 December 2012)_Forestry experts have called for a new approach to managing land and tackling climate change – challenging the ongoing debate that forests have to be sacrificed for the sake of rural development and food security. Governments, policymakers and scientists worldwide have been experimenting for years with different approaches to managing rural landscapes, from watershed management to habitat restoration, but these efforts are rarely done in concert to address climate change challenges... Read more...
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