Environment

Empowering local communities defends against climate change

The world’s poorest people are on the frontlines of climate change, with everything to lose and little to cushion the blow of its far-reaching impacts. A new position paper by the Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN) illustrates how...

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A User's Guide To The Climate Change Talks

Representatives from 191 countries are meeting in Durban, South Africa, this week for United Nations climate change talks. One of the biggest questions is what will become of the Kyoto Protocol — a climate treaty signed in 1997. Key provisions of that...

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CLIMATE CHANGE: Losing 10 football stadiums of forest per minute

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The Baobab Tree is the symbol of the climate change conference in Durban

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Ahead Of Climate Talks, U.S. Leadership In Question

A new round of United Nations climate talks is getting under way in Durban, South Africa, Monday. And domestic struggles here in the United States are hampering the global talks.

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