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co2balance recognised as a consultant under the UNFCCC Loan Scheme.
Friday, April 27th 2012
co2balance has been recognised as a consultant under the UNFCCC Loan Scheme.
The overall objective of the CDM Loan Scheme is to support CDM projects in "Least Developed Countries" (LDC) and countries with less than 10 registered CDM activities by providing interest-free loans to cover administration costs related to the development of CDM projects.
CDM consultants have the necessary CDM experience to qualify for the CDM Loan Scheme. As a Loan Applic... -
Climate change poses malaria risks
Wednesday, April 25th 2012
Malaria mortality rates have fallen by more than 25% globally since 2000, and by 33% in the WHO African Region.
However, most deaths still occur among children living in Africa where a child dies every minute from malaria. The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, CIWEM, believes that as resistance to drugs develops the medium term focus needs to be on better water management strategies.
As the climate changes, mosquitoes responsib... -
Undeveloped nations urged to adapt to climate change
Monday, April 23rd 2012
There is an urgent need to enhance the capacity of poorest communities to cope with climate change and minimize risk to natural disasters, particularly in Africa with 414 million people and Asia with 1.9 billion people, according to the Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation on Climate Change.
“Communities in poor countries are vulnerable and need help,” said Saleemul Huq, director of the International Institute for Environment and...
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co2balance supports the UN's International Year of Cooperatives
Thursday, April 19th 2012
2012 is the UN’s International Year of Cooperatives and we are delighted that our African Stove Projects have been recognised by the UN to be supporting cooperatives in Kenya.
As the improved cook stoves that we provide to families in Africa halve the amount of firewood that they need, it leads to a saving of time and money – which communities have used to create new cooperatives.
A good example is of a basket weavers cooperative in Kasigau (in ...
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Cutting meat consumption in half will curb the discharge of the most potent greenhouse gas
Monday, April 16th 2012
Meat consumption in the developed world needs to be cut by 50 percent per person by 2050, and emissions in all sectors – industrial and agricultural – need to be reduced by 50 percent if we are to meet the most aggressive strategy, set out by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to reduce the most potent of greenhouse gases, nitrous oxide (N2O).
The findings are results of a study by Dr. Eric Davidson and are published today in IOP P...
