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Green Left And Big Polluters Win: G20 Climate Deal DeadParis (AFP) Feb 18, 2010 The UN process for tackling global warming is now captainless as well as rudderless after climate chief Yvo de Boer suddenly announced his resignation two months after the ill-starred Copenhagen summit. De Boer, 55, announced on Thursday he would step down as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to pursue a career in the private sector. His abrupt departure - and the search for a successor able to satisfy 194 nations - adds another thick layer of proble ... read more |
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Nairobi, Kenya (UPI) Feb 12, 2009 Helping the world's smallest farms stay abreast of climate change and competition is key to feeding the planet's growing population, scientists in Kenya said. Small farmers are neglected by agricultural aid policies, yet collectively they feed most of the world's 1 billion low-income people, said the Kenyan-based International Livestock Research Institute. Small farmers need help ... more  
Walnut Creek CA (SPX) Feb 15, 2010As the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) works toward developing sustainable sources of clean renewable energy, perennial grasses have emerged as major candidates for the commercial production of cellulosic biofuels from feedstocks. However, little is known about the specific biological traits of the grasses that might contribute to their usefulness for energy production, in part because suc ... more 
Durham, N.C. (UPI) Feb 12, 2009 Global food security could be enhanced if developed nations increased aid for sustainable seafood production in developing nations, U.S. scientists said. Seafood is a key source of protein for nearly 3 billion people but lack of a coordinated policy worldwide threatens the planet's seafood supply, a group of economists and marine scientists wrote in a recent issue of Science. "In ... more |
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FAO chief 'alarmed' over underfunding of Haiti agricultureRome (AFP) Feb 12, 2010 The head of the UN food agency Friday voiced "alarm" over underfunding for the agricultural element of the United Nations' emergency appeal for earthquake-stricken Haiti. "At a time when Haiti is facing a major food crisis, we are alarmed at the lack of support to the agricultural component of the Flash Appeal," FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf told a conference on food security for Haiti. He said that of 23 million dollars (17 million euros) sought for immediate agricultural needs, the Rome- ... read more |
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