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At Africa Carbon Forum foundations were laid for a substantially increased African involvement in CDM projects. CDM projects promote sustainable development and economic growth in African countries. More than 1000 people from the private and public sector in African and other countries took part in Africa Carbon Forum, held in Nairobi, 3 – 5 March.
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Africa has over 120 carbon market projects that are either up and running or in the pipeline in areas ranging from wind power to forestry schemes.
A new assessment published Wednesday shows that however, in comparison to the rest of the world, the continent is still lagging behind, with the potential for clean and green energy largely under-exploited while growth in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects under the Kyoto Protocol remains uneven.
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Conference, Trade Fair and Capacity Development to build on CDM gains on continent — IETA, UNEP, UNDP, WB, UNITAR, UNCTAD AfDB and UNFCCC
The programme is set and the list of participants is growing fast for the second all-Africa Carbon Forum, set to take place at the United Nations Gigiri complex in Nairobi, Kenya, 3–5 March.
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Africa has so far failed to harness the opportunities for sustainable development offered by the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, but First Climate’s Durando Ndongsok says it doesn’t have to be that way. He offers a recipe for success post-2012 – and it starts on the ground.
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* Meetings cancelled at Barcelona talks
* African nations demand cuts in emissions by rich
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov 3 (Reuters) – African nations boycotted U.N. climate talks on Tuesday in a protest to urge rich countries to set deeper 2020 cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Mama Sarah Obama Welcomes Introduction of the Cell-Phone-Based Carbon Manna(SM) System to Kogelo to Address Copenhagen Consensus Challenges
SAN DIEGO, CA and KOGELO, KENYA–(Marketwire – October 27, 2009) – Carbon Manna Unlimited in San Diego, California, a non-profit standards-setting organization popularizing the world’s first form of non-debt-based microfinance — the highly-scalable, cell-phone-based Carbon Micro-PROFIT-Sharing system — announced today an exclusive agreement between its affiliate, Carbon Manna Africa Ltd. (Nairobi, Kenya), and the Kogelo Community Development Foundation (KCDF) in Kogelo, Kenya. Kogelo is the childhood hometown of U.S. President Barack Obama’s late father. Carbon Manna Africa and KCDF will jointly utilize the sustainable Carbon Manna(SM) Micro-PROFIT-Sharing System to address various healthcare, nutrition and education challenges common to the Developing World as enumerated in the Copenhagen Consensus.
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Eskom’s absolute emissions of greenhouse gases declined 0.85 percent to 221.7 million tons in the 2009 reporting period of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) due to reduced electricity demand.
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Abuja — NIGERIA ‘S quest to ensure effective gas utilisation received a major boost with the announcement that the gas utilisation project at the Ovade-Ogharafe oil field in Delta state has been successfully registered under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol.
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Nedbank is tops in South Africa’s 2009 carbon disclosure leadership index, which ranks the JSE’s biggest 100 companies on the basis of “frank and transparent” disclosure on issues related to climate change.
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The Ethical Sourcing Advisor at Cadbury, Tony Lass, has revealed how Cadbury is exploring innovative ways of encouraging Ghanaian farmers to adopt practices that will provide long-term sustainability in cocoa production for future generations of farmers.
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In keeping with the rising tide of businesses tapping into potentially lucrative markets at the bottom of the economic pyramid, Manna Energy is seeking to turn a profit — someday — by bringing safe drinking water to Rwandan schools.
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Farmers in India and Africa have planted more than 7 million trees as a part of the Clean Air Action Corporation’s (CAAC) international award winning environmental initiative TIST (The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program). TIST has received validation under the United Nations international treaty for global climate change program known as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for their forestry project in Tamil Nadu, India. This is the first time an American company with a privately sponsored and funded project has been approved using the small-scale afforestation and reforestation project methodology.
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South Africa’s government predicts that the country’s carbon emissions could begin to decline by 2030-35.
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KAMPALA, Uganda, October 6, 2009 (ENS) — Pines and a mix of native African trees will soon cover what is now grassland within Uganda’s Rwoho Central Forest Reserve, an upper watershed of Lake Victoria.
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Climate change threatens the world as a whole – and Africa in particular, because increases in droughts and floods mean more on a continent where the population is already struggling to make ends meet. The continent therefore has more than most to gain from financing schemes that promote sustainable development and slow climate change – but will Africa be in a position to benefit?
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