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Foresters and farmers have an 8000-year history of dealing with climate variation and providing food and provisions – they may have climate change solutions. Ollivier Girard/CIFOR

Climate change action needs forests and farms working together

By Peter Holmgren, Centre for International Forestry Research

The UNFCCC COP-18 in Doha worked overtime to finally agree not to disagree. The Secretariat was quick to make a release that declares success and highlights four results: Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol…
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All eyes are on Doha, but most of the action is taking place in Asia. almasudi/Flickr

Doha is worthwhile, but real decisions are elsewhere

By Nick Rowley

The irony of the world’s climate change negotiators meeting in Doha this week cannot be lost on anyone taking an interest in climate change. Qatar is hardly a model of the low carbon economy. With annual…
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Global energy use must grow substantially every year to keep up with population – our decarbonisation efforts aren’t making inroads. Carolyn Chan

The Australian Government, Kyoto and the illusion of progress

By David Hodgkinson, University of Western Australia

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, announced on Friday that Australia is “ready” to join a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework…

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