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Climate change tops commonwealth meeting agenda
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… Pretoria - Food security and climate change will take centre stage when President Jacob Zuma leads … and Cooperation. "The meeting will focus on food security, climate change, mining for development, polio eradication, … Climate change tops commonwealth meeting agenda …Energy crucial to fighting climate change
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… - Experts at the African Energy Ministers Conference say climate change cannot be tackled without dealing with issues of … Ebrahim, said the African continent was hardest hit by climate change. He said COP 17 presented an opportunity to … Energy crucial to fighting climate change …Mabudafhasi to launch R11m coastal clean-up
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… and waterways, identify the sources of the debris and change behaviours that allow it to reach the ocean in the … build-up activities towards 17th Conference of Parties on Climate Change (COP 17) to be held in Durban. - BuaNews …Food security, climate change closely linked
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… in the African continent is linked to the prevailing climate. Nkoana-Mashabane was speaking at the opening of the two-day African Ministers in Agriculture Conference on Climate-smart Agriculture in Johannesburg. "Food security, … under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Durban in November and December. COP 17 …Call for collective approach to climate policy
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… Pretoria - South Africa will beef up its climate policy to ensure that all government departments responded well to the issue of climate change. While details were still sketchy on how this would … Call for collective approach to climate policy …COP17 must focus on agriculture
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… food security debates at the upcoming COP 17 should take climate change into account, negotiations should also strongly focus … said at a two-day African Ministerial conference on climate-smart agriculture. "We need your support to elevate …COP17 'proceeding well'
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… take two central, decisive steps to make the world more climate-resilient and to put it on a low carbon path. The one … rise to a level that could prevent the worst ravages of climate change. "This means answering the very important question of …Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
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… growth. The composition of our spending needs to change - while public service expenditure has continued to … it has remained resilient despite the uncertain economic climate. On the trade side, customs duties and import VAT … health facilities, and * R105 million for the COP 17 Climate Change Conference in Durban next month. The …Medium Term Budget Policy Statement
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… growth. The composition of our spending needs to change - while public service expenditure has continued to … it has remained resilient despite the uncertain economic climate. On the trade side, customs duties and import VAT … health facilities, and * R105 million for the COP 17 Climate Change Conference in Durban next month. The …Millions to benefit from plan to save forests
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… natural "carbon sinks" that can help slow the pace of climate change. CGIAR experts believe that improved management of … some of the most important challenges of our time: climate change, poverty and food security," said Frances …Green economy must form part of job creation
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… project also confirms our view that we cannot separate climate change responses from our goals of pursuing development and … to come from renewable resources. "If we do nothing, climate change will leave us with uninhabitable wastelands …President Zuma in Mexico for G20 Summit
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… development, green growth and the fight against climate change. However, the Eurozone and its debt crisis that has …Save Africa's forests - experts
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… Durban - Climate change threatens to undermine many of the development … is sweeping across Africa. "South Africa regards climate change as one of the greatest threats to sustainable …Gloves off at COP 17
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… Durban - A group of 54 African countries at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban has flexed its muscles on Monday, … said Mpanu Mpanu. Developed countries needed to show climate leadership as they have done in economic leadership. …Commitment to Kyoto Protocol essential
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… the minister said. "For such states, it is not just about climate change, but about their right to exist as citizens of their … islands define who they are. However, they also say that climate change is turning the ocean - their friend and …Zero-emission electric cars hit Durban streets
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… are also being used to shuttle people attending the climate change talks. BuaNews found a few minutes to test drive the … aim to play a critical role in reducing the impact of climate change. Batteries in the cars can be charged at your …Greenpeace activists deported
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… three men - belonging to Greenpeace - were joined by other climate change activists in trying to erect a banner on the hotel … they claimed were strangling progress on a deal to combat climate change. The Greenpeace activists, from Germany, …SA praised for proposed climate change legislation
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… been praised for setting an example by moving to introduce climate change legislation. The second GLOBE Climate Legislation Study was released on Monday and South … SA praised for proposed climate change legislation …Put humanity first - Zuma
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… their talks on what should be the outcomes of this year's climate change conference in Durban, they should do so with the … emissions. "Humanity has never been so profoundly aware of climate change, its impact and the necessity to radically …Africa tackles land degradation
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… for sustainable development and mitigating the effects of climate change." Dennis Garrity, United Nations Convention to Combat … "Achieving such targets will go a long way in addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation, thus building the …