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		<title>Iceland prepares for second, more devastating volcanic eruption &#8211; Times Online</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/03/22/iceland-prepares-for-second-more-devastating-volcanic-eruption-times-online-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 05:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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The islands worst eruption in modern times was in 1783, when the Laki volcano blew its top. The lava shot to heights of 1.4 kilometres and more than 120 million tonnes of sulphur dioxide was released into the atmosphere.A quarter of the islands population died in the resulting famine and it transformed the world, creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can charcoal save the world?</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/03/20/can-charcoal-save-the-world-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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The best biochar is made by pyrolysis, according to Kurt Spokas, Ph.D., a USDA-ARS soil scientist and adjunct professor at the University of Minnesota. Pyrolysis takes plants, animal manure or any other kind of organic biomass, traps it in an oxygen-free environment and heats it to around 550°C. At the end, you are left with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is wrong with the Global Climate Change Architecture?</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/27/what-is-wrong-with-the-global-climate-change-architecture/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2010/02/27/what-is-wrong-with-the-global-climate-change-architecture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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In his submission before retiring to the private sector, Yvo de Boer sent a warning short, it is impossible to change the climate change architecture from inside the UN.
Does he know something we dont know?  What is wrong with the current architecture? Is it at the Kyoto Protocol level or is it at the &#8220;Financing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change talks: What to look for at Copenhagen &#124; csmonitor.com</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/12/07/climate-change-talks-what-to-look-for-at-copenhagen-csmonitor-com/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/12/07/climate-change-talks-what-to-look-for-at-copenhagen-csmonitor-com/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Editor</dc:creator>
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What are countries offering on greenhouse-gas reductions?
On Sunday, South Africa said it would slow the growth of its emissions to 34 percent below the current annual growth rate by 2020 and to 42 percent by 2025, as long as international aid is forthcoming.
India has offered to improve its energy efficiency to 20 or 25 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change: Who will ring the bell?</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/10/06/indigenous-knowledge-and-climate-change-who-will-ring-the-bell/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/10/06/indigenous-knowledge-and-climate-change-who-will-ring-the-bell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ October 16, 2009; ] Contrary to popular perception, indigenous or local communities have intimate knowledge of their environment (soils, water, forest, flora, fauna, etc), and most of their decisions and actions are informed by this knowledge-base.
The landscape within which indigenous knowledge can efficiently be used to support adaptation and mitigation action is heavily degraded, this is a reality we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa can feed the world FAO and OECD</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/26/africa-can-feed-the-world-fao-and-oecd/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/26/africa-can-feed-the-world-fao-and-oecd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:44:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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&#8220;There is no reason why Africa cannot be self-sufficient when it comes to food&#8221; Barack Obama, President of USA- July 2009.
Agriculture has proved more resilient to the global crisis than other sectors, according to the annual Agricultural Outlook report, published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Statement to the 3rd Special Session of AMCEN on Climate Change (Nairobi, Kenya. 25 &#8211; 29 May 2009)</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/07/youth-statement-to-the-3rd-special-session-of-amcen-on-climate-change-nairobi-kenya-25-29-may-2009/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/07/youth-statement-to-the-3rd-special-session-of-amcen-on-climate-change-nairobi-kenya-25-29-may-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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We the African youth, under the auspices of the Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change, present this statement to the 3rd Special Session of AMCEN on Climate Change.
Deeply concerned by the havoc wrecked by climate change and variability on African Societies with the consequent exacerbation of poverty, food insecurity, deterioration of health and a general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agriculture and Climate Change, the new Poker in Climate Activism</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/03/agriculture-and-climate-change-the-new-poker-in-climate-activism/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/06/03/agriculture-and-climate-change-the-new-poker-in-climate-activism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:35:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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Should agriculture be on the agenda of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009? This no longer seems to be the question but the demand from the African Civil Society movements.
It is argued that if fundamental climate change mitigation and adaptation goals are to be met, international climate deal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Food Security, Climate Change Organic and Science</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/05/02/food-security-climate-change-organic-and-science/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/05/02/food-security-climate-change-organic-and-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 18:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://africaclimate.org/?p=551</guid>
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Oakland Institute publishes some interesting articles on Africa in their section, voices from Africa.  One of their recent article was on food security.  Their conclusion is very accurate and spot on (whether you are a believer of climate change or global warming)!
The future of food security in the face of warming temperatures cannot be based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idea of the Day</title>
		<link>http://africaclimate.org/2009/04/30/idea-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://africaclimate.org/2009/04/30/idea-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Kuria</dc:creator>
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Labour Day is a day that people from across the world do exactly the opposite, they dont labour.  But, as the debate on climate change continues to gain momentum, those of a curious mind are left somehow confused when faced with the current scientific data and the political debate, so us who are keen to [...]]]></description>
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