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A preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries
HELIO International, 2007Africa is vulnerable to climate change on two fronts: firstly, because of existing vulnerabilities and secondly, due to capacity limitations for disaster mitigation and inability to adapt to climate change.DocumentAgroenergy and biofuels atlas of the Americas
Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, 2007This document is the first volume in a series of three on the current state of agroenergy and bio-fuel production in the Americas. Produced at the request of the Inter-American Ethanol Commission, it presents information about the current state of and outlook for ethanol production in twenty-two countries of the Americas.DocumentIndia renewable energy trends
Centre for Social Markets, UK, 2008India has developed to a stage where it is generally recognised that renewable energy is the most substantial and sustainable solution to its future needs. This paper provides an objective analysis of present day trends in renewable energy in India.DocumentCereal offenders: how the G8 has contributed to the global food crisis, and what they can do to stop it
ActionAid International, 2008Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this policy brief, Actionaid calls on G8 leaders to take bold steps in Hokkaido to prevent world hunger spiralling further out of control.DocumentG8 and the food crisis: the real solutions
Greenpeace International, 2008Millions of people around the world are suffering food shortages, unaffordable food prices and hunger, primarily due to industrial farming, bad harvests related to climate change, unjust terms of trade and the rush for biofuels.DocumentFood security and climate change: the answer is biodiversity
Reliefweb, 2008Climate change will profoundly affect agriculture and food security worldwide and will particularly impact smallholder farmers in poor countries. Based on a short review of recent scientific literature, this document argues that the most effective strategy to adapt agriculture to climate change is to increase biodiversity. Key points include:DocumentEnvironment and development decision making in Africa 2006-2008
International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2008The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) is the primary ministerial level forum for environment and development issues in Africa. It has helped launch various environmental initiatives at the regional level, and these have greatly influenced environmental policy in Africa.DocumentAnother inconvenient truth
Oxfam, 2008Biofuels are presented in rich countries as a solution to two crises: the climate crisis and the oil crisis. However, this Oxfam Briefing Paper argues that they are not be a solution to either, and instead are contributing to a third: the current food crisis.DocumentAfrica: atlas of our changing environment
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2008This African atlas is the first publication to use satellite photos to depict environmental change in each and every African country during the last thirty years. Through an array of satellite images, graphs, maps, and photographs, this Atlas presents a powerful testament to the adverse changes taking place on the African landscape as a result of intensified natural and human impacts.DocumentEnergy development and climate change: decarbonising growth in South Africa
Human Development Report Office, UNDP, 2007Not only does South Africa have an extremely energy-intensive economy based primarily on coal, leading to relatively high emissions, but it simultaneously faces a host of daunting development challenges, exacerbated by the legacy of apartheid.Pages