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Ecologists warn the planet is running short of water - Times Online - 1 views

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Charlotte Lemaitre on 13 Mar 09

A swelling global population, changing diets and mankind's expanding "water footprint" could be bringing an end to the era of cheap water.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A swelling global population, changing diets and mankind's expanding "water footprint" could be bringing an end to the era of cheap water.</div>

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| July 2006 - Issue 391 | New Internationalist - 1 views

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Charlotte Lemaitre on 14 Feb 09

Several articles in this edition about carbon of setting

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Maldives first country to go carbon neutral | Environment | The Observer - 1 views

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The pioneering new president of the Indian Ocean nation announces plans for his country - under grave threat from climate change - to go carbon-neutral in a decade

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£50bn of European investment needed to kick-start Saharan solar plan, expert ... - 1 views

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Government investment worth £50bn would convince private companies that power from the Sahara solar scheme is feasible and attractive option, expert says

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Government investment worth £50bn would convince private companies that power from the Sahara solar scheme is feasible and attractive option, expert says</div>

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IRIN Asia | Asia | Afghanistan | AFGHANISTAN: Limited scope to absorb more refugees | R... - 1 views

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Jalozai was the largest Afghan refugee settlement but was demolished in June 2008 and its settlers were told either to go to their home country or move to other locations inside Pakistan. Insecurity, land disputes and lack of jobs have stopped tens of thousands of returnees from moving to their original areas and rebuilding their houses. Some households, including Jamaluddin's, have set up tents and mud huts in different parts of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Jalozai was the largest Afghan refugee settlement but was demolished in June 2008 and its settlers were told either to go to their home country or move to other locations inside Pakistan. Insecurity, land disputes and lack of jobs have stopped tens of thousands of returnees from moving to their original areas and rebuilding their houses. Some households, including Jamaluddin's, have set up tents and mud huts in different parts of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar</div>

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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Earth population 'exceeds limits' - 1 views

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Charlotte Lemaitre on 02 Apr 09

There are already too many people living on Planet Earth, according to one of most influential science advisors in the US government.

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Americas on alert for sea level rise - 1 views

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Climate change experts in North and South America are increasingly worried by the potentially devastating implications of higher estimates for possible sea level rises.

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China, US Held Secret Talks On Climate Change Deal - 1 views

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shared by Charlotte Lemaitre on 19 May 09 - Cached

Charlotte Lemaitre on 19 May 09

high-powered group of senior Republicans and Democrats led two missions to China in the final months of the Bush administration for secret backchannel negotiations aimed at securing a deal on joint US-Chinese action on climate change, the Guardian has learned.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">high-powered group of senior Republicans and Democrats led two missions to China in the final months of the Bush administration for secret backchannel negotiations aimed at securing a deal on joint US-Chinese action on climate change, the Guardian has learned.</div>

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China's gender imbalance 'likely to get worse' | World news | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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Richard Allaway on 20 May 09

Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher

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Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher

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Who's Going Where? | GOOD - 1 views

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People are moving around the world constantly-either toward opportunity or away from misfortune and fear. This is where people are going, and where they are coming from.

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Big Russian families are honoured in bid to boost population - Scotsman.com News - 1 views

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RUSSIA has a long tradition of honouring it soldiers, scholars and scientists for their achievements. Yesterday, it honoured parents with large families with the "Order of Parental Glory" - part of a campaign to halt a dramatic population decline.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">RUSSIA has a long tradition of honouring it soldiers, scholars and scientists for their achievements. Yesterday, it honoured parents with large families with the "Order of Parental Glory" - part of a campaign to halt a dramatic population decline.</div>

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UK carbon offsetting schemes 'failing to reduce emissions' | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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Britain is the world centre of a multibillion dollar "carbon offset" industry which is failing to lower global greenhouse gas emissions, a major report from Friends of the Earth claimed today.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Britain is the world centre of a multibillion dollar "carbon offset" industry which is failing to lower global greenhouse gas emissions, a major report from Friends of the Earth claimed today.</div>

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Indonesia's rent-an-island answer to climate change - Yahoo!7 News - 1 views

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The Indonesian Maritime Minister's proposal comes as a report this week reinforces the need to accommodate forecast increasing numbers of people displaced by climate change

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BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Rainforest is worth more standing - 1 views

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A new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A new analysis has shown that payments to reduce carbon emissions from the forests could generate more income than palm oil production on deforested land.</div>

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Women in Zimbabwe: 'We still suffer atrocities' - Guardian Weekly - 1 views

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With the European elections having just taken place, Patricia Fungisayi Mukubvu-Mwanyisa describes how the voting process in Zimbabwe in 2008 has left Zimbabwean women with "political wounds" and a deep feeling of disempowerment

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">With the European elections having just taken place, Patricia Fungisayi Mukubvu-Mwanyisa describes how the voting process in Zimbabwe in 2008 has left Zimbabwean women with "political wounds" and a deep feeling of disempowerment</div>

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Refugees find their voice - will we listen? - Features, Music - The Independent - 1 views

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Many refugees didn't escape persecution to just vanish or blend in here. They want to contribute to our culture. By Chris Mugan

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How Development is Hurting, Not Helping, China's Poor (Video) : TreeHugger - 1 views

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Video Climate change hurts poor in China

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Interactive: How climate change will affect temperatures around the UK in 2050 | Enviro... - 1 views

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Intercative climate change map for the UK

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Shanghai encourages second child for eligible couples | World news | The Guardian - 1 views

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Charlotte Lemaitre on 27 Jul 09

Move marks dramatic shift away from 30-year priority of keeping population down

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Move marks dramatic shift away from 30-year priority of keeping population down</div>

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Costs of Adapting to Climate Change Double-to-Triple UN Estimates, New Report Says : Tr... - 1 views

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We all know that adapting to climate change is going to cost us -- but that doing nothing will ultimately cost us even more -- however, a new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development says that the real costs of adaptation are likely to be 2-3 times greater than those estimated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change :

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">We all know that adapting to climate change is going to cost us -- but that doing nothing will ultimately cost us even more -- however, a new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development says that the real costs of adaptation are likely to be 2-3 times greater than those estimated by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change :</div>

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