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<item><title>Livestock may do better than crops, African farmers told</title><description>Researchers have found that keeping livestock as well as growing crops will reduce African farmers' vulnerability to climate change.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/livestock-may-do-better-than-crops-african-farmers.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:01:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report highlights 'patchy' oversight for adaptation tech</title><description>Adaptation technologies are losing out in the climate change negotiations because they lack a single champion, say agencies.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/report-highlights-patchy-oversight-for-adaptation-.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:00:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Model guides flow of climate change migrants</title><description>Policymakers facing tough decisions about moving people because of climate change may be helped by a mathematical model.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/model-guides-flow-of-climate-change-migrants.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:28:05 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>India must improve its climate strategy, says report</title><description>The World Bank says that India must improve its climate resilience strategy, suggesting measures including a shift to dryland farming.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/india-must-improve-its-climate-strategy-says-repor.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:46:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cooperation not compulsion on clean technology transfer</title><description>Compulsory licensing of clean technologies will only be needed if developed countries duck UNFCCC obligations, says Dalindyebo Shabalala.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/cooperation-not-compulsion-on-clean-technology-tra.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Include fisheries in global climate policy dialogue</title><description>Global discussions on how to adapt to climate change must include fisheries, say Nicholas Dulvy and Edward Allison.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/include-fisheries-in-global-climate-policy-dialogu.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:02:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research reveals Pacific Ocean threats and solutions</title><description>A synthesis of over 3,400 Pacific Ocean studies reveals threats to coastal communities but also widely applicable potential solutions.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/research-reveals-pacific-ocean-threats-and-solutio.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Adaptation science not trickling down, says commission</title><description>The UN should do more to disperse knowledge about adapting to the effects of climate change, says an international commission.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/adaptation-science-not-trickling-down-says-commiss.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 04:01:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change may be century's greatest health threat</title><description>Poor countries need to improve their surveillance and research capacity to reduce the damage climate change will do to health, says a report.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/climate-change-may-be-century-s-greatest-health-th.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 04:16:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Amazon trees worth more alive than dead</title><description>We should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/amazon-trees-worth-more-alive-than-dead.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 01:34:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Climate change threats outlined for Vietnam and SE Asia</title><description>The Asian Development Bank says Vietnam is particularly vulnerable to climate change and calls on South-East Asia to embark on adaptation.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/climate-change-threats-outlined-for-vietnam-and-se.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 03:44:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists put carbon ceiling at a trillion tonnes</title><description>A simplified model shows that the world's total carbon output since the industrial revolution must reach no more than a trillion tonnes.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/scientists-put-carbon-ceiling-at-a-trillion-tonnes.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:27:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indigenous people share climate adaptation strategies</title><description>More than 400 indigenous people presented their adaptation strategies at a summit to discuss the effects of climate change on their lands.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/indigenous-people-share-climate-adaptation-strateg.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:34:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>West Africa caught in 'megadrought' cycle</title><description>Extreme droughts have been common in West Africa over the last 3,000 years, scientists have found.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/west-africa-caught-in-megadrought-cycle.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 03:53:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>GM crops and the Gene Giants: Bad news for farmers</title><description>Unproven and patented GM fixes will not help farmers in the South adapt to climate change, say Kathy Jo Wetter and Hope Shand.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/gm-crops-and-the-gene-giants-bad-news-for-farmers.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Africa sets its sights on carbon capture</title><description>South Africa aims to employ carbon capture and storage technology by 2020, starting with the creation of an atlas of potential sites.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/south-africa-sets-its-sights-on-carbon-capture.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:27:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chile, India link up for rural development</title><description>Innovative solutions to agricultural problems and getting information to farmers will be the focus of a new alliance between Chile and India.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/chile-india-link-up-for-rural-development.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:38:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Put agriculture at heart of climate talks, says report </title><description>A new report has urged that climate talks consider agriculture's role as both a casualty and driver of climate change.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/put-agriculture-at-heart-of-climate-talks-says-rep.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mind the gap: Reducing climate-related health risks</title><description>More research must be invested in controlling or preventing disease to reduce climate-related health risks, says Dziedzom De Souza.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/mind-the-gap-reducing-climate-related-health-risks.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:51:01 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>South-East Asian climate map reveals disaster hotspots</title><description>Cambodia is at surprisingly high risk of climate-related disaster but the Indonesian capital Jakarta tops the list for South-East Asia.</description><link>http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/adaptation/south-east-asian-climate-map-reveals-disaster-hots.html?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=en_climatechangeandenergy_adaptation</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:03:33 GMT</pubDate></item>
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