http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on mitigation and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/news/ Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/sudan-sets-its-sights-on-biofuels.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 25 Jun 2009 03:38:17 GMTSmall farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/small-farmers-could-cash-in-on-carbon-monitoring.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationMon, 22 Jun 2009 03:26:21 GMTLocking carbon away as charcoal in the soil could help to mitigate climate change but whether it will work in practice remains a mystery.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/-dark-earth-and-its-carbon-holding-powers.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationMon, 15 Jun 2009 04:03:49 GMTCompulsory licensing of clean technologies will only be needed if developed countries duck UNFCCC obligations, says Dalindyebo Shabalala.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/cooperation-not-compulsion-on-clean-technology-tra.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationWed, 03 Jun 2009 08:00:00 GMTMethane emissions from rice fields could be cut dramatically by combining two simple farming practices, say researchers.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/drain-rice-fields-to-cut-methane-say-scientists.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationWed, 20 May 2009 03:27:41 GMTWe should heed researchers' findings that ceasing deforestation in the Amazon could boost its climate change resilience, says Andrew Mitchell.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/amazon-trees-worth-more-alive-than-dead.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationFri, 08 May 2009 01:34:53 GMTA simplified model shows that the world's total carbon output since the industrial revolution must reach no more than a trillion tonnes.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/scientists-put-carbon-ceiling-at-a-trillion-tonnes.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 30 Apr 2009 09:27:33 GMTA community forestry project in Haryana state has won the world's first afforestation clean development mechanism certificate.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/indian-small-scale-forestry-project-wins-cdm-certi.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 23 Apr 2009 03:42:03 GMTUsing low-soot stoves in Africa and Asia would cut levels of black carbon, which warms the atmosphere.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/climate-salvation-from-low-soot-stoves-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationFri, 17 Apr 2009 02:00:18 GMTDeveloping countries have been funded to take part in the Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation scheme.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/countries-funded-to-plan-forest-protection.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 16 Apr 2009 03:03:30 GMTForests are valuable assets, and reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) should be prioritised, says Virgilio M. Viana.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/waving-the-redd-flag.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 16 Apr 2009 01:55:56 GMTDeveloped and developing countries are divided over whether a registry to record mitigation efforts should be mandatory.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/battle-lines-drawn-over-climate-mitigation-registr.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 16 Apr 2009 12:53:03 GMTA solar cooker will now be distributed for free after its creator won a competition for technology to combat climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/-cardboard-cooker-wins-climate-prize.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationTue, 14 Apr 2009 01:50:54 GMTWorries that meat consumption is driving climate change should not be allowed to impact on farming in poor countries, says Carlos Sere.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/balancing-the-global-need-for-meat.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 09 Apr 2009 10:35:02 GMTProposals to sequester carbon on a grand scale by turning biomass into "biochar" have been criticised by groups who say the idea is untested.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/charcoal-plan-for-carbon-storage-under-fire.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationWed, 08 Apr 2009 03:30:41 GMTSouth Africa aims to employ carbon capture and storage technology by 2020, starting with the creation of an atlas of potential sites.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/south-africa-sets-its-sights-on-carbon-capture.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationMon, 06 Apr 2009 03:27:52 GMTThis week's G20 summit in London must ensure that any solution to the global financial crisis also commits to sustainable economic growth.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/contract-and-converge-the-path-to-sustainable-grow.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationThu, 02 Apr 2009 09:51:31 GMTA new report has urged that climate talks consider agriculture's role as both a casualty and driver of climate change.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/put-agriculture-at-heart-of-climate-talks-says-rep.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationWed, 01 Apr 2009 04:15:00 GMTA remote island in the South China Sea is to receive a power station that integrates wind, solar and wave power.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/remote-island-gets-wave-wind-and-solar-power-plant.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationTue, 31 Mar 2009 03:25:21 GMTRenewable energy could account for a much higher proportion of the global energy supply than previously estimated — if we pay up.http://www.scidev.net/en/science-communication/mitigation/renewable-energy-s-role-underestimated-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_sciencecommunication_mitigationFri, 13 Mar 2009 04:00:53 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/