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12 December 20911 — IPS

Agreement for New Global Treaty To Reduce Emissions
By Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 11 (IPS) ? The world is increasingly committed to dangerous levels of global warming with yet another failure by nations of the world to agree to needed reductions in carbon emissions here in Durban. However, as the 17th Conference of Parties ended early Sunday morning, members did agree to talk about a new global treaty to reduce emissions. Continue Reading

Durban Text Dubbed a ?Death Sentence for Africa?
By Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9, 2011 (IPS) No one is happy late Friday at the very contentious U.N. climate talks that went into extra time on Saturday. As the lights flicker on a rainy night here, the partial power failure echoes the failure of the multilateral process, according to civil society and some countries. Continue Reading

Q&A: ?By 2020 it Will be Too Late?
Kristin Palitza spoke to REGINE GÜNTHER, climate protection and energy policy chief at the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), about the dangers climate change poses to security and livelihoods.
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) - Despite the high risk, it remains difficult to convince politicians to take immediate action to prevent further climate change and make available the necessary funds to do so. Scientists have warned repeatedly of the effects of climate change: If governments will not act fast, they will cause an irreversible catastrophe.
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End Carbon Apartheid, Say African Faith Groups
By Stephen Leahy
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) - African and international faith leaders urged governments attending the final day of climate change negotiations to do what is right and necessary to keep global temperature from rising no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. Continue Reading

Saving the Forests with Indigenous Knowledge
By Isaiah Esipisu*
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) ? For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya?s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country?s Rift Valley Province is more than just a forest. It is a shrine. Continue Reading

Importance of Financing Climate Change Adaptation
Zukiswa Zimela spoke to MARCIA LEVAGGI, manager of the Adaptation Fund Board
DURBAN, South Africa, Dec 9 (IPS) - The issue of money is still a substantial part of the negotiations at 17thConference of Parties in Durban, South Africa. IPS spoke to Marcia Levaggi, manager of the Adaptation Fund Board, on the importance of ensuring that developing countries have the funds to deal with the effects of climate change. Continue Reading