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Biogas - clean energy from animal dung

Tuesday, June 12 2012 / AGFAX Radio

Biogas expert, George Kamau, demonstrates how farmers can generate clean gas for cooking and lighting, through use of a biogas digester. Animal manure is fed into an underground tank on

Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: scenarios, results, policy options

Monday, June 11 2012 / Eldis

This report addresses the potential scale and geography of climate change in order to identify which populations and areas will be most affected and to help policy makers facilitate adaptation.

MEXICO Yearly Floods the New Reality for Rural Women

Monday, June 11 2012 / Stephanie Wildes

Year after year, women in rural areas of the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco have to get ready for floods that threaten their homes, crops and livestock. “We have adapted. Now

Putting a voice to the future we want

Monday, June 11 2012 / PwC

Laura Spiers, a junior consultant with PwC’s sustainability and climate change team in the UK won a place with the PwC team in Rio. She provides a snapshot of what

Coping with a changing climate: considerations for adaptation and mitigation in agriculture

Monday, June 11 2012 / Eldis

This book presents historical evidence of the linkages between climate and food security and the current challenges climate change poses on world food security. It argues that changing climatic conditions

Weather forecast supports semi-arid farming

Monday, June 11 2012 / AGFAX Radio

Over the last five years, members of some farmer groups in Machakos district, Kenya, have been using seasonal weather forecasts to guide their farming decisions. The weather information, provided around

Climate-resilient farming for crops and livestock

Monday, June 11 2012 / AGFAX Radio

Farmers Phillip Mbai, Juliet Wambua and Cecilia Ngina explain some of the strategies they are using to maximise their crop and livestock production even when rains are poor. These include

CDKN in Rio: Climate compatible development for sustainability and climate security

Monday, June 11 2012 / CDKN Global

At this official side event to the Rio +20 Summit, we explore climate-induced threats to human security: threats to the water, energy and food on which we depend, and the threat

Kenya's national climate change response strategy

Monday, June 11 2012 / AGFAX Radio

Alexander Alusa, a senior advisor in the Kenyan government, discusses what is being done to implement the country’s national climate change response strategy. He emphasises that climate change creates opportunities

CDKN in Rio: Mainstreaming climate change into sustainable urban planning

Monday, June 11 2012 / CDKN Global

In this panel at the IIED Fair Ideas Conference, CDKN will share its experiences of integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation into sustainable urban planning, drawing on lessons from its

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