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PODCAST: What lessons can Uganda learn about the CDM from Mexico
In the tenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports that RTCC is hosting, Emmanuel Okella from Radio Simba-Uganda asks what the country could learn from projects in Mexico.
Koahsiung: The Taiwan city aiming to turn steel mills green
Speaking to RTCC at the ICLEI Resilient Cities 2012 conference, Shyh-Fang Liu deputy mayor of Koahsiung in Taiwan talks about how the city is transforming itself with the environment in mind.
Planet’s largest cities commit to measuring and reporting emissions
At the ICLEI Resilient Cities conference in Bonn, 40 of the world’s most populous cities have launched a programme to measure, report and verify their carbon emissions.
Rio 1992: Did you sign the “Pledge Wall”?
Thousands of delegates at the Earth Summit in 1992 pledged to make the planet a better home for future generations. RTCC wants to hear how the original signatories think they are doing.
Six steps to Sustainable Fashion
Eco-fashion consultant and co-founder of the Ethical Fashion Forum, Elizabeth Laskar talks RTCC through her six steps to Sustainable Fashion.
An introduction to sustainable fashion
The fashion industry is big business for the UK, but how can we continue to buy the clothes that we love, while making sure they have a limited impact on the planet?
Caravan for climate jobs kicks off UK tour
Climate Jobs Caravan will undertake a two week tour of the UK calling on the government to create green jobs to tackle climate and financial crisis.
What effect are climate change lawsuits having in the USA?
As five young plaintiffs wait to hear if their climate change case against the US Federal government is to be dismissed, RTCC looks at what positive impacts these moves have globally.
PODCAST: Realising the potential for the CDM in Africa
In the tenth in the series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, the UNFCCC’s Irini Roumboglou talks to a project developer about a waste-to-energy project in Cote d’Ivoire.
Countdown to Rio+20: George Bush Senior starts 20 years of stalemate
George Bush Senior told the Earth Summit in 1992 that his country would be the “world leader” in environmental protection, but look a little closer and the next 20 years of US policy can be seen under the surface.
Connecting the climate change dots in pictures
RTCC picks some of its favourite pictures from this weekend’s Climate Impacts events.
Countdown to Rio+20: How has the world changed in 20 years?
The challenges facing policy makers at this summer’s Rio+20 have evolved significantly since 1992. RTCC looks though the major changes in the world from cattle stock growth to cattle class passengers via climate change and urbanisation.
Connecting the dots on climate change
Tomorrow (5 May) thousands of people from across the world will be connecting the dots between climate change and extreme weather, with 350.org’s Climate Impacts Day.
Photo of the week #16 – protecting biodiversity
This week’s photo of the week; the importance of protecting biodiversity and ecosystems.
PODCAST: Solving multiple problems with composting in Uganda
Wambi Michael finds out how a compost plant could provide a solution to multiple problems in Uganda, in the eighth of a series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports hosted by RTCC.
PHOTO GALLERY: Desertification – nature’s “greatest challenge”
To end Desertification Week RTCC and the UNCCD bring you desertification scenes from around the world.
Climate change, desertification and migration: Connecting the dots
How are climate change and desertification linked? And what increasing role are these having on migration patterns, particularly in regions hardest hit like the Sahel in Africa.
How Korean organisations combat desertification in Inner Mongolia
As the “Yellow Dragons” hit China, Korea and Japan with more intensity, cross country initiatives are expanding to combat desertification in Inner Mongolia.
Is this village in Alaska home to first climate change migrants in US?
Eskimo village of Newtok, Alaska to relocate as melting permafrost puts community on shaky ground and see ice loss opens door to storms.
PODCAST: Tackling desertification and deforestation in Nigeria
In the eighth of a series of UNFCCC CDM Radio Club reports RTCC is hosting, Irini Roumboglou finds out how efficient wood stoves are helping to tackle the problems of deforestation and desertification in Nigeria.