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Air & Climate Newsletter August 07, 2008 |
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EC to connect EU with UN carbon credit registry before December
The European Commission, Member States and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat have successfully completed all the testing required for connecting to the UN`s international carbon credit registry. The EU`s Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and Member State registries will be connected to the UN`s International Transaction Log (ITL) before December 2008 at the latest. The link will mean carbon credits issued under the Clean Development Mechanism can be transferred to the registries of EU Member States. Environment Commissioner Stavros ... |
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Melting polar ice-caps could bring more droughts to Africa
Sudden changes in the African monsoon can have large-scale socio-economic effects on fragile economies that depend on moisture for agriculture and basic human needs. New research has predicted that the impact of changes in the ocean`s currents as a result of melting polar ice-caps could reduce rainfall during the monsoon in Africa leading to more droughts. Data suggest that droughts as a result of monsoon failure occurred towards the end of the last ice-age in Africa. It is thought that this was due to melting glaciers altering the salinity and temperature of the sea, and thus the strength ... |
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