October 22, 2009
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Air & Climate Newsletter October 22, 2009 |
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Send your Rainforest SOS to the world and help create a climate for change
The rainforests are a rich, green belt that surrounds the world at the equator and contains over half the living plant and animal species on the planet. Some people have described these forests as the ‘Earth’s lifebelt’ and you can see why. Without their services in storing greenhouse gases, creating oxygen and rainfall, and providing a home to the most important array of biodiversity on the planet, our Earth would be a very different place and certainly one uninhabitable by mankind. Vast quantities of carbon are stored in the trees and soils of tropical forest areas. When they are ... |
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India and China ink climate pact, as Copenhagen speculation rumbles on
India and China have signed a wide-ranging bilateral climate change agreement that commits them to greater co-operation on the development of low carbon technologies and aims to ensure they present a united front at the forthcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen. The memorandum of understanding was signed at a ceremony in New Delhi earlier this week by India`s environment minister Jairam Ramesh and Xie Zhenhua, vice minister at China`s National Development and Reform Commission. Under the five-year deal, the two countries will agree to work together on the rollout of energy ... |
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