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It may have contributed less than any other continent to CO2 emissions, but Africa is on the front line when it comes to the impact of climate change. Just ask Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. “It is a threat for us,” he told a panel at the World Economic Forum. “On Kilimanjaro the snow is fast disappearing, sea [...] (Reuters) – Several countries have introduced subsidies or incentives to encourage clean energy production, such as feed-in tariffs or green certificates. Listed below are countries which have established renewable energy targets from 2013 to 2020. Source: Reuters, Renewable Energy Policy network (www.ren21.net) In January 1912, Sir Douglas Mawson finally made his way back to Cape Denison, missing his ship, the Aurora, by about three hours. Some of his colleagues had waited at the hut hoping he would arrive back safely. When he appeared, they sent a radio message to the ship asking them to turn around, as they could [...] Will Germany kill the goose laying the golden eggs? Australian Antarctic explorer Sir Douglas Mawson called Cape Denison ‘the home of the blizzard’ during his term here because of the incessant Katabatic winds which pour down the Antarctic plateau blasting everything in sight. Wind gusts here have been known to exceed 370 kilometres per hour (185 knots), so I consider myself lucky to have only [...] Being inappropriately dressed in Antarctica can be life threatening. However, being appropriately dressed takes a lot of time and an exceptionally good memory. With over 40 items of clothing to track, it’s par for the course to see an expedition member walk in and out of our base three or four times retracing their steps to [...] Taiwan fisheries flopped to an 18-year low point after Typhoon Morakot flooded much of the low-lying south in August, the island’s Central News Agency told us, casting aquaculture as a victim. Fish farmers, swamped by the stench of their own produce a month after the storm, struggled to recover. But were farmers also villains? Taiwan’s Control Yuan, a central [...] |
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