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		<title>rDNA wins Climate Change Leadership Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highway Africa’s Reporting Development has won the Climate Hero Award in the Climate Change Leadership Awards (CCLA) which took place at Sandton Sun on Friday 29 March, in Johannesburg. rDNA scooped first place in the Community or Individual Category. Highway African was represented at the awards by Ms Nqobile Sibisi, who is the Programme Officer for rDNA and Coordinator of the Future Journalists Programme (FJP).   The award includes a CCLA certificate, a R50,000 cash cheque and a collection of rare-musical-instruments stamps sponsored by PostBank and the South African Post Office. rDNA is funded by the Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, and partners with the International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ). It  has also begun working with partners like the World Bank, training journalists in Fiscal Literacy in order to adequately tell Africa’s economic and development story.]]></description>
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		<title>Back to basic on climate change</title>
		<link>http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=2130</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the dust, or more appropriately the beach sand, settled in Durban this past Sunday, the UN climate change agreement that was reached by 194 nation-states kicks the can farther down the road: cuts in greenhouse gas emissions will be voluntary, the actual scale of those cuts is not specified, and assistance for the most climate vulnerable countries depends on the willingness of their richer peers to donate any money up front — never a guarantee in the world of international aid. Best of all, this so-called Durban Platform allows politicians until 2015 to come up with any truly binding agreement, which would presumably come into effect by 2020.]]></description>
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		<title>What are the outcomes of the Durban climate change talks?</title>
		<link>http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=2127</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The COP17 climate change meetings in Durban produced several interesting outcomes after the 12-days of talks over ran into the early hours of the 14th day. Top negotiators stretched their powers of endurance in the final week of the conference so that some of them did not sleep at all in the last two days.

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		<title>Thumbs up, or thumbs down?</title>
		<link>http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=2125</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Lang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was the 14-day COP17 gathering in Durban a success or a failure? This direct question does not do justice to the incredibly intricate and critically important discussions that took place at the UN Conference in South Africa’s port city over recent weeks. The question is simplistic, but it nevertheless frames exactly what most people want to know – was it successful in reaching an agreement to stop global warming or not? This very straightforward question has, unfortunately, many different answers depending on who you speak to. For example, the President of COP17 and International Affairs Minister of the host country, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, addressed delegates in her closing statement and said “I applaud you for what you have been able to accomplish here in Durban”. She said that the negotiators of the 194 countries participating in the process “were prepared to show the required political will to move this process forward.  It is without any doubt in my mind that we have worked together to save tomorrow, today!” The mass of ministers and other politicians taking part in the COP17 talks will also no doubt, hail the Durban climate change talks as a success. They will find something they can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New text on Kyoto Protocol</title>
		<link>http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=2117</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wisdom Mdzungairi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developing countries and the greens have described the new text on Kyoto Protocol as a damp squib as the new Protocol (or another legally binding instrument) applies to all countries, but makes no distinction between developed and developing countries. The new mandate risks created a weaker system that does not recognize the historic responsibility of developed countries while creating new obligations for developing countries, further shifting the burden on to those least responsible for this problem, but who have even so pledged to do more to solve this crisis. It could not however, be ascertained whether these passages will find their way into the final document. Below are excerpts: •The new text does not adopt a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. A legal second commitment period requires a full amendment of all Annexes and a ratification process. This text agrees on the rules simply as decisions and merely proposes amendments. This amounts to delaying a decision on the Kyoto Protocol again. •Instead, this text simply invites Kyoto Protocol Parties to offer their pledges in an annex to the decision. While the words are used similarly, the annex referred to this text is not the same Annex B of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last-ditch effort to save climate talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 07:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wisdom Mdzungairi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developing states most at risk from global warming have rebelled against a proposed deal at UN climate talks, forcing South Africa to draw up new draft documents to try to stop the talks from collapsing. After 12 days of wrangling, the troubled talks have gone into extra time as big emitters China, the US and India drag their feet on a European Union (EU) bid for a new worldwide pact on greenhouse gases. Australia, Russia, Japan, Canada reportedly sided with the big polluters of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by not backing a legally binding global agreement. The protracted COP 17 talks frustrated delegates from small islands and Africa, who joined a protest by green groups outside as they tried to enter the main negotiating room. African chief negotiator Tosi Mpanu-Mpanu said: “We came here to see to it that we find a solution for the one billion Africans experiencing changing climatic conditions daily. We remain optimistic that a deal is within reach if there is political will, but there seems to be none, which is sad.” South African Foreign minister and COP 17 president Maite Nkoana-Mashabane at one point reportedly suspended the meeting because a coalition of island nations, Africa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COP17 a success- Dlamini-Zuma</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 19:05:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Quaicoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hosting of the United Nations climate change negotiations COP 17 has brought economic benefits for South Africa, Home Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Dlamini-Zuma said despite the carbon footprint that would be left behind, South Africa will still be the winner when all options are weighed. She said the conference brought together over 25 000 delegates and over 132 ministers, heads of State and government and senior government officials. In all, she said, this was good business for the hotel and travel industry, retail outlets and downstream industries with the overall beneficiary being the South African Government as this helped increase its tax over the period. Although Dlamini-Zuma could not put figures, she said it is worth the investment. She said the country in particular Durban has benefited from the income while the community was made more aware of climate change issues than ever before. She expressed the government’s gratitude and appreciation to the UNFCCC, the African continent and other stakeholders for their confidence in South Africa and its people to host the conference aimed at consolidating a cohesive and united international response to the dangers posed by climate change. On security, she said no signal on security threat was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>COP 17 –Deal Or No Deal</title>
		<link>http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=2070</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecca Quaicoe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;roadmap&#8221; to a new legal framework for the elusive UN climate change deal beyond 2020 is set out in the text of a draft governments may sign at the conclusion of the COP 17 deliberations. The text follows most of the &#8220;EU roadmap&#8221; towards a new global agreement, which has been the subject of frantic negotiations in the final hours of the two-week conference, which was scheduled to on Friday. However, there are crucial differences, and it will be difficult for some countries, including India and China, to sign up to the text as it stands. By late last night, parties were still highly involved in back door shuttling, as negotiators battled to untangle  the gridlock especially the contentious second commitment of the Kyoto Protocol, the Green Climate Fund and the procedures for the release of $100 billion to developing nations. Another thorny issue on the table is finding a long term financing mechanism for the operationalization of the Climate Fund. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP 17 President Maite Nkoana-Mashabane told a press briefing that despite positive sentiments, “we are not there yet. We have limited time within which to conclude the negotiations. We remain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Youth shook COP17</title>
		<link>http://reportingdna.org/blogs/?p=2092</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nqobile Buthelezi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youth from all over the world have been showing solidarity for Africa, shaking COP17 with demonstrations, protests and ambitious appeals to the heads of governments and negotiators, for a more just decision and binding policy towards climate change. Catching up with some of these young activists, here’s what they had to say regarding their presence and what they have observed so far:  “I’m with the world Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts,&#8221;We’re here to bring gender equality in this conference and show that women can be a solution to this climate dilemma. We are raising awareness of non-formal education from scouting and how it can help in climate adaptation. I feel though that the conference has not been positive as there are lots of countries that don’t want to move forward and commit to a second period of the Kyoto Protocol, and this will cause conflict.” “I’ve been to COP before, so I’m here to orientate the new youth how to be effective in being a youth voice in negotiations, as young people must be included as negotiators. But there’s not much happening as we are sometimes locked out of sessions- blocking fair ambitious binding deal. We can’t wait until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds protest inside UN climate final talks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:48:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thobile Hans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In solidarity with millions of people already feeling the impacts of climate change, some 100 people most of them youth, protested outside the United Nations climate talks venue on Friday afternoon. The protesters demanded negotiators not to sign “death sentence”. “Any agreement to delay real climate action until 2020 would be a death sentence for millions of people in Africa and around the world. We are tired of waiting for progress,” said Landry Ninteretse of the international climate campaign 350.org. Standing side-by-side with delegates from some of the world’s most vulnerable countries, civil society representatives sang and chanted slogans like, “Listen to the People, Not the Polluters.” “We are all the people of Africa. We are all people of the islands,” said Kumi Naidoo, the Durban-born Executive Director of Greenpeace International. Naidoo appealed directly to the United States to step out of the way of progress. “President Obama, do not listen to the CEOs of fossil fuel companies. Listen to the people.” Between Thursday and Friday, over 700 000 people have signed petitions calling on major emitters to stand with African continent and resist attempts to delay climate action until 2020. Most   of signatures came from the global campaigning organizations [...]]]></description>
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