Global News April 2008

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• Carbon dioxide, methane rise sharply in 2007, April 23 ^[1] topic

• Stern warns that climate change is far worse than 2006 estimate, April 17 ^[2] topic

• The way the world grows its food will have to change radically to better serve the poor and hungry if the world is to cope with a growing population and climate change while avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse, says International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development report by over 400 scientists, April 15 ^[3] topic

• IIED 3 year project to gather the views of small-scale farmers, indigenous people, nomadic pastoralists, rural communities, food workers and other citizens in Mali, India, Iran and the Andean region of Latin America (Bolivia and Peru), April 14 ^[4] topic

• Carbon dioxide emissions accelerating rapidly, April 10 ^[5] topic

• California offers rebates for alternative fuel vehicles, April 3 ^[6]

[edit] References

1. ↑ NOAA, April 23
2. ↑ The Independent, April 17
3. ↑ UNEP, April 15
4. ↑ International Institute for Environment and Development, April 14
5. ↑ Environmental News Network, April 10
6. ↑ Wikinews, April 3

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