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The Twitteruniverse roundup: MDG failure, money talks, mapping the biosphere, and delivering energy to the energy-poor

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:50:49 +0000

Folks, We’re back from Labor Day, the long weekend that marks the unofficial end of summer and the start of the rest of the business year here in America. Before we launch into a new, fresh round of stories about energy poverty alleviation and energy efficient biomass combustion solutions, we want to share with you [...]

Kyoto CO2 trade may end if no climate deal-UN study

admin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:40:38 +0000

LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - The Kyoto Protocol's clean development mechanism (CDM) may end from 2013 unless the world can agree and put into force a new round of carbon emissions targets before then, a U.N. paper has said.

North-South divide grows over use of biomass to generate electricity

admin — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:46:30 +0000

As Climate Change negotiations get underway in Bonn, a coalition of green groups has released a report sharply criticizing the United States for its projected use of biomass for electricity generation.

The seeds of change in Africa’s economic climate

admin — Tue, 25 May 2010 16:59:50 +0000

Some entrepreneurs and financiers believe that Africa can benefit from the economic opportunities of climate change. They hold a radically different vision of the climate trends, seeing the chance for jobs and development, instead of just doom and gloom.

Hey, sub-Saharan Africa, feeling energy poor? Take a mobile phone and call me in the morning.

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 17:07:36 +0000

Suddenly everyone's looking at the story of mobile phones in Africa as the silver bullet to just about anything.

Is someone selling you counterfeit malaria pills? Let a mobile phone check on that for you. (1)

Too poor to have a bank account? Try mobile banking.(2)

Are you a herder in Kenya or Tanzania and have a sick goat? Track it on a mobile phone. (3)

Someone trying to pull a real estate scam on you in Lagos? Let Google's Android handle that for you.(4)

Now, the World Bank is wondering if the mobile phone story may be the ticket out of energy poverty for rural sub-Saharan Africa.

Hey, World Leader, how about a side of biochar to go with your next meeting?

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:56:07 +0000

So what is this thing they call biochar, you ask?

It's been described as the Swiss Army knife, or the "killer app" of climate solutions.

Now, leaders of the G20 have a chance to put it on the map!

Tool: generating carbon credits from stove projects (PCIA)

admin — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:08:50 +0000

The latest quarterly update from the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air (Bulletin 23)is dedicated to harnessing the power of the carbon credit market to support stove projects around the world.

Malawi: Improved stove and kilns program cashes in on carbon offsets

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:31:28 +0000

So you think you can't reduce energy poverty, cut greenhouse gas emissions, create jobs, and turn a profit at the same time in one of the world's poorest countries?

Conor Fox thinks otherwise.

Can Haiti be the new Katrina?

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:18:11 +0000

What will it take?

What will it take to tip the scale in favor of a global crash program to swap out three-stones-and-a-pot for energy-efficient stoves, kilns, and sustainable alternative biofuels? Will Haiti be to bioenergy what Katrina was to climate change?

How long before Al Gore, Angelina, or Bono take on bionergy as the next big inconvenient truth? The Charcoal Project's intelligence services tell us there is already a film in the works. Will Bono embrace the rocket stove onstage to his fan's delight? Perhaps it will be the lure of a multi-billion dollar global market in carbon offsets from stoves, kilns, and briquettes programs that will do the trick. Or maybe it will be the on-the-ground realities of implementing REDD that will undo the Gordian knot. And the point is...? Actually, there are four points and they boil down to this:

Video: Africa’s forest have a lot to offer in Copenhagen

charcoalproject — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:39:33 +0000

There is an excellent film by South Africa-based photojournalist Jeffrey Barbee that will hopefully get quite a bit of play in Copenhagen. It explores how African forests and woodfuel efficiency can play a big role in reducing CO2 emissions while improving people’s livelihood. We were especially interested to learn through this film about a stoves [...]