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Q&A: Studying Kenyan Farmers’ Efforts to Adapt
Posted by Inter Press Service: Zukiswa Zimela Interviews Judi Wakhungu, Executive Director, African Centre For on March 24th, 2011
Inter Press Service: Climate change has become an important part of the development agenda. In Africa, farmers and consumers alike are feeling its effects on productivity and food security.
Professor Judi Wakhungu is the lead researcher on the Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change project, which is gathering data and case studies of adaptation to provide policy makers with technical and scientific evidence to guide them.
Q: How will the results from the research project help farmers?
A: We are working...
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Japan Moves to Calm Fears About Its Tap Water
Posted by New York Times: David Jolly and Denise Grady on March 24th, 2011
New York Times: The Japanese authorities are considering a plan to import bottled water from overseas, a government official said Thursday morning, a day after spreading contamination from a crippled nuclear plant led to a panicked rush to buy water in Tokyo. Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary, indicated at a news conference that importing water was among the options under discussion. This followed the disclosure on Wednesday by the Japanese authorities that radioactive iodine had been detected in Tokyo’s...
Canada: Study: Climate change models have it right
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 24th, 2011
United Press International: Canada is getting warmer as temperatures are rising, especially in the north, just as predicted by climate change models, researchers say.
A study by Statistics Canada of annual and seasonal temperature data for 11 climatic regions and the country as a whole from 1948 to 2009 found the average annual temperature for the country increased by 2 1/2 degrees Fahrenheit in the period, the Toronto Sun reported Wednesday.
The biggest warming trends are occurring in the north, the study said, including...