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New website gives conservationists tools to tackle climate change

Monday, March 11, 2013

A collaborative effort from Cambridge produces a training toolkit for early- to mid- career international conservationists to understand the intimate links between biodiversity, ecosystem services and climate change

Birds may need a hand to weather climate change

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

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Birds in Asia may need a helping hand to adapt to climate change, according to a new study led by BirdLife International and Durham University.

Climate change talks end with Doha Climate Gateway

Monday, December 10, 2012

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Climate change talks end with Doha Climate Gateway

After two weeks of intense and frustrating negotiations governments reached agreement on a compromise text which yet again falls far short of what is needed to keep the world on a pathway of limiting global average temperature rises to less than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Climate change adaptation – news from Doha

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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Climate change adaptation – news from Doha

Updates from the eyes of BirdLife at COP18 in Doha, Qatar, reveal a realisation that the world is going to need to adapt to climate change. Negotiations are now focusing on two areas...

Climate change negotiations resume in Doha, Qatar

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

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Climate change negotiations resume in Doha, Qatar

BirdLife calls on governments to reach a fair ambitious and legally binding global climate change agreement by 2015.

Using nature to help people adapt to climate change in East Africa

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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With support from the UK government’s Darwin Initiative, BirdLife International is working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources, is raising awareness and building capacity on the role of ecosystems in adaptation amongst government and civil society in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.

Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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Grupo Jaragua’s first land purchase initiative saves 100 ha of threatened Caribbean forest

Grupo Jaragua (BirdLife in the Dominican Republic) has successfully purchased a 100 ha corridor of transitional, previously unprotected and highly threatened forest within the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve.

Hooded Grebe Appeal – Action on breeding grounds already delivering results

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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In January this year we launched an international online appeal to save the Hooded Grebe Podiceps gallardoi. We are delighted to report today that conservation actions undertaken earlier this year are already delivering results.

Foiling climate change

Sunday, April 1, 2012

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After seeding the sea with iron filings to create a carbon sink, and giant mirrors which reflect the sun’s heat back into space, comes a new geo-engineering solution which aims to maintain penguin breeding colonies in the Antarctic at their optimum temperature.

Roadmap to a new global agreement – what did Durban deliver for our climate?

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

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Roadmap to a new global agreement – what did Durban deliver for our climate?

The UN climate change talks in Durban have ended and kept alive negotiations for a fair, ambitious and binding deal. But much still needs to be worked out.

Why temperate and boreal forests are important in the fight against climate change

Thursday, December 8, 2011

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BirdLife delegation member Mel Coath talks about why termperate and boreal forests are important in the fight against climate change and how they need to protected as part of any future deal (interview at the UNCCC COP17, December 2011, for OneWorld TV).

What’s happening at the climate change talks? (COP17 in Durban, South Africa)

Friday, December 2, 2011

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BirdLife International Delegation Member John Lanchbery gives his views on what are the key issues for BirdLife at the latest climate change talks (December 2011)

BirdLife calls on governments to deliver in Durban climate change talks

Friday, November 25, 2011

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BirdLife calls on governments to deliver in Durban climate change talks

The world’s governments need to commit to deep and fair greenhouse gas emissions reductions that gives people and ecosystems a fighting chance to adapt.

Solar, wind and ocean energy ‘greenest’ for Europe – but governments must do more for wildlife and climate

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Solar, wind and ocean energy ‘greenest’ for Europe – but governments must do more for wildlife and climate

Energy from the sun, wind and oceans can be harnessed without harm to Europe’s birds and other wildlife, but European and national governments must step up to the challenge, according to a report released on Tuesday 22 November, in Brussels. Leading conservation body BirdLife Europe has added its voice to call for a renewables revolution to combat climate change.