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6 environment and development stories to watch in 2016
2015 ended on high note with 195 nations joining together in establishing the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to 1.5-2°C. So what now?
Sarah Parsons

Jan 21, 2016

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With latest fires crisis, Indonesia surpasses Russia as world’s fourth-largest emitter
Emissions from this year’s fires bumped Indonesia from the sixth-largest emitter in the world up to the fourth-largest in just six weeks.
World Resources Institute

Oct 30, 2015

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This tiny country is going 100 per cent organic
In 2011, the tiny mountain nation of Bhutan announced a lofty goal: make the country’s agricultural system 100 percent organic by the year 2020.
Natasha Geiling

Oct 14, 2015

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Land and forest fires in Indonesia reach crisis levels
Fire alerts in Indonesia have spiked dramatically in recent days, surging even higher than the crisis-level outbreaks of June 2013, March 2014and November 2014.
World Resources Institute

Sep 17, 2015

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Why dedicating land to bioenergy won’t curb climate change
How does bioenergy contribute to a sustainable food and climate future?
Tim Searchinger

Jan 30, 2015

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Germany could nearly eliminate emissions with wind, solar, storage
Germany’s energy agency says the economy could become nearly carbon-neutral by midcentury, and it doesn’t need nuclear or CCS.
Craig Morris

Oct 28, 2013

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