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Headline	Author	Published	Section
In the shadow of Mount Everest Small countries are going green	Maywa Montenegro	23 Aug 2007	Gristmill
While the western media focuses primarily on what the developed world is doing to solve the climate crisis, there's some great coverage on how Third World countries are greening too. SciDev's 'Science in the Himalayas,' a series of editorials and features, gives credence to the notion that local, community efforts can be just as effective as large-scale centralized ones. And low-tech solutions are often just as good as their high-tech counterparts. Nepal's succes ...
Topics: climate, climate change impacts, climate change mitigation, Nepal (all these topics)

Himalaya Hatas Himalayan glaciers melting; catastrophe in the wings		11 Nov 2004	Daily Grist
Himalaya Hatas Himalayan glaciers melting; catastrophe in the wings Researchers are raising alarms about the rapid rate of melting in Himalayan glaciers, the lack of current scientific data and monitoring thereof, and the possibility of resulting catastrophic floods in the short term and water shortages in the long term. Some 2,300 of the Nepalese Himalayas' 3,300 glaciers contain glacial lakes, and many of those lakes are swelling behind d ...
Topics: climate, Nepal (all these topics)

CF-Seized Illegal Trading of CFCs Imperils Ozone Layer		11 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
CF-Seized Illegal Trading of CFCs Imperils Ozone Layer Smuggling of CFCs and other ozone-depleting chemicals is on the rise, interfering with efforts to repair the Earth's protective ozone layer, the London-based Environment Investigation Agency said in a report released yesterday. As deadlines approach for phasing out CFCs, which are used in ...
Topics: air pollution, Cambodia, China, climate, Nepal, pollution and waste, Russia, toxics, United States, Vietnam (all these topics)

Stories About: climate AND Nepal