1. CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS!

With assistance from the Government of Denmark, UNESCOs Frontlines Forum is funding local projects on climate change impacts and adaptation.

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2. Caribbean Indigenous Peoples Speak Out on Climate Change

Anchorage, Alaska (UCTP Taino News) – Approximately 400 indigenous peoples’ representatives from around the world are meeting in Anchorage, Alaska this week to seek a greater role in global climate negotiations. Among the participant...

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3. Global Indigenous Climate Summit Concludes in Alaska

Anchorage, Alaska (UCTP Ta�no News) - The Global Indigenous Peoples' Summit on Climate Change being held in Alaska concluded on Friday. The Summit was held at the Dena-Ina Center in the city of Anchorage over a span of five days; from April...

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4. Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change

Anchorage, Alaska (UCTP Ta�no News) - The Inuit Circumpolar Council is hosting a Global Summit on Climate Change that will bring together indigenous delegates and observers from April 20-24, 2009 in Anchorage, Alaska. �

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5. Island states seek tougher UN climate deal

POZNAN, Poland (Reuters): A group of 43 small island states called on Wednesday for tougher goals for fighting global warming than those being considered at UN climate talks, saying that rising seas could wipe them off the map. �

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6. CLIMATE CHANGE-LATIN AMERICA: Frightening Numbers

MEXICO CITY, Nov 22 (IPS) - The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean need billions of dollars to deal with the economic impact of climate change -- funding that is not easily found on the international market. �

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7. President urges Iwokrama students to address local demands of climate change

GUYANA - President Bharrat Jagdeo last Friday urged students who recently graduated from an Iwokrama Training Programme to make a special effort to address the demands of climate change locally and to help in the sustainable development of the coun...

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8. Caribbean climate change centre to host workshop in the BVI

ROAD TOWN, BVI: The Conservation and Fisheries Department in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) will be hosting a climate change training workshop in the British...

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9. Researching Impact Of Global Warming On Corals

ScienceDaily (Aug. 26, 2008) — For just one late-summer night each year, the shallow waters off the coast of Puerto Rico fill with the pale-pink spawn of elkhorn corals -- the tiny, round packets of the adult corals' eggs and sperm.

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10. Climate change aid bitter-sweet for Guyana says president

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo says he is pleased that Guyana is among 14 countries selected for financial aid for combating tropical deforestation and climate change from an initial US$82 million partnership.

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11. Climate Change - Cuba: Prized Wetland in Danger

By Patricia Grogg* CI�NAGA DE ZAPATA, Cuba, May 10 (Tierram�rica) - If the worst outcomes predicted for climate change in Cuba become reality, a large portion of the Ci�naga de Zapata, the largest and best preserved wetland i...

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12. Caribbean Urged to Cut Carbon Footprint

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Dr. David Suzuki, Canadian geneticist, urged the reduction of man�s impact on Earth before it is too late in a plea to delegates at the Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism in se...

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13. Tourism Destinations Threatened By Global Warming

UCTP Taino News – The OTBeach News site “ProTraveller” has put together a list of 20 popular travel destinations that will change dramatically as the world continues to heat up. The feature notes that while a “few lucky&rdqu...

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14. Caribbean Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations

UCTP Taino News (United Nations) - The Seventh Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 21 April to 2 May 2008. The special theme will be "Climate change, bio-...

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15. UN DPI/NGO Briefing: Climate Change and its Impact on Indigenous Peoples

Climate change is altering the way in which human beings coexist with their environment. The briefing examined how the issue of climate change applied to indigenous peoples, who maintain an intimate relationship with the land. Speakers included H.E...

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