Global News April 2008

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April 2008

 * Carbon dioxide, methane rise sharply in 2007, April 23 topic


 * Stern warns that climate change is far worse than 2006 estimate, April 17 topic


 * The way the world grows its food will have to change radically to better serve the poor and hungry if the world is to cope with a growing population and climate change while avoiding social breakdown and environmental collapse, says International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development report by over 400 scientists, April 15 topic


 * IIED 3 year project to gather the views of small-scale farmers, indigenous people, nomadic pastoralists, rural communities, food workers and other citizens in Mali, India, Iran and the Andean region of Latin America (Bolivia and Peru), April 14 topic


 * Carbon dioxide emissions accelerating rapidly, April 10 topic


 * California offers rebates for alternative fuel vehicles, April 3