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Africa Rising: Jeffrey Sachs says Ghana's future looks bright

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Clair MacDougal
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Because of good governance in the past, and now oil production, Ghana is likely to reach all of the Millennium Development Goals toward ending extreme poverty and child mortality.

As the small West African nation of Ghana heads into an election year, fierce debate on whether the government of President John Mills has delivered on its developmental goals and promises is already raging.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2012/0111/Africa-Rising-Jeffrey-Sachs-says-Ghana-s-future-looks-bright

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Solve water problems or forget growth, India told

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Catherine Hornby
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ROME, April 30 (Reuters) - India's economic growth and political stability are at stake in coming years if it does not change its approach to water management, a member of its natural resources planning commission told Reuters on Monday.

Mihir Shah, who has been asked by India's government to come up with a new water resource strategy, said the sector needed to become more sustainable, efficient and focused on how water is used and how it reaches people.

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http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/interview-solve-water-problems-or-forget-growth-india-told/

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Experiments Underestimate Plant Responses to Climate Change

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Experiments may dramatically underestimate how plants will respond to climate change in the future. That's the conclusion of an analysis of 50 plant studies on four continents, published this week in an advance online issue of the journal Nature, which found that shifts in the timing of flowering and leafing in plants due to global warming appear to be much greater than estimated by warming experiments.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120502133112.htm

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Club of Rome sees 2 degree Celsius rise in 40 years

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Nina Chestney
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LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against climate change, the Club of Rome think tank said.

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http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/club-of-rome-sees-2-degree-celsius-rise-in-40-years/

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