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	<title>SCCF - Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation - Blog</title>
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	<description>We believe that action on Climate Change is critical and potentially has many additional benefits</description>
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		<title>IPCC report on ‘Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters’</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just ahead of the Durban climate change summit, the IPCC has released a major report focused upon extreme weather events and adaptation strategies it believes should be implemented to cope with them. (www.ipcc.ch – ‘Special Report’). The timing is likely to have been influenced by the expectation that final agreement on the USD 100bn climate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2011/11/29/ipcc-report-on-%e2%80%98managing-the-risks-of-extreme-events-and-disasters%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<title>Waste as a national resource – maybe it should not all be used for biofuels</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have had the company of a clean energy consultant, Jenya Khvatsky, over the past couple of months. Jenya was asked to flesh out our sketch of available waste across the UK (see related blog post) using official data. The report can be viewed Waste Utilisation in the UK. Its conclusions are that the UK disposes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2011/08/31/waste-as-a-national-resource-%e2%80%93-maybe-it-should-not-all-be-used-for-biofuels/</link>
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		<title>Student Work Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In June 2010 a group of 9 6th form students (from St George&#8217;s School and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh), travelled to London for a work experience week at Sindicatum Carbon Capital organised by the Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation. The week was set around teaching an understanding of the market-based environmental regulation and the difficulties [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2011/07/25/student-work-experience/</link>
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		<title>SCCF scholarships to TERI University 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We offer two scholarships (post graduate MSc) in various disciplines such as renewable energy, resource conservation, forestry management (full list can be found at www.teriuniversity.ac.in). So far these have been filled by students from Nigeria, Ethiopia (x2) and Nepal. The scholarships cover full fees, accommodation, airfare and some extras such as book allowance. Students will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2011/02/01/sccf-scholarships-to-teri-university-2011/</link>
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		<title>Scope for home grown bio-fuels from waste</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many companies are already able to produce a litre of ethanol from waste at a lower cost than producing a litre of petrol from crude oil. As waste is practically a ‘free’ feedstock, the impetus to turn waste into fuel will only grow as the price of crude oil rises. Concerning the scale of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2011/01/27/scope-for-home-grown-bio-fuels-from-waste/</link>
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		<title>Visit to TMO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday we visited TMO Renewables (www.tmo-group.com) in Guildford. TMO is a second generation bio-fuel producer that is beginning to gain commercial traction in both the USA and China. The first generation of bio-fuel operations received a great deal of (mostly warranted) criticism for food displacement effects and in most cases relied heavily on government [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2010/10/04/visit-to-tmo/</link>
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		<title>New project in the Jordan Valley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All photographs courtesy of Bryony Livingstone Our chairman, Lord Stone of Blackheath, launched an initiative last year to help Palestinian farmers access the UK fresh food market. This initiative, ‘Moon Valley’, has already achieved notable success. West Bank farmers’ produce (initially fresh herbs, but to be expanded to peppers, tomatoes and more) is now available [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2010/09/07/new-project-in-the-jordan-valley/</link>
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		<title>New intake of postgraduate students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Foundation is preparing to welcome its second set of MSc students at TERI University in Delhi. Our first students are all doing well, scoring good grades and enjoying their experience. One of these four students, Jonathan Okoronkwo, recently published an article in the University’s “Solar Quarterly”; Understanding the Vitals of PFS, FS, and DPR [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2010/08/17/new-intake-of-postgraduate-students/</link>
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		<title>Debate on the Copenhagen Conference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[SCCF Chairman of Trustees launches debate in House of Lords Our Chairman, Lord Stone of Blackheath, led a debate 14th January in the House of Lords, drawing attention to the outcome of the Copenhagen Conference and what needs to happen next.  This debate was a success, attracting 32 speakers and engendering lively debate. Full coverage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2010/01/20/debate-on-the-copenhagen-conference/</link>
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		<title>Copenhagen – what was it all about?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[COP15, the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, has come and gone. Amid all the drama – the leaking of negotiation texts, developing country walk-outs over the ‘killing’ of Kyoto, the exclusion of thousands of accredited participants from the conference centre, violent demonstrations in the street, and the 4am emergency call to Ed Miliband – [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.sindicatumccf.org/blog/2010/01/12/copenhagen-%e2%80%93-what-was-it-all-about/</link>
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