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In September 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Clinton announced the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, a public-private partnership led by the United Nations Foundation to save lives, improve livelihoods, empower women, and combat climate change by creating a thriving global market for clean and efficient household cooking solutions. The Alliance’s 100 by 20 goal calls for 100 million homes to adopt clean and efficient stoves and fuels by 2020.

Overview

Study Reveals Future “Hotspots” of Risk for Hundreds of Millions Whose Food Problems are on a Collision Course with Climate Change

Scientists Warn Disaster Looms for Parts of Africa and All of India if Chronic Food Insecurity Converges with Crop-wilting Weather; Latin America also Vulnerable

Air pollution affects breathing ability after commuting to and from work by car and bus but not on a bicycle: non-technical synopsis.

Uzbekistan is one of seven countries (China, Bhutan, Kenya, Fiji, Barbados, Jordan) implementing the global project on public health adaptation to climate change funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF). Each of the seven participating countries is politically committed to engage further into climate change.