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Richard Black Environment correspondent

This is my take on what's happening to our shared environment as the human population grows and our use of nature's resources increases

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A green shoot in the economic mire

I know; it's terrible everywhere.

Economic gloom from Brest to Brastagi. The US so deeply in debt that it's hard to see President Obama's nose poking over the edge of the pile of IOUs.

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16:05 UK time, Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Canada wins few friends on climate

Over the years, the US has become used to being portrayed as the chief villain in UN climate negotiations.

Think of Congress's immediate declaration that it would not ratify the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 even before the ink on the document had dried.

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10:41 UK time, Tuesday, 6 December 2011

Climate models yield confidence question

Grand statements about climate change impacts are all very well for scientists - a global average temperature rise of so many degrees Celsius, a global change in precipitation of such-and-such percent.

But no-one lives on the global average. We all have a home - and what might be very useful, be you a farmer or a city-dweller, would be some precise indications of what the future holds for your farm, your street, your village.

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About Richard

Richard produced and presented science and environment programmes for BBC World Service prior to becoming a news correspondent.

He regularly covers major environment conferences such as the UN climate summits in Copenhagen and Cancun and the UN biodiversity summit in Nagoya in 2010, and recently made radio documentary series on forests, whaling and fisheries.

He has led environment news coverage on the BBC News website for six years.

Richard relaxes with music, sport and reading.

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