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<title><![CDATA[Climate change drives people into harm's way, says UN refugee chief]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A new report based on scores of personal testimonies from refugees in Eastern Africa finds that climate change can make people more vulnerable and can also play a part in driving them into areas of conflict...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar lamps brighten future for refugee students in Uganda]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Refugees graduating from primary school are getting better grades thanks to targeted assistance such as solar lamps that extend their study time.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR project brings light, security and fuel-efficient cooking to refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A UNHCR programme to provide lighting and fuel-efficient stoves in African refugee camps helps boost school attendance and improves female safety.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Guterres to brief UN Security Council this week, expected focus on climate change]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, will tomorrow address the UN Security Council in New York on the state of displacement globally, and its causes. According to UNHCR data there are...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pakistan helping communities that have hosted Afghan refugees]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A solar power project to pump water is providing an innovative solution for thousands of people living in arid and remote villages in southern Pakistan.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits refugees in Turkey]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Hatay Province, Turkey, 17 June (UNHCR) - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie traveled on Friday to Turkey's border with Syria, meeting with many of the refugees who have fled their country in recent...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR chief calls for new tools to address climate-related displacement]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[OSLO, Norway - The world needs to urgently redefine its response to natural disasters and displacement, said UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres today as he urged countries to adopt new...]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR urges states to redefine response to climate-induced displacement ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[UN refugee agency chief António Guterres has appealed to countries to adopt new measures to help people uprooted by the impact of climate change.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[In Sudan, planting trees eases environmental impact of hosting refugees ]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Over the past quarter century in east Sudan the UN refugee agency has planted more than 19 million trees, transforming a once barren landscape and the lives of its inhabitants.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[World Environment Day: Putting refugee protection first pays dividends for the environment in Bangladesh]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[With energy-saving stoves, solar lighting and rain-water harvesting, UNHCR is doing its best to respect the environment in its Bangladesh operations. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Eastern Chad: UNHCR and refugees fight to hold back the desert
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<description><![CDATA[Under a reforestation project, refugees are planting thousands of fruit and shade trees.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Thousands of Iraqis benefit from UNHCR clean-up campaign in Baghdad]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[More than 20,000 Iraqis, half of them internally displaced, start to benefit from a UNHCR initiative to improve hygiene and waste disposal in a Baghdad district.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR partner wins green award for pioneering ethanol stove]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The Gaia Association wins a prestigious Ashden Award worth US$40,000 for distributing an innovative ethanol stove to refugees in Ethiopia.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[International recognition for clean, safe ethanol stove used by refugee]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A stove promoted by UNHCR and an NGO helps to slow deforestation, curb sexual and gender-based violence and reduce indoor air pollution.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Environment Day: Roma scrap collectors get by in Montenegro camp]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Roma refugee families living in a Podgorica suburb earn a living and perform an environmental service by collecting metal waste.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[One Macedonian town's waste is refugees' livelihood]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[A Macedonian businessman is helping Roma refugees from Kosovo to become self-reliant by hiring them to work at a garbage recycling plant.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Keeping Pakistan's cultural capital clean]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[An Afghan community helps to collect and recycle garbage in Lahore - work that few Pakistanis want to do. They make minimum wages and live in miserable slum conditions, but would rather stay in Pakistan than face poverty and insecurity back home.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[UNHCR teaches Darfur IDPs to help themselves and environment]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[The UN refugee agency is working with internally displaced Sudanese to rehabilitate the environmental degradation that has been both a cause and a consequence of the Darfur conflict.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 7 Aug 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Dutch children learn to cook dessert on solar cookers used in Nepal camps]]></title> 
<description><![CDATA[Dutch schoolchildren make pancakes in solar cookers used by refugees in Nepal. The cookery class on the rooftop terrace of Amsterdam's Nemo Science Museum was intended to raise awareness about the lives of refugees and the environmental problems they face.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2007 00:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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