Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
Madhur Tankha NEW DELHI: To commemorate World Environment Day, the British Council in association with Discovery Channel is hosting a special preview of four films on climate change at its Kasturba Gandhi Marg premises here this Friday.
Billions of people are already affected or are at extreme risk now, due to the effects of global warming such as floods The Guardian
Unless the impact of agriculture is taken into account, the plans to cut global warming will come a cropper Surinder Sud / New Delhi June 2, 2009, 0:54 IST
The effects of climate change on health are likely to be significant. Managing the challenge will greatly depend on an effective adaptation mechanism being drawn up at the United Nations climate change conference to be held in Copenhagen later this year. Higher global temperatures are expected to have both direct and indirect effects on health.
As the first responders to the impacts of climate change, local governments play a crucial role in implementing the actions and strategies that will reduce their communities
As the first responders to the impacts of climate change, local governments play a crucial role in implementing the actions and strategies that will reduce their communities
The purpose of this brief is to highlight the close inter-linkages between climate change and the world of work. It aims to promote a better understanding between both spheres and greater coherence between climate, social and labour policies.
Grim descriptions of the long?term consequences of climate change have given the impression that the climate impacts from greenhouse gases threaten longterm economic growth. However, the impact of climate change on the global economy is likely to be quite small over the next 50 years. Severe impacts even by the end of the century are unlikely.
Traditional farming, fishing, pastoralism/herding, foraging and forestry are based on longestablished knowledge and practices that help to ensure food and agricultural diversity, valuable landscape and seascape features, livelihoods and food security.
Providing basic necessities and ensuring safety and quality of life in a changing climate condition have become complicated management issues in the megacities of India. Cities are already under pressure from the rising population and development activities. Existing urban infrastructure is quite inadequate to face these challenges.