Liberia country and climate development report
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) examines Liberia’s development trajectory through the lens of the country’s vulnerability to climate change. It identifies Liberia’s development risks
<p>he International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) jointly coordinated the preparation of a report on the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG 1) (Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger). The report outlines sucessful strategies and measures to address employment and decent work.
This latest study released by Centre for Budget and Governance Accountaiblity & Oxfam India reviews the framework on adaptation in India and provides an estimation of the public resources devoted to this sector.
Researchers from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) have released a paper titled
Public forum at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation Interaction: M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman of MSSRF, with Angela Cropper, deputy director, U.N. Environment Programme at a public forum on
A public forum on
Africa missed out on the scientific breakthroughs that revolutionized agriculture in Asia. However, with locally developed and locally relevant technologies, a built-up human and institutional capacity, and supportive national policy and leadership, an African Green Revolution can be a reality.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to carry out a comprehensive study on the economics of climate change in Northeast Asia, Manila-based ADB said in a press release on Monday.
Emphasising that the National Climate Change Action Plan will only work with local and state level implementation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh kickstarted the first National Conference of Chief Secretaries on Monday, where state-level climate change action plans were discussed. And Delhi finally appears ready to comply.
Over the past two years the international negotiations on climate change have focused on negotiating a comprehensive
In this brief, ActionAid explores how SDRs can be used to contribute to the adaptation and mitigation needs of developing countries. The brief examines what special drawing rights are and how they have recently been used. It then puts forward a proposal for how SDRs could be used for climate finance, and discusses some broader implications of using SDRs for the global economy.