Meningitis outbreak begins in West Africa
The government of Uganda has confirmed the outbreak of the deadly meningitis bacterium in the country. On January 16, health officials said that 121 people are suffering from the disease in Arua and
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Temporal dynamics and impact of climate factors on the incidence of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in central Tunisia
Old world Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ZCL) is a vector-borne human disease caused by Leishmania major, a unicellular eukaryotic parasite transmitted by pool blood-feeding sand flies mainly to wild
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Do trees grow on money? the implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD
This report summarizes the key drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, and the key policy options available to reduce the resulting carbon emissions. It reviews current deforestation rates and the associated issues related to monitoring forest-based carbon emissions and establishing baselines. The findings of research into the direct and underlying causes of deforestation and degradation provide a basis for outlining REDD policy options, while highlighting the associated challenges.
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U.S. Wants G8 To Pledge $15 Billion On Food Security
The United States wants a G8 summit this week to commit $15 billion over several years for agricultural development in poor countries to fight food insecurity, according to a draft declaration seen by Reuters. The declaration said Washington was ready to mobilize $3-4 billion and wanted other partners to match that commitment to reach the $15 billion target.
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Plague is spreading to new areas
plague cases are on the rise and are afflicting countries more frequently than before. A who report says there were around 1,900 cases worldwide in 2002, which increased to 2,100 cases in 2003. In
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Improved crop productivity for Africa’s drylands
More than 200 million people living in dryland regions of Sub-Saharan Africa make their living from agriculture. Most are exposed to weather shocks, especially drought, that can decimate their incomes,
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World Water Forum opens to warnings of scarcity, waste
A global meeting on water opened in France on Monday with demands to bring clean water and sanitation to billions in need and to address worsening scarcity and waste. "The challenges are huge and the
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EU Proposes U.N. War Chest For Climate Funds
The United Nations should set up a war chest to help process the billions of dollars poor countries will be paid to slash their greenhouse gas emissions, the European Union has proposed.
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Children on the front line
<p><img alt="" src="http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/media/iep/homepage/climate_children.jpg" style="width: 270px; height: 190px; margin: 8px; float: left;" />This new report published by the the
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Assessing climate change risks and contextual vulnerability in urban areas of semi-arid India: the case of Bangalore
The discourse on urban vulnerability over the last decade and a half has undergone substantial shifts prompted by differences in disciplinary orientations. This enables multiple framings and causal linkages,
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El Niño: undermining resilience- implications of El Niño in Southern Africa from a food and nutrition security perspective
This document serves to outline El Niño’s major implications on food and nutrition security in the southern Africa region and highlights immediate and long-term preparedness requirements. Further, it provides
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Latest public Carbon Ranking of the 300 largest companies across the five BRICS countries released as NGO turns spotlight on corporate emissions
New research released today by the Environmental Investment Organisation (EIO), a climate change and finance think tank, shows large quantities of emissions are not being accounted for. Public disclosure
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India enters Hagen pact in name
Joins Accord With Riders To Facilitate Talks; China Expected To Follow Suit New Delhi: After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional association of its name with the Copenhagen Accord.
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A year of huge challenges
Two particular tasks face the world's rich nations, argues Britain's prime minister in this article: sorting out Africa, and dealing with climate change. Britain takes over the presidency of the G8
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G8, developing countries launch Potsdam Initiative
in a recent meet in Germany's Potsdam city on March 16-17, 2007, g8 countries and five other major developing countries agreed to launch the Potsdam Initiative aimed at preventing biodiversity loss
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Integrated crop water management might sustainably halve the global food gap
<p>As planetary boundaries are rapidly being approached, humanity has little room for additional expansion and conventional intensification of agriculture, while a growing world population further spreads
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Summit urged to clean up farming
Leading scientists say that agriculture is a ‘poor relation’ in global-warming negotiations.
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Land Degradation Neutrality for Water Security and Combatting Drought
<p>Water scarcity is already widespread and remains on the rise: it is found in nearly every region in the world. Around 36% of the world’s population is currently living in water-scarce regions.
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Climate teleconnections and recent patterns of human and animal disease outbreaks
Recent clusters of outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases (Rift Valley fever and chikungunya) in Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean islands illustrate how interannual climate variability influences the
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The supply and demand of net primary production in the Sahel
Net primary production (NPP) is the principal source of energy for ecosystems and, by extension, human populations that depend on them. The relationship between the supply and demand of NPP is important