The Threats to a Crucial Canopy
The trees spanning many of the mountainsides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn. But these trees are not supposed to turn red. They are evergreens,
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Environment Ministers of BASIC to Discuss Climate Strategy
For the first time since the December climate change meet in Durban, environment ministers from the BASIC countries — Brazil, South Africa, India and China — will come together in New Delhi this week.
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Extreme weather and poverty risk: evidence from multiple shocks in Mozambique
This paper investigates the effects of multiple weather shocks on household welfare in Mozambique, as well as some of the coping responses and price mechanisms at play. The analysis employs a triple-difference
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Equitable sharing of carbon space
THE third meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministers on climate change was held in Cape Town last month. The joint statement, released at the end of the meet, emphasised on equitable sharing of carbon space. This seems to be the core issue in climate change negotiations.
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'50 million more may go hungry by 2050 due to climate change'
About 50 million more people, most of them in Africa, could be at risk of hunger by 2050 due to climate change and reduced crop yields, scientists predicted. Roughly 500 million people worldwide
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Climate change to affect poor first'
In the event of climate changes occurring due to an increase in temperature,the world will face a common but differentiated impact. It is South Asia and the Sub-Saharan Africa which will face the brunt
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Financing green growth in a resource-constrained world
This report highlights promising examples of successful collaborations already under way, such as India’s National Solar Mission; Kenya’s efforts to design an investment-grade renewable energy strategy;
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Environmental challenges in the MENA region
<p>This paper summarizes the core environmental challenges in the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region. It is an adapted and extended version of the Environmental Outlook for the West Asia Region, published
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Weather And Climate-Related Disasters Have Cost The Planet $2.4 Trillion, WMO Report Finds
Weather- and climate-related disasters have caused $2.4 trillion in economic losses and nearly 2 million deaths globally since 1971 according to a new report. While the losses are staggering, the report
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Gambia: Protecting Our Forest Cover
The Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Water and Wildlife (MoECCWW) has taken a firm stance to suspend the issuing of permits for felling trees across the country, with immediate effect, "unless
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Forests and climate change after Durban: an Asia-Pacific perspective
Over the past two years, the FAO and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests have brought together regional experts to reflect on the outcomes of the 15th and 16th Conference of the Parties (COP) to
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Is aid without climate adaptation a waste of time?
Aid agencies are well resourced and quick to act, but not enough of them appear to be using their power to tackle the long term problems posed by climate change. Aid agencies are first on the scene of many of the world's trouble spots, and often play a huge role in helping communities get back on their feet.
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BASIC Instinct: After China, Brazil signs US-driven climate deal; Will India travel its own path?
NEW DELHI: The BASIC nations (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) may be presenting themselves as a united bloc, but the group appears to be gradually losing its sting on the climate change front.
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Celebrities warming up to climate change
There was a time when officious scientists held out climate change warnings and boisterous activists would take the issue out on to the streets. They still do that. But increasingly, celebrities are
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The ill effects
Warming climate spawns disease epidemics
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WMO statement on the status of the global climate in 2011
This recent annual survey on weather and climate change by WMO provides evidence that 2011 had the highest global mean surface temperature levels in a La Niña year. Highlighting a number of climate extremes, it provides evidences of the major impacts of one of the strongest La Niña events of the past 60 years.
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State of knowledge of soil biodiversity: status, challenges and potentialities
Soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, remediating polluted sites and combating climate change, but their contribution remains
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Routes to resilience: insights from BRACED to BRACED-X
After four years of implementation, this report presents a synthesis of the Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) project annual reports, and evidence from four
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WB pledges $500 million for drought-stricken Horn of Africa region
<p> The World Bank on Monday pledged more than $500 million (348 million euros) to aid the drought-strickenHorn of Africa region, asUnited Nations aid chiefs met in Rome to discuss ramping up relief
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Becoming a climate-resilient green economy: planning for climate compatible development in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has emerged as one of Africa’s champions in responding to the implications of climate change. This is demonstrated by the strong commitment shown by the country’s political leadership on the issues.