This paper explores the role of equity in the climate negotiations. It establishes why climate change is an issue of injustice by examining the environmental challenges posed by climate change and links
This document is intended to provide an overview on why and how adaptation policies should consider the vulnerability of, and new risk elements for, health and environment arising from water services management during adverse weather episodes.
This statement was produced at the first Pacific Island Climate Outlook Forum (PICOF) held on the 12th to the 16th of October at the University of the South Pacific. The forum had a specific focus on the
Millions of poor people in Southern Africa, Asia and Central America face hunger and poverty this year and next because of droughts and erratic rains as global temperatures reach new records, and because
This latest study by led by Prof Manju Mohan of IIT Delhi
In this follow-up to its landmark study, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, CNA Corporation’s Military Advisory Board (MAB) re-examines the impact of climate change on U.S. national security
Climatic warming of about 0.5 ° C in the global mean since the 1970s has strongly increased the occurrence-probability of heat extremes on monthly to seasonal time scales. For the 21st century, climate
KOHIMA, April 20: Nikheli has been selling vegetables (indigenous to Nagaland) since 1989. After 20 years of good business, she
The Guardian Even a temperature rise of less than 2C has a discernible impact on the planet. The Earths energy balance will then change dramatically, writes Mark Lynas So, global warming is here, and the world is facing the heat. Here
Extreme weather and other climate-related impacts are becoming more frequent, and are imposing real costs on communities and companies. Companies have always navigated a changing business environment.
Climate change will affect basic needs and access to food resources...It will also have an impact on agriculture productivity and fresh water availability }
Government advisers unequivocally link the country's extreme weather and global warming, and say the worst is yet to come The hottest summer on record. The hottest January on record. The hottest day
South China has experienced its worst month of extreme weather since 1998, and more is on the way in April, meteorological authorities said on Tuesday. Heavy storms hit Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Guangdong
This report examines economic and insured costs of natural disasters due to extreme weather and the role of public sector insurance mechanisms to encourage risk reduction and resilience building. The economic
This Policy Guidance is intended to provide policy makers and practitioners in development co-operation agencies with information and advice on how to mainstream climate change into development.
<p>Despite heated debates over the safety of genetically modified (GM) food, GM crops have been expanding rapidly. Much research has focused on the expansion of GM crops. However, the spatiotemporal dynamics
Extreme precipitation events are increasing as a result of ongoing global warming, but controversy surrounds the relationship between flooding and mosquito-borne diseases. A common view among the scientific
Reptile fossils like the one found in Colombia of a giant snake, weighing over a ton, are helping map prehistoric temperatures of the Amazon, says S Ananthanarayan
Udhagamandalam: A change in the weather pattern has become a major source of concern to the farming community in many parts of the Nilgiris.
The Himalayan region has seen unchecked construction activity, illegal mining, unscientific road building and hydropower projects built next to each other The floods in the Himalayas have been ferocious and deadly. The final body count could run into several thousands. There is no clear estimate of the number of villages wiped out, property destroyed, roads washed away and hydropower projects damaged in the mountain state of Uttarakhand.
