National climate change strategies: comparative analysis of developing country plans
This matrix helps policymakers compare the National Climate Change plans of five developing countries: India, Brazil, China, Mexico and South Africa.
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Africa: The UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme- Enhancing the Role of Ecosystem Management in Climate Change Adaptation Report
Cairo — A flagship of South-South Cooperation, the UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme completed its second phase with a report launched during the 15th session of African Ministerial Conference on
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Closing the divide in Malawi: how to reduce inequality and increase prosperity for all
Inequality between the richest and the rest in Malawi continues to rise, with poverty remaining extreme and endemic. Climate change is compounding the challenges, with recent droughts and floods likely
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Attribution of extreme weather events in Africa: a preliminary exploration of the science and policy implications
Extreme weather events are a significant cause of loss of life and livelihoods, particularly in vulnerable countries and communities in Africa. Such events or their probability of occurring may be, or
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Climate change adaptation readiness: lessons from the 2015/16 El Niño for climate readiness in Southern Africa
This paper presents an assessment of Southern Africa's response to drought. It provides insight into its capacity to respond to severe environmental stresses. Insights drawn from the assessment allow for
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Severe drought and calf survival in elephants
<p>Climate change in Africa is expected to lead to a higher occurrence of severe droughts in semi-arid and arid ecosystems. Understanding how animal populations react to such events is thus crucial for
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Flood and famine
To the untrained eye, the satellite photos of north-west Ethiopia on July 10th may have seemed benign. They showed a relatively small pool of water next to an enormous building site on the Blue Nile, the
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Assessment of food security early warning systems for East and Southern Africa
The risk of the El Niño-induced food insecurity in southern Africa in 2016; the recent risk of famine in northern Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and South Sudan; and the recent outbreak of the fall armyworm
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Put ‘people, not cars’ first in transport systems, says UN Environment chief
Lack of investment in safe walking and cycling infrastructure not only contributes to the deaths of millions of people in traffic accidents on unsafe roads and poorly designed roadways, but also overlooks
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Gabon: protecting vital forests, and communities
Anne-Marie Ndong Obiang has a machete attached to her belt, which she assures us is “for cutting off poachers’ fingers”. In her spotless forest-green camouflage uniform she does not appear to be joking.
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Scaling up climate action in South Africa
South Africa is one of the many governments from around the world who have committed to limiting temperature increase to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C.
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Commercial woodfuel production
Woodfuels (firewood and charcoal) are the dominant energy source and the leading forest product for most developing countries. Representing 60 to 80 percent of total wood consumption in these nations,
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As drought keeps men on the road, Mauritania's pastoralist women take charge
Every year when the pastoralist men in Fatima Demba's Mauritanian village return from their months-long journey to find pastures and water, the women erupt in wild celebrations. "We draw henna tattoos
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Paris UN Climate Conference 2015: Australia backs target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees
Malcolm Turnbull promises to contribute $1 billion over the next five years to fight climate change and to ratify the second commitment period of the Kyoto protocol. What we learnt at the first week of
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The long-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery measures on environmental pressures
This paper analyses the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government responses on the environment. It uses large-scale modelling to investigate the impact of sectoral and regional
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The long-term implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and recovery measures on environmental pressures
This paper analyses the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government responses on the environment. It uses large-scale modelling to investigate the impact of sectoral and regional
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Mobility and development: innovations, policies and practices
Welcome to Mobility and Development: Innovations, Policies, and Practices, an online periodical launched by the World Bank's Transport Global Practice to disseminate policy-oriented and practice-ready
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Kenya ranks high in Good country Index, 2017
Kenya is the 12th best country in Africa and 92nd in World, according to this year's Good Country Index results released yesterday. The good country index looks at progress in science and technology, culture,
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Scientists call for radical changes to agriculture
Edie Scientists call for radical changes to agriculture (22 April 2008) Food production will have to change radically to continue to feed the world in the face of climate change, a major new report by more than 400 scientists has said. The study, published by the International Assessment of Agricultural Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), was presented to an intergovernmental plenary in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Post CHOGM global funding for Green Initiatives
The Sri Lankan Hub of the Commonwealth Environmental Investment Platform [CEIP] was launched recently in Colombo. CEIP an alliance between the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Forbury Investment Network