The malefactor
Does global warming lead to more malaria in East Africa?
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Mainstreaming climate compatible development
CDKN’s flagship book, Mainstreaming Climate Compatible Development, draws from the alliance’s seven year experience of supporting climate compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Students discover two new spider species
Student researchers and Mumbai residents, Rajesh Sanap and Zeeshan Mirza — both aged 23, have discovered two new species of a genus of trapdoor spiders from the southern Western Ghats. The species,
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Blind, starving cheetahs: the new symbol of climate change?
The world's fastest land animal is in trouble. The cheetah, formerly found across much of Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, has been extirpated from at least 27 countries and is now
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Critical success factors for resilient water infrastructure
Incorporating climate risk management into infrastructure planning and design is critical to building societal resilience and protecting economic growth. As pressures grow to build new infrastructure to
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Water for agriculture in Africa: resources and challenges in the context of climate change
This report addresses challenges that face water resources for agriculture in Africa in the context of climate change, uncertainty that is adding other burdens to other existing challenges. These include population pressure; land use, such as erosion/siltation; and its impacts on the hydrological cycle.
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Changes in adaptive capacity of Kenyan fishing communities
Coastal communities are particularly at risk from the impacts of a changing climate. Building the capacity of coastal communities to cope with and recover from a changing environment is a critical means
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PM: Growth not at cost of environment
New Delhi Underlining the principle of “equity” in climate talks, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said growth should take place in a way which does not harm the environment. During his meeting with Environment Ministers of BASIC countries, that is Brazil, South Africa, India and China, Singh said the principle of equity — equal per capita rights to the atmospheric space — should be the goal of future negotiations on climate change, sources said.
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Draft Carbon Tax Bill 2015: Republic of South Africa
The National Treasury publishes the Draft Carbon Tax Bill for public comment, following on the announcement made by the Minister of Finance in the 2015 Budget. Cabinet approved the publication of the Bill
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African conflicts spurred by warming
Africa is poised to experience a surge in civil wars, causing nearly 400,000 additional battle deaths by 2030
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A long, dry summer
In parts of the world already facing unreliable food supplies, an uncertain climate adds to the future stress for soils, plants and people. March 20, 2008
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Climate change and violent conflict: sparse evidence from South Asia and South East Asia
The impacts of climate change are increasingly viewed as global security risks, which will have far-reaching implications for both human and renewable natural systems. Most climate–conflict research has
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Weathering a risky climate: the role of insurance in reducing vulnerability to extreme weather
The people on the frontlines of the climate crisis are the world’s poorest and most vulnerable communities. Insurance can play an important role in protecting families from falling into poverty after extreme
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Menon at G-5 meet in China to talk climate change
New Delhi, Apr 18 Foreign secretary Shivshankar Menon is scheduled to leave for Beijing on Sunday to participate in a meeting of senior officials of the Group of Five (G-5) countries. The meeting scheduled for April 21-22 is expected to focus on the likely approach the G-5 must adopt for discussing climate change and global warming with the members of the rich world.
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Climate change as a security risk
This publication summarizes the state-of-the-art of science on the subject of 'Climate Change as a Security Risk'. It is based on the findings of research into environmental conflicts, the causes of war, and of climate impact research. It appraises past experience but also ventures to cast a glance far into the future in order to assess the likely impacts of climate change on societies, nation-states, regions and the international system.
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Canada Won't Confirm It's Pulling Out Of Kyoto
Canada dismissed the Kyoto Protocol on climate change on Monday as a thing of the past, but declined to confirm a media report it will formally pull out of the international treaty before the end of this
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Erratic Rains Threaten Southern Africa Food Output
Rainfall patterns in southern Africa are becoming erratic as climate change takes its toll, threatening long-term production of staple and cash crops in the region. Countries like South Africa, Zambia
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Decentralisation in West Africa: the implications for urban climate change governance
This paper examines the linkages between decentralisation and urban climate governance through a literature review, supported by two city case studies: Saint-Louis in Senegal and Bobo-Dioulasso in Burkina
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Unlocking capital flows for forest sector development in Africa
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Climate Investment Funds’ forest investment programme (CIF FIP) have released a report on how unlocking capital can foster forest sector development in Africa
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Food shortage threatens 2.4m people in northeast, says USAID
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced that, at least 2.4 million people in the northeast are under threat of short food supply. The agency said the shortage is due to the