BASIC Four to meet in Jan to firm up climate stand
New Delhi: The high-octane Copenhagen climate talks may have ended but global negotiations are going to get into a greater frenzy in 2010. To be on top of the game, the BASIC four countries
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The 1,300 Bird Species Facing Extinction Signal Threats to Human Health
Climate change and chemicals like pesticides are driving the crisis. The ice of Antarctica doesn't faze them. Nor does the heat of the tropics. They thrive in the desert, in swamps, on the open ocean,
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State of Climate in 2021: Extreme events and major impacts
<p>Greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations have reached new highs, the increase has continued in 2021 too, the past seven years are on track to be the seven warmest on record, and the global sea level rise accelerated since 2013 to a new high in 2021 according to the provisional WMO State of the Global Climate 2021 report</p>
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India and climate talks imperatives
By all accounts, no dramatic developments are to be expected from the 19th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that started
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India to resist dilution of multilateral platform
India will resist all attempts by the United States and other industrialised countries to move climate change talks out of the United Nation
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Green energy boost for Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa’s lack of electricity is hindering development but this can be reversed if countries turn to ambitious, large-scale renewable energy projects, an environmental think-tank suggests.
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Climate Change Threatens African Farmland: Study
Climate change could cost the African continent more farmland than the United States uses to plant its eight major field crops combined, according to a study published in the June issue of Environmental Science and Policy.
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Protecting cassava from disease? There's an app for that
Cassava is one of the developing world's most important crops. Its starchy roots and leaves are a staple food for more than 500 million people in Africa each day. And Africa produces half of the world's
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Differential adaptation strategies to climate change in African cropland by agro-ecological zones
This paper quantifies how African farmers have adapted their crop and irrigation decisions to their farm's current agro-ecological zone. The results indicate that farmers carefully consider the climate and other conditions of their farm when making these choices. These results are then used to forecast how farmers might change their irrigation and crop choice decisions if climate changes. The model predicts African farmers would adopt irrigation more often under a very hot and dry climate scenario but less often with a mild and wet scenario.
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Oxfam, UN to cushion farmers from losses caused by weather shocks
Kenya is among five countries that will receive insurance cover for farmers suffering losses caused by weather-related disasters. This is part of a rural resilience initiative launched by the UN World
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New Zealand reduces carbon emissions target
New Zealand scaled back its target for reducing carbon emissions on Friday, saying the move was an interim step ahead of a new United Nations pact from 2020. The government said it would commit to cutting
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Vulnerability to poverty following extreme weather events in Malawi
Severe weather shocks recurrently hit Malawi, and they adversely affect the incomes of many farm households as well as small businesses. With climate change, the frequency of extreme weather events is
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Did Durban deliver?: the 2011 climate conference and its implications for land transport
A summary of the proceedings from the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa, and their significance for the land transport sector.
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Climate change implications for food security and natural resources management in Africa
The primary objective of this paper is to serve as a background document for the 26th Regional Conference for Africa. It synthesizes the work already ongoing in FAO and other key
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Using radio to share farmers' adaptation strategies
Farm Radio International recently held a script-writing competition on the topic of adapting to climate change. Working together with different partners, the fifteen winners
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Urban environmental challenges and climate change action in Durban, South Africa
This paper reflects on the progress made in climate change adaptation in the city of Durban since the launch of the Municipal Climate Protection Programme in 2004. This includes the initial difficulties
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Study reveals the gender gap in Tanzania, Uganda climate policies
Climate change is negatively affecting many regions of the world. The impact is more pronounced in regions with limited economic resources to adapt and highly reliant on natural resources. In East Africa,
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Global Food Supply Far From Secure: Farming Expert
Africa's farmers need help to access loans, fertilizer and export markets to avoid future food supply crises caused by climate change and commodities speculation, a top agricultural expert said on Tuesday.
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Tanzania Reefs Hold Climate Change Lessons - Report
A network of "super-reefs" off east Africa are unusually resilient to climate change and could provide important lessons for coral conservation in other parts of the world, researchers said on Friday. Experts say the planet has lost about a fifth of its corals and warn that many of the remaining reefs could die in the next 20 to 40 years, unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.
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Malians Build Mud Homes Instead to Protect Vanishing Forests
Malian communities are now adopting a new home construction system that is environment-friendly and cost-efficient. Building houses out of mud-bricks would conserve the remaining forest cover and resolve