As climate change intensifies, it is imperative for policymakers to address the escalating loss and damage it inflicts on vulnerable communities in developing countries. In India's Maharashtra state, these impacts are forcing rural families into life-altering decisions and migrations to work in sugarcane fields, where exploitative practices by contractors, including …
For the second year in a row, heatwaves and extreme hot weather have plagued much of Australia. Preliminary accounts of the January 2014 heatwave in Victoria point to significant health impacts—203 heat-related deaths, a 20-fold increase in ambulance call-outs, a four-fold increase in calls to nurses-on-call, and a four-fold increase …
Uganda, Africa's biggest coffee exporter, wants to develop a coffee bean that is resistant to drought to help mitigate the impact of climate change on its crop, the state-run industry regulator said on Tuesday. The east African nation expects to export 3.50 million 60-kg bags in the 2013/14 (Oct-Sept) coffee …
Legumes, a crop of poor and small farmers, have got a lending hand from scientists. Farmers will soon be able to get climate change ready chickpea (gram) varieties that can withstand extreme weather conditions. Scientists at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) have identified 40 lines …
All the major reservoirs in the Nuwara Eliya District including Mousakelle, Castlereigh, Upper Kotmale and others have been severely affected due to the drought experienced for the past several weeks. in addition all vegetation including tea cultivations too have been affected. In the Maskeliya area the old dams, the ancient …
Research shows world's most devastating global weather phenomenon will occur once a decade under current emissions scenario The world's most devastating global weather phenomenon – the weather events associated with "El Niño" – will double in frequency to once a decade if global warming remains unchecked, according to what scientists …
California Governor Jerry Brown is expected to declare a drought emergency for the parched state on Friday, allowing him to seek federal help as the state faces its third dry winter in a row, according to a Democratic political source and local media. California has just completed what may turn …
A new research has revealed that although climate change likely had little impact on the lack of precipitation in the Central US, it did account for about 35 per cent of the extreme warmth experienced in the Eastern US between March and May. In a new study compiling 19 separate …
Europe is poised to suffer more droughts as the 21st century progresses because of climate change, according to a study by the European Union's Joint Research Centre and Germany's University of Kassel. Many river basins, particularly in southern Europe, will probably become more prone to periods of reduced water supply …
Recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's "Summary for Policymakers" make for alarming reading about the global warming phenomenon. How bad climate impacts will be beyond the mid-century depends crucially on the world urgently shifting to a development trajectory that is clean, sustainable, and equitable, a notion of …
The drought situation in the State is going from bad to worse with around 20 to 30 taluks expected to be declared drought-hit, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said. This is in addition to 98 taluks which have already been declared drought-hit. Jayachandra, who is also a …
Although there is a strong policy interest in the impacts of climate change corresponding to different degrees of climate change, there is so far little consistent empirical evidence of the relationship between climate forcing and impact. This is because the vast majority of impact assessments use emissions-based scenarios with associated …
In a recent paper, Anagol, Etang and Karlan (2013) consider the income generated by these owning a cow or a buffalo in two districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The net profit generated ignoring labour costs, gives rise to a small positive rate of return. Once any reasonable estimate of labour …
As in previous years, residents of 11 VDCs in the northern belt of Kolti region in Bajura are reeling under acute food crisis. The crops they had harvested is over and the state-owned food corporation’s supply has failed to meet their demand. People of Rugin, Bichchhya, Kolti, Bandhu, Sappata, Wai …
China is poorly prepared to tackle the impact of climate change that presents a serious threat to the country, thanks to a lack of planning and public awareness, the government said on Monday. The world's most populous country already faces challenges from weather extremes, with 2,000 people dying on average …
Climate change would cast an adverse impact on water and energy resources and governments need to address these issues. This was the observation made by experts at a seminar on Climate change – Impact on Agriculture in India , held at National Institute of Nutrition here on Saturday. Though no …
The Green Climate Fund, designed as the United Nations' most important funding body in the battle on climate change in developing nations, launched its headquarters on Wednesday in South Korea, but uncertainty over finances clouded the event. The launch was largely symbolic, as the Fund, set up by developed nations …
Agriculture is the source of livelihood for nearly two-thirds of the population in India. A major part of the agriculture is rainfed (~80 out of 142 million ha net cultivated area) and will remain so for at least for a foreseeable future. The impact of climate change and variability in …
The gradual increase in water scarcity is likely to cause a drought situation in the country by 2025 if immediate steps are not taken to improve storage and conservation capacity. “Pakistan is among the few countries worst hit by water shortage and we are fast moving towards drought conditions,” Water …
The world is getting further off track in limiting global warming with setbacks in Japan and Australia outweighing positive signals from the United States and China, a study showed on Wednesday. A Climate Action Tracker compiled by scientists said the world was headed for a temperature rise of 3.7 degrees …
पिछले नौ साल में इस कॉन्फ्रेंस में वॉक आउट की घटना पहली बार हुई है। विकासशील देशों का कहना है कि ड्राफ्ट की बातें यूएनएफसीसीसी के प्रावधानों से मेल नहीं खातीं। इन देशों ने सीओपी 19 कॉन्फ्रेंस छोड़ देने तक की धमकी दी है। वहीं, अमेरिका, कनाडा, ऑस्ट्रेलिया और यूरोप …
