The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The background document explaining the methodology (GDR type approach) behind the South African proposal with respect to A1 targets for the next 2 commitment periods. This paper draws on research in the public domain, in order to provide an analytical basis for a proposal on possible quantified emission reduction commitments …
Marianne de Nazareth talks to Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary of UNFCCC on the implications of the proposed climate change talks in Bonn The world is poised to conclude an agreement which has the potential to decide the fate of the human race, according to Yvo de Boer, the Executive …
Transport has played a significant role in Europe's economic growth during the recent boom years; more construction, shopping and tourism have all ultimately relied on more transport. In recent months governments across the EU have reacted to the economic crisis with stimulus packages. Some of the measures proposed are likely …
SK Nanda Miark Twain once said everyone complains about the weather, but nobody can do anything about it. However, in the age of global warming, one has to control factors affecting weather. In this context, Gujarat has taken up global warming as a challenge with focus on food security, water …
Four farmer communities from different parts of the country were recently felicitated by the Government for their efforts at preserving different original varieties of rice genomes. The communities are Vrihi Beej Binimoy Kendra (Bankura, West Bengal), Kuruchiya and Kuruma tribal communities (Wayanad, Kerala), tribal communities from Jharkhand, and P Narayanan …
From climate change adaptation to the energy and food crunch, from the MDGs to the Right to Water, this illustrated report pinpoints the key issues that were discussed in Istanbul and the different perspectives in addressing those questions. It aims to improve everyone
This paper highlights the interlinkages between the water and energy sectors and points out the effects that climate change has on the provision of energy and water resources as well as providing guidance and inspiration for policy makers. Far from giving a pessimistic outlook on the energy future in the …
Chief Minister Narendra Modi recently formed a new department of climate change. This demonstrates both foresight and courage on part of the government, and the CM needs to be congratulated for this bold measure. Gujarat can show the world and, especially other developing countries, how we can be responsible global …
This report contains separate assessments of climate policy in twelve of the major GHG emitting countries, covering government policy on mitigation, adaptation, technology transfer, and land use policies. The assessments cover the policy developments between 1st November 2008 and 20thFebruary 2009. Apart from describing the various policy initiatives being developed …
Rising temperatures could reverse the role forests play in mitigating climate change, turning them into net sources of greenhouse gases, reports a new assessment by the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO). This report,
The economic benefits to society of investing in disaster risk management substantially exceed the costs. Appropriately designed risk reduction strategies represent a sound investment that is central both to alleviating poverty and to responding to the expected impacts of climate change on lives and livelihood systems. This core finding emerges …
This report seeks to inform critical questions with regard to policy mixes of investments in adaptation and mitigation, and how they might vary over time. The report develops a framework to explicitly incorporate adaptation as a policy variable in two Integrated Assessment Models (IAMS) which have long been used for …
If fundamental climate change mitigation and adaptation goals are to be met, international climate negotiations must include agriculture. Agriculture and climate change are linked in important ways, and this brief focuses on three: climate change will have large effects on agriculture, but precisely where and how much are uncertain; agriculture …
Access to potable water, sanitation and water for irrigation is already a serious problem in the developing world, especially in the vast semi-arid regions of Central Asia and Africa, and is expected to become even more serious as population growth and climate change exacerbates existing inadequate delivery systems and dysfunctional …
Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science presents information that is deemed important for individuals and communities to know and understand about Earth
Climate change has profound implications for managing freshwater resources and the people and species dependent on those resources, but water management long predates any awareness of anthropogenic climate change. Indeed, large-scale water management has been one of the great themes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries worldwide. Many of the …
This paper serves as an input for the thematic, regional and political processes of the 5th World Water Forum and focuses on the challenges related to water, climate change and food security. Recent publications related to the anticipated impacts of climate change on water and agriculture are comprehensive, but a …
