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Campaigners welcome plenty of science in the first draft of the planet's environmental negotiations, but say there are omissions.
BONN, Germany — The advances made in U.N. climate talks last year appeared at risk Thursday as a rift between rich and poor countries reopened in negotiations aimed at crafting a global pact to stop the planet from overheating. Photo: C. Schubert. 
How can the world feed itself in 2050? Explore solutions through AlertNet's animations and videos. 
The governance of natural resources like land, the oceans, rivers and the atmosphere, can affect the impact of some of the world’s biggest crises caused by natural events like droughts and floods. 
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has launched a three-part series of reports, “Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report” covering each of the Asia, Africa and Latin American and Caribbean regions.The reports highlight the scientific findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (known as ‘SREX’) for each region, and discuss the implications for society. 
With drought conditions chronic in the Sahel, many farmers give up trying to grow crops and head to towns and cities to find work. As Asia's monsoon season begins, leading climate specialists and agricultural scientists warned today that rapid climate change and its potential to intensify droughts and floods could threaten Asia's rice production and pose a significant threat... 
The need for cheaper energy is rising amid the destructive effects of global climate change, Macedonia’s Environment Minister Ademi says on the sidelines of the 15th Eurasian Economic Summit in İzmir. Explaining his nation’s long-term plans for energy development, he says his country is undergoing a large-scale reform process 
Evi Johnson points to the spot where, as a young boy, he and his friends would 
United Nations officials today highlighted the contribution of human space science and technology in achieving sustainable development, and called on countries to work together in this area to foster international partnerships and innovations. 
Today, I had the opportunity to speak with Calestous Juma, professor of the practice of international development at Harvard. Juma was born and raised in Kenya, and he’s now head of the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project. He is one of the most innovative thinkers on how to harness new technologies for economic development, especially in Africa. A prolific author, Juma’s latest book is The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, in which he discusses how Africa’s prosperity depends on the modernization of agriculture through the application of science and technology. 
Environmental pressures, not just political and economic ones, stirred change in the Mideast. 
What are the most important consequences that Indonesian and other Asian farmers face because of increasing climate variability and climate change? The first of two papers on climate and society in Asia. 
People often use “coping” and “adapting” interchangeably in the context of disaster response - an issue the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) seeks to address in its new report. |
There is a growing consensus that climate change is transforming the context for rural http://www.ifad.org/pub/op/3.pdf Via Nicholas Berry 
HANOI (AlertNet) - The upcoming U.N. Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro could be more positive for the environment than recent international climate summits as long as it attracts enough world leaders and tackles economic concerns as well as environmental challenges, according to a top climate expert. 
A large majority of Americans believe that this year’s unusually warm winter and last year’s blistering summer were likely made worse by global warming, according to a survey. 
Agriculture is both victim and villain in respect of climate change. Victim because most estimates indicate that climate change is likely to reduce agricultural productivity, production stability and incomes in some areas that already have high levels of food insecurity. Villain because agriculture is a key source for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Yet agriculture may also be part of the climate change solution: there is a considerable, albeit uncertain, technical potential for carbon storage in soils, particularly in developing countries. This briefing paper aims to unscramble the various issues around agriculture which have become conflated in the climate negotiations and outline what is formally being sought in negotiation texts under the Climate Convention (UNFCCC) and assess whether this is a useful route, and what other courses might be possible. 
Zimbabwe's lack of preparedness for the impact of climate change is coming under increasing scrutiny, as the nation faces another year of drought and the government admits it has done little to mitigate the crisis. 
Eliminating subsidies could curb climate change while providing funds to help poor through a fuel transition - economist... 
Severe outbreaks of new, invasive pests triggered by rising temperatures could threaten Southeast Asia's multi-billion dollar cassava industry, as well as the livelihoods of the hundreds of thousands of small farmers that rely... 
It may not be the magic solution to all our energy problems, but it may well help solve the main ones – and it's called the Supergrid. 
The European Union says it wants to work with Pacific countries to overcome climate change and rising sea levels. 
Mountain countries from around the world are seeking a common voice in global climate change negotiations to draw attention to the vulnerabilities of mountain areas. 
Jamaican authorities are aiming to transform an island that experts say faces one of the worst climate risks in the world into a nation... 
A series of workshops explore new ways of doing business that can help the world transition into a more sustainable global community Sponsor's feature... |
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