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Vietnam advances climate preparation
No commentsVietnam is one of the countries most affected by climate change, however the Southeast Asian country is taking the lead with strong local actions to counter this global issue.
»Cell phones can help us cope with climate change — report
No commentsInformation and communication technology (ICT) could help vulnerable people cope with climate change, says a UN report heralding “tools with the potential of transforming lives.”
»Nepal’s Mountain Alliance Initiative for Climate Change in peril
No commentsAn effort by Nepal to focus global attention on the threats climate change poses to mountainous regions is in peril after it failed to gain support from other mountainous countries at the UN climate change conference in Cancún, Mexico.
»Cancun – an unsustainable venue?
No commentsTourism and investment have turned Cancun in 40 years from a fishing village at the edge of the mangroves and the sea into a posh beachfront resort strip with big hotel chains and restaurants to attract huge tourist traffic.
Thousands of people are gathered here for the UN’s annual climate change summit, where officials and experts are meant to somehow address world concerns about global climate change. The luxury of the venue sits ill with many here who are worried about the future.
»The Chaotic, Erratic Monsoon
No commentsPakistan’s torment is partly self-inflicted – but many suspect the country’s tragedy shows what the world should expect as climate change takes hold,
»Mountain Countries Compete to Voice Climate Concern
No commentsA race is on between Nepal and three other countries to register their respective groupings with the UN so that they can help to amplify the concerns of mountainous countries about climate change.
»Where’s the Water in Climate Change?
1 commentWater is the most important way climate change will make its impacts felt, experts agree. But it is marginalised in the negotiations, argues a conglomerate of over 2,000 water organisations that want a water programme under the UN’s Climate Change Convention.
»Colombia’s Indian communities join forces to beat drought
No commentsColombia’s indigenous peoples are working together to create an adaptation plan against climate change, which will bring together their own traditional knowledge with outside help from other agencies.
»First comes the gun, then the choking air
No commentsImagine a scenario where the threat to the inhabitants of conflict-torn Kashmir won’t be the gun, but the quality of their air. The pollution trends in this part of the globe suggest that it has almost reached that point.
»Dying marine life spells woe for Namibian economy
No commentsThe Benguela is lauded as the current of plenty but the future of its rich marine ecosystem is uncertain. Scientists fear warming seas will spell disaster for the economy of the region where the Atlantic, Indian and Southern oceans meet.
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