Experts say the pace at which the number of climate refugees is increasing in Bangladesh, the day is not far off when they will overwhelm the capital Dhaka. The government says the country needs $5 billion in the next five years to deal with the problems created by global warming. Dhaka: When a cyclone destroyed [...]
100 Places to Remember Before they Disappear features 100 photographs from one hundred different places around the world in risk of disappearing or seriously threatened by climate change. The pictures are taken by some of the world’s best photographers and all the places are based on reports from UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). [...]
Brazil, Indonesia and Norway have made positive steps in the past few weeks, illustrating the value of the bottom up approach. It sometimes seems as if the closer we get to Copenhagen, the further we get from a deal. By Suzanne Goldenberg. Read more at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2009/oct/16/copenhagen-individual-deals
Marine organisms take up between three and seven percent of the world’s carbon emissions. Thus, projects to protect this “blue carbon” capacity should rank on a par with forest conservation, UN body suggests. Projects that protect and enhance the ability of marine ecosystems to absorb carbon dioxide should be allowed to receive carbon credits just [...]
International law is unfit to deal with the millions of people expected to flee their home countries to escape droughts and floods intensified by climate change, a group of lawyers said on Thursday. Under existing laws, host countries must protect and care for cross-border refugees, who are defined as those forced to migrate because of [...]
