O estudo economia da mudança do clima no Brasil, ainda não divulgado em sua totalidade para a sociedade, aponta que serão necessários cerca de R$ 1 bilhão/ ano em investimentos em pesquisa genética agropecuária para adaptar culturas como soja, milho e café a um clima mais quente. Já o custo de ações de adaptação e [...]
Speaking before Amazon summit, Lula calls on industrialised countries to provide financial help to halt deforestation . guardian.co.uk, Friday 27 November 2009 12.02 GMT . Brazil’s president said today that “gringos” should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich western countries had caused much more environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut [...]
26 November 2009, Rome – Climate change is projected to impact heavily on agriculture, forestry and fisheries in the Pacific islands, leading to increased food insecurity and malnutrition, FAO warned today ahead of the UN summit on climate change in Copenhagen. The agency urged governments and donors to immediately start implementing robust and action-oriented climate change [...]
BARCA – Brazilian Action / Resilience, Climate Adaptation is going to participate in two formal sessions at Copenhagen climate activities. The first will happen on Dec 10th from 15:00 to 21:00 during Klimaforum activities and the other on Dec 14th during an open space organized by Survival Academy. The events will hold an open space [...]
UNICEF / MANILA, Philippines, 25 November 2009 . Most schools in metropolitan Manila have reopened after four typhoons caused massive flooding in September and October, but teachers and students in the flood zone are still in urgent of school supplies. The typhoons that hit the Philippines caused flooding in more than 80 per cent of [...]
