IRIN NEWS: TEL AVIV, 24 December 2009 (IRIN) – Israeli NGOs say a planned 40 percent rise in water prices in 2010 will hit the most vulnerable in society hardest. Poor families spend some 100 NIS (US$27) a month on water but will have to spend another 40 NIS ($11) a month after the price [...]
KLIMAFORUM 09 Adaptation: It’s your call Workshop with photo exhibition – 10 December Exhibition hall: Brown room space: V This event is part of be the launch of A BARCA in Copenhague 2009 Brazilian Action / Resilience on Climate Change, an organization founded by Brazilians with the mission to innovate in cooperation and entrepreneurship to [...]
O estudo economia da mudança do clima no Brasil, ainda não divulgado em sua totalidade para a sociedade, aponta que serão necessários cerca de R$ 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 [...]
