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 [...]
RAFAEL GARCIA da Folha de S. Paulo . Em 2050, cada cidadão brasileiro perderá de R$ 534 e R$ 1.600 de sua renda anual por causa da mudança climática, indica um estudo feito por 11 instituições de pesquisa. A redução no PIB nacional será de 0,5% a 2,3%, o equivalente a perder um ano de [...]
Some of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world called for help this week at a meeting organized by the Maldives, a member of the Climate Neutral Network. Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, Kiribati, Barbados, Bhutan, Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania, popularly known as the V11, are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, but [...]
