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 [...]
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 [...]
Prejuízo equivale a perda de um ano de crescimento do PIB. Estudo é inédito no Brasil e aponta o cenário para 2050. . Emilio Sant’Anna Do G1, em São Paulo . Os prejuízos causados ao Brasil pelas mudanças climáticas podem chegar a R$ 3,6 trilhões nos próximos quarenta anos. Isso seria o equivalente a jogar [...]
Charles Abani, Oxfam’s regional director for southern Africa, last month attended a ‘climate hearing’ event in Cape Town with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mary Robinson, former UN commissioner for human rights. Here he tells of some of the experiences of people from across Africa that he will be sharing in an event at Cardiff City [...]
MANILA, 2 November 2009 (IRIN) – Aid workers credit a pre-emptive evacuation of more than 115,000 residents for this weekend’s minimal loss of life from Typhoon Mirinae. Sixteen deaths were recorded in suburban areas south of Manila and in two eastern provinces, although the heavy rains and strong winds further exacerbated the humanitarian situation for [...]
