By Saleem Khan
As governments and other agencies spend more money on adaptation to climate change they want to know that their investments are effective.-that adaptation will keep development on track, that there is a fair distribution of costs and benefits, and that climate resilience is being built.

By Dipesh Chapagain 
(Durban) “There is a need for a stronger political commitment beyond narrow short term interest, we should not let our people down”, Hon. Environment Minister Hemraj Tater, Government of Nepal stressed in his statement in high level segment of the UN climate change conference (COP 17/CMP 7) in Durban, South Africa on December 7, 2011.

By Dipesh Chapagain
The first half of the UN climate change conference (COP17) in Durban was about to end and parties were unsure about the outcomes from the conference. Meeting of both the subsidiary body (SBI and SBSTA) were in the closing stage and negotiation was about to enter into the high level segment.

The impacts of Global #ClimateChange include sea-level rise affecting coastal areas and #IslandStates greater intensity of cyclones and probably enhanced precipitation in monsoon areas. These have their reinforcing feed-back mechanisms.  A recent study (November 1991) published by Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies that : “The coastal areas of Bangladesh were devastated by a cyclone in […]

By Ranga Pallawala
The entire world is looking at how Climate Change negotiations will turn around during the second week of COP17/CMP7 at Durban, South Africa building on the agreements made at Cancun, Mexico last year.

By Tirthankar Mandal
Technology is one of the rare areas where in the potential to arrive at a substantial agreement here in Durban. The task on the table was to operationalise the Technology Mechanism by 2012. The components of the technology mechanism consist of establishing a Climate technology Centre and Network (CTCN), and Technology Executive Committee (TEC).

Health #ClimateChange is likely to have wide ranging and mostly adverse effects on human health with significant loss of life. (WGII SPM). Overview Global climate change poses substantial risks to human health. Millions of people could be affected and the #IPCC anticipates that most of the impacts would be adverse. Increases in mortality from heat […]

Sri Lanka has sent an official delegation of 20 to the UNFCCC COP17/CMP7, the largest delegation ever in Climate Change negotiations. It is an indication that climate change has come up in the government’s priority list over the last few years. This is a warmly welcome by all environment lobby groups in Sri Lanka and South Asia. However, there is lot more to do by Sri Lanka on climate change negotiations.

There is an unchallenged contention that there is a causal and direct link between increased #Population and #ClimateChange . Population is linked to climate change only through the intermediate stage or process of consumption. This fact may be illustrated by the GHG equivalent population distribution curves.  The major focus of this research project will be […]

Extended discussions on different aspects of the scientific issues concluded that so far, almost all major scientific initiatives, research and data output had been from the developed countries, even when they pertain to developing countries. It was strongly felt that developing countries must undertake some relevant scientific studies of their own. It was, therefore, decided […]