By Stephanie Andrei
At the international level, loss and damage has gained unprecedented attention largely due to inadequate mitigation ambitions and a lack of resources to fund adaptation in developing countries.
By Anju Sharma
Real Swaraj (self-rule) will come, not by the acquisition of authority by a few, but by the acquisition of the capacity by all to resist authority when it is abused. In other words, Swaraj is to be attained by educating the masses to a sense of their capacity to regulate and control authority. – Mahatma Gandhi
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.
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 […]
The objective of the research is to establish the linkages between poverty and #ClimateChange . For both the government and the NGOs in South Asia, #Poverty alleviation is the central focus of their planning efforts. Poverty is already an unbearable state and is a major retarding force in development. Impacts of climate change are likely […]