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Published on 14 September 2015 Philippines
The high-level policy form and research symposium will be held on September 18-19, 2015 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, Mandaluyong City in partnership with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). “Through these avenues, we would like to address the country’s need for careful empirical assessment on the effects of climate change on…
Published on 14 September 2015 Philippines
DPC is a sister company of Semirara Mining and Power Corp. owned and controlled by the family of David Consunji. Last July, Semirara’s coal mining operation in Caluya, Antique, was suspended by the Department of Energy (DOE) after nine of the company’s workers died in their shift during bad weather. The following month, DOE lifted its suspension order as it found that Semirara had…
Published on 14 September 2015 Philippines
Released by German Watch, an environmental organization, the index also ranked Cambodia and India as the other countries most battered by calamities. Authorities also presented the United Nations report, which identified the Philippines as “third most-at-risk from climate change in the world,” after the South Pacific island-nations of Vanuatu and Tonga. They estimated that the countries will need at least $5 billion each to…
Published on 14 September 2015 Indonesia
El Niño has changed the weather pattern in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, caused by warmer temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) revealed that El Niño would strengthen and reach its peak in September and October 2015. However, this weather phenomenon is manageable. In the Agriculture Ministry’s Strategic Plan 2015-2019, climate change is among five agriculture development challenges. The…
Published on 14 September 2015 Indonesia
These days, as national leaders struggle with economic downturn, migrants, the Islamic State (IS) movement, geopolitical tensions and other pressing issues, many find it hard to focus on climate change, let alone make national commitments to reduce emissions. There is a danger that collective action will give way to collective malaise, and the very short window of opportunity to control climate change will slip…
Published on 14 September 2015 Vietnam
Due low incomes leading to weak construction and being located near a path for heavy storms, the citizens of Duc Tho have spent the past decade rebuilding structures they know could disappear the next day. RE-AINBOW has entered the community to serve as a permanent, storm-proof structure with both static and dynamic qualities. As a static station, it offers permanent aid for citizens in…
Published on 7 September 2015 Feature
That warning has become a global alert. Since the uprising against Assad in March 2011, over 240,000 people have been killed, 4 million Syrians have fled their country, and over 7 million have been displaced. The headlines are full of the heartbreaking stories of these refugees — including young children —…
Published on 7 September 2015 Philippines
The issue is crucial to the people of Caraga since the region hosts virgin forests that have been threatened by logging and mining companies. Among these firms are those owned or controlled by Liberal Party politicians, like SR Metals, which was organized in 2005 and operates the Tubay nickel mining project in Tubay, Agusan del Norte. The company started quarrying on the basis of…
Published on 7 September 2015
New hotspots are appearing in Southeast Asia’s Mekong Basin, South America’s Gran Chaco region and Madagascar, high-resolution satellite mapping released by Global Forest Watch shows. The world lost more than 18 million hectares of forest in 2014, an area twice the size of Portugal. Over 2012-14, the three-year average was the worst since records began in 2001, in a troubling trend as rates reverse…
Published on 7 September 2015
In particular, the initiative aims to help countries make improvements in medium- to long-term planning and budgeting processes. Under the four-year initiative, countries will receive various types of support. FAO will offer policy advice and technical support to ensure that climate change adaptation priorities in the agriculture, forestry, and fisheries sectors are incorporated in this planning process. UNDP will engage with countries in managing…
Published on 7 September 2015 Philippines
Dubbed as "Road to Paris," the climate caravan focuses on the roles of the Filipino youth and local government units (LGUs) to galvanize community climate action. In partnership with Dakila - Philippine Collective for Modern Heroism, the campaign also aims to gather grassroots support to encourage world leaders to come up with a strong and definitive climate agreement in Paris during the 21st Conference…
Published on 7 September 2015 Philippines
The research, published Sept. 2 in Nature Communications, focuses on the Younger Dryas, a cooling period that started when the North Atlantic Current, an ocean current, stopped circulating. The event caused Earth’s northern hemisphere to enter into a deep chill, with temperatures in Greenland dropping by approximately 18 degrees Fahrenheit in less than a decade. Jud Partin, a research associate at the University…
Published on 7 September 2015 Indonesia
The increased commitment by one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters will be officially submitted to the United Nations later this month ahead of a major climate change summit in December. "We have reached the decision to reduce [emissions] by 29 percent by 2030," environment and forestry minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar told reporters. The pledge goes beyond Indonesia's 2009 agreement to slash emissions…
Published on 7 September 2015 Indonesia
“We intend to increase the contribution and we will do so,” Rachmat Witoelar, President Joko Widodo’s special envoy for climate change, told Reuters. “But we have to figure out the timeline.” Indonesia is among the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters because of deforestation, peatland degradation and forest fires. Southeast Asia’s largest economy is under international pressure to curb deforestation and the destruction of carbon-rich…
Published on 27 August 2015 Feature
But it’s not clear where all that water will come from. Climate change is expected to make some areas drier and others wetter. As precipitation extremes increase in some regions, affected communities face greater threats from droughts and floods. While changing water supply and demand is inevitable, exactly what that change will look like around the world is far from certain. A first-of-its-kind analysis…
Published on 25 August 2015
“It’s clear that climate change is going to have dramatic consequences for disaster risk reduction, particularly for poorer countries,” said Mr. Phil Evans, Government Services Director at the United Kingdom’s Met Office. The scale of the challenge makes it all the more important to seize the unique opportunity of 2015, given that this year sees three interlocking events: The World Conference, then a…
Published on 25 August 2015 Indonesia
In hard-hitting remarks in Brussels, EU Climate and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete warned that the window of opportunity for 195 countries to agree a deal aimed at limiting the rise in global temperatures "is closing fast" and called for speeding up technical negotiations. So far he said 56 countries representing 61 percent of global green-house gas emissions have handed in their reduction pledges…
Published on 25 August 2015 Feature
The climate change talks are poised to pick up momentum. A month before the UN climate change negotiations resume in August, an informal meeting of leaders from 46 nations resulted in a “breakthrough” with a consensus reached on having a 5-year review of mitigation actions as well as a regular reporting of corresponding national efforts. This sends an important political signal, as the talks…
Published on 25 August 2015 Feature
The event goes by many names, one of them "COP21" – short for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 21st Conference of Parties. So what’s the big deal? Here are some easy-to-digest facts about the climate conference of the century.1. What, when, where, who COP 19. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon addresses delegates during the 19th Conference of Parties held in…
Published on 18 August 2015 Vietnam
The international project aims to maintain crop productivity in the face of climate change, disease resistance and salt tolerance – and to potentially develop higher-value rice varieties for the global market. As part of the Newton Fund, TGAC has been awarded over £50,000 by The British Council to develop the bioinformatics capabilities. These will inform next-generation rice genomics in Vietnam to aid precision…
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