Climate Change

3-day int’l parliamentarians’ climate meet begins in Dhaka today

Dhaka: A three-day 'International Meeting of Parliamentarians on Climate Change: Beyond COP-17' begins in Dhaka Wednesday, seeking to formulate a parliamentary alliance involving the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Bangladesh Parliament through the Standing Committee on Environment and Forests Ministry with support from the UNDP under its project, 'Improving Democracy through Parliamentary', will organise the meeting at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in the city.

Publication Date: 
14/03/2012
Bangladesh Today
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Bangladesh, Climate Change, Dhaka, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Seagrass Stores More Carbon Than Forests - Study

Coastal seagrass can store more heat-trapping carbon per square mile (kilmometre) than forests can, which means these coastal plants could be part of the solution to climate change, scientists said in a new study.

Even though seagrasses occupy less than 0.2 percent of the world's oceans, they can hold up to 83,000 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer, a global team of researchers reported Sunday in the journal Nature Geoscience.

That is more than twice the 30,000 metric tons of carbon per square kilometer a typical terrestrial forest can store.

Publication Date: 
22/05/2012
Deborah Zabarenko
Planet Ark (Australia)
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Carbon Dioxide, Forests, Climate Change, Carbon Sinks, Floods, Natural Disasters, Climate Mitigation, Marine Ecosystems, UNESCO
Climate Change

Mexico sets climate targets

Faced with slow progress towards an international agreement to limit greenhousegas emissions, governments are taking
the initiative by passing their own climate laws. Mexico — plagued by a persistent drought but optimistic about its prospects for wind power — made one of the boldest commitments of any nation to limit climate change.
Although many countries have established domestic climate regulations, Mexico is only the second, after the United Kingdom, to make tough national targets legally binding.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2012
Erik Vance
Nature
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Climate Change, Mexico, Legislation, Public Transport, Climate Mitigation, Wind Energy, Renewable Energy, Drought, Green House Gases, Emissions Trading
Climate Change

Developing an indicator-based approach to evaluate the effectiveness of urban regeneration for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Urban regeneration policy and practices can be an opportunity to take actions to make cities more climate-friendly and less vulnerable. However, the potential role of urban regeneration is not sufficiently evaluated and understood. Considering this assumption, this research aims to evaluate the role of urban regeneration in developing climate resilient and low-carbon urban environments. To this end, an indicator framework has been developed and applied to two specific case study areas in Japan, namely Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 and Kanazawa City.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2011
Osman Balaban
UNU-IAS
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Climate Change, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, Japan, Urbanisation, Low Carbon Economy
Climate Change

Forest management and climate change: stakeholder perceptions

FAO, in collaboration with forest management, climate change experts and relevant stakeholders, is developing guidelines to assist forest managers to effectively respond to climate change challenges and opportunities. These guidelines will include actions related to both climate change adaptation and mitigation and will be relevant to all types of forests, all management objectives and all types of managers.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
FAO
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Forest Management, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Private Sector, Public Sector, NGO, Forests
Climate Change

Climate-related risks: Pakistan among the most vulnerable countries

Pakistan is among the most vulnerable countries facing climate-related risks revealed an Asia-Pacific Human Development report launched here on Wednesday.

The report further suggested the Asia-Pacific region must continue to grow economically to lift millions out of poverty but it must also respond to changes in climate to survive.

“Growing first and cleaning up later is no longer an option”, advised the report titled ‘One Planet to Share: Sustaining Human
Progress in a Changing Climate.’

Publication Date: 
17/05/2012
Dawn (Pakistan)
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Pakistan, South Asia, Climate Change, Poverty, Asia, RIO 20, Livestock, Energy, Environment, Unemployment, UNDP, Economic Development, Climate Impacts, Natural Disasters, Climate Mitigation
Climate Change

Durban dust settles as climate negotiations kick off in Bonn

As climate change negotiators settle into their familiar roles at their first major meeting since COP 17 in Durban, South Africa, climate watchers will have their eyes fixed on the 14-25 May UNFCCC gathering in Bonn, Germany to see how the tenuous December deal - struck by sleep-deprived negotiators at the eleventh hour - is settling in six months on. With continued economic hardship among Annex I (developed) countries, this year's Bonn meeting will be a telling barometer for what to expect when parties meet in Doha this November for COP 18.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2012
Bridges Weekly Trade News Digest
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Climate Change, Germany, UNFCCC, Climate Agreements, Climate Mitigation, India, China, Russia, United States Of America (US), South Africa, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Technology Transfer
Climate Change

The UNFCCC after Durban: recognizing limitations and calling for a multi-track approach to climate multilateralism and action

The Durban Climate Change Conference held last December 2011 had all the elements of a highly charged political drama: global leaders in a high-stakes game to save the world, the palatable tension over clashing interests, claims of sabotage and backdoor deals juxtaposed with impassioned demonstrations and panicky news blitzes, the climax into near-chaos, the last-ditch effort for compromise now known as the “huddle”, and, of course, the miraculous “save”. Then ominously, though probably anticipated, big questions emerge as the screen fades to black. This paper is divided into two parts.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Antonio G.M. La Vina, Lawrence G. Ang, Alaya De Leon, Margarita Roxas1
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Climate Change, UNFCCC, COP 17 (Durban Summit), Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation, REDD, Finance, Technology Transfer, Climate Agreements
Energy

Energy-intensive sectors take to saving, says CII GBC

The Perform, Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme to encourage energy saving in energy intensive sectors such as power, steel and cement has begun to attract companies to its fold, according to CII Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre. The Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, has included cement manufacturers among top nine energy consuming sectors which require efforts to improve efficiencies and bring down power consumption.

Publication Date: 
15/05/2012
Business Line (New Delhi)
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Energy Efficiency, Energy, India, Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT), Climate Mitigation, Pollution Control, Government Of India (GOI), Industry
Climate Change

India’s second national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Government of India attaches great importance to climate change issues. The Convention aims at stabilizing the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at safer levels that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Eradication of poverty, avoiding risks to food production, and sustainable development are three integrated principles deeply embedded in the Convention.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2012
Ministry of Environment and Forests
Tags:
Climate Change, UNFCCC, India, Green House Gases, Emissions Inventory, Climate Adaptation, Sustainable Development, Climate Mitigation, Climate Impacts

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