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'In Cancun there is an opportunity to find common ground on the establishment of a global climate fund that would help poor people protect themselves from the growing threats of a changing climate' says Honorary President of Oxfam International, former President of Ireland...

The Malaya Business Insight reports on the recent world mayors summit on climate held in Mexico and the lead role played by the UN global model, Albay Province and Mayor Joey Salceda...

'Climatic insurance will be a solution because owners of livestock will know that if they lose a part of their herd, they will be reimbursed by an insurance system and they don’t have to rear vast herds,' Gilles Marion, Mali country director for the UK based charity, Oxfam, told AlertNet in Dakar...

Governments must restore confidence in the negotiation process of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by increasing climate funding and ensuring natural solutions are part of the post-2012 regime, says IUCN...

Using water management, ecosystems and empowerment to build climate change resilience:

This briefing paper highlights water-related climate change impacts such as drought, floods, storms, melting glaciers and sea-level rise and put water at the centre

A new climate change and water governance project has been launched at COP16 in Cancun. Strengthening local and national capacities to better manage water and ecosystems will be the project focus in adapting to climate change...

This report provides an overview for all CARICOM member states of the risks from climate change and includes a section on the common threats of climate change for Pacific island countries. It focuses on: (i) climate change projections for the Caribbean

This document is the World Bank’s operational response to climate variability and change on the continent. It is based on the premise that increased climate variability threatens the development gains of African countries, and that these effects need to