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Project Acualina is raising environmental awareness among children and adolescents. 'The role of the population in adaptation strategies is essential in Cuba and the rest of the Caribbean islands' said climate change and development expert Ramón Pichs...
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UNISDR today backed a newly launched project from the European Commission, Adaptation Strategies for European Cities, designed to provide capacity building and support for European cities in developing and implementing an adaptation strategy for climate change.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
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'In each scenario, the Mekong Delta will play a different role in the national economy, and have different schemes for climate change adaptation as well as land and water use,' said Dick Kevelam, chief expert of the Netherlands’ Mekong Delta Plan (MDP)...
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'Indonesia should consider the fact that it is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, making it prone to disaster,' warned nuclear expert Yoichi Funabashi, while urging the Indonesian government to be cautious when considering to build nuclear plants in Indonesia...
Jakarta Post, the
A National Research Council report asserts that weather satellite capacity is declining just when tracking tornadoes, predicting hurricanes and investigating climate change should be so important...
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'Children and young people have the right to information that is tailored to them. Even complex scientific reports should be converted to child and youth appropriate versions, if the information is likely to affect them,' said Amalia Fawcett, the author of the youth-friendly version and Plan Australia’s senior child rights specialist...
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'Disaster risk management is often seen as a cost rather than an investment. Instead, we must see it as a necessary investment to save people’s lives and livelihoods, climate proof critical infrastructure, and promote sustainable development,' said Vinod Thomas, Director General of ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department...
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
In order to understand the connections between climate change and staple crop production, World Food Programme and the Met Office Hadley Centre are cooperating to improve analysis that can aid decision makers in responding to the risks ahead, reports Alertnet...
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