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Displaying 135 of about 268 resultsCancun/Geneva - The year 2010 is almost certain to rank in the top 3 warmest years since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global combined sea surface and land surface air temperature for 2010 (January–October) is currently estimated at 0.55°C ± 0…
Addis Ababa - New automated weather stations could boost Ethiopia’s fledgling agricultural insurance schemes, expanding the use of payouts triggered by abnormally low rainfall and reducing costly visual verification of yield losses.
Some 85 percent of Ethiopians farm for a living, mostly on very small plots. They have few options to mitigate the increa…
This report documents the impact of climate change on pastoral livelihoods in the two districts of Salaxley and Balli-Gubadle in the semi-arid Haud region of Somaliland. It emphasizes the need to develop scenarios for the impact of climate change on grasslands, vegetation and agricultural production and suggests a more efficient use of water, and creati…
This report presents 24 indicators, each describing trends related to the causes and effects of climate change.
The report focuses primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to provide context or a basis for comparison. It aims to collect data and generate analyses to: (i) monitor the effects/impacts of climate change…
This annual survey on weather and climate change provides evidence that the period, 2000–2009, was the warmest decade on record, since the beginning of modern instrumental measurements around 1850, and reports on a number of extreme weather and climate events in 2009, including: heat waves in China, India and southern Europe, as well as in Australia; se…
UNCCD policy brief 2:
This paper addresses the climate change agreements under negotiation and advocates for policy measures that would enable governments with vulnerable communities to adapt to predictable and unknown climate change-related hazards. It raises the issues of: risks and vulnerabilities from climate change (especially communities living…
Public consultation draft:
This draft strategy proposes a broad range of measures on how the city of London can manage the challenge of extreme weather conditions in view of the changing climate, calling for each citizen to get involved. This strategy takes a risk-based approach to understanding the climate impacts today, and how these are expected to…
This report provides an overview of the key linkages between trade and climate change based on a review of available literature and a survey of relevant national policies. It begins with a summary of the current state of scientific knowledge on existing and projected climate change; on the impacts associated with climate change; and on the available opt…
Strengthening IFAD’s capacity to mainstream climate change adaptation in its operations, comprehensive report, final version:
This study explores ways to build in-house capacity on climate change issues and effectively mainstream adaptation to climate change within the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) operations, in order to enha…
Water and climate change adaptation, 2:
This perspective document raises the issue of adaptation to floods, drought and other impacts of climate change on water by building resilience. It specifically focuses on the critical role of the environment in building resilience to climate change and reducing vulnerabilities in communities and economies, stat…
This report, produced by the Nepal Climate Vulnerability Study Team (NCVST), provides a scenario of climate change, adaptation options and vulnerability in Nepal. It aims to synthesise existing scientific and socio-economic information on the likely impacts of climate change in the Nepal Himalaya and to assess the complex patterns of vulnerability such…
Research scientist Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri has been documenting methods used by peasant farmers in the semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya’s Rift Valley province, as they attempt to adapt to changing climatic conditions, reports IPS.
"We must first understand the preferred local adaptation strategies. But most importantly, we must know how farmers perceiv…
Adequate funding, laws on forestry protection, fire prevention and water scarcity, and a balanced agricultural policy, including an EU-wide disaster insurance scheme, are all needed to combat natural and man-made disasters, says Parliament in a resolution approved by a show of hands on Tuesday.
Parliament notes that "responsibility for disaster prevent…
The California Institute of Technology will launch a new Terrestrial Hazard Observation and Reporting Center (THOR) to reduce the risks and costs associated with natural hazards and the effects of global climate change including among others; earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, wildfires, and extreme weather events such as droughts.
Zubair Murshed, UNDP disaster risk reduction advisor to Pakistan, 2006-2009, answers questions, further to what has been called by the United Nations, as the biggest disaster to ever face the country.
According to Murshed, areas to strengthen in disaster preparedness and prevention include: forecasting and warning systems, evacuation systems, community…