SPIGEL: The United Nations’ forecast of how quickly global sea levels will rise this century is vital in determining how much money might be needed to combat the phenomenon. But predictions by researchers vary wildly, and the attempt to find consensus has become fractious. It is a number which will ultimately establish how billions in taxpayer

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The Hindu: Challenges include retreating glaciers, formation of huge glacial lakes, less snow, more rock It was in 1985 that Apa Sherpa, who scaled Mount Everest for the 21st time in May 2011, came face to face with climate change. His entire village Thame was washed away in a massive glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF)

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Tribune Pakistan: Experts at a seminar Thursday expressed concern over the impact of climate change on Pakistan in case the government fails to take effective measures. The seminar “National Climate Change Policy” was arranged by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Provincial Environment Agency and was attended by professors from different Universities of K-P and experts from forest, agriculture,

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The NEWs Pakistan: The World Bank has approved 500 million dollars for establishing “Glacier Monitoring and Research Centre” (GKRC) to study the impact of global warming on over 5,000 glaciers of Pakistan, its ultimate impact on the country’s water reservoirs and most importantly flood forecasting, officials told The News on Friday. Currently, various state institutions

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Times of India: India’s forest cover has been increasing, says the government. But the government might just be fudging the figures. According to a research paper called ‘Cryptic Destruction of India’s Native Forests’, written by two Indian scientists and a colleague from Australia, the exact opposite has been happening — our forest cover has been

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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday said that climate change has emerged as a major challenge to India’s agriculture. Addressing the 83rd foundation day of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) here, Dr. Singh said: “The immediate problems that our farmers face relate to intra-seasonal variability of rainfall, extreme events and unseasonal rains.

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AGU: The Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau harbor hundreds of mountain lakes along with thousands of glaciers and high-elevation snowfields. This is the source of water for the upper reaches of Asia’s main river systems, providing the livelihood for millions of people in the subregion. Climate change is therefore critical for the Himalaya snow and glacier

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Forest Carbon Asia: “Forest Carbon projects are not quick and easy, and they are not cheap”, say private sector forest carbon project developers across Asia. How has the private sector engaged across the region? What have been the main challenges in different countries? What lessons have been learnt? We set about to investigate the private

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