In order to develop a programme, Embassy of Switzerland organized a consultation workshop on 30 Aug 2011 in New Delhi, India, with the key stakeholders including national and state governments on Indian Himalayas Climate Adaptation Programme (IHCAP). Among specific objectives of the programme it will look in to the resilience of vulnerable communities in the

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The Aquatic Ecology Centre, Kathmandu University, and Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University in collaboration with the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric), University of Life Sciences, Norway, invite papers and posters from scholars and researchers to be presented at the symposium on “Mountain Resource Management in a Changing Environment” to be held in

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The world’s population is projected to reach approximately 7 billion by 2012. Much of the growth will be in less economically developed countries in central Asia and South America where demands on water resources are already high and livelihoods are threatened. Many countries in these regions rely on glaciers for domestic, agricultural and industrial water

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The economic progress of South Asia has accelerated. It is the outcome of the economic progress of East Asian countries that put the rest of the Asian countries under pressure for competition. In recent decades, the combined average economic growth rate of this region exceeds 6 per cent per year. This needs a large quantity

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IEWY: The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a EUR 200 million loan to ICICI Bank of India for projects in the renewable energy sector supporting climate change mitigation. The main objective of this climate change framework loan is to make long-term finance available for investments in renewable energy projects that mitigate climate change by

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While developed countries bear much historic responsibility for current levels of greenhouse gases, developing economies are at greater risk from the effects of these gases. This is according to Yannick Glemarec, director of environmental finance at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He was addressing a media breakfast session in Johannesburg on Monday. “This is

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CNN-Globalpublicsquare: We live in a time of high anxiety. Despite the world’s unprecedented total wealth, there is vast insecurity, unrest, and dissatisfaction. In the United States, a large majority of Americans believe that the country is “on the wrong track.” Pessimism has soared. The same is true in many other places.   Against this backdrop,

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