IISD: The UNFCCC has released the report (FCCC/AWGLCA/2012/INF.2) of a workshop to further the understanding of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by developing countries, underlying assumptions, and support needed for implementation of these actions. The report contains a summary of the workshop presentations and the exchanges of views. The objective of the workshop, which was held in

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Nature: Drought reduces plant productivity, induces widespread plant mortality and limits the geographic distribution of plant species1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. As climates warm and precipitation patterns shift in the future8, 9, understanding the distribution of the diversity of plant drought tolerance is central to predicting future ecosystem function and resilience to climate

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The News on Sunday: People lose their lives in search of water in a village that has little or no drinking water facilities Wandering in Kachho, desert and hilly area of Dadu district of Sindh province, her tears have dried up in the searing dry winds. Whether it’s dawn or sizzling midday, the women of Kachho

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Guardian: Study says EU-grown rapeseed biodiesel falls under 35% marker, adding weight to calls to end food biofuels. The growing row over biofuels is ready to flare up again with German researchers claiming to have found evidence that European-produced biodiesel does not meet the sustainability targets claimed by Brussels. Two experts at Friedrich Schiller University

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Jakarta Globe: With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa’s Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis. Asia should keep a catastrophe at bay with a strong rice harvest while the G20 group of industrialized and

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IIED: Climate change is a global problem, and the current prevailing paradigm would have us think that the only solution is a global one. But many countries are forging ahead with their own plans in the meantime – and MPs are important actors in this process. People stand by a drought-stricken lake in Xinjiang Province,

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