Dawn Pakistan: As the World Population Day dawns, two images spring to mind: the first, news reports of Pakistan’s 180 million population, set to grow to 275 million by year 2050 — clearly unsustainable for this poverty-ridden country. The second: a husband, anxiously parading up and down outside a labour room, thinking, “Girl or boy”, [...]
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WasteManagementWorld: The United Nations Environment Program and the World Meteorological Organization reported in mid-June that widespread implementation of just 16 measures to reduce emissions of black carbon and ozone (principally the precursors methane and carbon dioxide) can give the world a fighting chance of limiting global temperature rise to two degrees or less. These proven [...]
Eldis Resource: Building on the information presented at the 2009 Joint Indo–U.S. Workshop on Climate Change and Health in Goa, India, this paper reviews relevant literature and data, to address gaps in knowledge, and identify priorities and strategies for future research in India. The authors argue that: Climate change and associated increases in climate variability [...]
UPI: British researchers studying the behavior of a viral disease of cattle and sheep from the 1960s to the present say climate change could cause disease outbreaks. Scientists at the University of Liverpool say more than 80,000 outbreaks of the disease known as bluetongue in Europe were reported to the World Animal Health Organization between [...]
DeccanHerald: Lack of original thinking in agriculture sector is a big drawback in our country. The latest World Bank Report on India, “Undernourished children – a call for reform and action,” finds the number of underweight children in India is among the highest in the world. The report says approximately 60 million children are underweight [...]
MiamiHerald: The United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization reported June 14 that widespread implementation of just 16 measures to reduce emissions of black carbon and ozone (principally the precursors methane and carbon dioxide) can give the world a fighting chance of limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees or less. These proven [...]
News Kerala: A majority of corporate leaders around the world feel that investing in areas related to climate change adaptation offered a good business opportunity. Businesses worldwide are beginning to see the risks and economic impacts of more frequent and intense storms, water scarcity, declining agricultural productivity and poor health. Climate adaptation offers competitive advantages [...]
Ecocentric Blog: Most of us learned about “the plague” or “the Black Death” a long time ago – reading Boccaccio and Petrarch, sitting in high school history class, and even from that debate about the nursery rhyme “ring-a-ring of roses.” But scientists have uncovered a link between this historic threat to human health and one [...]
Guardian: Study says targeting black carbon would cool temperatures and improve global health, farming and economy in short time. Global warming could be slowed down if governments cleaned up what’s known as black carbon from industry and cooking fires, 50 of the world’s leading atmospheric scientists said on Tuesday. Major air pollutants such as black [...]
RECOFTC Blog: RECOFTC’s Regan Suzuki thinks focusing on something as small as a stove could make big changes for women in forests. If women were more deliberately considered in REDD+ and development projects, the significant potential of fuel-efficient stoves for improving their lives and reducing deforestation would make it a high priority. When considering underlying [...]
Hindustan Times: India will conduct its first study on impact of environment on health even though monitoring on air and water pollution is inadequate. The Environment ministry has decided to conduct such a study but has failed to implement its mandate for the 11th five year plan. As per the plan, India was to have [...]
A United Nations conference on the world’s poorest countries adopted a plan Friday that stresses the importance of foreign investment and the private sector in lifting millions of people out of poverty. The fourth Conference of the Least Developed Countries ended with the goal of halving the number of the current 48 Least Developed Countries, [...]
Indian scientists say rising temperatures will make new areas of the Himalayas vulnerable to mosquito-spread diseases. Patralekha Chatterjee reports. Be it film actors, bureaucrats or business tycoons, everyone is keen to wade into the policy discourse on climate change in India today. But one area that is still not getting the attention it deserves is the [...]
ASEAN strategy to deal with climate change has been formulated in ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC), one of the three ASEAN pillars. There are some major strategies taken by the ASCC. First, dealing with information about diseases as a specific impact of climate change, the ASCC will strengthen cooperation through sharing of information and experiences to [...]
The Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries begins on 9th May 2011 in this Turkish city. It is an opportunity to breathe new life into economic recovery and to fulfil commitments in the world’s 48 LDCs. This week (May 9-13) in Istanbul, world leaders have the chance to kill two birds with [...]
If the Earth’s climate continues to see more weather and temperature volatility, new types of risk will rise to the forefront of corporate and individual concern. Investors should begin making themselves aware of some of the major threats to future economic growth and some of the industries that could be most affected. This article will [...]
A combination of forest by-products and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, according to researchers from North Carolina State University. Pawlak and fellow researchers found that the new material, which forms a solid foam, has applications beyond radioactive materials and can also remove salt from sea water. “As [...]
