![]() Study Finds Permafrost Thaw: Glacier Melt Releasing MethanenewsA study, led by scientists at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has found that methane from underground reservoirs is streaming from thawing permafrost and receding glaciers, contributing to the greenhouse gas load in the atmosphere. The study, published online in the journal Nature Geoscience, is the first to document leakage... Leer más » |
![]() Peru's coffee growers turn carbon traders to save their farms from climate changenewsIn the foothills of the Andes, in the Sierra Piura region of Peru, up to 6,600 farmers grow 4,000 tonnes a year of the finest Peruvian Coffee on family plots scattered across the mountainside. However, climate change, with droughts or deluges, threatens the future of Peru's poorest coffee farmers. But... Leer más » |
![]() The way to Rio+20: Legal Best Practices on Climate Change PolicypublicationWith Rio+20 negotiations approaching, the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and the Centre for International Sustainable development Law (CISDL), release their Compendium of Legal Best Practices on Climate Change Policy. The purpose of this Compendium is to highlight the challenges that domestic governments face in implementing their international commitments to... Descarga » |
![]() IUCN: Thomson Reuters Environmental Media AwardeventFor over a decade, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has teamed up with Thomson Reuters Foundation to honor environmental journalism. From 15 May to 15 June 2012, journalists and writers across the world are invited to submit an article on an environmental issue, for the IUCN –... Leer más » |
![]() Namibia hosts African climate negotiatorsnewsThe African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change - a platform for African Member States’ senior officials, experts and negotiators in the United Nations Framework on the Convention of Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations - held their preparatory meeting in Windhoek, Namibia, on 17 April 2012. Africa currently faces many... Leer más » |
![]() Climate change adaptation in Africa's "living places"multimediaIn order to set in motion the development of an enhanced mountain agenda for Africa, international experts, researchers and journalists from Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe met in Mbale, Uganda, for three days (November 2011). Together, they... Leer más » |
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