1 February 2012, India: Enhancing Participation of Women in the Green EconomynewsOn February 1, 2012, Earth Day Network, in partnership with The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), will host a day-long WAGE forum in Delhi, India. To accelerate and provide the new thinking and creative power for a global post-carbon economy, Earth Day Network is engaging women business, government and NGO leaders... Read more » |
Water, mountains’ “blue gold”newsIt’s our planet’s most precious resource and our cities are powered by it: it’s water! And water comes from mountains. It flows from the watersheds at higher altitudes creating life along its course, all the way down to the river deltas. The sustainable management of water is the... Read more » |
2nd Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation, Helsinki, 29-31 August 2012newsThe Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation: "Adaptation Research Meets Adaptation Decision-Making" will be held from 29 to 31 August 2012 in Helsinki, Finland. The conference is jointly organized by the NordForsk TFI Network initiative on Effect Studies and the Adaptation to Climate Change network (NORDCLAD-Net... Read more » |
Gender and Climate - Launch of FAO and CGIAR Training GuidenewsThe Training Guide “Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development” is now available online. The guide was jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) of the Consultative Group...
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"Himalaya Water Tower" Highscrapers to solve access to water?newsChinese designer/engineers Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao and Dongbai Song have put forth a tantalizing proposal that combines human scientific ingenuity with a practical, prescient vision for a sustainable future. The approximately 55,000 icy glaciers in the Himalayan region hold 40 percent of the world’s fresh water and together... Read more » |
Monitoring the Effects of Climate Change in Protected Ecosystems - 19, 20 and 21 March 2012, Santiago de ChilenewsThe Workshop “Monitoring the Effects of Climate Change in Protected Ecosystems” is going to take place on 19, 20 and 21 March 2012 at the FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, in Santiago de Chile. Ranging from Mexico to the Land of Fire in Argentina,...
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