Fourth IDSAsr Seminar: The Water Energy and Food SecuritynewsThe fourth seminar of Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies Society (IDSAsr), will be held from 2 to 4 November 2012, at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India. Recognizing a clear need for new approaches addressing the inter-connections within the water, energy and food security nexus, the seminar will...
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10,000 simulations show warming range of 1.4-3 degrees by 2050newsA study project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers’ home computers, using a complex atmosphere-ocean climate model, has found that a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is ‘equally plausible’ as a rise of 1.4 degrees, if emissions continue unabated. The forecast range is derived from models...
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A new system of waste disposal in the Everest ValleynewsThe EvK2Cnr committee, in partnership with Eco Himal and Sagarmantha Pollution Control Committee, is already working to solve the "Everest waste issue". One of the first results will be the installation of a new waste management facility in Namche Bazaar, Khumbu Valley, Nepal. In open huge holes nearby several villages,...
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Earth Debate: Food Security – How Do We Feed 9 Billion People in 2050?newsThe Earth Debates, organized by the Museum of Natural History of the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Stakeholder Forum for a Sustainable Future and the British Council, will be webcast live from the UK's MSN, on 9 April. A panel of leading experts chaired by Richard Black, the BBC's...
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International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate ChangeeventInternational Conference of Mountain Countries (5-6 April 2012, Nepal)
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Electronic Forum: Adaptation to climate changes in Amazonian Andes - from 16 to 20 April 2012newsThe Electronic Forum “Adaptation to climate changes in Amazonian Andes” will be held from 16 to 20 April 2012, by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), CARE Perú, the Consortium for the Sustainable Development of Andean Ecoregion (CONDENSAN), the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (SGCAN) and the United...
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