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More than a quarter of a million people in Myanmar will benefit from a project that will equip farmers with timely resources, knowledge and tools and enable them to have good harvests despite changing weather patterns, says  the UN Development Programme’s  Nicholas Rosellini. The USD$7.9...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessment of climate change.  In the most recent report, Bangladesh was identified as being at particular risk from climate change as it is in a low-lying coastal region with regular cyclones.Thousands of...

A Grant Agreement for World Bank assistance of US$ 8 million for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaptation to Climate Change (SLACC) Project has been signed between the Government of India and the World Bank here today. This Agreement was signed by Shri Tarun Bajaj, Joint Secretary...

For Cagayan Valley’s agriculture sector, the threat has been there in the last 10 years. In fact,  the signs may be interpreted as urgent if one considers the previous years when harvest barely made it to  expectations. As a region which plays a key role...

This forum brought together over 150 children from Chiang Rai, Ayutthaya and Rayong, Thailand. It provided a platform for the children to show the adults what they can do to bring about a positive change and creative ideas and solutions to address disaster risk and...

The workshop was held on October 4th 2014 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA) and partner networks of Southern Voice on Adaptation (SV-Adapt), as a back-to-back event with the 4th Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum. The workshop provided a platform...

The UNFCCC’s Momentum for Change announced International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) as one of the 2014 Lighthouse Activity Awards recipient for their Community Based Flood Early Warning System (CB-FEWS) in Eastern Brahmaputra River Basin, India. The CB-FEWS entails innovative use of ICT for...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama have announced joint measures to boost clean energy in India and international climate action. The two sides announced their plan to cooperate together and with other countries over the next year to conclude an “ambitious” climate...

Earlier this year, the Prime Minister approved the allocation of 3 trillion VND (140.6 million USD) from the State budget for climate change projects. These projects include 16 unfinished projects under the Support Programme to Respond to Climate Change (SP-RCC) in previous years, projects on...

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) is implementing an ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) project to rehabilitate and restore forests in Choiseul province, Solomon Islands. The project will also promote soil stability, reduce sediment flow and support water catchment areas.   The project's EbA...