20.01.2017
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The new political power of business magnate Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated Jan. 20 as the 45th President of the United States, will have ramifications for every global region, including the Pacific Islands. Pacific leaders who are witnessing rising seas, coastal erosion and severe...
05.01.2017
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) formulation process has been expedited to identify appropriate climate change adaptation needs and implement them in the medium and long run. NAP is expected to propose climate change adaptation actions for mid-term (2018-2030) and long-term (up to 2050 AD) bearing...
15.12.2016
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Five eco-friendly toilets have been installed in Wagang outside of Lae City as part of efforts to counter rising sea levels. Wagang Community was identified as an area experiencing rising sea levels, making it difficult to build pit toilets. Each of the five toilet sheds...
30.11.2016
By Saleemul Huq in Marrakech For over a decade I have been advising the Least Developed Countries (LDC) Group of countries in the UNFCCC negotiations on the topic of adaptation since these most vulnerable and poorest developing countries formed a negotiating group at COP6 in The Hague...
30.11.2016
On Friday, the board of the People’s Survival Fund (PSF), a special annual fund in the National Treasury intended to finance local climate change adaptation initiatives, announced that it has given the green light for two projects in Mindanao. The move comes over five years since the...
24.11.2016
In a major decision to deal with climate change which is threatening to assume worrying proportions, the Uttarakhand government has decided to deploy one percent of the total budget of each of its 66 department towards climate change adaptation measures . State council on climate change has...
23.11.2016
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World Bank (WB) President Jim Yong Kim, during his Dhaka trip on October 16-17, 2016 announced a major investment to help Bangladesh adapt to climate change. Under the plan, the bank would invest US$ 2 billion in the next three years in climate change projects....
18.11.2016
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The World Bank recently approached Bangladesh, offering unsolicited loans to help the low-lying country adapt to the severe tropical storms whose impact has made it one of the most climate vulnerable countries in the world. But Fazle Rabbi Sadeque Ahmed doesn’t want that help. The...
10.11.2016
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In most of the rural parts of South Asian countries, women spend hours every day hauling water for their family members as well as for their livestock and crops. This is an example of a problem present across the region that describes the impact of...
10.11.2016
The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today issued a new report which shows that for every dollar invested through its Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP), farmers could earn a return of between $1.40 and $2.60 over a 20 year period by...
