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By 2050, the cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could reach US$100 billion per year. The International Air Passenger Adaptation Levy (IAPAL), a proposed new purchase tax on air tickets, offers a potential s...

FAO of the UN has launched a new initiative for sustainable crop production intensification by releasing a book outlining the approach. Titled “Save and Grow”, the book provides farmers with various approaches for adapting to clim...

Figuring out how to raise the $100 billion a year in climate change assistance promised to poor nations is tough enough, but spending the money fairly and effectively may prove an even bigger challenge, climate finance experts war...

ICRISAT has increased the yield of pearl millet through three phases of hybrid development, thus contributing to improved food and nutritional security of the rural poor. The pearl millet recorded the highest percentage increase i...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, addressing the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (16 to 27 May 2011), pointed out that indigenous peoplen have been living a ‘green economy’ for centuries and learning from them is the key to a...

Wetlands are natural and human-made infrastructures that receive, transport, clean, store and deliver water to a wide range of users – “from the mountains to the seas” – for domestic needs, agriculture, biodiversity, industry and...

This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies. Reflecting a unique aspect of multi-stakeholder perspective,it shows how to implement plans at local levels. It also focus...

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced five winners of this year’s UN Champions of the Earth prize, which recognizes leaders who take action through visionary thinking, unwavering dedication and action towards global gr...

To cover the shortfall of finance for urban adaptation, a change is required in the global financing systems, from the current top-down approach to a locally oriented demand-driven approach. Basically, an inversion of global adapt...

The research investigates how large dams can affect the local climate. A research team looked at 30 years of climate data based on a technique commonly known as reanalysis. The results deduced will give a better idea of which dams...