'Climate change is one of the biggest risks facing society. Its impact on development and development investment may be the single most important factor that undermines poverty reduction strategies. Development activities are particularly vulnerable because they are usually long term and aimed at helping populations that are already exposed to greater relative risks because of their existing socio-economic conditions– extreme poverty, food and water insecurity, disease. The impact of climate i more...
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'Without sustaining the environment human beings will not survive. Reflecting this concern, UNESCO has made ethics of science and technology one of its five priority areas. This volume offers perspectives from persons in a range of countries across Asia and the Pacific on environmental ethics, capturing some of the diversity of views and challenges that UNESCO needs to address as it turns increased attention to environmental ethics.'
Source: UNESCO
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A new 93-megawatt, independent power plant will feature GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engines to provide needed power to thousands of homes in Bangladesh as part of major rural electrification initiative. The project is one of the latest to be developed by independent power producers (IPPs) that are rapidly building new power plants-with government support-to improve electricity supplies in rural areas of Bangladesh that do not have reliable transmission grids.
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This paper is a joint effort between the biodiversity specialists of the World Bank (WB) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to enhance the quality of Global Environment Facility (GEF) and other biodiversity projects. The UNDP and World Bank biodiversity teams undertook a study of a number of their GEF biodiversity-funded projects to identify and analyze the effectiveness of different intervention strategies in production landscapes and their impact in reducing pressure on protecte more...
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Will enough rain fall for crops to grow? What will happen to heavily populated low-lying areas when glaciers melt? Can island peoples keep their way of life if coral reefs no longer attract enough fish for them to eat?
These are some of the questions being asked in developing countries already suffering the consequences of climate change, and captured in a World Bank-sponsored video, “Life Out of Balance: Climate Change in the Developing World,” shown at the UN climate change conference i more...
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'The forecast for tomorrow is a snapshot of a country deeply torn by good and bad climate policies and actions among business, public and government – with each group inextricably bound by the actions of the others. Whether the UK succeeds in achieving its emissions reduction targets and in becoming a leader in international climate negotiations depends on whether good or bad policies prevail. At stake are the lives and livelihoods of millions of poor people around the world, who will suffer f more...
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'Climate change is having a destructive impact on many groups around the world. Pastoralists in East Africa have been adapting to climate variability for millennia and their adaptability ought to enable them to cope with this growing challenge. This paper explains the policies required to enable sustainable and productive pastoralist communities to cope with the impact of climate change and generate sustainable livelihoods.'
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