• Preserving culture, protecting villagers in Fiji

    Tue, 2010-04-27
    UNDP Newsroom

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    Tai Butani is the only person left in Lomawai village who continues to produse salt from the mangrove ponds, a tradition that has been part of village life for generations.

    Lomawai village on the Island of Fiji, and is well-known for its salt producing tradition. UNDP Global Environmental Facility Small Grants Programme co-funds a project started in 1999 by the World Wildlife Fund.

  • Vanuatu launches climate change adaptation pilot project

    Mon, 2010-04-26
    Solomon Star

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    A pilot project on climate change adaptation has been launched on Epi Island in Vanuatu.

    The project, which is the result of research by the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, will mean repairs to roads, bridges and wharves damaged by sea level rise.

    Work will also be undertaken to build coastal walls using new designs and techniques.

    The Minister of Public Utilities, Serge Vohor, says it’s vital for Vanuatu because the economic activ

  • Project to examine impact of climate change on rice farming

    Mon, 2010-04-26
    Viet Nam News

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    Nick Austin, CEO of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), spoke to Viet Nam News during his four-day working visit to Viet Nam last week.

    What are your main objectives during this visit?

    This is my first visit to Viet Nam and my first stop on a trip to several Mekong countries, including Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.

  • Building a 'green new deal'

    Mon, 2010-04-26
    ENGLISH.EASTDAY.COM

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    We live in a rapidly urbanizing world. Today, around half of the world's population - or an estimated 3.3 billion people - live in metropolitan areas. In China alone, every year 20 million people move into cities.

  • Climate Change Conference Wraps Up

    Mon, 2010-04-26
    Americas Quarterly

    by Ruxandra Guidi

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    Capitalism. This was the most widely used word at the conference, mentioned over two dozen times by President Evo Morales in his many speeches and repeated by the public and government delegates alike. Then came the phrase climate change, of course; the environment, and mother earth—or Pachamama, as it's known throughout the Andes.

    Among the Quechua and Aymara peoples, Pachamama is a concept much richer than our Western definition of nature.

  • Rainboots in the dry season for Cameroon's capital, as climate change takes hold

    Mon, 2010-04-26
    Reuters AlertNet

    by Ntungwe Elias Ngalame

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    YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AlertNet) - When visitors arrived in Yaounde recently for the 8th annual meeting of the African Road Maintenance Funds Association, they got an odd greeting from a Cameroon host delegate.

    "Yaounde, a city flanked by seven hills, is an environmentally friendly place with a traditional charming cold climate in the early mornings and late evenings.

  • GLOBAL: When volcanic ash gets in your way

    Mon, 2010-04-26
    ReliefWeb

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    JOHANNESBURG (IRIN) - Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano - unlike Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991, the 20th century's second largest eruption - will not contribute to climate change; on the contrary, by grounding flights over Europe for almost a week it helped saved thousands of tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions.

    Eyjafjallajökull's volcanic ash has left behind a trail of derailed humanitarian aid missions, delayed handovers and cancelled workshops.

  • New SEARCA book zeroes in on climate change and biodiversity link

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    Mon, 2010-04-26
    SEARCA News Release

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    SEARCA and the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) have co-published Moving Forward Southeast Asian Perspectives on Climate Change and Biodiversity, a new book that discusses the general phenomenon of climate change, the importance of biodiversity, and how these two are linked and related. ISEAS is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security, and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its whole geostrategic and economic development.

  • 7,500 due for alternate climate conference in Bolivia

    Tue, 2010-04-13
    The Independent

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    The alternative "people's conference" on climate change called by socialist Bolivian President Evo Morales is expecting 7,500 delegates from more than 100 countries, officials said Monday.

    Among those set to attend the gathering in Cochabamba April 20-22 include Presidents Rafael Correa of Ecuador, Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, according to Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca.

    Named the People's World Co

  • Water industry must act on climate change adaptation

    Mon, 2010-04-12
    Edie Legal Resource Centre

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    Regardless of what we do to reduce our future impact on the climate, greenhouse gases already built up in the atmosphere mean that some change is inevitable - and the water industry is likely to feel the effects more than most.

    With climate models predicting more frequent and more severe extreme weather events such as drought and deluge, it's easy to see that the water sector will need to adapt.

    Mike Keil, head of climate change at Ofwat, spoke to edie about the issues - and how he int