Presenters from Korea Adaptation Centre for Climate Change (KACCC) speak on Korea’s Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation efforts, including International Cooperation for Adaptation, at COP 20, Lima, Peru. Currently the degree of climate change on the Korean Peninsula is greater than the global average, even with Korean Government’s strong commitment, ...
Read More »COP 20 Azeb Girmai IofC-Ethiopia on Adaptation & Mitigation Actions
Ms. Azeb Girmai of Initiatives of Change (IofC) and LDC Watch in conjunction with other panel speakers, addressed the issues of lack of support and funding from developed countries for LDC’s (Least Developed Countries) and Africa in terms of adaptation and mitigation, as well as binding adaptation actions not being ...
Read More »Global Drought rears its ugly head, the status and solutions
Jason Sole covers the spread of global drought and the impacts that it is having across the world. This topic seems to be emerging more and more as climate change spreads its grip creating extreme weather phenomena. In a nutshell it could be argued that the current El Nino could ...
Read More »COP 20 – Youth Climate Activists Panel
Youth Climate Activists speak out at COP 20 on Youth participation and engagement in the IPCC COP conferences and Youth being part of the solution, with host John Foran, co-founder of the Climate Justice project, [www.climatejusticeproject.com] and International Institute of Climate Action and Theory [www.iicat.org], introducing speakers on the panel. ...
Read More »COP 20 US Center NASA Presenter Satellite Climate Change observations & Global impacts
COP 20 Lima NASA Presenter on: Global GEO Satellite Climate Change observations from various international partnerships, showing the evolution of polar ice melts, atmospheric change, extreme weather patterns, ocean current & acidification changes and the impacts of global warming.
Read More »COP 20 – Dr. Daene McKinney & Dr. Jorge Recharte on Andes HiMAP Watershed project
COP 20 Lima USAID Panel Speakers Dr. Daene McKinney and Dr. Jorge Recharte presentation on: Andes High Mountain Adaptation Partnership (Andes-HiMAP) project. Global science and local communities impacts on mountain watersheds. Water security risks, glacial lake formations that can cause sudden devastating flood threats to cities and rural communities. Community ...
Read More »COP 20-Dr. Sergio D. Claure on Andes glaciers and Para-AGUA
COP 20 Lima Peru Presentation – Para-AGUA – Speaker Dr. Sergio D. Claure on: Mountain and glacier ice melt and Andes watershed impacts, this is a really important presentation as it shows the impacts that climate change is having on the Andes. He also covers the impacts that such dramatic alterations are having on ...
Read More »COP 20 US Center Presenters Dave Osborne & Libby Jewett Ocean – Ocean Acidification Information
COP 20 Lima US Center Panel Presenters Dave Osborne (UN) & Dr. Libby Jewett (NOAA) on: Ocean acidification, ocean resilience and marine adaptation measures that need to be urgently implemented globally. More than 1 Billion people are dependent on the ocean eco-systems for their food security & livelihoods. This side show ...
Read More »COP 20 US Center Presenters Natalya Gallo & Nelson Lagos Ocean Acidification, Upwelling and Deoxygenation
COP 20 Lima US Center Panel Presenters Natalya Gallo (Scripps Inst.), Nelson A. Lagos (CiCC) on: Ocean acidification, ocean deoxygenation & upwelling impacts on the marine eco-systems & communities that depend on sea harvesting for their livelihoods. This can be associated with the impacts of climate change and/or greater CO2 ...
Read More »COP 20 Climate Change impacts on Smallholder Farmers in SE Asia
The main reason for the press conference is the increasing problems in the Mekon River region. This is about millions of smallholder farmers and the threats to their livelihood, that are coming from climate change in that region. The Mekon river is one of the largest river basins in the ...
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