This discussion paper asserts that the discourse on climate change does not pay adequate attention to women, either at the local project level or in international negotiations. It attempts to describe the potential that lies in climate mitigation and adaptation for the economic empowerment of women.

If climate change is perceived as a global threat, this can mean that too little attention is paid to the ways in which it affects local populations and settlements. This also means too little attention to the importance of locally driven adaptation, both to reduce risks and to be better prepared to cope with consequences.

The response of species to global warming depends on how different populations are affected by increasing temperature throughout the species

Under the aegis of China-India agreement for cooperation in Climate
Change, a China-India workshop was held in Beijing on September 29, 2010. The theme chosen for the workshop was on Mountain Ecosystem and Climate Change. The workshop was aimed at exchange of information on the implications of Climate Change on Mountain Ecosystems.

This report explores the answer to a difficult question: what are the potential costs for coastal adaptation from 2010 until 2050 in response to human-induced climate change?

This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve the transformation to 'climate-smart' agriculture.

The study on "Forests and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region" provides assessments on impacts of climate change and adaptation options, highlighting adaptation needs, forest management options and estimations of adaptation costs.

With climate change now a certainty, the question is now how much change there will be and what can be done about it. One of the answers is through adaptation. Many of the lessons that are being learned in adaptation are from success stories from the field. This publication contains eleven case studies covering different ecosystems and regions around the world.

Kohima, Sept 29: A German development bank and Nagaland government have signed an agreement to raise adaptive capacity of rural people in the face of climate changes.

The industrialised and rich nations must compensate Bangladesh adequately to help the country cope with the adverse impact of climate change, speakers at a daylong discussion in Rajshahi city said yesterday.

They said the rich nations are solely responsible for the alarming situation created by the climate change, posing formidable threats to the country's weather, agriculture, irrigation, navi

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