This report highlights the important role of the federal government in reducing the vulnerability and strengthening the resiliency of economy and natural resources in the face of these changes.

This report is part of a larger World Bank effort that seeks to provide analytical and strategic assistance to Bank staff and utilities in client countries as they begin to consider the implications of climate change on water resources.

Software-to-soap maker Wipro Ltd plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint by half in the next five years. The Bangalore-based company with significant interests in IT, would reduce GHG intensity to 2.5 tonnes per employee by 2015, according to the company

Glaciers in the high heart of Asia feed its greatest rivers, lifelines for two billion people. Now the ice and snow are diminishing.

The objective of this study is to review the evidence from the economics of climate change
literature to assess to what extent developing countries can move towards low or lower carbon
patterns of growth, without compromising economic growth.

Climate change has received unprecedented attention of the world leaders and media as well as activists, industrialists and ordinary citizens. The scientific community and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in particular have been pleading for action to halt global warming and the resulting climate change.

This note outlines a scheme for mobilizing financing to help developing countries confront the challenges posed by climate change. The idea is to create a

Simon Tisdall

The Sami people have an ethical relationship with nature

They had shown notable ability to adapt to changing climate conditions

Governments still resist the idea that Arctic indigenous peoples have something unique to contribute
As global warming and habitat degradation accelerate, people indigenous to the Arctic circle say they have much to teach the world.

The Indian Institutes of Technology at Delhi and Chennai, in association with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organise a National Research Conference on Climate Change.

Sea level rise and migration as adaptation: a paper presented by Sujatha Byravan at National climate research conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.

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