Climate Change

The local business case for climate action: a practical framework for climate action in cities

Drawing on CDKN’s experience of working with a wide range of cities, this working paper by Zoe Green, Lizzy Fitzgerald and Connie Norton of PwC identifies five levers of effective climate action in cities that climate change practitioners should be aware of, and where appropriate, build into their project approach to support more effective clima

Publication Date: 
23/08/2017
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Urbanisation, India, Global, Communication, Finance, Governance, Climate Adaptation
Wildlife

New study: Bird species blossom in stable climates

A team of scientists from Sweden and the United States found that more bird species inhabit stable climates.

Publication Date: 
18/08/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Wildlife, Birds, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation
Climate Change

Climate change costs India $10 billion every year: Government

NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events are costing India $9-10 billion annually and climate change is projected to impact agricultural productivity with increasing severity from 2020 to the end of the c

Publication Date: 
18/08/2017
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, Climate Impacts, India, Climate Adaptation, Oilseeds, Rice, Agriculture, Indian Council Of Agricultural Research (ICAR)
Climate Change

Prabhu, Goyal and Pradhan to address Third Business and Climate Summit 2017

Three union ministers -- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal and Minister of State (Independent C

Publication Date: 
17/08/2017
Daily News Analysis (Delhi)
Tags:
Climate Change, UNFCCC, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Innovation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Global
Climate Change

Inspiring climate action in African cities: options for resilient pathways

This working paper highlights adaptation projects that have taken place in Africa and the Sustainable Development Goals that these efforts address. These 17 case studies offer insights into creative ways that urban and peri-urban areas have found to address complex social, economic, and health issues that are surfacing with climate change.

Publication Date: 
15/08/2017
Stockholm Environment Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Urbanisation, Africa, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Climate Change

Mainstreaming climate compatible development

CDKN’s flagship book, Mainstreaming Climate Compatible Development, draws from the alliance’s seven year experience of supporting climate compatible development in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Publication Date: 
14/08/2017
Bickersteth, S., M. Dupar, C. Espinosa, A. Huhtala, S. Maxwell, M. J. Pacha, A. T. Sheikh, C. Wesselink
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Climate Mitigation, Low Carbon Economy, Asia, Africa, South Africa, Caribbean, Poverty, Finance
Water Resources

Measuring the changing pulse of rivers

River flood risks are expected to rise as climate change intensifies the global hydrological cycle and more people live in floodplains. Changing risk may be revealed by trends in flood frequency, magnitude, or seasonality, as well as by shifts in the mechanisms that generate inundations. However, detection and attribution of climate signals in flood records is often hampered by brief, incomplete, or poor-quality flood data. Additionally, it can be difficult to disentangle the effects of changing climate, land cover, channel morphology, and human activities.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2017
Louise J. Slater, Robert L. Wilby
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Rivers, Hydrology, Floods, Climate Impacts, Europe, Climate Adaptation
Climate Change

Namibia: Climate Change Projects Lined Up

The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia will this month launch two projects aimed at enhancing rural agriculture and community-based natural resources management resilience to climate change.

Publication Date: 
09/08/2017
All Africa
Tags:
Climate Change, Namibia, Agriculture, Climate Adaptation, Farmers, Food Security, Africa
Climate Change

US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal

Staff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference “weather extremes” instead.

Publication Date: 
08/08/2017
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Climate Change, United States Of America (US), Climate Adaptation, Extreme Weather Events
Climate Change

Australia's shortage of climate scientists puts country at serious risk, report find

Australia has a critical shortage of climate scientists, leaving it at serious risk of not delivering essential climate and weather services to groups like farmers, coastal communities and internat

Publication Date: 
03/08/2017
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Climate Change, Scientists, Australia, Climate Mitigation, Climate Adaptation

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