Climate Change

Customized community-based microinsurance for climate-related risks

Customized community-based microinsurance for climate-related risks - a presentation by David M Dror at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

David M Dror
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Climate Change, Insurance, Climate Impacts, Developing Countries, Poverty, Global Warming, Extreme Weather Events, Floods, Bihar, Information, Ahmadnagar (D), Maharashtra, Vaishali, Climate Adaptation
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Monsoons, cyclones & extreme events – Role of oceans

Monsoons, cyclones & extreme events – Role of oceans - a presentation by M. R. Ramesh Kumar at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

M. R. Ramesh Kumar
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Monsoons, Cyclones, Extreme Weather Events, CSE, Oceans and Seas, GreenHouse Gases, Global Warming, Air Pollution, Climate Impacts, El Nino, Mumbai, Orissa (Odisha), Arabian Sea
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Extreme weather events ‐ Rainfall

Extreme weather events ‐ Rainfall - a presentation by R. Krishnan at CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

R. Krishnan
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Extreme Weather Events, Rainfall, Climate Change, South Asia, CSE, Monsoons, El Nino, India, Rainfall Pattern, Weather Predictions, Floods, Brahmaputra, Barak
Climate Change

The science of climate change and IPCC

The presentation by Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director-General, CSE at "CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013" being held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

Chandra Bhushan
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Climate Change, Climate Science, CSE, IPCC, Climate Impacts, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Green House Gases, Climate Adaptation, United States Of America (US), Climate Agreements, Global Warming, Climate Mitigation, Sea Level Rise, Rainfall Pattern, Extreme Weather Events
Climate Change

Climate Change - Facts and politics

South Asia is extremely vulnerable, it needs to act urgently to negotiate the climate deal said Sunita Narain, Director General, CSE in this presentation at the CSE Annual South Asian Media Briefing Workshop on Climate Change, 2013 being held in New Delhi from September 18-19, 2013.

Sunita Narain
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Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Poverty, India, South Asia, CSE, Sunita Narain, Extreme Weather Events, Green House Gases, Carbon Sinks, Methane, Carbon Dioxide, Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx), Emission Targets, Economy, Climate Agreements, Developing Countries, United States Of America (US), Climate Mitigation, Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels, Subsidies, Climate Adaptation
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Case for climate change is overwhelming, say scientists

Eleven days before the IPCC publishes its latest report, a group of eminent scientists says there is massive evidence of human responsibility

Publication Date: 
17/09/2013
Guardian (UK)
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Climate Change, IPCC, Global Warming, Fossil Fuels, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Green House Gases, Floods, Pakistan, Glacial Melt
Climate Change

Weather sensitivity of rice yield: evidence from India

This study estimates the weather sensitivity of rice yield in India, using disaggregated (district) level information on rice and high resolution daily weather data over the period 1969-2007.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Anubhab Pattanayak, K. S. Kavi Kumar
Madras School of Economics
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Rice, India, Poverty, Food Security, Extreme Weather Events, Agriculture
Climate Change

Climate justice: equity and justice informing a new climate agreement

This paper explores the role of equity in the climate negotiations.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Edward Cameron, Tara Shine, Wendi Bevins
World Resources Institute
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Climate Agreements, Climate Equity, Climate Change, UNFCCC, India, Developing Countries, Climate Impacts, Ecosystem Services, Extreme Weather Events
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Growing disruption: climate change, food, and the fight against hunger

This briefing paper explores how the failure to tackle climate change threatens all aspects of food security – availability, access, utilisation, and stability. The changing climate is already jeopardising gains in the fight against hunger, and it looks set to worsen. It threatens the production and distribution of food.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Oxfam
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Climate Change, Food Security, Malnutrition, India, Global, Food Prices, Agriculture, Extreme Weather Events, Food Safety, Health Effects
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How the people of Nepal live with climate change and what communication can do

This report explores how people live and deal with change in order to understand their communication needs and help them respond to changes in climate.

Publication Date: 
01/09/2013
Anna Colom, Sabina Pradhan
Climate Asia
Tags:
Climate Change, Nepal, South Asia, Climate Impacts, Extreme Weather Events, Environment, Communication, Climate Adaptation

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