This publication addresses climate change and disaster management issues in South Asia, and more particularly in India.

Read this survey report on climate change vulnerabilities, aquaculture practices & coping measures in Sagar and Basanti blocks of Indian Sundarban.

Published by the UN University (UNU) Traditional Knowledge Initiative and the UNESCO, the book "Weathering Uncertainty: traditional knowledge for climate change assessment and adaptation" was launched at the International Council for Science's Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development, held in parallel to the UN Con

The current security paradigm adopted by most governments and their defence forces is based on the premise that insecurity can be controlled through military force or containment, thus maintaining the status quo.

Killer heat fueled by climate change could cause an additional 150,000 deaths this century in the biggest U.S.

Reluctance to raise ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions due to economic constraints is threatening progress towards limiting global warming, delegates at United Nations' climate talks in Germ

The number of extreme rainstorms - deluges that dump 3 inches or more in a day - doubled in the U.S.

Rising carbon dioxide emissions will cause a global average temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius by 2052 and a 2.8 degree rise by 2080, as governments and markets are unlikely to do enough against

EU nations have yet to come up with a plan on how to fill a multi-billion euro fund to help tackle climate change, even as the region's executive body hosts talks with countries likely to bear the

Some of the main proposals in a draft text for negotiation at a U.N.

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