Islands

Africa shows the way, forces rich nations to discuss money India, China join walkout before talks resume

Africa shows the way, forces rich nations to discuss money
India, China Join Walkout Before Talks Resume
Nitin Sethi | TNN

Publication Date:

15/12/2009

Author(s): Nitin SethI

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Economy, Climate Agreements, Africa, China, India

Climate Change

Denmark-bound, Wen, Manmohan exchange notes

Amidst talks of divisions in the G-77, the group of developing countries, over demands from the small island nations, India and China today closed ranks and held telephonic consultations with each other to press ahead with a joint strategy for a successful outcome from the Copenhagen climate change conference.

Publication Date:

11/12/2009

Author(s): Amitabh Sinha

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Kyoto Protocol, Denmark, India, Global

Climate Change

A tiny island sets off troubling ripples for India

For the second consecutive day on Thursday, small island nations occupied centrestage at the climate negotiations pressing ahead with their demand for more ambitious emission cuts, even though their formal grouping

Publication Date:

11/12/2009

Author(s): Amitabh Sinha

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Green House Gases, India, Developing Countries

Climate Change

Ethics and methods in research for community- based adaptation: reflections from rural Vanuatu

In this article the author critically reflect on participatory processes in vulnerability research in the context of community-based adaptation to climate change (CBA). CBA is an emerging form of bottom-up adaptation to

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Author(s): Olivia Warrick

Source: Participatory Learning and Action

Vol:

60

Issue:

1

pp:

76

Tags:

Soil Erosion, Islands, Climate Change, Cyclones, Climate Adaptation, Disaster Management, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Vanuatu

Climate Change

Combining different knowledges: community-based climate change adaptation in small island developing state

This paper describes a community-based framework for combining different types of knowledge to address climate change. It builds on earlier work by Mercer to develop and pilot a framework for addressing disaster risk reduction in Small Island Developing States (SIDS). The 52 SIDS face similar sustainability challenges, including exceptional vulnerability to climate change.

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Author(s): Ilan Kelman, Jessica Mercer, Jennifer J. West

Source: Participatory Learning and Action

Vol:

60

Issue:

1

pp:

41

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Floods, Climate Adaptation, Disaster Management, Traditional Knowledge, Public Participation, Papua New Guinea, Developing Countries, Rainfall

Climate Change

1.5 to stay alive

This four minute video highlights the human face of climate change negotiations and shows why climate change is not only a sustainable development issue, but an issue of survival to Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
Click here to watch this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1jVA8qH_O8

Publication Date:

01/12/2009

Source: Small Island Developing States (AOSIS)

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise

Climate Change

No place like home: where next for climate refugees?

Climate change is without doubt one of the foremost and most profound threats to environmental security and basic human rights, and its effects are already being observed across the globe. For human populations, the impacts are considerable, with an estimated 325 million people adversely affected, and 300,000 deaths each year.

Publication Date:

01/11/2009

Source: Environmental Justice Foundation

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Climate Refugees, Cyclones, Storms, Human Rights, Asia, Global

Natural Disasters

Indonesia toll rises, aid begins to trickle in

Rescuers pulled two women alive from their collapsed college, nearly two days after a powerful earthquake devastated western Indonesia, as cries for help from a flattened hotel spurred the frantic search for more survivors on Friday.

One of the survivors high-fived her rescuers as they carried her to safety.

Publication Date:

03/10/2009

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Islands, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Aid, Indonesia

Climate Change

Island states demand 95 per cent emission cuts

The rich countries need to cut greenhouse gas emissions 95 per cent by 2050, 40 per cent by 2020. So says the Alliance Of Small Island States (AOSIS), which recently joined forces with the Group Of Least Developed Countries (G-LDCs) in demands for further commitment under the Climate Convention and Kyoto Protocol.

Publication Date:

01/10/2009

Author(s): Fredrik Lundberg

Source: Acid News

Vol:

0

Issue:

3

pp:

0

Tags:

Islands, Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Emission Targets, Climate Mitigation