Climate Change

Aligning energy development and climate objectives in Nationally Determined Contributions

The effectiveness of national energy policy will be decisive for achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Publication Date: 
23/01/2018
Andrew Scott, Leah Worrall, Sejal Patel
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Energy, Climate Change, Ethiopia, Peru, Bangladesh, Ghana, Emission Targets, Carbon Intensity
Environment

Protect the Amazon from big business and greed, Pope Francis urges

Pope Francis issued a ringing defence of the people and the environment of the Amazon on Friday, saying big business and “consumerist greed” could not be allowed to destroy a natural habitat vital

Publication Date: 
22/01/2018
Reuters
Tags:
Environment, Amazon, Forests, Ecosystems, Peru, Climate Change, Land, Tribals, Deforestation
Agriculture

The little we know: An exploratory literature review on the utility of mobile phone-enabled services for smallholder farmers

Mobile technologies could help to improve service delivery to smallholder farmers, but whether such services are fulfilling their potential remains poorly understood. To address this gap, this article presents an exploratory literature review regarding the impact of mobile phone-enabled services on farmers in developing countries. The review highlights a dearth of empirical evidence in this area. Findings suggest that farmers benefited through improvements in production planning, management of weather-related risks, and greater ease in receiving money.

Publication Date: 
01/01/2018
Heike Baumuller
Journal of International Development
30
1
134-154
Tags:
Agriculture, Mobile Phone, Farmers, Telecommunication, Information, India, Bangaldesh, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Peru, Uganda, Weather Predictions
Agriculture

Crop ecology, cultivation and uses of cactus pear

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges the world must meet today and in the future. Prolonged droughts and desertification are among the issues faced by many countries, especially in Africa and Asia, where the rural poor and smallholders are most heavily affected.

Publication Date: 
30/11/2017
P. Inglese, C. Mondragon, C Nefzaoui & et al
FAO
Tags:
Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Climate Change, Wasteland Development, Fodder, Livestock, India, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico, South Africa, Brazil, Nutrition, Medicinal Plants
Forests

Peru: Illegal mining devastates forests in Amazonas Region

In the past five years, a group of miners from the Amazonas Region and Madre de Dios have destroyed about 20 hectares of forest, not including the constant contamination from the Pastacillo stream,

Publication Date: 
29/11/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Mining, Illegal Trade, Peru, Forests, Deforestation, Amazon
Forests

Amazonian locals key to saving 'lungs of the planet' says study

- Locals are more effective than governments in protecting the world's largest rainforest, a study said on Tuesday, amid efforts to crackdown on soaring illegal deforestation.

Publication Date: 
13/09/2017
Thompson Reuters Foundation (TRUST)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Management, Forest Conservation, Amazon, Brazil, Peru, Deforestation, FAO
Land

Six farmers shot dead over land rights battle in Peru

Six farmers have been shot dead by a criminal gang who wanted to seize their farms to muscle in on the lucrative palm oil trade, according to indigenous Amazon leaders in Peru.

Publication Date: 
07/09/2017
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Land, Farmers, Conflicts, Peru, Environment, Palm Oil, Forests, Deforestation
Forests

Deforestation from gold mining in Peru continues, despite gov’t crackdowns

A team of scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science found that, between 1999 and 2016, gold mining expansion cost the region 4,437 hectares (10,964 acres) of forest loss per year.

Publication Date: 
23/08/2017
Mongabay
Tags:
Forests, Deforestation, Mining, Peru, Gold, Ecology
Climate Change

10 propositions for success: integrating international climate change commitments into national development planning

A new report examines how to support the successful integration of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) into national development planning. The adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 signalled a major transition in the international climate change governance regime.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2017
Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN)
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Climate Mitigation, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Peru, UNFCCC
Climate Change

Facilitating REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru

The project "Facilitating REDD+ benefit sharing in Peru" (2013-2016) aimed to implement early REDD+ actions enabled by appropriate, efficient and equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms that are sufficiently robust to be mainstreamed into long-term national and international REDD+ frameworks.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2017
Karen Podvin, Milagros Sandoval, Cecilia Gutiérrez, Claudio Schneider
IUCN
Tags:
REDD, Benefit Sharing, Peru, Climate Change, Forests, Forest Management

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