I’m writing a paper on this kind of stuff right now. Reuters: To fairly divide the climate change fight between rich and poor, a new study suggests basing targets for emission cuts on the number of wealthy people, who are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, in a country. Since about half the planet’s climate-warming [...]
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New climate strategy: track the world’s wealthiest
Posted: July 7, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, Mitigation, Reuters, UNFCCC0
New climate strategy: track the world's wealthiest
Posted: July 7, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, Mitigation, Reuters, Uncategorized, UNFCCCI’m writing a paper on this kind of stuff right now. Reuters: To fairly divide the climate change fight between rich and poor, a new study suggests basing targets for emission cuts on the number of wealthy people, who are also the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, in a country. Since about half the planet’s climate-warming [...]
Economist: Migration and climate change – A new (under) class of travellers
Posted: June 29, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, Economist, EnvironmentEconomist: THE airstrip at Lokichoggio, in the scorched wastes of north Kenya, was once ground zero for food aid. During Sudan’s civil war, flights from here kept millions of people alive. The warehouses are quieter now, but NGOs keep a toehold, in case war restarts—and to deal with what pundits call the “permanent emergency” of [...]
Reuters: Climate health costs – bug-borne ills, killer heat
Posted: May 28, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, Environment, ReutersReuters: Tree-munching beetles, malaria-carrying mosquitoes and deer ticks that spread Lyme disease are three living signs that climate change is likely to exact a heavy toll on human health. These pests and others are expanding their ranges in a warming world, which means people who never had to worry about them will have to start. [...]
Yale Environment360: Adaptation Emerges As Key Part Of Any Climate Change Plan
Posted: May 27, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, Environment, Global WarmingAfter years of reluctance, scientists and governments are now looking to adaptation measures as critical for confronting the consequences of climate change. And increasingly, plans are being developed to deal with rising seas, water shortages, spreading diseases, and other realities of a warming world.by Bruce Stutz Adaptation. For many in the climate change community, the [...]
Commission on Climate Change and Development: Closing the Gap – Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries
Posted: May 15, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, International, International DevelopmentJust got out of a panel discussion with the leadership of the Commission on Climate Change and Development about their recent report entitled “Closing the Gap” about adaptation in the developing world. The panel was hosted at the BEAUTIFUL House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront which also houses the Swedish embassy. It was there [...]
Commission on Climate Change and Development: Closing the Gap – Disaster Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries
Posted: May 15, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, International, International DevelopmentJust got out of a panel discussion with the leadership of the Commission on Climate Change and Development about their recent report entitled “Closing the Gap” about adaptation in the developing world. The panel was hosted at the BEAUTIFUL House of Sweden on the Georgetown waterfront which also houses the Swedish embassy. It was there [...]
Report in the Lancet: Climate Change is the Biggest Global Health Threat of the 21st Century
Posted: May 14, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, EnvironmentClimate change poses the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century but its full impact is not being grasped by the healthcare community or policymakers. This report, compiled by a commission of academics from University College London and published in The Lancet, warns that climate change risks huge death tolls caused by disease, [...]
Report in the Lancet: Climate Change is the Biggest Global Health Threat of the 21st Century
Posted: May 14, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Climate Change, EnvironmentClimate change poses the biggest threat to human health in the 21st century but its full impact is not being grasped by the healthcare community or policymakers. This report, compiled by a commission of academics from University College London and published in The Lancet, warns that climate change risks huge death tolls caused by disease, [...]
Economist: Rainfall and GDP – How rainfall can affect economic growth
Posted: April 16, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Economist, Economy, Environment, International Development, Water CrisisDEVELOPING countries are more at risk from climate change because of their dependence on agriculture, especially the subsistence sort with poor irrigation. Climate variability has a more severe impact on the economies in which agriculture is a large share of GDP. In Ethiopia, around 75% of the population are dependent on farming, which is almost [...]
Economist: Rainfall and GDP – How rainfall can affect economic growth
Posted: April 16, 2009 by treylord in Adaptation, Economist, Economy, Environment, International Development, Water CrisisDEVELOPING countries are more at risk from climate change because of their dependence on agriculture, especially the subsistence sort with poor irrigation. Climate variability has a more severe impact on the economies in which agriculture is a large share of GDP. In Ethiopia, around 75% of the population are dependent on farming, which is almost [...]
