May 17, 2012
- This case study uses the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework developed by the African Climate Change Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) to compare how REDD+ strategy options may impact LAC in Ghana. It analyses not only how REDD+ may affect the provision of assets necessary for adapting to climate change, but also the role of REDD+ in building processes and functions that develop the adaptive capacity of people at the local level.
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- This case study examines how REDD+ and adaptation policies are currently aligned in Nepal’s national policy, before assessing whether planning for REDD+, outlined in the Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP), is likely to contribute to adaptive capacity at the local level....
- 'It’s not presently possible to say with confidence how much funding has been disbursed or where it’s going... consistent fast-start finance reports that provide detailed lists of projects and programs supported are needed'
Ian Milborrow, a climate change specialist in PwC's US Sustainable Business Solutions, reports from Washington DC on the US perspective.
In a wide ranging interview with Rolling Stone magazine recently, President Obama referred to what Andrew Revkin of The New York Times has coined the "c-word", namely a reference to climate change and a term that has been absent from the President's vocabulary for quite some time. In discussing the...
May 16, 2012
- Archipelago leaders say they have more in common with small island states than mainland Tanzania in facing climate threats
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Confronting scarcity in natural resources requires careful management of the water, energy and land policies (the WEL nexus), according to the latest ...- The third edition of the European Report on Development focuses on water, energy and land. It examines the constraints on each, the interrelationships between them and then considers how they can be managed together to promote growth in developing countries that is both socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable....
May 15, 2012
- Farmers living in deforested and degraded land in Uganda have begun earning carbon credit payments by planting indigenous trees. The payments are made by companies in Europe and America who want to reduce their environmental impact by compensating for their carbon dioxide emissions. Local NGO, Ecotrust Uganda, provides technical support to the farmers, and calculates the payments they are entitled to – according to how much carbon is stored in the trees over their life span. Pauline...
- In Malawi, climate change has been marked by less reliable rainfall patterns, higher temperatures and more extreme events like floods and droughts. The Malawi Lake Basin Programme is helping farmers to cope by use of sustainable land management practices, which help to retain more water in the soil, as well as by encouraging farmers to plant drought-resistant crops. Meanwhile, the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services is working to provide up-to-date weather forecasts that...
- In June 2011, a new information service for farmers was launched in Kenya. Called iCow, the service works by sending information in the form of SMS messages to mobile phones. Types of information the system can send include: prompts for dairy farmers, to ensure they are correctly managing their cattle during pregnancy; information on veterinary and insemination services in the farmer’s local area; and market information to enable trade of livestock and livestock products between users of...