Africa: Can Rio+20 Create a Climate of Change for Poor Communities?
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[AlertNet] Climate change is often described in numbers - degrees of temperature rise, metric tonnes of carbon emissions. These numbers add up to devastating consequences: erratic rainfall, crop failure, hunger. But climate change also has a human face.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Africa: Rio+20 - Global Community Strives for Sustainable Development
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[SANF] The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil provides an opportunity for the global community to renew its commitment to promote sustainable development and address new and emerging challenges such as climate change.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Africa: Britain Must Play Honest Broker At Rio +20
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[Christian Aid] Britain should play the role of honest broker at the Rio+20 this week, to help ensure the conference delivers progress on the twin crises of extreme poverty and environmental degradation, Christian Aid urges.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Zambia: Rio Conference - Rethinking Environment Protection
AllAfrica.com | 15 Jun 2012
[Times of Zambia] "HOW can we meet the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs?" This is a million dollar question which begs for an answer.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development | Climate Change Impacts

Synthesis of information received from a global survey on REDD+ financing and implementing arrangeme...
feedproxy.google.com | 15 Jun 2012
This paper presents a synthesis of results from a survey on countries and international bodies on their current REDD+ financing and implementing arrangements. ...
 Climate Change and Development

Climate Change in the tropical Andes - Impacts and consequences for glaciation and water resources P...
feedproxy.google.com | 15 Jun 2012
This report (second part of three) is intended to give a state-of-the-art overview of past and current monitoring and research activities by the Universities ...
 Climate Change and Development

Assessment of the most important environmental goals and objectives
feedproxy.google.com | 15 Jun 2012
The fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) analyses the state, trends, outlook and responses to environmental change. It assesses progress towards meeting ...

Assessment of the most important environmental goals and objectives
feedproxy.google.com | 15 Jun 2012
The fifth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-5) analyses the state, trends, outlook and responses to environmental change. It assesses progress towards meeting ...
 Climate Change Adaptation

Summit is too important to fail, says Ban ki-Moon
Guardian Unlimited | 15 Jun 2012
The UN secretary general said the international community was in danger of squandering a once-in-a-generation opportunityThe global sustainable development summit that begins next week in Rio is "too important to fail", the UN secretary general, Ban ki-Moon has said.In a desperate last-minute plea...

Science can do more for sustainable development
SCIDEV.NET | 15 Jun 2012
The message from Rio+20 is for practical action to deliver existing targets. Scientists must identify and overcome barriers to change.
 Climate Change | Climate Change and Development