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France and India pledge to cooperate at UN climate talks
2014-07-08 15:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: France and India will work closely together on a proposed UN climate deal, according to French foreign minister Laurent Fabius. Speaking after a meeting with new Indian prime minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, Fabius said they had explored ways of deepening cooperation ahead of the 2015 Paris summit. We discussed climate change and have been positively impressed by the approach of prime minister Modi and his ministers, he said. And we have decided to prepare for the Paris conference...
Fourth year of drought hits Djibouti: U.N
2014-06-12 19:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Djibouti is suffering from a fourth straight year of drought, which has driven a huge exodus of people from rural areas to the capital and caused a surge in disease and malnutrition, the top U.N. official there said on Thursday. Robert Watkins, U.N. resident coordinator in Djibouti, was meeting officials from donor countries to seek funds for a U.N. appeal of $74 million for Djibouti this year, launched in May. The United Nations has received $9.5 million from donors so far. "The biggest issue...
Global Warming Alert: Soaring Temperatures Threatens Coral Reefs - UN
2014-06-07 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: A U.N. report released on Thursday said the continuing rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system is posing irreversible damages to the coral reefs in the world's smaller islands. The study by the United Nations' Environment Programme (UNEP) said coral reefs found along the Indian Ocean to the Caribbean are at risk of the warming waters which kill the tiny animals that form corals with their stony skeletons. Of all the ecosystems on Earth, the "corals .. are probably the...
Half of world's forest species at risk: UN
2014-06-03 09:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: ROME: Half of the world's forest species are at risk from climate change and farming, the United Nations warned on Tuesday, as it called for "urgent action" to manage them better. In its first global study of forest genetic resources, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) said woodland was shrinking fastest in Brazil, Indonesia and Nigeria. "Forests provide food, goods and services, which are essential to the survival and well-being of all humanity," the FAO's forestry director Eduardo...
African climate adaptation projects starved of cash, says UN chief
2014-05-18 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Vital climate adaptation projects in Africa are losing out to more lucrative energy investments in China and India, the head of the UNs land degradation agency has warned. Monique Barbut, Executive Secretary of the UNCCD, says millions of lives will be at risk unless countries take the threat of soil erosion and desertification more seriously. In an interview with RTCC, she called on the board members of the UN-backed Green Climate Fund, which meets this week in South Korea, to ensure adequate...
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