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Bangladesh: Could world's 'adaptation capital' be slow adapting?
2013-09-20 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: I am quite excited about the BBC's new Climate Asia Data Portal for two reasons. First, it focuses on common people's perceptions of climate change. These perceptions may differ from formal sources or databases. These may be shaped by an individual's beliefs, education or media exposure. But such perceptions indeed matter in communication. Second, the Bangladesh Report available on this portal quoted my country as "the adaptation capital of the world' -- one of the first mentions in a formal...
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Building Resilient Food Systems, Adaptation to Climate Change
2013-08-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
KENYA - Ecosystem-based adaptation approaches should be mainstreamed and up-scaled to build resilient food systems and adapt to climate change in Africa. This was the declaration made by participants to the 1st Africa Food Security and Adaptation Conference held on 20-21 August 2013 in the UN offices in Nairobi, Kenya.
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systems
food
building
US government pledges US$9.7 million for Maldives climate change adaptation, election preparations
2013-07-09 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Minivan: The United States government has pledged US$9.7 million (MVR 149 million) to the Maldives as technical assistance for climate change adaptation and election preparations. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two nations was signed yesterday afternoon (July 7) by the Maldives Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador-at-large Abdul Azeez Yoosuf and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Acting Mission Director Todd Sorenson. The United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and...
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Least Developed Countries climate adaptation fund gets $200m boost
2013-06-25 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Belgium, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the USA have pledged nearly $200 million in climate adaptation investment to the worlds poorest countries. Contributions will be channelled through the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund (LDCF/SCCF), which are managed by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). According to the GEF this takes total international commitments for investment in climate change adaptation programs in some of the worlds most vulnerable regions...
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countries
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Climate adaptation goes mobile in Brazil
2013-06-24 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network.: Over the last few years, violent storms, leading to flooding and mudslides, have become more frequent in Brazil. In 2011, violent rainstorms wreaked havoc in and around Rio. Houses built on steep hillsides were swept away by devastating mudslides. An entire shantytown built on top of a former rubbish dump in Niteroi collapsed, killing over 50 inhabitants. In Novo Friburgo, a mountainous town settled by 265 Swiss families in 1820, and the surrounding region, over 1000 people died in January...
Tags: mobile
brazil
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