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EPA Seeks Reactions to Draft Climate Adaptation Plan
2013-02-08 21:09:38| ENR.com: Headline News
EPA's framework looks at potential vulnerabilities within the agency's mission areas as a result of climate change.
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Mali conflict with Islamists halts climate adaptation projects
2013-02-01 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Escalating conflict with Islamic militants in Mali is leading to the suspension of development and aid programmes in the country, threatening efforts to deal with climate change, hunger and other problems, aid and development workers say. In the central city of Segou, Demba Cisse, a representative of the aid group Afrique Verte, said the conflict had forced the group to halt a project designed to improve farmers' cereal crop yields. The France-based group helps Malian farmers use new seeds...
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Pakistan: Efforts on to improve climate change adaptation
2013-01-30 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Nation: Director NDMA Brig Sajid Naeem has said that the government is working to improve climate change adaptation in the country to ensure that the risks faced by millions of poor and vulnerable communities across Pakistan are reduced, said press release issued here on Tuesday. Addressing a seminar 'Building Resilience in the Indus Basin', organized by 'Save the Children' here, Brig Sajid said that Pakistan remains vulnerable to climate change and this vulnerability is likely to increase in the coming...
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Colombia: Controversy Brews Over Climate Change Adaptation Project
2013-01-25 07:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: An ambitious programme of infrastructure works to overcome the risks of climate change in Cartagena de Indias, a city on the Caribbean coast in northern Colombia, has generated controversy, with authorities predicting benefits while parts of the affected population voice criticisms. Plans for adapting to climate change in Cartagena were first outlined back in 2004, and continue to advance in spite of the voices raised in protest. While the authorities applaud the plans, many local people have...
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India: Climate Change Adaptation in Rural India: A Green Infrastructure Approach
2013-01-24 18:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Water is a scarce resource in India, especially in the state of Maharashtra, where most rainfall is limited to the monsoon season from June through September. The Government of India has long promoted a Participatory Watershed Development (PWD) approach to deal with this scarcity, focusing on technical and social interventions to restore barren landscapes, boost agricultural production, and improve livelihoods. The PWD approach is now facing a major challenge: climate change. Over the past dozen...
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