COP16: Dialogs for Water & Climate Change in Cancun
30/11/10 09:14
Please accept an invitation to take part in the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change (D4WCC) on the occasion of the COP 16, a series of events organized between December 1st and 6th by a group of partners, led by the National Water Commission of Mexico (CONAGUA), and including specific segments organized by the Mexican Federal Government, the World Bank, UN Water, IDB, and other partners. You will find more information on the events on www.d4wcc.org.mx.
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COP16: Water & Climate Coalition events
29/11/10 12:48
Welcome to the Water and Climate Coalition’s Events at COP-16, Cancun
Coalition session as part of CONAGUA Dialogues on Water and Climate Change
Time: Friday 3rd December, 2.15pm
Place: Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach Hotel
This session, hosted by the Water and Climate Coalition, will make concrete proposals on how the issues raised and addressed in the CONAGUA Water and Climate Dialogues can be translated into political commitments under the UNFCCC. Speakers include:
• Hannah Stoddart/Karin Lexen – Water and Climate Coalition Secretariat
• Hugo Von Meijenfelt, Climate Envoy, Netherlands
• Adrián Fernández, Mexico’s National Ecological Institute
• South Africa Delegation Representative (tbc)
• Civil Society representative (Progressio)
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Guest blog: Extreme Amazon drought: fingerprints of climate change?
24/11/10 13:04
By Nick Sundt, WWF-US
The Amazon region is experiencing the third extreme drought in a dozen years -- and it may turn out to be the worst on record. The droughts coupled with recent research findings, suggest that rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will rapidly increase the frequency and severity of droughts in the region. The implications for people, biodiversity and climate are ominous.
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The Amazon region is experiencing the third extreme drought in a dozen years -- and it may turn out to be the worst on record. The droughts coupled with recent research findings, suggest that rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases will rapidly increase the frequency and severity of droughts in the region. The implications for people, biodiversity and climate are ominous.
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COP16 and Global Adaptation Policy: Feliz Navidad for Opportunties in 2010?
09/11/10 19:22
The global climate change policy landscape is littered with acronyms and insider language that’s not friendly to newcomers. Additionality, technology transfer, COPs, REDD versus REDD+ (and REDD++)… the terminology is messy and has a steep learning curve that often obscures the actual issues at stake. But these issues are quite important to understand for interested citizens. Here, I’d like to focus on an upcoming opportunity around the international climate change policy meetings scheduled for December in Mexico. This is a long entry, but the issues are complex and non-intuitive. I beg for patience. For those new to climate change policies at a global level, I have provided a simple background paragraph to frame some of the necessary terms.
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Webinar: Changing climate, hydrology of the Tibetan plateau
08/11/10 13:41
Please join the Environmental Change and Security Program for a
discussion of Changing Glaciers and Hydrology in Asia:
Developing a Blueprint for Addressing Glacier Melt in the Region
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discussion of Changing Glaciers and Hydrology in Asia:
Developing a Blueprint for Addressing Glacier Melt in the Region
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BioFresh network: climate change and biodiversity
08/11/10 09:12
Climate Change Impact on Freshwater Biodiversity: The BioFresh Network
BioFresh is an EU-funded international project that aims to build a global information platform for scientists and ecosystem managers with access to all available databases describing the distribution, status and trends of global freshwater biodiversity. BioFresh integrates the freshwater biodiversity competencies and expertise of 19 research institutions. Read More...
BioFresh is an EU-funded international project that aims to build a global information platform for scientists and ecosystem managers with access to all available databases describing the distribution, status and trends of global freshwater biodiversity. BioFresh integrates the freshwater biodiversity competencies and expertise of 19 research institutions. Read More...
Communicating adaptation: The triumph of personal hope?
05/11/10 13:23
Several times on this blog, I’ve provided anecdotes on the tensions around communicating climate change to diverse audiences, especially about how to prepare our families, communities, and societies for additional climate change impacts. Often, the conflicts around messaging are about how to communicate hope for immediate action to create a more positive future relative to trying to frighten people with negative futures into “acting right.”
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An invitation: A dialog on Water and Climate Change in Cancun
05/11/10 13:09
Please find attached an invitation to take part in the Dialogs for Water and Climate Change (D4WCC) on the occasion of the COP 16, a series of events organized between December 1st and 6th by a group of partners, led by the National Water Commission of Mexico, and including specific segments organized by the Mexican Federal Government, the World Bank, UN Water, IDB and other partners. You will find more information on the events on www.d4wcc.org.mx.
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Call for Colleagues: Mongolian ice-sheets
03/11/10 13:08
Dear Colleagues,
We are based in Mongolia and would like to share with you some novel research we are undertaking.
We are investigating ice shields that form in winter, and are called naleds (Russian) = aufeis (German) = taryn (Yakutian) = icing (English). We have detected thousands in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, around Beijing, Tibet and across parts of Central Asia. Many are far from permafrost and are even found in scorching hot deserts provided the winters are severe enough to freeze water easily.
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We are based in Mongolia and would like to share with you some novel research we are undertaking.
We are investigating ice shields that form in winter, and are called naleds (Russian) = aufeis (German) = taryn (Yakutian) = icing (English). We have detected thousands in Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, around Beijing, Tibet and across parts of Central Asia. Many are far from permafrost and are even found in scorching hot deserts provided the winters are severe enough to freeze water easily.
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