International Issues
The Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice: A subsidiary body to the UNFCCC
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:37 AMSome of the issues the SBSTA is currently dealing with are land use, land-use change and forestry, adaptation, mitigation, research, systematic observation and bunker fuels.
Extensive online resource base on the System of Rice Intensification: Homepage on the CIIFAD website
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 10:31 AMThe site has sections detailing the methodology of SRI, its advantages, origins, current status in countries across the world, videos, articles, research papers, extension information, conference outputs, discussion communities, update series, newsletters and more.
See the homepage: Here
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Posted on 29 Aug, 2009 09:58 AMOver a decade ago, most countries joined an international treaty – the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – to begin to consider what can be done to reduce global warming and to cope with whatever temperature increases are inevitable.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: The Berlin Mandate
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 05:43 PMThe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was opened for signature at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) conference known as the Earth Summit.
The Kyoto Protocol: Mandate, mechanisms and revisions
Posted on 28 Aug, 2009 04:57 PMMandated Quantified GHG Emissions Reduction
Global best practices in the urban water sector
Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 01:02 PMCountries around the world have tried to manage their water resources in a sustainable manner. Click here to know more about the global best practices in the urban water sector.
From erratic rainfall to vector borne diseases: The many effects of changing climate on environment and lifestyle across the globe
Posted on 26 Aug, 2009 12:16 PMGlobal warming induces an increase in global precipitation through the augmentation of evaporation. According to the IPCC, rainfall patterns are likely to be modified with some regions becoming more arid and others experiencing more rainfall.
How changing climate and melting glaciers affects nations across the globe: Spotlight on the Himalayas
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 05:11 PMAs observed by the United Nations Environment Program (GRID-Arendal) ice and snow are major components of the climate system. That is why human induced climate change can be first observed in Polar Regions where most of Earth's snow and ice are concentrated. In these areas global warming induces the progressive melting of ice and snow.
Summary for policymakers: Synthesis of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 03:43 PMAltered frequencies and intensities of extreme weather, together with sea level rise, are expected to have mostly adverse effects on natural and human systems.
The many impacts of climate change - A serious global environmental issue?
Posted on 25 Aug, 2009 03:14 PMThe earth is currently warming rapidly. And this warming is bringing about massive changes. Our glaciers are melting rapidly. The artic ice-shelf is breaking apart into pieces and threatens to modify the salinity of the oceans.