Climate-l - climate-l.org - Climate Change Policy & Practice - Daily RSS Feed
General Information:
Latest News:
Farmers Face Challenges Adopting Climate-Smart Approaches 22 Aug 2013 | 10:10 pm
A three year project of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) has released preliminary findings on the constraints that prevent farmers in Malawi, Viet Nam, and Zambia from adopting ag...
Bioversity International and ICAR to Strengthen Collaboration 22 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
In a five year agreement focusing on research collaboration and training through 2016, Bioversity International and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) have agreed to collaborate on bio...
CIF Funding for Efficient Ceiling Fans in India Facing Challenging Market 22 Aug 2013 | 10:02 pm
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) has posted an article outlining funding-access, and consumer willingness to pay, challenges facing a CIF-funded project aiming to introduce super-efficient ceiling f...
Interviews with Incoming and Outgoing Director Generals Outline Future of Bioversity International 22 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
In parallel interviews presented in an edition of International Innovations, Emile Frison, the outgoing Director General of Bioversity International, and Ann Tutwiler, incoming Director General, descr...
CCAFS Workshop Develops Evaluation Methods for Climate-Information Services 22 Aug 2013 | 09:55 pm
To provide assistance to better understand the impacts of agro-meteorological service information on farmer livelihood, a dozen experts gathered in Kaffrine, Senegal, to develop a methodology to evalu...
Secretary-General Reports on Progress towards Poverty Eradication 22 Aug 2013 | 09:55 pm
A new report of the UN Secretary-General examines progress towards poverty eradication worldwide. Drawing links between poverty, hunger, unemployment, inequality and climate change, the report recomme...
In Annual Report, UNSG Proposes Transformative Actions for Post-2015 Agenda 20 Aug 2013 | 09:48 pm
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has submitted his annual report on implementing the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and further steps to advance the UN development agenda beyond 2015. This year's...
CIFOR and AfDB Use Radio to Communicate Forest – Climate Change Links 20 Aug 2013 | 09:44 pm
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced progress on the CIFOR-COBAM radio program, which presents information on the links betwee...
INBO 2013 Adopts Fortaleza Declaration 20 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
The 9th World General Assembly of the International Network of Basin Organizations (INBO) convened from 12-16 August 2013, in Fortaleza, Brazil on the theme “for better river basin management over the...
Adaptation Fund Board Approves Project Proposal in Mali, Invites Comments on Environmental and Social Policy 20 Aug 2013 | 09:35 pm
The Adaptation Fund Board (AFB) has released the report of its 21st meeting, which was held back-to-back with the 12th meetings of the AFB's Project and Programme Review Committee and the Ethics and o...
