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Climate Vulnerability Monitor Video 
The Climate Vulnerability Monitor is a new tool built to assess the vulnerability of our world to the many effects of climate change as communities virtually everywhere are facing them – each in radically different ways. Read the executive summary or the [...] Read more...
Did we learn from Katrina?
Hurricane Irene and now Tropical Storm Lee remind us that the lessons of Hurricane Katrina have not been learned. Crucially, we have not learned to respect the precautionary principle. Read more...
Did we learn from Hurricane Katrina?
Hurricane Irene and now Tropical Storm Lee remind us that the lessons of Hurricane Katrina have not been learned. Crucially, we have not learned to respect the precautionary principle. Read more...
The Climate Vulnerable Forum 2011: 14-15 October 2011, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The 2011 Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) Ministerial Meeting will be held 14-15 October in Dhaka, Bangladesh, supported by DARA. The CVF is a group of governments from Africa, Asia, and the Pacific, representing some of the countries most vulnerable to the adverse [...] Read more...
NEW EXECUTIVE SUMMARY for the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010
Why climate change is responsible for claiming over 300,000 lives each year Why virtually every country is vulnerable to climate change, with over 50 countries acutely at risk Cost-effective measures exist for dealing with every major climate [...] Read more...
Podcast: Climate change and the human impact of desertification 
Desertification affects approximately 2.5 million people today, with this figure expected to reach 10 million by 2030. Tune in to DARA’s latest podcast on climate change driven desertification, based on the findings of our 2010 Climate Vulnerability Monitor. Read more...
Podcast: Climate change and gender
Gender inequality, multi-dimensional poverty and vulnerability are all strongly linked to climate change. Tune in to DARA’s latest podcast on climate change and gender based on the findings of our 2010 Climate Vulnerability Monitor. Read more...
Podcast: The impact of climate change on agriculture
An estimated 925 million people suffer from world hunger. Scientists agree that climate change is a major contributing factor to the current spike in food prices. Increasing temperatures, weather disasters, and dwindling water and energy resources serve [...] Read more...
December 2010: Time to level on the risks of climate change
We can all be happy that some progress was made inside the conference rooms at the main UN climate meeting this month at Cancun. Read more...
El Universal: Climate change – time is flying (Spanish)
The climate crisis is now seriously jeopardizing the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals for 2015. An article by José María Figueres, member of DARA’s advisory panel and former president of Costa Rica. Source: El Universal El acuerdo alcanzado [...] Read more...