Climate
The Daily Star: From Rio to Rio+20: Twenty years of sustainable development
Source: The Daily Star By Saleemul Huq The Rio+20 Summit was just held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to mark twenty years since the first Earth Summit, also held in the same city in June 1992. Having attended the first summit twenty years ago as well as the [...] Read more...
Sun Star: Central Luzon no. 2 in dengue cases
Source: Sun Star MABALACAT -- Central Luzon is next to National Capital Region in the number of dengue cases, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The DOH said there have been 32,193 cases of dengue infection documented between January and June [...] Read more...
CDKN: Climate Vulnerable Forum takes action
Source: CDKN By Ari Huhtala, Director of Policy and Programmes, CDKN The Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), established two years ago, is finding a place and voice in the international community as a convenor of countries that share one common threat [...] Read more...
Sierra Express Media: Africa- Thinking Geoengineering
Source: Sierra Express Media By: David Stephen The Climate Vulnerable Forum has a number of sidelines events in the ongoing UN Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20, in Brazil, todiscuss their position and expectation from the conference. The [...] Read more...
Daily Sun: Dhaka urges global leaders to help countries affected by climate change
Source: Daily Sun Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud has urged the global leaders to help the disaster-prone countries cope with the adverse impacts of climate change with a view to ensuring sustainable development. The minister made the call [...] Read more...
Press release: Vulnerable Countries Call to Global Community: Strengthen Climate Language in Rio Outcome
PRESS RELEASE VULNERABLE COUNTRIES CALL TO GLOBAL COMMUNITY: STRENGTHEN CLIMATE LANGUAGE IN RIO OUTCOME Ministers from Bangladesh, Costa Rica and Nepal appealed to improve on inadequate attention to climate change in the deliberation and outcomes of the [...] Read more...
Summit Voice: Developing countries draw attention to their vulnerability to global warming at the Rio+20 sustainability talks
Source: Summit Voice ‘The earth is one but the world is not’ SUMMIT COUNTY — With millions of people around the world already feeling the impacts of global warming, ministers from developing countries most vulnerable to climate change are calling on [...] Read more...
AlertNet: As climate aid sags, vulnerable nations foot the bill
Source: AlertNet By Laurie Goering RIO DE JANEIRO (AlertNet) - Worsening climate impacts are now “a reality, not a threat”, but little of the aid promised to poor countries has arrived, leaving them to dig into their own pockets to cover the costs, climate [...] Read more...
Podcast: Climate change & Economic Stress 
When looking at the Economic Stress posed by climate change, efforts will likely have to be substantially stepped up if we are to avoid major, irreversible harm. The Adaptation Performance Review of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010 assesses over 50 key [...] Read more...
Podcast: Climate change & health adaptations
Lifesaving measures to address climate-change-related health problems are some of the most well-documented and effective measures we have in fighting the overall negative effects of climate change. The Adaptation Performance Review of the Climate Vulnerability [...] Read more...