In the Media
EuropaPress: IECAH calls for conflict to be taken into account in risk prevention
Source: EuropaPress El codirector del Instituto de Estudios sobre Conflictos y Acción Humanitaria (IECAH), Francisco Rey, ha instado a los organismos que evalúan la reducción de riesgos que tengan en cuenta no sólo los factores ambientales o socioecon [...] Read more...
IRIN Global: Analysis- The UN in 2023
Source: IRIN Global HIGHLIGHTS Calls for UN to be more anticipatory, strategic, innovative Test public-private partnerships Less bureaucracy, more leadership Risk-taking should extend to UN security policies DAKAR, 31 July 2013 (IRIN) - The UN [...] Read more...
ALNAP: A call for evidence-based decision-making in humanitarian response
Source: ALNAP By Riccardo Polastro The ALNAP 2013 Annual Meeting held in March focused on evidence following the increasing demand of donors and humanitarian agencies for evidence-based and measurable responses. Evidence of needs and how we respond to [...] Read more...
Bloomberg: Listening to Hurricane Sandy: Climate Change is Here
Source: Bloomberg ByAndrew SteerNov 2, 2012 5:52 PM GMT+0100 Hurricane Sandy was a massive and deadly storm, extending more than 1,000 miles, bringing huge waves and more than 13 feet of water to parts of New York City. In Manhattan, floods swept away [...] Read more...
Bloomberg Businessweek: Climate Change Reducing Global GDP by $1.2 Trillion
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek By Ehren Goossens on September 26, 2012 Climate change and pollution related to carbon-dioxide emissions are reducing the world’s gross domestic product by 1.6 percent a year, about $1.2 trillion, according to a report. [...] Read more...
Newsweek: Climate Change Kills 400,000 a Year, New Report Reveals
Source: Newsweek The Earth’s changing climate is costing the global economy $1.2 trillion a year and killing 1,000 children a day, according to a new study—and the U.N. warns the summer’s record heat and drought could trigger a catastrophe. Nearly [...] Read more...
NewScientist: Climate change already harming the global economy
Source: NewScientist Never mind what's going to happen in 2100: climate change is already shrinking the global economy. According to the Climate Vulnerability Monitor – a report by Spanish non-profit organisation DARA – in 2010 climate change shaved [...] Read more...
The Daily Telegraph: Why it pays to splash out on flood defences
Source: The Daily Telegraph With heavy rainfall predicted to get worse in the coming decades, the most cost-effective solution is to improve the infrastructure By Geoffrey Lean Beneath Carlisle, in a modernistic underpass [...] Read more...
The Daily Mail: Ignore climate change and 100m people will die by 2030, shocking new report claims
Source: The Daily Mail More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments has claimed [...] Read more...
AlertNet: Climate change, carbon economy killing 5 million a year – study
Source: AlertNet By Megan Rowling LONDON (AlertNet) - Climate change and the world's addiction to polluting fuels are costing nearly 5 million lives each year and lowering global output by some $1.2 trillion annually, demonstrating the need for swift action [...] Read more...