In the Media
The Guardian: Climate change is already damaging global economy, report finds
Source: The Guardian Economic impact of global warming is costing the world more than $1.2 trillion a year, wiping 1.6% annually from global GDP Bangladeshi villagers rebuild an embankment after cyclone Aila hit in 2009. Bangladesh faces total losses [...] Read more...
Europa Press (Spanish): El cambio climático ya provoca cinco millones de muertos al año
Source: Europa Press (Spanish) La gran mayoría de los fallecimientos se debe a la contaminación atmósferica causada por el carbono MADRID, 26 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) - El cambio climático y la economía basada en el uso intensivo del carbono causan la muerte [...] Read more...
AFP: Global warming freezes world economy: report
Source: AFP By Sebastian Smith (AFP)–Sep 26, 2012 NEW YORK — Climate change caused by global warming is freezing the world economy, a report commissioned by 20 of the world's most vulnerable countries said Wednesday. "Climate Vulnerability Monitor [...] Read more...
Reuters: 100 million to die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate
Source: Reuters By Nina Chestney LONDON | Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:51am EDT LONDON (Reuters) - 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 [...] Read more...
The Independent (Dhaka): Talk to Myanmar instead of pressuring Bangladesh- Hasina
Source: The Independent (Dhaka) LONDON: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Britain and the countries concerned about Rohingya refugees should talk to the Myanmar government regarding the refugee issue instead of pressuring Bangladesh. The Prime [...] Read more...
Financial Times: Growth and climate change- how emerging markets feel the heat
Source: Financial Times High temperatures are hurting crops in Russia and the US alike, raising fears over food prices. But food inflation isn’t the only issue that should worry policy makers. Rising temperatures across the globe also hurt developing nations [...] Read more...
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...