US CVI in the Media
BBC News: Poorer nations ‘need carbon cuts’, urges the Maldives
Source: BBC News Poor countries as well as rich should look to cut carbon emissions, says Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed. Continuing to equate the need to develop with the right to emit carbon dioxide is, he says, "quite silly". Mr Nasheed was speaking [...] Read more...
Earth Times: Pressure rises on governments as UN climate talks end first week
Source: Earth Times Cancun, Mexico - Pressure grew Friday on governments to unblock global climate change talks as negotiators ended their first week at a UN summit in Mexico. A band of environmental groups and scientists warned that the death toll from [...] Read more...
AlertNet: Two thirds of states seen highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030
Source: AlertNet LONDON (AlertNet) - Around two thirds of countries will become highly vulnerable to climate change by 2030, unless efforts to tackle global warming are stepped up fast, according to an international index launched on Friday. The "Climate [...] Read more...
BBC World News: Ross Mountain on the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010 
Interview with Ross Mountain, Director General of DARA, regarding the Climate Vulnerability Monitor. Read more...
Free Republic: 5 Million Deaths From Climate Change Pedicted By 2020
Source: Free Republic Written by Karl Burkart There’s no doubt United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change delegates are feeling a great deal of pressure to make some tangible progress here at the COP16 climate conference in Cancun. But that [...] Read more...
Forbes: 5 Million Deaths From Climate Change Predicted By 2020
Source: Forbes Written by Karl Burkart There’s no doubt United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change delegates are feeling a great deal of pressure to make some tangible progress here at the COP16 climate conference in Cancun. But that pressure [...] Read more...
USAToday: Latin bloc scolds rich countries at climate talks
Source: USA Today Posted 12/3/2010 6:50 PM CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — A bloc of Latin American countries issued a stern warning to rich nations Friday that unless they commit to new emissions cuts, the U.N. climate talks in Cancun will fail. Negotiators from [...] Read more...
Reliefweb: Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2010 – The State of the Climate Crisis
Source: Reliefweb The Climate Vulnerability Monitor takes a new approach to assessing the climate vulnerability of the world and its regions, countries and communities. The Monitor looks at pre-existing characteristics of society that are knowingly affected [...] Read more...