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Southeast Asian crops suffer as rains fail
Posted by Climate Home: None Given on February 22nd, 2016
Climate Home: The boat moves sluggishly up the Ayeyarwaddy, the river formerly known as the Irrawaddy. Every so often it comes to a halt as the ferryman dips a bamboo pole in the shallow waters, checking for sandbanks. Even though it is the dry season, water levels in the Ayeyarwaddy – Myanmar’s main river, and one of Southeast Asia’s principal waterways – are unusually low. The ferry is carrying passengers and goods from the ancient temple site of Baganto the city of Mandalay. “The journey is taking longer...
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Palestine to submit UN climate pledge mid-year
Posted by Climate Home: None Given on February 17th, 2016
Climate Home: Palestine aims to submit a climate plan to the UN by the middle of the year, its lead envoy has told Climate Home.
The state becomes a full party to the UN climate body in March, having been previously confined to an observer role.
It is gearing up to contribute to the global warming agreement struck in Paris last December, said representative Nedal Katbeh-Bader. “We have a clear vision.”
Nearly 190 countries have entered pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and manage climate impacts....
Climate scientists face tight deadline to deliver 1.5C research
Posted by Climate Home: None Given on February 15th, 2016
Climate Home: The UN`s climate science panel faces a tight deadline to drum up research on a 1.5C global warming limit.
Adopted as an aspirational goal at last December`s Paris summit, the 1.5C threshold is seen as critical to protect vulnerable communities. But most available analysis focuses on the longer standing 2C target.
Accordingly, in the small print of the deal was a request to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for a special report on 1.5C, by 2018.
That effectively gives researchers...
National climate pledges are flooding in – now for the hard part
Posted by Climate Home: None Given on October 1st, 2015
Climate Home: It’s national climate pledge deadline day. Contributions are flooding in towards a global pact to be struck in Paris this December.
They follow hot on the heels of New York Climate Week, another US-China agreement and world leaders agreeing on key elements of a deal.
After a frenetic couple of weeks, where does international cooperation on global warming stand?
Strong participation
Of the 195 countries that need to reach agreement in Paris, more than two thirds had put forward their pledges...