New IPCC report: Only a short time remains to limit global warming to 1.5°C
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released its latest assessment of the physical science of global warming. It warns that countries must cut greenhouse gas emissions quickly and sharply, to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate change. There is still time to limit average global warming to 1.5°C, but nations must act now. CDKN's Mairi Dupar reports.
Conflict around water infrastructure in Bangladesh’s changing climate
Jannatul Naima Moon shares the findings of an action research project on “Climate Policy, Conflicts and Cooperation in Peri-Urban South Asia: Towards Resilient and Water Secure Communities” which is co-funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in collaboration with Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
The tipping point
Saleemul Huq, Research Fellow at IIED, explains why he thinks we've reached a tipping point for tackling climate change in developing countries.
G20 Summit - A Missed Opportunity?
Mihir Bhatt, Director of All-India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI), considers the recent G20 Summit a missed opportunity to tackle the vulnerability of economic growth and development to natural disasters and climate change.
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16th July 2013
Securing safe water in sub-Saharan Africa
An innovative programme currently being piloted in Uganda hopes to address the issue of contaminated water through financial incentives for the maintenance of safe water sources and adequate hygiene. If successful, it may provide a model to be used elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa.