Arming Asia’s think tanks to take on climate change
Could a new generation of think tanks be more effective than existing Asian institutions at tackling the challenges of climate change? Hina Lotia and Geoff Barnard joined the debate in India
The Reframing Rio project aims to increase global public engagement and trigger new global debates around sustainable development in the lead-up to, and beyond, the Rio +20 meeting in June 2012.
News
11th February 2013
Applications invited for climate change journalism fellowships
The fellowships are being offered by Panos South Asia as part of a Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) project for enhancing climate change awareness and understanding among journalists in South Asia.
CDKN is working on a range of initiatives to share learning from our programme to date. One of these is an initiative to capture and synthesise lessons learned from our work at the sub-national level in developing countries.
Taking a holistic approach could help resolve water woes
Laos-based Paul Pavelic, Senior Researcher in Hydrogeology for the International Water Management Institute, reviews CDKN’s publication Managing Climate Extremes and Disasters in the Water Sector: Lessons from the IPCC SREX Report
The CARIWIG project aims to provide unbiased, locally relevant information on the weather impacts of climate change for a range of time horizons.
Feature
1st January 2013
Understanding how rainfall affects food security and migration
How does climate variability, especially changes in rainfall patterns, affect the livelihoods of rural households in developing countries? CARE and the UN University explore this and many other rainfall, food security questions in their initiative, Where the Rain Falls.
