climate change

Decarbonizing Development: Three Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future

The science is unequivocal: stabilizing climate change implies bringing net carbon emissions to zero. And this must be done by 2100 if we are to keep climate change anywhere near the 2 C. degree warming that world leaders have set as the maximum acceptable limit. Decarbonizing...

Large-Scale Patterns of Turnover and Basal Area Change in Andean Forests
General patterns of forest dynamics and productivity in the Andes Mountains are poorly characterized. Here we present the first large-scale study of Andean forest dynamics using a set of 63 permanent forest plots assembled over the past two decades. In the North-Central Andes tree turnover (mortality and recruitment) and tree growth declined with increasing elevation and decreasing temperature....
Primera Academia Latinoamericana de Liderazgo Socio-Ambiental

La Primera Academia Latinoamericana de Liderazgo Socio-Ambiental (ALLSA) se llevará a cabo en la ciudad de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. Bajo el tema "Aprendizaje Ambiental Transformador: Nuestras relaciones con los paisajes bioculturales", el evento, que se realizará desde el...

New introductory guides: Water Resources and Loss and Damage

Eldis, an online development information service based at the Institute of Development Studies, is pleased to launch two new climate change and development introductory guides:

1.       Water...

Equator Prize 2015 Call for Nominations now open!
The UNDP Equator Initiative in New York has recently launched our global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2015. This prize will honor 20 outstanding local and indigenous community initiatives that...
Financing the transition to a green global economy

Investment in clean energy has risen substantially over recent years, but we are still not safe from the 2°C threshold for climate change. The world needs greater access to climate finance, explains Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework...

Climate Change Adaptation is Key to Water Security

A significant research gap may be hindering community efforts to withstand climate-induced glacier melt, according to a new review from researcher Graham McDowell and his colleagues at McGill University.

Understanding how to help communities adapt to the effects of glacier...

Climate Change Investment Solutions: A Guide for Asset Owners
The aim of this guide is to provide asset owners with a range of investment strategies and solutions to address the risks and opportunities associated with climate change. The guide is targeted at asset owners and more specifically at trustee boards and investment committees, but...
What is the Potential for a Climate, Forest and Community Friendly REDD+ in Paris?
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is a mitigation instrument that creates a financial value for the carbon stored in standing forests. The purpose of REDD+ is to provide incentives for developing countries to mitigate forest-related emissions and...
Changing Climate Moving People: A film by UNESCO, TERI and Government of Science, UK

Changing Climate, Moving People is a 35-minute film made by The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), for UNESCO, which looks at disaster or climate stress related migration from three different regions in the country – Uttarakhand, Bundelkhand and Odisha. These three states are already...

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