Climate change

The inaugural issue, called Climate Risk Management in Africa: Learning from practice, describes current efforts that are helping societies better adapt, and shows that when climate information successfully reaches vulnerable populations, it can be used

The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD) is a major outcome of the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992. Following the signing of the Convention in Paris in October 1994, this innovative document came into force on 26

The Conference of the Parties decided to include in its eighth session interactive dialogue sessions with the relevant stakeholders, including ministers, nongovernmental organizations and members of parliament, on agenda items of relevance to them. This

Concern for human health is one of the most compelling reasons to study the effects of global climate change. Health is a focus that will reflect the combined impacts of climate change on the physical environment, ecosystems, the economic environment and

Ecologically, socially, and economically, many regions are now vulnerable and ill prepared for the onslaught of storms, floods, and other hazards. The pressures of poverty, population growth, and inequitable land rights had forced more and more people

Following the drought that affected Europe in 2003, EurAqua is trying to ensure that this phenomenon is more clearly recognised as a major environmental issue, and drafted during 2004 a document for a “European Drought Policy”. The production of this

Disaster-risk reduction should be a core policy item in the climate-change agenda for protecting the vulnerable said Reid Basher of the ISDR secretariat...

Adaptation to climate change continues to rise on the agendas of researchers, practitioners, and decision makers, driven by growing evidence that climate change is real, already observable, and threatening to undermine development. Any effective