Informes

JOHANNESBURG, 28 November 2012 (IRIN) - As the impact of climate change unfolds, many have predicted forbidding scenarios of millions of impoverished people flooding into new, often affluent, countries. Yet a ground-breaking study released on 28…

MANILA, 28 November 2012 (IRIN) - The Philippines is making headway in integrating disaster preparedness into primary and high school curricula, say officials. "The net effect of this is that children will actively become agents in saving…

Where the Rain Falls: Innovative study unravels relationship between climate change, food insecurity and migration in the Global South Doha, 28 November 2012 - At the 18th UN-Climate Change Conference, the findings of an innovative comparative study…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 47 (18 - 24 Nov 2012) • Measles: 93 alerts investigated this week, responding to 20 outbreaks involving 321 measles cases. Vitamin A was provided to cases and EDOs‐H took action to improve vaccination…

JOHANNESBURG, 27 November 2012 (IRIN) - Many of the worst natural disasters of 2011 were also the most severe the affected countries had ever experienced, revealed the Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) 2013, which was released…

Doha, 27 November 2012 ─ For the world’s most vulnerable communities, loss and damage related to climate change is a reality today. A new study draws evidence of loss and damage from five case studies conducted…

Highlights Epidemiological week no. 46 (11 - 17 Nov 2012) • Measles: 99 alerts investigated this week, responding to 19 outbreaks involving 290 measles cases. Vitamin A was provided to cases and EDOs‐H took action to improve vaccination…

In Cambodia, Feed the Future works with fish farmers to improve their aquaculture techniques for better harvests. When record seasonal floods hit Cambodia’s Battambang Province in late 2011, fish farmer Khel Khem feared the worst. Water levels…

JOHANNESBURG, 23 November 2012 (IRIN) - UN climate change talks in Doha could be on the verge of adding a focus on "loss and damage" to its framing of the global response to climate change. The…

The southern province of Kien Giang needs more than US$44 million to cope with climate change, according to the German International Cooperation (GIZ). Of the sum, US$750,000 will be used to reinforce 25km of sea dykes, US$450,000…