Nouvelles
"Climate change: the first step? Educating people and raising their awareness regarding the potential impacts"
25 September 2009
25 September 2009
"We should act now to curb climate change. We can do it if science, governments, businesses and communities come together and address this pressing issue."
Read the full interview with Balgis Osman-Elasha, Nobel Peace Prize laureate together with theIntergovernmental Panel on...
High level event on forests and climate change supports emissions reduction mechanism
24 September 2009
24 September 2009
In an unprecedented display of cooperation between developed and developing countries on climate change, eighteen Heads of State gathered at UN headquarters in New York on 23 September to publicly express their commitment and support for REDD—Reducing Emissions from Deforestation...
REDD on the agenda at UN Summit on Climate Change
22 September 2009
22 September 2009
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon convened on 22 September a Summit on Climate Change to mobilize the political will and vision needed to reach an ambitious agreed outcome based on science at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December...
First shoots of Haiti’s agricultural renaissance
10 September 2009
10 September 2009
$10.2 million FAO/IFAD seed scheme yields results --- A $10.2 million scheme to distribute and multiply quality seeds in Haiti has significantly increased food production in the Caribbean nation providing cheaper food for the population and boosting farmers' incomes. Requested...
Third World Climate Conference
04 September 2009
04 September 2009
Geneva meeting to examine vital role of climate information and prediction --- With climate change increasing the incidence and severity of weather events, agriculture, one of the most climate dependent of all human activities, depends heavily on effective meteorological services...
