This is an introductory video of Mountain Voice project of Climate Himalaya, that advocates the need of better planning and implementation strategies in the Himalayan Mountain region of South Asia. The Mountain Voice' is a multimedia series of Climate Himalaya that captures the experiences, thoughts and opinions of people, practitioners, policy makers and researchers on various climate linked issues in the Himalayan region of South Asia. In this series we interact with people to record their…

“Banditry, robberies, infiltration of small arms, poaching in the region’s game reserves and national parks and frequent outbreak of livestock diseases are now being attributed to the uncontrolled movement of pastoralists and their animals.”

This sentence, from a 2006 article in Kenya’s The Nation newspaper, encapsulates the way the country’s nomadic herders have been — and continue to be — portrayed in the media there. It echoes…

For the first time in Asia, a sustainable and market-based water filtration business has been registered under the voluntary Gold Standard scheme, and will benefit from carbon offset funding, showcasing that carbon…

REDD+ could provide a huge financial boost to forest conservation plans in developing countries like the Philippines. A new study titled, Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plus (REDD+) in the Philippines: will it make a difference in financing forest development? shows that if the country was to reduce the rate…

'This new and growing population with a high demand for land could lead to more unsustainable land use practices and social challenges At the moment in many parts of the Lake Victoria basin, Cities like Kampala, Kisumu, Mwanza, Jinja, and are surely ‘changing’ due to natural and human induced factors. But the question as to who benefits due to this change could generate diverse answers depending on the social and interest group; age bracket and the part of the city one has sought such…

This is  the latest result of us which is published recently in Nature Climate Change. To read this article follow the link: http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v2/n9/full/nclimate1580.html.   

2012 is shaping to be a decisive year for commercialization of clean technology projects deployed throughout South Africa and the African region.

Despite much jostling and positioning by local and international players to become a preferred supplier of renewable energy to ESKOM, a late change of terms reference, effectively  resulted in reducing power purchase prices and has caused many of the bidders  to go back to the drawing board.

However this has resulted…

The breakdown of the sea coast reached worrying levels in Bangladesh. Most of the area of sea coast & coastal river bank are under risk. Tourism city Kuakata are also under risk due to this problem . Many people lost their homes due to this breakdown. They are becoming climate refugee. Mr. Hassan Mahmud , Environment minister of Bangladesh said , this type of breakdown reached worrying levels . But we have no better solution. He added that breakdown reached worrying levels due to climate…

Near future Dhaka’s underground water may be polluted by saline water and it will be a dangerous treat for 150 million Bangladeshi who live in capital city. Even agricultural production, biodiversity, ecosystem will be change due to this climate change problems in other parts of Bangladesh. After a research experts point ed out this.

They find, Saline water is moving by with underground water to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Now it’s under kotali para of Gopalgong…

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Internews’ Earth Journalism Network and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) will host the 2nd Climate Communications Day at this year’s UNFCCC Climate Change…

DEVELOPMENT DEFICIT

ODISHA CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION PLAN: WHAT NEED TO BE DONE! AND WHAT CIVIL SOCIETY SAYS:

BY SUDARSHAN CHHOTORAY

Climate Change is a reality today. Extreme events will be normal in the future. More conversations needed with communities for real understanding and this real understanding and Integration will lead to the real resilience. As on today not much information is available on the methodology of local level adaptation. All local level strategies are…

DEVELOPMENT DEFICIT

BY SUDARSHAN CHHOTORAY

We need to review and revisit Odisha Climate Change Action Plan

The hurry on which Odisha Climate Change Action Plan (OCCAP) has been finalised without adequate consultation with all stake holders has raised a many eyebrows. Though Government of India has already announced the inclusion of all State Action Plans and National Plan on Climate Change under 12th Plan it needs to mention here that, state plans like…

Climate Change is alarming global issue but same time South Asia region is witnessing its worst impacts in from one decade. Tsunamis in Srilanka, Floods in Pakistan and Bangladesh and drought in some parts of India are the facts of this climate crisis. Whole South Asia region in tropical atmosphere so Pakistan, India and other countries are witnessing the late monsoon rains these days. Due to impacts of extreme weather, the rain pattern changed in this region.

 It was a time when…

There is every justifiable reason to sustainably harness the resources of River Okavango right from the Source highland regions of Namibia down through the kgalagadi flats. The communities that lie along this mighty river have a symbiotic attachment to the wealth of the giant river. Whatever the level of development of the various economic activities here about,this river plays such fundamental influence on way of life,nature and desposition of the environment,weather patterns and human…

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/jun2012-weekly/nos-03-06-2012/pol1.htm#1

SUBODH GAUTAM

CHAURIKHARKA (Solukhumbu), April 5

A new member has arrived in Nou Chhiring Sherpa’s home in Phakding village of Solukhumbu district. For those aware of the Sherpa tradition here, they need not ask anybody nor do they need information from Sherpa’s neighbors or relatives, to know that a birth has occurred in thehouse.

In Sherpa communities of this remote village, located in the lap of Mount Everest – a UNESCO World Heritage…

By Hamza Kyeyune

hamza.kyeyune@gmail.com

As the campaign to mitigate climate change gathers pace, Makerere University Business School (MUBS) through the office of the University Mullah in conjunction with International Climate Champions has joined the struggle through launching the GREENING MUBS DAY. Addressing the congregation during JUMA Prayers at MUBS during Juma prayers,…

In a new proposal by the European Commission, has been announced a structural reform of the ETS with a twin-track approach to fixing Europe’s depressed carbon market.

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