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Malawi:
Malawi - Women Reeling From Effects of Climate Change
Gender Links, 29 October 2012
There's something strange about the weather in Malawi. September saw scorching, unrelenting heat normally associated with October. The days have been blurs of white hot sunlight,… Read more »
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Africa:
Green Climate Fund Meeting - Highs, Lows and a Host Country
AlertNet, 23 October 2012
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board wrapped up its second meeting on Saturday with a major decision: selecting Songdo City in South Korea to host the fund. Read more »
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East Africa:
African Farmers Turn to Climate Coping Strategies
AlertNet, 18 October 2012
Research conducted in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda by the the CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR) Research Program on Climate Change,… Read more »
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Africa:
Aid Mindset Won't Work for Financing Climate Change Actions
AlertNet, 17 October 2012
The debate on climate finance is evolving quickly, spurred on by international processes such as the newly created Green Climate Fund. Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Global Leaders Discuss Strategies for a Smooth Transition to a Green Economy
Concord, 11 October 2012
The annual Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) which brings together leaders from government, industry and international organizations has convened today in the Danish capital of… Read more »
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Africa:
Climate Conversations - Preparation, Better Information Key As Climate Shifts Intensify
AlertNet, 5 October 2012
Jan Egeland, deputy executive director of Human Rights Watch, said on Friday in Bangkok that the world can prevent the loss of millions of lives from climate disasters by ensuring… Read more »
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Africa:
Finding a Nexus Where Environment and Development Meet
World Bank, 3 October 2012
Ghana, like any other nation in West Africa, is endowed with abundant and valuable stocks of fish. Fish provide 65 percent of protein for the population, and as many as 2.2 million… Read more »