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Climate Talks | Climate Change, Gender Equality, and Innovation Perspectives from South Asia
Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing issues of our time, and its consequences are being felt worldwide. However, the impact is particularly severe in South Asia, where changing weather patterns affect food security, water resources, and livelihoods. Women in the South Asia region are particularly vulnerable to these changes, as they [...] Read More
How is Extreme Weather Reshaping Pakistan?
Lieutenant-General (Retired) Nadeem Ahmed is the former Chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). Pakistan, who led the relief and response operation during the 2010 floods. He was also instrumental in establishing Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Fund (NDRMF). How do you compare the 2022 and 2010 Pakistan floods? In 2010, the affected people amounted [...] Read More
Climate News 22 February – 28 February 2023
Safeguarding children in South Asia from compounding shocks and stresses Source: UNICEF Date: 24 Feb 2023 Policymakers and experts met at the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu to discuss safeguarding children and families in South Asia facing climate disasters, economic shocks, and ongoing COVID-19 effects. Organized by UNICEF South Asia in partnership with SAARC, the event [...] Read More
Gender Impacts of Disasters and Climate Change in Bangladesh
Dr. Mumita Tanjeela is Chairperson of the Department of Sociology at East-West University in Dhaka, Bangladesh There is a strong perception that women are disproportionately affected by disasters. What are the reasons behind this? Climate change is not a gender-neutral phenomenon, and I would like to point out some critical issues that we need to [...] Read More
Energy Saving at Sea
Click on the image for more information. SummaryDetailsSuggest an EditSummary This course, Energy Saving at Sea, primarily aimed at seafarers, is a complement to the Introductory course on Energy Efficient Ship Operation and covers detailed practical measures that can be taken by the Engine department and Deck department on board ships to save energy in their [...] Read More
How to Report Emissions under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution
Click on the image for more information. SummaryDetailsSuggest an EditSummary This self-paced e-course on "How to Report Emissions under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution" aims to explain the importance of emission inventories for clean air policy development, the requirements for emission inventory reporting and methods for emission estimation. The course features three distinct [...] Read More
Climate News 15 February – 21 February 2023
Four South Asian cities show the way for collaborative, low-emission development Source: The Third Pole Date: 15 Feb 2023 Since 2012, 14 South Asian cities have adopted or are collaborating on an Urban Low Emissions Development Strategy (Urban-LEDS). Urban-LEDS is an initiative by UN-Habitat and NGO ICLEI, which work with cities to accelerate development that [...] Read More
Re-evaluating Coastal Risks: Land Elevation Data and Climate Change
Dr. Benjamin Strauss (Photo by ADPC) Dr. Benjamin Strauss is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientist at Climate Central based in New York, USA. While most of the scientific community researches disasters and climate change, we’ve focused 99% of our energy on how far and how quickly the sea-level will rise or how high storms [...] Read More
Climate News 8 February – 14 February 2023
Maldives is turning to digital innovations to tackle climate change Source: World Bank Date: 8 Feb 2023 The World Bank-financed Digital Maldives project, part of an innovating engagement with the Government of Maldives, is supporting the country in both expanding its current climate-relevant data collection. This platform will bring together many sources of climate data [...] Read More