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Preventing Uganda’s Looming Climate Catastrophe
This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Cooperation Game – Preventing a Climate Catastrophe.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. When the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon was giving remarks at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP18) in Qatar last year, one of his statements […]
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The New Normal Following Superstorm Sandy: Lessons for the Future
This is a guest contribution from Claudia Juech and Evan Michelson at The Rockefeller Foundation in New York. As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, it is a time to reflect and take stock of the events brought on by Superstorm Sandy over the last few weeks: […]
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Uganda’s long walk to Green Economy and Bududa Land-slides
Now here is part of the story on Uganda’s journey to conserve the environment and fight climate change. On the eve of this year’s World Environment Day; I listened to Uganda’s Minister for Water and Environment – Maria Mutagamba with sadness. The minister lamented that her hands are sometimes tied […]
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Pakistani Government turning a blind eye to their weather updates.
People hardly consider climate as a problem; too much rain or very hot summers are just a natural phenomenon for them. What they’re really concerned about is the high cost of the electrical bills or the poor job done by the municipal department in keeping the drains working. Government is then […]
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International Climate Policy
Interview with Prof. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. He is Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and a member of Deutsche Bank’s Climate Change Advisory Board. Professor Schellnhuber, can you outline from a scientific perspective why there is an urgent need to take action on global climate protection? To […]