The International Commission for the Protection of the Alps (CIPRA) was awarded the 2012 Sustainability Organization of the Year by the Royal Dutch Mountaineering and Climbing Club (NKVB). In an...
At the recent UNCSD Informal consultations, delegates continued their first reading of Section V of the “Zero Draft” (Framework for Action and Follow-up). Below is IISD’s press coverage on the...
On February 1, 2012, Earth Day Network, in partnership with The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), will host a day-long WAGE forum in Delhi, India. To accelerate and provide the new...
It’s our planet’s most precious resource and our cities our powered by it: it’s water! And water comes from mountains. It flows from the watersheds at higher altitudes creating life...
It’s our planet’s most precious resource and our cities are powered by it: it’s water! And water comes from mountains. It flows from the watersheds at higher altitudes creating life...
The Second Nordic International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation: "Adaptation Research Meets Adaptation Decision-Making" will be held from 29 to 31 August 2012 in Helsinki, Finland. The conference is jointly...
The Training Guide “Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development” is now available online. The guide was jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture...
Across the Himalayan region in India springs are drying up, owing to changes in precipitation patterns and decline of the watershed’s forests. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),...
The Workshop “Monitoring the Effects of Climate Change in Protected Ecosystems” is going to take place on 19, 20 and 21 March 2012 at the FAO Regional Office for Latin...
Chinese designer/engineers Zhi Zheng, Hongchuan Zhao and Dongbai Song have put forth a tantalizing proposal that combines human scientific ingenuity with a practical, prescient vision for a sustainable future. The...
The European Mountain Convention will take place this year from 2 to 4 October 2012 in Chambery, France. The Convention is organized by the European Association for Mountain Areas (Euromontana)...
China has signed a US$1.6 billion agreement to develop the 760-megawatt (MW) West Seti Project hydropower plant in Nepal. The deal marks the Asian giant's entry into a sector in...
With the world´s largest population and second largest economy, China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, but also the emerging leader in the use and development of clean energy...
The UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, described by UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon as a "once in a life time opportunity" will take place in 100 days. It is the...
The Asia-Pacific region needs to spend about $40 billion a year to "climate proof" its economies against the impact of global warming, Asian Development Bank vice president Bindu Lohani said...
The rapid retreat of glaciers is one of the most visible signs of Earth’s changing climate, but the disappearance of the ice is altering far more than physical landscape. An...
By empowering women, practical and sustainable climate change solutions can be found while contributing to the transformation of gender inequalities. BRIDGE has recently finished a two year Gender and Climate...
Recognizing the importance of civil society, the Rio+20 Bureau’s cochair Ambassador Kim invited Major Groups to submit their amendments to the Rio+20 "Zero draft" outcome at the Bureau meeting with...
The International Final Conference of the “COMUNIS” Project will take place on 8 March 2012 in Bolzano (Italy), on the premises of the EURAC Convention Centre. The event is organized...
New national climate designations released this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirm that winter is getting warmer around the city of Aspen. The mountain city of Aspen,...
