Chuyên mục: Biến đổi khí hậu – Climate change

City Century – Why Municipalities Are the Key to Fighting Climate Change

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Foreign Affairs
Essay September/October 2015 Issue Climate Change
City Century
Why Municipalities Are the Key to Fighting Climate Change
By Michael Bloomberg

Although history is not usually taught this way, one could argue that cities have played a more important role in shaping the world than empires. From Athens and Rome to Paris and Venice to Baghdad and Beijing, urban ideas and innovators have left indelible marks on human life. By concentrating the brainpower of humanity in relatively small geographic areas, cities have promoted the kinds of interactions that nurture creativity and technological advances. They have been the drivers of progress throughout history, and now—as the knowledge economy takes full flight—they are poised to play a leading role in addressing the challenges of the twenty-first century. Tiếp tục đọc “City Century – Why Municipalities Are the Key to Fighting Climate Change” →

Int’l workshop looks to curb coastal erosion

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Updated  September, 09 2015 08:41:00
 VNS
Quang Nam Province is building a sand bag revetment along the beach as a temporary solution to protect its tourism industry and cope with the erosion at Cua Dai beach that has become more severe in recent years. — VNS Photo Xuan Hiep

QUANG NAM (VNS) — Climate change and a reduction in sediment supply and river discharge along the Thu Bon River are the primary causes of coastal erosion in the central region, particularly Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An, speakers said at an international seminar held in Hoi An on Monday. Tiếp tục đọc “Int’l workshop looks to curb coastal erosion” →

Extreme Weather and Food Shocks

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09 September 2015

Rob BaileyRob Bailey Research Director, Energy, Environment and Resources
Tim Benton Professor of Population Ecology, University of Leeds
Taking smart and practical steps to ease the impact of the changing climate on food supplies is vital to ride out the droughts and storms that will impact food prices.
The US midwest was hit by its worst drought in over 50 years in 2012. Photo via Getty Images.The US midwest was hit by its worst drought in over 50 years in 2012. Photo via Getty Images.

chathamhouse – Recent events highlight concerns about the risks to global food security posed by changing patterns of extreme weather affecting the world’s ‘breadbasket’ regions such as the American midwest, South America’s southern cone, the Black Sea and the Yangtze River valley. In 2012, the worst drought to hit the US midwest in half a century sent international maize and soybean prices to record levels. In 2011, wheat prices nearly doubled after an unprecedented heat wave devastated the Russian harvest. The global food price crisis of 2007-08 had its roots in a run of poor harvests in previous years.

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How kids in Vietnam, other countries embark on extreme journeys to school (photos)

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 09/07/2015 18:16 GMT + 7

As the world marks the 48th annual International Literacy Day on Tuesday, have a look at how children in Vietnam and several Asian countries go to school in this photo feature provided by World Vision Vietnam.

Millions of children across Asia returned to school this month, pursuing their right to education. The new school year in Vietnam officially kicked off on September 5.

While many have schools in their own communities, others have to go on long and difficult journeys to access their education, which is a major challenge in Asia and the Pacific.

In remote villages, schools are often far away and difficult to reach. The distance from home to school is one of the reasons why 26.3 million children are out of school in Asia and the Pacific, according to UNESCO. Tiếp tục đọc “How kids in Vietnam, other countries embark on extreme journeys to school (photos)” →

World must avert devastating flood of climate refugees

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A senior British politician says we face a humanitarian crisis on an immense scale if millions of people have to flee the impacts of global warming.

By Alex Kirby

Global-net – LONDON, 8 September, 2015 – The former leader of one of the UK’s main political parties says the world will undergo more resource wars and huge movements of desperate people unless it tackles climate change effectively.

Lord Ashdown, who was leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats for 11 years, describes the present flight of refugees from Syria and other conflict areas as a “rehearsal” for the vast humanitarian disaster he believes will soon unfold. Tiếp tục đọc “World must avert devastating flood of climate refugees” →

New centre promotes clean technology for Asia-Pacific

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Eco-business: Building renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar is among the projects governments can implement to reduce carbon emissions. Image: Shutterstock

SciDev Net Tuesday 8 September 2015
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) opened (1 September) its first Asia-Pacific regional hub to promote clean technology.The UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC), formed in partnership with the non-profit Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in Japan, will help developing countries in the region to identify and develop clean development mechanism (CDM) projects to help limit damage from climate change. Tiếp tục đọc “New centre promotes clean technology for Asia-Pacific” →

Ministry to measure cities’ resilience to climate change

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Updated September, 07 2015 08:46:00
 VNS
A flood sweeps a dyke construction site away in Lao Cai last year. An urban climate resilience index for Lao Cai and other localities was introduced last week. — VNA/VNS Photo Van Toan

HA NOI (VNS) — A project to develop an urban climate resilience index in Viet Nam was introduced last Friday in Ha Noi. It comes as part of a long-term programme to make urban areas more prepared for and adaptive to the effects of climate change. Tiếp tục đọc “Ministry to measure cities’ resilience to climate change” →

WWF: UN climate negotiators need to roll up their sleeves to deliver a new global climate deal in Paris

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Posted on 04 September 2015

WWF – (Bonn, Germany, 4 September, 2015) – Plans by governments to conclude a new global climate deal in December are under pressure as discussions in Bonn moved along at a snail’s pace, leaving critical issues still to be resolved.

There are just five negotiating days left before Heads of State and Government arrive in Paris to open COP21, the final meeting of the UN climate talks this year. The Paris agreement needs to limit harmful greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Clearly, there is quite a bit of work still to do to get the fair, ambitious and transformational climate deal the world needs.

Tasneem Essop, WWF’s Head of Delegation to the UN climate negotiations says, “There is consensus that we really, really need to get cracking. Negotiators will have to come to the next session ready to roll up their sleeves and tackle the key issues. Tiếp tục đọc “WWF: UN climate negotiators need to roll up their sleeves to deliver a new global climate deal in Paris” →

Nơi rừng bình yên lấn biển

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13/03/2015 09:34 GMT+7

TT – Rừng nơi này từng bị người dân chặt cây lấy gỗ, bới đất tìm bắt con sâm đất, đào vuông nuôi tôm… Nay trước diễn biến khí hậu, cư dân ý thức được lợi ích của rừng, yêu quý rừng, trồng mới rừng che chắn sóng biển. Mỗi năm rừng phòng hộ nơi này vươn ra biển hơn 20m.

Khu rừng ngập mặn ở xã Thạnh Phong, huyện Thạnh Phú (Bến Tre) bao la một màu xanh mướt bạt ngàn của rừng đước, bần, mắm… Đi đâu cũng thấy rừng xanh tốt, nhiều khu rừng đước cây cao to có thể làm cột nhà kê, rễ chen kín mặt đất phù sa màu mỡ. Hình ảnh này hoàn toàn khác hẳn những năm 1990-2000 khi chúng tôi có dịp về đây công tác nhiều lần. Tiếp tục đọc “Nơi rừng bình yên lấn biển” →

Remarks by the President Obama at the GLACIER Conference — Anchorage, AK

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White House
For Immediate Release
September 01, 2015

Remarks by the President at the GLACIER Conference — Anchorage, AK

Dena’ina Civic and Convention Center
Anchorage, Alaska

5:00 P.M. AKDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you so much.  Thank you.  (Applause.) It is wonderful to be here in the great state of Alaska.  (Applause.)

I want to thank Secretary Kerry and members of my administration for your work here today.  Thank you to the many Alaskans, Alaska Natives and other indigenous peoples of the Arctic who’ve traveled a long way, in many cases, to share your insights and your experiences.  And to all the foreign ministers and delegations who’ve come here from around the world — welcome to the United States, and thank you all for attending this GLACIER Conference. Tiếp tục đọc “Remarks by the President Obama at the GLACIER Conference — Anchorage, AK” →

Obama Makes Urgent Appeal in Alaska for Climate Change Action

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By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and STEVEN LEE MYERS AUG. 31, 2015

Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott of Alaska hugged Gov. Bill Walker, back to camera, after President Obama arrived Monday in Anchorage. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times

ANCHORAGE — President Obama on Monday issued a global call for urgent action to address climate change, declaring that the United States was partly to blame for what he called the defining challenge of the century and would rally the world to counter it. Tiếp tục đọc “Obama Makes Urgent Appeal in Alaska for Climate Change Action” →

Ứng dụng cây trồng công nghệ sinh học trong phát triển nông nghiệp bền vững

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23:33′ 17/7/2015

Quang cảnh hội thảo

TCCSĐT– Ngày 17-7-2015, tại thành phố Cần Thơ, Viện lúa đồng bằng sông Cửu Long phối hợp với Tập đoàn Monsanto tổ chức Hội thảo “Ứng dụng cây trồng công nghệ sinh học trong phát triển nông nghiệp bền vững”.

Tham dự Hội thảo có đại diện lãnh đạo Bộ Nông nghiệp và Phát triển nông thôn, lãnh đạo các viện nghiên cứu khoa học, trường đại học, Sở Nông nghiệp và Phát triển nông thôn các tỉnh, thành vùng đồng bằng sông Cửu Long. Tiếp tục đọc “Ứng dụng cây trồng công nghệ sinh học trong phát triển nông nghiệp bền vững” →