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to OneWorld South Asia. Bringing together a network
of people and groups working for human rights and sustainable
development from across the globe.
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South Asia, a potential hotspot for global warming, is open to social vulnerability as future projections reveal a possible intensification of social factors and forces that create inequitable exposure to the risks and damages of climate change.
The challenge of the South is now to balance the demands for climate change mitigation and meet its development needs in the region by linking development and environment issues at this critical time.
10-09-2008
Human rights principles must be placed at the heart of the climate change debate, says Oxfam in a new report. The international agency calls for strengthening international laws to guide rich countries’ carbon emissions that currently violate the rights of millions of poorest to life and security.
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Image: A disproportionate burden / Photo credit: World Development Movement
23-09-2008
Researchers in 15 developing countries will assess thousands of crops under different stress conditions. Funded by Global Crop Diversity Trust, this project will help farmers identify crops best suited to a changing climate and make agriculture sustainable and productive.
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Image: A taro plantation. Crops will be screened for adaptable traits to climate change/ Photo credit: Flickr
06-10-2008
This generation has devastated the environment more than any other in the past. Therefore the responsibility to fix it is on the present generation, said Murari Sharma, Nepal’s ambassador to United Kingdom, while addressing a climate change conference held recently in London.
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25-09-2008
ILO’s latest publication Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World analyses the changing patterns of employment in an effort to tackle climate change. The study makes a series of recommendations towards increasing global investment to boost energy efficiency in buildings and industry worldwide.
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Image: Green economy / Photo credit: Google Images
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OneWorld South Asia''s Seventh
Annual Regional Meeting on February 8-9, 2008, at New Delhi, focused on Southern voices and
perspectives on the Climate Change debate.
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