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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.
31-12-2008
The year 2008 has been one of the most devastating ever in terms of both human and economic loss. According to a German insurance company, climate change has boosted the destructive power of natural disasters, causing Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar, earthquakes in Pakistan and floods in India.
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Image: Nature's fury / Photo credit: AFP
02-01-2009
The Indian Space Research Organisation will launch a satellite to study the tropical atmosphere and its energy and hydrological cycles at the end of 2009. Jointly engineered by the French space agency CNES, the satellite data on weather modulates will be shared by the two countries.
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Image: Megha Tropiques satellite/ Photo credit: CNES website
08-12-2008
With the change of guard in the US, it is expected that the world’s biggest polluter will now ratify the Kyoto Protocol, says Walden Bello, executive director of Focus on the Global South. He is however doubtful that anything concrete is going to emerge from climate change talks in Poznan.
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Image: Walden Bello/ Photo credit: IPS
26-12-2008
Child Voices: Children of Nepal Speak Out on Climate Change Adaptation offers an opportunity to hear young perspectives on climate change adaptation needs. This report finds children have clear knowledge on how to cope with adverse weather patterns and provides
recommendations that uphold their rights in adaptation plans.
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Image: They have a right to be heard / Photo credit: Google Images
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» Virtual Poznan
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OneClimate.net
allows you to talk with participants at the UN climate
conference in Poznan, Poland - without using a drop of aviation fuel. Now
see the debate live at Virtul Poznan and ask questions.
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» E-BULLETIN
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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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