Asian Development Blog (25.08.2016) Natural disasters bringing previously unimaginable chaos, heartbreak, and economic and social casualties are likely to increase in number and intensity in the coming years due to climate change.
The Financial Express (02.10.2016) Experts have underscored the need for taking community-based adaptive social protection schemes in Bangladesh aiming to address poverty and cope with the aftermath of any disaster.
IPE (30.11.2016) A director at Dutch regulator DNB has suggested pension funds should contribute more to the “energy transition” towards a carbon-neutral society following the country’s ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement.
ids.ac.uk (13.04.2016) This paper examines the linkages between social protection and resilience to climate change among poor rural households. To date there is a very limited understanding of the potential role of social protection programmes in contributing to an increase in resilience of the rural poor with respect to climate change.
IPE (01.02.2016) In August last year, France became the first country to introduce mandatory climate change-related reporting for institutional investors.
The Daily Star (02.01.2016) The Paris deal on climate change has already created substantial optimism across the world.
WHO Media Centre (17.11.2015) According to WHO estimates, climate change is already causing tens of thousands of deaths every year - from shifting patterns of disease, from extreme weather events, such as heat-waves and floods, and from the degradation of air quality, food and water supplies, and sanitation.
Le Monde (09.11.2015) Sans mesures immédiates de réduction des émissions de gaz à effets de serre conjuguées à des politiques de développement « solidaire et durable », plus de 100 millions de personnes supplémentaires pourraient basculer dans l’extrême pauvreté à l’horizon 2030. A trois semaines de la COP 21, la Banque mondiale vient rappeler aux Etats le caractère indissociable de la lutte contre le réchauffement de la planète et du combat contre la pauvreté dans un rapport publié dimanche 8 novembre.
The Guardian (30.09.2015) We cannot close our eyes to the fact that the current global tax system is having a disproportionate impact on those living in poverty
EurActiv (17.07.2015) High temperatures, heat waves and extreme temperature fluctuations pose an ever-increasing threat to the global population, with a recent study by the German Weather Service indicating higher health risks.
