Month: March 2015

Vanuatu Blames Global Warming as Cyclone Causes Nation’s Worst Climate Disaster in Recent Memory

• Climate Change Disasters

Vanuatu Blames Global Warming as Cyclone Causes Nation’s Worst Climate Disaster in Recent Memory

Democracy Now! March 16, 2015 10

http://democracynow.org – About half the population of the South Pacific Island state of Vanuatu has been left...

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Ethiopia Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction

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Ethiopia Climate Change Adaptation & Disaster Risk Reduction

UNDP Climate March 14, 2015

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Disaster Risk Reduction Is A Development Issue

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Disaster Risk Reduction Is A Development Issue

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) March 10, 2015 2

A changing climate and rapidly growing exposure to disaster risk presents the world with an unprecedented challenge....

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Message from Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Director-General on disaster risk reduction

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Message from Secretariat of the Pacific Community’s Director-General on disaster risk reduction

Pacific Community March 10, 2015

Raising the Pacific perspective ahead of the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction #WCDRR. The...

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Climate Change in the Pacific: COASTS (narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson)

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Climate Change in the Pacific: COASTS (narrated by Neil deGrasse Tyson)

UNDP Climate March 10, 2015 18

Low-lying coastal areas are often the most populated parts of islands, with villages, towns, agriculture, infrastructure and...

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Women Building Resistance to Climate Change and Disaster in Africa

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Women Building Resistance to Climate Change and Disaster in Africa

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) March 9, 2015

Grassroots women from 11 African countries show how they are initiating, adapting and sharing innovations to build...

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HFA Success Story – UNDP, Ethiopia, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

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HFA Success Story – UNDP, Ethiopia, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction March 9, 2015

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This Changes Everything – Naomi Klein | Guardian Docs

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This Changes Everything – Naomi Klein | Guardian Docs

The Guardian March 6, 2015 39

Naomi Klein didn’t think climate change was her issue but when she realised the close link between...

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