Historically, developed countries such as the United States have been the largest producers of food products. However, there has been a slight shift in recent times, with China, Russia and India increasing their production capacities.
Global food insecurity remains a serious problem. In 2010, more than 900 million people are still hungry, and progress toward reaching the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the world
This report takes a new approach to assessing the climate vulnerability of the world and its regions, countries and communities. Its analysis is built around: four distinct climate impact areas; five levels of vulnerability to climate change; and two points in time, 2010 and 2030.
This short note provides a brief extract from WMO's annual report on the Status of the Global Climate and a summary for 2010. It summarises significant events observed during the past year, including El Ni
The 2009 Copenhagen climate summit may in retrospect prove a critical turning point in the evolution of the international climate change effort. For a decade and a half, the principal aim under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) had been to establish, and then to extend, a legally-binding regime regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
This report is an effort by the UNEP Climate Change Working Group for Bilateral Finance Institutions to both transparently disclose their part of the present story of climate change financial flows to developing countries, and to demonstrate their future potential as vehicles for the delivery of significant amounts of climate finance.
This document is intended to provide an overview on why and how adaptation policies should consider the vulnerability of, and new risk elements for, health and environment arising from water services management during adverse weather episodes.
This Report of the Standing Committee deals with Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Thirty-fifth Report (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2008-09) on `Rehabilitation and Resettlement by Coal India Limited? of the Ministry of Coal which was presented to Lok Sabha/ Laid in Rajya Sabha on 21.10.2008.
Asian cities are especially susceptible to unpredictable environmental change, as these cities are expected to account for more than 60 percent of global population growth in the next 30 years.
