Four consortia to undertake new research on climate hot spots in Africa and Asia
The Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) has selected four consortia to undertake research in three climate change hot spots in Africa and Asia: semi-arid regions, deltas, and glacier and snowpack-dependent river basins. These hot spots represent regions where demographic trends and climate change impacts put large numbers of people and their livelihoods at risk.
Jointly funded by IDRC and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), CARIAAaims to build the resilience of vulnerable populations and their livelihoods by supporting collaborative research to inform adaptation policy and practice. Each consortium consists of five institutions with a range of regional, scientific, and socio-economic development expertise, and experience that spans research, policy, and practice.
The consortia are:
The Role of Public Finance in CSP – Background and Approach to Measuring Effectiveness
While concentrated solar power (CSP) currently contributes less than 0.1% of total electrical capacity worldwide, its potential is significant enough for many experts and international institutions to suggest it could supply up to 10% of global energy demand by 2050.
CSP's costs are coming down but, in most cases, they still remain above alternative sources of power and public finance is needed to bridge this gap. Indeed, our analysis estimates that over 98% of the total investment in CSP to date has needed some form of public support. Understanding how to structure effective public policies and investments is therefore crucial to further the development of the technology and to ensure that governments use their resources efficiently, particularly in a time of economic difficulties.
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Obama, EU to stand together on climate change draft
BRUSSELS, March 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and EU leaders meeting in Brussels this month will throw their combined weight behind tackling climate change, a document seen by Reuters says, in a show of developed world solidarity on the need for a new global deal.
But the guarded, diplomatic language is likely to disappoint environmentalists calling for urgent, ambitious pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
"Sustainable economic growth will only be possible if we tackle climate change," a draft communique ahead of the EU-US summit on March 26 says. The text is subject to further negotiation between the European Union and the United States.
PROFESSIONALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Clean Energy: A One-Two Punch in the Fight Against Global Warming
"Two words: Clean Energy." If the classic 1967 film The Graduate were remade today, that's the career advice young Dustin Hoffman would hear from his savvy elders. The future lies in clean energy.
Driven in part by our growing sense of obligation to our children to tackle climate change and in part by the growing awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of shifting to less polluting energy options, leaders all across America have adopted policies that are reducing climate-altering emissions from fossil fuels. In cities and in state capitals, policymakers are crafting programs that prevent energy waste and expand the share of our energy we get from clean, renewable sources. And those actions have laid a strong foundation for aggressive national action.
As we document in our report, "Moving America Forward," energy efficiency and renewable energy measures are delivering a one-two punch in the fight against global warming, all across America. In 2012, emissions of climate-altering carbon pollution were at their lowest level since 1994 -- a low not seen since Bill Clinton's first term in office. This is a remarkable shift, given that U.S. carbon pollution rose inexorably for decades. Emissions peaked in 2007, and then declined for the next five years, even as the worst impacts of the 2008 recession began to fade and the economy started to bounce back.
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