The Annual General Assembly of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is currently gathering in Rome where they will discuss the Comprehensive Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). While not a programme intended for adaptation to climate change, the linkages of adaptation to climate with the four pillars of the Programme and make an important place [...]
A press release on the Reuters caught my attention a few days ago. The World Bank, the United Nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed an agreement to cooperate on reducing the risk of disasters in the region. In view of the lack of political will to fund disaster risk reduction, pooling [...]
A note from the Commission on Sustaianble Development from the UN in New York. Discussion on land, drought, and agriculture have brought the right to food to the spotlight. Below a statement from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter.More analysis to come…
GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, VOLATILE FOOD
PRICES, MAKE AGRICULTURAL [...]
This week world leaders will be gathering in Madrid, Spain to discuss next steps to address the global food crisis that has been hurting millions since last year. The UN estimates that at least 1 billion people are suffering of hunger, and the steps taken last year in the Rome during a similar food summit [...]
One of the most worrying trends in climate politics is how decision-making continues to be less and less informed by science. The current US administration has decided, after making a big fuzz about their “leadership” on climate change, to shut down a capacity-building center aimed at helping some of the poorest countries integrated climate knowledge.
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