River Basin Issues Climate Change
CBA Jamaica: UN Volunteers on Climate Change Issues in Glengoffe
Ecosystem Based Adaptation Approach to Maintaining Water Security in Critical Water Catchments in Mongolia
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Integrated Water Resources Management – Model Region Mongolia – Kharaa catchment
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Putting Climate Information into Farmers' Hands - Saloum river basin
California North Coast Conservation Initiative (The Conservation Fund)
Indian farmers' despair over debt and drought
The Story of Mutubanda - drought and climate change in Sri Lanka
Colombia's glaciers could disappear in 30 years
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Colombia’s glaciers are melting so fast that the country has lost more than half of its glacier mass over the past three decades due to rising temperatures linked to climate change, according to a report by the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (IDEAM).
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Bark beetle infestations affect water quality in the Rocky Mountains of North America
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Melting glaciers: The Slow Disaster in the Andes
New market opportunities for carbon sequestration in wetlands - Mississippi river delta
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Biologically, wetlands are some of the most highly productive ecosystems in the world, with high rates of photosynthesis. Higher rates of photosynthesis lead to greater carbon capture and storage by trees, grasses and other plants...
Kathmandu to Copenhagen: climate change in Nepal
Disasters in Mountains: Increasing Catastrophes in Indian Himalayas
Qatar's Mangroves: Why they matter for climate change
The implications of climate change for water resource development in the Blue Nile River (Global Water Forum)
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This article evaluates the impact of climate change on the performance of existing and planned irrigation and hydropower schemes in the Ethiopian portion of the Blue Nile River. The results show that climate change will constrain the technical performance of large reservoirs with knock-on effects for agriculture and electricity production.
What are climate models and why are they important ? - Climate Modelling 101
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What are climate models and why are they important? Climate models are computer programs that simulate how the climate has changed in the past and how it will change in the future.This site is a primer on how climate models work. The information is based on expert consensus reports from the National Research Council's Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate. The most recent is A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling.
Mekong (trailer)
The film examines the issues of hydropower development and its impact on Mekong citizens’ lives...