November 19, 2011
A foreign tourist wades down a flooded street in the tourist town of Hoi An in the central province of Quang Nam in 2009. Vietnam on Wednesday agreed to a declaration in Bangladesh about continuing the Kyoto protocol with 18 other climate- vulnerable countries. Â The Dhaka Declaration following a ministerial meeting filled the leadership [...]
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August 14, 2011
Farmers work in a padi field at Khokana village, located south of Nepal's capital Kathmandu July 27, 2011. Atmospheric levels of methane, 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide (CO2) at trapping heat, stayed steady for two decades to 2006 on wider fertilizer use to grow rice or a surge in natural gas demand, according [...]
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August 13, 2011
By Danielle Nierenberg and Philip Newell* Whether fishing on the coast or farming in the fields, the people of Vietnam depend on an abundant supply of water. But as water becomes increasingly scarce, sustainable agriculture will be a key way to improve yields over the long term. In order to avoid massive water shortages, [...]
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August 7, 2011
Farmers in the Mekong Delta, a region highly vulnerable to climate change impacts A Finland-sponsored project launched Thursday will help deal with climate change impacts in Mekong Delta provinces, news website VnExpress said Friday.  Finland ambassador Pekka Hyvõnen said the embassy will donate nearly 161,000 euros (US$228,000) for the two-year project.  The funds [...]
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June 10, 2011
Australia and Germany provided US$63.7 million to the extended Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems Program (CCCEP) in Vietnam. The funds will be used to restore mangrove forests, build advanced sea dikes and educate coastal residents about sustainable cultivation techniques. Under an agreement signed Friday, the program will be implemented in the Mekong Delta provinces [...]
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May 31, 2011
Dried up corn is seen in a field in eastern China, where a record drought threatens to push global food prices up. Oxfam called on Tuesday for an overhaul of the world’s food system, warning that in a couple of decades, millions more people would be gripped by hunger due to population growth and climate-hit [...]
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May 14, 2011
Climate change threatens far more than our environment. It’s already led to the spread of infectious diseases and respiratory ailments across the globe and contributed to thousands of deaths through heat waves and other extreme weather events. It’s even fueled recent revolts in the Middle East and North Africa. That’s according to Dan Ferber [...]
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May 4, 2011
A fishing boat cruises in the Ilulissat fjord on Greenland's western coast, 2004. Quickening climate change in the Arctic including a thaw of Greenland’s ice could raise world sea levels by up to 1.6 meters by 2100, an international report showed on Tuesday. Such a rise — above most past scientific estimates — would add [...]
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April 9, 2011
A protracted drought has aggravated seasonal brackish water intrusion in the Mekong Delta, significantly damaging the region’s rice crop A farmer from Soc Trang Province’s My Xuyen District watering his watermelon field on March 13. The Mekong Delta is suffering from harsh drought and saline water intrusion caused by climate change and upstream hydropower [...]
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April 4, 2011
This handout picture taken on April 1, 2011 shows workers spraying resin on the ground near the reactor buildings to protect the spread of radioactive substances at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant (AFP PHOTO / HO / TEPCO VIA JIJI PRESS) Emergency crew at Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear plant used a color dye Monday to [...]
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