Librarian's Choice
Librarian's Choice
Source/publisher:
"The New York Times"
Date of publication:
2019-02-21
Sub-title:
Aung San Suu Kyi has more power over the military than you think.
Description:
"...Although the party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the National League for Democracy (N.L.D.), won a commanding victory in the last general election in 2015, the military still reaches far into Myanmar politics. And longtime Myanmar watchers, independent policy groups, various academics, mainstream media, the American ambassador to Myanmar and the United States Senate majority leader all agree that the 2008 Constitution of Myanmar can be amended with no less than a 75 percent majority in Parliament — and that 25 percent of Parliament is reserved for the military.
They are wrong. The military, or Tatmadaw, does have the numbers to block reform at the moment, but that state of affairs isn’t guaranteed by the Constitution. The elected members of Parliament have the authority they need even under this very undemocratic Constitution to change the text itself — and to start changing the country — right now..."
Jason Gelbort
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-22
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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The Syndicate-Info
Date of publication:
2013-11-18
Description:
A collection of scientist's evidence detailing the history of global warming, this is a must watch. Now if we can just get our politicians to pay attention, we can start figuring out path towards a collective effort to limit human industrial greenhouse gas release ...
Multiple
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-14
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change Science - Ice Melting
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Date of publication:
2018-09-30
Description:
"In 2015, Burma (also known as Myanmar) produced a
variety of mineral commodities, including antimony, cement,
coal, copper, lead, manganese, natural gas, nickel, petroleum,
petroleum products, precious and semiprecious stones, tin,
tungsten, and zinc. On July 30, Cyclone Komen brought heavy
rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across
12 out of 14 States and regions in the country. Chin and Rakhine
States and the Magway and Sagaing regions were declared
natural disaster areas. Basic infrastructure around the country,
such as roads and bridges, was severely damaged or destroyed,
which impeded traffic within and among the affected areas.
In the aftermath, the performance of the mineral industry was
affected as many mineral facilities were located in the areas
(tables 1, 2; ReliefWeb.com, 2016).
According to data published by the Central Statistical
Organization, since the opening of Burma’s economy in 2011,
many sectors of the country’s economy had seen a surge
in foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI in fiscal year 2015
(April 1, 2014, to March 30, 2015) amounted to $8 billion
invested in a total of 211 projects. In fiscal year 2016, FDI
amounted to $9.5 billion invested in a total of 213 projects,
including $4.8 billion invested in 13 projects in the oil and gas
sector and $28.9 million invested in 1 project in the mining
sector. Investors in fiscal year 2016 included those from
Singapore (55 projects), China (43), Japan (25), Hong Kong
(23), and India (5), among others. Burma’s leading investor was
Singapore, which invested about $4.2 billion, followed by China
($3.3 billion), Hong Kong ($231 million), India ($224 million),
and Japan ($220 million) (Central Statistical Organization, 2016).
In recent years, many legal instruments had been introduced
in Burma’s legal and regulatory framework, mainly to
encourage the participation of foreign and local investors
in the country’s economy. In June 2015, a new draft of the
Myanmar Company Law was published to replace the Myanmar
Companies Act of 1914. The new company law was drafted by
the Department of Investment and Company Administration of
the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development
with the assistance of the Asian Development Bank. The new
law is intended to update the previous version of the law
by incorporating consistent international best practices
(Greenlee, 2015).
Other legal instruments include the Foreign Investment Law
of 2012, the Foreign Investment Rules of 2013, and Notification
No. 49/2014 (New Notification) of August 2014, which were
issued by the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC).
According to the Myanmar Ministry of Mines, the set of laws
and notifications related to FDI were created to attract interest
from investors and include such provisions as tax exemptions,
tax holidays, and income tax relief, granting full venture
ownership to foreign investors, and a Government promise
not to nationalize businesses while the contract is in place...".
Yolanda Fong-Sam
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-12
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Mining, Oil and gas
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
www.goodplanet.org
Date of publication:
2017-05-19
Sub-title:
A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar
Description:
"HUMAN's Musics - A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar "I am deeply taken with traditional music, it moves me, it connects you to emotion. The idea with HUMAN was to create songs that would reflect the same emotion generated by the interviews. I wanted things to open up, to open up one’s heart, to let the sadness be without any restraint. HUMAN has been one of these rare moments in my life as a film composer during which I could express all these different cultures at the same time : either working on minimalist songs or meeting with these singers and musicians coming from all around the world. Which note did I first produce ? I had more like a global vision in mind, an atmosphere that would merge into the film and that would bring people together, this was my starting point. The part I created for the Mongolian sequence might be the best summary of the atmosphere I wanted the film to have. "
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Armand Amar
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-10
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Conflict resolution - mediation - resources, Climate Change - climate education, introductions, films, guides, links, bibliographies, The global environment - resources
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
www.goodplanet.org
Date of publication:
2017-05-19
Sub-title:
A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar
Description:
"HUMAN's Musics - A film by Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Composed by Armand Amar "I am deeply taken with traditional music, it moves me, it connects you to emotion. The idea with HUMAN was to create songs that would reflect the same emotion generated by the interviews. I wanted things to open up, to open up one’s heart, to let the sadness be without any restraint. HUMAN has been one of these rare moments in my life as a film composer during which I could express all these different cultures at the same time : either working on minimalist songs or meeting with these singers and musicians coming from all around the world. Which note did I first produce ? I had more like a global vision in mind, an atmosphere that would merge into the film and that would bring people together, this was my starting point. The part I created for the Mongolian sequence might be the best summary of the atmosphere I wanted the film to have. "
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Armand Amar
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-10
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
ICIMOD/Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP)
Date of publication:
2019-01-31
Sub-title:
Mountains, Climate Change, Sustainability and People
Description:
"This assessment report establishes the value of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) for the 240
million hill and mountain people across the eight countries sharing the region, for the 1.65
billion people in the river basins downstream, and ultimately for the world. Yet, the region and
its people face a range of old and new challenges moving forward, with climate change,
globalization, movement of people, conflict and environmental degradation. At the same time,
we also see incredible potential to meet these challenges in a sustainable manner.
In spite of its importance, relatively less is known about the HKH, its ecosystems and its
people, especially in the context of rapid change. Over the last few decades, there has been
more research on the region, but the knowledge gathered is often scattered, reaches a limited
audience, is sectoral or based on single disciplines and, most importantly, does not reach
decision-makers, whether they be in government, in local communities, or in the private
sector.
The rationale for this assessment is manifold. The first is about extending the accessible
knowledge base. There has been incredible value in bringing together people engaged in
generating knowledge about the HKH to collate existing knowledge. Plus, by working across
disciplines and countries, the assessment blends insights from different perspectives about the
mountains. Global assessments and programmes like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) can now benefit from an important knowledge source about this region, and
the book has great value in informing global debates and discourses. Then, there is a value
beyond the assessment report itself, in bringing together a network of people who can work
across disciplinary and geographical boundaries in the future.
But the main reason for the assessment goes beyond the collation of knowledge. It is to
answer a range of policy-oriented questions we all grapple with. Some of these are quite
scientific, such as what will happen with climate change, or what the impact of air pollution is.
Others are more targeted to actions that people should take, like pathways to sustainable access
to energy, or building resilience. The main objective of the assessment thus is to inform
decision-makers with the best science and knowledge we have. This assessment has made
important strides in this direction. A very important finding of the assessment is that while we
have significant knowledge gaps, we know enough to take action.
The publication of the Hindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme’s
(HIMAP) flagship piece—The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment: Mountains, Climate
Change, Sustainability and People—is an important milestone in a larger process that aims to
bring together researchers, policy makers and the public to better manage the HKH so that
women, men and children can enjoy improved well-being in a healthy mountain environment.
The HIMAP process will continue to engage in science-policy discussions at country and
regional levels to enhance cooperation between communities, states and countries in managing
the HKH. It will also develop more targeted assessments about specific areas of concern that
emerge as we develop more knowledge about the region. Importantly, the authors of the
assessment have laid out mountain-specific priorities consistent with the Sustainable
v
Development Goals (SDGs), and this book provides an important baseline in reaching these
goals for the mountains and people of the HKH region. Perhaps the greatest good is that we
have an expanding community of practice working together to match and rise above the
challenges facing the HKH today".....KEYWORDS: Open Access book on Hindu Kush Himalaya; Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya; Sustainable Mountain Development; Environmental Assessment; HKH Assessment Report; Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in the HKH; Energy Needs in Asia; Water Security, Availability Use and Governance; Food Nutrition and Security in Asia; Disaster Risk Reduction and Increasing Resilience Poverty and Vulnerability in Mountain Livelihoods; Climate Change Adaptation; Governance, Drivers and Consequences of Migration; Environmental Governance in the Hindu Kush Himalaya; Sustainable Mountain Development.
Philippus Wester, Arabinda MishraAditi MukherjiArun Bhakta Shrestha
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
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7.92 MB
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Source/publisher:
"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-02-04
Sub-title:
Even radical climate change action won’t save glaciers, endangering 2 billion people
Description:
"At least a third of the huge ice fields in Asia’s towering mountain chain are doomed to melt due to climate change, according to a landmark report, with serious consequences for almost 2 billion people.
Even if carbon emissions are dramatically and rapidly cut and succeed in limiting global warming to 1.5C, 36% of the glaciers along in the Hindu Kush and Himalaya range will have gone by 2100. If emissions are not cut, the loss soars to two-thirds, the report found.
The glaciers are a critical water store for the 250 million people who live in the Hindu Kush-Himalaya (HKH) region, and 1.65 billion people rely on the great rivers that flow from the peaks into India, Pakistan, China and other nations..."
Damian Carrington
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-05
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)
Date of publication:
2019-01-09
Description:
"On December 18th, the indigenous Karen communities of Mutraw District officially declare the establishment of the Salween Peace Park. This declaration is to fulfill the collective vision for a grassroots pathway to peace and self-determination, and their responsibility to transfer our ancestral domain to the new generation with abundant forest and clean water.
Almost 1000 people, comprising representatives from our communities in Mutraw District, the KNU, Karen CBOs, ethnic representatives from across Burma/ Myanmar and journalists- both domestic and from abroad, joined the event..."
KESAN
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-28
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Preservation of the environment in Burma/Myanmar, Community forests, Armed conflict in Burma - Impact on village life, including health and education, Karen National Union (KNU), Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
Language:
Sgaw Karen, Burmese and English sub-titles
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Source/publisher:
bdnews24.com
Date of publication:
2019-01-25
Description:
"A UN human rights expert on Rohingya refugees has warned Bangladesh against rushing to relocate them from Cox’s Bazar to Bhashan Char island until a framework for their protection has been agreed".
Ro kyaw tho
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-27
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Club of Rome
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
"The Club of Rome is an organisation of individuals who share a common concern for the future of humanity and strive to make a difference. Our members are notable scientists, economists, businessmen and businesswomen, high level civil servants and former heads of state from around the world. Our mission is to promote understanding of the global challenges facing humanity and to propose solutions through scientific analysis, communication and advocacy."..The booklist of 45 interesting-looking books only has 2 which are downloadable, so far as I could see.
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-09
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
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Source/publisher:
IPCC via "RealClimate"
Date of publication:
2018-10-30
Description:
"What is happening to sea levels? That was perhaps the most controversial issue in the 4th IPCC report of 2007. The new report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is out now, and here I will discuss what IPCC has to say about sea-level rise (as I did here after the 4th report).....
Let us jump straight in with the following graph which nicely sums up the key findings about past and future sea-level rise: (1) global sea level is rising, (2) this rise has accelerated since pre-industrial times and (3) it will accelerate further in this century. The projections for the future are much higher and more credible than those in the 4th report but possibly still a bit conservative, as we will discuss in more detail below. For high emissions IPCC now predicts a global rise by 52-98 cm by the year 2100, which would threaten the survival of coastal cities and entire island nations. But even with aggressive emissions reductions, a rise by 28-61 cm is predicted. Even under this highly optimistic scenario we might see over half a meter of sea-level rise, with serious impacts on many coastal areas, including coastal erosion and a greatly increased risk of flooding..."
Stefan Rahmstorf
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change science - Sea-level rise
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Rutgers University
Date of publication:
2017-12-13
Description:
ABSTRACT::
"Mechanisms such as ice‐shelf hydrofracturing and ice‐cliff collapse may rapidly increase discharge from marine‐based ice sheets. Here, we link a probabilistic framework for sea‐level projections to a small ensemble of Antarctic ice‐sheet (AIS) simulations incorporating these physical processes to explore their influence on global‐mean sea‐level (GMSL) and relative sea‐level (RSL). We compare the new projections to past results using expert assessment and structured expert elicitation about AIS changes. Under high greenhouse gas emissions (Representative Concentration Pathway [RCP] 8.5), median projected 21st century GMSL rise increases from 79 to 146 cm. Without protective measures, revised median RSL projections would by 2100 submerge land currently home to 153 million people, an increase of 44 million. The use of a physical model, rather than simple parameterizations assuming constant acceleration of ice loss, increases forcing sensitivity: overlap between the central 90% of simulations for 2100 for RCP 8.5 (93–243 cm) and RCP 2.6 (26–98 cm) is minimal. By 2300, the gap between median GMSL estimates for RCP 8.5 and RCP 2.6 reaches >10 m, with median RSL projections for RCP 8.5 jeopardizing land now occupied by 950 million people (versus 167 million for RCP 2.6). The minimal correlation between the contribution of AIS to GMSL by 2050 and that in 2100 and beyond implies current sea‐level observations cannot exclude future extreme outcomes. The sensitivity of post‐2050 projections to deeply uncertain physics highlights the need for robust decision and adaptive management frameworks......
PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY:
Recent ice‐sheet modeling papers have introduced new physical mechanisms—specifically the hydrofracturing of ice shelves and the collapse of ice cliffs—that can rapidly increase ice‐sheet mass loss from a marine‐based ice‐sheet, as exists in much of Antarctica. This paper links new Antarctic model results into a sea‐level rise projection framework to examine their influence on global and regional sea‐level rise projections and their associated uncertainties, the potential impact of projected sea‐level rise on areas currently occupied by human populations, and the implications of these projections for the ability to constrain future changes from present observations. Under a high greenhouse gas emission future, these new physical processes increase median projected 21st century GMSL rise from ∼80 to ∼150 cm. Revised median RSL projections for a high‐emissions future would, without protective measures, by 2100 submerge land currently home to more than 153 million people. The use of a physical model indicates that emissions matter more for 21st century sea‐level change than previous projections showed. Moreover, there is little correlation between the contribution of Antarctic to sea‐level rise by 2050 and its contribution in 2100 and beyond, so current sea‐level observations cannot exclude future extreme outcomes..."
Robert E. Kopp Robert M. DeConto Daniel A. Bader Carling C. Hay Radley M. Horton Scott Kulp Michael Oppenheimer David Pollard Benjamin H. Strauss
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change science - Sea-level rise
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"The Guardian"
Date of publication:
2018-11-01
Description:
"In the coastal town of Khindan, the catastrophic effect of rising sea levels is all too apparent...Worldwide, Myanmar is the second most vulnerable country to extreme weather events. The effects are widespread: in the dry zone, home to nearly a third of Myanmar’s total population, temperatures are projected to rise by up to 3C after 2040. In the Irrawaddy delta, in the south – where people are still rebuilding after the country’s worst natural disaster, Cyclone Nargis, which displaced 2.4 million people – the mid-level projection for sea-level rise is up to 40cm by 2050.
A sea level rise of roughly 13cm by 2020 may sound less alarming than the rate in the Republic of Kiribati, a group of Pacific islands that at risk of being totally erased this century. But climate consultant Sonia Leonard, who is working in Mon state with environmental organisation Alarm, points out that in low-lying floodplains where more than 140,000 people live, this increase will result in permanently flooded areas and a loss of productive agriculture land..."
Libby Hogan
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-06
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change - Burma/Myanmar: general
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
WGBH Forum Network
Date of publication:
2018-10-10
Description:
"Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 11/9 which explores Trump's rise to presidency has been considered a grim portrait of current affairs. Moore criticizes both left and right party while highlighting smaller grassroots movements including Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's political campaign.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary in New York's 14th congressional district covering parts of the Bronx and Queens in New York City, defeating the incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Democracy Now!
Date of publication:
2018-09-21
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - In his new documentary “Fahrenheit 11/9,” filmmaker Michael Moore interviews the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, who describes President Trump’s policy of family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border and the large-scale detention of immigrant children as a “crime against humanity.” Moore also looks at the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany and compares it to the rise of Trump in the United States."
Amy Goodman, Michael Moore
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Democracy Now
Date of publication:
2018-09-21
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - Fahrenheit 11/9—That’s the name of the new documentary premiering today by Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore, a stunning retelling of the 2016 election and its aftermath. 11/9. That’s November 9th, the day Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election. In the film, Michael crosses the country, documenting not only the rise of Trumpism but also the teachers’ strikes sweeping the nation, the “blue wave” of progressive candidates in the 2018 primaries, the rise of student activism after the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, and the water crisis in his hometown of Flint, Michigan. Moore spares no one in the wide-ranging documentary, which takes aim at the Democratic establishment, the New York Times and other mainstream media outlets, the electoral college, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and even himself. Michael Moore joins us in our studio to talk about the film and much more"
Amy Goodman, Michael Moore
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-02
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Dog Eat Dog Films
Date of publication:
2018-09-06
Description:
Filmmaker Michael Moore examines the current state of American politics, particularly the rise of the Donald Trump presidency, gun violence, the Flint Water Crisis, the teachers’ strikes sweeping the nation and the power of grassroots democratic movements.
Michael Moore
Date of entry/update:
2019-01-01
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
"The Ayeyarwady River is nutrients for our fertile farms, fish for every meal, transport for our many boats and protection from rising sea levels. But our actions are having major impacts, and the consequences could be catastrophic......DANGEROUS FISHING TECHNIQUES...SANDMINING FOR SEDIMENT...HYDROPOWER DAMS...THE GOOD NEWS...A TOURISM LIFELINE FOR DOLPHINS...AN INVALUABLE AYEYARWADY...RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES TO HYDROPOWER..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-27
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Date of publication:
2014-07-09
Description:
"In the lower Ayeyarwaddy Delta of Myanmar, rice farmers experience floods in the monsoon and salt intrusion during the dry season. New high-yielding, short-duration varieties are usually not available, and so farmers have limited options to combat flooding or saline intrusion. The International Rice Research Institute, through the Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund Project of the United Nations Office for Project Services, has introduced farmers' participatory varietal selection (PVS) of high-yielding varieties for favorable areas and stress-tolerant varieties for the salt- and flood-prone areas. This video showcases the PVS steps as done by farmers in Labutta Township, Myanmar. Some farmers share their experiences and benefits gained from joining the PVS trials. The video also features the top four selected varieties in the three townships involved in the project in the 2012 and 2013 wet seasons, and the 2012-13 dry season."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-25
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Rice
Language:
Burmese
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Source/publisher:
hazards and catastrophes
Date of publication:
2017-11-03
Description:
"This documentary explores the scenario of the unstoppable rise of global sea levels and its effects on our lives. A program with gripping re-enactments, newly filmed scenes, comments by international experts, and archival material about spectacular pioneering achievements in ocean exploration."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
COP24 special report on health and climate change; Global Conference on Health and Climate; Fact sheet on climate and health; Raising awareness; Media information; News and events; Toolkits of key resources for climate and health;
More publications on Climate change; Full list of publications on Environment and health; Data and statistics; Partnerships; Climate Action Studio Interviews, 2018 (video); Climate and health country profiles; Climate change and health in Small Island Developing States; Infographics on health and climate change
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-24
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Category:
Climate change
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
"Proceedngs of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
"Ethnic divides play a major role in many armed conflicts around the world and might serve as predetermined conflict lines following rapidly emerging societal tensions arising from disruptive events like natural disasters. We find evidence in global datasets that risk of armed-conflict outbreak is enhanced by climate-related disaster occurrence in ethnically fractionalized countries. Although we find no indications that environmental disasters directly trigger armed conflicts, our results imply that disasters might act as a threat multiplier in several of the world’s most conflict-prone regions."
Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Jonathan F. Donges, Reik V. Donner, and Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-24
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate change-related playlists, webcasts and articles, Migrants: resources and specialist organisations
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
United Nations
Date of publication:
2018-07-11
Description:
"The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is an inter-governmentally negotiated agreement, prepared under the auspices of the United Nations, that covers "all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner"
The compact was formally endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 2018.[4] As the Compact is not an international treaty, it will be non-binding under international law.
However, as with similar United Nations agreements, it will be a politically binding commitment.[5] It may also have legal implications in some instances; for instance, the Crown Law Office of New Zealand published an opinion as guidance to the New Zealand Government, saying the Compact will not be legally irrelevant, and "courts may be willing...to refer to the Compact and to take the Compact into account as an aid in interpreting immigration legislation" " (Wikipedia)
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-23
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Just have a think (JHAT)
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
"A very warm welcome to the Just Have a Think project! Over the next few months I will be on a personal quest to discover the real science behind the changes that are taking place in our climate and at the same time looking at my own life style to see where I can make simple changes that will reduce my carbon footprint as well as my general impact on our environment...
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-23
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Ramanathan Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
" (Wikipedia)Veerabhadran Ramanathan (born November 24, 1944) is Victor Alderson Professor of Applied Ocean Sciences and director of the Center for Atmospheric Sciences at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. He has contributed to many areas of the atmospheric sciences including developments to general circulation models, atmospheric chemistry, and radiative transfer. He has been a part of major projects such as the Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) and the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE), and is known for his contributions to the area of atmospheric aerosol research. He has received numerous awards, and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences. He has spoken about the topic of global warming, and written that "the effect of greenhouse gases on global warming is, in my opinion, the most important environmental issue facing the world today." (Wikipedia)
Veerabhadran Ramanathan
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-20
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Multiple
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Description:
This entry contains 2 links: (1) Peter Wadhams' website, with academic details and (2) Google search results for his publications and videos (December 2018)
Peter Wadhams
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-20
Type:
Websites/Multiple Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
COP 23 - Bonn
Date of publication:
2017-11-12
Description:
"James Hansen, Pam Peterson, and Philip Duffy discuss how the hesitancy among scientists to express the gravity of our situation is a major block to our understanding and response to climate change"
James Hansen, Stuart Scott, Pam Peterson, Philip Duffy
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-19
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Democracy Now! at COP 24
Date of publication:
2018-12-16
Description:
''At the U.N. Climate talks in Katowice, Poland, we speak with climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who is advising the bloc of least developed countries in the climate negotiations, about their demands. He is director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development in Bangladesh...''
Amy Goodman, Saleemul Huq
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-17
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Source/publisher:
Democracy Now! at COP 24
Date of publication:
2018-12-14
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - As protests erupt at the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, we speak with Liam Geary Baulch, part of the new movement called Extinction Rebellion that began six months ago in the United Kingdom and has now spread to 35 countries. Members are taking extreme action to fight the climate crisis, including supergluing themselves to government buildings, shutting down London Bridge and taking to the streets to sound the alarm about the impending catastrophe of global warming. They are demanding governments commit to legally binding measures to slash consumption and reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2025."
Amy Goodman, Liam Geary Baulch, Maya Menezes
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-15
Type:
Individual Documents
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Democracy Now! at COP 24
Date of publication:
2018-12-14
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https://democracynow.org - “We are not prepared to die.” Those are the words that Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the low-lying island country of Maldives, delivered at the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, this week. In an impassioned plea for nations to overcome their differences, he urged world leaders to take decisive action to tackle climate change. Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed returned home to his island nation in November after two years in exile. Just a month later, Nasheed is now leading the Maldives delegation at the U.N. climate summit. We speak with him from the U.N. climate talks."
Amy Goodman, Mohamed Nasheed
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-15
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Individual Documents
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English
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"The Lancet"
Date of publication:
2018-11-28
Description:
"The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and the response to, climate change. The Lancet Countdown tracks 41 indicators across five domains: climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability; adaptation, planning, and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; finance and economics; and public and political engagement."
Nick Watts, MA Markus Amann, PhD Prof Nigel Arnell, PhD Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, PhD Kristine Belesova, PhD Prof Helen Berry, PhD et al
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-14
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Individual Documents
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Environmental health
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English
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"The Lancet"
Date of publication:
2018-11-28
Description:
"The Lancet Countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change was established to provide an independent, global monitoring system dedicated to tracking the health dimensions of the impacts of, and the response to, climate change. The Lancet Countdown tracks 41 indicators across five domains: climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerability; adaptation, planning, and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; finance and economics; and public and political engagement."
Nick Watts, MA Markus Amann, PhD Prof Nigel Arnell, PhD Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson, PhD Kristine Belesova, PhD Prof Helen Berry, PhD et al
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-14
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Individual Documents
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Other health topics
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English
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Climate State
Date of publication:
2018-12-08
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"A global look at our civilization, other species, Messages From The Blue Planet, with French subtitles, provides a thought provoking view on many issues... A gift for my grandchildren. What do I know that might be helpful for them in their lives? Do we have a future? What kind of future? Can we learn to think and feel like a Planet? What could get in the way? Out of this has grown eight short videos, my take on ‘how things are, how things seem to be’ ...Le film a commencé par être un cadeau pour mes petits-enfants. Qu'est ce que je sais qui pourrait leur être utile dans la vie? Avon-nous un avenir? Quel genre d'avenir? Pouvons-nous apprendre à penser et à ressentir en tant que planète? Qu'est-ce qui pourrait nous en empecher?"
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-13
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Individual Documents
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English, sous-titres en francais
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Democracy Now! at COP 24
Date of publication:
2018-12-12
Description:
"As we broadcast from the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, world leaders and officials from nearly 200 countries are here to negotiate how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement. But three years after Paris, they appear no closer to curbing global emissions and halting catastrophic climate change. New studies show global carbon emissions may have risen as much as 3.7 percent in 2018, marking the second annual increase in a row. As the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports that humanity has only a dozen years to mitigate climate change or face global catastrophe, we speak with Joanna Sustento, who has already felt the harrowing effects of climate change and has dedicated her life to climate activism as a result. Her life was turned upside down in 2013, when Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest cyclones in recorded history, devastated the Philippines, killing five members of her family and thousands of others."
Amy Goodman, Joanna Sustento
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-13
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Individual Documents
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English
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United Nations
Date of publication:
1970-01-01
Sub-title:
Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Description:
Links to the COP 24, Conference Main Page, and the COP 24 documents. Other links, including the sessions of COP 23 and the agenda for COP 24 can be found on the Main Page.
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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English
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Democracy Now!
Date of publication:
2018-12-11
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - The 24th United Nations climate summit comes amid growing warnings about the catastrophic danger climate change poses to the world. In October, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that humanity has only a dozen years to mitigate climate change or face global catastrophe—with severe droughts, floods, sea level rise and extreme heat set to cause mass displacement and poverty. But on Saturday, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Kuwait blocked language “welcoming” the landmark IPCC climate report. New studies show global carbon emissions may have risen as much 3.7 percent in 2018, marking the second annual increase in a row. A recent report likened the rising emissions to a “speeding freight train.” We speak with Kevin Anderson, professor in climate change leadership at Uppsala University’s Centre for Environment and Development Studies, and 15-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg about the drastic action needed to fight climate change and the impact of President Trump on climate change activism."
Amy Goodman, Greta Thunberg, Kevin Anderson
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
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Individual Documents
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English
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Democracy Now! at COP 24
Date of publication:
2018-12-11
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - As government ministers from around the globe gather in Katowice, Poland, for the final days of the 24th U.N. climate summit, we speak with 15-year-old activist Greta Thunberg, who denounced politicians here last week for their inaction on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. She has garnered global attention for carrying out a weekly school strike against climate change in her home country of Sweden. “We need to change ourselves now, because tomorrow it might be too late,” says Thunberg. We are also joined by her father, Svante Thunberg, a Swedish actor."
Greta Thunberg, Amy Goodman, Svante Thunberg
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
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Individual Documents
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English
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Democracy Now
Date of publication:
2018-12-11
Description:
"https://democracynow.org - Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in Katowice, Poland, this week, where world leaders gathered to negotiate climate solutions were confronted last week by a teenage climate activist who says they are not doing enough to turn back the clock and prevent catastrophic climate change. Fifteen-year-old Greta Thunberg stunned the world last week when she denounced world leaders for inaction and told them: “change is coming whether they like it or not. The people will rise to the challenge. And since our leaders are behaving like children, we will have to take the responsibility they should have taken long ago.” She has made international headlines since launching a school strike against climate change in her home country of Sweden earlier this year. Every Friday, she protests outside the parliament building in Stockholm instead of attending school, and her actions have inspired thousands of students across the globe to do the same. Before we speak with Thunberg in person, we play an excerpt of her speech that went viral. “I like school, and I like learning,” said Greta, who plans to end her strike when Sweden starts cutting carbon emissions by 15 percent a year. “But why should we be studying for a future that soon may be no more? This is more important than school, I think.”..."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
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Websites/Multiple Documents
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UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Date of publication:
2018-12-11
Description:
"COP24 is the informal name for the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)....
The UNFCCC is a “Rio Convention”, one of three adopted at the “Rio Earth Summit” in 1992. The UNFCCC entered into force on 21 March 1994. Today, it has near-universal membership. The countries that have ratified the Convention are called Parties to the Convention. Preventing “dangerous” human interference with the climate system is the ultimate aim of the UNFCCC.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the supreme body of the UNFCCC Convention. It consists of the representatives of the Parties to the Convention. It holds its sessions every year. The COP takes decisions which are necessary to ensure the effective implementation of the provisions of the Convention and regularly reviews the implementation of these provisions.
In accordance with a decision of the 22nd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Convention (COP22) in Marrakesh in November 2016, the successive climate summit will be held in Poland. Poland was selected to host this event within the framework of the Eastern European Group (EEG).
Poland will hold the Presidency of the Climate Convention for the third time.
COP24 will take place from 2-14 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland...."
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Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
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UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Date of publication:
2018-11-27
Description:
"The goal of the Paris Agreement on climate change, as agreed at the Conference of the Parties in 2015, is to keep global temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. It also calls for efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The annual UN Environment Emissions Gap Report presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement."
Date of entry/update:
2018-12-12
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Individual Documents
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English (full report); Burmese & Chinese - executive summary
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