Mr. Huang Runqiu, CCICED Chinese Executive Vice Chairperson Minister of Ecology and Environment Steven Guilbeault, International Executive Vice Chairperson of CCICED, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada, Fellow Vice Chairpersons Excellencies, colleagues and friends. It is an honour to serve as Vice Chairperson of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development...Read More
What do plastic pollution, storytelling, and mental health have in common? These are all pathways Columbia scholars and students are taking to tackle the climate crisis, from different areas of expertise, through the Earth Networks program. Climate change and related environmental challenges are a messy, “wicked” problem that touches on many aspects of the way we live...Read More
Responding to the authoritative guidance issued by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which has concluded that countries must urgently implement measures to address the damage and threat to children’s rights from climate change and environmental degradation, Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Climate Advisor, said: “Children are among those most vulnerable to the...Read More
Fossil-fuel subsidies surged to a record $7 trillion last year as governments supported consumers and businesses during the global spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the economic recovery from the pandemic. As the world struggles to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and parts of Asia, Europe and the...Read More
Globally, almost 1 billion people now live within 10km of a coastline and the same number live in areas less than 10 meters above sea level. These populations face some of the world’s biggest climate hazards, such as coastal floods from rising sea levels and the effects of hurricanes and tropical storms, which are becoming...Read More
We’ve been warned that our planet will change in unimaginable ways if we don’t act soon, and new research shows nearly 50 percent of 15–84-year-olds have already experienced significant change. Seeing what lies ahead, climate scientists have been at pains to show us how climate change will intensify such that today’s youth will bear the brunt of climate impacts in...Read More
In most parts of the Global South where coffee is produced, the impacts of climate change are being felt through changes in water supplies, resulting from increased rainfall variability. Successive droughts are impacting crop yields in a varied list of countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, India, and Indonesia. Professor Dr. Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi of the International Water...Read More
They have called for urgent interventions to address the crisis, noting that 63 percent of the bloc’s population is undernourished. “The impact of climate change is visible everywhere in the region. We should tackle it from the underlying causes”, warned Jean Baptiste Havugimana, the Productive Sector director at the East African Community (EAC) secretariat. He...Read More
Amphibian Ark offers a wide variety of conservation grants for amphibian research and conservation. Start-up grants are one-time grants of US$5 thousand to help newly-launched projects get started at the very beginning. Start-up grant extensions of US$3 thousand provide continued support for AArk seed or start-up grant projects. Workshop grants of up to US$750 are...Read More
The Leakey Foundation funds research related to human origins. This includes research on primate biology, ecology, and behavior. The majority of research grants awarded to doctoral students range from US$3 thousand to US$20 thousand. Larger projects by senior scientists and post-doctoral students may be funded up to US$30 thousand. There are no citizenship restrictions. The...Read More
