LDCs elect one of their own to join Green Climate Fund

Women wearing the masks of G8 leaders attending a climate change protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photo credit: Caroline Gluck/Oxfam

On 11 May, 2012, the Bangladesh Minister for Environment and Forests, Dr. Hasan Mahmud, disclosed at an environmental seminar held in the capital city of Dhaka that the country has been nominated by the least developed countries (LDCs) to the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Founded in 2009, the GCF is intended as a mechanism to channel funding from the rich, developed nations [...]

July 10, 2012 | Filed under Earth Changes,Least Developed Countries | Read More

Sustainable development for the “energy poor”

Relocated villagers from the Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project in the Khammouane province of Lao People's Democratic Republic (Laos) are now earning more from fishing and other alternative livelihoods. Photo credit: Ariel Javellana, Copyright: Asian Development Bank 2010

In the theater of environmental preservation, increasing the global poor’s access to energy is usually cast as a necessary evil because it comes at the expense of the environment. Yet, given the direct correlation between adequate access to energy and poverty indicators [...]

March 16, 2012 | Filed under Earth Changes,Least Developed Countries | Read More

UNICEF: Children most vulnerable to climate change

Young bikers navigate flooded streets. Photo Credit: Edward Allen L. Lim

Among the various obstacles to achieving a minimum standard of living for children, an evolving threat is climate change. A recent UNICEF regional report shows that children in East Asia and the Pacific are most at risk.

A recent Climate Vulnerability Monitor report states that over 99 percent of climate change deaths take place in developing countries, and over 80 percent of these are among children. These affects will be [...]

December 2, 2011 | Filed under Earth Changes,Least Developed Countries | Read More

LDCs need better access to climate funding

A family in Tarialan, Uvs Province, Mongolia, uses a solar panel to generate power for their ger, a traditional tent. Photo Credit: UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

The UN Environment Programme reports that the last decade saw nine out of the 10 hottest years since reliable record keeping began, and a recent Berkeley study found that the Earth’s average land temperature had risen by .911 degrees Celsius since the 1950s, supporting several previous studies.

At this rate, the Earth will see greater melting [...]

November 17, 2011 | Filed under Earth Changes,Least Developed Countries | Read More