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News of weather events and climate affairs from around the African continent.
GenderCC is a global network and platform of gender activists and experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. The website provides access to news, information and other resources.
Island Vulnerability explores the challenges which isolated geographies face when dealing with risk and disasters. Documents from the landmark Small States Conference on Sea Level Rise held in the Maldives in 1989 are available.
And finally,
>1.5 To Stay Alive, a song written and performed by Barbadian performance poet Adisa "AJA" Andwele, marks the 1.5 degree Celsius limit to which global surface temperatures can rise before Small Island Developing States are severely compromised in their ability to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
About the Cyberlibrary
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development. It is sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
Tiempo Climate Newswatch is a weekly on-line magazine with news, features and comment on global warming, climate change, sea-level rise and development issues. The news stories carried by Newswatch are updated weekly. Comment, features, interviews and other sections of the magazine are updated on a weekly to monthly basis.
The Tiempo Climate Portal is a listing of selected websites covering climate and development and related issues.
The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is maintained and edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich. The cartoons are created by Lawrence Moore. The site was developed by Mike Salmon and Mick Kelly.
While every effort is made to ensure that information on this site, and on other sites that are referenced here, is accurate, no liability for loss or damage resulting from use of this information can be accepted.
Issue 73 - October 2009
Available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format:
Right click on the link to download the file and read off-line. This may prove more reliable than reading the file within your browser.
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If you are living in a developing country or working on climate and development issues, you can request a free subscription to the quarterly printed bulletin. Please send your request, with your mailing address, to Sarah Granich at Tiempo Editorial, PO Box 4260, Kamo, Whangarei 0141, New Zealand, email: tiempo.editorial@gmail.com.
Issues 51 onwards
Issues 51 onwards of Tiempo are available in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format:
- Issue 72, low resolution (0.9Mb)
- Issue 72, high resolution (5.3Mb)
- Issue 71, low resolution (1.6Mb)
- Issue 71, high resolution (4.7Mb)
- Issue 70, low resolution (1.7Mb)
- Issue 70, high resolution (2.6Mb)
- Issue 69, low resolution (1.7Mb)
- Issue 69, high resolution (4.7Mb)
- Issue 68, low resolution (1.6Mb)
- Issue 68, high resolution (7.0Mb)
- Issue 67, low resolution (1.6Mb)
- Issue 67, high resolution (3.1Mb)
- Issue 66, low resolution (1.2Mb)
- Issue 66, high resolution (4.4Mb)
- Issue 65, low resolution (1.1Mb)
- Issue 65, high resolution (4.1Mb)
- Issue 64, low resolution (1.6Mb)
- Issue 64, high resolution (3.8Mb)
- Issue 63, low resolution (0.9Mb)
- Issue 63, high resolution (3.2Mb)
- Issue 62, low resolution (0.9Mb)
- Issue 62, high resolution (6.0Mb)
- Issue 61, low resolution (0.8Mb)
- Issue 61, high resolution (5Mb)
- Issue 60, low resolution (0.9Mb)
- Issue 60, high resolution (4.6Mb)
- Issue 59, low resolution (0.9Mb)
- Issue 59, high resolution (3.0Mb)
- Issue 58, low resolution (0.8Mb)
- Issue 58, high resolution (2.6Mb)
- Issue 57, low resolution (0.9Mb)
- Issue 57, high resolution (9.2Mb)
- Issue 56, low resolution (0.7Mb)
- Issue 56, high resolution (4.6Mb)
- Issue 55, low resolution (1Mb)
- Issue 55, high resolution (3.3Mb)
- Issue 54, low resolution (0.6Mb)
- Issue 54, high resolution (2.3Mb)
- Issue 53, low resolution (0.6Mb)
- Issue 53, high resolution (3Mb)
- Issue 52, low resolution (0.8Mb)
- Issue 52, high resolution (3Mb)
- Issue 51, low resolution (0.7Mb)
- Issue 51, high resolution (3.4Mb)
Issues 24 to 50
Issues 24 to 50 of Tiempo are available in HTML format:
- Issue 50 - December 2003
- Issue 49 - September 2003
- Issue 48 - June 2003
- Issue 47 - March 2003
- Issue 46 - January 2003
- Issue 44/45 - September 2002
- Issue 43 - March 2002
- Issue 42 - December 2001
- Issue 40/41 - September 2001
- Issue 38/39 - June 2001
- Issue 36/37 - September 2000
- Issue 35 - March 2000
- Issue 34 - December 1999
- Issue 33 - September 1999
- Issue 32 - June 1999
- Issue 31 - March 1999
- Issue 30 - December 1998
- Issue 29 - September 1998
- Issue 28 - June 1998
- Issue 27 - March 1998
- Issue 26 - December 1997
- Issue 25 - September 1997
Issues 24 to 50 can also be downloaded for offline reading (file sizes 100-400kb).
- Issue 50, December 2003
- Issue 49, September 2003
- Issue 48, June 2003
- Issue 47, March 2003
- Issue 46, December 2002
- Issue 44/45, September 2002
- Issue 43, March 2002
- Issue 42, December 2001
- Issue 40/41, September 2001
- Issue 38/39, June 2001
- Issue 36/37, September 2000
- Issue 35, March 2000
- Issue 34, December 1999
- Issue 33, September 1999
- Issue 32, June 1999
- Issue 31, March 1999
- Issue 30, December 1998
- Issue 29, September 1998
- Issue 28, June 1998
- Issue 27, March 1998
- Issue 26, December 1997
- Issue 25, September 1997
- Issue 24, June 1997
Instructions: Download the file into a new directory, uncompress the file, then point your web browser at the file index.htm.
Bright Ideas
Hydrogen-powered buses are carrying passengers on the streets of Reykjavik, Iceland (video)
The Esprimo P7000 Series of desktop computers from Fujitsu supports 0-Watt technology
Progressive Lighting and Energy Solutions makes companies green, one light bulb at a time
Ghent, Belgium, has declared Thursday a Veggie Day, promoting a meat-free, climate-friendly diet for one day of the week
The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan is developing elevated bamboo houses that will lift communities above flood zones
WaveRoller captures kinetic energy from ocean waves as they approach the shore using a bottom-mounted moving wing and converts that energy to electricity
New businesses in Tucson, Arizona, must use rainwater harvesting to meet at least half of their landscaping needs
As well as saving energy and reducing waste, The Edge LED lighting fixtures from BetaLED contain no mercury or lead and comply with Dark Sky regulations
The world's first hydrogen fuel cell canal boat will tour Amsterdam's waterways
The Green Foodservice Alliance is encouraging eco-friendly practices, such as use of spent grease for biofuel production and donation of non-sellable but edible food to a food bank or charity
The world's largest solar thermal steam cooking system, providing 50,000 meals per day, has been installed by Gadhia Solar at the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust in India
The role of the Panasonic Eco Technology Center is to recover high-quality recyclable materials from home appliances that have reached the end of the life
Sky Vegetables builds sustainable, commercial-scale hydroponic farms on urban rooftops, providing new jobs and nutritious, chemical-free, locally-grown produce while reducing environmental damage
Tiempo Climate Newswatch
Updated: March 12th 2010