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The Land Degradation Assessment in Drylands (LADA) project provides access to documents, data, photos, maps and other resources concerning this critical issue.
The World Ocean Observatory provides a place of exchange for ocean information, education and public discourse about the future of the ocean and its implication for human survival.
AdaptNet is a community of adaptation specialists, sharing the latest information on adaptation strategies, measures, tools, research and analysis, and highlighting best practice and implementation. The network focuses on cities in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, but nested within the global network of cities.
In the Morning of a Day provides activists and event organizers with an opportunity to announce and promote their events and actions about global warming.
And finally,
Children from Uganda, Bangladesh and Mozambique have drawn pictures for Oxfam of their impression of climate change (video) and what it means to their lives.
About the Portal
The Tiempo Climate Portal provides access to carefully selected documents, websites and other resources concerned with climate and sustainable development. It is edited by Mick Kelly and Sarah Granich and maintained by Mick Kelly and Mike Salmon.
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The Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary is a co-production of the Stockholm Environment Institute and the International Institute for Environment and Development, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency.
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.
Capacity building in LDCs
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh opened the Least
Developed Country Expert Group workshop held in September 2002 in
Dhaka. Participants discussed the urgent need for capacity building as
appropriate preparation for formulating National Adaptation Plans of
Action. 
Published Issue 47, March 2003.
Climate Change and
Bangladesh: The Way Forward
Saleemul Huq reports on a roundtable discussion
concerning the implications of the climate issue for Bangladesh.
Published Issue 47, March 2003.
Gender and climate change
Jyoti Parikh and Fatma Denton report on an event
Engendering the climate debate which they organized at the
Eighth Conference of the Parties to the climate treaty.
Published Issue 47, March 2003.
The IPCC Third
Assessment: Mitigation
The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to
provide the international community with expert guidance regarding
scientific and technical aspects of the climate problem. Here, we
present the Panel's latest findings on mitigating global warming.
Published Issue 43, March 2002.
The IPCC Third
Assessment: Impacts
The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to
provide the international community with expert guidance regarding
scientific and technical aspects of the climate problem. Here, we
present the Panel's latest findings on the potential impact of global
warming.
Published Issue 40/41, September 2001.
Differentiation of
commitments
Heleen Groenenberg summarizes a discussion session held
during COP-6 on the differentiation of climate commitments and
underlying principles.
Published Issue 38/39, June 2001.
Photovoltaics against
poverty
Gerald Leach casts a critical eye upon the often
disparate views of the effective use of photovoltaics as an energy
supply source that emerged at a recent conference, Village Power
2000.
Published Issue 38/39, June 2001.
The IPCC Third
Assessment: Science
The role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is to
provide the international community with expert guidance regarding
scientific and technical aspects of the climate problem. Here, we
present the Panel's latest findings on the basic science of global
warming.
Published Issue 38/39, June 2001.
Science and policy in
the South Pacific
Jon Barnett reports on a Pacific Islands conference which
assessed the important links between climate science and policy for
this region.
Published Issue 36/37, September 2000.
Renewable energy on small
islands
Thomas Lynge Jensen presents some of the major
conclusions from the report Renewable Energy on Small Islands,
published in April 1998, supplemented with information gathered since.
Published Issue 32, June 1999.
The Convention on
Biological Diversity
Sam Johnston describes the major outcomes of the fourth
meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity held in Bratislava, Slovakia, in May 1998.
Published Issue 30, December 1998.
Latest ozone assessment
The World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations
Environment Programme have released the latest international
assessment of the state of the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere.
Published Issue 29, September 1998.
Artists view plastics and
waste
Varsha Nair reports on an international exhibition in
which artists present their perspectives on plastic and other waste
products underlying the issue of the human contribution, and its
responsibility, to environmental deterioration.
Published Issue 27, March 1998.
AIJ: Developing Countries'
Perspectives #2
Following on from the previous report by Kalipardi Chatterjee,
we present here the full text of the conclusions and recommendations
of the conference "AIJ: Developing Countries Perspectives"
held 8-10th January 1997 in New Delhi, India.
Published Issue 24, June 1997.
AIJ: Developing Countries'
Perspectives #1
In the first of two articles, Kalipada Chatterjee, Chief
of the Global Environment Group at Development Alternatives, New
Delhi, India, describes the outcome of the meeting "AIJ:
Developing Countries Perspectives" held 8-10th January 1997 in
which over 200 delegates from 40 countries participated.
Published Issue 23, March 1997.
ENSO and the Americas
The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon was the
subject of a scientific workshop held in July 1994 in Lima, Peru. Over
70 people from the Americas attended the workshop, organized by the
Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI).
Published Issue 16, June 1995.
Bright Ideas
Honda is leasing the hydrogen-powered fuel cell FCX Clarity to private individuals in southern California
TIDE, in southern India, markets energy-efficient stoves that reduce fuelwood use by as much as 30 per cent
Curitiba's BioCity Program (0.3Mb download) aims to halt the rapid rate at which cities develop and reduce biodiversity loss
The CooKit is an inexpensive, lightweight solar cooker that can save scarce fuel in poor communities and be swiftly deployed in emergencies (video)
Kungsbrohuset, a new building to be built by Jernhusen in Stockholm, will be heated partly by body heat from the people who pass through the nearby Central Station
Petrotec produces biodiesel from multiple feedstocks, including waste frying oils, animal fats and virgin vegetable fats and oils
Over 90 per cent of waste materials generated during construction of the eco-friendly Del Sur Ranch House were diverted from landfills
New Belgium's brew kettle is up to 70 per cent more efficient than standard brew kettles because it only heats thin sheets of wort
The Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan presents a community-based strategy for coming down from the oil peak
The Efficiencity virtual world shows how decentralized energy production leads to lower emissions, more secure supply and reduced bills
Climate Savers corporations are partnering with WWF to establish ambitious targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions voluntarily
Energy collected from an asphalt road and parking lot heats an apartment building in Avenhorn, The Netherlands (further information from Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV, 0.3Mb download)
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