As the urgent need for climate change adaptation becomes clearer, so three issues come to the fore. The first is the cost.  Many estimates suggest that trillions of dollars are needed, with little idea of where these might come from. The second is whether governments and international agencies will act with the needed urgency. The third is whether those who need to act get the support they require. A meeting on Financing Urban Adaptation to Climate Change held at IIED on the 13-14 June highlighted eight points to guide funding.

El Estado cubano prioriza un programa de desarrollo de las fuentes renovables de energía para generar electricidad, en un país rebosante de luz solar, energía eólica, y biomasa forestal y cañera, en su afán por proteger la naturaleza y el medio ambiente.

Droughts, floods, heatwaves, sea-level rises and fiercer storms are likely to accompany increasing global warming and will cause severe hardship in areas that are already poor or were emerging from poverty, the bank said in a report.

In fewer than 20 years, climate change impacts – from flooded major cities to crashing food production – threaten to fundamentally reshape the world economy and dramatically worsen human lives, the World Bank’s president warned on Wednesday. 

Public Development Banks (PDBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean provide more than $700 billion in loans annually and possess the operational and financial heft to expand into areas such as climate change mitigation and productive development policies, according to a study released today by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

La reunión en México del Comité Ejecutivo del Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura --que concluyó este 18 de junio-- permitió avanzar en la construcción de una agenda regional para el manejo integral del agua, en tiempos de fuerte competencia por los recursos naturales, cambio climático e inseguridad alimentaria.

La dotación de recursos de energía renovable de América Latina y el Caribe es suficiente para cubrir más de 22 veces la demanda eléctrica proyectada para el 2050, de acuerdo a un nuevo estudio encomendado por el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).

Moving to further strengthen California's ties with China, California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols and Director of the Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission Xu Anliang signed a memorandum of understanding today in Shenzhen that will expand cooperation at the subnational level to tackle global climate change.

G8 leaders have reaffirmed their commitment to cutting levels of greenhouse gases and agreeing a climate change deal in 2015. 

Half a million vulnerable residents of  the capital of Minas Gerais, in the South East of Brazil, will benefit from the Belo Horizonte Urban Inclusive Development Policy Loan a US$200 million loan to the Municipality of Belo Horizonte, approved by the Board of Directors of the World Bank. The initiative will support a sustainable urban development strategy aimed at reducing social vulnerability.

The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions. It's becoming more about how to save ourselves from the warming planet's wild weather.

The Caribbean has the unenviable reputation as one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world, a situation exacerbated by climate change and vulnerability that experts warn could have significant economic consequences if unaddressed.

The United Nation's Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI) has launched a new phase of operations to meet growing demand from Member States for assistance in implementing measures that can reduce poverty, while promoting the sustainable use of natural resources and a healthy environment. 

Whether it’s swapping coffee for cocoa in Central America or bracing for drought in Sri Lanka with a return to ancient water storage systems, findings from a new report from the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) chart a path for farmers to adapt to climate shifts despite uncertainties about what growing conditions will look like decades from now.

The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) suggestion involves delegates examining a series of policies and technologies proven to rapidly lower emissions ahead of this year’s main summit in Warsaw.