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Rural response to climate change in poor countries: Ethics, policies and scientific support systems in their agricultural environment — Última modificación 16/07/2009 10:18

In the second half of the past century, in less than fifty years, for example East Asian countries managed to climb out of extreme poverty and chart a path towards shared economic growth. Much of discussions and debate around this phenomenon have focused on the kinds of policies that these countries adopted or the nature of political regimes that spawned it. While policies and regimes have indeed been important ingredients, they obscure the key lesson from this experience: due in part to historical circumstances, leadership in these countries recognized the vital importance of managing the politics of change, which invariably would come with economic growth, and fashioned institutions to address this challenge. From this emerged strategies to promote shared growth (Campos 2009).

Center for Science and Technology Policy Research Briefing — Última modificación 25/06/2009 09:51

The Center for Science and Technology Policy Research is working to improve how science and technology policies address societal needs.

Winter Snow to Cool Hokkaido Airport in Summer — Última modificación 31/03/2009 08:51

The Tokyo Regional Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has undertaken a project to cool airport buildings using the cold water of melted snow at the New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.

[Global-FFS-l] ICT Update, Issue 45, October 2008 : Rural Telephony — Última modificación 20/10/2008 10:56

ICT Update is a bimonthly web magazine (http://ictupdate.cta.int) with an accompanying printed bulletin and an email newsletter. It is published by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) ACP-EU, P.O. Box 380, 6700 AJ Wageningen, the Netherlands.

NCAR News - Intensive Hurricane Study Launched — Última modificación 10/10/2008 08:28

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), working with federal agencies and universities as well as the insurance and energy industries, has launched an intensive study to examine how global warming will influence hurricanes in the next few decades. The goal of the project is to better inform coastal communities, offshore drilling operations, and other interests that could be affected by changes in hurricanes.

Excerpts for SciDev.Net Weekly Updates (August/September 2008) — Última modificación 06/10/2008 09:40

Some articles from a leading source of free news and commentary about science, technology and innovation in the developing world

Publications on Eldis August/September — Última modificación 09/12/2008 08:43

A preliminary assessment of energy and ecosystem resilience in ten African countries. Community based technology solutions: adapting to climate change. A review of tools for incorporating community knowledge, preferences, and values into decision making in natural resources management. The Key Steps in establishing Participatory Forest Management: a field manual to guide practitioners in Ethiopia. Climate Witness community toolkit. Planning for change: guidelines for national programmes on sustainable consumption and production Innovation system approach to agricultural development: policy implications for agricultural extension delivery in Nigeria. Resurrecting the vestiges of a developmental state in Malawi? Reflections and lessons from the 2005/2006 fertilizer subsidy program. Cities farming for the future: urban agriculture for green and productive cities. Chain-wide learning for inclusive agrifood market development: a guide to multi-stakeholder processes for linking small-scale producers to modern markets

Eldis key issues page: Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) — Última modificación 06/10/2008 08:56

The concept of Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) - also called Payments for Environmental Services - has received substantial interest in recent years as a way of creating positive economic incentives to change human behaviour in ways that increase or maintain environmental services, such as watershed protection, the sequestration of carbon and the provision of habitat for endangered species.

Efforts in Japan to mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect — Última modificación 01/10/2008 10:42

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect describes a phenomenon in which temperatures in urban areas are markedly higher than those in surrounding areas. Isotherms on a map show an urban area with higher temperatures emerging like a warm island floating on a cooler sea. This is the origin of the name of "Urban Heat Island."

Integrating Society through Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) — Última modificación 01/09/2008 20:33

In order to create a society where all people, including future generations, can live comfortably, it will be necessary to change the social structure and balance human lifestyles with the environment, society and economy. Education is a key process for improving people's sense of values and ability to innovate, fundamental qualities needed to achieve this goal. This is why the United Nations (UN) launched the "Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)" campaign in 2005. ESD is a tool to link society's various problems with people's daily lives and to redefine the values that currently direct society, with the aim of calling forth behavior that will bring about a sustainable society.