The publication takes you on a journey to explore the practical linkages between climate change, access to and sharing of information and knowledge, communication for development and ICTs in general. More specifically, it considers how everyday information and communication tools such as radios, mobile phones, personal computers, the internet and interactive media can help reduce the risks of climate change faced by the most vulnerable segments of the global village through providing access to and the sharing of timely information and critical knowledge.

Cities face a mounting challenge from climate change. In developed and developing countries alike, rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, higher sea levels, and more frequent and severe extreme events such as droughts and floods threaten to overwhelm urban infrastructure, services and management systems. City officials recognise the need to adapt to climate change, and use scientific evidence to support their plans for doing so. But the precise details of these changes and the local impacts they will have cannot be predicted.

In Durban, climate change concerns were mainstreamed within various municipal short term and long-term planning processes. They also acted as a catalyst for the development of a new assessment tool to facilitate the incorporation of climate change concerns into the city’s long term planning. This will help reduce the tensions between development and environmental priorities by allowing decision makers to better understand long-term development.

Credit: Cities Alliance. 

Freely available climate and climate-related data is essential to catalyze the changes in policies, investments and technologies that will be needed if we are to move towards a climate-smart future.

A focused look at next-generation sustainable materials innovation from the folks at PopTech.

The e-Institute offers a virtual learning classroom for sharing high quality development learning and knowledge resources.

From our friends at Earth Journalism Network and Poynter. News University.

This is an Internews and Internews Europe project dedicated to the empowerment of environmental journalists from developing countries around the world.

At a time when the Earth’s resources are being depleted faster than they can be replenished, adopting and promoting more sustainable ways of living that are in harmony with our communities and nature has never been more crucial. This guidebook supports young people to become advocates and agents of change for sustainable lifestyles in their respective communities around the world.

Credit: UNEP.

This website provides information that is current, relevant, and useful for learning more about climate change.