(Article originally published here) On September 25, at the UN General Assembly in New York, government leaders will agree to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts” as they sign on to the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — setting the global-development agenda for the next 15 years. It is good to…
(This article was originally posted here) Climate change is a clear and present danger, forcing countries to evolve their policies constantly to keep up, participants at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction said today. “It’s clear that climate change is going to have dramatic consequences for disaster risk reduction, particularly for poorer countries,”…