Once it was an environmental issue, then an energy problem, now climate change is being
recast as a security threat. So far, the debate has focused on creating a security 'hook' …

The need to address both poverty and vulnerability to climate change can be considered two
of the major challenges facing human society in the 21st century. While the two concepts are …

IUCN is the world's oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than
1,000 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 …

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore, in an effort to 'contribute to a …

1. Introduction ments and technological adaptations can clearly reduce impacts and
contribute to poverty reduction. Such adjustments can also contribute to climate change …

Kenya straddles the equator, lying between latitudes 5 o north, and 5 o south and between
longitudes 34 o and 42 o east. Kenya's climate can be described as varied, ranging from the …

Climate change is affirmed as a major challenge to global food security in the twenty-first
century and a threat to availability of adequate food for the population. This study was …

Growing scientific evidence suggests that climate change will accelerate weather extremes
and increase human vulnerability to disasters. Exposure of agro-pastoralists to erratic …

IUCN is the world's oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than
1,000 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 …

Chronic crises are an emerging concept that is increasingly being referenced in research
and practice. Chronic crises display characteristics of both disasters and development, and …