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Posted by : Javier Mon, Feb 6th 2012, 19:05
Yes, mntileg of glaciers have significantly made various regions of Nepal(and South Asia) more vulnerable to floods. Prolonging famine and food shortage (that can be, both directly and indirectly, attributed to climate change)have severed the already deteriorating lives of poverty stricken people of Nepal. Nevertheless, my heart always warms up when I remember hundreds of Nepali youths fighting for climate justice. thank you, Dilip for writing about the intensity of damage being done on Himalayas due to climate change.
Posted by : Hemant R. Ojha Wed, Jan 18th 2012, 02:39
Climate smart agriculture or climate smart science?
Climate smart agriculture or climate smart science?
A personal reflection on Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture, Oct 24-26, 2011, Ede-Wageningen, Netherlands
Dr Hemant R Ojha
Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS)
Blog address: http://www.southasiainstitute.org/blog-test/Entry/climate-smart-agriculture-or- climate-smart-science.html
Kathmandu Nepal
hemant@forestaction.org
Hojha@southasiainstitute.org
After forest entered the center stage of UN climate negotiation as REDD+, it is now time to think about agriculture. REDD+ was in part driven by the forest’s potential for carbon offset, as much as by the conservationist sentiment of people in the industrialized world. But, what can move the agriculture higher up on the climate agenda? I reflect on this by drawing on the Global Science Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture held in Waganingen, The Netherlands in late October.[i]
The conference took place at a time when media reports are filled with the news of people dying of hunger in the Horn of Africa.[ii] Studies indicate that the earth will have to feed additional 2.7 billion people by 2050, for which global food production has to increase at least by 70%.[iii] Agriculture will have to bear some of the worst effects of climate change. Agriculture sector also contributes to 10-12% of the total green house emission. So there is clearly a need to make agriculture smart in these three aspects – producing more food (and ensuring its equitable access), making agro-ecological system resilient, and also offsetting emissions. The conference clearly targeted these.
Just a few weeks ahead of COP 17 in Durban, scientists and promoters of climate smart agriculture gathered in global science conference in the agricultural capital of Europe &nda...