Tag Archives : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Raising Venice, Literally
The billion-dollar floodgates being installed in Venice might not save the city. These mobile floodgates are being constructed with the aim of safeguarding the 1,300-year-old island city of Venice. The ambitious and costly engineering feat may not be enough to protect the city from rising sea levels due to climate change.
Having risen from mudflats [...]
Filed in: Environment
Ban Ki-moon warns that the Arctic may be ice-free in 2030
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that ‘the Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on Earth’ and ‘could be ice-free by 2030.’ Ban recently visited the Polar Ice Rim in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard where he observed firsthand the impact of climate change on the Arctic.
Ban promptly called on governments to achieve in the international [...]
Filed in: Environment
Pakistan’s problems in Kashmir are more than political
Pakistan has started to be beset by water problems, undermining its stability even more. Water shortages in the country have led to grain shortfalls. Flour became scarce in 2008. Thousands of government troops were sent to guard wheat stores. The rivers are drying up as the glaciers that regulate Kashmir’s waters melt. It is estimated that Pakistan [...]
Filed in: Environment
