Switching from a wood-fuelled cooking fire to a biogas flame saves trees and time, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and prevents health problems. This paper discusses the community-based cooperatives in the Terai plains of Nepal which are using carbon credits to fund micro-loans for families to install the technology.

Originially Published In:  Irish Aid Programme. A new dialogue: putting people at the heart of global development. Papers of the Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 15-16 April 2013. Dublin, Ireland: Irish Aid Programme. pp.39-42

Global, electricity demand is expected to grow by 76% from 2007-2031 resulting in a steep (over 50%) increase in energy related greenhouse gas emissions from coal fired power plants in the absence of concerted efforts by governments to transition to cleaner sources. There is talk of a large increase in nuclear capacity worldwide to meet the twin challenges of energy security and climate security in an energy starved, carbon constrained world.

Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from agriculture are substantial. This paper looks into how can agricultural greenhouse gas emissions be reduced or sequestration enhanced while maintaining and even increasing food supply. The paper relies on a research undertaken in nine chosen African countries.The authors reveal that croplands and grazing lands cover more than half of the East African countries’ lands and about 40% of the West African countries’ lands.

This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water Forum, ‘climate change and adaptation’, where it was presented and discussed. The following risks posed by climate change to the water sector in arid regions are identified.