The National Research Council is pleased to present this video that explains how scientists have arrived at the state of knowledge about current climate change and its causes [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIUN5ziSfNc[/video]
A new NASA field campaign will begin flights over the Arctic this summer to study the effect of sea ice retreat on Arctic climate. ARISE will conduct research flights Aug. 28 through Oct. 1, covering the peak of summer sea ice melt View more
Chief of Climate Change Adaptation and Terrestrial Ecosystems, United Nations Environment Programme at the 18th session of the Conference of Parties (COP18) [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNtn12rFXY8[/video]
This groundbreaking documentary event series explores the human impact of climate change. Watch Thomas L. Friedman interview President Obama about the challenges of climate change in Washington View more
Dr. Jim White of the University of Colorado, Boulder discusses the National Academy of Sciences report, Abrupt Impacts of Climate Change. Dr. White chaired the committee that authored this report [video]http://www.youtube.com/embed/Yqhv3GgTdtA?[/video]
Bill McKibben, author and founder of the international environmental campaign 350.org, says that a global campaign to curb climate change, the ecological devastation that will result could make our planet uninhabitable [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6TXXDSQwCE[/video]
Published on Nov 19, 2013. Produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and Globaia and funded by the UN Foundation [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWOrZQ3L-c[/video]
Uploaded on Jul 24, 2011.What's the future for Africa's livestock herders as our climate changes, becomes less predictable, heats up? How can scientific research help remote pastoral communities? Among the poorest of the world's poor, herders supply milk and meat not only for themselves but for large numbers of other poor people [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaKqsio88iI[/video]
To feed nine billion people by 2050, global food production needs to increase by 70 percent. Farmers in Africa, and across the world, are using Climate-Smart Agriculture practices to combat the impacts of Climate Change on crop production [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0V2xzEw44Y[/video]
Jim Toomey is a cartoonist and trained scientist and has aired several 2 minute videos on the oceans. Here’s one on adaptation which was a primer for eco-adaptation interview with UNEP's Keith Alverson View More
In Africa, millions will suffer from climate change impacts on agriculture, water availability, ecosystem services and biodiversity. It's urgent for countries in the region to take action to reduce vulnerability and enhance local communities' capacity to adapt [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIp2RkDQBMg[/video]
Published on Mar 30, 2014. IPCC Fifth Assessment Report - Working Group II - Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMIFBJYpSgM[/video]
Published on Apr 18, 2014. Everything you need to know about the IPCC fifth Assessment Report – Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFSfev42g-4[/video]
Published on Oct 2, 2013. The publication of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) is one of the most important events in the international debate on climate change in recent years. The Summary for Policymakers of the first part of the Report (the Working Group I contribution). [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4M1XGnfSYg[/video]
ADB representative talks about the bank plans to support projects and activities on climate change and the environment in general to promote clean and sustainable development in Africa Link to the Report
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