Marginal Voices

Climate change and increasing natural disasters are a big challenge to humanitarian assistance. According to Red Cross climate change adaptation is one of the biggest challenges of climate negotiations in Copenhagen. Read the whole article in Finnish:

Ilmastonmuutos ei ole tulevaisuuden uhka. Se on tämän päivän todellisuutta, josta kärsivät eniten kaikkein köyhimmät ja haavoittuvimmat. Kööpenhaminan ilmastokokouksessa Punainen Risti vetoaa neuvottelijoihin, jotta kokouksessa saataisiin aikaan sitova sopimus kasvihuonekaasupäästöjen rajoittamisesta.

Sabina Zaccaro interviews IUCN gender advisor Lorena Aguilar Revelo.

ROME, Dec 7 (IPS/TerraViva) - Women are known to be innovators when it comes to responding to climate change. The question is how to ensure that the role of women and gender equality are reflected in climate change agreements.

Glacier melting is one of the biggest environmental problems brought by climate change in the Himalayas. Local people in Ladakh have innovative adaptation strategies. Read the whole article in Finnish:

Himalajan jäätiköiden kutistuminen ei lannista Jäätikkömieheksi kutsuttua Chewang Norphelia, 74. Hän rakentaa uusia jäätiköitä Intian Ladakhiin turvatakseen kasteluveden pelloille.

"We want to show policymakers what the three-year long drought in my country is doing to our communities," said Stanley Selian Konini, a Maasai from Oltepesi in Kajiado district, Kenya.

Climate change affects Ethiopian coffee farmers. Temperature raise and droughts have negative impact on work motivation, coffee quality, incomes and local staple production. Read the whole article in Finnish:

Kahvintuotanto ja -vienti kärsivät, kun sateet ovat vähentyneet. Liian kuuma sää heikentää myös toimeliaisuutta, arvioivat etiopialaiset haastateltavat.

Energy self-sufficient Samsøn island in Denmark producing renewable energy only and could serve as an example to other countries in the world. Read the whole article in Finnish:

Tanskalainen Samsøn saari tuottaa itse energiansa - uusiutuvista luonnonvaroista. Voisiko Samsøsta ottaa mallia myös muualla?

Samsøn saari on ympäristötietoisen Tanskan näyteikkuna. Marraskuun lopussa saarella vieraili esimerkiksi kuvausryhmä japanilaiselta tv-kanavalta.

Extreme weather damage can now cause annual grain output in China, the world's biggest grain producer, to fluctuate by about 10 to 20 percent from longer-term averages.

Climate change affects Nicaraguan fruit sellers. Temperature raise has negative impact on harvest and thus produces inflation and income decrease. Local people have different adaptation strategies. Read the whole article in Finnish:

1. Thursday, 3rd December 2009, at 9:45 - 16

How sustainable, less-emissive life is punished through "emission reductions"

- India and Climate Change, voices from affected local & indigenous communities

What are the expectations for global climate policy and COP15 from Indian civil society? How should the climate deal be made? What is the role of India?

Venue: KEPA office, Dialogi conference room,

Address: Töölöntörinkatu 2 A, 00260 Helsinki

UNIFEM's seminar on climate change and women.