Dao Xuan Lai, United Nations Development Programme assistant resident representative, and team leader of Climate Change and the Environment Climate action in both adaptation and mitigation are creating new types of businesses, attracting vast capital flows into low-carbon investments, creating jobs and spurring innovation and economic growth. Climate is changing faster than anticipated, and as the Earth’s surface is warming, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, more severe, and more difficult to predict. This has caused and will continue to cause damage to infrastructure, outbreaks of infectious diseases, and disruption to the supply chain. For example, a record drought in 2015-2016, the worst in 60 years, and the strong typhoon Damrey in 2017 caused damage to roads, houses, schools, crops and disruptions to the water supply in large parts of Vietnam. In response, Vietnam has set high priority in climate change adaptation. The Vietnamese government has made large … [Read more...] about Climate actions will usher in opportunities
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US agents arrest 32 at border protest in San Diego
By Reuters  December 11, 2018 | 09:02 am GMT+7 A police officer and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official detain people during a gathering in support of the migrant caravan in San Diego, U.S. on December 10, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Mohammed Salem U.S. authorities arrested 32 people at a migrants-rights protest on Monday organized by a Quaker group at a U.S. border fence in San Diego, California. The protesters called for an end to the detention and deportation of migrants and for the United States to welcome the caravan of Central American migrants who arrived in Tijuana, Mexico in November, the U.S. Border Patrol said. Facebook posts by protest organizer the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) showed demonstrators kneeling in front of federal agents in riot gear after they approached the fence on a San Diego beach. The AFSC said 30 people were stopped by agents and taken into custody while they tried to move forward to offer a ceremonial … [Read more...] about US agents arrest 32 at border protest in San Diego
San Francisco climate summit delegates place high hope on huge benefits from stepped up climate action
The delegates from states and regions, cities, business, investors and civil society at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), which opened in San Francisco on September 13, underlined the transformational action they are already pursuing. They said if the climate action is taken ahead of 2020, when global greenhouse gases need to peak and fall sharply thereafter, more than 65 million new low-carbon jobs can be generated in 2030, equivalent to today's entire workforce of Britain and Egypt combined. A stepped-up transition to a low-carbon economy can yield US$26 trillion in economic benefits worldwide through 2030 and avoid over 700,000 premature deaths from air pollution by that time. The summit participants unveiled a range of bold commitments across five challenge areas, namely in healthy energy system, inclusive economic growth, sustainable communities, land and ocean stewardship, and transformative climate investments. More than 100 officials have pledged to stay committed … [Read more...] about San Francisco climate summit delegates place high hope on huge benefits from stepped up climate action
Get your geek on: 130,000 head for San Diego Comic-Con
LOS ANGELES — Desk jockeys in eye-wateringly tight spandex will blur the line between fantasy and reality this week as they invade San Diego for the world’s largest celebration of pop culture fandom. The 49th Comic-Con International will revel in movies, TV and - yes - comic books, as fans in pitch-perfect monster, alien and manga costumes swelter in the southern Californian heat over five surreal days. Where fandom abounds, controversy is never far behind. And the big bone of contention this year is Disney’s decision not to bring its Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to Comic-Con, despite a record-breaking year with Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp. "It’s going to be an interesting year this year," said SyFy Wire editor-in-chief Adam Swiderski in a video preview of the Wednesday to Sunday get-together at the city’s harborfront convention centre. "A lot of the big players like ’Marvel,’ ’Star … [Read more...] about Get your geek on: 130,000 head for San Diego Comic-Con
Deputy PM Minh’s keynote address at ASEM conference on climate action to achieve SDGs
Infographics: Viet Nam's 17 sustainable development goals Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very delighted to join you all at this ASEM Conference on Climate Action to Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - Ways Forward. Your broad participation and invaluable inputs at our today’s Conference vividly demonstrate our determination to take bolder action in response to climate change for the achievement of sustainable development goals pursued by the international community. As an important inter-regional forum bringing together 53 members of Asia and Europe and a key driver for economic growth and innovation in the 21st century, ASEM has full ability and responsibility to champion for climate action for sustainable development. We can be proud of what ASEM has contributed to addressing environmental issues over the past two decades, particularly cooperation in sustainable management of natural resources, including water resources management. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM Minh’s keynote address at ASEM conference on climate action to achieve SDGs