With demand for water growing, new research by Sally Rangecroft has identified 54 rock glaciers in Bolivia that could provide an important source of all-year round water supply to local communities. …
Climate change and resilience: campaigns Tom and development Geri discuss
John MagrathIs it possible to reconcile the views of campaigners and development practitioners on the place of climate change within programming through the concept of ‘resilience’? On Tuesday John Magrath introduced …
Climate change: exceptional or unexceptional? Campaigns Tom and development Geri discuss
John MagrathWhy are there divergent views on where climate change fits within the development and humanitarian communities? Programme researcher John Magrath presents an imaginary conversation. It used to be said – …
Prolonged drought, rising temperatures and coffee rust – the growing crisis in Central America
John MagrathIncreasingly severe climate conditions are having a devastating impact on food security and livelihoods in Central America. Here, John Magrath looks at how prolonged droughts alone are serious concern, but …
Hidden hunger: South Africans speak out on World Food Day
John MagrathOn World Food Day John Magrath shares the findings of an Oxfam South Africa report which reveals that one in four citizens are going hungry. The causes of poverty, the …
Could coffee rust and El Niño cause hunger for millions?
John MagrathJohn Magrath explains how poor coffee harvests and drought are already threatening millions in Central America with hunger. Now, with meteorologists predicting an onset of El Niño later this year, …
Increase in super El Niños will impact the poorest most
John MagrathScientists may have cracked a big climate puzzle: whether rising global temperatures will influence the weather phenomenon known as El Niño. Unfortunately, the answer is probably yes. Here, John Magrath …
Four years of floods have left Pakistan hungry: getting real about the human cost of climate change
John MagrathAs the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) release their report on the physical science behind climate change, John Magrath reminds us of the harsh reality of regional climate change impacts. I blogged earlier …
A hotter world is a hungrier world
John MagrathThe latest assessment of global climate change enters a new phase today as scientists and civil servants gather in Stockholm to discuss the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on …
Seasonality is back in season
John Magrath“Seasonality” has re-emerged as a topic in development after a long lull – but will it gain more traction this time round? Seasonality is the observation that rural livelihoods in …
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