International

• Stockholm+40 – International conference on sustainable living and innovative solutions, 23 to 25 April 2012, Stockholm, Sweden. Outcome document (http://www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/content/documents/542OutcomeSthlm40.pdf)
• FAO paper – Forest management and climate change: Stakeholder perceptions http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/md510e/md510e00.pdf
• WWF manual on mangroves and climate change (http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate/Publications/WWFBinaryitem27746.pdf)
• Renewable energy, global status report 2012 (http://www.ren21.net/Portals/97/documents/REN21_GSR2012_Key%20Findings.pdf)
• Top news on the environment in Asia 2010 (http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/upload/3144/attach/top_news_2010e.pdf).
• Can this photograph of a Himalayan glacier persuade people that climate change is happening? http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/06/can-this-photograph-of-mt-everest-persuade-people-that-climate-change-is-happening/259080/#
• CII, World Bank Group ink pact to save tiger (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/CII-World-Bank-Group-ink-pact-to-save-tiger/articleshow/14426216.cms)
• University of Colorado, Boulder, USA, study on media coverage of climate change http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/media_coverage/
• Rise in sea level cannot be stopped (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/01/us-climate-sealevel-idUSBRE8600EG20120701)
• Climate change loads the dice for more extreme weather http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-increases-extreme-weather-events
• Scientists attribute extreme weather to man-made climate change http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/10/extreme-weather-manmade-climate-change?newsfeed=true
• Tibetan glaciers shrinking rapidly http://www.nature.com/news/tibetan-glaciers-shrinking-rapidly-1.11010
• Glaciologists to target Third Pole http://www.nature.com/news/glaciologists-to-target-third-pole-1.10382
• Thawing permafrost reduces river runoff  http://www.nature.com/news/thawing-permafrost-reduces-river-runoff-1.9749
• Most of Amazon rainforest’s species extinction are yet to come http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=most-amazon-rainforest-species-extinctions-yet-to-come
• Like coffee and cocoa, bonds to get green certified http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/like-coffee-and-cocoa-bonds-to-get-green-certified/
• Climate change may lead to the collapse of Pacific corals http://www.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/climate-change-impacts/news/climate-change-may-lead-to-collapse-of-pacific-corals-.html
• BASIC countries call for focus on implementation http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/basic-countries-call-for-focus-on-implementation/. Also http://www.info.gov.za/speech/DynamicAction?pageid=461&sid=29011&tid=76046
• Ramsar COP11 stresses role of wetlands in addressing climate change  http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/ramsar-cop-11-stresses-role-of-wetlands-in-addressing-climate-change/
• Food price crisis feared as erratic weather wreaks havoc on crops http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/22/food-price-crisis-weather-crops
• International consensus statement on coral reefs and climate change http://www.coralcoe.org.au/icrs2012/Consensus_Statement.htm 

Organisations and institutions

• ClimatePrep (http://www.climateprep.org/)
• Durban Forum on Capacity Building (http://unfccc.int/cooperation_and_support/capacity_building/items/6802.php)
• Worldwide Views on Biodiversity (http://biodiversity.wwviews.org/)
• Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (http://www.ipcc.ch/)
  • IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), 2007 – Synthesis report (http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.htm)
• The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)  (www.ccafs.cgiar.org)
• United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (on climate change) http://www.un.org/esa/desa/climatechange/index.html
• United Nations Statistics Division – Millennium Development Goals Indicators http://mdgs.un.org 

Conventions and Protocols

• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (http://unfccc.int/2860.php)
  • Background to UNFCCC (http://unfccc.int/essential_background/items/6031.php)
  • Documents from the UNFCCC meetings (http://unfccc.int/documentation/documents/items/3595.php)
  • National communications from non-Annexe I (developing) countries  (http://unfccc.int/national_reports/non-annex_i_natcom/items/2979.php)

Rio+20 Conference

The Conference and side events

• CCAFS event on agriculture’s role in the green economy (http://ccafs.cgiar.org/news/press-releases/event-highlights-agricultures-crucial-role-green-economy-rio20-summit)

Media clippings

• Earth Summit: Rio report card (http://www.nature.com/news/earth-summit-rio-report-card-1.107640
• Times of India special coverage on Rio+20 (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rio-summit/specialcoverage/14315010.cms)
• After Rio+20 the developing countries must take the lead (http://www.scidev.net/en/science-and-innovation-policy/science-at-rio-20/editorials/after-rio-20-developing-countries-must-take-the-lead.html)

Convention on Biological Diversity Conference of Parties (CoP-11) at Hyderabad, 8-19 October 2012 

Media clippings

• Making the Nagoya Protocol work at the community level (http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/biodiversity/opinions/making-the-nagoya-protocol-work-at-the-community-level.html)
• Nagoya Protocol meeting concludes. India says good progress (http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/nagoya-protocol-meet-concludes-india-says-good-progress/1020058.html)

India

• Centre identifies green hurdles behind stalled investments (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Centre-identifies-green-hurdles-behind-stalled-investments/articleshow/14443926.cms)
• Nidos India climate change fact sheet http://www.nidos.org.uk/downloads/indiafactsheet.pdf
• National Action Plan on Climate Change http://www.indiaclimatemissions.org/
  • An evaluation of the National Action Plan on Climate Change http://www.indiaclimatemissions.org/download/NAPCC%20Evaluation.pdf 

Western Ghats

• The website of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel http://www.westernghatsindia.org/
• The report of the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel http://www.thehindu.com/news/resources/article3451324.ece
• On the methodology used by the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3520629.ece?homepage=true)
• UNESCO lists Western Ghats as a world (natural) heritage site
  • http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/902
  • http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/903
  • http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/
  • http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1342
• The Hindu on the UNESCO listing the Western Ghats as a world heritage site
  • http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article3592993.ece
  • http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article3595327.ece
  • http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3581730.ece
• IUCN wants international monitoring of the Western Ghats http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-12/flora-fauna/32648137_1_heritage-tag-spectacular-natural-values-flagships-for-global-conservation 

Nepal

• Nepal snow leopard threatened by climate change http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g5k4fW3PYfLeeTJlpu0dF2fDiNqQ?docId=CNG.677603afc5efb606df47df0f86a41039.391
• ‘Dirty snow’ hastens glacial melt in Himalayas http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/dirty-snow-hastens-glacial-melt-in-himalayas/
• Carbon payments to communities from Nepal’s pilot REDD+ Forest Carbon Trust Fund http://www.icimod.org/?q=8033
• When the rains don’t fall http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/when-the-rains-dont-fall/

Sri Lanka

• When the rains don’t fall http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/07/when-the-rains-dont-fall/