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Hadi, Tahmina. "An Analysis of Water Policies and Strategies of Bangladesh in the Context of Climate Change." Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development 29, no. 1 (June 2019): 111–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1018529119860958.
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Water sector is crucial to sustainable development. It sustains the natural resources, livelihood of the people and facilitates to operate economic activities of the country. Currently, the water sector of Bangladesh is under severe threats particularly due to impacts of climate change. The Fourth Assessment Report of International Panel on climate change confirms that the water sector will be one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change. Climate change impacts are being manifested in the form of extreme climatic events and sea-level rise followed by salinity intrusion into the groundwater and wetlands. The Government of Bangladesh has formulated policies to address the climate-induced water vulnerabilities. However, the existing policies are heavily leaned towards strategising adaptation options to address short-run climate-induced water vulnerabilities. Implementation of long-term approaches to combating climate change require laying groundwork which include extensive research on determining the future impacts of climate change on water resources. The article aims to assess some of the major policies, including National Water Policy, Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, National Strategy for Water Sanitation and Hygiene, The National Sustainable Development Strategy, National Adaptation Programme of Action and Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100, through the lens of climate change to determine that up to what extent these policies have addressed the climate-induced water vulnerabilities. The article has recommended to emphasise on conducting a comprehensive research with proper institutional setup on the long-run impacts of climate change on water resources and undertake subsequent water adaptation strategies to address the water-related problems.
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Kisinger, Chakma, and Kenichi Matsui. "Responding to Climate-Induced Displacement in Bangladesh: A Governance Perspective." Sustainability 13, no. 14 (July 12, 2021): 7788. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13147788.
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Population displacement by extreme weather events have long plagued Bangladesh, a low-lying disaster-prone river delta. The country experiences yearly displacement of approximately one million people and losses of about 1% of its gross domestic product due to cyclones, floods, and riverbank erosion. This study examines how the Bangladesh government has managed climate-induced displacement with a particular focus on socioeconomic development policies. We analyzed the country’s 1984 Land Reform Ordinance, the 2009 climate change strategy and action plan, the 1997 agricultural Khasland settlement policy, perspective plan for 2010–2021, poverty reduction strategy paper, and five-year plans to understand governance changes for displaced communities. We found that, overall, the central government implemented four main strategies. In the first strategy, Bangladesh resettled displaced people in cluster villages on public lands. Then, it provided life skills training (e.g., leadership, disaster preparedness, income generation) to rehabilitate the residents. The third strategy was to align resettlement efforts with local-level climate change adaptation and poverty reduction activities. Here, the central government and its seventeen departments collaborated with local councils to support resettled households under the social safety program. The fourth strategy was to diversify financial resources by obtaining more fund from donors and establishing its own financial mechanism. However, we also found that the decision-making and implementation process remained top-down without need assessment and community participation. This paper intends to offer insights on how similar challenged countries and regions may respond to climate displacement in the future.
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Siahaan, Grace Natalia Bornok. "Climate-Induced Migration: Conflict Resolution and Legal Efforts in Pacific, Africa, and South Asia." Global International Journal of Innovative Research 2, no. 7 (July 12, 2024): 1558–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.59613/global.v2i7.246.
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Climate-induced migration involves people relocating caused by detrimental climate changes affecting their living environment. Pacific, Africa, and South Asia have experienced climate-induced migration resulting from extreme weather events, sea level rise, drought and desertification, and temperature extremes. The purpose of this research is to find out in terms of conflict resolution, what legal efforts have been made by the government of the affected regions to address climate-induced migration. This study uses descriptive qualitative method and case studies. Based on the results obtained from the data, it was found that the affected governments are pursuing various legal efforts to be able to tackle climate-induced migration. Several efforts made, namely “Migration with Dignity” policy, the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) Project, Great Green Wall initiative, the African Union’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Bangladesh’s Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP), the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Disaster Management Centre, and India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC). The regional initiatives mentioned earlier play pivotal roles in implementing these frameworks and fostering collaborative endeavors, whilst the innovative legal frameworks, guided by SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) indicators, ensure that climate-induced migration is addressed effectively. To sum up, dealing with climate-induced migration requires a holistic approach involving regional collaboration and innovative legal frameworks.
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Alam, Md Masud, and Philippe Quevauviller. "An Evaluation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) activities in Bangladesh." Asia Pacific Journal of Energy and Environment 1, no. 1 (June 30, 2014): 22–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.18034/apjee.v1i1.207.
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For resolving adverse impact in water sector (such as severe flooding, sedimentation of river channels, erosion of the riverbanks, scarcity of water during the dry season, saline intrusion and environmental degradation in particular in the Southwest, cyclones and tidal surges in coastal areas, heavy arsenic contamination of groundwater etc.) in Bangladesh, lot of studies and programs have been under taken by the Government of Bangladesh during the last fifty years. Current global climate change and upstream withdrawal of water have made the water related problems more critical. Under these circumstances, water resources management needs more comprehensive and integrated approaches. Early day’s water management in Bangladesh were mainly involved to Flood Control Drainage and Irrigation (FCDI) project which caused detrimental effects of other sectors. The issue of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been increasingly highlighted after the 1990's. The Flood Action Plan (FAP, 1989-95), Bangladesh Water and Flood Management Strategy (BWFMS, 1995), The Ganges Water Treaty (1996), National Policy for Safe Water Supply and Sanitation (1998), National Water Policy (NWPo, 1999), Guidelines for Participatory Water Management (GPWM, 2000), National Water Management Plan (NWMP, 2004), National Water Resources Database (NWRD, 2001), Regional Technical Assistance (RETA, 2009), Bangladesh Water Act (DBWA, 2013)are the major examples of IWRM practice in Bangladesh.For the evaluation of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) activities in Bangladesh, the three IWRM tools i.e. ‘Enabling Environment’, ‘Institutional Framework’ and ‘Management Instrument’ have been used as a methodology. Lots of Online Questionnaire has been done to the National Water Expertise for getting more information and strengthening the scope of work. Although lot of constraints are existing to develop IWRM plan in Bangladesh, yet the existing policy, plan, guideline, law, institution and information system provide a sound basis for the IWRM implementation in Bangladesh considering the principals of IWRM i.e. efficiency, equity, environmental sustainability. The study has shown that, the progress towards Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Bangladesh has been good. Much remains to be done. Nevertheless, advancing IWRM is a process of incremental steps and the Bangladesh water-related sector is clearly moving in the right direction towards the IWRM plan. Finally the study has drawn recommendations for effective implementation of IWRM activities in Bangladesh.
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Christensen, Steen, Raquibul Amin, and Ghulam Qadir Shah. "Regional Collaboration Among Countries in the Indian Ocean for Better Coastal and Ocean Governance." Polaris – Journal of Maritime Research 1, no. 1 (December 20, 2019): 1–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.53963/pjmr.2019.003.1.
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The Mangroves for the Future initiative (MFF) has operated since 2006 as a strategic regional and partnership-led programmeworking in response to the continued degradation of coastal ecosystems, which threatens the livelihoods and security of coastal communities and makes them more vulnerable to impacts from climate change. MFF follows the principle that healthy coastal ecosystems (principally mangroves, coral reefs and sea grass beds) can contribute significantly to human well-being and the resilience of man and nature to climate change. In its initial phase to 2010, MFF supported India, Indonesia, Maldives, Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Thailand to deliver a targeted response to the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004. Since then, country membership has expanded to include Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Pakistan and Viet Nam and the initiative has grown towards a wider response to the current and emerging challenges for coastal management in the Indian Ocean and South China Sea regions. MFF is also engaged with Malaysia on an outreach basis; and with the Philippines as a dialogue country. Co-chaired by International Union for Conservation of nature (IUCN) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and with ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), and Wetland International (WI) as institutional partners, MFF provides a unique platform for representatives from governments, civil society and private sectors to meet, discuss and take actions together at both regional and national scales. At the regional level, MFF is governed by a Regional Steering Committee that provides strategic leadership for policy change and advocacy and also serves as a forum for country to country information exchange and discussions on emerging issues of regional importance. Within each MFF member country, a National Coordination body has oversight on the programme implementation as guided by its National Strategy and Action Plan and delivery of the small, medium and regional grant facilities1. Through its inclusive partnership approach, MFF has significantly strengthened the collaboration between the key stakeholders from governments, civil society, and private sectors addressing national and regional coastal zone management issues. In particular, the MFF initiative has supported national and local governments in developing and implementing participatory and sustainable resource management strategies, and, through awareness and capacity building activities, empowered coastal communities to participate in the decision making processes relating to the management of the natural resources on which they depend for their livelihoods. The present paper elaborates successful examples of regional collaboration initiated through MFF that have contributed to better coastal governance in India Ocean region. The examples include the transboundary cooperation between Pakistan and Iran in Gawatar Bay, between India and Sri Lanka for in the Gulf of Mannar, and between Guangxi and Quang Ninh Provinces in China and Viet Nam. The paper also highlights the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially the Goal 14 and concepts like Blue Economy for sustainable ocean and coastal management in the light of the rapid development in maritime trade, race for exploration of the ocean bed for mineral resources, unsustainable exploitation of fish resources, and increasing pollution load to ocean waters from rapidly developing coastal urban growth in the Indian Ocean region.
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Stepanova, Nataliya. "Climate Change and the US National Security Strategy." Russia and America in the 21st Century, S3 (2023): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.18254/s207054760029216-4.
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The author of the article presents a historical overview of the US doctrinal approach to climate change, highlighting several milestones in its securitization. In the first stage, climate change was identified as such, in the second, it acquired the status of a threat; and in the third, it was enshrined in the strategic action plan. The article characterizes the main initiative plans adopted by several US departments directly involved in the implementation of the national security strategy. The author concludes that the securitization of this problem has not yet reached its final stage - the practical implementation of planned initiatives.
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Akhtyamov, Rasul G. "Development of approaches for transport infrastructure adaptation to climatic change." Modern Transportation Systems and Technologies 9, no. 1 (March 28, 2023): 34–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.17816/transsyst20239134-43.
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Aim: Development of transport infrastructure adaptation for climatic change.
Materials and Methods: The research method was the analysis of climate change adaptation approaches, climate change adaptation action programs, and adaptation plans at the local, regional and sectoral levels.
Results: The proposed approach consists of an adaptation strategy and an implementation plan for the adaptation strategy to integrate climate change adaptation activities into existing management. The outcome of the development of approaches to the adaptation of the transport industry to climate change should be an adaptation strategy and plan.
Conclusion: The iterative structure makes it possible to adjust adaptation measures, taking into account the refinement of climate change forecasts, socio-economic and technological changes. The proposed approach allows to determine the level of industry adaptation readiness for adaptation measures improving.
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O’Connell, Brian. "A ‘Made in Qatar’ Energy Transition Strategy." European Energy and Environmental Law Review 28, Issue 6 (December 1, 2019): 226–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/eelr2019023.
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Qatar is an independent constitutional monarchy and one of the world’s largest producers of natural gas. Qatar’s National Climate Change Plan commits the country to rapid decarbonisation of the energy system in line with the Paris Agreement. This analysis considers the international legal and regulatory frameworks that could enable the Qatari financial sector to support progress to domestic and global climate targets agreed to in the Paris Agreement. energy transition, Paris Agreement, sustainable finance action plan, Qatar, European Commission
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Rakibul, Alam, and Bahauddin Khalid Md. "Mainstreaming Climate Change. Adaptation into Regional Planning of Least Developed Countries: Strategy Implications for Regions in Bangladesh." Management of Sustainable Development 6, no. 1 (August 22, 2014): 5–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/msd-2014-0001.
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Abstract The purpose of the study is to assess the search for mainstreaming climate change adaptation into regional planning of least developed countries (LDCs) and draw strategy implications for regions in Bangladesh. The findings of the study revealed that national adaptation programme of action (NAPAs) in least developed countries were being gender-blind and failed to be properly implemented. Least developed countries should therefore do more to prepare for ongoing and future climate changes focusing on actions that are no-regrets, multi-sectoral and multi-level, and that improve the management of current climate variability. Strengthening capacities to use climate information, enabling locally appropriate responses, screening climate risks, assessing risks and adaptation options, starting with existing policies and plans, broadening constituencies beyond environment agencies, managing strategy conflicts, learning from projects and recognizing their limitations, monitoring and learning are the foreseen strategic actions by regions in Bangladesh for effective mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into regional development planning in the years to come.
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Mahany, Mollie J., and Mark E. Keim. "Challenges and Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation Among Pacific Island Nations." Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 6, no. 4 (December 2012): 415–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/dmp.2011.44.
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ABSTRACTFew regions of the world are at higher risk for environmental disasters than the Pacific Island countries and territories. During 2004 and 2005, the top public health leadership from 19 of 22 Pacific Island countries and territories convened 2 health summits with the goal of developing the world's first comprehensive regional strategy for sustainable disaster risk management as applied to public health emergencies. These summits followed on the objectives of the 1994 Barbados Plan of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States and those of the subsequent Yokohama Strategy and Plan of Action for a Safer World. The outputs of the 2004 and 2005 Pacific Health Summits for Sustainable Disaster Risk Management provide a detailed description of challenges and accomplishments of the Pacific Island health ministries, establish a Pacific plan of action based upon the principles of disaster risk management, and provide a locally derived, evidence-based approach for many climate change adaptation measures related to extreme weather events in the Pacific region. The declaration and outputs from these summits are offered here as a guide for developmental and humanitarian assistance in the region (and for other small-island developing states) and as a means for reducing the risk of adverse health effects resulting from climate change.(Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2012;6:415-423)
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Magoni, Marcello, and Rachele Radaelli. "The Climate Transition Strategy of the city of Brescia (Italy)." Urban Resilience and Sustainability 1, no. 3 (2023): 163–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/urs.2023012.
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<abstract> <p>To build climate-neutral, and at the same time sustainable and highly resilient cities, it is necessary to act on their infrastructures and activities that take place in them, which constitutes an operation that requires activating a long and pervasive planning process based on a highly integrated use of the intervention tools available to a municipality. Furthermore, it is necessary to have a specific tool which, in addition to structuring actions to counteract climate change, stimulates and coordinates this integration. A voluntary tool that has established itself in European cities committed to combating climate change is the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan (SECAP), which, subsequently and as a complement to the Sustainable Energy Action Plan, was promoted by the European Union to contribute from below to policies to counter climate change. Currently, one or both instruments have been adopted by around 8,000 municipalities or groups of municipalities. Furthermore, in recent years another tool has been emerging, which is often developed to replace or complement the SECAP to increase the effectiveness of the Municipalities' actions to combat climate change. This new tool, which has taken on different names, is referred to here as Climate Transition Strategy. The experience of the elaboration and the initial implementation of the Climate Transition Strategy of Brescia (Italian municipality of 200,000 inhabitants) is critically described, which was activated together with SECAP to achieve higher levels of mitigation and adaptation to climate change. In particular, the theoretical-methodological characteristics and the initial implementation of this strategy are described, comparing them with the performances required for the adoption of the SECAP and with the experiences that have been had with the latter tools. In this way, the performance of this new tool was compared with that of a consolidated and constantly evolving tool.</p> </abstract>
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Atlhopheng, J. R. "Biodiversity and climate change perceptions in arid lands-implications for sustainable development in Botswana." Botswana Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences 13, no. 2 (September 26, 2019): 24–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.37106/bojaas.2019.47.
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The paper considers the biodiversity and climate change perceptions in the semi-arid landscape of Botswana. Ecosystem services are essential to the planet’s equilibrium/wellbeing. However, anthropogenic influences, including climate change remain a stressor to the biodiversity resources. For Botswana, the land degradation and droughts, climate change and livelihoods are intertwined to divulge distinctive vulnerabilities and impacts. The existing action plans such as National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP), the Botswana National Action Programme to Combat Desertification (BNAP-CCD) and climate change’s nationally determined contributions (NDCs) point to the need for synergies. Research projects highlight increased vulnerabilities for various sectors, which challenge the country’s sustainability initiatives to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), National Development Plan 11 (NDP11) and the Vision 2036 imperatives. The perception study reveals the general public’s interpretations of what is good and what are challenges, at district levels. These reveal that biodiversity or climate change are not perceived to contribute much to the ‘good’ of the country, except for 2 district groups in northern Botswana. The national challenges hinge much on biodiversity loss and climate change – hence restricting attainment of the national development priorities.
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Mushitsi, Patrick, Nay Min San, and Aurore Shania Nsabimana. "Climate Change in Kenya: Understanding Major Threats and Government Policies for Resilience." International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 13, no. 11 (November 25, 2023): 3741–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i113554.
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This article aims to describe and highlight major climate threats found in Kenya and climate change policy implemented by the government of Kenya from 2010 to 2022. Climate change poses a severe threat to the living conditions of citizens and wildlife worldwide. Numerous studies have demonstrated that in the absence of implemented policies, living conditions can be further deteriorated.
While Africa may not contribute significantly to air pollution, there are other human activities that pollute the environment and need to be eliminated, as African people are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. African countries must take necessary steps to initiate sustainable development policies that ensure a better life for their citizens.
In the case of Kenya, droughts and floods have resulted in the loss of human and animal lives and have negatively impacted the country's economy. Consequently, the government has implemented necessary measures since 2010 to address the issue of climate change.
Various policies such as the National Climate Change Response Strategy (2010), the National Environment Policy (2013), Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030, Climate Change Bill (2014), National Climate Change Action Plan (NCCAP 2013-2017), National Climate Change Action Plan (2018-2022), and National Drought Management Authority (2016) have been enacted in response to climate change. These policies demonstrate the government's genuine concern for climate change issues. Overall, this study aims to contribute to the understanding of climate change policy in Kenya and raise awareness about the global threat posed by climate change.
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Kais, Shaikh Mohammad, and Md Saidul Islam. "Climate Change, Ecological Modernization, and Disaster Management: The Coastal Embankment Project in Southwestern Bangladesh." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 12 (June 8, 2023): 6086. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20126086.
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Climate change, one of the severest environmental threats to humankind, disproportionately affects low-income, developing countries in the Global South. Having no feasible mitigation alternatives, these countries resort to adaptation efforts to address climate perturbations. Climate change adaptation (or resilience) is primarily a localized course of action that depends on individuals, social networks, economies, ecologies, political structures, and the capabilities of all those to work collectively to absorb, learn from, and transform in the face of new realities. With a view to controlling the floods that shattered the life and economy of the then East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh, during the mid-twentieth century, the coastal embankment project (CEP) was instituted as an adaptation strategy to natural disasters in Southwestern Bangladesh. Based on a qualitative analysis of primary and secondary data, this paper seeks to critically evaluate the efficacy of the CEP in terms of the space for feasible action and ecological modernization. The findings of this research indicate that the CEP has become an unrealistic venture that hinders the growing economic activity of shrimp aquaculture in the area. This paper is expected to contribute to generating further theoretical and empirical discourse on the evaluation of similar development projects around the globe.
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Aksoy Tırmıkçı, Ceyda. "Emerging Actions and Energy Strategies for Sustainable Development of Sakarya City, Turkey: A SWOT Analysis." International Journal of Photoenergy 2022 (July 28, 2022): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/7596872.
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Turkey has been one of the earliest participants of the international climate policy process, since the Ministerial Conference on Atmospheric Pollution and Climate Change held in 1989. The country has prepared strategy documents, actions plans, sectoral policies, and projects to detect and adapt climate change effects. However, any of this has not turned into a main plan to support climate change mitigation on an international scale. The purpose of this paper is to identify local climate change mitigation strategies of Sakarya city, Turkey, by strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. For this purpose, relevant information were gathered from Covenant of Mayors, greenhouse gas inventories of the city, National Energy Efficiency Action Plan, online workshop with 44 local stakeholders from private sector and local universities held on 13.10.2020. The results emphasized the importance of the cross-link between local adaptation and mitigation in terms of energy demand and energy-based emissions on national and international scale.
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Shrivastava, Aakash. "National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health-India, 2019." Journal of Communicable Diseases 52, no. 03 (September 30, 2020): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.24321/0019.5138.202029.
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Introduction: In 2015, India’s response to climate change was broadened by introducing four new missions including “Health”. National Action Plan for Climate Change and Human Health (NAPCCHH) was prepared in 2018 with objective to strengthen health care services against adverse impact of climate change on health. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) approved National Programme on Climate Change and Human Health (NPCCHH) under National Health Mission (NHM) in February 2019. The common Climate Sensitive Diseases (CSDs) are - air pollution related, heat related, water-borne, vector-borne, cardiopulmonary diseases, mental health, food-borne, nutrition related illnesses etc. Currently the three key areas of focus for NPCCHH include air pollution, heat related illnesses and creation of green and climate resilient healthcare facilities. Air Pollution and Human Health: Acute Respiratory Illnesses (ARI) surveillance in context of air pollution was started in year 2017 in Delhi. Key Strategy in coming years are to expand ARI surveillance in all polluted cities of States, developing State/District/Cities level health sector adaptation plan for air pollution and health. Heat and Human Health: Since 2015, heat related illnesses (HRI) surveillance was started from heat vulnerable States of India. Key Strategies in coming year are strengthening the surveillance, standardizing the investigation of deaths due to suspected heat stroke cases, developing State/ District/ City specific heat and health action plan, increasing public awareness and community outreach, developing measures for early warning system/ alerts and response at State, district and below district level. National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) under MoHFW is incorporating both the green and climate resilient healthcare principles in revising Indian Public Health Service Guidelines.
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Kostova-Ivanova, Daniela. "Analysis of the Final Energy Use by Sectors in City of Vidin." Technium: Romanian Journal of Applied Sciences and Technology 14 (October 9, 2023): 132–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.47577/technium.v14i.9693.
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According to the initiative "The Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (CoM)" and within the framework of the EU-funded "Positive Energy Areas Project", the Municipality of Vidin should establish a "Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan". The city's sustainable energy development plans aim to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% up to 2030 and develop a comprehensive climate change adaptation strategy at the local level or integrate it into existing plans. The initiative envisages actions both for mitigating climate change and also for climate adaptation at the local level. This paper presents the results of the first part of the process for establishing the "Sustainable Energy and Action Plan of the Municipality of Vidin", including the assessment and calculation of the final energy use in the city by the different sectors. The research aims to present the main data sources necessary for СО2 emissions inventory at the city level and to process, validate, and analyze used statistical data for defining the final energy use by different sectors in one Bulgarian municipality. The purpose of this assessment is to determine final energy use by different sectors and by types of energy sources. The results from the analysis and evaluation of the final energy use in the sectors "Residential buildings", "Municipal buildings", "Industry", "Tertiary buildings", "Public lighting" and "Transport" will serve to conduct a baseline of CO2 emissions inventory, which is a part of the “Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan”. These results also could help the local authorities and key energy players to identify and implement the most suitable measures and actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation.
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Willis, Rebecca. "Constructing a ‘Representative Claim’ for Action on Climate Change: Evidence from Interviews with Politicians." Political Studies 66, no. 4 (February 6, 2018): 940–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0032321717753723.
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At the 2015 Paris Summit, global leaders agreed a strategy to tackle climate change. Under the agreement, each country must prepare a national plan. What challenges does this pose for politicians? How do they reconcile their representative role with understandings of climate change and measures required to address it? This article analyses interviews with UK politicians, through the framework of the ‘representative claim’ developed by Michael Saward, seeing representation as a dynamic interaction between politicians and those they claim to represent. Thus, politicians need to construct a ‘representative claim’ to justify action on climate. Four different types of claims are identified: a ‘cosmopolitan’ claim, a ‘local prevention’ claim, a ‘co-benefits’ claim and a ‘surrogate’ claim. The analysis shows that it is not straightforward for a politician to argue that action is in the interests of their electorate and that climate advocates need to support efforts to construct and defend claims.
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Lewis, David. "Taxation aspects of climate change management measures." APPEA Journal 50, no. 1 (2010): 253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj09015.
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Climate change is undoubtedly one of the greatest economic, social, and environmental challenges now facing the world. The present Australian Government is committed to acting on climate change and Australia’s progress towards its emissions reduction targets is being closely watched internationally. To contribute effectively to global climate change action, Australia must demonstrate its ability to implement robust and sustainable domestic emissions management legislation. The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), modelled after the cap-and-trade system, continues to be debated by our policymakers, as the Government moves to re-introduce its preferred CPRS legislative package for the third time. The advent of climate change legislation is inevitable and its impact will be far-reaching. This paper reviews the fiscal aspects of the proposed CPRS legislation in the context of the oil and gas industry, and whether it is conducive to creating incentives for appropriate climate change response by the industry. In particular, this paper will consider: the direct and indirect tax features specifically covered in the proposed CPRS legislation and their implications; the areas of taxation that remain uncanvassed in the proposed CPRS legislation and aspects requiring clarification from the tax administration; the interaction between Petroleum Resource Rent Tax (PRRT) and the CPRS measures; the flow-on impacts to taxation outcomes resulting from proposed accounting and financial reporting responses to the CPRS legislation; the income tax and PRRT treatment of selected abatement measures; and, elements of a good CPRS tax strategy and compliance action plan.
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Balatonyi, László, Bálint Lengyel, and Ádám Berger. "Nature-based solutions as water management measures in Hungary." Modern Geográfia 17, no. 1 (April 2022): 73–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.15170/mg.2022.17.01.05.
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Climate change, loss of biodiversity and degradation of ecosystems are all linked and have devastating consequences for our socio-economic stability, health and well-being. Working with nature is increasingly recognized as an efficient way to tackle these growing challenges, according to the new EEA report ‘Nature-based solutions in Europe: Policy, knowledge and practice for climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction.’ In line with the basin wide updated flood risk strategy like International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (hereafter: ICPDR) Flood Risk Management Plans 2021. Multilevel action plans have been developed. The EU level plans, such as the EU Strategy for the Danube Region, from the geographical point of view (for example: EU Green Deal) are mainly based on watersheds and on macro-regional scale. However, at the same time, counties should elaborate their strategies on their own level. Hungary has many strategies, one of the most relevant in terms of climate change is the Hungarian National Water Strategy (hereafter: HNWS), also known as, Kvassay Jenő Plan.
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Rahman, Shah Md Mahfuzur, Shah Monir Hossain, and Mahmood Uz Jahan. "Diet related NCDs: Time for action." Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin 45, no. 3 (December 30, 2019): 131–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bmrcb.v45i3.44641.
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Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, and posing significant challenges both in developed and developing countries including Bangladesh. In 2016, of the total 56.9 million global deaths, 71.0%, were due to NCDs. Some 85.0% of premature deaths from NCDs, are in low and middle income countries, where greater burden of undernutrition and infectious diseases exist.1-3 Evidence suggests a higher age specific mortality for NCDs among Bangladeshi population compared to Western populations, which putting burden on healthcare systems. 4 Bangladesh NCD Risk Factors Survey, 2018 showed that among the adult population, the mean salt intake was 16.5 gram per day and the prevalence of dislipidaemia was 28.4 %.5 Sugar consumption also continues to rise, driven by increased intake of beverages, biscuits, sweets and confectionary items. Industrially produced transfat in some food items is also an important issue in the country.
Malnutrition is a key risk factor for NCDs. Globally, nearly one in three people has at least one form of malnutrition, and this will reach one in two by 2025, based on current trends.6-8 All forms of malnutrition are caused by unhealthy, poor quality diets. Unhealthy diets that include high sugar, salt and fat intake, malnutrition, and NCDs are closely linked. Not only on the health, malnutrition and diet related NCDs pose a substantial burden on the economy and development.
Food systems worldwide face major challenges, such as population growth, globalisation, urbanisation, and climate change. Today’s food systems are broken and do not deliver nutritious, safe, affordable, and sustainable diets; they undermine nutrition in several ways, particularly for vulnerable and marginalised populations. Billions of dollars are spent annually marketing foods high in calories, fats, sugars, and salt, and intake has increased globally, including in low income countries.8
United Nations (UN) is well committed to prevent and control noncommunicable diseases through adopting series of resolutions in its General Assembly. In 2013, Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) resolved to develop and implement national action plans, in line with the Global Action Plan for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (2013–2020).9 NCDs are also embedded in sustainable development goal (SDG) target 3.4, that is, to reduce by one-third the premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases by 2030. NCDs are also linked to other SDGs, notably SDG 1 to end poverty. In 2017, the WHO Global Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases reaffirmed noncommunicable diseases as a sustainable development priority in the Montevideo roadmap 2018–2030.10
Bangladesh has also developed the Multisectoral Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases 2018-2025, with a three-year operational plan.11 Earlier the country has developed National Nutrition Policy, 2015, Second National Plan of Action for Nutrition, 2016-2025, Dietary Guidelines and other policies, strategies and action plan. The country is putting efforts for the prevention and control of malnutrition and NCDs.
Furthermore, to prevent and control the diet related noncommunicable diseases across the life cycle nutrition labelling, re-formulation of food standards with limiting high sugar, salt and fat, and banning industrial transfats; restriction of food advertising particularly marketing of unhealthy foods to children, imposing tax on sugar sweetened drinks, junk food etc. Aimed at behavior change communication, mass-media campaigns, nutritional advice and nutrition education on NCDs in general and diet related NCDs in particular are thus recommended.
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Nepal, Pashupati. "Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into sectoral policies in Nepal: A review." Geographical Journal of Nepal 12 (April 1, 2019): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/gjn.v12i1.23412.
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Nepalese people have experienced climate variability for a long time and the mitigation and adaptation responses they have made to reduce the effect of climate variability are not new phenomena for Nepal. However, mainstreaming climate change issues into sectoral policies from the government can be seen as recent activities in Nepal. Nepal has contributed negligible amount of emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) of global greenhouse gas, it is the fourth most vulnerable country in the world. In this context, this paper aims to review climate change adaptation policies in terms of sectoral integration. This paper has adopted text-mining method for information retrieval and knowledge mining and followed step-by-step approach to undertake review of policies. It concludes that National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) in 2010 can be a milestone in sectoral adaptation of climate change issue largely because it has provided the national framework for sectoral adaptation to climate change. However, NAPA ignores the importance of structural and institutional reforms needed for mainstreaming climate change adaptation into sectoral agencies. Climate change Policy, 2011, Local Adaptation Plan of Action (LAPA) 2011, Constitution of Nepal, 2015, Local Government Operation Act (LGOA) 2017, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act, 2017 and National REDD+ Strategy, 2018 are other prominent legislative and policy frameworks that have significant contribution in sectoral integration of climate change adaptation issues. However, lack of climate change act in order to implement fully these policies into practice for its implementation can be a major obstacle to achieve the goal. In this context, strong legislative foundation with effective institutional mechanism among different sectors will be very crucial to capture the spirit of new Federal Constitution of Nepal.
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Corburn, Jason, Patrick Njoroge, Jane Weru, and Maureen Musya. "Urban Climate Justice, Human Health, and Citizen Science in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements." Urban Science 6, no. 2 (May 31, 2022): 36. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci6020036.
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Urban informal settlements or slums are among the most vulnerable places to climate-change-related health risks. Yet, little data exist documenting environmental and human health vulnerabilities in slums or how to move research to action. Citizen science, where residents co-define research objectives with professionals, collect and analyze data, and help translate findings into ameliorative actions, can help fill data gaps and contribute to more locally relevant climate justice interventions. This paper highlights a citizen-science, climate justice planning process in the Mukuru informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya. We describe how residents, non-governmental organizations and academics partnered to co-create data-gathering processes and generated evidence to inform an integrated, climate justice strategy called the Mukuru Special Planning Area, Integrated Development Plan. The citizen science processes revealed that <1% of residents had access to a private in-home toilet, and 37% lacked regular access to safe and affordable drinking water. We found that 42% of households were subject to regular flooding, 39% reported fair or poor health, and 40% reported a child in the household was stunted. These and other data were used in a community planning process where thousands of residents co-designed improvement and climate change adaptation strategies, such as flood mitigation, formalizing roads and pathways with drainage, and a water and sanitation infrastructure plan for all. We describe the participatory processes used by citizen scientists to generate data and move evidence into immediate actions to protect human health and a draft a long-range, climate justice strategy. The processes used to create the Mukuru Special Planning Area redevelopment plan suggest that participatory, citizen-led urban science can inform local efforts for health equity and global goals of climate justice.
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Kozhukhova, T. V., Yu H. Bocharova, O. V. Ishchenko, and T. A. Fedotova. "EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK: CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY." Visnyk of Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mykhailo Tugan-Baranovsky, no. 2 (77) (2022): 137–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.33274/2079-4819-2022-77-2-137-148.
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Objective. The objective of the article is to establish the features of the policy of the European Central Bank in the field of climate change. Methods. In the research process, the following general scientific methods and methods of cognition are applied: methods of scientific abstraction, analysis and synthesis (to study the impact of climate change on the economy and the financial sector), systemic generalization (to systematize risks associated with climate change, determine the measures of central banks regarding minimization of the negative effects of climate change, determination of features of the policy of the European Central Bank in the field of climate change). Results. Based on the results of the conducted research, the impact of climate change on the economy and the financial sector is considered, and climate risks affecting the financial sector are identified (physical risks arising from climate-related hazards that can reduce the value of financial assets and/or increase liabilities), risks of the transition to "green" energy (due to policy changes regarding mitigation and adaptation to climate change, as well as market sentiment and technology changes that may affect the value of financial assets and liabilities), liability risks (due to liability entities for damages related to environmental damage that they may cause); measures to minimize the negative effects of climate change are defined (preliminary determination of climate risks in financial contracts, effective distribution of risks through insurance and reinsurance, assessment of the impact of a natural disaster on inflationary pressure, adjustment of monetary policy if necessary; use of more reliable quantitative assessments based on detailed impact analysis climate risks at the individual sector level; governments announcing a clear and predictable plan for future tightening of carbon policy; central banks incorporating climate variables into their macroeconomic models); the specifics of the European Central Bank's policy in the field of climate change are established (the presence of a strong normative and legal support of the policy in the field of climate change, which covers the monetary policy strategy, the action plan on climate change, the climate agenda with defined strategic priorities and measures; the presence of strategic goals and priorities in the field of climate change, which consist in managing and mitigating financial risks associated with climate change and assessing its economic impact, promoting stable financing to support an orderly transition to a low-carbon economy, sharing the experience of the ECB).
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Lazányi, János. "Greenhouse gas emissions and Europe 2020 strategy." Acta Agraria Debreceniensis, no. I (October 5, 2010): 241–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.34101/actaagrar/i/8409.
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Common Agricultural Policy has identified three priority areas for action to protect and enhance rural heritage: (i) the preservation and development of natural farming and traditional agricultural landscapes; (ii) water management and sustainable use and (iii) dealing with climate change. Measures of Rural Development Plan in EU countries promote the development of agricultural practices for preserving the environment and safeguarding the countryside. This is achieved by targeting rural development and promoting environmental friendly, sustainable practices, like agri-environment schemes. Farmers are encouraged to continue playing a positive role in the maintenance of the countryside and the environment. Changes in total emission between 1990and 2007 do not show any correlation with the total GHG emission. GHG emission was reduced in Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Romania, Poland, Estonia and Bulgaria, where GHG efficiency is low.
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Ruiu, Maria Laura, Massimo Ragnedda, and Gabriele Ruiu. "Similarities and differences in managing the Covid-19 crisis and climate change risk." Journal of Knowledge Management 24, no. 10 (October 20, 2020): 2597–614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkm-06-2020-0492.
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Purpose This paper investigates both similarities and differences between two global threats represented by climate change (CC) and Covid-19 (CV). This will help understand the reasons behind the recognition of the CV as a pandemic that requires global efforts, whereas efforts to tackle climate change still lack such urgency. This paper aims to answer to the following questions: What are the elements that make CV restrictions acceptable by both the public and policymakers? and What are the elements that make CC restrictions not acceptable? Design/methodology/approach This paper analyses the situation reports released by the World Health Organisation between the 11th of March (declaration of pandemic) and the 22nd of April, and their associated documents such as the Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (WHO), the Risk Communication and Community Engagement Action Plan (WHO) and its updated version (WHO) and the Handbook for public health capacity-building (WHO). The analysis ends one week after President Trump’s announcement to suspend US funding to WHO (Fedor and Manson, 2020) and his support to public demonstrations against restrictions. Findings The application of the second stage of the “Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication” model identifies five lessons that can be learned from this comparison. These relate to the necessity to simultaneously warn (about the severity of a threat) and reassure (by suggesting specific courses of action) the public; the need for multilevel collaboration that integrates collective and individual actions; the capacity to present cohesive messages to the public; the risk of politicisation and commodification of the issue that might undermine global efforts to tackle the threat; and the capacity to trigger individual responses through the promotion of self-efficacy. Originality/value This paper identifies both similarities and differences between CC and CV managements to understand why the two threats are perceived and tackled in different ways. The analysis of official documents released by both the World Health Organisation and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate CV outbreak as a crisis, whereas climate change is still anchored to the status of a future-oriented risk.
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Legionosuko, Tri, M. Adnan Madjid, Novky Asmoro, and Eko G. Samudro. "Posisi dan Strategi Indonesia dalam Menghadapi Perubahan Iklim guna Mendukung Ketahanan Nasional." Jurnal Ketahanan Nasional 25, no. 3 (December 30, 2019): 295. http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jkn.50907.
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ABSTRACTGlobal environmental hazards that threaten human and nature are becoming increasingly apparent. One of these hazards may include climate change which affect the sea level rise, ocean warming, increased temperature, increased rainfall and tropical storms. Indonesia is one of the countries containing abundant natural resources with high level of environmental damage. Indonesia as a tropical country is also one of the countries most vulnerable to negative impacts of climate change. In order to discover Indonesia position and strategy in the Climate Change, the literature analysis method was done to support the paper. The result showed that, Indonesia in preparing the action plan and funding use the blended finance scheme that is implemented through the document of National Action Plan in Facing Climate Change and National Development Planning Response to Climate Change. The active role of the business community, academics, civil society organizations, development partners, and all elements of society is needed so that efforts to deal with climate change can be achieved effectively in realizing national resilience. ABSTRAKBahaya lingkungan global yang mengancam manusia dan alam menjadi semakin jelas. Salah satu bahaya ini termasuk perubahan iklim yang mempengaruhi kenaikan level permukaan air laut, pemanasan laut, peningkatan suhu, peningkatan curah hujan dan badai tropis. Indonesia adalah salah satu negara yang memiliki sumber daya alam melimpah dengan tingkat kerusakan lingkungan yang tinggi. Indonesia sebagai negara tropis juga merupakan salah satu negara yang paling rentan terhadap dampak negatif perubahan iklim. Untuk menemukan posisi dan strategi Indonesia dalam Perubahan Iklim, metode analisis literatur dilakukan untuk mendukung makalah ini. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa, Indonesia dalam mempersiapkan rencana aksi dan pendanaan menggunakan skema keuangan campuran yang dilaksanakan melalui dokumen Rencana Aksi Nasional dalam Menghadapi Perubahan Iklim dan Respons Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional terhadap Perubahan Iklim. Peran aktif komunitas bisnis, akademisi, organisasi masyarakat sipil, mitra pembangunan, dan semua elemen masyarakat diperlukan agar upaya untuk mengatasi perubahan iklim dapat dicapai secara efektif dalam mewujudkan ketahanan nasional
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Barnard, M. "SADC’s response to climate change – the role of harmonised law and policy on mitigation in the energy sector." Journal of Energy in Southern Africa 25, no. 1 (March 23, 2014): 26–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2014/v25i1a2685.
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The negligible levels of energy-related GHG emissions attributable to the Southern African sub-region translates into the sub-region contributing relatively little towards global climate change. Notwithstanding, the member states comprising the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are among the most vulnerable to the trans boundary effects of global climate change. Existing SADC climate change policy documents highlight the important role of the energy sector in climate change mitigation. Furthermore, various international, African Union and SADC legal instruments stress the crucial role of harmonised law and policy as climate change adaptive measure. It is the central hypothesis of this paper that harmonised sub-regional law and policy aimed at regulating SADC member states’ mitigation efforts in the energy sector is a crucial climate change adaptive strategy. This hypothesis is based on the mandates for the formulation of a SADC climate change action plan and for mitigation in the energy sector. These mandates are contained in the texts of the SADC-CNGO Climate Change Agenda, 2012 and the Southern Africa Sub - Regional Framework on Climate Change, 2010 respectively. It is the main aim of this paper to investigate recent developments in the formulation of harmonised SADC law and policy on climate change in general and law and policy pertaining to mitigation in the energy sector specifically. In achieving the stated aim, themes to be investigated by means of a literature study are those of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change and harmonised sub-regional policy on mitigation in the energy sector as adaptive measure in the SADC.
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Tomšić, Željko, Ivan Rajšl, and Matea Filipović. "Possible Role of NPP in Long Term Low Carbon Development Strategy – Case Study Croatia." Journal of Energy - Energija 65, no. 1-2 (June 27, 2022): 3–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.37798/2016651-2123.
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The term low – emission development strategies (LEDS) was developed on the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2008. LEDS is used to describe a longterm national economic development plans or strategies that include low emissions and economic growth resistant to climate change. The concept of Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS) has been introduced by the Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC as a common but differentiated approach to meet the overall emissions reduction objectives: “All countries shall prepare Low Emission Development Strategies …nationally-driven and represent[ing] the aims and objectives of individual Parties in accordance with national circumstances and capacities” (Cancun Agreement). Low Carbon Development Strategies (LCDS) in this way become an overarching framework to design and achieve Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) reflecting the Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) of all countries. For Long-Term National Strategy and Action Plan for Low-Carbon Development the main objective of this programme is the development of a long-term national strategy and action plan for low-carbon development to enable country to fulfil its commitment to carbon obligations. Low-carbon development strategy will become the fundamental for the development of the energy sector with low rate of carbon, but also for the entire economy. European Union is the leader in the effort to reduce emissions especially in the energy sector – sector with the highest rate of emission. With the goal of reducing emissions, necessary measures are accentuated for energy in the EU Countries, as well as in Croatia. The possibilities for realization of Croatian low-carbon development and particularly possible role and barriers for Nuclear power plants for Low carbon emissions development in the electricity sector until 2050 will be presented in this paper.
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Djongyang, Noël. "Climate change and some adaptation measures in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Cameroon." E3S Web of Conferences 354 (2022): 01004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202235401004.
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Cameroon aspires to emergence by 2035. Since 2009, it has drawn up reference documents such as the “Vision 2035” and the “Strategy Document for Growth and Employment”, which include growth goals such as poverty reduction, economic development, industrialization, democracy and unity. In addition, in the document of the Intended Determined Contribution to the National Plan submitted to the United Nations, the country undertakes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions up to 32% by 2035, with particular emphasis on renewable energy which will contribute 25% of total electricity production. The Sudano-Sahelian region of Cameroon is the region most threatened by climate change. For more than a decade, actions have been carried out both under government leadership and private initiatives to reduce the effects of global warming on the socio-economic development of the region. In our work, we will present some of the local action plans experienced both in the laboratory and in the field based on energy, agriculture, environmental techniques, and hydraulics and water control.
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Greiving, Stefan, Marc Zebisch, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Mark Fleischhauer, Christian Lindner, Johannes Lückenkötter, Mareike Buth, Walter Kahlenborn, and Inke Schauser. "A consensus based vulnerability assessment to climate change in Germany." International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management 7, no. 3 (August 17, 2015): 306–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm-11-2013-0124.
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Purpose – This paper aims to propose a collaborative approach toward an integrated vulnerability assessment to climate change in Germany that attempts to bridge the gap between scientific output and policy demand. Design/methodology/approach – Conceptually, the approach follows the definition of vulnerability as used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but it has modified this basic concept. It clearly distinguishes between three time slices (presence, near and remote future) not only regarding the change in the climatic conditions but also socio-economic development trends. Findings – The paper concentrates on the selected methodological framework, the collaborative research design and those preliminary results of the nationwide vulnerability assessment that are transferable to other settings. Practical implications – A Vulnerability Network (“Netzwerk Vulnerabilitaet”) emerged from an applied research project commissioned under the Adaptation Action Plan of the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety and the Federal Environment Agency. The assessment serves as evidence basis for the implementation of the German Adaptation Strategy. Thus, all relevant federal authorities and agencies are represented in the Vulnerability Network. Originality/value – The approach is the first really integrative vulnerability assessment for the whole Germany, as it considers not only 16 sectors but also interconnections between these sectors and cumulative effects for three different time slices. Moreover, the normative component of the assessment was clearly separated from the analytic one. The Vulnerability Network as a whole has been responsible for all normative decisions to be taken during the assessment procedure thus ensuring a wide understanding and acceptance of commonly achieved results.
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Fanta, Josef, and Petr Petřík. "Forests and Climate Change in Czechia: an Appeal to Responsibility." Journal of Landscape Ecology 11, no. 3 (December 1, 2018): 3–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2018-0009.
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Abstract Forests cover more than one third of the area of Czechia and provide many environmental, economic, social and cultural benefits. Only a small part of the country´s forested area is left to nature. Most Czech forests are managed, with Norway spruce as the main tree species. The ongoing climate change progressively creates new conditions for the functioning of forests as important components of the landscape and providers of ecosystem services for society. Until recently, Czech forestry policy makers had not paid enough attention to climate change. As a result, Czech forests grapple with increasing instability caused by repeated windstorms, droughts and insect plagues. Traditionally applied management methods and rigid business models are not suitable for resolving the situation. Czech forestry thus takes an exceptional position within Europe. The responsibility for the development of the adaptation strategy and sustainable management policy lies in the hands of forestry policy makers. In order to restore stability and to ensure multifunctionality of forests under new climatic conditions, it will be necessary to introduce a new model of forest management. Compared to the traditional forestry model based on age classes, the new management model must be more flexible and better adapted to the new environmental situation. The principles of the new forestry policy should stem from agreement and cooperation of the forestry sector with scientific and nature protection institutions, as well as from an active discussion within society. The starting point of the change are the documents Strategy of Adaptation to Climate Change under the Conditions of the Czech Republic and National Action Plan, elaborated in 2016 and 2017 by the Ministry of the Environment, and the Strategic Framework Czech Republic, approved by the Czech government. The chosen adaptation strategy and its implementation must not only restore the stability of forests, but also improve the future position of the Czech forestry sector among European countries.
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Lindner, Christian. "Finanzpolitische Zeitenwende – das Fundament für Wachstum schaffen." Wirtschaftsdienst 103, no. 8 (August 1, 2023): 530–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/wd-2023-0152.
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Abstract In this article, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner places the government’s draft of the 2024 federal budget and the fiscal plan up to 2027 in the context of his fiscal policy strategy and identifies the need for further action. In order to be able to set priorities for strengthening future-oriented spending, the federal government has reviewed all expenditure in the federal budget. Action is being taken to raise savings potentials and to curb expenditure trends. However, in view of challenges such as demografic change or the transition towards climate neutrality, further steps must follow in order to ensure that the federal budget’s composition and priorities are rigorously targeted towards future-oriented tasks, and to enhance the attractiveness of Germany as a business location through supply-side measures.
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Alleva, Giorgio, Emanuele Baldacci, and Pietro Demetrio Falorsi. "Methodological, technological and design challenges in the new multisource statistics ecosystem." Statistical Journal of the IAOS 37, no. 1 (March 22, 2021): 245–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/sji-200757.
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We are experiencing noteworthy changes in our societies, related to the impact of health and safety in the post-COVID19 pandemic; globalization; digital technologies; on the perimeter, organization and performances of companies; and climate change, including on ecosystems and biodiversity. In this paper, we present future challenges and developments of statistics and official statistics along four main axes: data, capabilities to manage data, methods, and data governance. Nobody can address alone the new challenges of the information society. Partnerships among official statistics, academia, public and private researches, and users, are fundamental. It is necessary to adopt a strategy and a coherent plan of action at the global level to support the modernization of official statistics to answer societal challenges.
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M. Feroze Ahmed, Tanvir Ahmed, and Md Tauhid Ur Rahman. "Environmental Safeguards in the Construction of Padma Bridge." MIST INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10, no. 2 (November 30, 2022): 23–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.47981/j.mijst.10(02)2022.386(23-31).
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The Padma Bridge, being the largest infrastructure development project of Bangladesh, required extensive environmental safeguards to make the dream project of Bangladesh environmentally sound. Threat to biodiversity particularly breeding and migration of HIlsha (Tenualosa ilisha) fish, safe disposal of 50 million m3 of dredging spoils, disturbances and displacement of wildlife, conservation of biodiversity, plantation of trees lost to the project, control of construction related noise, air and water pollution, occupational health and safety of the workers were the main environmental impacts of the project. An Environmental Action Plan (EAP) with effective protective measures was successfully implemented. Environmental monitoring of quality of both surface and drinking water, ambient noise level, concentration of PM10, PM2.5, CO, ozone, oxides of nitrogen and sulfur in ambient air, disposal of domestic, construction and hazardous wastes, disposal of dredged spoils, use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and safety at work sites were conducted regularly by a team constituted for this purpose throughout the project period and protective measures were adopted as and when required. Increased flow, water level and temperature in Padma River due to climate change were considered in the design of the Bridge. A wildlife sanctuary has been established in the project area for flourishing of flora and fauna in the protected environment.
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Selvey, Linda A., Morris Carpenter, Mattea Lazarou, and Katherine Cullerton. "Communicating about Energy Policy in a Resource-Rich Jurisdiction during the Climate Crisis: Lessons from the People of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 8 (April 12, 2022): 4635. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084635.
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There is a high degree of expert consensus that anthropogenic climate change will be catastrophic if urgent and significant measures to reduce carbon emissions are not undertaken worldwide. Australia is a world-leading exporter of coal and gas, and does not have an effective emissions reduction strategy. Though many Australians support action on climate change, this has not affected voting patterns. In this qualitative study, we aimed to explore the attitudes of Australian voters in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia towards potential environmental policies. We approached people in public spaces, and invited them to participate in interviews. Six of the thirty-five interview participants who voted for the two main political parties or were undecided voters agreed with the transition to 100% renewables and/or no new coal mines in Australia. Many thought that renewables were not reliable enough and/or the economy was too dependent on coal to make the transition. There was strong support for political leadership in order to regulate mining and pollution, and for a transition plan for fossil-fuel-dependent communities. Participants were most concerned about tangible environmental issues, such as waste and pollution, and also described needing clear solutions in order to engage with the issues. Some described feeling ‘shouted at’ by protests and messaging about climate change and environmental issues. Our findings suggest that solution-based messaging may increase levels of engagement about climate change, and that waste and pollution can be entry-points for discussions about climate change. It is important to have conversations with people about this important issue.
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Cardoso, Ana, and Carlos Abreu Amorim. "European Climate Law – real changes or postponed future?" UNIO – EU Law Journal 7, no. 1 (October 6, 2021): 138–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.21814/unio.7.1.3574.
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One cannot question the scientific evidence of the deterioration of the planet’s environmental quality and the global climate emergency. The apparent growth of denialism in the climate debate does not bring anything positive. The European Green Deal (“EGD”) appeared as a consolidated strategy to fight climate change, but the world is not the same as it was in December 2019. Even before the COVID-19 crisis, there were doubts about the viability of such a powerful political and financial investment. As we try to deal with the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic and guide our economies to recovery, risks of diversion or misuse of these environmental funds seemed possible. Fortunately, environmental common sense seems to have prevailed. In an unforeseen but potentially happy marriage, the Recovery Plan for Europe and the EGD were united in their purposes and in their concrete action. The European Climate Law (“ECL”) is the first binding legal instrument born of the EGD. With a non-mishap-free preparation process, the final version provokes contradictory feelings. First, the perception that one could have gone further is inescapable. On the other hand, what is already acquired is relevant and Europe is unlikely to go back on this essential matter. There are innovations in the ECL that significantly altered the Commission’s original proposal, introducing new elements. But while some of these changes appear to have been forced by the new circumstances, others may be proof that Member States do not have the same predisposition to deal with the objectives of the EGD and the fight against climate change. The safest way to contradict this inclination is to strengthen the ECL as a key tool in the implementation of the European Union’s environmental and policy strategy.
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Tomé, Eduardo, Osvaldo Peuyadi, and Andew Hatch. "The Challenges of Banco Crédito Agrícola in Portugal to the European Commission's Sustainable Finance Action Plan." European Conference on Knowledge Management 24, no. 2 (September 5, 2023): 1049–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eckm.24.2.1682.
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This article relates to the necessary changes that Banco Crédito Agrícola in Portugal must consider; at the level of strategy, processes and organizational culture, to meet the European Commission Action Plan for sustainable finance, published in 2018 (European Commission, 2018). The Action Plan obliges financial institutions to redirect capital flows towards more sustainable investments to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth, manage financial risks arising from climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, and social issues, as well as promote transparency and long-term vision in economic and financial activities (European Commission, 2018).
The study seeks to give greater relevance to the approach on Resource-Based View and Dynamic Capabilities supported by knowledge management as the main sustainable competitive advantage for Banking in Portugal to meet the Action Plan requirements described above.
Firstly, qualitative, and secondly quantitative methodologies were used. The qualitative part was made by analyzing the sustainability reports of the 2013-2020 period of Banco Crédito Agrícola and by interviewing key employee stakeholders of the institution. The quantitative part was made by applying questionnaires to two different samples; one representing the Portuguese population and the other, consisted of employees of Banco Crédito Agrícola based in Portugal.
We conclude that there is a relationship between sustainable finance and knowledge management in the banking sector. This relationship implies a need for strategic, cultural, and process changes in Banco Crédito Agrícola, in the context of its organizational development.
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Neira, Maria, and Ivan Ivanov. "PL01 HEALTHY, SAFE AND RESILIENT WORKPLACES FOR ALL." Occupational Medicine 74, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2024): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0002.
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Abstract The goals of the World Health Organization and its 195 Member States for the coming years as stipulated in its 14th General Programme of Work (2025-2028) will be to strengthen the prevention of diseases, to promote health and wellbeing, to protect health in emergencies and to provide health services. Addressing the health impacts of climate change and the determinants of health, as well as health actions in priority settings, such as cities, schools and workplaces are among the key strategies to achieve these goals. Since its creation WHO acted to improve working conditions through different strategies and action plans from industrial health, occupational health, and workers’ health and in collaboration with ILO. Between 2007 and 2018 WHO implemented a global plan of action on workers’ health. Currently, WHO action on occupational health is integrated in the Global Strategy on Health, Environment and Climate Change adopted by the World Health Assembly in 2019. This strategy links occupational health to environmental health and climate change emphasizing the role of workplaces as a key setting for action on prevention of occupational and work-related diseases and injuries, provision of essential health services through workplaces and their integration with primary health care systems. Half of the world population are working adults. The health of the worlds’ workforce and the health determinants related to work and employment are important for achieving the overall objectives of promoting, protecting and providing health. According to recently released joint estimates of WHO and ILO, more than two million deaths annually can be attributed to occupational risks, such as exposure to carcinogens, workplace air pollutants, unergonomic work, noise, and long working hours. There is a growing concern about the impacts of work and employment on mental health. The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated the role of businesses and workplaces as essential settings for public health and social measures to contain the spread of the disease. Action at workplaces is also vital to protect workers from other public health threats such as periods of severe air pollution, extreme weather events, chemical, radiological and other public emergency hazards. At the recent high-level meetings on universal health coverage and non-communicable diseases, held at the UN General Assembly, countries committed to scaling up efforts to build healthier and safer workplaces, to improve access of workers to occupational health services and stimulate the promotion of health and wellbeing at work.
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Ivanov, Ivan. "SS46 - GLOBAL NETWORK OF WHO COLLABORATING CENTRES FOR OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH." Occupational Medicine 74, Supplement_1 (July 1, 2024): 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqae023.0273.
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Abstract The WHO Collaborating Centres (WCCs) are institutions such as research institutes, parts of universities or academies, which are designated by the Director General to carry out activities in support of the Organization's programmes. In 2000, the WHO Executive Board encouraged centres to develop working relations with other centres and national institutions recognized by WHO, in particular by setting up or joining collaborative networks with WHO's support. The Global Network of WCCs for Occupational Health was created in June 1990 at a meeting in Helsinki, Finland. It’s first meeting was held in 1992 in Moscow. Currently there are 30 WCCs for occupational health. The ILO and non-state actors in official relations with WHO, such as ICOH and IEA, are also members of the network along with other international partners of WHO in the area of occupational health. The Global Network provided technical expertise and support to WHO to implement the WHO Global Strategy of Occupational Health for All (1996), the WHO Global Plan of Action on Workers’ Health (2007), the WHO Global Strategy on Public Health, Environment and Climate Change (2019), as well as regional strategies and action plans in the area of occupational health, such as the Regional Plan of Action of Workers’ Health in the Americas. This session will highlight the current priorities and initiatives of the Global Network of WCCs for Occupational Health, will provide examples of successful networking among the institutions, and will outline the strategic ways of working under the 14th General Programme of Work of WHO.
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Vinogradova, T. I. "Green Budgeting Tools and Practice." Financial Journal 15, no. 4 (August 2023): 82–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.31107/2075-1990-2023-4-82-97.
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Russia is following the course of implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and shaping its climate strategy. In March 2023, Russia approved the National Action Plan for the second phase of adaptation to climate change for the period until 2025. The public budget is the main tool for achieving the political goals of the government, therefore, in order to implement the public policy in the field of environmental protection and counteraction to climate change, green budgeting is being introduced. The purpose of this article is to actualize the ideas of green budgeting, systematize such budgeting tools within the framework of the general concept of green budgeting, taking into account foreign experience of their use. The author uses general scientific methods, in particular methods of analysis and synthesis of relevant scientific literature, legal information and publications of international organizations. The following conclusions are made: The public budget system is able to minimize those economic activities that are adverse for the environment by creating the possibility of tracking, analysis, evaluation and adjustment of budget expenditures using the tools of green budgeting. The latter does not require restructuring of the public finance management system; the prerequisite for its practical use is the presence of environmental care among the state national goals.
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Kasseh, Y., A. Touzani, and S. EL Majaty. "Exemplarity of the State for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings Institutional - Case of Morocco." Nature Environment and Pollution Technology 22, no. 1 (March 2, 2023): 169–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.46488/nept.2023.v22i01.015.
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Engaged for many years in a strategy to control climate change, Morocco is committed to leverage on sustainable development as a new development model and as a true project for society. This commitment resulted in implementing several reforms targeting the consolidation of a developed economy, improving social conditions, and accelerating positive environmental changes. The public administration developed the Administration Exemplarity Pact (AEP) as a concrete action to lead by example in implementing the National Strategy for Sustainable Development. Developed in accordance with the main stake of the National Strategy of Sustainable Development, its goal is to promote sustainable development governance in our country through several strategic focus areas. This document presents the experience of a Moroccan administration that has implemented the guidelines described in the AEP. The approach and results are detailed and could be used as an example for other Moroccan companies. The first step of the methodology consists of a diagnostic phase to establish the current situation. The second step is related to the strategy to define the approach’s main orientations and the action plan. These key steps allow us to identify areas of improvement and build a roadmap adapted to the current context and constraints. One of the best practices for this approach is to define the main orientations to act by positive contagion on the ecosystem. In conclusion, the AEP axes deployed in a dynamic improvement logic give convincing results. By acting with partners (subcontractors and suppliers), the Moroccan administration can act on the whole value chain and induce an essential change in the Moroccan economic fabric.
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Wang, Wen-Ling, Daniel O. Suman, Hui-Hong Zhang, Zhen-Bang Xu, Fang-Zhou Ma, and Shao-Ji Hu. "Butterfly Conservation in China: From Science to Action." Insects 11, no. 10 (September 25, 2020): 661. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects11100661.
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About 10% of the Earth’s butterfly species inhabit the highly diverse ecosystems of China. Important for the ecological, economic, and cultural services they provide, many butterfly species experience threats from land use shifts and climate change. China has recently adopted policies to protect the nation’s biodiversity resources. This essay examines the current management of butterflies in China and suggests various easily implementable actions that could improve these conservation efforts. Our recommendations are based on the observations of a transdisciplinary group of entomologists and environmental policy specialists. Our analysis draws on other successful examples around the world that China may wish to consider. China needs to modify its scientific methodologies behind butterfly conservation management: revising the criteria for listing protected species, focusing on umbrella species for broader protection, identifying high priority areas and refugia for conservation, among others. Rural and urban land uses that provide heterogeneous habitats, as well as butterfly host and nectar plants, must be promoted. Butterfly ranching and farming may also provide opportunities for sustainable community development. Many possibilities exist for incorporating observations of citizen scientists into butterfly data collection at broad spatial and temporal scales. Our recommendations further the ten Priority Areas of China’s National Biodiversity Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2011–2030).
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Ramos, Gloria Estenzo, and Rose Liza Eisma Osorio. "REDD+ in the Philippines: Legal status and conservation of mangrove forests in the Philippines." International Journal of Rural Law and Policy, no. 1 (July 8, 2013): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/ijrlp.i1.2013.3359.
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Mangroves perform a crucial role in maintaining the ecological integrity of the coastal ecosystem. They act as filters in the coastal zone, preventing the damaging effects of upland sediments on seagrass beds and coral reefs, minimise the effects of storm surges and act as carbon sinks that mitigate climate change. These essential services, however, are degraded through indiscriminate cutting, conversion of mangrove swamps to fishponds, reclamation projects and other coastal developments and pollution. Experts reveal that the Indo-Malay Philippine Archipelago has one of the highest rates of mangroves loss. From an estimated 500,000 hectares of mangrove cover in 1918, only 120,000 hectares of mangroves remain in the Philippines today. The country has had the legal and policy framework to protect and conserve mangroves. But weak implementation of laws, overlapping functions among agencies and, in general, poor management by the people and local governments have hindered the sustainable management of mangrove forests. Positive developments, however, are taking place with the promulgation of laws on climate change and executive orders which specifically include mangrove and protected areas under the National Greening Program (NGP) and addresses equity, food security and poverty issues by giving preference to NGP beneficiary communities as a priority in the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program. Moreover, participatory Planning and Multi-stakeholder Approaches are among the strategies contemplated by the Philippine National REDD + Strategy. The article examines the implementation and effects of the Philippine National REDD+ Strategy, the National Climate Change Action Plan which specifically integrates REDD+ and ecosystem valuation into decision-making, and the executive orders which support the mainstreaming of the National Greening Program.
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Ilkiv, Nataliia. "Prospects for the development of legal regulation of Green Recovery in Ukraine." Visegrad Journal on Human Rights, no. 6 (March 14, 2024): 72–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.61345/1339-7915.2023.6.12.
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Ukraine has committed itself to developing and implementing long-term measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As a party to the Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the state is obliged to make its nationally determined contribution to achieve the goals of sustainable low-carbon development of all sectors of the economy and increase the ability to adapt to the adverse effects of climate change. The official announcement of joining the European Green Deal demonstrates Ukraine’s unwavering intention to overcome the challenges posed by climate change and environmental degradation by transforming into a modern resource-efficient and competitive economy. In June 2022, Ukraine was granted the status of a candidate for EU membership. These measures should be implemented despite Russia’s anti-Ukrainian armed aggression and difficult economic challenges.
The purpose of this work is to determine the main directions of development of the legal mechanism for preventing climate change, which is being formed in the context of military realities, while ensuring that Ukraine strictly complies with its obligations under the European Green Deal.
It is concluded that when developing the conceptual legal framework of the environmental security component as part of the Strategy for Post-War Recovery and Development of Ukraine and the relevant Action Plan, as well as sectoral programs for the restoration of the State, an appropriate climate policy should be formulated, coordinated with Ukraine’s further European integration.
These include updated priority measures of the national climate policy, broad state support for environmental protection measures; digitalization of environmental relations; provision of funding for measures and investments aimed at developing competitive renewable generation and improving existing infrastructure, developing the potential of the hydrogen ecosystem, increasing the energy efficiency of buildings through the integration of renewable energy sources, decarbonizing insulation and cooling of buildings, ensuring the development of transport with low.
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Pańka, Dariusz, Małgorzata Jeske, Aleksander Łukanowski, Piotr Prus, Katarzyna Szwarc, and Jean de Dieu Muhire. "Achieving the European Green “Deal” of Sustainable Grass Forage Production and Landscaping Using Fungal Endophytes." Agriculture 11, no. 5 (April 25, 2021): 390. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11050390.
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The European Green Deal is the EU’s latest growth strategy and action plan, which will meet the challenges concerning climate change and environmental degradation. The components of the Green Deal which are intended to prevent biodiversity loss, to reduce pollution level, and to improve food quality are: The Farm to Fork Strategy and Biodiversity Strategy. Their main aims include: Reducing the application of pesticides by 50% by 2030, reducing nutrients loss by 50% while preserving soil fertility, reducing the application of mineral fertilizers by a minimum of 20% by 2030, as well as supporting the development of organic farming to reach 25% of all the arable land in the EU. These aims are very ambitious and they pose a serious challenge. Can the European Green Deal provide an opportunity for fungal grass endophytes? This paper presented different aspects in which endophytes of the Epichloë genus affect colonized plants, as well as their possible applications in biological grass protection and in improving the performance properties of different grass biotopes. Literature was reviewed to provide evidence of how fungal endophytes might be used to achieve the goals of the European Green Deal strategy, in accordance with the principles of sustainable agriculture.
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Reddy, A. Amarender, Anindita Bhattacharya, S. Venku Reddy, and Sandra Ricart. "Farmers’ Distress Index: An Approach for an Action Plan to Reduce Vulnerability in the Drylands of India." Land 10, no. 11 (November 12, 2021): 1236. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10111236.
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Farmer distress is a widely recognized problem in India induced by multiple causes ranging from climate variability to price volatility and the low risk-bearing ability of farmers. Tracking farmers’ distress in a localized context is a prerequisite for timely action to provide sustainable livelihood options. Therefore, a field survey was conducted with 640 dryland farmers of 10 sub-district units from two states in India with the aim to identify the major indicators based on seven dimensions of distress and to construct a multidimensional Farmers’ Distress Index (FDI) at the farmer and sub-district levels. The FDI was built with seven dimensions of distress: exposure to risk, adaptive capacity, sensitivity, mitigation and adaptation strategies, triggers, psychological factors, and impacts. The study developed a broad-based FDI which can be used as a planning tool that can address the causes of farmers’ distress and also evolve measures to tackle those causes. Based on the result, the study recommends a location-specific distress management package based on various dimensions of the FDI. The paper also suggests an upscaling strategy to identify and prioritize the highly distressed farmers as well as sub-district geographical units by tracking a few sets of variables.
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Mandić Lukić, Jasmina, Đorđina Milovanović, Maja Stipić, Sanja Petrović Bećirović, Radoslav Raković, Brankica Popović Zdravković, and Miodrag Životić. "Pametna i socijalno odgovorna energetska tranzicija u regionima sa intenzivnom eksploatacijom uglja." Energija, Ekonomija, Ekologija 23, no. 3 (2021): 73–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.46793/eee21-3.73l.
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Faced with forthcoming international obligations related to climate change mitigation measures, primarily planned to be reflected through the Law and Action Plan on Low Carbon Development Strategy, as well as the Law on Climate Change, all of which are currently being defined and adopted, Serbia is increasingly facing a need to switch its coal-fired facilities to alternative, environmentally more acceptable options. The related measures will have to be implemented much sooner than initially planned. Knowing that 80% of national GHG emissions originate from the energy sector, as well as that the dominant portion of those emissions results from the use of locally available coal, it is clear that the most efficient climate change mitigation measure would be a switch to alternative fuel options. However, having in mind that such an energy transition process is coupled with significant technological, environmental, economic, social, and other difficulties, the EU has initiated several projects, and one of them is TRACER, launched under the Horizon 2020 program, that strives to shed light on the best research and innovation strategies facilitating easier transition to the sustainable, low carbon energy system. The project addresses actions across nine coal-intensive European regions, including Kolubara Region in Serbia. The paper presents technological, environmental, and social challenges in the transition process, with an emphasis on the Kolubara region, and a proposal for the energy transition in Serbia respecting R&I strategies and Smart Specialization.
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Kozyra, Jerzy, Paweł Chmieliński, Piotr Jurga, Mariusz Maciejczak, Magdalena Borzęcka, Justyna Cieślikowska, and Stelios Rozakis. "Strategic concept paper for bioeconomy in Poland: executive summary." Open Research Europe 3 (December 14, 2023): 217. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.16229.1.
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The main objective of the proposed approach is to accelerate the transition of the bioeconomy towards a knowledge-based sustainable system, covering key biobased sectors strongly linked to agriculture in Poland, in line with the European Green Deal. The proposed model of a bioeconomy development strategy, with a special focus on agriculture, is based on two pillars: (1) strengthening traditional, relevant (in terms of economic indicators) sectors of the economy and improving their ‘sustainability’ by implementing the proposed transformation pathways; and (2) developing economic activities or ‘niche or novel sectors’ that are prospective accelerators of change in the face of climate challenge, and ensuring their upscaling. This approach forms the basis for policy planning at national and regional level in these European Union (EU) countries, where bioeconomy development strategies have been initiated through dialogue between science, administration and industry stakeholders. The strategic actions we propose are grouped in three areas; (1) Market intervention mainly by introducing sustainability criteria for the national production system; (2) Research, innovation and education that significantly strengthen the relationship between business and science and educational activities in the field of sustainability and climate change, and (3) Governance and policy actions to enforce the relationship between the main sub-sectors of bioeconomy and niche sectors in frame of bio-economy strategy or action plan that will profits by added value of products from bioeconomy sectors and increasing number of newly created jobs.
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Solís-Espallargas, Carmen, and Hortensia Morón-Monge. "How to Improve Sustainability Competences of Teacher Training? Inquiring the Prior Knowledge on Climate Change in Primary School Students." Sustainability 12, no. 16 (August 12, 2020): 6486. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12166486.
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The work is carried out in accordance with the Sustainable Development Goal 13 Climate Action with prospective primary school teachers. The study presented is part of the science education subject at the University of Seville (Spain) during the 2019–2020 academic year. This research has two main goals, on the one hand, to present an innovative educational experience (design and implementation) for teacher training, on the other hand, to assess the educational implication of the experience from the prospective primary school teachers’ self-perception about their level of sustainability competences achieved. The novel educational experience consisted in the inquiry of prior knowledge about climate change in primary school children for the design of a lesson plan. The degree of scope of the educational experience, in particular, the level of sustainability competences achieved was assessed from the self-perception of the participants (Prospective Primary school Teachers) through a Likert-type questionnaire. The results show an improvement in the degree of acquisition of these competences, not only from their self-perception, but also from the investigative process followed through this innovative experience. Likewise, these results indicate the success of the educational proposal as a possible educational strategy for the sustainability of the curriculum in the field of science education.