Climate Change Mitigation Actions In Five Developing Countries

Author : Harald Winkler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781317540380

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Climate Change Mitigation Actions in Five Developing Countries by Harald Winkler Pdf

Five case studies on mitigation actions (MAs) in developing countries illustrate the rich diversity of climate action. Researchers from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and South Africa reflect on what is possible in their countries. Case studies reflect the sheer diversity of NAMAs: from a ‘Pronami’ on efficient lighting in Peru, to longer-term challenges of rising energy emissions in Brazil, and much else. The book compares the similarities and differences across eight elements that could assist in developing and implementing mitigation. The comparative analysis highlights both how challenging implementation can be in the context of development, but also points to factors that might enable ambitious mitigation. The comparison suggests that choice of Mas may be linked to institutional capacity, the resources a country is endowed with and hence its emissions profile. International support can be an important global enabler. The authors find that addressing both development and climate objectives is key. This book fills an important gap in the literature from developing country authors about mitigation actions in their own countries. This book was published as a special issue of Climate and Development.

Author : Paula Castro
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781782545682

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Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries by Paula Castro Pdf

Recommendations and discussion on the reform of the CDM invoke debate on the future of this policy in developing countries, which is vital material for both policymakers and international institutions introducing similar instruments. Students and resea

Author : Anil Markandya,Kirsten Halsnæs
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1853839108

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Climate Change and Sustainable Development by Anil Markandya,Kirsten Halsnæs Pdf

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Thomas Tanner,Leo Horn-Phathanothai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781136739149

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Climate Change and Development by Thomas Tanner,Leo Horn-Phathanothai Pdf

The evidence for human-induced climate change is now overwhelming, the brunt of its impacts is already being felt by poor people, and the case for urgent action is compelling. This book addresses the two greatest challenges of our time – averting catastrophic climate change and eradicating poverty – and the close interconnections between them. Climate Change and Development provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary foundation for understanding the complex and tangled relationship between development and climate change. It argues that transformational approaches are required in order to reconcile poverty reduction and climate protection and secure sustained prosperity in the twenty first century. Section One provides the building blocks for understanding climate science and the nexus between climate and development. Section Two outlines responses to climate change from the perspective of developing countries, with chapters on international agreements, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and climate finance. Each chapter offers analytical tools for evaluating responses, enabling readers to ask smart questions about the climate change and development nexus as policy and action evolve in the coming years. The last three chapters of the book, contained in Section Three, are forward looking and focus on why and how development must be re-framed to deliver more equitable and sustainable outcomes. This section sets out different critiques of ‘development-as-usual’ and explores alternative paradigms of development in a warming and resource-constrained world. This is an invaluable and clearly written text that uses real world examples to bring to life perspectives from across different disciplines. It also contains chapter learning outcomes, and end of chapter summaries, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading and relevant websites. The text is suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as those working in international development contexts who wish to get to grips with this pressing global challenge.

Author : David Dodman
Publisher : United Nations Human Settlements Programme
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : City planning
ISBN : IND:30000146190552

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Developing Local Climate Change Plans by David Dodman Pdf

Author : Mohsen M. Aboulnaga,Amr F. Elwan,Mohamed R. Elsharouny
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783030054052

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Urban Climate Change Adaptation in Developing Countries by Mohsen M. Aboulnaga,Amr F. Elwan,Mohamed R. Elsharouny Pdf

This book describes the risks, impacts, measures, actions and adaptation policies that have developed globally as a result of the severe impacts of global climate change. In-depth chapters focus on climate change assessment (CCA) in terms of vulnerabilities and reflection on the built environment and measures and actions for infrastructure and urban areas. Adaptation actions specific to developing countries such as Egypt are presented and illustrated. Global Climate change adaptation projects (CCAPs) in developing countries, in terms of their targets and performance, are presented and compared with those existing CCAPs in Egypt to draw learned lessons. Climate change scenarios 2080 using simulations are portrayed and discussed with emphasis on a case-study model from existing social housing projects in hot-arid urban areas in Cairo; in an effort to put forward an assessment and evaluation of current CCA techniques. This book helps researchers realize the global impacts of climate change on the built environment and economic sectors, and enhances their understanding of current climate change measures, actions, policies, projects and scenarios. Reviews and illustrates the impact of global climate change risks; Provides an understanding of global climate change risks in seven continents; Illustrates policies and action plans implemented at the global level and developing countries' level; Discusses climate change assessment and vulnerabilities with emphasis on urban areas; Presents measures and action plans to mitigate climate change scenarios by 2080.

Author : Tomoyo Toyota,Ryō Fujikura
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780415508643

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Climate Change Mitigation and International Development Cooperation by Tomoyo Toyota,Ryō Fujikura Pdf

This is a companion book to Earthscan’s 2010 book Climate Change Adaptation and International Development. This book consists of summarised case studies looking at climate change mitigation specifically in Asia, the region producing the most greenhouse gas emissions. It examines international development from the perspective of climate change mitigation and looks at how international communities and donors support developing nations by funding, technical assistance and capacity building.

Author : Juha I. Uitto,Jyotsna Puri,Rob D. van den Berg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319437026

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Evaluating Climate Change Action for Sustainable Development by Juha I. Uitto,Jyotsna Puri,Rob D. van den Berg Pdf

This book is open access under a Creative Commons license. This authoritative book presents the ever progressing state of the art in evaluating climate change strategies and action. It builds upon a selection of relevant and practical papers and presentations given at the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development held in Washington DC in 2014 and includes perspectives from independent evaluations of the major international organisations supporting climate action in developing countries, such as the Global Environment Facility. The first section of the book sets the stage and provides an overview of independent evaluations, carried out by multilateral development banks and development organisations. Important topics include how policies and organisations aim to achieve impact and how this is measured, whether climate change is mainstreamed into other development programs, and whether operations are meeting the urgency of climate change challenges. The following sections focus on evaluation of climate change projects and policies as they link to development, from the perspective of international organisations, NGO’s, multilateral and bilateral aid agencies, and academia. The authors share methodologies or approaches used to better understand problems and assess interventions, strategies and policies. They also share challenges encountered, what was done to solve these and lessons learned from evaluations. Collectively, the authors illustrate the importance of evaluation in providing evidence to guide policy change to informed decision-making.

Author : James D. Ford,Lea Berrang-Ford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400705678

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Climate Change Adaptation in Developed Nations by James D. Ford,Lea Berrang-Ford Pdf

It is now widely accepted that adaptation will be necessary if we are to manage the risks posed by climate change. What we know about adaptation, however, is limited. While there is a well established body of scholarship proposing assessment approaches and explaining concepts, few studies have examined if and how adaptation is taking place at a national or regional level.

Author : Saleemul Huq
Publisher : IIED
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9781843694175

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Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) by Saleemul Huq Pdf

Author : David Held,Charles Roger,Eva-Maria Nag
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780745670478

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Climate Governance in the Developing World by David Held,Charles Roger,Eva-Maria Nag Pdf

Since 2009, a diverse group of developing states that includes China, Brazil, Ethiopia and Costa Rica has been advancing unprecedented pledges to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, offering new, unexpected signs of climate leadership. Some scholars have gone so far as to argue that these targets are now even more ambitious than those put forward by their wealthier counterparts. But what really lies behind these new pledges? What actions are being taken to meet them? And what stumbling blocks lie in the way of their realization? In this book, an international group of scholars seeks to address these questions by analyzing the experiences of twelve states from across Asia, the Americas and Africa. The authors map the evolution of climate policies in each country and examine the complex array of actors, interests, institutions and ideas that has shaped their approaches. Offering the most comprehensive analysis thus far of the unique challenges that developing countries face in the domain of climate change, Climate Governance in the Developing World reveals the political, economic and environmental realities that underpin the pledges made by developing states, and which together determine the chances of success and failure.

Author : Stephen Humphreys
Publisher : ICHRP
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Climatic changes
ISBN : 9782940259830

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Climate Change and Human Rights by Stephen Humphreys Pdf

Author : Osvaldo N. Feinstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351297943

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Evaluating Climate Change and Development by Osvaldo N. Feinstein Pdf

Climate change has become one of the most important global issues of our time, with far-reaching natural, socio-economic, and political effects. To address climate change and development issues from the perspective of evaluation, an international conference was held in Alexandria, Egypt. This book distills the essence of that timely conference, building on the experiences of more than 400 reports and studies presented. Developing countries may be particularly vulnerable to the expected onslaught of higher temperatures, rising sea levels, changing waterfall patterns, and increasing natural disasters. All societies will have to reduce their vulnerability to these changes, and this book describes how vulnerabilities may be addressed in a systematic manner so that governments and local communities may better understand what is happening. Different approaches are also discussed, including the use of human security as a criterion for evaluation as well as ways to deal with risk and uncertainty. Evaluating Climate Change and Development presents a rich variety of methods to assess adaptation through monitoring and evaluation. The volume deals with climate change, development, and evaluation; challenges and lessons learned from evaluations; mitigation of climate change; adaptation to climate change; vulnerability, risks and climate change; and presents a concluding chapter on the road ahead. Collectively the authors offer a set of approaches and techniques for the monitoring and evaluation of climate change.

Author : Natalia Marshall
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0955440858

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Climate Action by Natalia Marshall Pdf

Project supported by many international agencies.

Author : Wytze van der Gaast,Katherine Begg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849963992

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Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change by Wytze van der Gaast,Katherine Begg Pdf

The latest scientific knowledge on climate change indicates that higher greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere through unchecked emissions will provoke severe climate change and ocean acidification. Both impacts can fundamentally alter environmental structures on which humanity relies and have serious consequences for the food chain among others. Climate change therefore poses major socio-economic, technical and environmental challenges which will have serious impacts on countries’ pathways towards sustainable development. As a result, climate change and sustainable development have increasingly become interlinked. A changing climate makes achieving Millennium Development Goals more difficult and expensive, so there is every reason to achieve development goals with low greenhouse gas emissions. This leads to the following five challenges discussed by Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change: 1. To place climate negotiations in the wider context of sustainability, equity and social change so that development benefits can be maximised at the same time as decreasing greenhouse gas emissions. 2. To select technologies or measures for climate change mitigation and adaptation based on countries’ sustainable development and climate goals. 3. To create low greenhouse gas emission and climate resilient strategies and action plans in order to accelerate innovation needed for achieving sustainable development and climate goals on the scale and timescale required within countries. 4. To rationalize the current directions in international climate policy making in order to provide coherent and efficient support to developing countries in devising and implementing strategies and action plans for low emission technology transfers to deliver climate and sustainable development goals. 5. To facilitate development of an international framework for financial resources in order to support technology development and transfer, improve enabling environments for innovation, address equity issues such as poor people’s energy access, and make implementation of activities possible at the desired scale within the country. The solutions presented in Challenges and Solutions for Climate Change show how ambitious measures can be undertaken which are fully in line with domestic interests, both in developing and in developed countries, and how these measures can be supported through the international mechanisms.