National Adaptation Plan for Climate Change Impacts in Sri Lanka 2016 - 2025
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 29,2 MB
Release : 2016
Category :
ISBN : 9789550033980
Shock Waves
Author : Stephane Hallegatte
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 36,64 MB
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1464806748
Book Description
Ending poverty and stabilizing climate change will be two unprecedented global achievements and two major steps toward sustainable development. But the two objectives cannot be considered in isolation: they need to be jointly tackled through an integrated strategy. This report brings together those two objectives and explores how they can more easily be achieved if considered together. It examines the potential impact of climate change and climate policies on poverty reduction. It also provides guidance on how to create a “win-win†? situation so that climate change policies contribute to poverty reduction and poverty-reduction policies contribute to climate change mitigation and resilience building. The key finding of the report is that climate change represents a significant obstacle to the sustained eradication of poverty, but future impacts on poverty are determined by policy choices: rapid, inclusive, and climate-informed development can prevent most short-term impacts whereas immediate pro-poor, emissions-reduction policies can drastically limit long-term ones.
Addressing fisheries and aquaculture in National Adaptation Plans
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 33,15 MB
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251310726
Book Description
The Addressing Fisheries and Aquaculture in National Adaptation Plans Supplement provides technical guidance on the integration of fisheries and aquaculture in the formulation and implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) and complements FAO’s Addressing agriculture, forestry and fisheries in National Adaptation Plans – Supplementary guidelines (referred to as NAP-Ag Guidelines, FAO 2017a). It aims to draw the attention of policy makers and government officers responsible for NAP planning and processes generally, as well as fisheries and aquaculture officers at country level, specifically. It collates and analyses relevant information from fisheries and aquaculture to support the sector’s ability to take part in national climate change adaptation planning processes.
Adaptation to climate variability in Sri Lanka
Author : Amarasinghe, Upali A.
Publisher : IWMI
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9290909315
Book Description
The Regional Impacts of Climate Change
Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521634557
Book Description
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage
Author : Vositha Wijenayake
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release :
Category :
ISBN : 9819980550
Book Description
National Climate Change Legal Frameworks in Asia and the Pacific
Author : Asian Development Bank
Publisher : Asian Development Bank
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 10,68 MB
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9292625489
Book Description
National legal and policy frameworks underpin international climate action because they are the backbone of domestic responses to the climate emergency. Unless they support global objectives, local climate action stalls. Concerned by sluggish national responses to climate change or injured by its impacts, citizens are filing lawsuits, making courts central to national climate governance. To adjudicate these lawsuits, courts require current information about their climate change legal and policy frameworks. This report provides holistic syntheses of the climate legal and policy frameworks of 32 countries in Asia and the Pacific and discusses key legislative trends and climate-relevant constitutional rights.
Decentralization and Development of Sri Lanka Within a Unitary State
Author : N.S. Cooray
Publisher : Springer
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 26,58 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9811042594
Book Description
This comprehensive volume provides uniquely diverse insights into various aspects of decentralization and development from both developed and developing countries, with special reference to Sri Lanka. For a quarter century, Sri Lanka was battered by its prolonged civil war, which ended in 2009, but has now achieved relative peace and stability. Having developed rapidly, Sri Lanka offers a classic example for developing countries. There is, however, a strong need, particularly in the context of postwar conflict, to formulate policies for reconciliation, peace building, and development at all levels—local, provincial, and national. Decentralization itself is not a new subject; however, how to devolve power to local administrative levels within a unitary system and how to link the devolved power to make local administrative systems more conducive to development and provide better services for citizens are challenging tasks in many countries. Taking into account the developmental, governance, and conciliatory needs and the sensitivity of central–local relations, this volume critically examines the local government systems in Sri Lanka. It also proposes a viable, effective and autonomous local-level administrative unit based, which draws on experiences from Japan and other countries, and identifies the role and functions of such a unit. The book presents commissioned papers from a three-year research project undertaken by internationally respected experts with financial support by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) under a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research.
Environment, Climate Change and Migration in South Asia
Author : Amit Ranjan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 40,7 MB
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000836959
Book Description
Climate change has been fueling migration, and, according to some policy reports, there could more than one billion climate migrants/refugees across the world by 2050. In South Asia, disasters, environmental degradation, and climate change are increasing the number of migrants every year. In South Asia, like other parts of the world, migrants and displaced people mainly move within their respective countries, but some cross the porous border. At most places, the migrants and displaced people face hostile situation as they are not welcome by their local host population. The chapters in the book highlight the challenges and inadequacies of governments and communities in protecting the environment as well as the disproportionate effect that climate change has on the poor and marginalized groups. The book also discusses the gendered experiences of climate-related migrations and policy measures which need to be implemented to counter forced displacements and environment degradation along with the legal and institutional resources which could help mitigate climate change and protect climate refugees. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of development studies, ecology and environment, migration, sociology, law and governance, human ecology, climate change and economics.
Building Climate-Resilient Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Asia-Pacific Region
Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,45 MB
Release : 2019-10-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9251317526
Book Description
Fisheries and aquaculture is a sector of special importance to food security, nutrition and livelihood in the Asia-Pacific Region, which can be significantly impacted by climate changes and related disaster risks. Effectively addressing climate change impacts and managing disaster risks in fisheries and aquaculture sector are vitally important to building resilience of the sector for sustained and greater contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to ending hunger, poverty eradication and sustainable use of natural resources. FAO member countries in the region have been making good effort and significant progress in addressing climate change impacts and related disaster risks with support of international communities. A FAO regional consultative workshop was convened to bring together a wide range of players including country governments, regional organizations and other partners to share their knowledge and good practices in addressing climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture in the region, to assess the progress made in addressing issues with marine capture fisheries, inland capture fisheries, coastal aquaculture and inland aquaculture in the context of climate change adaptation and mitigation in implementing the national plan of actions for addressing climate change in fisheries and aquaculture, and to recommend strategies for addressing institutional and capacity gaps in building climate-resilience fisheries and aquaculture industry in the region. The publication is the compilation of the workshop executive report, background technical papers, extended summary of presentations by representatives from participating government and FAO partners, and the workshop conclusions and recommendations.
