ALM UNDP

Summary:

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was financed by the Global Environment Facility through one of its implementing agencies, the United Nations Development Programme. The duration of this climate change enabling activities project is three years and is nationally executed by the Department of Environment. This national executive agency is assisted by the National Coordinating Committee in terms of coordinating project’s work.

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This is the latest in a series of reports that the Australian Government has submitted to the UNFCCC. It presents Australia’s comprehensive strategy to address the challenge of climate change and reflects the considerable progress made since the submission of its Fourth National Communication in 2005.

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San Marino - First National Communication - 24 August 2009

Key Vulnerabilities

• Weather
• Health
• Food
• Energy Sector

Potential Adaptation Measures

Weather

• Establish an early warning system monitoring the number of heat-wave related hospitalizations
• Launch awareness campaigns to reduce the risks related to heat waves
• Health personnel should be trained on issues related to the impact of heat waves on health

Health (Vector-borne diseases)

• Strengthen vector monitoring system
• Develop measures aimed at prevention

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Czech Republic - Fourth National Communication - 3 February 2006

Key Vulnerabilities

• Agriculture and Food Security
• Water Resources
• Forest Ecosystems

Potential Adaptation Measures

Agriculture and Food Security

• Prepare a new land assessment for ecological land units for an alternative that takes into account a change in the climate and evaluate the production potential of the units.
• Provide for protection of the soil against erosion and other negative effects caused by cultivation, e.g.

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Key Vulnerabilities

• Water Resources
• Agriculture
• Forestry

Potential Adaptation Measures

In order to tackle the increasing risk stemming from global climate change, and to support the improvement of the domestic climate policy the Ministry of Environment and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences launched a common research programme titled VAHAVA - 'VAltozas-HAtas- VAlaszadas' (change-impact-response).

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Key Vulnerabilities

• Agriculture/Food Security
• Energy resources
• Fisheries
• Public Health

Potential Adaptation Measures

Power generation:

• increase in efficiency of electrical generating plant by using combined cycle gas turbines instead of steam turbines;
• switch to natural gas as the main fuel instead of heavy fuel and gas/diesel oil;
• implementation of renewable energy technology;
• use of combined heat and power plant and integration of renewable energy sources;
• reduction of SO2 emissions by use of low-sulphur fuel;
• power factor correction for

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Key Vulnerabilities

* Agriculture/Food Security
* Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
* Water Resources
* Fisheries
* Disasters
* Tourism
* Energy

Potential Adaptation Measures

Agriculture and Food Security

* Switch to different cultivars
* Improve and conserve soils
* Enhance irrigation efficiency and/or expand irrigation
* Agricultural research and transfer of technology

Water Resources

* Increase water supply, e.g. by using groundwater, building reservoirs, improving or stabilizing watershed management, desalination

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Key Vulnerabilities

• Fisheries
• Wildlife

Potential Adaptation Measures

Summary:

Key Vulnerabilities

• Water Resources
• Public Health
• Terrestrial Ecosystems

Potential Adaptation Measures

Agriculture and Food Security

• Educational & outreach activities to change management practices to those suited to climate change
• Switch to different cultivars
• Improve and conserve soils
• Develop new crops
• Develop early warning systems and disaster preparedness

Water Resources

• Increase water supply, e.g. by using groundwater, building reservoirs, improving or stabilizing watershed management, desalination
• Decrease water demands, e.g.

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Key Vulnerabilities

• Water Resources
• Public Health
• Biodiversity

Potential Adaptation Measures