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Climate Change and Human Development in Viet Nam
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2011-02-08 19:40
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Viet Nam is a low-income country, but has recently made spectacular progress in terms of both economic growth and poverty reduction. The official poverty rate has fallen from 58 percent in 1993, to 19.5 percent in 2004 (VASS 2006). Strong economic growth is likely to continue following recent accession to the World Trade Organisation, with increased international trade and direct foreign investment reinforcing Viet Nam’s progress towards middle-income country status.
Protecting health from climate change: Connecting science, policy and people
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2010-01-13 02:55Year:
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A new report from WHO presents an overview of the science of the links between climate change and human health. It provides an update of the evidence on health risks caused by climate change, describes which populations are most vulnerable, and outlines the actions that will be necessary to protect health from climate change. Although climate change presents a very serious threat to global public health, the key messages of the report are positive.
10 facts on children's environmental health
Submitted by andrea on Mon, 2010-01-04 09:19Year:
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a fact file titled “10 Facts on Children’s Environmental Health,” which summarizes environment-related causes and conditions of the nearly three million deaths of children under five years old every year. The Fact File underscores, among other things, that climate change increases the risk of disease especially for children in developing countries.
Transferring the Malaria Epidemic Prediction Model to Users in East Africa
Submitted by robertaannan on Wed, 2009-09-02 23:44
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Rising 1500–2500 metres above sea level, East Africa’s relatively cool and breezy highlands have, until
recently, avoided the problems associated with malaria since malarial mosquitoes could not tolerate the
highlands’ long-term average temperatures of 18°C or lower. However, highland temperatures have been
rising in recent decades and epidemic malaria is emerging as a climate-related hazard. About 80% of
statistical variation in malaria incidence can be explained by rainfall and temperature and recent changes in
climate have lead to increased malaria prevalence. In 1997–98, average temperatures in Kenya’s highlands
were as much as four degrees higher than usual and the incidence of malaria increased 300% over the
baseline average for 1995-2002. Meanwhile in Tanzania and Uganda, malaria incidence in highland areas
increased by 146 and 256% respectively over the baseline.
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Adapting to Coastal Climate Change: A Guidebook for Development Planners
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-07-07 20:45Summary:
A new publication entitled “Adapting to Coastal Climate Change: A Guidebook for Development Planners” is now available.
Tuvalu - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-06-23 00:34
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Tuvalu.
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1. Project Implementation and Management 2. National and community-based activities 3. Preliminary Adaptation Activities 4. Preparation and Endorsement of the NAPA
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* The endorsed NAPA document, submitted to relevant international and bilateral organizations for their consideration * Tuvaluan and English versions of the NAPA document * Widespread awareness and acceptance of the NAPA, by Government, the private sector and civil society, assisted by the efforts of key players and opinion leaders
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Mali - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
Submitted by andrea on Tue, 2009-06-23 00:05
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Description The proposed NAPA for Mali project is aimed at addressing the need to develop a realistically achievable country-driven program of action for adaptation to climate change in key sectors such as agriculture, forestry, water resources, coastal zone and human health. It will specifically develop a program of priority activities addressing the urgent and immediate needs and concerns of Mali, relating to the adverse effects of climate change. Mali shares with other LDCs a low adaptive capacity to respond to climate change impacts, arising from their weak socio-economic conditions.
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Mr. Salif KANOUTE Technical Advisor GEF Focal Point Ministry of the Environment
