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Decision making in a changing climate: World Resources Report 2010-2011
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2011-10-20 04:07Year:
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The United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the World Bank and the World Resources Institute have released the World Resources Report 2010–2011: Decision Making in a Changing Climate. The publication explores challenges and offers recommendations for national-level government officials to make informed and effective decisions to respond to the changing climate.
Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation: Case Studies from South and Southeast Asia
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2011-03-02 07:09Year:
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Source No. 14/2010, edited by Neysa Setiadi, Jörn Birkmann and Philip Buckle, provides a compilation of joint papers focusing on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Climate Change Adaptation (CCA). Case Studies and conceptual discussion papers intend to trigger new approaches, scientific discussions and increased attention on exisiting DRR and CCA issues in South and Southeast Asia.
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Need to move Indonesia's capital growing urgent in face of climate change, experts say
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Reuters AlertNet
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JAKARTA (AlertNet) - Sea level rise, worsening flooding and land subsidence in and around Jakarta have prompted Indonesian officials to resurrect plans to move the country's capital - but local residents and experts say Jakarta itself will not survive unless it adapts to cope with climate change.
Plans to relocate Indonesia's central government, parliament and public offices to another province on the island of Java or to another island in the Indonesian archipelago hav
WWF case study: The Coral Triangle and Climate Change: Ecosystems People and Societies at Risk
Submitted by tianyili on Sun, 2010-04-11 20:17Summary:
Stretching across six countries in Southeast Asia and Melanesia (Indonesia, the Philippines,
Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste), the Coral Triangle contains the
richest marine ecosystems on earth.
Coastal ecosystems in the Coral Triangle are already being impacted by warming, acidifying and
rising seas. Coral reefs have experienced severe mass bleaching events across the region, which, if they increase in intensity and frequency, threaten to seriously degrade these important ecosystems. Mangroves face similar problems with rising sea levels threatening their future. With the build up of coastal infrastructure, there is no place for mangroves to retreat. The downstream effects on human beings of losing these critical coastal ecosystems are enormous.
There are a number of actions, which, if implemented by regional and world leaders, will avoid this crisis.
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Analysis of the potential impacts of climate change on the Coral Triangle leads to a number of policy actions for international leaders to consider. First and foremost we must prioritise significant CO2 emission reduction in order to reduce the severity of the effects we can otherwise expect - leading us toward the best case rather than worst case scenario. This is essential as even the best case scenario is rife with challenges to communities and natural resources in the region, with very signifi cant losses to be expected. Second, climate change adaptation strategies must be applied as rapidly as possible, since delays in applying these strategies will result in insurmountable change, missed opportunities, reduced options and a more daunting task with less chance of success.
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Sharing experiences: sustainable sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific
Submitted by andrea on Wed, 2009-10-07 02:57Year:
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Case studies of water, sanitation and hygiene initiatives by NGOs in: Indonesia, Timor Leste, Vietnam, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
On World Health Day, 7 April 2008, WaterAid Australia and the International WaterCentre launched their joint publication, Sharing Experiences: Sustainable Sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific. This publication promotes the practical application of low-cost sustainable sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific.
For more information: WaterAid Newsroom: New low-cost sustainable sanitation publication
For the full document:Sharing Experiences: Sustainable Sanitation in South East Asia and the Pacific
CTI Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia under Coral Triangle Initiative
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Asian Development BankImplementing Agency and Partnering Organizations:
All lead in-country Government agencies; Inter-governmental Agencies; and Nongovernmental Organization (NGOs)Summary:
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The Coral Triangle (CT) spans eastern Indonesia, parts of Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Timor Leste and Solomon Islands . This project ‘Coastal and Marine Resources Management in the Coral Triangle: Southeast Asia’ is a companion project to the ‘Coastal and marine resources management in the Pacific’ and a sub-project under the proposed Coral Triangle Initiative GEF program.
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1. Strengthening the Policy and Institutional Conditions Needed for Sustainable Fisheries, Coastal and Marine Resources Management
2. Increasing the Resilience of Fisheries, Coastal and Marine Resource Systems and Marine Protected Areas
3. Promoting the Sustainable Financing of Marine Protected Areas and other Coastal and Marine Resources Management Measures
4. Coordination, Harmonization and Project ManagementExpected Outputs:
Improved capacity of inter-governmental agencies, national and provincial authorities and CBOs and local management authorities involved with MPAs and fisheries management.
Legal and policy regimes to support an ecosystem approach to marine resource and fisheries management (including tuna and live reef fish trade) established, and guidelines on ecosystem-based approach adopted.
New and improved laws and regulations on protection of threatened species established at the national and international levels.Regional analyses of changes and inter-dependencies among people and markets. Improved technical cooperation and information sharing. Education, training, public awareness and outreach program undertaken.
Assessment completed to identify major threats, essential habitats and threatened and endemic species and demonstrate global and local benefits of marine conservation.Analyses of the ecological, economic and institutional drivers and interactions between climate-related stressors and opportunities to fisheries.
Assessments of coral reef degradation due to coral bleaching, acidification of sea water, coastal habitat loss due to sea level rise, effects of changes in upwelling patterns to fisheries and migratory species and extreme weather events.
Demonstration projects showing increased resilience of marine ecosystems to the impacts of climate change
Policy briefs to guide in appropriate assistance and development activities.Quantification and development of vulnerability indices and metrics adapted for comparative analyses of fishery systems
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Maria Lourdes Drilon
Natural Resources Economist
Telephone: 632-632-6509
Email: mldrilon@adb.orgProject Status:
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