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Posted by javaneagle pada Januari 1, 2010
“The report entitled “Green Jobs: Towards Decent Work in a Sustainable, Low-Carbon World” is the first comprehensive study on the emergence of a “green economy” and its impact on the world of work. It includes new data that shows a changing pattern of employment in which green jobs are being generated in many sectors and economies around the world as a result of measures to tackle climate change and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. This has also led to changing patterns of investment flows into areas such as renewable energy and energy efficiency at the household and industrial level. Within current policy frameworks, only a fraction of the potential benefits for jobs and development is forthcoming.”
document, here
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Posted by javaneagle pada Januari 1, 2010
This report documents the cost-effectiveness of investing in natural resource management and ecosystem restoration as a tool for adaptation to climate change. Evidence derived from many examples around the world emphasize the need to integrate this option in adaptation planning.
(Source:UNEP,2009)
document, here
Ditulis dalam environment | Bertanda: biodiversity, economic, ecosystem, policy | Tinggalkan sebuah Komentar »
Posted by javaneagle pada Januari 1, 2010
‘Climate change affects every aspect of society, from the health of the global economy to the health of our children. It is about the water in our wells and in our taps. It is about the food on the table…is at the core of nearly all the major challenges we face today’. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, World Business Summit 2009
document, here
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Posted by javaneagle pada Januari 1, 2010
The climate is changing — faster than ever. Since the beginning of time, Earth’s climate has been changing. From warm periods to cold, life has had to adapt and evolve. But now human activities are having an effect on the dynamics of the planet itself. And most alarmingly the pace of change has dramatically altered, threatening to push many plant and animal species towards extinction.
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Posted by javaneagle pada Januari 1, 2010
Despite the crippling economic crisis, green challenges remained prominent on the political and public agendas during 2009. This contrasts with previous downturns, during which the environment has been generally relegated to the “to do later” list. The reason it didn’t disappear this time is because it is ever more clear that “later” might be too late – especially in relation to the climate change challenge. Most serious politicians get this, so do many businesses. The question is can we convert this realisation into practical change?
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Posted by javaneagle pada Januari 1, 2010
“The global climate is changing. Humanitarian organisations must now meet new and increasing challenges to continue their life-saving work. The number of climate-related natural disasters has doubled over the last ten years—and scientists predict in the coming decades that there will be more frequent and more severe disasters due to changes in world weather patterns.”
document, here
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Posted by javaneagle pada Desember 30, 2009
This document from Oxfam says that Copenhagen was a unique opportunity to turn the world’s course away from climate disaster, towards a safe future for all of us on this small planet. Massive global public mobilisation demanded it. But leaders of the major powers negotiated for their national interests, instead of safeguarding our shared destiny. In the closing hours of negotiations, world leaders drew up the Copenhagen Accord. It grabbed headlines, but offered no lifelines – and so may end up on the sidelines. The talks ended with little more than agreement to keep talking, offering just a dim beacon for the way forward. At a time when the urgency of the climate challenge is blatantly clear, stand-offs between the most powerful countries have left the world heading towards 4oC global warming – a catastrophic prospect, most especially for the world’s poorest people. Negotiations must get straight back on track. All countries need to get back round the table and deliver what science – and people worldwide – are demanding: a fair, ambitious and binding deal in 2010.
docoment, here
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Posted by javaneagle pada Desember 30, 2009
This issue summarizes the COP plenary, which discussions led to the conclusion of the Copenhagen Accord and on its adoption as a miscellaneous (MISC) document; as well as the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA), mandating consideration of Annex I parties’ further commitments, which continued streamlining and consolidating the negotiating text on progress on issues such as adaptation, technology and capacity building.
The summary is an overall analysis of the fifteenth Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the fifth Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 5), marking the culmination of a two-year negotiating process to enhance international climate change cooperation under the Bali Roadmap, launched by COP 13 in December 2007.
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Posted by javaneagle pada Desember 30, 2009
“Greenpeace’s ‘Guide to Greener Electronics’ aims to clean up the electronics sector and get manufacturers to take responsibility for the full life cycle of their products, including the electronic waste that their products generate and the energy used by their products and operations.As of the 8th edition of the Guide to Greener Electronics, Greenpeace scores electronics brands on a tightened set of chemicals and e-waste criteria, (which include new criteria) and on new energy criteria.”
guide, here
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Posted by javaneagle pada Desember 30, 2009
A recent study (Jones et al., 2008) highlights a number of key tensions and challenges in incorporating science, technology and innovation (ST&I)-related knowledge effectively into policy dialogue in developing countries. The study, published as an ODI working paper and funded by SciDevNet and the UK Department for International Development (DFID), included an international survey with more than 600 developing and developed country stakeholders, key informant interviews with 30 global experts, and six country case studies. As one of the first studies to provide a comprehensive overview of Southern perspectives on the interface between science and policy, it offers crucial insights for the promotion of effective Climate Change Adaptation policy. This background note summarises these insights, using examples related to CCA in developing country contexts. It focuses, in particular, on the critical role of knowledge intermediaries in brokering understanding between researcher and policy communities, but also among the general public, in advancing effective and context-sensitive CCA policy strategies.
Harry Jones, Nicola Jones, David Walker and Cora Walsh, Overseas Development Institute, December 2009.
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