Cyanobacteria, microcystins and cylindrospermopsin in public drinking supply ...M Carmo Oliveira
O Brasil tem um histórico de contaminações em reservatórios de águas destinadas ao abastecimento público por toxinas de cianobactérias. Essas toxinas, entre elas microcistinas e cilindropspermopsinas, causam sérios problemas ao homem. O estudo relata a ocorrência de MC e CYN em 10 reservatórios de abastecimento público do nordeste do Brasil. Devido à similaridade das comunidades de cianobactérias encontradas nos reservatórios e a presença de espécies potencialmente produtoras de toxinas, associada às MC e CYN, o estudo sugere que uma expansão geográfica possa ser favorecida por esses fatores.
Presented by Vositha Wijenayake, Regional Facilitator for the Southern Voices Programme at the Southern Voices workshop held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2016.
This document summarizes key aspects of climate finance from COP21. It notes that developed countries are expected to continue leading in climate finance mobilization, but encourages other countries to contribute voluntarily. The $100 billion per year goal is not mandatory and will only be revised once before 2025. Public funds will play a significant role in what counts as climate finance. Adaptation finance is emphasized but the language is weak, focusing on grants over loans from public sources. Loss and damage will involve risk insurance cooperation. A new technological framework was agreed to facilitate technology transfer and finance support.
The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) was established by the Government of India to fund concrete adaptation projects and programs aligned with national and state climate change plans. The NAFCC aims to build capacity on adaptation, conduct climate impact assessments, and mainstream learnings into knowledge networks. It supports activities in agriculture, water, forests and other rural sectors to address climate change at the local level.
The document provides instructions for students undergoing a 6-week SIP (Summer Internship Programme). Key points include:
- Students are expected to learn practical skills through involvement in organizational tasks and daily duties, rather than theoretical projects.
- Extra bonus points will be awarded to those interning in metropolitan areas outside their home town or in locations in Punjab.
- Students must send their offer letter to the college placement department, update their performance biweekly on a google sheet, and inform their college mentor weekly.
- Attendance will be taken daily and students should seek permission for any leave according to company policy. Daily diaries must also be maintained.
- At completion, students must return their internship
Cyanobacteria, microcystins and cylindrospermopsin in public drinking supply ...M Carmo Oliveira
O Brasil tem um histórico de contaminações em reservatórios de águas destinadas ao abastecimento público por toxinas de cianobactérias. Essas toxinas, entre elas microcistinas e cilindropspermopsinas, causam sérios problemas ao homem. O estudo relata a ocorrência de MC e CYN em 10 reservatórios de abastecimento público do nordeste do Brasil. Devido à similaridade das comunidades de cianobactérias encontradas nos reservatórios e a presença de espécies potencialmente produtoras de toxinas, associada às MC e CYN, o estudo sugere que uma expansão geográfica possa ser favorecida por esses fatores.
Presented by Vositha Wijenayake, Regional Facilitator for the Southern Voices Programme at the Southern Voices workshop held in Colombo, Sri Lanka in August 2016.
This document summarizes key aspects of climate finance from COP21. It notes that developed countries are expected to continue leading in climate finance mobilization, but encourages other countries to contribute voluntarily. The $100 billion per year goal is not mandatory and will only be revised once before 2025. Public funds will play a significant role in what counts as climate finance. Adaptation finance is emphasized but the language is weak, focusing on grants over loans from public sources. Loss and damage will involve risk insurance cooperation. A new technological framework was agreed to facilitate technology transfer and finance support.
The National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC) was established by the Government of India to fund concrete adaptation projects and programs aligned with national and state climate change plans. The NAFCC aims to build capacity on adaptation, conduct climate impact assessments, and mainstream learnings into knowledge networks. It supports activities in agriculture, water, forests and other rural sectors to address climate change at the local level.
The document provides instructions for students undergoing a 6-week SIP (Summer Internship Programme). Key points include:
- Students are expected to learn practical skills through involvement in organizational tasks and daily duties, rather than theoretical projects.
- Extra bonus points will be awarded to those interning in metropolitan areas outside their home town or in locations in Punjab.
- Students must send their offer letter to the college placement department, update their performance biweekly on a google sheet, and inform their college mentor weekly.
- Attendance will be taken daily and students should seek permission for any leave according to company policy. Daily diaries must also be maintained.
- At completion, students must return their internship
Presentation on the status of National Adaptation Plans in South Asia by CANSA Policy and Advocacy Co-ordinator Vositha Wijenayake at the "Framing NAPs Workshop" held in Sri Lanka in August 2014.
The document summarizes the outcomes of the UNFCCC negotiations in Bonn, Germany from June 4-15, 2014. It discusses that negotiations are progressing towards a 2015 international climate agreement in Paris. While the timeline is on track, it is unclear if the agreement will be ambitious enough to limit climate impacts. The document also discusses Sri Lanka's involvement, noting they are part of the G77 and China groups and contributed to discussions on agriculture adaptation and research. Sri Lanka plans to submit their post-2020 climate actions by March 2015 as input to the Paris agreement.
This document analyzes the digipaks of three different artists - Lana Del Rey, Odd Future, and The Hotelier - in order to gain design ideas for the author's own band's digipak. For Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die", the analysis focuses on how the front cover establishes her iconic "Girl-Next-Door" image through vintage styling and soft colors. Odd Future's "OF Tape Vol. 2" stands out for its playful cartoon-inspired design that subverts gender norms through bold pink colors. The Hotelier's digipak will also be examined for similarities to the author's own band Southlakes' sound and target audience. Lessons on visual motifs
This document outlines the key developments in adaptation to climate change within the UNFCCC landscape. It discusses the definitions of adaptation and mitigation according to the IPCC. It then summarizes the key decisions and agreements reached at various COP meetings that have advanced adaptation, including establishing funds for adaptation projects in developing countries and frameworks for national adaptation planning. It also reviews estimates of future global adaptation funding needs and the current funding available. Finally, it discusses the goal of making adaptation an integral part of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The document outlines the Joint Adaptation Standards (JAS) which were developed through workshops in multiple countries to establish principles for national adaptation plans. It presents the 15 draft principles under 4 categories: how plans should be developed, mechanisms they should establish, actions they should support, and how funding should be managed. The principles emphasize community participation, traditional knowledge, priority support for vulnerable groups, capacity building, and transparency. The workshop aims to gather feedback on revising the principles to create Version 1 of the JAS.
This short document promotes creating presentations using Haiku Deck, a tool for making slideshows. It encourages the reader to get started making their own Haiku Deck presentation and sharing it on SlideShare. In just one sentence, it pitches the idea of using Haiku Deck to easily create engaging slideshow presentations.
This document outlines the by-laws of the Climate Action Network of South Asia (CANSA). It establishes CANSA to foster regional cooperation among civil society organizations in addressing climate change. The by-laws describe CANSA's vision, mission, objectives, and programs. They also establish rules for CANSA governance, including decision-making processes, membership eligibility, and the role and election of a governing board. The by-laws are intended to facilitate decision-making among CANSA members from different countries and organizations.
The document discusses the evaluation of a media magazine project. It includes sections on conventions used in the media product, the effectiveness of combining the main product with ancillary texts like a trailer and poster, audience feedback, and the use of media technologies. The document analyzes how the project utilizes or challenges real media conventions and forms. It also examines how feedback was gathered from audiences on social media and screenings, and what was learned from this feedback. Finally, it outlines the various software, cameras, and technologies used to create the different elements of the media package.
South Asia faces significant development challenges that are exacerbated by climate change. It is home to 1.53 billion people living on just 10% of Asia's land, with high population density and 66.7% of people living on less than $2 per day. Countries in the region share natural resources like water and experience complex political relations. They are highly vulnerable to disasters and climate impacts due to emissions from the power and food sectors and reliance on fossil fuels, but have low per capita emissions. Effective regional cooperation and policies are needed to mitigate future crises in food and water for the region's growing population and provide basic necessities and inclusive growth.
The document discusses issues related to agriculture, food security, and water management between India and Bangladesh and proposes an action plan. Key issues include the vulnerability of small farmers, access to and control over water resources, agro-ecological practices, and support for farmers. The action plan suggests identifying climate champions in parliament to address priority issues, sensitizing politicians to climate impacts on livelihoods, and establishing intergovernmental bodies to jointly address challenges that are already affecting people.
The SDGs and Climate Change
The SDGs were adopted in 2015 after a multi-year process and built upon the MDGs. Goal 13 focuses on climate change and includes targets around adaptation, mainstreaming climate measures into policies, education and awareness, financing, and capacity building. There are synergies between climate change and many other goals around issues like food security, resilient agriculture, water, and energy. However, there are also some discords, such as economic goals not being truly transformative regarding limits to growth. Full implementation of climate and sustainability agendas requires integrating them into development planning, financing from multiple sources, identifying technology needs, monitoring systems, and enabling governance and partnerships.
The document discusses issues facing Bhutan's agriculture sector such as small land holdings, water scarcity, natural disasters, human-wildlife conflicts, and rural-urban migration. The action plan proposes introducing modern agricultural technology, improving irrigation infrastructure, sustainable land management, assessing vulnerabilities, researching human-wildlife conflicts, balancing regional development, providing financial subsidies, and building pressure groups to influence the government.