The document discusses a training on "Green Jobs for Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific" held from October 27-30, 2009 in Bangkok. The training, led by the World Bank, focused on the social dimensions of climate change and building capacity to address climate change impacts. It aimed to enhance understanding of vulnerability and resilience, propose principles of equity and governance for climate policy, and outline methods for operationalizing consideration of social issues in climate interventions. The training addressed topics like understanding vulnerability and resilience, developing pro-poor climate policy, and methodologies for integrating social dimensions into climate change work.
The document discusses the World Bank Group's history of environmental policies and initiatives from 1984 to present. It provides an overview of key environmental strategies, funds, and frameworks established over time. These include environmental impact assessments, the Environment Department, global environmental reports, the Equator Principles, and policies on social and environmental sustainability. The document also examines the Bank's current environmental portfolio and priorities around issues like climate change, natural resource management, and mainstreaming environmental sustainability across sectors.
1) The document provides definitions and conceptual frameworks for key terms in sustainability such as environment, policy, scale, and jurisdiction.
2) It discusses defining sustainable development and introduces the three pillars of environment, economy, and society.
3) Interdisciplinary decision-making and considering future needs are important aspects of sustainability discussed.
Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sus...Facing the Future
Find readings for your global issues course. Provide context for environmental science students. Supplement your world geography textbook. “Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sustainability” introduces Facing the Future’s two textbooks, Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions and It’s All Connected and shares how they can be used alongside the teacher’s guide Engaging Students through Global Issues. Attendees will hear about how educators are employing these curriculum resources - from using them as supplementary materials in middle and high school science and social studies, as building blocks for curriculum units, to making them the basis for a complete course.
Critical issues in India , understanding the difference between conventional behavior vs Sustainable behavior , sustainable development , what are the issues ,which media should focus on? ,
Presentation hold by Federico Fadiga from the Red Cross EU Office, as part of the second panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Rick Foster presented on sustainability in the 21st century and a university's role in addressing global issues. He argued that universities must move beyond disconnected specializations and embrace dynamic collaboration across boundaries. Major challenges like food, energy, water, and population will require connected knowledge platforms that integrate disciplines. The future will demand local solutions informed by global connections. EARTH University was presented as uniquely positioned to prepare leaders through an integrated curriculum focusing on sustainability, entrepreneurship, and social responsibility.
Agricultural problems in India are diverse and complex with historical and emerging challenges. A document discusses several key issues: low agricultural productivity due to small landholdings and lack of information; impediments to domestic/export sales from food safety/infrastructure issues; exploitation from the minimum support price system and market intermediaries; and lack of access to insurance/finances exacerbating risks from unpredictable weather. Potential solutions proposed include sustainable "green revolutions" in organic farming; expanding agricultural research/technology; building farmer capacity and rural infrastructure; developing food processing; modifying pricing policies; and increasing access to insurance/finances through programs and mobile technologies. Comprehensive investments in research, rural development and farmer skills are emphasized to address India
This document provides a literature review on media as a tool for environmental awareness. It discusses several key points:
1. Environmental problems in Nigeria include deforestation, soil erosion, oil spills, pollution, and health issues due to poor sanitation. More than 65% of Nigerians rely on natural resources for their livelihoods.
2. Developing countries face additional challenges like poverty, ignorance, and illiteracy that make environmental conservation efforts difficult. Traditional and modern media must be used together to spread awareness messages to both literate and illiterate audiences.
3. Effective environmental communication involves understanding audiences' belief systems about nature, communicating accurate scientific information credibly, and motivating audiences to take sustainable
The document discusses the World Bank Group's history of environmental policies and initiatives from 1984 to present. It provides an overview of key environmental strategies, funds, and frameworks established over time. These include environmental impact assessments, the Environment Department, global environmental reports, the Equator Principles, and policies on social and environmental sustainability. The document also examines the Bank's current environmental portfolio and priorities around issues like climate change, natural resource management, and mainstreaming environmental sustainability across sectors.
1) The document provides definitions and conceptual frameworks for key terms in sustainability such as environment, policy, scale, and jurisdiction.
2) It discusses defining sustainable development and introduces the three pillars of environment, economy, and society.
3) Interdisciplinary decision-making and considering future needs are important aspects of sustainability discussed.
Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sus...Facing the Future
Find readings for your global issues course. Provide context for environmental science students. Supplement your world geography textbook. “Reading into Action: Textbooks and Lessons to Engage Students with Global Sustainability” introduces Facing the Future’s two textbooks, Global Issues and Sustainable Solutions and It’s All Connected and shares how they can be used alongside the teacher’s guide Engaging Students through Global Issues. Attendees will hear about how educators are employing these curriculum resources - from using them as supplementary materials in middle and high school science and social studies, as building blocks for curriculum units, to making them the basis for a complete course.
Critical issues in India , understanding the difference between conventional behavior vs Sustainable behavior , sustainable development , what are the issues ,which media should focus on? ,
Presentation hold by Federico Fadiga from the Red Cross EU Office, as part of the second panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Rick Foster presented on sustainability in the 21st century and a university's role in addressing global issues. He argued that universities must move beyond disconnected specializations and embrace dynamic collaboration across boundaries. Major challenges like food, energy, water, and population will require connected knowledge platforms that integrate disciplines. The future will demand local solutions informed by global connections. EARTH University was presented as uniquely positioned to prepare leaders through an integrated curriculum focusing on sustainability, entrepreneurship, and social responsibility.
Agricultural problems in India are diverse and complex with historical and emerging challenges. A document discusses several key issues: low agricultural productivity due to small landholdings and lack of information; impediments to domestic/export sales from food safety/infrastructure issues; exploitation from the minimum support price system and market intermediaries; and lack of access to insurance/finances exacerbating risks from unpredictable weather. Potential solutions proposed include sustainable "green revolutions" in organic farming; expanding agricultural research/technology; building farmer capacity and rural infrastructure; developing food processing; modifying pricing policies; and increasing access to insurance/finances through programs and mobile technologies. Comprehensive investments in research, rural development and farmer skills are emphasized to address India
This document provides a literature review on media as a tool for environmental awareness. It discusses several key points:
1. Environmental problems in Nigeria include deforestation, soil erosion, oil spills, pollution, and health issues due to poor sanitation. More than 65% of Nigerians rely on natural resources for their livelihoods.
2. Developing countries face additional challenges like poverty, ignorance, and illiteracy that make environmental conservation efforts difficult. Traditional and modern media must be used together to spread awareness messages to both literate and illiterate audiences.
3. Effective environmental communication involves understanding audiences' belief systems about nature, communicating accurate scientific information credibly, and motivating audiences to take sustainable
Presentation hold by Thierry Kesteloot, Policy Advisor, Oxfam-Solidarité, as part of the first panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
World Vision considers environment and climate change adaptation to be important issues in their programming. Some of the key things they are doing include:
1) Promoting tree planting and farmer managed natural regeneration techniques.
2) Supporting community disaster preparedness committees and helping communities develop response plans.
3) Conducting research on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction through the ACCRA consortium.
4) Promoting energy efficient stove technologies to reduce fuel wood use and environmental degradation.
5) Improving access to weather information for farmers through translating forecasts and disseminating on local radio.
IGES' presentation at the Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+2...iges
The document discusses the outcomes of the Asia-Pacific Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Rio+20, including the importance of building resilience to disasters, transitioning to a green economy, and the need to update the institutional framework for sustainable development to better integrate the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability at all levels of governance. Key recommendations include establishing a Sustainable Development Council, setting concrete sustainable development goals, and reforming multilateral environmental agreements and regional coordination on sustainability issues.
Presentation hold by Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division at FAO, as part of the first panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Managing for Social Inclusion: The Risks of Inefficient Public PoliciesUNDP Policy Centre
A presentation delivered by Ms. Leisa Perch, IPC-IG's Team Leader - Rural and Sustainable Development at Brazil's II Public Management National Congress (3-4 April 2012, Brasilia).
The document discusses sustainable development in several contexts:
1. It defines sustainable development and outlines how it has been defined in various contexts such as forestry, urban planning, and international development projects.
2. It discusses models for exploring sustainable development, including using pillars like environmental protection, economic development, and social development. It also discusses including additional pillars like culture and political participation.
3. It outlines key strategies for implementing sustainable development, including using systems thinking to address determinants of issues like poverty, working across boundaries in a transdisciplinary way, and working from principles of truth about what works and what is essential.
Environmentally Sustainable Development - The Importance of WomenZ3P
This document provides a summary of a report on environmentally sustainable development and poverty from a gender analysis perspective. It discusses key concepts around environmentally sustainable development and the linkages between poverty and environmental issues. It notes that experiences of poverty and environmental change are gender differentiated due to inequalities in access to resources and decision making. A gender perspective is important because environmental security is mediated by gender relations and women and men have both conflicting and complementary roles in environmental management. The report calls for policies and research that consider these gender dimensions in order to effectively achieve environmentally sustainable development goals.
Strengthening Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) and Food Sy...SIANI
Wayne Nelles from the Chulalongkorn University School of Agricultural Resources (CUSAR) presents an overview of the context and importance for achieving SDGs in southeast Asia with a focus on sustainable agri-food systems. The ongoing work of the SIANI expert group on Higher Education in Southeast Asia (HESA) is also presented, as well as an outline of planned work in the upcoming years.
HESA-SIANI August 2017 Philippines Workshop
This document discusses the disproportionate impacts of climate change on women and the need for greater inclusion of women in climate change adaptation and decision-making. Some key points:
- Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change like droughts and floods as they are often responsible for tasks like securing food and water for households.
- Women have unequal access to resources and are underrepresented in climate-related decision making, making them more at risk from natural disasters.
- While women are more severely impacted, their knowledge is not utilized in climate adaptation and mitigation efforts due to their exclusion from these processes.
- Major international agreements and institutions related to climate change have predominantly male participation and do not adequately address
This document discusses the need to redefine education in the context of climate change. It covers topics such as the causes and impacts of climate change, the ethical implications, and actions individuals and communities can take. The key points are:
1) Unsustainable development has led to climate change through environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. A paradigm shift is needed to understand sustainable development through an ecosystem lens.
2) Education must incorporate science, the political economy of decision making, ethics around climate justice, and opportunities for relevant individual and community action on mitigation and adaptation.
3) Education should follow the four pillars of learning - learning to know, do, be, and live sustainably - to foster critical thinking and
The document discusses the role of media in creating environmental awareness in Masaka District, Uganda. It begins with background on global environmental issues and challenges. It then discusses the need for environmental awareness and protection in Uganda. The objectives of the study are to identify how residents obtain environmental knowledge, investigate media coverage of environmental issues in Masaka District, and explore how understandable and relevant this media coverage is to the community. The significance of the study is that it can provide information to policymakers and empower communities to better protect the environment.
The Bioenergy & Renewable Energy Community Assessment Toolkit provides matrix tools to assist in facilitating community participation in renewable energy development. This toolkit was developed by Extension Educators involved in a project on Bioenergy and Community Participation.
Importance of Environmental Journalism in PakistanMuhammad Qasim
This document discusses the importance of environmental journalism in Pakistan. It covers several topics, including the challenges of reporting on environmental issues, significant themes like climate change and energy efficiency, and framing issues in a way that empowers readers. The goal of environmental journalism is to communicate earth systems thinking and facilitate public understanding of complex scientific topics in order to engage citizens and inform policy decisions. It is becoming increasingly important for journalists in Pakistan to cover these issues.
The document discusses how young adults' environmental learning experiences can influence their pro-environmental actions. It explores the intersections between young adults' environmental knowledge and sustainability actions through 18 interviews. Key findings include:
1) Young adults described environmental protection in terms of sustainability, conservation, reducing ecological footprints, and preserving resources for future generations.
2) Their definitions showed understanding of concepts like sustainability and emphasized controlling human impacts on the environment.
3) Experiences and learning influenced young adults' views of environmental issues and motivated pro-environmental decisions in their lives.
Environmental concerns are increasingly relevant to everyone, and an informed public is a critical ingredient in the necessary practical steps and policy changes needed to alleviate the developing crisis. Environmental issues have become more entwined as communication technologies proliferate. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the media dynamics with reference to the environmental issues alarmingly challenging to human continued survival. The scientists are disturbed for its insecurity, mis-governance, degradation, management and conservation which have gradually come to capture the centre stage. At this juncture, the role of media becomes pertinent in spreading environmental awareness and making the public aware of the formidable crisis looming large over our heads. Although environmental problems are typically discovered by scientists but it is media that often play a central role in disseminating information, influencing peoples attitude and promoting public awareness. Media are the cornerstone of any public opinion and acts as a catalyst for change.The ultimate objective of this paper is to find the most decisive factors in creating awareness since this is the first step in developing effective campaigns to promote and protect the integrity of the natural environment for prosperity amongst the population. This paper is an attempt to review the meaning of environment education, its aims and objectives, and ways of promoting environmental awareness in the society.A major challenge to environmental reporting is how to convey complex concepts and impart a sense of the urgency of these challenges in a way that engages the reader .The paper also explores the evolving field of environmental journalism which prefers objectivity over advocacy (Sachsman, 2006:112) with utmost professionalism and scientific information. There is a need for more accurate and unbiased reporting in framing and forming some of the main determinants of public opinion. Sociologist Gaye Tuchman(1978) argues that the news reconstruct social world and are a window to the world, determining, what we want to know, what we have to know and what we should know. Vineet Kaul"Environmental Crisis and the Role of Media" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-4 , June 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2217.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/2217/environmental-crisis-and-the-role-of-media/vineet-kaul
Business Case for Sustainable DevelopmentSatish Bidgar
The document discusses the three dimensions of sustainable development - environmental, economic, and social. It provides details on key aspects of each dimension. For the environmental dimension, it describes the importance of ecosystems and different approaches to environmental management. It also discusses sustainable consumption and various resource categories like energy, water, food, and materials. For the economic dimension, it talks about decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation. Finally, for the social dimension, it focuses on aspects like social justice, poverty reduction, and their links to sustainability.
These are the slides to the MGCY Capacity Building team's first webinar: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 101. They introduce "what is sustainable development" in a simple and friendly way which you can replicate!
NuRelm provides open source software and services to help businesses build websites and online presences. The presentation covered many popular open source applications for desktop, server, development and collaboration/CRM/training/commerce uses. Applications discussed included Firefox, OpenOffice, Apache, WordPress and Moodle, among others. Criteria for evaluating applications included features, community, costs, reliability, primary supporters and license compatibility.
This document provides an overview of the features and functionality of an HTML web client for analyzing data. It describes sections for navigating the application, browsing and accessing data, and analysis tools. The navigation section explains launching the app and logging in. The data section covers drilling down and up on data, swapping dimensions, and exporting/formatting/charting results. The analysis section lists selecting dimensions and using traffic lighting and calculation tools.
This document lists 8 sources that were consulted to define terms used in a PowerPoint presentation. The sources include Wikipedia pages on social bookmarking, HTML, web feeds, and the World Wide Web. Also listed are the Simple English Wikipedia homepage, Merriam-Webster's dictionary definition of podcast, and pages from Webopedia defining streaming and URLs. In closing, the document thanks the viewer for their time.
Presentation hold by Thierry Kesteloot, Policy Advisor, Oxfam-Solidarité, as part of the first panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
World Vision considers environment and climate change adaptation to be important issues in their programming. Some of the key things they are doing include:
1) Promoting tree planting and farmer managed natural regeneration techniques.
2) Supporting community disaster preparedness committees and helping communities develop response plans.
3) Conducting research on climate resilience and disaster risk reduction through the ACCRA consortium.
4) Promoting energy efficient stove technologies to reduce fuel wood use and environmental degradation.
5) Improving access to weather information for farmers through translating forecasts and disseminating on local radio.
IGES' presentation at the Asia-Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for Rio+2...iges
The document discusses the outcomes of the Asia-Pacific Multi-stakeholder Consultation on Rio+20, including the importance of building resilience to disasters, transitioning to a green economy, and the need to update the institutional framework for sustainable development to better integrate the social, economic, and environmental dimensions of sustainability at all levels of governance. Key recommendations include establishing a Sustainable Development Council, setting concrete sustainable development goals, and reforming multilateral environmental agreements and regional coordination on sustainability issues.
Presentation hold by Dominique Burgeon, Director of Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division at FAO, as part of the first panel of the 30th edition of the Brussels Briefing on “Agricultural resilience in the face of crisis and shocks", organized by CTA in collaboration with the ACP Secretariat, the EC/DEVCO, Concord, and IFPRI on 4th March 2013.
More on: http://brusselsbriefings.net/
Managing for Social Inclusion: The Risks of Inefficient Public PoliciesUNDP Policy Centre
A presentation delivered by Ms. Leisa Perch, IPC-IG's Team Leader - Rural and Sustainable Development at Brazil's II Public Management National Congress (3-4 April 2012, Brasilia).
The document discusses sustainable development in several contexts:
1. It defines sustainable development and outlines how it has been defined in various contexts such as forestry, urban planning, and international development projects.
2. It discusses models for exploring sustainable development, including using pillars like environmental protection, economic development, and social development. It also discusses including additional pillars like culture and political participation.
3. It outlines key strategies for implementing sustainable development, including using systems thinking to address determinants of issues like poverty, working across boundaries in a transdisciplinary way, and working from principles of truth about what works and what is essential.
Environmentally Sustainable Development - The Importance of WomenZ3P
This document provides a summary of a report on environmentally sustainable development and poverty from a gender analysis perspective. It discusses key concepts around environmentally sustainable development and the linkages between poverty and environmental issues. It notes that experiences of poverty and environmental change are gender differentiated due to inequalities in access to resources and decision making. A gender perspective is important because environmental security is mediated by gender relations and women and men have both conflicting and complementary roles in environmental management. The report calls for policies and research that consider these gender dimensions in order to effectively achieve environmentally sustainable development goals.
Strengthening Higher Education for Sustainable Agriculture (HESA) and Food Sy...SIANI
Wayne Nelles from the Chulalongkorn University School of Agricultural Resources (CUSAR) presents an overview of the context and importance for achieving SDGs in southeast Asia with a focus on sustainable agri-food systems. The ongoing work of the SIANI expert group on Higher Education in Southeast Asia (HESA) is also presented, as well as an outline of planned work in the upcoming years.
HESA-SIANI August 2017 Philippines Workshop
This document discusses the disproportionate impacts of climate change on women and the need for greater inclusion of women in climate change adaptation and decision-making. Some key points:
- Women are more vulnerable to the effects of climate change like droughts and floods as they are often responsible for tasks like securing food and water for households.
- Women have unequal access to resources and are underrepresented in climate-related decision making, making them more at risk from natural disasters.
- While women are more severely impacted, their knowledge is not utilized in climate adaptation and mitigation efforts due to their exclusion from these processes.
- Major international agreements and institutions related to climate change have predominantly male participation and do not adequately address
This document discusses the need to redefine education in the context of climate change. It covers topics such as the causes and impacts of climate change, the ethical implications, and actions individuals and communities can take. The key points are:
1) Unsustainable development has led to climate change through environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. A paradigm shift is needed to understand sustainable development through an ecosystem lens.
2) Education must incorporate science, the political economy of decision making, ethics around climate justice, and opportunities for relevant individual and community action on mitigation and adaptation.
3) Education should follow the four pillars of learning - learning to know, do, be, and live sustainably - to foster critical thinking and
The document discusses the role of media in creating environmental awareness in Masaka District, Uganda. It begins with background on global environmental issues and challenges. It then discusses the need for environmental awareness and protection in Uganda. The objectives of the study are to identify how residents obtain environmental knowledge, investigate media coverage of environmental issues in Masaka District, and explore how understandable and relevant this media coverage is to the community. The significance of the study is that it can provide information to policymakers and empower communities to better protect the environment.
The Bioenergy & Renewable Energy Community Assessment Toolkit provides matrix tools to assist in facilitating community participation in renewable energy development. This toolkit was developed by Extension Educators involved in a project on Bioenergy and Community Participation.
Importance of Environmental Journalism in PakistanMuhammad Qasim
This document discusses the importance of environmental journalism in Pakistan. It covers several topics, including the challenges of reporting on environmental issues, significant themes like climate change and energy efficiency, and framing issues in a way that empowers readers. The goal of environmental journalism is to communicate earth systems thinking and facilitate public understanding of complex scientific topics in order to engage citizens and inform policy decisions. It is becoming increasingly important for journalists in Pakistan to cover these issues.
The document discusses how young adults' environmental learning experiences can influence their pro-environmental actions. It explores the intersections between young adults' environmental knowledge and sustainability actions through 18 interviews. Key findings include:
1) Young adults described environmental protection in terms of sustainability, conservation, reducing ecological footprints, and preserving resources for future generations.
2) Their definitions showed understanding of concepts like sustainability and emphasized controlling human impacts on the environment.
3) Experiences and learning influenced young adults' views of environmental issues and motivated pro-environmental decisions in their lives.
Environmental concerns are increasingly relevant to everyone, and an informed public is a critical ingredient in the necessary practical steps and policy changes needed to alleviate the developing crisis. Environmental issues have become more entwined as communication technologies proliferate. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the media dynamics with reference to the environmental issues alarmingly challenging to human continued survival. The scientists are disturbed for its insecurity, mis-governance, degradation, management and conservation which have gradually come to capture the centre stage. At this juncture, the role of media becomes pertinent in spreading environmental awareness and making the public aware of the formidable crisis looming large over our heads. Although environmental problems are typically discovered by scientists but it is media that often play a central role in disseminating information, influencing peoples attitude and promoting public awareness. Media are the cornerstone of any public opinion and acts as a catalyst for change.The ultimate objective of this paper is to find the most decisive factors in creating awareness since this is the first step in developing effective campaigns to promote and protect the integrity of the natural environment for prosperity amongst the population. This paper is an attempt to review the meaning of environment education, its aims and objectives, and ways of promoting environmental awareness in the society.A major challenge to environmental reporting is how to convey complex concepts and impart a sense of the urgency of these challenges in a way that engages the reader .The paper also explores the evolving field of environmental journalism which prefers objectivity over advocacy (Sachsman, 2006:112) with utmost professionalism and scientific information. There is a need for more accurate and unbiased reporting in framing and forming some of the main determinants of public opinion. Sociologist Gaye Tuchman(1978) argues that the news reconstruct social world and are a window to the world, determining, what we want to know, what we have to know and what we should know. Vineet Kaul"Environmental Crisis and the Role of Media" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-4 , June 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2217.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/2217/environmental-crisis-and-the-role-of-media/vineet-kaul
Business Case for Sustainable DevelopmentSatish Bidgar
The document discusses the three dimensions of sustainable development - environmental, economic, and social. It provides details on key aspects of each dimension. For the environmental dimension, it describes the importance of ecosystems and different approaches to environmental management. It also discusses sustainable consumption and various resource categories like energy, water, food, and materials. For the economic dimension, it talks about decoupling economic growth from environmental degradation. Finally, for the social dimension, it focuses on aspects like social justice, poverty reduction, and their links to sustainability.
These are the slides to the MGCY Capacity Building team's first webinar: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 101. They introduce "what is sustainable development" in a simple and friendly way which you can replicate!
NuRelm provides open source software and services to help businesses build websites and online presences. The presentation covered many popular open source applications for desktop, server, development and collaboration/CRM/training/commerce uses. Applications discussed included Firefox, OpenOffice, Apache, WordPress and Moodle, among others. Criteria for evaluating applications included features, community, costs, reliability, primary supporters and license compatibility.
This document provides an overview of the features and functionality of an HTML web client for analyzing data. It describes sections for navigating the application, browsing and accessing data, and analysis tools. The navigation section explains launching the app and logging in. The data section covers drilling down and up on data, swapping dimensions, and exporting/formatting/charting results. The analysis section lists selecting dimensions and using traffic lighting and calculation tools.
This document lists 8 sources that were consulted to define terms used in a PowerPoint presentation. The sources include Wikipedia pages on social bookmarking, HTML, web feeds, and the World Wide Web. Also listed are the Simple English Wikipedia homepage, Merriam-Webster's dictionary definition of podcast, and pages from Webopedia defining streaming and URLs. In closing, the document thanks the viewer for their time.
Quality assurance, psyc info presentationkcarter14
1. The document outlines the key tasks and responsibilities of quality assurance for the PsycINFO database, including correcting errors, producing reports, and ensuring accuracy, consistency, and usability of information.
2. Errors may be reported internally from various PsycINFO staff or externally from customers, and are researched and corrected by the quality assurance specialist in a structured process.
3. Regular reports produced by quality assurance include weekly error reports, monthly and annual summaries of quality assurance activity, and a log tracking all corrections made to the database.
This document discusses copyright and fair use. It notes that just because something can't be seen doesn't mean it isn't copyrighted. It mentions implied and express licenses, fair use, and the Copyright Act of 1976. It advises taking simple tests and thinking carefully to avoid copyright issues when using others' work.
This document provides information about various visualization techniques including matrix charts, treemaps, and bubble charts. It also mentions visualization research platforms like Many Eyes and taxonomy. The techniques and platforms are tools that can be used to visually represent and explore data relationships and patterns.
The document contains 5 tables that describe diseases associated with monoclonal immunoglobulins, plasma cell neoplasms, the chemical structure of immune modulator drugs, features that distinguish benign and malignant paraproteinemia, and the classification of amyloidosis by type, structure, and organ involvement. Table 1 lists neoplastic and benign diseases associated with monoclonal immunoglobulins. Table 2 describes plasma cell neoplasms according to the WHO classification. Table 3 shows the chemical structures of thalidomide, lenalidomide, and pomalidomide and their common side effects. Table 4 outlines features that can differentiate between benign and malignant paraproteinemia. Table 5 classifies types of amyloidosis by their chemical nature and the organs
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
This document contains 4 tables that classify and describe acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Table 17.1 classifies ALL according to the WHO and identifies genetic abnormalities associated with different types. Table 17.2 lists specialized tests used to identify ALL, including cytochemistry, immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangement, and immunological markers. Table 17.3 provides immunological markers used to identify B-cell or T-cell ALL. Table 17.4 outlines prognostic factors in ALL, identifying features associated with good and poor prognosis.
The document discusses various hematological abnormalities that can occur in different disease states. It provides tables outlining specific abnormalities seen in chronic disorders, malignant diseases, renal failure, liver disease, and infections. Common abnormalities include anemia, changes in white blood cell and platelet counts, and coagulation disorders. The tables serve as a reference for clinicians to understand the range of potential blood abnormalities associated with different underlying conditions.
This document defines and provides brief histories of common online terminology:
- Email is digital messages sent from one computer to another and the first was sent in 1971. Blogs are websites with discrete posts displayed in reverse chronological order, known as "weblog" since 1997. Chat involves real-time text messaging between users, starting with Talkomatic in 1974. URLs identify web resources and were standardized in 1994. Bookmarking enables users to save and share web document links, starting with del.icio.us in 2003.
The document proposes a visualization tool called SFViz to explore and recommend friends in social networks by considering both social connections and user interests. SFViz extracts user interest information from tags, constructs tag networks, calculates similarities between users based on tag networks and social networks, and generates a compound graph for visualization. SFViz uses a radial, space-filling technique to visualize the tag hierarchy and a circular layout with edge bundling to show the social network. It was tested on a Last.fm music community dataset and allowed tag-based and friend recommendation exploration.
Ben Shneiderman is a professor of computer science at the University of Maryland who researches information visualization for knowledge discovery. His research community focuses on interdisciplinary work at the intersection of computer science, information studies, and social sciences. Some of the key challenges in information visualization that he addresses are creating meaningful visual displays of massive data, enabling user interaction through widgets and window coordination, and developing process models for knowledge discovery.
Research and Deployment of Analytics in Learning SettingsKatrien Verbert
This document summarizes a presentation on research and deployment of analytics in learning settings. It discusses several projects including the Student Activity Meter tool, which provides visualizations of student activity and time spent to promote self-monitoring, awareness for teachers, and recommendations. Several iterations of the tool are described with user evaluations indicating high usability and satisfaction. Challenges and future directions are also discussed, such as evaluation, datasets, context, and user interfaces for recommender systems.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
Tut mathematics and hypermedia research seminar 2011 11-11Yleisradio
The document discusses visualization and analysis of social media networks. It begins by defining information visualization and social network analysis. It then explains how social media data can be gathered from systems through crawling or backend collection. Tools for visualizing the data include Gephi and Gource. Use cases shown include visualizing collaboration networks in academic courses and events like data journalism workshops. The document concludes that visualizations can reveal hidden patterns and recommends more dynamic, user-oriented visualizations.
The document discusses differences between platelet/vessel wall diseases and coagulation factor diseases. Platelet/vessel wall diseases are more likely to cause mucosal bleeding, petechiae, and bleeding from skin cuts, while coagulation factor diseases are more likely to cause deep hematomas. The document also lists various causes of thrombocytopenia, including failure of platelet production from bone marrow issues, increased platelet consumption, abnormal platelet distribution, and dilutional loss from things like massive transfusions. Finally, it outlines specific drugs and toxins that can cause thrombocytopenia through bone marrow suppression or immune-mediated mechanisms.
The document discusses using geographic information systems (GIS) to facilitate effective community-based adaptation to climate change in India. It outlines several advantages of GIS for this purpose, such as efficiently creating maps to identify vulnerable areas and populations, understand community assets and weaknesses, and help guide policy. The document also describes different types of participatory GIS that can be used, including public participation GIS, participatory GIS, and community resource mapping, which empower local communities and facilitate collaboration between communities and officials.
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The document summarizes presentations from a workshop on sustainable agriculture intensification, highlighting areas like improving rice production through conservation agriculture and sustainable rice intensification, promoting education for smallholder farmers, and developing monitoring and evaluation systems to understand impact on farmers. Key points included the need to work with natural systems to increase productivity with fewer inputs, empower farmers through participatory research and field schools, and influence policies to support sustainable intensification practices.
This document discusses gender, social change, and climate resilience from the perspective of the International Development Research Centre's work. It presents a framework for a gender transformative and climate resilient food system that addresses the underlying causes of gender inequality to lead to more sustainable social change, food security, and climate resilience. Key approaches discussed include integrating gender in agricultural curriculum, engaging men and boys for gender equality, and supporting women's leadership and access to land. The document also describes a pathways to resilience project in semi-arid economies that brought together national, district, and village institutions to disseminate climate adaptation information and reduce crop losses.
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The document discusses a presentation on the social dimensions of climate change. The presentation aims to demonstrate why considering the social aspects contributes to a more comprehensive understanding of climate change's impacts and how this perspective can inform sustainable development efforts. It covers topics like vulnerability and resilience, complex social responses to climate change, the importance of governance, and developing climate-resilient policies.
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CCAFS aims to help agriculture and food systems adapt to and mitigate climate change through research. It has 4 themes: 1) adaptation to progressive climate change through technologies, practices and policies; 2) adaptation through managing climate risk at farm and food system levels; 3) pro-poor climate change mitigation; and 4) integration for decision making. Research is conducted in 3 focus regions - Indo-Gangetic Plains, West Africa, and East Africa - home to over 1 billion people dependent on agriculture. The goals are to close yield gaps, develop new adaptation strategies, and enable supportive policies and institutions from farm to national levels to strengthen food security under climate change.
This document discusses research into transforming Australia's peanut value chains to adapt to future climates. Researchers are studying how peanut production may shift locations due to climate threats like aflatoxin disease risks. They are exploring challenges like potential environmental and social impacts. Experiments and models are examining crop rotations, irrigation, fertilizer use, and pest/disease risks. Key factors for successful transformation include communities' exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Continued work is needed to fully understand transformation feasibility and impacts.
This document discusses research into transforming Australia's peanut value chains to adapt to future climates. Researchers are studying how peanut production may shift locations due to climate threats like aflatoxin disease risks. They are exploring challenges like potential environmental and social impacts. Experiments and models are examining crop rotations, irrigation, fertilizer use, and pest/disease risks. Key factors for successful transformation include communities' exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity. Continued work is needed to fully understand transformation feasibility and impacts.
This document discusses assessing progress in adaptation for vulnerable groups, communities, and ecosystems. It provides examples of specific areas for consideration in National Adaptation Plans (NAPs), such as ensuring institutional arrangements and assessment frameworks address vulnerabilities. Sample processes and actions from countries like Nepal and Kenya are described. The document outlines identifying vulnerable groups and ecosystems, and developing appropriate metrics and indicators to measure adaptation progress, such as food security, health, infrastructure, and ecosystem services. An interactive session discusses applying these lessons to NAP development and implementation.
The document discusses the role of science, technology, and innovation in driving sustainable development. It outlines several global challenges, including continued population growth, climate change, and their impact on natural systems. Meeting basic human needs for the projected 9 billion people by 2050 while protecting the environment will require innovations in areas like water and resource management, food and energy production, sustainable consumption, and education. Science academies can help by providing evidence and advice to inform development policies and promote scientific literacy.
The document provides an overview of a seminar presentation on sustainable development goals and Agenda 2030. It defines sustainable development, discusses the three pillars of sustainability - environmental, economic, and social. It outlines the 17 UN sustainable development goals, global issues related to sustainable development like climate change, inequality, and challenges in achieving the goals. It concludes that sustainable development ensures resources are available for future generations through eco-friendly practices.
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This document discusses community-based approaches for adapting to climate change. It provides examples of participatory methods that communities can use to plan for climate impacts, such as seasonal calendars, timelines, and mapping. Case studies from Ethiopia, Nepal, and other areas show how communities are innovating locally to cope with changes, such as pastoralists in Ethiopia developing cut-and-carry feeding systems. The document also discusses government efforts in India to address climate change through seven national missions and provides examples of innovative community-based solutions from Ladakh involving artificial glaciers and ice stupas that harvest water. Overall, the document promotes community-led participatory processes for developing locally appropriate adaptation strategies.
This document discusses environmental science and related fields. It covers topics like environmental dilemmas facing the world, reasons for studying environmental science, objectives of environmental science for individuals, businesses and governments. It also outlines related sciences like ecology, physics, chemistry and biology. Environmental studies incorporates social sciences while environmental engineering focuses on improving environmental quality. It discusses atmospheric science, resource management, environmental education and sustainability goals. National and UN plans for environmental education and sustainable development are also summarized.
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One Un Training Bangkok 27 October 2009
1. “One UN” Training
Green Jobs for Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific
Bangkok, 27 to 30 October 2009
2. Carina Bachofen and Edward Cameron
cbachofen@worldbank.org / ecameron@worldbank.org
3. The Social Dimensions of Climate (SDCC)
at the World Bank
๏ Social justice as an over-arching theme
๏ Governance and social accountability in climate action
๏ Equity, rights and livelihood security in climate change mitigation and adaptation
๏ Learning Module and Micro-documentary film contest
๏ Rights, forests and climate change
๏ Local institutions, area-based development and climate change
๏ Emerging work on Indigenous Peoples, gender, conflict and the urban poor
Our Goal:
Socially inclusive, climate-resilient policies & operations in client countries
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4. Our starting point
1. Climate change impacts growth in Asia and the Pacific
2. Climate change policy could have long term implications for growth in Asia and the Pacific
3. Responding to the threats and opportunities of climate change alters the context for our work
and our institutions
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5. Our starting point
๏ The changing nature of climate change
๏ A climate of crises
๏ “We do not intend to waste these crises”
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6. Our Goals:
1. Enhance understanding of vulnerability and
resilience
2. Build the capacity of participants to work with
climate change
3. Propose principles of equity and governance
that can improve the practice of climate change
interventions
4. Outline a number of methods and tools that can
be used as operational entry points
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7. Four Part Training
1. What are the social dimensions of climate change?
2. First principles: understanding vulnerability and resilience
3. Pro-poor climate policy: from vulnerability to resilience through sustainable development
4. Methodologies and toolkits: operationalizing the social dimensions of climate change
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8. What are the social dimensions of climate change?
Part 1 Why is this perspective important for Asia and the Pacific?
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9.
10. What are the social dimensions of climate change?
Reconciling socio-ecological systems
The complex social responses resulting from climate change
The implications of climate change architecture, policy and interventions
Building new communities of practice
Breaking down disciplinary path dependency
Altering process, policies, and interventions
Shaping substantive outcomes for vulnerable populations
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11. IPCC projected natural impacts
Temperature rises, extreme weather events, changes in hydrological cycles, sea level rise, threats to
unique systems and biodiversity, increase in flooding and storm surges
complex social responses
Loss of livelihoods; health/fatalities; food/water insecurity; migration; conflict; damage to infrastructure;
decline in natural systems services; distribution of impacts
equity
Process and substantive outcomes for vulnerable populations
human rights and other implications
Adequate standard of living; minimum means of subsistence; health; food; water; self-determination;
property; culture; life; education; gender, indigenous and children
12. Critical in shaping global policy architecture and responses; instruments and application at the
local level; addresses inequalities; reduces vulnerabilities; builds resilience
Improved outcomes, adaptive capacity and resilience
Technological; knowledge; political; various types of assets (social, physical, natural, financial,
human, cultural capital)
Enhanced capital and resources
Implementation of governance principles across governance scales leads to enhanced capital and
resources
Improved governance
Key to authoritative advocacy for vulnerable populations; providing access to processes;
influencing the nature of processes; vital for building constituencies and securing agreement
Change analysis and diagnosis
13. Part 2 first principles: understanding vulnerability and resilience
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14. Vulnerability according to the IPCC:
Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation
in which a system is exposed, it's sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity (IPCC 2007a, p21)
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15. Exposure - the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to
which a system is subjected, such as:
๏ Risks to unique and threatened systems (coral)
๏ Extreme weather events (storm surges and sea swells)
๏ Reduced agricultural productivity
๏ Increased water insecurity
๏ Increased health risk
๏ Large-scale singularities
๏ Aggregate impacts (impacts worsen over time)
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16. Exposure in ASIA
“The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia,
where 60% of the world’s population lives - over half near the coast -
making them directly vulnerable to sea level rise” (New Economics
Foundation 2007).
๏ A 1m rise in sea level would inundate coastal cities and communities
throughout Asia. In 2007 almost 20 million people were displaced as
devastating floods hit northern India, Bangladesh and Nepal, affecting
food, clean drinking water and medical supplies.
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๏ Freshwater availability, particularly in large river basins, is projected to
decrease. This, along with population growth and increasing demand
arising from higher standards of living, could adversely affect more
than a billion people by the 2050s (IPCC 2007, p13).
๏ Recent studies suggest that South Asia could experience losses of up
to 10 percent of many of its local staples including rice by 2030. Fears
over the supply and cost of rice led to food riots and export bans in a
number of South Asian countries in 2007 and 2008.
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17. Six Climate Threats: Top Twelve Countries Most at Risk
Drought Flood Storm Coastal 1m Coastal 5m Agriculture
Malawi Bangladesh Philippines All Low lying All Low lying Sudan
Ethiopia China Bangladesh Vietnam Netherlands Senegal
Zimbabwe India Madagascar Egypt Japan Zimbabwe
India Cambodia Vietnam Tunisia Bangladesh Mali
Mozambique Mozambique Moldova Indonesia Philippines Zambia
Niger Laos Mongolia Mauritania Egypt Morocco
Mauritania Pakistan Haiti China Brazil Niger
Eritrea Sri Lanka Samoa Mexico Venezuela India
Sudan Thailand Tonga Myanmar Senegal Malawi
Chad Vietnam China Bangladesh Fiji Algeria
Kenya Benin Honduras Senegal Vietnam Ethiopia
Iran Rwanda Fiji Libya Denmark Pakistan
Low income Middle income High income
Source: World Bank 2008
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18. Sensitivity - Intersecting inequalities - produce different experiences of climate
change impacts, such as:
๏ Access to information, decision making
and justice
๏ Dependence on the environment for
livelihoods, food, fuel, shelter and
medicine
๏ Geographical context
๏ Financial / socio-economic status
๏ Governance / political economy issues
๏ Gender, age, abilities
๏ Indigenous Peoples
๏ Cultural norms
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19. Adaptation - “Refers to changes in processes, practices, or structures to moderate or
offset potential damages or to take advantage of opportunities associated with changes in
climate. It involves adjustments to reduce the vulnerability of communities, regions, or
activities to climatic change and variability” (IPCC 2001).
Adaptive Capacity - The capacity to mobilize resources to build resilience
๏ Various types of assets (social, physical, natural, financial, human, cultural capital)
๏ Technological
๏ Knowledge
๏ Governance
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20. Case Study 1: The Maldives
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21. Case Study 2: Mongolia
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22. Case Study 3: Bangladesh
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23. Each participant in the group takes ten minutes to read
Country Case Studies: one case study from The Maldives, Mongolia and
Bangladesh.
When you have finished reading the case studies,
present the case to your colleagues, explaining why your
chosen country is vulnerable.
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24. Resilience
Resilience occurs where adaptive capacity is
strong, inequalities are addressed, and exposure
minimized. It reflects the ability to deal with
change and continue to develop.
Just as vulnerable communities are threatened with collapse from climate impacts, a resilient
community can anticipate and plan for a sustainable future.
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25. pro-poor climate policy: from vulnerability to resilience through
Part 3 sustainable development
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26. Possible Effects of Climate Change Policy:
CO-BENEFITS NEGATIVE SOCIAL IMPACTS
EQUITY INEQUITY
RESILIENCE VULNERABILITY
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27. Climate policy building blocks
๏ Mitigation
๏ Reduced Emissions from
Deforestation and Degradation
(REDD)
๏ Adaptation
๏ Technology
๏ Finance
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28. Mitigation
๏ Sources
๏ Sinks / Reservoirs
๏ Sequestration
๏ Substitutes
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29. Renewable Energy: Co-benefits
๏ GHG Reductions
๏ Economic returns for those who innovate
๏ Employment and local development
๏ Increased security of supply
๏ Reduced emissions of other pollutants and
health benefits
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30. Biofuels: Negative Social Impacts
๏ Questionable GHG reductions potential
๏ Deforestation
๏ Land acquisition and displacement
๏ Impact on food (production, access, prices)
๏ Political instability, corruption and violence
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31. REDD Agenda ISSUES / ETHICS
Reducing Emissions from Degradation and Deforestation
๏ Deforestation is responsible for at least 25%-30% of
anthropogenic climate change each year
๏ Forests help to slow climate change by acting as a sink / reservoir
for GHG emissions
๏ Assign a price for carbon to cover environmental services and
create incentives for forest conservation and management
๏ Effective forest governance is key to success but remains elusive
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32. Adaptation
๏ Planned versus
autonomous adaptation
๏ First Generation
๏ Second Generation
๏ Third Generation (?)
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33. What Adaptation Strategy?
Case 1: Engineering - protecting the land or the person?
๏ Protects vital infrastructure ๏ Deals with exposure but what about
sensitivity?
๏ Protects vital utilities
๏ May not target the most vulnerable
๏ Coastal zone management
๏ May not address key system impacts
๏ Seawalls, flood defences, etc.. (ecological and social)
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34. Technology
๏ Research and innovation
๏ Investment and political will
๏ Development and deployment
๏ Access and supporting structures
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35. Finance
๏ How much is required?
๏ New and additional?
๏ How to generate funding?
๏ How to disburse / target funding?
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36. Potential Sources of Climate Finance:
Equitable, efficient and effective?
Current estimates put the cost of dealing with climate
change at between $4bn and $109bn per year
(low end from Stern 2006 / high end from UNDP 2007)
CDM and Carbon Offset Markets
Auctioning of Emissions Rights
Emissions Cap and Trade
Tax on Financial Transactions (Tobin Tax)
GHG Levy
Aviation / Shipping tax
General taxes and specific funds
Carbon Taxes
GDP Contribution (0.5% - 1% by developed countries)
Baseline ODA (up to 0.7% of GNP)
Source: How will the world finance climate change action? World Bank presentation to the
Bali Brunch, April 2009
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37. Equity
Vulnerable and marginalized communities are typically least responsible for the cause and
least able to deal with the consequences of climate change.
“These groups, by lacking a voice and influence in climate change policy making, are
unlikely to account for their particular experience. This is likely to exacerbate their position
of marginalization or vulnerability further” (Pollack, 2008, p17).
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38. Unequal responsibilities
% GHG Emissions in 2000
Only 17 countries account for 1% or more of
global greenhouse gas emissions
Together, these 17 countries are responsible for
more than 85% of global emissions
And yet few of these are amongst those most
vulnerable to climate change
Source: Data taken from the Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT) developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI). Aggregates from IEA and others.
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39. Unequal consequences
Climate related disasters
Some 262 million people were affected
by climate disasters annually from
2000 to 2004.
In the OECD, one person in every
fifteen hundred was affected by
climate disaster (1:1500)
% of people affected by In the developing world the number
climate disasters 2000 - 2004 was one in nineteen (1:19)
Developing World
OECD
A risk differential of 79!
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2007 / 2008
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40. Equity
The practical application of equity may help to resolve a number of long-standing climate
change issues including:
๏ Power and participation
๏ Determining entitlements and access:
๏ Allocating and meeting responsibilities
๏ Mobilizing and building capacities
๏ Prioritizing needs
๏ Striking a balance across space and time
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41. Global:
UNFCC, Kyoto, Bali Roadmap
Regional:
EU and other initiatives
National:
Policies at the state level
Local / Sub-national:
Initiatives at provincial, community and household level
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42. Rationalize energy, water and agricultural price, tax
Incentives incentives, fiscal and expenditure policies
Efficiency standards; codes, zoning, climate
Regulations screening / proofing of investments
Capacity of public, private and financial sector
Institutions institutions to assess and act on climate risks and
new business opportunities
Improve investment climate; deepen financial and
Markets capital markets; new markets (cap & trade, CDM,
etc...)
Education, raising awareness and promoting
Public Outreach change in consumer behavior and preferences,
public diplomacy
Source: How will the world finance climate change action? World Bank presentation to the Bali Brunch, April 2009
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43. Each participant in the group takes ten minutes to read
Thematic Case Studies: one case study on Equity and Governance.
How do the principles of equity and governance
influence your work? What can we do as a UN family to
mainstream these principles in climate change
interventions?
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44. Methods and tools: operationalizing the social dimensions of
Part 4 climate change.
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45. What methodologies enhance our understanding of vulnerability
and shape our responses to it?
Analytical Frameworks
A range of analytical frameworks can enhance our
understanding of vulnerability. Most emphasize the role of
assets as a buffer against vulnerability and the mediating role
of institutions.
They include:
๏ Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF)
๏ Social Risk Management Framework (SRM)
๏ Territorial Development (TD) and Local Institutions
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46. Frameworks 101 ๏ Vulnerability context influences availability of assets
๏ Access to assets determines level of resilience and adaptive
capacity
๏ Institutions determine access to and returns from assets
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47. Sustainable Livelihoods Framework (SLF)
๏ Vulnerability Context
๏ Livelihood Assets
๏ Transforming Structures and
Processes
๏ Livelihood Strategies
๏ Livelihood Outcomes
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48. Social Risk Management Framework (SRM)
๏ Aims to increase capacity of society to manage
climate risks and increase opportunities for
sustainable development
๏ Framework applied to identify no-regrets options
๏ Policy menu should balance ex-ante risk
prevention, exposure reduction and support for
ex-post coping
๏ Interventions can take place at different stages,
levels of governance and levels of formality
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49. Territorial Development
๏ Territorial vision: socio-political area with shared identity
๏ Focus on micro- and meso-linkages across sectors and spatial dimensions of
different assets and endowments
๏ Considers endogenous territorial assets to identify a territory’s comparative
advantages and relevant development strategy
๏ Holistic - integrates sectoral policies at territorial scale, promotes economic
and institutional transformation, and strengthened linkages within a territory
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50. Which toolkits enhance our understanding of vulnerability and
shape our responses to it?
Rethinking existing instruments - developing new tools
With climate change altering the context for development, the
need for new and innovative methodologies and tools is
becoming increasingly apparent.
The World Bank is adapting existing instruments, developing new
toolkits, and monitoring emerging approaches for
operationalizing the social dimensions of climate change.
These include:
๏ Participatory Scenario Development (PSD)
๏ Preventative Resettlement Toolkit
๏ Human Rights Based Approach
๏ Gender-Based Toolkit
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51. Each participant in the group takes ten minutes to read
Thematic Case Studies: one the case study on Methodologies.
Which of these methodologies would be most useful in
your work? Are there alternatives?
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52. The Social Dimensions of Climate Change
Concluding thoughts and further resources
Climate change impacts are already altering the context for development.
Policy responses across scales of governance further alter the context for
development. Are we ready for those changes?
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53. MOVING FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE (1)
๏ Change the diagnosis
๏ Mobilize new constituencies and
communities of practice
๏ Enhance understanding of vulnerability
๏ Recognize the importance of building
equity into policy
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54. MOVING FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE (2)
๏ Increase resilience and co-benefits
with sustainable development through
climate interventions
๏ Improve governance and better policy
will follow
๏ A variety of new and existing tools can
aid this process
๏ Learn the lessons from case studies
drawn from different experiences
across the globe
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56. Climate Change at the World Bank
Strategic Framework For Development and Climate Change and
Development
๏ Support to climate actions in country-led development
processes;
๏ Mobilization of concessional and innovative finance;
๏ The development of innovative market mechanisms to
leverage private sector resources;
๏ Acceleration of the development and deployment of new
technologies;
๏ Enhanced policy research, knowledge, and capacity
building.
equity
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57. Climate Change at the World Bank (2/3)
The new Climate Investments Funds (CIF), with donor pledges
of more than US$ 6 billion includes:
๏ A Clean Technology Fund to facilitate demonstration, deployment,
and transfer of low-carbon technologies
๏ A Strategic Climate Fund, which focuses on vulnerable nations, tries
to maximize co-benefits of sustainable development, and features a
pilot program for enhancing climate resilience.
equity
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58. Social Development at the World Bank
The Social Development Department aims to empower poor and marginalized women and
men through a process of transforming institutions for greater inclusion, cohesion and
accountability.
Thematic focus includes:
๏ Social Policy Analysis
๏ Local Governance and Community Driven Development
๏ Conflict, Crime and Violence
๏ Indigenous Peoples and Involuntary Resettlement
๏ The Social Dimensions of Climate Change
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59. visit our website: www.worldbank.org/sdcc
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60. “I am confident that the innovative global agenda that
this workshop has launched will lead to a holistic
analysis of climate change impacts on human and
social systems, increase our understanding of
vulnerability, and strengthen our capacity to build
social justice, accountability and equity into climate
policy”.
Katherine Sierra
Vice President, Sustainable Development Network
The World Bank
Further Reading: SDCC Workshop Summary Report (World Bank, 2009)
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61. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Fourth Assessment Report, 2007
The Economics of Climate Change (Stern Review), 2006
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Human
Development Report (HDR), 2007
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA), 2005
World Bank Group Strategic Framework For Development
and Climate Change (SFDCC), 2008
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62. Adger, N (2006) Vulnerability
The challenges for vulnerability research are to incorporate diverse methods that include
perceptions of risk and vulnerability, and to incorporate governance research on the
mechanisms that mediate vulnerability and promote adaptive action and resilience.
Burton, I et al (2002) From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the
Shaping of Adaptation Policy
The emphasis shifts from the question of gross and net impacts to questions of vulnerability,
and how and where to deploy adaptation responses.
Brooks, N (2003) Vulnerability, risk and adaptation: A conceptual framework
Adaptation by a system may be inhibited by process originating outside the system; it is
therefore important to consider “external” obstacles to adaptation, and links across scales,
when assessing adaptive capacity.
Turner, B et al (2003) A framework for vulnerability analysis in
sustainability science
Changes taking place in the structure and function of the biosphere raise questions such as:
Who and what are vulnerable to the multiple environmental changes underway, and where?
McGray, H et al (2007) Weathering the Storm: Options for framing
adaptation and development
Any effective development planning process will need to take climate change into account—
and, more particularly, will need to facilitate adaptation to the effects of climate change.
O’Brien, K et al (2004) What’s in a word? Conflicting interpretations of
vulnerability in climate change research
Different interpretations of vulnerability have major implications for how the issue of climate
change is addressed by policy makers, leads to different diagnoses of the climate change
problem, and also to different kinds of cures.
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63. Thank you for your attention!
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