Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
New York
Physical Description:
various pagings ; 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37651
Legacy PEIN ID:
77661
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Quantification and magnitude of losses and damages resulting from the impacts of climate change:
Abstract
The inextricable links between climate change and sustainable development have been increasingly recognised over the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)1 concluded with very high confidence that climate change would impede the ability of many nations to achieve sustainable development by mid-century and become a security risk that would steadily intensify, particularly under greater warming scenarios. Article 4.8 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) lists several groups of countries that merit particular consideration for assistance to adapt to climate change especially: (a) small island countries, (b) countries with low-lying coastal areas, c) countries with areas prone to natural disasters. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have characteristics which make them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, sea level rise (SLR) and extreme events, including: relative isolation, small land masses, concentrations of population and infrastructure in coastal areas, limited economic base and dependency on natural resources, combined with limited financial, technical and institutional capacity for adaptation.2
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Publication Year:
2010
Publication Place
New York
Physical Description:
various pagings ; 29 cm
Call Number
[EL]
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
37651
Legacy PEIN ID:
77661
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 07-Dec-2010
Record Modified: 20-Sep-2022