Fwd: [EPG EnvTalk] Thematic digest - Mountain Climate Change, Issue 28
Ranjeev shrestha
From: Basudev Upadhyay <basu...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Subject: [EPG EnvTalk] Thematic digest - Mountain Climate Change, Issue 28
To: Environment-...@googlegroups.com
Cc: bupa...@icimod.org
Dear Colleagues,
Pleased to let you know that we issue thematic digests in different
themes periodically. Please find below the periodic thematic digest on
Mountain Climate Change - Issue 28 prepared for sharing information
on mountain climate change. The complete digest is available here.
Regards,
Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) team
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In this Issue
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News from ICIMOD Regional Member Countries (RMCs)
Global News
Events
Opportunities
Organisations
Relevant ICIMOD Publications
Resources
REGIONAL NEWS
1. Karachi at High Risk From Sea-level Rise: ADB
15 Mar 2012
The mega city of Karachi in Pakistan is at high risk from sea-level
rise, prolonged cyclonic activity, and greater salt-water intrusion.
Environmental harm due to sea-level rise in association with storm
surge impacts will be significant in both the Bay of Bengal and the
Arabian Sea, where cyclonic activity is projected to intensify.
2. Climate Change 'Biggest Challenge of Our Generation' - Nepali youth
14 Mar 2012
Two decades worth of global climate change negotiations “have not
delivered real and meaningful outcomes due to the weak political
commitment of global leaders” and the problems and risks associated
with climate change have grown, he told the audience of government
officials, activists, researchers, consultants and United Nations
staff.
3. Solar Lights Delivered to Refugee Camps in Pakistan
12 Mar 2012
More than 1 billion people around the world use kerosene lamps and
other basic fuels for lighting, many of which also run the risk of
sparking fires and emitting hazardous fumes.80,000 refugees displaced
by flooding in the Hyderabad region of Pakistan are the latest group
to receive the lights.
4. Everest Climber Warns of Flood Risks in Himalayas
02 Mar 2012
In Nepal alone, at least 20 of the more than 2,300 glacial lakes are
in danger of bursting banks made mostly of rock and scree held
together by little more than gravity. Across the wider mountain range,
dozens more are building to dangerous levels as temperatures rise and
ice melts quicker.
5. Climate Change Can Dry South Indian River, Says New Study
01 Mar 2012
Climate change could lead to huge water shortages in southern India’s
fertile Godavari river basin, a new study based on computer
simulations shows.
6. Himalayan Sherpas Lament Climate Change Devastation
26 Feb 2012
Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating
farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous
to climb, some of the world’s top mountaineers have warned.
7. China Report Spells Out "grim" Climate Change Risks
17 Jan 2012
Global warming threatens China's march to prosperity by cutting crops,
shrinking rivers and unleashing more droughts and floods, says the
government's latest assessment of climate change, projecting big
shifts in how the nation feeds itself.
GLOBAL NEWS
1. Government Confident Carbon Tax Constitutional
15 Mar 2012
The possibility of a legal challenge comes as climate scientists say
Australians should not be fooled into thinking the world is not
warming just because much of the country has experienced a relatively
wet and cool summer.
2. Asia 'Must Act Now' to Cut Risk from Natural Disasters: ADB
14 Mar 2012
The ADB said Asian countries would require US$40 billion a year over
the next four decades to cope with climate change, but the world came
up with just $4.4 billion during 2009-2010, or one-tenth of the amount
needed, said Bindu Lohani, ADB's vice-president for knowledge
management and sustainable development.
3. $40 bn Needed Yearly in Asia to Help Climate
09 Mar 2012
Countries in the Asia Pacific will require an investment of about
US$40 billion (Bt1.226 trillion) annually till 2050 - a period of
nearly four decades - to neutralise the impacts of climate change. And
that is many times the amount of available funds, the Asian
Development Bank (ADB) has said.
4. Records Fall Across Country as Temperatures Soar
13 Mar 2012
The weird winter of 2011-12 has given way to a truly odd March weather
pattern, with a big dip, or "trough", in the jet stream out west, and
a large ridge of high pressure in the East which is allowing warm air
to flow from the South all the way up into Canada. Yesterday alone,
117 record daily high temperatures were set, along with 74 records for
warm overnight low temperatures. This compares to just four daily cold
high temperatures and two cold overnight low records.
5. Climate-Linked Migration Poses Growing Humanitarian Threat - Study
13 Mar 2012
Climate change will cause an upward surge in migration this century,
and governments in disaster-prone Asia-Pacific nations must promptly
enact a broad range of measures to stave off future humanitarian
crises, according to a new ADB report released today.
6. Increasing Demand and Climate Change Threaten Global Water
Supplies – UN Report
12 Mar 2012
An unprecedented rise in the demand for food, rapid urbanization and
climate change are significantly threatening global water supplies,
according to a United Nations report released today, which stresses
that a radical new approach to managing this essential resource is
needed to be able to sustain future consumption levels.
7. Ozone Layer Scientist Who 'Saved The world' Dies
12 Mar 2012
F Sherwood Rowland, the Nobel prize-winning chemist who sounded the
alarm on the thinning of the Earth's ozone layer, has died at 84.The
Nobel prize was awarded more than two decades after Rowland and
post-doctoral student Mario Molina calculated that if human use of
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) – a propellant in aerosol sprays,
deodorants and other household products – continued at an unchanged
rate, the ozone layer protecting it from excessive ultraviolet
radiation would be depleted after several decades.
8. Germany Harnesses Green Power in Desolate East
08 Mar 2012
In an area 75 miles north of Berlin that until now has attracted more
birdwatchers than cutting-edge industries, start-up Enertrag AG, with
the help of partners Vattenfall, Total and Deutsche Bahn, is operating
one of the first plants to generate wind power and convert it into
hydrogen.
9. Report: Warming Doubles Extreme Coastal Flood Risk Across U.S.
09 Mar 2012
Global warming has raised global sea level about 8 inches since 1880,
and the rate of rise is accelerating. Rising seas dramatically
increase the odds of damaging floods from storm surges. A Climate
Central analysis finds the odds of “century” or worse floods occurring
by 2030 are on track to double or more, over widespread areas of the
U.S.
10. CARICOM Heads of Government Approve Climate-Resilient
Development Plan, Agree to Hold Pre-Rio+20 Meeting on SIDS Issues
08 Mar 2012
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have approved an
implementation plan for its Regional Framework for Achieving
Development Resilient to Climate Change, and have agreed to hold a
special meeting prior to the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable
Development (UNCSD or Rio+20) that will seek to ensure that small
island developing State (SIDS) concerns are fully acknowledged in the
Rio+20 outcome.
EVENTS
1. Multilevel Environmental Governance: The Case of India
27 Apr 2012, UNU-IAS in Yokohama
This presentation will examine the prospects of environmental
governance with reference to its spatial dimension. The presentation
defines how, given the trend of postmodern urban growth and the
complex face of rurality in India, multilevel governance systems can
be attempted that seek to reconcile local action with national and
global priorities. The presentation seeks to propose a workable system
of environmental governance for India that integrates National
Environmental Policies with local priorities and the goals embedded in
Multilateral Environmental Agreements.
Contact Person(s): A. Damodaran
2. Bonn Climate Change Conference - May 2012
14 May 2012 - 25 May 2012, Maritim Hotel in Bonn
The 36th sessions of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and
of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
(SBSTA), the fifteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on
Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA), the
seventeenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments
for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP) and the first
session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for
Enhanced Action (ADP).
3. WORLD CLIMATE 2012 World Conference on Climate Change and Humanity
14 Jun 2012 - 15 Jun 2012, Vienna, Austria
Call for papers
World Conference on Climate Change and Humanity is a multidisciplinary
conference related to the studies in the field of climate change and
global warming.
The deadline for abstracts/proposals is 15 April 2012.
Contact Person(s): Elena Ringo
4. Climate Change and Water Resources
10 Jul 2012 - 11 Jul 2012, Ismailia, Egypt
Call for Papers
The Conference has become the most important annual gathering in ESES.
It will be an opportunity for the international community to exchange
ideas and develop a common vision for the future of world climate
change and water resources.
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 22 April 2012
Contact Person(s): Prof. Dr. Abdel Raouf Moustafa
5. Workshop on Uncertainty and Climate Change Adaptation
08 Nov 2012 - 09 Nov 2012, Faculty of Sciences of the University of
Lisbon, in Lisbon, Portugal
Call for Abstracts
The CIRCLE-2 Joint Initiative is promoting the Workshop on Uncertainty
and Climate Change Adaptation.Participation is open to all actors
(e.g., scientific and communication experts; policy analysts;
decision-makers; modellers; economists; etc.) working in the field of
uncertainties in climate and climate change adaptation. In order to
take part in the workshop, participants must submit an abstract of up
to 3 000 characters, including spaces, on the online submission form.
6. 2nd International Conference on Climate Change & Social Issues 2012
28 Nov 2012 - 29 Nov 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Call for Papers
The ICRD/ GCU joint Conference on CCSI 2012 offers a valuable
opportunity to network with colleagues from many countries who share
the same goals. Scientists and experts in climate change and social
issues are invited to participate in this International Conference on
CCSI 2012
Deadline for abstracts/proposals: 15 June 2012
Contact Person(s): Prabhath Patabendi
RELEVANT ICIMOD PUBLICATIONS
1. Climate Change
2. Atmospheric Pollution
3. Role of Policy and Institutions in Local Adaptation to
Climate Change : Case studies on responses to too much and too little
water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas (2012)
OPPORTUNITIES
1. Fulbright NEXUS Regional Scholar Program in the Western
Hemisphere Seeking Applications
2. UNISDR is seeking a background papers for the 2013 Global
Assessment Report (the world's leading report on disaster risk
reduction. Deadline: 30 March 2012
3. Several Vacancies at the UNFCCC
4. REDD- Forestry and Climate Change Cell requests to all
concerned agencies/partners worked in REDD Project implementation in
Nepal.
5. Call for applications for PhD Programme in Science and
Management of Climate Change at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on
Climate Change
6. Fellowship for journalists from developing countries.
Deadline: March 30, 2012.
FEATURED ORGANIZATIONS
1. Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)- The
Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is an
inter-governmental network for the promotion of global environmental
change research and links between science and policy making in the
Asia-Pacific Region.
2. Network on Climate Change, Bangladesh
3. Organization of Caring about Climate Change (OCCC), Indonesia
- OCCC(Wahana Peduli Perubahan Iklim, WAPPI) is one of a
Non-Government Organizations that cares about the Change and Impact of
World Climate Change, with general work Program Constitution.
4. KLIMA Climate Change Center -KLIMA envisions itself as a
regional hub for East Asia, providing the fastest growing region in
the world with the information and capacity it needs to act decisively
on climate change.
5. Global Change Center, National Taiwan University
RELATED RESOURCES
1. Impact of the Introduction of Biofuel in the Transportation
Sector in Indonesia
2. Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development planning
3. What is permafrost and how does it relate to climate change?
The ultimate climate change FAQs
4. Lost opportunities? A comparative assessment of social
development elements of six hydroelectricity CDM projects in Brazil
and Peru
5. Socio-Economic Research in Support of Climate Policy
Development: Mistra’s Research Program Clipore
6. SEI pilots framework to support local climate action
7. Driving Technological Innovation for a Low-Carbon Society:
Case Studies for Solar Photovoltaics and Carbon Capture and Storage
8. Tanzania NCAP: The Tanzanian Adaptation Programme
9. Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change: A review of
local actions and national policy response
10. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (Podcast)
11. Belief in Climate Change Depends on Which Way the Wind Blows by
Molly Samuel
12. What are the options for financing climate change adaptation?
The ultimate climate change FAQ
13. Himalayan Glaciers Shrinking, With Some Exceptions by Janet
Raloff in Wired Science (24 January 2011)
14. The fallacies of green growth in coping with climate change and
the implications for development space- UNCTAD Discussion Paper (No.
205)
P.S: The information provided in this thematic digest is collated
from various discussion lists and is based on web research. The
inclusion of information from sources outside ICIMOD does not imply
endorsement of the content or of any products or services mentioned
therein by ICIMOD/APMN.
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