Fachartikel zum Thema 'Technischer Umweltschutz':

The Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty Alleviation: Managing the Risks

This paper will consider the distributional impact of climate change on developed and developing countries and, in particular, flag the potential for climate change policies to negate development objectives for the poorest countries. Developing countries, such as China, India, Brazil and Mexico, are essential participants to the success of any global campaign to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is in this context that future policies involving both mitigation and adaptive strategies must incorporate measures to assist with alleviating poverty and thus enhance the ability of developing countries address broader sustainability issues. The article concludes with some suggestions for managing the risks through institutional reform.

Copyright:	© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH - CCLR
Quelle:	Issue 4/2009 (Dezember 2009)
Seiten:	11
Preis:	€ 30,00
Autor:	Prof. Michael I. Jeffery
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Identifying Countries that are Particularly Vulnerable to the Adverse Effects of Climate Change: An Academic or a Political Challenge?
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH - CCLR (10/2009)
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commits developed countries “to assist developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting costs of adaptation to those adverse effects” (Article 4.4). Ever since the Convention was agreed in 1992, the question has arisen of what it means to be “particularly vulnerable”, and how it is decided which countries fall into this category.

Anpassung an den Klimawandel in Nordhessen (KLIMZUG)
© Vieweg+Teubner Verlag (10/2009)
Strategien und Verfahren zur Anpassung an Klimaänderungen stehen im Mittelpunkt des transdisziplinären Verbundprojekts KLIMZUG-Nordhessen. Auf Grund der erwarteten beachtlichen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Niederschlagsmengen und -verteilung spielen auch wasserwirtschaftliche Fragestellungen eine wichtige Rolle in der Klimaanpassung.

Höchste Priorität für den Umweltschutz bei der Polarforschung
© Vieweg+Teubner Verlag (1/2010)
Interview mit Dipl.-Ing. Dietrich Enss

Shifting Limits? Sea Level Rise and Options to Secure Maritime Jurisdictional Claims
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH - CCLR (12/2009)
Among the many threats posed by sea-level rise is the potential impact of this phenomen on the extent of the maritime jurisdictional claims of coastal States. This paper provides a brief discussion of sea-level rise, before examining ways in which the maritime claims of coastal States may be impacted by rising sea levels. In particular, the traditional dependence on normal low-water baselines as the usual starting point for measuring maritime claims is problematic given the likely retreat of normal baselines inland as sealevels rise. This paper discusses options to address these challenges and outlines issues arising from the potential total inundation of a given State’s territory.

Across the Top of the World? Emerging Arctic Navigational Opportunities and Arctic Governance
© Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH - CCLR (12/2009)
The Arctic Ocean has witnessed dramatic thinning and melting of sea ice cover as a consequence of climate change in recent years. This has led to increasing access to and thus activities in the Arctic region, including with regard to shipping. Arctic navigational opportunities are examined and it is concluded that there are a number of major obstacles to Arctic routes transforming the pathways of global trade, at least in the immediate future. The likely future opening up of Arctic sea lanes does, however, provide a focal point for increasing external interest in the region and for changes in oceans governance.