Climate Change Adaptation

by Juan Echanore

Adaptation is complex, since the severity of the impacts will vary considerably from region to another region. Concrete measures will range from the relatively inexpensive to the very costly, including the fields of agriculture, climate research, technological innovation and disaster preparedness. The involvement of all segments of society, business and the public is essential in the further development of adaptation strategies.


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Is Climate Change to blame?

by Sahlee Bugna-Barrer
  
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that warming oceans could lead to the intensification of tropical cyclones. in a warmer climate, the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events become stronger and more frequent. their impact on the Asian monsoon could lead to high inter-annual variation in rainfall characteristics.

Tropical cyclones could become more intense. when combined with sea level rise, this would result in an enhanced risk of loss of life and property in coastal low-lying areas in cyclone prone regions.

Damages to livelihood and propetry can affect millions of already poor people and stress government resources necessary to help those in need.

The developing countries of Asia, where impacts of climate change are likely to be felt most severely because of resource and infrastructure constraints.

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More Perfect Storms

Climate change + Biodiversity loss = disaster in Asia

by Sahlee Bugna-Barrer

Meteorologist used the term the Perfect storm to describe a rare combination of two powerful weather fronts and a hurricane that created the storm of historic proportions that hit the US in 1991. Since then it has been used to describe weather so extreme that they wreak maximum damage on people and the environment.

Tropical cyclones could become more intense when combined with sea level rise, this would result in an enhanced risk of loss of life and property in coastal low-lying areas in cycline-prone regions.

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"We must kick the Carbon habit"

by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
Asean Biodiversity
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Addiction is a terrible thing. It consumes and controls us, make us deny important thruts and blinds us to the consequences of our actions.

Our dependence on carbon-based energy has caused a significant build-up of green house gases in the atmosphere. climate change is happening, and we know that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is the cause.

The cost will be borne by all. the poor will be hardest -hit by weather-related disasters.

We are all part of the solution.....

We must kick the carbon habit.....

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