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Climate change & Singapore: challenges, opportunities, partnerships
Singapore - gov, 2012This document outlines the current thinking about climate change and its implications for Singapore. It also highlights the initiatives and strategies they are pursuing to prepare for the challenges that climate change poses. The document covers i) the climate change imperative; ii) global mission, national vision, local action; iii) climate change and why it matters; iv) sustainable development: Singapore’s national circumstances v) mitigation: reducing emissions; vi) adapting to climate change: a more resilient singapore; vii) opportunities for green growth; viii) building our future togethe ...
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Available online: https://www.nccs.gov.sg/docs/default-source/publications/national-climate-change [...]
Published by: Singapore - gov ; 2012
This document outlines the current thinking about climate change and its implications for Singapore. It also highlights the initiatives and strategies they are pursuing to prepare for the challenges that climate change poses. The document covers i) the climate change imperative; ii) global mission, national vision, local action; iii) climate change and why it matters; iv) sustainable development: Singapore’s national circumstances v) mitigation: reducing emissions; vi) adapting to climate change: a more resilient singapore; vii) opportunities for green growth; viii) building our future together: local and international partnerships on climate change; and ix) stepping up to climate change. It also presents an approach to address climate change: i) reduce carbon emissions in all sectors; ii) be ready to adapt to climate change effects; iii) harness green growth opportunities; and iv) forge partnerships.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)ISBN (or other code): 978-981-07-2492-4
Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Climate policies ; Urban zone ; Singapore
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Climate vulnerability monitor
DARA, 2012The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.
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Available online: http://daraint.org/climate-vulnerability-monitor/climate-vulnerability-monitor-2 [...]
Published by: DARA ; 2012 (2nd ed.)
The Climate Vulnerability Monitor 2nd Edition reveals that climate change has already held back global development and inaction is a leading global cause of death. Harm is most acute for poor and vulnerable groups but no country is spared either the costs of inaction or the benefits of an alternative path.
Commissioned by the world’s most vulnerable countries and backed by high-level and technical panels, the new Monitor estimates human and economic impacts of climate change and the carbon economy for 184 countries in 2010 and 2030, across 34 indicators.Notes: Pdf version [35Mb] available here
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Vulnerability ; Afghanistan ; Albania ; Algeria ; Angola ; Antigua and Barbuda ; Argentina ; Armenia ; Austria ; Australia ; Azerbaijan ; Bahamas ; Bahrain ; Bangladesh ; Barbados ; Belarus ; Belgium ; Belize ; Benin ; Bhutan ; Bolivia, Plurinacional State of ; Bosnia and Herzegovina ; Botswana ; Brazil ; Bulgaria ; Brunei Darussalam ; Burkina Faso ; Burundi ; Cambodia ; Cameroon ; Canada ; Cape Verde ; Central Africa ; Chad ; Chile ; China ; Colombia ; Comoros ; Costa Rica ; Côte d'Ivoire ; Croatia ; Cuba ; Cyprus ; Czech Republic ; Democratic Republic of Congo ; Denmark ; Djibouti ; Dominica ; Dominican Republic ; Ecuador ; Egypt ; El Salvador ; Equatorial Guinea ; Eritrea ; Estonia ; Ethiopia ; Fiji ; Finland ; France ; Gabon ; Georgia ; Germany ; Ghana ; Greece ; Greenland ; Guatemala ; Guinea ; Guinea-Bissau ; Guyana ; Haiti ; Honduras ; Hungary ; Iceland ; India ; Indonesia ; Iran, Islamic Republic of ; Iraq ; Ireland ; Israel ; Italy ; Jamaica ; Japan ; Jordan ; Kazakhstan ; Kenya ; Kiribati ; Kuwait ; Kyrgyzstan ; Lao People’s Democratic Republic ; Latvia ; Lebanon ; Lesotho ; Liberia ; Libya (State of) ; Lithuania ; Luxembourg ; Republic of North Macedonia ; Madagascar ; Malawi ; Malaysia ; Maldives ; Mali ; Malta ; Marshall Islands ; Mauritania ; Mauritius ; Mexico ; Micronesia, Federated States of ; Republic of Moldova ; Mongolia ; Morocco ; Mozambique ; Namibia ; Nepal ; Netherlands ; Nicaragua ; Niger ; Nigeria ; Norway ; Democratic People's Republic of Korea ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Panama ; Papua New Guinea ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Philippines ; Poland ; Portugal ; Qatar ; Congo ; Romania ; Russian Federation ; Rwanda ; Saint Lucia ; Samoa ; Sao Tome and Principe ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Seychelles ; Sierra Leone ; Singapore ; Slovakia ; Slovenia ; Solomon Islands ; Somalia ; South Africa ; Republic of Korea ; Spain ; Sri Lanka ; Sudan ; Suriname ; Eswatini ; Sweden ; Switzerland ; Syrian Arab Republic ; Tajikistan ; United Republic of Tanzania ; Thailand ; Gambia ; Togo ; Tonga ; Trinidad and Tobago ; Tunisia ; Türkiye ; Turkmenistan ; Tuvalu ; Uganda ; Ukraine ; United Arab Emirates ; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ; United States of America ; Uruguay ; Uzbekistan ; Vanuatu ; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ; Viet Nam ; Yemen ; Zambia ; Zimbabwe ; Grenada ; Palau ; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World : a Ranking of Nations’ Vulnerability to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
Emissions from human activities are changing the ocean’s chemistry and temperature in ways that threaten the livelihoods of those who depend on fish and seafood for all or part of their diets. The changes may reduce the amount of wild caught seafood that can be supplied by the oceans and also redistribute species, changing the locations at which seafood can be caught and creating instability for ocean-based food security, or seafood security. This report ranks nations based on the seafood security hardships they may experience by the middle of this century due to changing ocean conditions from ...
Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World: a Ranking of Nations’ Vulnerability to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
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Available online: http://oceana.org/sites/default/files/reports/Ocean-Based_Food_Security_Threaten [...]
Published by: Oceana Publications ; 2012
Emissions from human activities are changing the ocean’s chemistry and temperature in ways that threaten the livelihoods of those who depend on fish and seafood for all or part of their diets. The changes may reduce the amount of wild caught seafood that can be supplied by the oceans and also redistribute species, changing the locations at which seafood can be caught and creating instability for ocean-based food security, or seafood security. This report ranks nations based on the seafood security hardships they may experience by the middle of this century due to changing ocean conditions from climate change and ocean acidification. This is done by combining each nation’s exposure to climate change and ocean acidification, its dependence on and consumption of fish and seafood and its level of adaptive capacity based on several socioeconomic factors. Country rankings are developed for risks from climate change and ocean acidification independently, as well as from both problems combined.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Oceans ; Climate change ; Oceans acidification ; Food Safety ; Least Developed Countries ; Maldives ; Togo ; Comoros ; Iran, Islamic Republic of ; Libya (State of) ; Singapore ; Kuwait ; Guyana ; Indonesia ; United Arab Emirates
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Climate Change and Price Volatility: Can We Count on the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve?
ADB, 2012On 12 July 2012, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three intergovernmental agreement establishing the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) entered into force. In this paper, lead author Roehlano Briones, a senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, assesses the effectiveness of APTERR as a mechanism for addressing food security in light of the rising challenges of climate change and price volatility. Using Riceflow, a model of the global rice economy, he studies the possible impacts of APTERR releases on the rice market by simu ...
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Available online: https://www.adb.org/publications/climate-change-and-price-volatility-can-we-coun [...]
Published by: ADB ; 2012
On 12 July 2012, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Three intergovernmental agreement establishing the ASEAN Plus Three Emergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) entered into force. In this paper, lead author Roehlano Briones, a senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, assesses the effectiveness of APTERR as a mechanism for addressing food security in light of the rising challenges of climate change and price volatility. Using Riceflow, a model of the global rice economy, he studies the possible impacts of APTERR releases on the rice market by simulating calamity scenarios for the largest rice producer in the world (the People’s Republic of China) and in the ASEAN region (Indonesia). He posits that APTERR would need to increase its regional reserves to offset the impacts of severe natural disasters. He takes up as well other market-based options that can complement APTERR as a calamity response mechanism.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Agroclimatology ; Extreme weather event ; Food Safety ; Brunei Darussalam ; Cambodia ; China ; Indonesia ; Japan ; Republic of Korea ; Lao People’s Democratic Republic ; Malaysia ; Philippines ; Singapore ; Thailand ; Viet Nam
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The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A Regional Review
ADB, 2009This report, published by the Asian Development Bank, examines the economics of climate change in Southeast Asia. The report focuses on Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam in particular. It is found that the region is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its heavily populated coastal areas and its reliance on agriculture. Therefore, Southeast Asia will be required to undertake a relatively high proportion of adaptation measures. It is also argued that the region has a great deal of potential in terms of climate change mitigation and the regio ...
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Available online: https://www.adb.org/publications/economics-climate-change-southeast-asia-regiona [...]
Published by: ADB ; 2009
This report, published by the Asian Development Bank, examines the economics of climate change in Southeast Asia. The report focuses on Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam in particular. It is found that the region is particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to its heavily populated coastal areas and its reliance on agriculture. Therefore, Southeast Asia will be required to undertake a relatively high proportion of adaptation measures. It is also argued that the region has a great deal of potential in terms of climate change mitigation and the region should aim to play an important role in a global solution to the climate change crisis. The report concludes by offering a series of policy recommendations relating to: mitigation; adaptation; funding, technology transfer, and international/region cooperation; government policy co-ordination and undertaking more research on climate-related issues.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Vulnerability ; Economics ; Agroclimatology ; Region II - Asia ; Indonesia ; Philippines ; Singapore ; Thailand ; Viet Nam
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Report on UN ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Members Disaster Management System
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) - WMO, 2009 (WMO/TD-No. 1476)
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JCOMM Technical Report, 20. JCOMM Ship Observations Team second session: national reports
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) - WMO, 2003 (WMO/TD-No. 1170)
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GAW Report, 131. WMO Workshop on Regional Transboundary Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia (WMO/TD-No. 948, GAW 131), Volume 2, papers presented
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GAW Report, 131. WMO Workshop on Regional Transboundary Smoke and Haze in Southeast Asia (WMO/TD-No. 948, GAW 131), Volume 1
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Climate Action Tracker
This "Climate Action Tracker" is an independent science-based assessment, which tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries. The website provides an up-to-date assessment of individual national pledges to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
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