Browsing Publications and Documents by Subject " climate change adaptation"
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4º Relatório Sobre a Biodiversidade em cabo Verde
(2009)Com a ratificação da Convenção sobre a Diversidade Biológica, em Março de 1995, Cabo Verde comprometeu-se perante o mundo em apresentar periodicamente ao Secretariado da Convenção, o balanço da implementação da mesma no ... -
A situation report -The nature and extent of environmental crimes in Seychelles
(Institute for Security Studies, 2009)This research was undertaken by the Environmental Crime Project (ECP) of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) as part of an eight-country study to determine the nature and extent of environmental crime in Eastern Africa. ... -
Adapting to Climate Change in the Pacific: the PACC Programme
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2013)The Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change (PACC) programme began in 2009 a s a regional response to the climate change threat.It is currently the largest climate change adaptation initiative in the region, with activities ... -
An assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in the Caribbean
(United Nations (UN) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), 2013)The present report assesses the economic and social impacts of climate change on the energy sector in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, ... -
AUTO – AVALIAÇÃO DAS CAPACIDADES NACIONAIS PARA A GESTAO GLOBAL AMBIENTAL - PERFIL TEMÁTICO NA ÁREA DAS MUDANÇAS CLIMÁTICAS
(Ministério do Ambiente e Agricultura, 2006)As Mudanças Climáticas foram reconhecidas pela primeira vez como um problema maior e de envergadura mundial em 1979, durante a primeira conferência climática organizada em Genéve pela Organização Meteorológica Mundial ... -
AUTO – AVALIAÇÃO DAS CAPACIDADES NACIONAIS PARA A GESTÃO GLOBAL AMBIENTAL - PERFIL TEMÁTICO NA ÁREA DA CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE
(MINISTÉRIO DO AMBIENTE E AGRICULTURA, 2006)Uma viagem retrospectiva ao conceito de desenvolvimento sustentável conduz-nos, ate dois eventos marcantes da história: Maurice Strong, quem enquanto Secretario Geral da Conferencia de Stockholm, em 1972, introduziu o termo ... -
Barbados national assessment report of progress made in addressing vulnerabilities of SIDS through Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation(MSI) of the Barbados Programme of Action
(The Ministry of the Environment Water Resources and Drainage - Government of Barbados, 2010)The United Nations General Assembly (GA) Resolution 63/213 (February 2009) reaffirmed the GA decision 62/191 to review the progress made in addressing the vulnerabilities of small island developing states through the ... -
CABO VERDE NO CONTEXTO DO DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL -RELATÓRIO À CONFERÊNCIA RIO+20
(REPÚBLICA DE CABO VERDE, 2012)O Relatório Brundtland de 1987 propôs uma definição do Desenvolvimento Sustentável como um Desenvolvimento que responde às necessidades das gerações actuais sem comprometer a capacidade das gerações futuras de responder ... -
Coastal management in the Western Indian Ocean region - A capacity needs assessment
(Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)Coastal Resources Center - University of Rhode Island, 2001)Developing capacity in coastal and marine issues of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region is a very important activity, given the present growing and projected pressures on the coastal and marine resources.The region s ... -
Emerging Issues for Small Island Developing States
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2014)In 2013, UNEP identified priority emerging environmental issues that are of concern to small island developing states (SIDS). This report provides an overview of 20 issues critical to the sustainable development of SIDS. ... -
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Cargo village - Cabo Verde
(BCEOM Société Française d’Ingénierie, 2008)This Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) concerns the whole Port of Praia Expansion and Modernization Project but focuses on three project items which are going to be implemented as a first step: the Cargo Village, the ... -
Estratégia e Plano de Acção Nacional para o Desenvolvimento das Capacidades na Gestão Ambiental Global em Cabo Verde
(2007)A ligação entre a Gestão Ambiental Global e o Desenvolvimento Durável é capital para um país como Cabo Verde. Os “cenários” de desenvolvimento humano e económico, tendo em conta a vulnerabilidade ambiental e no contexto ... -
Informing climate-resilient development: the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in PACC programme - experiences and lessons learned in the application of CBA to PACC demonstation projects (PTR2)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2013)This report has been developed to summarise and communicate the key outputs and learnings of the cost-benefit analysis (CBA) work programme as part of the Global Environment Facility's Special Climate Change Fund (GEF-SCCF) ... -
Informing climate-resilient development: the application of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in PACC programme - experiences and lessons learned on capacity building (PTR1)
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2013)This report sets out the evaluation findings of the capacity-building components of the PACC CBA work programme. A separate report, PACC Technical Report no. 2, sythesises the CBA reports completed under the work programme, ... -
Institutional capacity within Melanesian countries to effectively respond to climate change impacts, with a focus on Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2009)This report presents findings from an assessment of institutional capacity within Melanesian countries to address climate change impacts. The assessment covers the four independent countries of Melanesia with a particular ... -
Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management (IWCAM) Atlas
(United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)The Global Environment Facility (GEF), 2012)In the Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), high population densities, combined with population growth, urbanization and increased development, particularly residential and tourist resort development, has led ... -
L’ÉTAT DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT EN POLYNÉSIE FRANÇAISE
(Ministère de l’Environnement, 2006)Les grandes orientations d’une politique de développement durable doivent reposer sur une connaissance approfondie et actualisée des données environnementales, mais aussi parce que l’on ne protège bien que ce que l’on ... -
Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation in the Pacific : a practical guide
(Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), 2014)This guide aims to provide an insight in to various questions about mainstreaming as well as provide a practical step-by-step framework on how to mainstream climate change into PICTs development plannimg and decision-making ... -
Migration and Tourism Statistics - Seychelles
This is the 2014 edition in an annual series of Migration and Tourism Statistics. Visitors Statistics are obtained from immigration embarkation and disembarkation cards completed by all travellers, and they are analysed ... -
Millennium Development Goals Status Report 2013 Assessing Seychelles Progress toward the Millennium Development Goals
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Seychelles, 2013)The Republic of Seychelles is proud to present its third Millennium Development Goals Report. MDGs report indicates that Seychelles has achieved almost all the MDGs, especially those relating to education, health and social ...