Climate Change Act 2008 - Explanatory NotesUk Government
Climate change as a phenomenon has been conceived of and articulated at the global level, predominantly through the IPCC reports. In the United Kingdom, this is reflected by the 2008 Climate Change Act that established a framework for reducing national greenhouse gas emissions by at last 80% in...
Over the last decade, UK climate policy has principally evolved out of the legally binding Climate Change Act of 2008, which set specific strategies on climate mitigation and adaptation. The Act set out a procedure to conduct a Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) every five years, which ...
There are many causes of deforestation, including socioeconomic and natural factors, such as clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, as well as droughts, fires and degradation due to climate change. About natural causes of forest degradation, in the...
Climate change and urbanization are exacerbating the effects of flooding. A close look at a Nepalese river reveals that efforts to reduce the impact of floods must consider the geomorphic changes that occur during these extreme events. Kristen L. Cook ...
In the framework of the coordinated regional climate downscaling experiment (CORDEX), an ensemble of climate change projections for Africa has been created
Climate Change (CC) adaptation and mitigation policy coherence (PC) across sectors is essential to effectively address CC challenges and support synergies. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to CC. In this paper, the extent to which Pakistan’s national and provincial water, agriculture, and energy secto...
COLOMBO, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Sri Lankan government said on Monday that it will soon adopt a National Climate Change Act to minimize the emission of green house gases resulted in the country becoming a victim of climate change.
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(less than 50 years) in itself poses a risk to the PE hotspots69, even if all of the identified hotspots are effectively conserved under the prioritized conservation framework that covers the top 50% priority areas. Hence, the potential adverse effects of climate change, featured by altered ...