In the context of the debate on climate change, and related impacts such as sea-level rise, one fact that has generally been recognized is that small island developing states (SIDS) and low-lying coastal states are especially at risk. The drafters of the United Nations Framework Convention ...
This paper sets out an examination of natural disaster amongst small island developing states (SIDS), and presents a framework for assessing the interaction of global pressures and local dynamics in the production of human vulnerability. Change at the global level is found to be a source of new...
global warming:the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Future of Small island States.. William C.Burns. Dick.J.Envtl.L.& Pol‘y . 1997Burns, W C, 'Global Warming: the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Future of Small Island States' (...
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A groundbreaking synthesis of climate change adaptation strategies for small island states, globally A wide ranging, comprehensive, and multi-disciplinary study, this is the first book that focuses on the challenges posed by climate change impacts on the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). While...
A groundbreaking synthesis of climate change adaptation strategies for small island states, globally A wide ranging, comprehensive, and multi-disciplinary study, this is the first book that focuses on the challenges posed by climate change impacts on the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). While...
Small Island States Tackle Climate ChangeApril 24, 2012 Experts from more than 50 small island countries are meeting this week in Mauritius to discuss climate change and food security. The so-called Small Island Developing States are home to more than 50 million people....
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island developing states are often depicted as being among the most vul-nerable of all places to the effects of climate change, and they are a cause This book is the frst to apply a critical approach to climate change science and policy processes in the South Pacifc region. It shows how...
In the international climate change negotiations, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have emerged as a credible group through the AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States) and have called for a global temperature rise of 1.5掳C above preindustrial levels. Whatever the outcomes of the ...