climate change
The CIPRA compact "Nature Protection" provides an overview on actions for nature protection in the Alps to limit climate change and adapt to it. In the second chapter, CIPRA gives its central statement on this issue: nature protection means climate protection. Through the renaturation of marshland, a near-natural cultivation of forests, the revitalisation of rivers and the creation of...
This CIPRA compact presents an overview of transport-related measures in the Alps to ameliorate climate change and promote adaptations to climate change. The second chapter explains CIPRA's key concerns: Without any change to our mobility behaviour, we will not attain the climate goals! On the one hand, automobile transport must become more expensive, and on the other, transport types benign...
Long-term monitoring of ecological and hydrological processes is critical to understanding ecosystem function and responses to anthropogenic and natural disturbances. Much of the world's knowledge of ecosystem responses to disturbance comes from long-term studies on gaged watersheds. However, there are relatively few long-term sites due to the large cost and commitment required to establish...
The world's climate is changing at an unprecedented rate, largely as a consequence of human activity. This paper summarises the predicted impacts of these changes that are of greatest relevance to Oxfam. It focuses on the medium to long-term (25-50 years) dynamics in five key areas: water, food security, health, extreme events and political stability. It explains how the geopolitics of...
The effects of global warming will be varied. Many are already being felt and rich nations are taking measures to adapt. Perhaps the first and the worst effects poor people will come about as a result of the rapid melting of mountain glaciers. These effects are highly geo-specific and may be more predictable than other effects of global warming - and are already under way.
Oxfam is...
A medida que se acerca la cumbre alemana del G8 de 2007, las exigencias de millones de activistas contra la pobreza en el mundo son claras. Los dirigentes del G8 deben incrementar y mejorar el nivel de ayuda para proporcionar salud, educación, agua y saneamiento para todos. Deben cancelar más deudas y conseguir la justicia comercial. Deben tomar acción urgente para...
A l’approche du sommet 2007 du G8, qui se tiendra en Allemagne, les exigences des millions de militants anti-pauvreté dans le monde sont claires. Les dirigeants du G8 doivent accroître et améliorer l’aide visant à fournir soins de santé, éducation, eau et infrastructures sanitaires à tous. Ils doivent annuler davantage de dettes et...
El cambio climático está obligando a las comunidades de los países pobres a adaptarse a un impacto sin precedentes. Los países ricos, máximos responsables del problema, deben dejar de hacer daño reduciendo las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero y empezar a ayudar proporcionando fondos para la adaptación al cambio. En los países en...
Im Vorfeld des G8-Gipfels in Heiligendamm fordern Millionen Menschen auf der ganzen Welt ein Ende der Armut. Die Staats- und Regierungschefs der G8 müssen dafür sorgen, dass mehr und bessere Entwicklungshilfe geleistet wird, um Gesundheitsfürsorge, Bildung, Wasserversorgung und Hygienemaßnahmen für alle Menschen sicherzustellen. Sie müssen Entscheidungen für...
Le changement climatique oblige les communautés vulnérables des pays pauvres à s’adapter à des conditions de stress climatique sans précédent. Les pays riches, qui sont les principaux responsables du problème, doivent cesser de causer du tort, en réduisant rapidement leurs émissions de gaz à effet de serre, et se...
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