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“Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic (eroding organizational capacity and increasing vulnerability of the population), and climate change (higher risk of extreme events and disasters). Analyzing the combined effects of these two threats on six disaster-related institutions in Malawi, the authors find evidence of a growing gap between demand for their services and capacity to satisfy that demand. HIV/AIDS leads to staff attrition, high vacancy rates, absenteeism, increased workload and other negative effects enhanced by human resources policies and financial limitations. Many necessary tasks cannot be carried out adequately with constraints such as the 42 percent vacancy rate in the Department of Poverty and Disaster Management Affairs, or the reduction of rainfall stations operated by the Meteorological Service from over 800 in 1988 to just 135 in 2006. The authors highlight implications of declining organizational capacity for climate change adaptation, and formulate recommendations.”
There are many organizations throughout the world that are working hard on climate change issues. One of these is Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It released a report, “The IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation”, a detailed account on renewable energy sources, in 2011. These are the key points in this report:
1) Demand for energy services is increasing
2) CO2 emissions are increasing
3) Potential emissions from remaining fossil resources could result in GHG concentration levels far above 600ppm.
4) The current global energy system is fossil fuel dominated.
5) Renewable Energy (RE) growth has been increasing rapidly in recent years.
6) The potential of renewable energy technologies to supply energy services exceeds current demands.
7) RE costs are still higher than existing energy prices but in various settings RE is already competitive.
8) Technical Advancements: For instance growth in size of typical commercial wind turbines.
9) RE costs have declined in the past and further declines can be expected in the future.
10) Integration characteristics for a selection of RE technologies.
11) Capacity credit is an indicator for the reliability of a generation type to be available during peak demand hours.
12) An integrated RE-based energy plant in Lillestrøm, Norway, supplying commercial and domestic buildings.
13) Few, if any, fundamental technical limits exist to the integration of a majority share of RE, but advancements in several areas are needed.
14) RE can contribute to sustainable development.
15) A systemic approach is needed for a comparison of “cradle to grave” emissions.
16) Lifecycle GHG emissions of RE technologies are, in general, considerably lower than those of fossil fuel options.
17) GHG emissions from modern bioenergy chains compared to fossil fuel energy systems, excluding land-use change effects.
18) Land-use change and bioenergy.
19) RE deployment increases in scenarios with lower greenhouse gas concentration stabilization levels.
20) Global RE primary energy supply from 164 long-term scenarios versus fossil and industrial CO2 emissions.
21) Mitigation Costs.
22) RE and Climate Change Mitigation Policies 2004.
23) RE and Climate Change Mitigation Policies 2011.
In a previous report in 2001, IPCC emphasized the scientific bases of climate change. The report was titled, “CLIMATE CHANGE 2001: THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS”
The report summarized itself as follows:
”
- Analyses an enormous body of observations of all parts of the climate system.
- Catalogues increasing concentrations of atmospheric greenhouse gases.
- Assesses our understanding of the processes and feedbacks which govern the climate system.
- Projects scenarios of future climate change using a wide range of models of future emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols.
- Makes a detailed study of whether a human influence on climate can be identified.
- Suggests gaps in information and understanding that remain in our knowledge of climate change and how these might be addressed.”
This report was:
“edited by J.T. Houghton Co-Chair of Working Group I, IPCC Y. Ding Co-Chair of Working Group I, IPCC D.J. Griggs Head of Technical Support Unit, Working Group I, IPCC M. Noguer Deputy Head of Technical Support Unit, Working Group I, IPCC P.J. van der Linden Project Administrator, Technical Support Unit, Working Group I, IPCC X. Da Visiting Scientist, Technical Support Unit, Working Group I, IPCC K. Maskell Climate Scientist, Technical Support Unit, Working Group I, IPCC C.A. Johnson Climate Scientist, Technical Support Unit, Working Group I, IPCC” It’s foreword was written by: “G.O.P. Obasi
Secretary General
World Meteorological Organization
K. Töpfer
Executive Director
United Nations Environment Programme
and
Director-General
United Nations Office in Nairobi”
The report’s preface states:
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