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Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific. The threat from climate change to human development and the environment

Document number
1869
Date
2007
Title
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific. The threat from climate change to human development and the environment
Author/publisher
The Working Group on Climate Change and Development
Availability
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Summary
This report looks at positive measures that are being taken - by governments, by civil society and by people themselves - to reduce the causes of climate change and to overcome its effects. It gives examples of emissions reduction; alternative water and energy supply systems; preservation of strategic ecosystems and protected areas; increasing capacity, awareness and skills for risk and disaster management; and the employment of effective regulatory and policy instruments. The challenge is clear and many of the solutions are known: the point is, to act. In October 2004, Up in smoke? - the first report from the UK's Working Group on Climate change and Development - created a united call for action from environment and development groups, identifying three overarching challenges:
1. How to stop and reverse further global warming.
2. How to live with the degree of global warming that cannot be stopped.
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