Climate change in developing countries: results from the Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Programme [electronic resource] Edited by M. A. van Drunen, R. Lasage, C. Dorland.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: CABI BooksPublisher: WallingfordUK CABI 2006Edition: 1Description: 190ppContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781845931056
- social participation
- OECD Countries
- Ecuador
- South America
- Yemen
- West Africa
- aid
- Senegal
- ACP Countries
- development aid
- Viet Nam
- Surinam
- South East Asia
- information dissemination
- America
- Francophone Africa
- APEC countries
- Middle East
- Mali
- advisory services
- Underdeveloped Countries
- Zimbabwe
- Africa South of Sahara
- Western Europe
- Egypt
- Asia
- European Union Countries
- Third World
- Colombia
- citizen participation
- Suriname
- Anglophone Africa
- diffusion of information
- Least Developed Countries
- Mongolia
- North Africa
- climate
- Misr
- ASEAN Countries
- SADC Countries
- Central Asia
- Developing Countries
- Developed Countries
- Europe
- Benelux
- Threshold Countries
- Ghana
- extension
- Andean Group
- climatic change
- Vietnam
- Commonwealth of Nations
- environmental policy
- Bolivia
- Kingdom of the Netherlands
- subsaharan Africa
- East Asia
- Indochina
- Netherlands
- Africa
- climate change
- Latin America
- West Asia
- Southern Africa
- Kazakhstan
- Mediterranean Region
- extension activities
- Caribbean Community
This book presents an overview of the studies conducted by the Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance programme.The programme was set up in recognition of the need for developing countries, in particular, to face the challenges confronting all countries under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The book presents an overview of the main results in 13 countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Suriname, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. It provides a critical evaluation of the methodologies and approaches used, a cross-country synthesis and recommendations for further studies. Subjects dealt with include not only impact studies, but also vulnerability and adaptation, mitigation and climate related policy.
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