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ACT
ON CLIMATE CHANGE - NOW OR NEVER
The theme will be addressed in four different
aspects:
Scientific and Technical
issues
Coastal cities and ocean states
Ecosystem responses to climate change
Estimating, measuring, monitoring and reporting on carbon
stock changes and greenhouse gas emissions
Impact on climate due to economic developments in India and
China
Impacts, adaptation (man and wildlife)
Land use-desertification, deforestation
Relationship between global warming and climate variations
Scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change
Socio-economic issues
Agriculture and food supply
Commercial fisheries
Energy security and conflicts between nations
Freshwater resources
Green GDP
Human Health
Human settlement
Migration of population
True cost of energy
Vulnerability
to Climate Change
Biological systems
Human systems
Physical systems
Socioeconomic systems
Options for Action
Alternative energy sources (Prospects for natural gas to reduce
emission intensity and rethinking the role of nuclear power
in a carbon-constrained world)
Carbon dioxide capture and storage
Clean coal technology
Emission trading
Foreign aid
Improving the efficiency of the existing energy infrastructure
Infrastructure to combat climate change
Innovative technology
International, national and local institutional frameworks and
regulatory regimes
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions (PFC, HFC and carbon
dioxide) and oxygen-depleting substances (HCFC, CFC, halons)
(refrigeration, air conditioning, foams and aerosols, fire protection
and solvents)
New generation, transmission and distribution of energy
Policy responses to climate change
Protection of the ozone layer
Reducing oil dependence in the transport sector
Renewable energy
Risk assessment and management
Roles of different stakeholders (Scientists, engineers, international
actors and non-governmental actors, including business and civil
society groups)
Safeguarding the global climate system
Sustainable development to achieve climate proof
Sustainable life style-end use energy efficiency and conservation
Technology transfer
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