Linkages between biodiversity conservation and global climate change in small island developing States (SIDS)

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-131

  Cherian, Anilla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Adaptation measures; Adverse impacts of global climate change; Biodiversity loss; Conservation; Response capacities; SIDS; Sustainable energy policies; Sustainable management and use of biodiversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250320978     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2007.00138.x     Document Type: Note

References (8)

1. Chapter 17, section G of Agenda 21 recognizes SIDS as a special case for both environment and development. Dr. Anilla Cherian is an independent policy consultant who has worked with a variety of institutions including UNDP, UNDESA, UNFCCC Secretariat, GEF, Rockefeller Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, and the University of West Indies' Centre for Environment and Development. E-mail: Acherianιx.netcom.com
2. UNFCCC, "Text of the Convention" 1992: Page 2. Available on the internet at http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/convkp/conveng.pdf.
3. See footnote 2.
4. See CBD/SBSTTA, "The impact of climate change on biological diversity and response measures", (Decision V/3) and "Overview of the interlinkages between biological diversity and climate change." UNEP/CBD/SBSTTA/6/11, page 10-17.
5. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), "Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change" prepared by the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change. (CBD. Technical Series No. 10) 2003. Available on the internet at http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/cbd-ts-10.pdf.
6. CPACC successfully assisted in establishing mechanisms to address the adverse effects of climate change, particularly sea-level rise, in coastal and marine areas, through such tools as vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning and capacity-building. These mechanisms were successfully introduced in the twelve participating countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago). The Regional Project Implementation Unit, established in Barbados, emerged as the focal point for regional initiatives aimed at satisfying the region's obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For more information, access http://www.cpacc.org. The ACCC project builds on the experience gained through CPACC, and addresses priority areas identified by the participating countries. ACCC, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), has served, in part, as a bridge between CPACC and MACC.
7. Additional information on adaptation and vulnerability can be obtained from the technical and policy assessments prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
8. Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), "Interlinkages between Biological Diversity and Climate Change" prepared by the Ad hoc Technical Expert Group on Biological Diversity and Climate Change. (CBD. Technical Series No. 10) 2003. Available on the internet at http://www.biodiv.org/doc/publications/cbd-ts-10.pdf, pp. 76 and 80.