Environment & Climate Change
Climate Change and the resulting variability represent one of
the most serious emerging environmental threats to coastal areas. How to cope
with it in a coordinated manner has consequently become a hot topic of
discussion between institutions, governments and various stakeholders. Effects
of climate change include sea-level rise, extreme climate events, increase in
the occurrence of natural disasters, habitat destruction, possible saltwater
intrusion into groundwater system, adverse effects on crops and fisheries, and
increase in vector-borne diseases.
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ELRI’s work strategy in this area is focused on proffering
recommendations for good governance. In this regard, it advocates for the
development of a climate change policy framework. This becomes imperative for
economic growth, sustained peace and security, and human development without
which most of government’s development goals like the Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs) cannot be attained. Developing countries are tasked with the responsibility
for designing and adopting governance frameworks that will support and guide
appropriate policies, legislations and institutional arrangement based on
climate science, rule of law and the general principles of the international
climate change regime under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. ELRI therefore is committed to ensuring
that such governance system provides the requisite organizational and
institutional capacities as well as coherent actions that are based on
transparency, accountability, equity and participatory approaches.