ECOSYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
QUESTION:
Climate change will impact many different sectors, ecosystems around the world. Some people will win more than others and the costs of climate change are not equally distributed around the world. Those who contributed the most to climate change, may not necessarily be the ones who will be most adversely affected.
Your choice of essay is MASAI (KENYA) CATTLE FARMER, google online (some links are posted below) and discuss how MASAI (KENYA) CATTLE FARMER will be affected by climate change. Think outside the box, think about linkages that may not necessarily seem obvious. Please discuss on the online forum your thoughts. I would also appreciate any comments on the 2 clips that I asked you to watch.
ONE PAGE AND REFERENCES.
References
Regional impacts of climate change
http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc/regional/154.htm
Impacts of climate change on coral reefs
http://www.unc.edu/~brunoj/Bruno%20lab/Home_files/Buddemeier%20et%20al%20PEW%20climate%20report.pdf
Environmental finance company
http://www.ecosecurities.com/
Insurance and climate change
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/309/5737/1040
(Mills, 2005)
NRC report on the economic impacts of mountain pine beetle.
http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/projects/157
Impact of climate change in different regions of Canada
http://www.ec.gc.ca/climate/overview_canada-e.html
Economic impacts of climate change – Stern report executive summary
http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/9/9/CLOSED_SHORT_executive_summary.pdf
Winners and losers of climate change
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1887303.htm
Trade and climate change
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Climate_Change_and_Foreign_Policy:_Chapter_5
Energy security and climate change
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/07/73&guiLanguage=en
Masai and climate change:
http://practicalaction.org/?id=unfccc-cop12-intervention
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