scholarly journals Drinking water status in Nepal: an overview in the context of climate change

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sharma ◽  
M. Baidya ◽  
P. Poudel ◽  
S. R. Panthi ◽  
R. P. Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Water Status ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Gray Literature ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
The Status ◽  
Remarkable Progress ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Abstract Although Nepal has made remarkable progress in the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) sector from past few decades, the status of WASH, in terms of climate change, is poorly documented and thus less known. This review aims to sum up WASH in climate change perspectives by reviewing available secondary data from published and gray literature. Climate change, and its impact on the WASH sector, is undeniable. Though many policies and laws are enforced to address climate change issues, very few policies and laws have incorporated climate change-resilient WASH as a priority. It is of current need to carry out action-based research studies on adaptation and mitigation of impact on the WASH sector, due to climate change, along with future eco-region interventions.

Indian National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

2018 ◽  
pp. 541-572
Author(s):  
B. K. Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

India is a growing economy and has to sustain its economic growth, despite challenges of climate change. India's vision is to create a prosperous, self-sustaining economy, mindful of responsibilities to both present and future generations. It is committed to engage in multilateral negotiations in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in a positive, constructive and forward looking manner. India needed to formulate a national strategy to adapt to climate change and to further enhance the ecological sustainability of its development path based on its unique resource endowments, overriding priority of economic and social development and poverty eradication. This chapter explains the principles on which the National Action Plan on Climate Change is based, the approach adopted and provides details of eight missions, which form the core of the National Action Plan. The status of actions taken on each of the eight missions and other initiatives and the way forward has also been elaborated.

scholarly journals Harmonisasi Hukum Internasional Pada Prinsip Common But Differentiated Responsibility dalam Hukum Nasional

Kosmik Hukum ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Athya Athya
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
International Law ◽  
Kyoto Protocol ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Climate System ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
The World ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common But Differentiated Responsibility

Abstract Efforts to prevent the growing concentration of GHGs that led to climate change began by the United Nations by establishing a regulation on the protection of the world climate system, first, the Convention on Climate Change is created in 1992. Secondly, Kyoto Protocol was established in 1997. Furthermore, at COP-21 resulted in Paris Agreement. These three arrangements make the Common but Differentiated Responsibility Principle as the basis for protecting the world climate system. This research is to review harmonization of international law on the Common but Differentiated Responsibility Principle in national law. This research uses normative law research. This research is a descriptive analysis with the secondary data obtained. All the data will be analysed qualitatively. Indonesia has implemented an international arrangement to address climate change caused by greenhouse gases into national law by ratifying the UNFCCC by Law Number 6 of 1994 about ratification of UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol by Act Number 17 of 2004 about ratification of Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC. Indonesia harmonized as a form of implementation of protocol kyoto contents through Law Number 32 of 2009 on Environmental Protection and Management. Keywords:   Common but Differentiated Responsibility Principle; Law Harmonization Abstrak Upaya untuk mencegah meningkatnya konsentrasi GRK, pertama, Konvensi Perubahan Iklim dibuat tahun 1992. Kedua, didirikan Protokol Kyoto tahun 1997. Selanjutnya, pada COP-21 menghasilkan Perjanjian Paris. Ketiga pengaturan ini menjadikan Prinsip Tanggung Jawab Bersama dengan Tingkat Berbeda-beda sebagai dasar untuk melindungi sistem iklim dunia. Penelitian ini untuk meninjau harmonisasi hukum internasional tentang Prinsip Tanggung Jawab Bersama dengan Tingkat Berbeda-beda dalam hukum nasional. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian hukum normatif. Penelitian ini merupakan analisis deskriptif dengan data sekunder yang diperoleh. Semua data akan dianalisis secara kualitatif. Indonesia telah menerapkan pengaturan internasional untuk mengatasi perubahan iklim yang disebabkan oleh gas rumah kaca ke dalam hukum nasional dengan meratifikasi UNFCCC dengan Undang-Undang Nomor 6 Tahun 1994 tentang Pengesahan UNFCCC dan Protokol Kyoto oleh Undang-undang Nomor 17 Tahun 2004 tentang Pengesahan Protokol Kyoto Atas UNFCCC. Indonesia melakukan harmonisasi sebagai wujud implementasi isi Protokol Kyoto melalui Undang-undang Nomor 32 Tahun 2009 tentang Perlindungan dan Pengelolaan Lingkungan Hidup. Kata kunci:  Harmonisasi Hukum, Prinsip Tanggung Jawab Bersama dengan Tingkat yang Berbeda-Beda

Indian National Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

2017 ◽  
pp. 32-63
Author(s):  
B. K. Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
National Action Plan ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Growing Economy ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

India is a growing economy and has to sustain its economic growth, despite challenges of climate change. India's vision is to create a prosperous, self-sustaining economy, mindful of responsibilities to both present and future generations. It is committed to engage in multilateral negotiations in the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in a positive, constructive and forward looking manner. India needed to formulate a national strategy to adapt to climate change and to further enhance the ecological sustainability of its development path based on its unique resource endowments, overriding priority of economic and social development and poverty eradication. This chapter explains the principles on which the National Action Plan on Climate Change is based, the approach adopted and provides details of eight missions, which form the core of the National Action Plan. The status of actions taken on each of the eight missions and other initiatives and the way forward has also been elaborated.

scholarly journals Challenges of WASH in remote Australian Indigenous communities

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Lansbury Hall
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Remote Communities ◽  
Hygiene Practices ◽  
Sanitation And Hygiene ◽  
The Status ◽  
Access And Quality

Abstract Health and well-being are influenced by access and quality to safe drinking water, wastewater treatment, and hygiene practices and settings. This is recognised in the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals for water and health. As a signatory to the UN Goals, Australia has a commitment to ensure the access and quality of these resources is attained for all, including Indigenous Australians living in remote communities. This research sought to identify the status of water, sanitation and hygiene services within remote communities on mainland Australia. Interviews were conducted with representatives of organisations providing water, sanitation and/or hygiene to communities. The quality and access of WASH services in remote Indigenous communities were revealed in this research as lacking at times in many communities. The qualitative results indicate that drinking water supplies can be contaminated by microbes or naturally occurring chemicals, wastewater treatment can be poorly maintained with irregular monitoring, and the health of residents is negatively impacted by crowding in houses, which affects residents' ability to maintain healthy hygiene levels of people, clothing, bedding and infrastructure. Effective responses require a collaborative and systemic approach by the respective government agencies responsible that effectively partner with – and adequately fund – Indigenous communities to provide options that are ‘fit for purpose, place and people’.

scholarly journals Actions for adaptation and mitigation to climate change: Madrid case study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Oquendo Di Cosola ◽  
Jorge Adán Sánchez-Reséndiz ◽  
Lorenzo Olivieri ◽  
Francesca Olivieri
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Driving Force ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Potential Value ◽  
Systemic Innovation ◽  
The City ◽  
Adaptation And Mitigation

Systemic innovation must be the driving force behind actions to transform cities to address climate change. It includes transformations of environmental, social, economic, financial, technical, regulatory, and governance nature, supporting the permanent change of cities. Nature-Based Solutions (NBS), can be part of the tools to address the challenges ahead. This research aims to define a framework of action in cities for the implementation of NBS, demonstrating the importance of quantifying its benefits in environmental and socio-economic terms, to boost public policy design and investment in this field. This work is divided into two parts. The first part, analyses some of the European measures in the field of sustainable development in cities, focusing the research on the case of Madrid. And in the second part, some case studies are presented to reflect the measures and actions taken to promote the implementation of NBS in the city of Madrid. As a result, the potential levers of change for the implementation of NBS are identified, highlighting the importance of quantifying their effects to demonstrate the potential value that can be generated within cities.

forWater: Managing Canada’s drinking water from catchment to tap

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley Webb
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Climate Change Impacts ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Source Water ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
Downstream Effects ◽  
Innovative Solutions

‘forWater’ is a network of Canadian researchers from multiple institutions who aim to find innovative solutions to address climate change impacts on forested source water, the downstream effects, water treatability and resource economics.

scholarly journals Recent Climate Change Adaptation Strategies in the Sahel: A Critical Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terence Epule Epule ◽  
Abdelghani Chehbouni ◽  
Driss Dhiba
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Review Literature ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Gray Literature ◽  
Recent Climate ◽  
The Status ◽  
Climatic Drivers

Climate change adaptation continues to be central on the agenda of most African countries. Current understanding of the state of adaptation is limited in Africa. The Sahel is selected because of persistent declines in precipitation and rising temperatures. Here, we examine the status of adaptation actions across the Sahel by reviewing the primary peer review literature. A total of 70 peer review papers that document 414 discrete adaptations provide a snapshot of adaptations developed between 1975 and 2020. From a country-to-country perspective, Kenya has the highest number of reported adaptation actions (75 or 18.1%). From a regional standpoint, West Africa recorded about 261 or 18.1% of all adaptation actions reported. Income diversification of livelihoods, and water harnessing were reported as the most used adaptation actions in the Sahel. Based on categories, technically based adaptation actions are the most used options. The period 2008–2016 registered 65.2% of all adaptations. 98% of adaptation actions are reported to be driven by climate while non-climatic drivers account for 95% of adaptation actions. The findings presented here are proxies of climate change adaptation; some relevant information might be found in gray literature which not used because gray literature is less standardized because it is not subject to peer review.

Research on the status and Priority Needs of Developing Countries to Address Climate Change

2020 ◽  
pp. 125669
Author(s):  
Xianchun Tan ◽  
Kaiwei Zhu ◽  
Xiaoyan Meng ◽  
Baihe Gu ◽  
Yi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Address Climate Change ◽  
The Status ◽  
Priority Needs

scholarly journals Changes in the Legal Agency Status of the Pakuan Bogor Regional Legal Company in Improving Drinking Water Services in Bogor City based on Government Regulation Number 54 of 2017 Concerning Local Government Owned Enterprises (BUMD)

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Nazaruddin Lathif ◽  
Mustika Mega Wijaya ◽  
Raden Muhammad Mihradi
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Government Regulation ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Water Services ◽  
The Status

The idea of establishing a Local Government-Owned Enterprise (BUMD) departs from an ideological perspective regarding the concept of a welfare law state that emerged after the 19th century. The teaching emphasizes that the state must intervene in the socio-economic life of society for the welfare of its citizens. One form of intervention is through the authority to form State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) at central level and Local Government-Owned Enterprises (BUMD) in local level. The purposes of this research are, first, to determine the urgency of changing the status of a legal entity at the BUMD PDAM Tirta Pakuan of Bogor City into the form of Local Government Public Company (PERUMDA) in terms of Government Regulation Number 54 of 2017 concerning Local Government-Owned Enterprises (BUMD). Second, this study aims to find out the prospects for changing the status of Local Government corporate legal entities drinking water from Tirta Pakuan Bogor in order to improve drinking water services in the city of Bogor. This study was carried out using two types of research method, which are: (1) normative juridical research by examining library materials which are secondary data and also called library research, and (2) empirical juridical research, also called as field research, which is conducted through the means of interviews as primary data.

Speaking of Psychology: Psychologists Address Climate Change

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kaitlin Luna ◽  
Kim Mills ◽  
Brian Dixon ◽  
Marcel de Sousa ◽  
Christine Roland Levy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Address Climate Change
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