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Share. Plant. Grow. WAGGS 13 th Session, 10 th Asia Pacific Regional Conference. What makes a good plan?. A great plan is one that works out and leads to the expected results. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to know whether it is a ‘great plan’ in advance!
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Share Plant Grow WAGGS 13th Session, 10th Asia Pacific Regional Conference
What makes a good plan? • A great plan is one that works out and leads to the expected results. • Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to know whether it is a ‘great plan’ in advance! • Analyse, analyse and analyse
Knowing your SWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats • Increases chance of developing a good plan
Threats / Challenges • What are the challenges that the world is facing today? • Who are the players? • Why are they players?
The MDGs Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health • Eradicate Poverty and Hunger • Develop a global partnership for development • Ensure environmental sustainability • Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Progress ACHIEVED ON TRACK NOT ON TRACK
We have been successful • Over the last 50 years the human population has nearly tripled • people are living longer than ever before • better maternal care • better medical facilities • better living conditions • more money (faster) to spend (faster)!
Climate Change • Natural causes • Human Causes • Methane emissions by arctic tundra and wetlands • Natural climatic change cycle of earth that occurs around every 40K yrs • Variations in solar output • Earth’s orbit and tilt • Increasing GHG emissions, from fossil fuel burning, • Smog • Forests being cut down • Population increase!
Some effects of climate change • Global warming • Sea level rise • Melting Arctic! • Glaciers and permafrost melting • Sea surface temperature rise • Heavier rainfalls, extreme droughts, more frequent heat waves, “extreme weather events • Animal habitation disruption • New and widespread diseases
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Addressing climate change • Adaptation • Mitigation
Climate Change Mitigation • Going “Carbon neutral” • Energy efficiency • Energy conservation • Renewable energies
Climate change adaptation • Hard engineering solutions • ‘Softer’ solutions
Knowing your SWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats
Knowledge • Developing appropriate policies • Legislative capacities • Supporting technical guidance • Resource mobilisation • Local knowledge • Commitment • Formal education systems