[PDF] Implications Of Climate Change For Biodiversity In The Uk Overseas Territories eBook

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : Stationery Office
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 2014-01-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780215066138

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The Environmental Audit Committee warns that the UK Government is failing adequately to protect the globally significant biodiversity of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs), despite its international treaty commitments to protect those unique species and habitats. The UKOTs encompass vast tracts of ocean, thousands of coral atolls, tropical forests and a polar wilderness six times the size of the United Kingdom, containing: 90% of the biodiversity for which the UK is responsible; at least 517 globally threatened species; many unique endemic species; undisturbed habitats of international significance. Biodiversity in the UKOTs is subject to immediate and significant threats, including invasive species, under-regulated development and climate change. Sustainable development in the UKOTs is contingent on their Governments implementing effective development controls, such as statutory environmental impact assessments for major developments and strategic infrastructure plans. Defra must work with UKOTs Governments on developing planning regimes which value and protect natural capital, and promote sustainable tourism. Investing to prevent biodiversity loss in the UKOTs is a direct and cost-effective contribution to meeting the UK's international commitments under the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, the report concludes. Without enhanced monitoring, however, Defra cannot accurately report on the full extent of biodiversity in the UKOTs and measure progress towards the UN 2020 target to halt biodiversity loss. Defra must work with UKOTs Governments, NGOs such as the RSPB, and research institutions to agree a comprehensive research programme to catalogue the full extent of biodiversity in the UKOTs.

Author : Charles Sheppard
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9400759657

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The tropical UK Territories have extensive coral reefs. Huge parts of these areas are exceptionally rich, productive and diverse. Their marine biodiversity exceeds that of the UK itself, and several are already, or are planned to be, strictly protected. Some of these areas serve as reference sites for many other countries with damaged reefs and they are oases of tropical marine biodiversity in a fast-degrading world. This book reviews all of the UK reefs, from those scarcely known to those where substantial research has already been performed. ​

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Environmental Audit Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 42,1 MB
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215560292

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The Environmental Audit Committee states that the UK should only provide funding for multilateral institutions with strong environmental credentials. The current scale of the World Bank's lending to fossil fuel powered energy generation is unacceptable and the Committee urges the Government to be prepared to vote against new World Bank funding for high emissions coal-fired power stations. The profile of climate change has increased hugely but there is far less awareness of the importance of protecting biodiversity and ecosystems. The Committee believes that the Department for International Development (DFID) needs to publish a clear strategy on its approach to environmental issues to ensure that it gives them sufficient priority in its programmes and expenditure. Every effort must be made to help emerging economies leap-frog fossil fuels and fuel their growth with clean energy instead. High levels of consumption in the UK increases demand on production in poor countries which leads to degradation of their natural resources. The report calls on the UK Government to ensure that economic activity in Britain does not cancel out, or even reverse, the positive impact that UK aid is having overseas.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Working Group II.
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 24,28 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780521634557

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Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Author : Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 755 pages
File Size : 28,95 MB
Release : 2022-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781009157971

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for assessing the science related to climate change. It provides policymakers with regular assessments of the scientific basis of human-induced climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for adaptation and mitigation. This IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate is the most comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of the observed and projected changes to the ocean and cryosphere and their associated impacts and risks, with a focus on resilience, risk management response options, and adaptation measures, considering both their potential and limitations. It brings together knowledge on physical and biogeochemical changes, the interplay with ecosystem changes, and the implications for human communities. It serves policymakers, decision makers, stakeholders, and all interested parties with unbiased, up-to-date, policy-relevant information. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.