Not exact matches
To address this issue, we commit to support urgent actions to mainstream
adaptation into
broader development strategies and encourage developing countries themselves to integrate
adaptation into their development
policies.
However, the constraints on approaches to
adaptation due to
broader policy and development goals should be carefully considered.
Recommended
policies and strategies include: (1) establishment of clear energy and climate change
adaptation / mitigation
policies in Africa; (2) implementation of renewable energy development - inducing
policies; (3) creating conducive environments for private - public partnerships in clean energy development; (4) enhancement of
broader regional and continental collaboration in energy and climate change
policies; (5) accessing existing international funding sources for promoting less carbon - intensive energy technologies; and (6) implementation of energy portfolio diversification.
It outlines the mitiga - tion and
adaptation potential of organic agriculture and addresses main opportunities, challenges, insti - tutional and
policy aspects, thus placing this dis - cussion in a
broader context, which also addresses consumer aspects and
policies.
In order to promote a more productive dialogue between scientists and policymakers, the discussion of
adaptation and mitigation options in the
policy arena needs to be reframed so that it addresses environmental degradation and sustainability in the
broad sense, not just the impacts of climate change.