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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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  1. Share Plant Grow WAGGS 13th Session, 10th Asia Pacific Regional Conference

  2. 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

  3. Knowing your SWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats • Increases chance of developing a good plan

  4. Threats / Challenges • What are the challenges that the world is facing today? • Who are the players? • Why are they players?

  5. 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

  6. Progress ACHIEVED ON TRACK NOT ON TRACK

  7. 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)!

  8. 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!

  9. 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

  10. Global warming

  11. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/SST.glob+Nino3.4.pdfhttp://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/SST.glob+Nino3.4.pdf

  12. What it means..

  13. Addressing climate change • Adaptation • Mitigation

  14. Climate Change Mitigation • Going “Carbon neutral” • Energy efficiency • Energy conservation • Renewable energies

  15. Climate change adaptation • Hard engineering solutions • ‘Softer’ solutions

  16. Knowing your SWOT • Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats

  17. Knowledge • Developing appropriate policies • Legislative capacities • Supporting technical guidance • Resource mobilisation • Local knowledge • Commitment • Formal education systems

  18. Thank you

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