8^th International Conference on   Environment and Climate Change November 22-23, 2018 Bucharest, Romania

Biography:

Susanne Borner has obtained her PhD from the Department of Social Sciences at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany. She is a Consultant for GOPA mBH, an international development consulting, in the field of climate change and rural development. She has published on the perception of environmental and health risks, risk communication, environmental justice and community participation in Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Abstract:

Worldwide, there are still numerous cases where humans are exposed to environmental risks, both manmade and natural, and where communities lack the ability to respond. Understanding pathways to reducing vulnerability requires understanding why especially marginalized groups are often still excluded from environmental decision-making and/or lack the capacity to participate. This research explores the determinants of participation behavior in the case of Huichapan, Mexico, where the local community faces environmental and health risks as a result of climate change and environmental pollution. It draws on the analytical framework of environmental justice, advocating a pluralistic perspective on the dimensions distribution, participation, recognition and capabilities in achieving social change. Based on Sen and Hobfoll, a biographical capability approach was developed to explore the processes whereby individuals develop the capability to engage in community mobilization for environmental justice. Narrative biographical and semi-structured interviews with a total of 27 respondents were conducted. Interviewees were chosen to reflect the socio-demographic composition of the study area as well as the different participation behavior. Interviews were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Results showed that pathways to sustainability require going beyond a focus on the distributive justice. Creating resilient communities requires a better understanding of the drivers of community participation and the interlinkages with individual capabilities. The case study showed respondents’ capabilities were a result of biographical processes, generally linked to a sense of self-efficacy as a result of past gains and losses in terms of individual resources such as confidence, knowledge, energy and social capital.

Biography:

Sardar Muhammad Rafique Khan has recently completed his PhD from University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan. He is the Deputy Director at Climate Change Center of Planning & Development Department, Government of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. He has published more than 05 papers and has contributed as co-author in development of AJ&K climate change policy, strategies and action plans for the state of Azad Jammu & Kashmir.

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The Himalayan region is one of the important global freshwater resources. The frequency and intensity of the current extreme weather events and new vulnerabilities with differential spatial and socio-economic impacts on communities are expected to increase as a result of climate change. The impact would be particularly disastrous for developing countries like Pakistan. The consequences of this change in global climate are already being witnessed in the Himalayan glaciers and glacial lakes. The Himalayan glaciers are retreating at rates ranging from 159 to 309 ha per year, resulting into disappearance of many small glaciers. As a result of retreating glaciers, the lakes are growing in number and size in the Himalaya. Identification of these glaciers and glacial lakes in the mountainous terrain of Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) was made with the help of image interpretation techniques of remote sensing which was physically verified in most of the areas. A comparison was made on the basis of data taken from 2000, 2010 and 2017 images. The study revealed that the area of the glaciers have reduced from 15111 ha to 11350 ha from 2000 to 2017 with a total decrease of 3741 ha in last 17 years at the rate of 220 ha per year. The current rate of glacial retreat can result into vanishing of these water resources in next 51 years. Presence of these glaciers and glacial lakes has been observed dominant over 3500-4500 m elevation range in Neelum district of AJ&K. Other than the glaciers, the number of glacial lakes has increased from 50 (499 ha) to 60 (556 ha) from 2000 to 2017 in the study area, where 03 lakes are declared with most potential threat of GLOF in near future for the lives and livelihoods of mountain communities. In order to conserve these important mountain resources for future use and to protect the mountain inhabitant communities from the threat of GLOFs, effective measures and regular monitoring is required which will help in water resource management and disaster management, especially in the context of climate change in the Himalaya.

Biography:

Manar Zaki is a graduate student at Trinity College Dublin earning her MSc. in Development Practice. She also has a B.A. in Global Sustainability from the
University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a focus on global food systems. Manar has worked in seven countries across the globe, from public health programming in India to environmental advocacy in New Zealand to disaster risk reduction in Nepal.

Abstract:

Many flood resilience and climate change adaptation projects begin with some version of a vulnerability assessment as a foundation. However, assessing vulnerability is often a reflection of the evaluator’s expertise and the resources they are prepared to employ. In the sphere of climate change research, a function of external threats and internal sensitivities is typically used to calculate vulnerability. A methodology utilizing quantitative measures of environmental and socioeconomic indicators naturally follows, conveniently producing the type of measurable, comparable and often visual evaluations that suit policymakers. While such research has very real merits, its utility within community driven development projects is limited. It is unlikely people see their own problems through a lens of the IPCC frameworks, measuring the character, magnitude and rate of climate variation to which they are exposed. When preconceived indicators of vulnerability are a starting point for a project to launch community involvement, there is little room to measure the risk facing a community’s heritage, culture and social cohesion - factors threatened by either environmental risks themselves or even by the proposed solutions to the vulnerabilities identified. This research project would serve as a component of the Nepal Innovation Lab’s Andhi Khola Flood Resiliency Project. The Syangja District, the location for this project, is affected by increasing weather related disasters including landslides, debris flows and flash floods. The project has two primary output goals: (1) A prototypical, site-neutral community engagement model designed to build a foundation of local input, perception and knowledge for the design of community landscape-based resilience strategies. This community engagement model explores methods for establishing longterm engagement through youth outreach and stewardship, redirection of destructive labor forces such as gravel harvesting through productive construction and landscape maintenance and giving community members agency in the design process. (2) A landscape design in Syangja exploring site-specific applications of resiliency infrastructures within local ecological, cultural, social and geophysical context. This design also outlines the roles of activities such as youth outreach and local labor within the evolution and growth of the master plan (Nepal Innovation Lab). The goal of study is to produce a place specific vulnerability assessment, using ethnographic research methods to distill definitions of vulnerability, resilience and adaptive capacity as they are perceived by community members. The findings of study may contribute to both objectives of the Andhi Khola Flood
Resiliency Project. It helps to inform the development of a community engagement model by piloting a potential “first step” in establishing dialogue and/or better understanding local perspectives. Further, the study directly assists in providing insight into the local ecological, cultural, social and geophysical context for a landscape design. (Fundamental questions including
(1) who is vulnerable; (2) what makes someone resilient; and (3) what or where is valuable? will be addressed to reflect local perspectives and priorities.

Biography:

Alie Wube Dametew is currently a Ph.D. candidate with a specialization in mechanical and industrial engineering Addis Ababa University Institute of Technology School of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. His research interests include climate change sustainability, renewable energy improvements, Social Sustainability management systems, innovation and  manufacturing capability, modeling & optimization in manufacturing systems, cloud and big data management systems, Logistics and supply chain management, advanced and smart materials, . More than 23 papers published by him, within more than 16papers are published under preview international journal and more than 5 papers were published at national and international levels. So far, he worked as Lecturer and Head of Research and Community Service in Wollo University Kombolcha Institute of Technology. He has also worked as continuous improvement expert and production supervisor in manufacturing companies and has sufficient experience on industrial plant project studies.

Abstract:

In the current competitive environment green and sustainable renewable energy is a critical enabler for economic, sustainable and inclusive development particularly in developing economy.This study was conducted with a  literature review collecting data. Sinc in the literarute data gathering different journal articles are  review  regarding to   green economy, green and sustainable renewable energy development, the issue of climate change and  worlds. Also the interview and life experiences are also included in the methodology.Due to globalization effect, firm competition, technological advancement ,production complexity  are increased from time to time, and they impose many challenges on the manufacturing industries in related to green and sustainable economic developments. Accordinglly the study investigates green and sustainable economic growth, challenges mainly found due to weak & improper implementations of green technology in a nations, poor and insufficient green and sustainable renewable energy strategies, problems on waste management systems,non-integrated & non-flexible green and sustainable technology adoptions were investigated. Furthermore in most sub sharan African countries addicted in various trubulances because of  poor and non integrated green and sustainable energy development strategies the spreading of the villages, the complications with grid extension alternatives, the relatively high electrification cost, especially for customers with low income and the limitations of diesel power are the main constraints and challenges of in most developing countries rural electrification. Though as a result of such challenge and problems, the growth and the developments of  developing economies can decline and then they approaches to die.Morover the result also shows that As a result of this weak and non-intertated energy systems most devloping nations particularly sub-sherana Africa highly affected by climate and the environmental disastors.

 Besides,the adoption and  developments of green and sustainable renewable energy is becoming a critical   tool  in the revivals and competitiveness of the global business environment. Thu, to tackle these problems this study was design to  conducte to developed green and renewable energy development strategies  to the  firm that overcome the challenges, the issue of climate change and the death of green economy.  Since this green and sustainable economic development strategies can have great impacts  to tackle the challenges and constraints of  current turbulent worlds. Moreover this  integrated model and  strategies provides  that bridges the gap and birth will begins  within proper implementations  of the model to developing economy. While the analysis available were done Analytical hyrarchy process  and a HOMER software package  used for  economical analysis as well.

Biography:

Farid El-Daoushy became Professor in Environmental Physics at Uppsala University in 2004 with focus on promoting R&D for assessing the spatio-temporal impacts of human activities in aquatic eco-systems. His research involved the use of various scientific and technical approaches to follow the global cycles of pollution on the earth through using surface water bodies and their aquatic deposits as space-time indicators of water quality and the associated impacts in eco-systems.

Abstract:

Purpose of the workshop is to initiate contacts and to build up networking for scaling up science, technology and innovation to promote and implement effective infrastructures for sustainable developments on regional-global scales. Special considerations will be given to the existing socio-economic-environment conditions in various regions in the world. Relevant issues will be detailed and discussed. Rationales: sustainability of life and prosperity of humans would never ever be possible unless climate-energy-water-natural
and human resources are coherently intact. Sustainable and welfare societies are being achieved by citizens, from individual-tocollective levels, embedded in infra-structures that empower them with multi-layered capabilities for best social, environment and economic performance.
The main strategic aspects to achieve the necessary scaling up are:
1. Sustainability depends not only on the performance of people (social) in terms of profit from work (economy) but also on their responsible performance towards the environment (planet). Shifts are needed from current “growth economies” to future “secular economies”.
2. Scaling-up science, technology and innovation to meet effective socio-economic-environment developments on local and regional scales requires coupling science, technology and innovation to society, market & population needs through coherent infrastructures. Reforming higher education and shaping proper career-development-plans are crucial in this context. Universities and research institutes and supporting funding bodies are instrumental to achieve these goals.
Supplementary solutions- scaling-up science, technology and innovation to meet effective socio-economic-environment developments would require:
(1) long-term strategies for sustainable “environment-climate” economies.
(2) long-term strategies for sustainable “environment-climate” food security.
(3) long-term strategies for sustainable “social-psychological” communication.
(4) long-term strategies for sustainable “WENHR” education-awareness policies.
The long-term strategic solutions in (1-4) will involve coherent management policies.