TY - BOOK TI - Afghanistan climate change strategy and action plan / AV - Pamphlet GE320. A33. PY - 2016/// CY - [Afghanistan] : PB - National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), KW - Environmental management – Afghanistan KW - Water resources development – Afghanistan KW - Water management – Afghanistan KW - Climatic changes – Afghanistan KW - Environmental protection – Afghanistan KW - Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan KW - Afghanistan – Environmental conditions KW - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001- N1 - Cover title. “November, 2016”. “Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, National Environment Protection Agency”—at head of title ; Contents: Title—Abbreviation—Executive summary—Conceptual framework—1. Climate and sustainable development in Afghanistan—2. Vision for climate resilient development—3. Targets and milestones—4. Climate hazards, impacts and adaptation strategies—5. Low emission development strategies and climate change mitigation—6. Knowledge management, research and development—7. Institutional mechanisms and financing for implementing the strategy—Climate change action plan for Afghanistan N2 - Summary: “The fifth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has pointed towards a definite rising of global temperatures and reduced precipitation, as a direct impact of climate change. The IPCC has considered ways to limit global emissions in order to restrict temperature rise to 2oC above pre-industrial levels, acknowledging the clear possibility of a 2oC temperature rise globally. Afghanistan has been endowed with abundant natural wealth, such as water resources, forest resources and mineral wealth, including hydrocarbons. It has a semi-arid and continental type of climate…”—(page 6) UR - https://doi.org/10.29171/acku_pamphlet_ge320_a33_a355_2016 ER -