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Published:
2009
Initiative: Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in the City of Kampala, Uganda:Assessment
Changes in rainfall patterns and temperature continue to pose vulnerabilities to urban areas in Uganda. The most significant impact to Kampala is flooding due to increased rainfall. Increase in run off has made flooding the most serious threat to life, livelihoods, urban system and economy. On the other hand changes in temperature regimes have affected urban livelihoods and food security.This paper shows results from anassessment carried out with stakeholder involvement of the impacts of climate change on the City of Kampala.
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- rainfall pattern (rain)
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- global climate
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- climate change (Globale Erwärmung)
- Climate change is a lasting change in weather patterns over long periods of time. It can be a natural phenomena and and has occurred on Earth even before people inhabited it. Quite different is a current situation that is also referred to as climate change, anthropogenic climate change, or global warming. This change in weather patterns appears to be happening much faster and is linked to human activity contributing to the greenhouse effect.
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- climate change adaptation (adaptation, adaptation to global warming, CCA, Adaption an den Klimawandel, adaptation, ACC, adaptation, adaptação ao aquecimento global, CCA, ACC)
- Adjustments in human and natural systems, in response to actual or expected climate stimuli or their effects, that moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities. (IPPC)
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- climate change mitigation (mitigation, global warming mitigation, CCM, Eindämmung des Klimawandels, Abschwächung des Klimawandels, atténuation, mitigação do aquecimento global, CCM, mitigación del cambio climático, MCC)
- Mitigation refers to actions that reduce our contribution to the causes of climate change. This means reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), through energy efficiency and using alternative forms of transport and energy.(UKCIP)
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