541ee435-cb6d-4b2e-a87d-a53e114353d9 8ae26013-56bc-4b78-a4f7-a53e0472cfce Irit Eguavoen eguavoen@uni-bonn.de 2016-01-06T12:39:33 ISO 19115:2003/19139 1.0 First national communication of the republic of the Gambia to the United Nations Framwork Convention on Climate Change 2003-01-01 The development of this First National Communications has enabled my Department of State to develop an institutional framework that has brought together and consolidated the networking and dialogue between different economic sectors, CBOs and NGOs, and grassroots level communities. Technicians and scientists of different backgrounds and disciplines have pooled their expertise and worked together to develop this informative document. In this National Communication we have outlined the emissions of greenhouse gases from the major economic sectors and activities of the country, developed plausible climate change scenarios and based on these scenarios we have assessed the potential impacts of the projected climate change. The National Communication also contains measures and strategies to mitigate the concentration of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere and adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. No detailed cost-benefit analysis was conducted on the mitigation and adaptation measures due to inadequate capacity to cost the effects of climate change. The potential impacts of climate change on crop production, biodiversity and wildlife, coastal resources, forestry, fisheries, rangelands and livestock, and water resources have been studied in great detail. Most of the impacts are negative and the populations are vulnerable. Although The Gambia is a small country, there are opportunities to invest on small-scale projects to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to adverse impacts of climate change. These projects would be in policy development, fuel switching including the efficient use of both renewable and non-renewable energy, use of efficient modes of transportation and conservation and sustainable use of forests. Cooperation between developed countries and The Gambia will enable all Parties to meet their commitments based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibility. The mitigation and adaptation measures presented in this first national communications will require funding to build national adaptive capacity and provide appropriate technologies to address climate change. Irit Eguavoen Center for Development Research, Department for Political and Cultural Change, University of Bonn Senior Researcher +49-228-73-4912 Walter-Flex-Straße 3 Bonn 53113 Germany eguavoen@uni-bonn.de Department of State for Fisheries, Natural Resources and the Environment Banjul The Gambia http://www.statehouse.gm/ Republic of The Gambia State House Online https://wascal-dataportal.org/geonetwork/srv/eng/resources.get?uuid=541ee435-cb6d-4b2e-a87d-a53e114353d9&fname=type_scientific_publication.png large_thumbnail png agriculture environmental impact of agriculture GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4 2010-01-13 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet governance water ressources environmental and climate change UNFCCC Gambia Region 2006-09-22 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions No restrictions society -17.11668089073521 -13.35935667250879 12.833217087825256 13.880736944891664 PDF http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/natc/gamnc1.pdf WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link First national communication of the republic of the Gambia to the United Nations Framwork Convention on Climate Change source for download