Monthly Archives: August 2017
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: Technology Transfer
One important aspect to the Convention is technology transfer, which focuses on all parties working together to improve the development and transfer of GHG emission reducing technologies. This requires developed countries to step up with assisting in improving climate technology … Continue reading
The Soul of the Rhino
In the novel, The Soul of the Rhino by Hermanta Mishra, the author portrays dichotomic intersection that shape Nepal using the subject of the greater one-horned Asian rhinoceros (Indian rhinoceros) at its focal point. The rhino was described as a … Continue reading
UNFCCC- Deforestation
As the relationship between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change becomes increasingly apparent studies examining ways to mitigate these changes are also raising. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides a list on their website of … Continue reading
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Summer Reading: Tigers in Nepal
In the book, Bones of the Tiger: Protecting the Man-eaters of Nepal Hemanta Mishra provides detailed accounts of his life work, studying and conserving tigers in Nepal. Throughout Mishra’s stories of tiger conservation, I have learned about the history of … Continue reading
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Arresting God in Kathmandu
Over the Summer I read Arresting God in Kathmandu by Samrat Upadhyay, it is a collection of stories about various individuals and their families living life in Kathmandu. The stories are incredibly varied, representing people of different genders, age and … Continue reading
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Bones of the Tiger
Hemanta Mishra’s Bones of the Tiger: Protecting the Man Eaters of Nepal is a reflection on the author’s work on tiger conservation. Mishra describes the many obstacles he has faced and the obstacles he still faces and shares many stories … Continue reading
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How the UNFCCC Does Technology Transfer
Globalization levels the playing field for innovation in climate adaptation and mitigation. But barriers to the transfer of innovative ideas from universities to entrepreneurs to communities remain high in much of the developing world. The UN Framework Convention on Climate … Continue reading
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Climate Finance: Who’s Responsible?
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) provides the structure for multilateral action to prevent significant human change to the climate system. Dealing with climate change and its impacts on humanity and ecosystems requires a continuous international negotiation … Continue reading
UNFCCC Adaptation
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has many different interesting and complex components but I chose to focus on the UNFCCC approach to adaptation because unlike all the other aspects of the convention, adaptation will happen regardless of … Continue reading
Technology Transfer to Support Climate Action.
The UNFCC stresses the importance of technology transfer in order to achieve the goals of the convention. It emphasizes the importance of this technology transfer between developed and undeveloped nations. This topic has received more recent attention as it is … Continue reading