Energy and environment in Africa - the twin challenge of climate change mitigation and sustainable development

Download or read book Energy and environment in Africa - the twin challenge of climate change mitigation and sustainable development written by Sebastian Veit and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2008 in the subject African Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,3, Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald (Summer Academy 2008), course: Energy & Environment, language: English, abstract: Climate change has emerged as the most critical challenge to sustained global economic growth, social well-being, quality of life, and political stability in the 21st century. In the last two years, two landmark reports – the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007 report, and the Stern Review – have provided highly persuasive empirical evidence, analytical explanations of observed trends, and simulation model projections drawing stronger cause-and-effect linkages between human socio-economic activities and greenhouse gases (GHGs), and between the latter and climate change.