 Biodivervity in Bulgaria :: BD and climate changeThe intense industrial development over the last century particularly in the “developed world” and deforestation processes are considered the major causes for the global warming. The evidence of it nowadays is the increase of the global average temperatures, extreme weather events, change of evaporation and precipitation regimes, droughts, snow cover decline and glacier retreat.  International Policy and Legislation The Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer (PDF file) The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (as adjusted and/or amended) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Climate Change and Biodiversity: IPCC Technical Paper V (PDF file) United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the Convention text (PDF file) Kyoto Protocol the text of Kyoto Protocol (PDF file) Convention technology clearing house information system (TT: CLEAR) CBD Technical Series No 10: Interlinkages between biological diversity and climate change. Advice on the integration of biodiversity considerations into the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol (PDF file) Nature Magazine: Feeling the heat: Climate change and Biodiversity Loss ‘Energy [R]evolution: A sustainable World Energy Outlook’ - a report produced by the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) and Greenpeace International (25 January 2007). The Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and for the first time brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects, with enhanced support to assist developing countries to do so. As such, it charts a new course in the global climate effort. The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the agreement aims to strengthen the ability of countries to deal with the impacts of climate change. To reach these ambitious goals, appropriate financial flows, a new technology framework and an enhanced capacity building framework will be put in place, thus supporting action by developing countries and the most vulnerable countries, in line with their own national objectives. The Agreement also provides for enhanced transparency of action and support through a more robust transparency framework. Further information on key aspects of the Agreement can be found here.
Adaptation National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan The Ministry of Environment and Water is in the process of implementing the project "National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan". The project is funded under Priority Axis № 2 “Effective and Professional Governance in Partnership with the Civil Society and the Business” of the Operational Programme "Good Governance 2014-2020", co-financed by the EU through the European Social Fund. The main objectives of the project are to outline the strategic framework and priority directions for adaptation to climate change at national and sectoral level in the period up to 2030 and also to define possible measures to reduce country's vulnerability to climate change and to improve the capacity to adapt the natural, social, and economic systems to the inevitable and intensified impacts of climate change.
Proposal for a National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Action Plan
National Green Investment Scheme National Green Investment Scheme Funds are also generated via the Assigned Amount Units (AAUs) international trade deal(s), the sale of greenhouse gas emissions quotas for aviation activities, as well as funds, provided by other environmental protection agreements between the Republic of Bulgaria and international or local financing sources. National Trust EcoFund official website: https://ecofund-bg.org/en/home/ Biodiversity and Climate Change Policy in Bulgaria Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) The web page provides access to: - Documents related to international agreements and national progress reports on CLIMATE CHANGE issues. - Partnerships of MoEW - Contact persons Bulgarian National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) for Improved Global Environmental Management" Project Project "Bulgarian National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) for Improved Global Environmental Management" was implemented by the Bulgarian Ministry of Environment and Water and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) with resources of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) during the period 1 December 2002 – 31 December 2004 . The project enabled an in-depth assessment of the existing capacities of Bulgaria to fulfill its obligations under three UN Conventions - the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Convention to Combat Desertification and developed Strategy and Plan for capacity improvement. The Strategy and Plan are inseparable parts of the draft National Environmental Strategy and Action Plan 2005 – 2014. The NCSA Strategy and Plan will become official documents with the adoption of the National Environmental Strategy by the Council of Ministers and the National Assembly. The Strategy and Plan are available for downloading from the web site along with all the other project documents. European Youth Portal
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