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Climate Change, Sea Level Dynamics, and Mitigation

Publication Type : Book Chapter

Publisher : Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan

Source : Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, p.185-203 (2021)

Url : https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347114436_Climate_Change_Sea_Level_Dynamics_and_Mitigation

ISBN : 9789811548826

Campus : Amritapuri

School : Department of Management, School of Business

Center : Amrita Center for Economics & Governance (ACEG)

Department : Department of Management

Year : 2021

Abstract : Small island developing countries (SIDS) have higher prospects of growth due to their geographic location and trade openness, but survival challenges may be insurmountable in the face of climate change, natural hazards, and sea level rise. Besides international cooperation and lobbying by SIDS as net importers of goods produced elsewhere and as climate victims, the emerging channels to reduce the extent of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are by shifting to green energy sources and defensive expenditure to restore environmental productivity. Other strategies include carbon capture from air and emission locations and storage in carbon sinks as well as geoengineering or carbon engineering to generate artificial volcanic eruptions to whiten the earth’s surface and drift away the sunshine to atmosphere thereby reducing the warming. The chapter also discusses the suitability of production- and consumption-based CO2 emissions as a yardstick for fixing the enhanced responsibility of developed countries in global emissions.

Cite this Research Publication : Shyam Nath and Yeti N. Madhoo, “Climate Change, Sea Level Dynamics, and Mitigation”, in Shaping the Future of Small Islands: A Road Map for Sustainable Development (Eds.) John L Roberts et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp. 185-203.

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