Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 5: East Africa Region Section 5.1. East Africa Scoping Study Acts

Document begins: CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT CONSULTATION ON KEY RESEARCHABLE ISSUES SECTION 5: EAST AFRICA REGION SECTION 5.1. EAST AFRICA SCOPING STUDY ACTS - VICTOR ORINDI AND OTHERS Saleemul Huq and Hannah Reid Climate Change Group International Institute for Environment and Development 3 Endsleigh Street, London WC1H 0DD, UK Tel: (+44 20) 7388 2117 Fax: (+44 20) 7388 2826 Email: saleemul.huq@iied.org hannah.reid@iied.org Climate Change and Development in East Africa: A Regional Report. African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Nairobi, Kenya. May 2005. 2 Table of Contents 1.1 General Introduction .5 1.2 Study Objectives .5 1.3 Climatic Trends in east Africa .6 2.1 Climate Change and development in east Africa.7 2.2 Agriculture and food security .7 2.3. Climate change and Health .11 2.4. Climate change and water resources .13 2.5 Climate Related Disasters .15 2.6 Climate change and energy resources .15 2.7 Climate change and coastal resources.16 2.8 Climate Change and Biodiversity .16 3. Research Themes/Problems .16 3.1. Pure Climate Research.16 3.2 Agriculture and Food Security.17 3.3 Climate and Health.17 3.4 Water Sector.17 3.5 Climate Related Disasters .18 3.6 Energy Sector .18 3.7 Coastal resources.18 3.8 Biodiversity.18 3.9 Cross Cutting themes .18 4 References .19 3 List of Tables Box 1: ...