Disaster and the Environment - Trainer's Guide - 2nd edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 74 p.): PART 4: IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: 38. VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES

Disaster and the Environment - Trainer's Guide - 2nd edition (Disaster Management Training Programme, 74 p.)

PART 4: IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

		33. LEARNING OBJECTIVES - PART 4
		34. NATIONAL POLICY AND PLANNING
		35. ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
		36. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
		37. REDUCING THE IMPACT OF DISASTERS
		38. VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES - THE ATMOSPHERE
		39. VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES - OCEANS AND WATER CYCLES
		40. VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES - THE LAND
		41. VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES - THE BIOSPHERE
		42. CONTROLLING TOXIC CHEMICALS
		43. IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES

38. VULNERABILITY REDUCTION MEASURES - THE ATMOSPHERE

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Discuss methods to reduce air pollution/slow the rate of global warming and halt ozone depletion. As you review the vulnerability reduction measures, have participants note in the margins which measures are being used in their countries, and if they are not, why not.

· set air quality standards
· set emission limits
· increase efficiency of energy production and use
· reduce deforestation rate