Batagoda, B.M.S.Nissanka, S.P.Wijekoon, SurenJaytilake, Avanthie2013-03-132013-03-132012https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12688The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Sri Lanka is the apex body under which all environmental issues and policy matters are addressed. The Global Affairs Division of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources is tasked with formulating policy and strategic planning and liaise with the international organizations dealing with global environmental issues and is the Designated National Authority (DNA) for matters arising out of the Kyoto Protocol. Under the Kyoto protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) provides for Green House Gas (GHG) mitigation projects that contribute towards sustainable development in developing nations and the net emission reductions can be traded to a developed nation to meet its Kyoto obligations. The report begins with green house effect with GHG emissions and their contributions to global warming. To highlight the gravity of the problem various projections are presented on future climate change, extreme weather events, sea level rise and their impact on developing countries. It describes the global initiative to tackle climate change and specifically details the Kyoto protocol.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOABATEMENT COSTABSORPTIONADVERSE EFFECTSAFFORESTATIONAFFORESTATION PROJECTSALTITUDEANNUAL EMISSIONANNUAL EMISSIONSANTARCTICAANTHROPOGENIC EMISSIONSANTHROPOGENIC GREENHOUSEANTHROPOGENIC SOURCESASSESSMENT PROCESSATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC CARBONATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDEATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONSAVERAGE TEMPERATUREBASELINE EMISSIONBASELINE EMISSIONSBASELINE METHODOLOGYBIOMASSBROMINEBURNING COALBUSINESS AS USUAL SCENARIOCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON EMISSIONSCARBON EQUIVALENTCARBON FINANCECARBON FUNDCARBON MARKETCARBON STOCKCARBON TRADINGCERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONCFCSCH4CHANGES IN THE EARTHCHEMICAL INDUSTRIESCLEAN DEVELOPMENTCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMCLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISMSCLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE POLICYCLIMATE SYSTEMCLIMATE ZONESCO2COASTAL AREASCOMBUSTIONCOMPOSTINGCONSERVATIONCONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGECYCLONEDEFORESTATIONDNADROUGHTECOSYSTEMEFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTSEL NINOELECTRICITYELECTRICITY GENERATIONELECTRICITY PRICESEMISSIONEMISSION CALCULATIONSEMISSION CUTSEMISSION FACTOREMISSION FACTORSEMISSION INCREASESEMISSION LIMITATIONSEMISSION REDUCTIONEMISSION REDUCTION TARGETSEMISSION REDUCTION UNITSEMISSION REDUCTIONSEMISSION SCENARIOSEMISSION TRADINGEMISSIONSEMISSIONS OBLIGATIONSEMISSIONS REDUCTIONSEMISSIONS TARGETSENERGY CONSERVATIONENERGY DEMANDENERGY EFFICIENCYENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTFERTILIZERSFLOODFLOODSFORESTFOREST CLEARANCEFOREST COVERFORESTRYFORESTRY SECTORFOSSIL FUELFOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONSFOSSIL FUELSFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEFROSTFUEL SWITCHINGGAS CONCENTRATIONGHGGHGSGLACIERSGLOBAL ATMOSPHEREGLOBAL CARBON MARKETGLOBAL EMISSIONGLOBAL GREENHOUSEGLOBAL GREENHOUSE GASGLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGLOBAL WARMINGGLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALGREEN HOUSE GASGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE EFFECTGREENHOUSE EFFECTSGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONSGREENHOUSE GAS LEVELSGREENHOUSE GASESGROUND BIOMASSGWPHALOCARBONSHALONSHAZARDOUS WASTEHCFCHFCHFCSHISTORICAL EMISSIONSHOUSEHOLD SECTORHYDRO POWERHYDROCHLOROFLUOROCARBONSHYDROFLUOROCARBONSHYDROLOGICAL CYCLEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEINCOMEINDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIESINDUSTRIAL GASESINTERNATIONAL CARBON MARKETIPCCLAKESLAND FILLINGLAND USELAND USE CHANGELANDFILLLANDFILL METHANELANDFILL METHANE RECOVERYLANDFILLSLOSS OF BIODIVERSITYMANUREMARGINAL ABATEMENTMARGINAL ABATEMENT COSTMEMBER STATESMETHANEMETHANE CONCENTRATIONSMETHANE CORRECTIONMETHANE FLARINGMETHANE PRODUCTIONMONSOONMONTREALMONTREAL PROTOCOLMONTREAL PROTOCOL ON SUBSTANCES THAT DEPLETE THE OZONE LAYERMUNICIPAL SOLID WASTEN2ONATIONAL ENVIRONMENTNATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITYNATURAL GASNATURAL GREENHOUSE GASNATURAL HAZARDSNATURAL RESOURCESNET GREENHOUSE GASNITROGENNITROGEN FERTILIZERSNITROUS OXIDEO3OCEANSOILOXYGENOZONEOZONE LAYERPER CAPITA EMISSIONPERFLUOROCARBONSPFCPFCSPHOTOSYNTHESISPOWER GENERATIONPRECIPITATIONRADIATIONRADIATIVE FORCINGRAINRAINFALLREDUCTION IN EMISSIONSREFINERIESREFRIGERATIONRENEWABLE ENERGYRENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIESRIVERSRUNOFFSATELLITESSEA LEVEL RISESEA LEVELSSF6SINKSNOWSNOW COVERSOLAR POWERSTABILIZATIONSTORMSSTRATOSPHERESULFURSULFUR HEXAFLUORIDESULPHURSURFACE TEMPERATURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTTEMPERATURETERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMSTOTAL EMISSIONSTRACE GASESTRANSPORT SECTORTROPICAL LANDSTROPOPAUSEUNEPUV-BUV-B RADIATIONWASTE DISPOSALWASTEWATER TREATMENTWATER QUALITYWINDWorld Bank10.1596/12688