Stefano Moncada, assistant lecturer at the University of Malta’s Institute for European Studies, presented the findings of his Ph.D research at a Paris climate change scientific conference on the theme ‘Our Common Future Under Climate Change’.
The conference was one of the biggest events of its kind in recent years, with more than 2,000 scientists from over 100 countries attending. Its aim was to prepare for the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP21) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) scheduled for this autumn, also in Paris.
Moncada’s presentations dealt with climate change adaptation and development in informal urban areas, focusing on the effect of a biogas water, hygiene and sanitation project on the adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities in Ethiopia.
He also co-authored two other papers, the first with Lino Briguglio, director of the University’s Islands and Small States Institute, on the ‘Vulnerability/ Resilience Framework Approach’, assessing the risks of being harmed by climate change health impacts.
Hilary Bambrick, from the University of Western Sydney, presented the second co-authored paper, entitled ‘Managing climate-sensitive health risks in vulnerable Pacific island communities: Lessons from Rabi Island’.
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