- Konrad-Adenauer
... Parties (CoP) in Warsaw, Poland, saw an escalation of the situation with the boycott by the most important Non-Governmental Organizations, showing their disrespect for the uncooperative behaviour of nation-states. These negative perceptions, however, ignore the fact that certain achievements have be ...
... Parties (CoP) in Warsaw, Poland, saw an escalation of the situation with the boycott by the most important Non-Governmental Organizations, showing their disrespect for the uncooperative behaviour of nation-states. These negative perceptions, however, ignore the fact that certain achievements have be ...
Modelling the Miocene climatic optimum, Part 1: land and atmosphere
... Eurasia in the Miocene relative to the control case (Fig. 8c and f). In each instance this is due ...
... Eurasia in the Miocene relative to the control case (Fig. 8c and f). In each instance this is due ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... capacity. Climate change has been widely recognized and accepted as a reality and that it poses serious problems with far reaching social, political, economic and environmental consequences, particularly in vulnerable countries. The impacts of Climate Change in Zimbabwe are likely to stall the count ...
... capacity. Climate change has been widely recognized and accepted as a reality and that it poses serious problems with far reaching social, political, economic and environmental consequences, particularly in vulnerable countries. The impacts of Climate Change in Zimbabwe are likely to stall the count ...
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
... won Nobel Prizes for their outstanding contribution to their field of expertise and many shared a portion of the UN IPCC Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Gore. Additionally, these scientists hail from prestigious institutions worldwide, including: Harvard University; NASA; National Oceanic and ...
... won Nobel Prizes for their outstanding contribution to their field of expertise and many shared a portion of the UN IPCC Nobel Peace Prize with Vice President Gore. Additionally, these scientists hail from prestigious institutions worldwide, including: Harvard University; NASA; National Oceanic and ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... address through adaptation potential vulnerabilities of federal agencies’ resources (lands, facilities, operations, personnel) to projected climate change.3 To date, the executive branch has guided federal agency climate change adaptation planning, although some Members of Congress have introduced b ...
... address through adaptation potential vulnerabilities of federal agencies’ resources (lands, facilities, operations, personnel) to projected climate change.3 To date, the executive branch has guided federal agency climate change adaptation planning, although some Members of Congress have introduced b ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan
... Figure 22: Classification of key berry species by the type of soil in which they grow .................................................................. 46 Figure 23: Iron Ore Mine Pit on Mesabi Range ................................................................................................. ...
... Figure 22: Classification of key berry species by the type of soil in which they grow .................................................................. 46 Figure 23: Iron Ore Mine Pit on Mesabi Range ................................................................................................. ...
Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from
... sea level rise, flood risk, and urban heat island effects. The ability to adapt and level of resilience differ largely between cities, depending on the institutional and managerial capacities to decide on and implement policies, as well as on the economic wealth and the character of the social relat ...
... sea level rise, flood risk, and urban heat island effects. The ability to adapt and level of resilience differ largely between cities, depending on the institutional and managerial capacities to decide on and implement policies, as well as on the economic wealth and the character of the social relat ...
Corporate Air Quality and Climate Change Strategic Plan
... This report presents the 5 action categories and associated programs and policies as separate and discrete areas to be addressed by the actions of City Departments. However this representation may be misleading, as all the categories and areas of the proposed plan are linked to one another, and to a ...
... This report presents the 5 action categories and associated programs and policies as separate and discrete areas to be addressed by the actions of City Departments. However this representation may be misleading, as all the categories and areas of the proposed plan are linked to one another, and to a ...
Compact of Mayors
... officials to demonstrate their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for the impacts of climate change. The development of the Compact of Mayors was led by C40, ICLEI, and UCLG, in close collaboration with the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change ...
... officials to demonstrate their commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and preparing for the impacts of climate change. The development of the Compact of Mayors was led by C40, ICLEI, and UCLG, in close collaboration with the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change ...
KNMI`14: Climate Change scenarios for the 21st Century – A
... Climate, defined as the “average weather including its statistical distribution”, varies spatially and is variable at all time scales. The origin of these variations varies strongly, ranging from fluctuations in the solar radiance, the Earth-Sun geometry, volcanic disturbances of the atmospheric aer ...
... Climate, defined as the “average weather including its statistical distribution”, varies spatially and is variable at all time scales. The origin of these variations varies strongly, ranging from fluctuations in the solar radiance, the Earth-Sun geometry, volcanic disturbances of the atmospheric aer ...
Agreeing to disagree: Uncertainty management in assessing climate
... Groups, and do not exclude that other dimensions could also be considered. The division between the objective and the subjective views of probabilities is the oldest. Objective views of probabilities include the classical approach (probability is the proportion of favorable cases over total cases), ...
... Groups, and do not exclude that other dimensions could also be considered. The division between the objective and the subjective views of probabilities is the oldest. Objective views of probabilities include the classical approach (probability is the proportion of favorable cases over total cases), ...
Protected Areas: Buffering nature against climate change
... glacial-interglacial swings of the Pleistocene, and biodiversity came through without major extinctions. In contrast, the present day anthropogenic warming of the planet threatens extinctions of large numbers of species through negative synergies between climate change and the loss and fragmentation ...
... glacial-interglacial swings of the Pleistocene, and biodiversity came through without major extinctions. In contrast, the present day anthropogenic warming of the planet threatens extinctions of large numbers of species through negative synergies between climate change and the loss and fragmentation ...
China in the International Politics of Climate Change
... China’s climate change policy. Both when the state is assumed to act as a unitary actor, and when the political bargaining between different sub-national interests are considered, economic development appears to be more important than any other factors. As in most developing countries, short term co ...
... China’s climate change policy. Both when the state is assumed to act as a unitary actor, and when the political bargaining between different sub-national interests are considered, economic development appears to be more important than any other factors. As in most developing countries, short term co ...
Climate Change Impacts on New York Wine Grape Growing Regions
... published a Synthesis Report for their fifth climate change assessment (2014b). This key document was written by 308 scientists from 70 different countries and outlines the most current scientific assessment of climate change for planet Earth (IPCC, 2014b). The reason for these past and projected cl ...
... published a Synthesis Report for their fifth climate change assessment (2014b). This key document was written by 308 scientists from 70 different countries and outlines the most current scientific assessment of climate change for planet Earth (IPCC, 2014b). The reason for these past and projected cl ...
EuTRACE - IASS Potsdam
... impacts on societies and the environment associated with individual techniques would be considered acceptable in exchange for a reduction of global warming and its impacts, and how such acceptability or unacceptability could be established democratically. Against this background, a broad and robust ...
... impacts on societies and the environment associated with individual techniques would be considered acceptable in exchange for a reduction of global warming and its impacts, and how such acceptability or unacceptability could be established democratically. Against this background, a broad and robust ...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
... in section 5 on the effect that attitudes and personal characteristics have on WTP. Section 6 offers a summary and conclusions. 2. Description of the Survey Our survey had four independent sections. In the first section, we elicited general attitudes about climate change that we later compared with ...
... in section 5 on the effect that attitudes and personal characteristics have on WTP. Section 6 offers a summary and conclusions. 2. Description of the Survey Our survey had four independent sections. In the first section, we elicited general attitudes about climate change that we later compared with ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
... annual expected loss levels, and possible administrative considerations. The study is groundbreaking in two major ways. First, it demonstrates innovative methods to capture the influence of climate change and population growth on the nation's flood hazards through the century, accounting for both ri ...
Climatic controls on diffuse groundwater
... for investigation. Climate change impact studies have provided some information on climatic controls on recharge but generally consider only regions that have a limited range of climate types. It has been shown that, in general, rainfall is the most important climate parameter influencing recharge ( ...
... for investigation. Climate change impact studies have provided some information on climatic controls on recharge but generally consider only regions that have a limited range of climate types. It has been shown that, in general, rainfall is the most important climate parameter influencing recharge ( ...
Economic Analysis of Climate-Proofing Investment Projects
... 1. Climate change 2. Risk management 3. Adaptation I. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB do ...
... 1. Climate change 2. Risk management 3. Adaptation I. Asian Development Bank. The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) or its Board of Governors or the governments they represent. ADB do ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... Statements, are used to determine the actual factors that shape the extent of climate change coverage in those ESs. It was found that two key areas are especially involved herein: politics and the characteristics of climate change itself. It was found that generally, little political urgency exists ...
... Statements, are used to determine the actual factors that shape the extent of climate change coverage in those ESs. It was found that two key areas are especially involved herein: politics and the characteristics of climate change itself. It was found that generally, little political urgency exists ...
Chapter 4—Adaptation and Mitigation
... Rapidly evolving sciences related to climate change and limited experience in developing adaptation strategies require ongoing partnerships between scientists and managers. These collaborations can develop in different forms. Science information might reside with staff within an agency, for example, ...
... Rapidly evolving sciences related to climate change and limited experience in developing adaptation strategies require ongoing partnerships between scientists and managers. These collaborations can develop in different forms. Science information might reside with staff within an agency, for example, ...
Presentation 16 Apr 2013
... The capacity to adapt climate-sensitive systems to climate change is limited, and may be insufficient to cope with some plausible projections of the rate and magnitude of change during the 21st century. The hypothesis is being tested in case studies on aspects of two primary ecosystem services: agri ...
... The capacity to adapt climate-sensitive systems to climate change is limited, and may be insufficient to cope with some plausible projections of the rate and magnitude of change during the 21st century. The hypothesis is being tested in case studies on aspects of two primary ecosystem services: agri ...
The impact of climate change on dairy production
... view that there are technological solutions available but that there are obstacles to getting the research knowledge from the scientist to the farmer. Furthermore, while there are many engaged farmers participating in discussion groups and other initiatives, a large group of disengaged farmers also ...
... view that there are technological solutions available but that there are obstacles to getting the research knowledge from the scientist to the farmer. Furthermore, while there are many engaged farmers participating in discussion groups and other initiatives, a large group of disengaged farmers also ...
Planning for Sea-Level Rise: State-by
... Summit, which recommended that a better understanding of coastal vulnerabilities was needed. The Protocol and Questionnaire are intended to help coastal decision-makers understand and address the full spectrum of factors that influence community resilience. These tools can be used to inform and impr ...
... Summit, which recommended that a better understanding of coastal vulnerabilities was needed. The Protocol and Questionnaire are intended to help coastal decision-makers understand and address the full spectrum of factors that influence community resilience. These tools can be used to inform and impr ...