UNEP Regional Office for Africa
... (UNEP) Emission Gap Report confirms that the current mitigation pledges – unless strengthened – will set the world on course for global warming of between 2.5 to 5°C. Further to this, there is indication that temperature rises are likely to be progressively higher in Africa with other climate relate ...
... (UNEP) Emission Gap Report confirms that the current mitigation pledges – unless strengthened – will set the world on course for global warming of between 2.5 to 5°C. Further to this, there is indication that temperature rises are likely to be progressively higher in Africa with other climate relate ...
The making of a riskier future: How our decisions are
... benefit of enacting policies to reduce climate change, halt the construction of unsafe buildings, enforce land use plans, reduce subsidence, and more. We have more than 75,000 years of experience living with disasters, but today’s challenges demand that we do things differently. We must continually ...
... benefit of enacting policies to reduce climate change, halt the construction of unsafe buildings, enforce land use plans, reduce subsidence, and more. We have more than 75,000 years of experience living with disasters, but today’s challenges demand that we do things differently. We must continually ...
Climate Scientists` Perceptions of Climate
... Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, and members of the University of Hamburg. Returns of the German sample extended beyond Germany and included 13 respondents reporting to be other than German. However, since they were drawn from the German mailing list they are included here in the Germa ...
... Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, and members of the University of Hamburg. Returns of the German sample extended beyond Germany and included 13 respondents reporting to be other than German. However, since they were drawn from the German mailing list they are included here in the Germa ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the
... and practitioners, adaptation is fundamentally implemented at local and regional levels and needs to consider the socioeconomic and political factors. Priorities regarding “what to do” need to be set in decision contexts relative to other important priorities faced by society and resource managers. ...
... and practitioners, adaptation is fundamentally implemented at local and regional levels and needs to consider the socioeconomic and political factors. Priorities regarding “what to do” need to be set in decision contexts relative to other important priorities faced by society and resource managers. ...
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... in the area of provision and/ or facilitate the provision of input-based adaptation strategies in the study area. Again, intensive use of already proven adaptation strategies at farm-level by the farmers at their present resource technology will still make them to reduce technical and profit ineffic ...
... in the area of provision and/ or facilitate the provision of input-based adaptation strategies in the study area. Again, intensive use of already proven adaptation strategies at farm-level by the farmers at their present resource technology will still make them to reduce technical and profit ineffic ...
Protected areas helping peopel cope with climate change
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
Protected areas helping people cope with climate change
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
A Study of Climate Monitoring Capabilities in Newfoundland and
... province. This is necessary to support immediate and short-term needs, such as storm preparation, as well as longer-term and more research-oriented needs that focus on, for example, changes in the climate over time. Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of climate monitoring stations and various i ...
... province. This is necessary to support immediate and short-term needs, such as storm preparation, as well as longer-term and more research-oriented needs that focus on, for example, changes in the climate over time. Newfoundland and Labrador has a variety of climate monitoring stations and various i ...
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... abatement path as long as the probability of geoengineering being implemented and effective is not very close to one. If we consider a fixed climate stabilization target, the optimal abatement becomes even stronger prior to the resolution of uncertainty. The results are found to be robust to differe ...
... abatement path as long as the probability of geoengineering being implemented and effective is not very close to one. If we consider a fixed climate stabilization target, the optimal abatement becomes even stronger prior to the resolution of uncertainty. The results are found to be robust to differe ...
Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... Owing to the volumetric reduction attending the phase transition from ice to water and expulsion of pore water during consolidation, thawing of ice-rich sediments leads to subsidence of the overlying ground surface, often resulting in deformation of an initially level surface into irregular terrain ...
... Owing to the volumetric reduction attending the phase transition from ice to water and expulsion of pore water during consolidation, thawing of ice-rich sediments leads to subsidence of the overlying ground surface, often resulting in deformation of an initially level surface into irregular terrain ...
The Governance of Scientific Assessment in the Context of the
... The Panel also has a small Secretariat of twelve staff members, hosted by the WMO in Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretariat supports the Panel, the IPCC Chair and other members of the Executive Committee and the IPCC Bureaux in the delivery of their mandate; manages the IPCC Trust Fund; organises and ...
... The Panel also has a small Secretariat of twelve staff members, hosted by the WMO in Geneva, Switzerland. The Secretariat supports the Panel, the IPCC Chair and other members of the Executive Committee and the IPCC Bureaux in the delivery of their mandate; manages the IPCC Trust Fund; organises and ...
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... options, like translocation, are incongruent with historic ecological conditions that provide management baseline. Adaptation options that focus management toward future conditions may conflict with policies and managers’ beliefs about conservation. Managers will ultimately implement any strategical ...
... options, like translocation, are incongruent with historic ecological conditions that provide management baseline. Adaptation options that focus management toward future conditions may conflict with policies and managers’ beliefs about conservation. Managers will ultimately implement any strategical ...
Scoping study: Modelling the interaction between mitigation and adaptation
... already have implemented some adaptation measures). Adaptation, however, is a complex process, implemented by organisations and society, generally at the local or national scale. Its feasibility and costs differ greatly across sectors and regions, and even locally within regions. There are limits to ...
... already have implemented some adaptation measures). Adaptation, however, is a complex process, implemented by organisations and society, generally at the local or national scale. Its feasibility and costs differ greatly across sectors and regions, and even locally within regions. There are limits to ...
Climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture
... supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with the great majority in developing countries. Adding those who work in associated processing, marketing, distribution and supply industries, the sector supports nearly 200 million livelihoods. Aqua ...
... supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with the great majority in developing countries. Adding those who work in associated processing, marketing, distribution and supply industries, the sector supports nearly 200 million livelihoods. Aqua ...
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... supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with the great majority in developing countries. Adding those who work in associated processing, marketing, distribution and supply industries, the sector supports nearly 200 million livelihoods. Aquat ...
... supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with the great majority in developing countries. Adding those who work in associated processing, marketing, distribution and supply industries, the sector supports nearly 200 million livelihoods. Aquat ...
CONSIDERATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY ADAPTATION ON THE
... evaluation. Chapter 3 presents a synopsis of available information on climate changes currently being observed in the Southwestern United States and on the Navajo Reservation and introduces potential future climate changes in the Southwest. Chapters 4 through 12 focus on nine key sectors or resource ...
... evaluation. Chapter 3 presents a synopsis of available information on climate changes currently being observed in the Southwestern United States and on the Navajo Reservation and introduces potential future climate changes in the Southwest. Chapters 4 through 12 focus on nine key sectors or resource ...
Considering Vermont`s Future in a Changing Climate: The First
... there have already been significant changes in the length of the frost-free growing season and in the warmth of nighttime temperatures. These, and other changes, are part of the pattern of global climate change, primarily driven by human activity. Vermont is a small contributor to global climate cha ...
... there have already been significant changes in the length of the frost-free growing season and in the warmth of nighttime temperatures. These, and other changes, are part of the pattern of global climate change, primarily driven by human activity. Vermont is a small contributor to global climate cha ...
Climate Change Issues for the Cayman Islands
... Map 16 Buildings Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ............................ 85 Map 17 Building Values Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ................. 86 Map 18 Overlay of 2 metre Sea-Level Rise on the Cayman Islands ............................ ...
... Map 16 Buildings Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ............................ 85 Map 17 Building Values Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ................. 86 Map 18 Overlay of 2 metre Sea-Level Rise on the Cayman Islands ............................ ...
The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and
... The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change Chairperson: Michael Patterson, Ph.D. Global climate change presents one of the most challenging ecological and social problems facing the world today. In order to prevent potentially harmful ecological ...
... The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change Chairperson: Michael Patterson, Ph.D. Global climate change presents one of the most challenging ecological and social problems facing the world today. In order to prevent potentially harmful ecological ...
Deep South National Science Challenge Engagement Strategy
... 1. Ensuring that DSC research responds to the needs of New Zealanders; 2. Strengthening channels with key audiences and sectors with regard to DSC-related climate change research to build sector-specific interest in, and capacity to understand and use, this information to enable more informed dec ...
... 1. Ensuring that DSC research responds to the needs of New Zealanders; 2. Strengthening channels with key audiences and sectors with regard to DSC-related climate change research to build sector-specific interest in, and capacity to understand and use, this information to enable more informed dec ...
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations
... within the atmospheric component. More important, Chapter 4 includes an extensive discussion about radiative forcing of climate change and climate sensitivity. The response of global mean temperature to a doubling of carbon dioxide remains a useful measure of climate sensitivity. The equilibrium res ...
... within the atmospheric component. More important, Chapter 4 includes an extensive discussion about radiative forcing of climate change and climate sensitivity. The response of global mean temperature to a doubling of carbon dioxide remains a useful measure of climate sensitivity. The equilibrium res ...
Peat stratigraphy and climate change
... submitted for publication). We now have a detailed picture of climate change for much of northern Britain for the mid- to lateHolocene inferred from changes in BSW and similar records are being developed worldwide. However, one challenge for the future of peat stratigraphy and climate studies is to ...
... submitted for publication). We now have a detailed picture of climate change for much of northern Britain for the mid- to lateHolocene inferred from changes in BSW and similar records are being developed worldwide. However, one challenge for the future of peat stratigraphy and climate studies is to ...
8.1MB - Climate Change 2013
... on global mean temperatures continue to rise and more specifically their relevance for future change in regional climates. Regional climates are the complex result of processes which vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-sca ...
... on global mean temperatures continue to rise and more specifically their relevance for future change in regional climates. Regional climates are the complex result of processes which vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-sca ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
... acquired a new dimension over the last few years with the identification of climate change as a powerful factor shaping tourism activities (Matzarakis et al., 2004; UNWTO et al., 2008). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007d), the global mean temperature is likely to ...
... acquired a new dimension over the last few years with the identification of climate change as a powerful factor shaping tourism activities (Matzarakis et al., 2004; UNWTO et al., 2008). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007d), the global mean temperature is likely to ...
Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Sea
... effects now and not wait for problems to become apparent when options for adaptation will be restricted. Managers can incorporate the results of vulnerability assessments into coastal land-use policies to provide adequate lead-time to minimize social disruption and cost, reduce losses of valued coas ...
... effects now and not wait for problems to become apparent when options for adaptation will be restricted. Managers can incorporate the results of vulnerability assessments into coastal land-use policies to provide adequate lead-time to minimize social disruption and cost, reduce losses of valued coas ...