The resilience renaissance? Unpacking of resilience for tackling
... Preparedness activities aim not at resisting change but preparing to live with it; this could be by building in redundancy within systems (when partial failure does not lead to the system collapsing) or by incorporating failure scenarios in Disaster Management (DM) plans. ...
... Preparedness activities aim not at resisting change but preparing to live with it; this could be by building in redundancy within systems (when partial failure does not lead to the system collapsing) or by incorporating failure scenarios in Disaster Management (DM) plans. ...
investment and financial flows to address climate change
... is being increasingly convinced and galvanised into action to address this emergent challenge in light of the associated economic and human dimensions. The impacts of climate change ranging from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, severe weather events, drought, flooding, warming, subtle ...
... is being increasingly convinced and galvanised into action to address this emergent challenge in light of the associated economic and human dimensions. The impacts of climate change ranging from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, severe weather events, drought, flooding, warming, subtle ...
investment and financial flows to address climate change
... is being increasingly convinced and galvanised into action to address this emergent challenge in light of the associated economic and human dimensions. The impacts of climate change ranging from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, severe weather events, drought, flooding, warming, subtle ...
... is being increasingly convinced and galvanised into action to address this emergent challenge in light of the associated economic and human dimensions. The impacts of climate change ranging from sea level rise, melting ice caps and glaciers, severe weather events, drought, flooding, warming, subtle ...
ldc graduation - the difficulties and realities for tuvalu
... With a total land area of 24km2 (compared to Manhattan land mass of 87km2), Tuvalu is the 4th smallest nation in the world (after Holy Sea/Monaco/Nauru). The islands are flat with an average elevation of 2 meters above sea level with sandy, porous and poor soils. It is a resource-poor country. It’s ...
... With a total land area of 24km2 (compared to Manhattan land mass of 87km2), Tuvalu is the 4th smallest nation in the world (after Holy Sea/Monaco/Nauru). The islands are flat with an average elevation of 2 meters above sea level with sandy, porous and poor soils. It is a resource-poor country. It’s ...
Averchenkova and Bassi 2016.pdf (opens in new window)
... by 195 countries will rely on a robust transparency and accounting system, along with a periodic international review, to drive efforts on climate change. Countries will implement the Paris Agreement through “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs), including pledges to limit or reduce annual em ...
... by 195 countries will rely on a robust transparency and accounting system, along with a periodic international review, to drive efforts on climate change. Countries will implement the Paris Agreement through “nationally determined contributions” (NDCs), including pledges to limit or reduce annual em ...
WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?
... reorganization of the supply chain. In the first half of 2009, British Columbia alone lost approximately 25% of its wood and pulp shipments and its newsprint shipments. This chapter of the report focuses primarily on the impact of climate warming on logging, solid wood processing and pulp and paper. ...
... reorganization of the supply chain. In the first half of 2009, British Columbia alone lost approximately 25% of its wood and pulp shipments and its newsprint shipments. This chapter of the report focuses primarily on the impact of climate warming on logging, solid wood processing and pulp and paper. ...
Battling Promethean dreams and Trojan horses: Revealing the critical discourses of geoengineering
... climate negotiations [6]. This marks a radical shift from the IPCC’s 2007 statement, made despite the absence of cost calculations and risk assessments, that geoengineering options “remain largely speculative and unproven, and with the risk of unknown side-effects. Reliable cost estimates for these ...
... climate negotiations [6]. This marks a radical shift from the IPCC’s 2007 statement, made despite the absence of cost calculations and risk assessments, that geoengineering options “remain largely speculative and unproven, and with the risk of unknown side-effects. Reliable cost estimates for these ...
2014 Assessment in pdf - Ozone Secretariat
... The review meeting of the Panel was held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. We thank the University of Zhengzhou and the University of Peking for providing logistical support and assistance. The Suda Palace Hotel, Zhengzhou, provided excellent facilities for the meeting and we thank the staff for ...
... The review meeting of the Panel was held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China. We thank the University of Zhengzhou and the University of Peking for providing logistical support and assistance. The Suda Palace Hotel, Zhengzhou, provided excellent facilities for the meeting and we thank the staff for ...
The unseen world of coral reefs: impact of local and global stressors
... community shifts in corals experiencing stress from climate change, pollution or overfishing. Stress was associated with shifts in coral microbial communities. I found that regardless of stressor, microbial alpha diversity increased under stress, with Vibrionales, Flavobacteriales and Rhodobacterale ...
... community shifts in corals experiencing stress from climate change, pollution or overfishing. Stress was associated with shifts in coral microbial communities. I found that regardless of stressor, microbial alpha diversity increased under stress, with Vibrionales, Flavobacteriales and Rhodobacterale ...
Characterizing the international carbon capture and storage community Jennie C. Stephens ,
... accepting of CCS (e.g., World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Bellona, Natural Resources Defense Council). Project-specific opposition can be seen in various recent proposed CCS projects, such as Vattenfall’s cancelled and postponed storage projects in Denmark and Germany (NyTeknik, 2009) and the cancelled Bare ...
... accepting of CCS (e.g., World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Bellona, Natural Resources Defense Council). Project-specific opposition can be seen in various recent proposed CCS projects, such as Vattenfall’s cancelled and postponed storage projects in Denmark and Germany (NyTeknik, 2009) and the cancelled Bare ...
Linking long-term, large-scale climatic and environmental variability
... climatic cycles (Kleeman and Power, 2000; Mann et al., 2000), varying over decades rather than the 3–7 year ENSO pattern. The detection of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in the 1990s suggested that decadal cycles in abundance of fish stocks of commercial interest are at least partly due to chan ...
... climatic cycles (Kleeman and Power, 2000; Mann et al., 2000), varying over decades rather than the 3–7 year ENSO pattern. The detection of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in the 1990s suggested that decadal cycles in abundance of fish stocks of commercial interest are at least partly due to chan ...
Linking long-term, large-scale climatic and environmental variability to patterns of
... climatic cycles (Kleeman and Power, 2000; Mann et al., 2000), varying over decades rather than the 3–7 year ENSO pattern. The detection of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in the 1990s suggested that decadal cycles in abundance of fish stocks of commercial interest are at least partly due to chan ...
... climatic cycles (Kleeman and Power, 2000; Mann et al., 2000), varying over decades rather than the 3–7 year ENSO pattern. The detection of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) in the 1990s suggested that decadal cycles in abundance of fish stocks of commercial interest are at least partly due to chan ...
China Meteorological Administration
... to improve the capability of the whole society in preventing disastrous events for ensuring the maximum protection of people’s lives, property, economic development and social progress. Situated in East Asia, facing the West coast of the Pacific Ocean, China has a land area of about 9,600,000 km2 an ...
... to improve the capability of the whole society in preventing disastrous events for ensuring the maximum protection of people’s lives, property, economic development and social progress. Situated in East Asia, facing the West coast of the Pacific Ocean, China has a land area of about 9,600,000 km2 an ...
Adaptive capacity deficits and adaptive capacity of economic
... capacity for a particular system does not necessarily mean that the system is relatively less or more vulnerable to climate change effects compared to other systems. A more direct approach is to determine where circumstances result in socially unacceptable distributions of adaptive capacity, or econ ...
... capacity for a particular system does not necessarily mean that the system is relatively less or more vulnerable to climate change effects compared to other systems. A more direct approach is to determine where circumstances result in socially unacceptable distributions of adaptive capacity, or econ ...
Dynamics, Stratospheric Ozone, and Climate Change
... changes imply temperature and hence zonal-wind changes, there are also potential indirect effects arising from changes in wave drag, which would further affect ozone. The mechanisms for this remain somewhat speculative although they are the subject of current research (Gray et al., 2006). Another ex ...
... changes imply temperature and hence zonal-wind changes, there are also potential indirect effects arising from changes in wave drag, which would further affect ozone. The mechanisms for this remain somewhat speculative although they are the subject of current research (Gray et al., 2006). Another ex ...
The Second National Communication of the Republic of Malawi
... Existing major land-uses (million ha) in Malawi Basic demographic, health, economic and natural resources indicators for Malawi, 2008 Population growth of Malawi, 1901-2008 Population distribution by region in Malawi, 1987, 1998 and 2008 Extreme weather events recorded in Malawi, 1946-2008 Occurrenc ...
... Existing major land-uses (million ha) in Malawi Basic demographic, health, economic and natural resources indicators for Malawi, 2008 Population growth of Malawi, 1901-2008 Population distribution by region in Malawi, 1987, 1998 and 2008 Extreme weather events recorded in Malawi, 1946-2008 Occurrenc ...
Synthesis report
... the Alps, the thawing of permafrost is often mentioned as an adverse consequence, alongside the melting of glaciers and the increase of precipitation intensity. In comparison to the melting of the glaciers, the degradation of permafrost is not directly visible in the landscape. Therefore, the analys ...
... the Alps, the thawing of permafrost is often mentioned as an adverse consequence, alongside the melting of glaciers and the increase of precipitation intensity. In comparison to the melting of the glaciers, the degradation of permafrost is not directly visible in the landscape. Therefore, the analys ...
Peatlands and Climate Change
... peatlands are estimated to be over 600 million t yr-1, which will increase in coming decades, and will continue well beyond the 21st century, unless land management practices and peatland development plans are changed. In addition, between 1997 and 2006 an estimated average of 1400 Mt yr-1 of CO2 em ...
... peatlands are estimated to be over 600 million t yr-1, which will increase in coming decades, and will continue well beyond the 21st century, unless land management practices and peatland development plans are changed. In addition, between 1997 and 2006 an estimated average of 1400 Mt yr-1 of CO2 em ...
Public Awareness and Acceptance of CO2 capture and storage
... European Economic Recovery Plan, which was implemented in part to boost the fight against climate change and to revitalise Member State economies during the recession, is provided below. There have been different levels of publicity about the projects in these Member States. The other six Member Sta ...
... European Economic Recovery Plan, which was implemented in part to boost the fight against climate change and to revitalise Member State economies during the recession, is provided below. There have been different levels of publicity about the projects in these Member States. The other six Member Sta ...
Phenology of coastal upwelling in the California Current
... (Figure 3c). The 1997 – 98 El Niño event was characterized by negative sea level pressure and cyclonic wind anomalies [Schwing et al., 2002], resulting in a weaker upwelling season and diminished productivity in the CCLME. El Niño events also impact winter downwelling, with the largest magnitude T ...
... (Figure 3c). The 1997 – 98 El Niño event was characterized by negative sea level pressure and cyclonic wind anomalies [Schwing et al., 2002], resulting in a weaker upwelling season and diminished productivity in the CCLME. El Niño events also impact winter downwelling, with the largest magnitude T ...
Weather and Camping in Ontario Parks
... instrument and prepare it for distribution in the parks. Those of my friends and relatives who agreed to participate in the pilot test also deserve recognition and an expression of my gratitude for the valuable advice and insights they were able to offer in further refining the survey instrument. I ...
... instrument and prepare it for distribution in the parks. Those of my friends and relatives who agreed to participate in the pilot test also deserve recognition and an expression of my gratitude for the valuable advice and insights they were able to offer in further refining the survey instrument. I ...
Examining the decision-relevance of climate model information for the insurance industry
... I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the PhD degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work other than where I have clearly indicated that it is the work of others. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it ...
... I certify that the thesis I have presented for examination for the PhD degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science is solely my own work other than where I have clearly indicated that it is the work of others. The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. Quotation from it ...
1. Which of the following statement is/are correct about cotton crop? i
... C. Biodiversity D. Biosphere reserve 37. Which of the following country has the highest biodiversity? A. India B. Brazil C. Russia D. South Africa 38. In which of the following areas we will find pitcher plant? A. Sunderban Deltas B. Thar desert C. Western Ghats D. Rain forests of North-East India 3 ...
... C. Biodiversity D. Biosphere reserve 37. Which of the following country has the highest biodiversity? A. India B. Brazil C. Russia D. South Africa 38. In which of the following areas we will find pitcher plant? A. Sunderban Deltas B. Thar desert C. Western Ghats D. Rain forests of North-East India 3 ...
a call to action - CDM Policy Dialogue
... more than half of what the world needs now. ▶▶ Global carbon markets – an important policy instrument that the international community has developed over the past decade to facilitate real-world emissions mitigation – are collapsing with potentially devastating consequences. This is particularly tru ...
... more than half of what the world needs now. ▶▶ Global carbon markets – an important policy instrument that the international community has developed over the past decade to facilitate real-world emissions mitigation – are collapsing with potentially devastating consequences. This is particularly tru ...
spatial variability of plant functional types of trees along northeast
... spatial positive autocorrelation. The increase of information entropy of the drought intolerant PFTs across scales indicated that climate, especially the fluctuations of precipitation gradient, might be the main factors to impact the spatial distribution of PFTs. This result is consistent with that ...
... spatial positive autocorrelation. The increase of information entropy of the drought intolerant PFTs across scales indicated that climate, especially the fluctuations of precipitation gradient, might be the main factors to impact the spatial distribution of PFTs. This result is consistent with that ...
Effects of global warming on Australia
Predictions measuring the effects of global warming on Australia assert that global warming will negatively impact the continent's environment, economy, and communities. Australia has been designated as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, according to the Stern report and others, due partially to the importance of its agricultural sector and the prominence of its coast.Australia is vulnerable to the effects of global warming projected for the next 50 to 100 years because of its extensive arid and semi-arid areas, high annual rainfall variability, and existing pressures on water supply. The continent's high fire risk increases this susceptibility to change in temperature and climate. Additionally, Australia's population is highly concentrated in coastal areas, and its important tourism industry depends on the health of the Great Barrier Reef and other fragile ecosystems. Impacts of climate change will be complex and to some degree uncertain, but increased foresight may enable the country to safeguard its future through planned mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation may reduce the ultimate extent of climate change and its impacts, but requires global solutions and cooperation, while adaptation can be performed at national and local levels.