SUBREGIONAL CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADAPTATION AND
... The WRCOG subregion is a combination of Mediterranean and semi-arid climates. Both climate types are known for hot (sometimes very hot) and dry summers. Residents in the subregion generally expect these desert-like conditions and most of the built environment was designed to withstand extreme heat.1 ...
... The WRCOG subregion is a combination of Mediterranean and semi-arid climates. Both climate types are known for hot (sometimes very hot) and dry summers. Residents in the subregion generally expect these desert-like conditions and most of the built environment was designed to withstand extreme heat.1 ...
Climate Change and Internal Displacement
... displacement. Sudden-onset disasters such as cyclones and floods are expected to become both more intense and more unpredictable as a result of climate change. Slow-onset disasters tend to prompt people to move in search of livelihoods, food security and safety—a trend that is already happening thro ...
... displacement. Sudden-onset disasters such as cyclones and floods are expected to become both more intense and more unpredictable as a result of climate change. Slow-onset disasters tend to prompt people to move in search of livelihoods, food security and safety—a trend that is already happening thro ...
Communicating the Impacts of Potential Future Climate Change on
... United States. In particular, it has been projected that northeastern Illinois, including the Chicago metropolitan area, will experience more frequent and more intense rainfall events in the future (Markus et al., 2012), which will lead to more intense and more frequent urban flooding events and to ...
... United States. In particular, it has been projected that northeastern Illinois, including the Chicago metropolitan area, will experience more frequent and more intense rainfall events in the future (Markus et al., 2012), which will lead to more intense and more frequent urban flooding events and to ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... and further investigation is needed. Although the increase in mean claims costs is not significant, the increase to a local community can be, this is due to increasing risk rating by address level. We have predicted a wide variation in affordability, and in particular foresee significant afforda ...
... and further investigation is needed. Although the increase in mean claims costs is not significant, the increase to a local community can be, this is due to increasing risk rating by address level. We have predicted a wide variation in affordability, and in particular foresee significant afforda ...
Climate Risk Screening and Management Tool for Strategy Design
... (pg. 13). These are the elements you will be screening. If you refine or modify your DO or IR, simply update that column. Screening at the IR level is recommended. However, screening can also be done at the DO level, especially in low-risk areas. OR… ● If DOs and IRs have not yet been drafted, you m ...
... (pg. 13). These are the elements you will be screening. If you refine or modify your DO or IR, simply update that column. Screening at the IR level is recommended. However, screening can also be done at the DO level, especially in low-risk areas. OR… ● If DOs and IRs have not yet been drafted, you m ...
The Meaning of Uncertainty: Debating Climate Change in the Gilded
... Hall’s proto-ecological views on restoration were rooted in contemporary climate science. Like his thoughts about nature, the engineer’s scientific vision reflected a mixture of humility and grandiosity: Hall proclaimed that modern systems of “extended observation and systematic arrangement” had “su ...
... Hall’s proto-ecological views on restoration were rooted in contemporary climate science. Like his thoughts about nature, the engineer’s scientific vision reflected a mixture of humility and grandiosity: Hall proclaimed that modern systems of “extended observation and systematic arrangement” had “su ...
Political Economy of Climate Change Policy
... how future emission reductions will be brought about. However, this is a public goods problem, so voluntary reductions are unlikely to be sufficient. Moreover, it is uninformative to measure a country’s commitment to emission reduction by looking at its current emissions, which are affect ...
... how future emission reductions will be brought about. However, this is a public goods problem, so voluntary reductions are unlikely to be sufficient. Moreover, it is uninformative to measure a country’s commitment to emission reduction by looking at its current emissions, which are affect ...
SUB-COMPONENT STUDY: PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE
... Both the human and environmental continuums are strongly shaped by the country’s complex topography, as are the vectors (e.g. mosquitoes and sand flies) that contribute to some diseases, like dengue or zika, in various parts of the country. Many diseasecausing vectors require specific meteorological ...
... Both the human and environmental continuums are strongly shaped by the country’s complex topography, as are the vectors (e.g. mosquitoes and sand flies) that contribute to some diseases, like dengue or zika, in various parts of the country. Many diseasecausing vectors require specific meteorological ...
Roles of religion and ethics in addressing climate
... p. 398) observes more directly: …we cannot get very far in discussing why climate change is a problem without invoking ethical considerations. If we do not think that our own actions are open to moral assessment, or that various interests (our own, those of our kin and country, those of distant peop ...
... p. 398) observes more directly: …we cannot get very far in discussing why climate change is a problem without invoking ethical considerations. If we do not think that our own actions are open to moral assessment, or that various interests (our own, those of our kin and country, those of distant peop ...
Australia – Vietnam Climate Change Delivery Strategy 2011
... only one metre, more than 11 per cent of Vietnam’s population would be displaced, mostly in the Mekong Delta, and the effects would be devastating. With climate change, natural disasters are anticipated to become more frequent and intense. The incidence of severe typhoons, which already cost the cou ...
... only one metre, more than 11 per cent of Vietnam’s population would be displaced, mostly in the Mekong Delta, and the effects would be devastating. With climate change, natural disasters are anticipated to become more frequent and intense. The incidence of severe typhoons, which already cost the cou ...
Presenters
... Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and bi ...
... Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and biogeochemical feedbacks, forcing and climate sensitivity (part 3); Cryosphere, sea level and hydrological cycle Session 4: Physical and bi ...
The Emergence of Climate Change Mitigation Action by Society: An
... Depending on the number of governments agreeing (pa) to the emission reduction targets in the first round of the negotiations, and the desired emission reduction targets governments want to reach, a new emission reduction target is set. This new emission reduction target is calculated as the mean of ...
... Depending on the number of governments agreeing (pa) to the emission reduction targets in the first round of the negotiations, and the desired emission reduction targets governments want to reach, a new emission reduction target is set. This new emission reduction target is calculated as the mean of ...
Australia - Met Office
... The CMIP3 projected a tendency for reducing rainfall over many regions of Australia but also that that extremes may increase. ...
... The CMIP3 projected a tendency for reducing rainfall over many regions of Australia but also that that extremes may increase. ...
International Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
... Many development efforts and impacts are at risk if climate change is not taken into account. It is therefore necessary to integrate adaptation into different levels of development work, in addition to support to stand-alone climate change adaptation programmes. A number of actors in the fields of s ...
Climate variability and change and their health effects in small
... 1. Does climate have an impact on health? A variety of adverse health outcomes are climate sensitive; that is, weather and climate affect their incidence and distribution. Some adverse health outcomes are related directly to weather, such as drowning and injuries in floods or increased morbidity and ...
... 1. Does climate have an impact on health? A variety of adverse health outcomes are climate sensitive; that is, weather and climate affect their incidence and distribution. Some adverse health outcomes are related directly to weather, such as drowning and injuries in floods or increased morbidity and ...
UNEP and Climate Change
... Climate Change (UNFCCC). This message was most recently conveyed by the Secretary-General through his High-Level event on climate change. UNEP is a part of this collective effort. The magnitude of the threat posed by climate change will require all United Nations bodies to respond to the challenge i ...
... Climate Change (UNFCCC). This message was most recently conveyed by the Secretary-General through his High-Level event on climate change. UNEP is a part of this collective effort. The magnitude of the threat posed by climate change will require all United Nations bodies to respond to the challenge i ...
Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross
... – Aim: integrated methodology to assess cross-sectoral climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability – The main product of CLIMSAVE: a user-friendly, interactive web-based tool (Integrated Assessment Platform; IAP) that will allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilit ...
... – Aim: integrated methodology to assess cross-sectoral climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability – The main product of CLIMSAVE: a user-friendly, interactive web-based tool (Integrated Assessment Platform; IAP) that will allow stakeholders to assess climate change impacts and vulnerabilit ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... The assessment of vulnerability at the local and regional levels is strongly centered on the involvement and knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ invo ...
... The assessment of vulnerability at the local and regional levels is strongly centered on the involvement and knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ invo ...
Gender perspectives on climate change
... According to Füssel (2010), who has written extensively on the matter, the two most wellknown interpretations of vulnerability are ‘contextual vulnerability’ (or starting-point interpretation see Figure 1b and Table 1) and ‘outcome vulnerability’ (or end-point interpretation see Figure 1a and Table ...
... According to Füssel (2010), who has written extensively on the matter, the two most wellknown interpretations of vulnerability are ‘contextual vulnerability’ (or starting-point interpretation see Figure 1b and Table 1) and ‘outcome vulnerability’ (or end-point interpretation see Figure 1a and Table ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... 1. “Iterative” Although climate change is a long‐term problem that will require sustained policy action for a century or longer, it is unlikely that we will be able to set climate policy today for the entire 21st century. Many uncertainties are so profound that they will not be resolved soon an ...
... 1. “Iterative” Although climate change is a long‐term problem that will require sustained policy action for a century or longer, it is unlikely that we will be able to set climate policy today for the entire 21st century. Many uncertainties are so profound that they will not be resolved soon an ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Caribbean
... Notes and explanations of symbols: The following symbols have been used in this study: A full stop (.) is used to indicate decimals n.a. is used to indicated that data are not available The use of a hyphen (-) between years, for example, 2010-2019, signifies an annual average for the calendar years ...
... Notes and explanations of symbols: The following symbols have been used in this study: A full stop (.) is used to indicate decimals n.a. is used to indicated that data are not available The use of a hyphen (-) between years, for example, 2010-2019, signifies an annual average for the calendar years ...
Secular variation in rainfall and intensity-frequency
... Secular variation in rainfall in Eastern Australia 1993; Nicholls et al. 1996; Suppiah 1993; Suppiah and Hennessy 1998; Yu and Neil 1993). Suppiah and Hennessy (1998) noted that heavy daily rainfall decreased in southwest Australia from 1910 to 1990. Haylock and Nicholls (2000) examined the trends ...
... Secular variation in rainfall in Eastern Australia 1993; Nicholls et al. 1996; Suppiah 1993; Suppiah and Hennessy 1998; Yu and Neil 1993). Suppiah and Hennessy (1998) noted that heavy daily rainfall decreased in southwest Australia from 1910 to 1990. Haylock and Nicholls (2000) examined the trends ...
Uncertainty, scepticism and attitudes towards climate change
... creating the impression that the causes of climate change are more controversial than they actually are. Corbett and Durfee (2004) have emphasised that the word ‘uncertainty’ need not be present in an article in order for the science to be portrayed as uncertain – all that is necessary is that ‘duel ...
... creating the impression that the causes of climate change are more controversial than they actually are. Corbett and Durfee (2004) have emphasised that the word ‘uncertainty’ need not be present in an article in order for the science to be portrayed as uncertain – all that is necessary is that ‘duel ...
Tonga Climate Change Policy
... Tonga is a Small Island Developing State and it is extremely vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and disaster risks. The geographical, geological and socioeconomic features of Tonga have classified itself as one of the countries in the world most at risk to these impacts and risks. G ...
... Tonga is a Small Island Developing State and it is extremely vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change and disaster risks. The geographical, geological and socioeconomic features of Tonga have classified itself as one of the countries in the world most at risk to these impacts and risks. G ...
Handbook for Local Elected Officials on Climate Change
... Now that you have an idea of what your community is facing with respect to the impacts of a changing Canadian climate, it is easy to see why adapting to climate change must be an essential part of your community’s future. Staff from across all municipal departments should be involved in your adaptat ...
... Now that you have an idea of what your community is facing with respect to the impacts of a changing Canadian climate, it is easy to see why adapting to climate change must be an essential part of your community’s future. Staff from across all municipal departments should be involved in your adaptat ...