- Adaptation Learning Mechanism
... occurrence of flooding. Heavy rains and floods damage seasonal roads that are critical in the marketing of agricultural produce in rural areas, an activity mostly undertaken by women. Possible response measures include construction of specially reinforced roads, bridges and culverts, improving drain ...
... occurrence of flooding. Heavy rains and floods damage seasonal roads that are critical in the marketing of agricultural produce in rural areas, an activity mostly undertaken by women. Possible response measures include construction of specially reinforced roads, bridges and culverts, improving drain ...
Protecting People Displaced by Weather
... As early as 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that one of the most significant impacts of climate change could be on human mobility.5 Since then, understanding of the various ways in which climate change and its environmental effects impact human movement has subst ...
... As early as 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that one of the most significant impacts of climate change could be on human mobility.5 Since then, understanding of the various ways in which climate change and its environmental effects impact human movement has subst ...
Regional Climate Change Adaptation Framework for the
... “By 2025 the Marine and Coastal Areas of the Mediterranean countries and their communities have increased their resilience to the adverse impacts of climate variability and change, in the context of Sustainable Development. This is achieved through common objectives, cooperation, solidarity, equity ...
... “By 2025 the Marine and Coastal Areas of the Mediterranean countries and their communities have increased their resilience to the adverse impacts of climate variability and change, in the context of Sustainable Development. This is achieved through common objectives, cooperation, solidarity, equity ...
Applying Risk Informed Decision-Making Framework for Climate
... The West Maui R2R Initiative is an all-encompassing approach across multiple agencies, organizations and jurisdictions to address adverse impacts to coral reefs in West Maui. The State recognized that an integrated and comprehensive approach to reduce land-based sources of pollution is one of the mo ...
... The West Maui R2R Initiative is an all-encompassing approach across multiple agencies, organizations and jurisdictions to address adverse impacts to coral reefs in West Maui. The State recognized that an integrated and comprehensive approach to reduce land-based sources of pollution is one of the mo ...
Vulnerability and climate change hotspots in Africa
... ABSTRACT: The climate of Africa varies from humid tropical climate to hyper-arid Saharan climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall variability is large in drought prone areas of the continent. Th ...
... ABSTRACT: The climate of Africa varies from humid tropical climate to hyper-arid Saharan climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall variability is large in drought prone areas of the continent. Th ...
674_0 - Global Environment Facility
... Obligations cover a wide scope of issues that have mixed facets from environmental, social and economic considerations. These are of the sustainable development pillars at a macro-level perspective, and can be seen as being supported by any climate change issues based on the provisions of the UNFCCC ...
... Obligations cover a wide scope of issues that have mixed facets from environmental, social and economic considerations. These are of the sustainable development pillars at a macro-level perspective, and can be seen as being supported by any climate change issues based on the provisions of the UNFCCC ...
3. the climate change policy framework
... For Jamaica, building resilience to the impacts of climate change is of the highest priority. Among the conclusions of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) are “that global warming since the mid-20th century was unequivocal and caused primarily by huma ...
... For Jamaica, building resilience to the impacts of climate change is of the highest priority. Among the conclusions of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2007) are “that global warming since the mid-20th century was unequivocal and caused primarily by huma ...
Does climate change pose a threat or opportunity to Swedish business?
... (UNFCCC) and the IPCC have identified two, now broadly understood strategies, recognized as adaptation and mitigation (Klein et al., 2005). As Stehr and von Storch put it, mitigation activities can be understood as protecting nature from society by means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Ad ...
... (UNFCCC) and the IPCC have identified two, now broadly understood strategies, recognized as adaptation and mitigation (Klein et al., 2005). As Stehr and von Storch put it, mitigation activities can be understood as protecting nature from society by means of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases. Ad ...
Climate change, the monsoon, and rice yield in India
... more than double the overall reduction since the late 1800s (Dash et al. 2007), thus suggesting that the weakening of the monsoon has accelerated. During 1951–2003, the area of India with monsoon rainfall one standard deviation below the mean for that period expanded by nearly 50% (Ramesh and Goswam ...
... more than double the overall reduction since the late 1800s (Dash et al. 2007), thus suggesting that the weakening of the monsoon has accelerated. During 1951–2003, the area of India with monsoon rainfall one standard deviation below the mean for that period expanded by nearly 50% (Ramesh and Goswam ...
Climate Change Policy Framework and Action Plan November 2013
... such as water, tourism, agriculture, fisheries and forestry, means that climate change is a major threat to the island’s overall development, and this is already being seen in the changes taking place and the impacts on our built and natural environment. Based on climatic trends observed over the pa ...
... such as water, tourism, agriculture, fisheries and forestry, means that climate change is a major threat to the island’s overall development, and this is already being seen in the changes taking place and the impacts on our built and natural environment. Based on climatic trends observed over the pa ...
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... economic activity, and, therefore, their fate is inextricably inter-woven with that of farming. Agricultural (GDP) growth is 2.2 times as effective at reducing poverty, compared to growth in non-agricultural GDP (Christiaensen, Demery, and Kühl 2006). However agriculture – particularly in the tropic ...
... economic activity, and, therefore, their fate is inextricably inter-woven with that of farming. Agricultural (GDP) growth is 2.2 times as effective at reducing poverty, compared to growth in non-agricultural GDP (Christiaensen, Demery, and Kühl 2006). However agriculture – particularly in the tropic ...
Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity
... sion will change in the coming decades is thus necessary to plan for land stewardship and ecosystem preservation and it is made more urgent and complex by the general expectation that increases in rainfall intensity under global warming (Trenberth et al., 2003) will exacerbate erosion. There is wide ...
... sion will change in the coming decades is thus necessary to plan for land stewardship and ecosystem preservation and it is made more urgent and complex by the general expectation that increases in rainfall intensity under global warming (Trenberth et al., 2003) will exacerbate erosion. There is wide ...
Advancing adaptation through climate information services
... they usually spoke about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While the reasons for focusing on climate change mitigation are manifold and convincing, it appears true that the urgent need to seriously think about, and take action on, adapting to climate change has been somewhat neglected. The relation ...
... they usually spoke about reducing greenhouse gas emissions. While the reasons for focusing on climate change mitigation are manifold and convincing, it appears true that the urgent need to seriously think about, and take action on, adapting to climate change has been somewhat neglected. The relation ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
... can swell rivers, causing floods and devastation downstream whether in-country or transboundary. The Kedarnath tragedy, in which more than 5,700 people died as a result of flooding and landslides caused by a multi-day cloudburst in Uttarakhand province in Northern India, is one example. Lakes caused ...
Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... The adaptive capacity of pastoralists is what has made them so resilient throughout history and has enabled them to sustainably exploit their natural environment. Their adaptive management skills have enabled pastoralists to create and maintain biodiversity in many environments of extraordinary nat ...
... The adaptive capacity of pastoralists is what has made them so resilient throughout history and has enabled them to sustainably exploit their natural environment. Their adaptive management skills have enabled pastoralists to create and maintain biodiversity in many environments of extraordinary nat ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Ottawa
... adaptation strategies to expand its coping range. Risk assessment and management can be used to design adaptation strategies. The European Union adopted a goal of 2°C as a maximum average global temperature increase. Global CO2 emissions have surpassed the IPCC’s worst case scenario projection in 20 ...
... adaptation strategies to expand its coping range. Risk assessment and management can be used to design adaptation strategies. The European Union adopted a goal of 2°C as a maximum average global temperature increase. Global CO2 emissions have surpassed the IPCC’s worst case scenario projection in 20 ...
Print this article - Canadian Center of Science and Education
... found that climatic conditions in north-western Nigeria have altered substantially as four drought episodes took place within the last three decades of the 20th Century and, the 1984 drought-year rainfall was 58.8 percent lower than the long-term mean rainfall. The study further showed that the 1968 ...
... found that climatic conditions in north-western Nigeria have altered substantially as four drought episodes took place within the last three decades of the 20th Century and, the 1984 drought-year rainfall was 58.8 percent lower than the long-term mean rainfall. The study further showed that the 1968 ...
US Climate Engagement - Skoll Global Threats Fund
... engagement around climate change in the United States. The goal was to explore how the philanthropic sector could empower a more targeted, effective, and evidence-based approach to public engagement on climate. This document is an overview of what we heard and what we learned. Our intent here is not ...
... engagement around climate change in the United States. The goal was to explore how the philanthropic sector could empower a more targeted, effective, and evidence-based approach to public engagement on climate. This document is an overview of what we heard and what we learned. Our intent here is not ...
national latino climate leadership forum
... Climate is impacting Latinos on a local level. In Chicago, there is flooding and extreme temperature changes. People can’t afford to pay for heating and air conditioning, and it makes it harder to deal with climate change. Those who are working on climate change and those who are working on Latino i ...
... Climate is impacting Latinos on a local level. In Chicago, there is flooding and extreme temperature changes. People can’t afford to pay for heating and air conditioning, and it makes it harder to deal with climate change. Those who are working on climate change and those who are working on Latino i ...
The effect of climate and climate change on ammonia emissions in
... speed. The data are reanalysed meteorological data from the MM5 meteorological model (Grell et al., 1995) in an identical setup as in Skjøth et al. (2011) that provides 1-h temporal resolution and 16.67-km spatial resolution of the meteorological fields. Here we use meteorological data for the years ...
... speed. The data are reanalysed meteorological data from the MM5 meteorological model (Grell et al., 1995) in an identical setup as in Skjøth et al. (2011) that provides 1-h temporal resolution and 16.67-km spatial resolution of the meteorological fields. Here we use meteorological data for the years ...
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development ToT Report
... One of the questions that posed to the LELUP team at the beginning and end of the TOT was: “Would you feel comfortable teaching this right now?” Initially we received a full spectrum of feedback from the participants, such as: “This is all new stuff for us.” “I ...
... One of the questions that posed to the LELUP team at the beginning and end of the TOT was: “Would you feel comfortable teaching this right now?” Initially we received a full spectrum of feedback from the participants, such as: “This is all new stuff for us.” “I ...
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... adaptation. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities (IPCC, 2001). Adaptation has the potential to reduce adverse impacts of climate change an ...
... adaptation. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunities (IPCC, 2001). Adaptation has the potential to reduce adverse impacts of climate change an ...
http://en.openei.org/w/images/2/29/GhanaGreen.pdf
... vary. They do, however, agree on two key issues. First, there are clear signals of warming in all models. Second, there is uncertainty on rainfall – it may increase or decrease. What we face is not changes in ‘average’ weather patterns, but changes in the frequency, intensity and timings of weather ...
... vary. They do, however, agree on two key issues. First, there are clear signals of warming in all models. Second, there is uncertainty on rainfall – it may increase or decrease. What we face is not changes in ‘average’ weather patterns, but changes in the frequency, intensity and timings of weather ...
6 Manufacturing gas in New Zealand
... meeting the mandatory reporting and surrender obligations these regulations will place on SGG importers, users and manufacturers. ...
... meeting the mandatory reporting and surrender obligations these regulations will place on SGG importers, users and manufacturers. ...
climate changes and adaptation policies in the baltic and the adriatic
... Adriatic Regions. UTMS Journal of Economics 6 (1): 21–39. ...
... Adriatic Regions. UTMS Journal of Economics 6 (1): 21–39. ...