Climate change, wine, and conservation
... Western North America has the greatest area of increasing ecological footprint, especially in the Rocky Mountains near the Canadian/US border. The conservation effort most likely to be impacted by changing wine suitability in this region is the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) initiative, a multiagency, m ...
... Western North America has the greatest area of increasing ecological footprint, especially in the Rocky Mountains near the Canadian/US border. The conservation effort most likely to be impacted by changing wine suitability in this region is the Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) initiative, a multiagency, m ...
Extreme Rainfall Non-stationarity Investigation and Intensity
... of the world (e.g. Goswami et al. 2006, Douglas and Fairbank 2011, Shang et al. 2011, Shahid 2011). Also, there had been many studies investigating rainfall trends in Australia (e.g. Collins and Della-Marta 2002; Smith 2004; Murphy and Timbal 2008; Barua et al. 2013). However, studies focusing on ex ...
... of the world (e.g. Goswami et al. 2006, Douglas and Fairbank 2011, Shang et al. 2011, Shahid 2011). Also, there had been many studies investigating rainfall trends in Australia (e.g. Collins and Della-Marta 2002; Smith 2004; Murphy and Timbal 2008; Barua et al. 2013). However, studies focusing on ex ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... of Basic Education, that may target learners at schools; Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and any other relevant department that may extend its target to the general public and engage in campaigns at alerting people on weather changes and its impact. Libr ...
... of Basic Education, that may target learners at schools; Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and any other relevant department that may extend its target to the general public and engage in campaigns at alerting people on weather changes and its impact. Libr ...
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... face perceived changes in climate. 57% of households reported having adapted in any way. The most implemented strategy among interviewed farmers was the adoption of conservation and agroforestry with 35% of the total valid responses, followed by changes in the number of hours worked in the productio ...
... face perceived changes in climate. 57% of households reported having adapted in any way. The most implemented strategy among interviewed farmers was the adoption of conservation and agroforestry with 35% of the total valid responses, followed by changes in the number of hours worked in the productio ...
Assessing pricing assumptions for weather index insurance in a changing climate
... associated premiums are usually unaffordable for low-income small-holder farmers and the speed at which payouts are made is often too slow to alleviate the adverse impacts of loss events on their livelihoods. Alternative forms of crop insurance are being sought and over the past decade, a number of ...
... associated premiums are usually unaffordable for low-income small-holder farmers and the speed at which payouts are made is often too slow to alleviate the adverse impacts of loss events on their livelihoods. Alternative forms of crop insurance are being sought and over the past decade, a number of ...
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... AFD participation in the ADEME side event: Urban Strategies with Climate Targets: Innovative Approaches and Concrete Actions (Blue Zone, France Pavilion) Opening by Philippe Orliange, Executive Director for Partnerships, Strategy and Communication at AFD ...
... AFD participation in the ADEME side event: Urban Strategies with Climate Targets: Innovative Approaches and Concrete Actions (Blue Zone, France Pavilion) Opening by Philippe Orliange, Executive Director for Partnerships, Strategy and Communication at AFD ...
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... to actions they undertake to reduce the impacts of local natural hazards. Climate change social science has long sought to document and assess public perceptions of climate science and the climate-changed future (Leiserowitz, 2005; Lorenzoni & Pidgeon, 2006). Research in this area explores trends an ...
... to actions they undertake to reduce the impacts of local natural hazards. Climate change social science has long sought to document and assess public perceptions of climate science and the climate-changed future (Leiserowitz, 2005; Lorenzoni & Pidgeon, 2006). Research in this area explores trends an ...
Misdefining ``climate change``: consequences for science and action
... 2000; Pielke et al., 2000; Hammitt, 2000). This body of work is significant because, unlike other critics of the Kyoto Protocol, it accepts the findings of the IPCC that climate change presents a problem, but finds fault in the mechanics of the proposed solution. David Victor writes that Even as it ...
... 2000; Pielke et al., 2000; Hammitt, 2000). This body of work is significant because, unlike other critics of the Kyoto Protocol, it accepts the findings of the IPCC that climate change presents a problem, but finds fault in the mechanics of the proposed solution. David Victor writes that Even as it ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... Climate change is a serious problem that knows no boundaries; it is best understood through thinking in terms of large interacting systems. The long-term unpredictable impacts of climate change on ecozones and the people who are part of them is a cause for global concern; it requires a global commit ...
... Climate change is a serious problem that knows no boundaries; it is best understood through thinking in terms of large interacting systems. The long-term unpredictable impacts of climate change on ecozones and the people who are part of them is a cause for global concern; it requires a global commit ...
report on adaptation challenges in pacific island countries
... fish harvest in the Pacific region. For example, the 1997-1998 El Niño event saw a significant westward shift of major tuna stocks. Increased incidence of bad weather is likely to increase costs of ocean fishing due to safety considerations and lost days at sea. Increased acidification of the oceans ...
... fish harvest in the Pacific region. For example, the 1997-1998 El Niño event saw a significant westward shift of major tuna stocks. Increased incidence of bad weather is likely to increase costs of ocean fishing due to safety considerations and lost days at sea. Increased acidification of the oceans ...
Maske für Factsheet (Vor- und Rückseite), Stand Mai 2006
... been a trend in many regions towards earlier ‘greening’ of vegetation in the spring linked to longer thermal growing seasons due to recent warming (see map 8, 12, 34). ...
... been a trend in many regions towards earlier ‘greening’ of vegetation in the spring linked to longer thermal growing seasons due to recent warming (see map 8, 12, 34). ...
For Peer Review - Climate Access
... beings as instruments that guide practical behaviour, they are signals used in social life’. Every sign is at one at the same time a symptom (indicator, index) by virtue of its dependence on the sender (whose internal state it expresses), a signal by virtue of its appeal to the recipient (whose beha ...
... beings as instruments that guide practical behaviour, they are signals used in social life’. Every sign is at one at the same time a symptom (indicator, index) by virtue of its dependence on the sender (whose internal state it expresses), a signal by virtue of its appeal to the recipient (whose beha ...
Philippine businesses’ response to climate
... Responses from businesses in the Philippines are consistent with those of businesses in other countries, with most interest in policy and regulation and tecnhology. The importance of finance and business is also high. Businesses are primarily looking to governments for information on policy and regu ...
... Responses from businesses in the Philippines are consistent with those of businesses in other countries, with most interest in policy and regulation and tecnhology. The importance of finance and business is also high. Businesses are primarily looking to governments for information on policy and regu ...
Growing Together in a Changing Climate
... energy and creativity to the intergovernmental process, demanding concrete action from their governments. ...
... energy and creativity to the intergovernmental process, demanding concrete action from their governments. ...
Incorporating climate change into recovery planning for threatened
... Introduction Southern Australia is expected to experience reduced rainfall, elevated temperatures, and increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events as a result of climate change (Easterling et al. 2000; Hughes 2003). The southwestern Australian (SWA) ecoregion is one of five global r ...
... Introduction Southern Australia is expected to experience reduced rainfall, elevated temperatures, and increased intensity and frequency of extreme weather events as a result of climate change (Easterling et al. 2000; Hughes 2003). The southwestern Australian (SWA) ecoregion is one of five global r ...
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Berlin – AFOK
... summer (more than 10mm precipitation per day). Currently, Berlin sees about 11 of these events per year. Under climate change, there will be about 15 (near future) or 17 (distant future) events per year. As the temperatures will increase especially during winter, Berlin will have considerably less s ...
... summer (more than 10mm precipitation per day). Currently, Berlin sees about 11 of these events per year. Under climate change, there will be about 15 (near future) or 17 (distant future) events per year. As the temperatures will increase especially during winter, Berlin will have considerably less s ...
Community Climate Petition to the House of Representatives
... Our greenhouse gas emissions have already warmed the world by more than 1°C since the end of the 19th century. 2016 was by far the hottest year ever recorded and each month more heat and extreme weather records are broken. Yet because of emissions from our transport & energy, mining & industry, agri ...
... Our greenhouse gas emissions have already warmed the world by more than 1°C since the end of the 19th century. 2016 was by far the hottest year ever recorded and each month more heat and extreme weather records are broken. Yet because of emissions from our transport & energy, mining & industry, agri ...
22nd conference of parties to the united nations
... IOM is committed to contributing to ambitious climate action and to supporting societies to adapt to existing and future climate change challenges. Global climate negotiations conducted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are a top priority for the planet. The t ...
... IOM is committed to contributing to ambitious climate action and to supporting societies to adapt to existing and future climate change challenges. Global climate negotiations conducted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) are a top priority for the planet. The t ...
MAPPING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY IN NORTH AFRICA
... Sahelian countries of Mali and Niger, and extending across to Sudan and the Horn of Africa. North Africa is a strategically important region for Europe largely because of its proximity, with the broader transatlantic policy community exercising particular concern where Africa’s problems spill over t ...
... Sahelian countries of Mali and Niger, and extending across to Sudan and the Horn of Africa. North Africa is a strategically important region for Europe largely because of its proximity, with the broader transatlantic policy community exercising particular concern where Africa’s problems spill over t ...
6 Climate change impacts, adaptation measures and vulnerability
... magnitude will be smaller. The same characteristic can be seen when studying less distant future periods. Compared to the climate scenarios generated by the previous model (which was used to prepare the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report), the present summer temperature projections are as much as 1°C high ...
... magnitude will be smaller. The same characteristic can be seen when studying less distant future periods. Compared to the climate scenarios generated by the previous model (which was used to prepare the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report), the present summer temperature projections are as much as 1°C high ...
Gender and CO2 info_accepted
... Theories such as the Knowledge-Deficit theory suggest that a lack of knowledge is related to lower concern and lower action on a problem. Some research has found that more informed individuals felt less concerned about climate change and less personally responsible (Kellstedt et al., 2008), with men ...
... Theories such as the Knowledge-Deficit theory suggest that a lack of knowledge is related to lower concern and lower action on a problem. Some research has found that more informed individuals felt less concerned about climate change and less personally responsible (Kellstedt et al., 2008), with men ...
Climate change. - Institut für Kommunikations
... Factors contributing to food safety problems include: intensive farming, changes in consumer demands and the globalization of the food industry. Many actors, such as government regulators and authorities, the food industry, consumer groups and associations as well as international organizations try ...
... Factors contributing to food safety problems include: intensive farming, changes in consumer demands and the globalization of the food industry. Many actors, such as government regulators and authorities, the food industry, consumer groups and associations as well as international organizations try ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Framework for
... Computer models representing the climate system have been used to estimate the relative contribution of various factors such as changes in radiation from the sun, dust from volcanic eruptions, etc. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) has concluded that “warming of the climate ...
... Computer models representing the climate system have been used to estimate the relative contribution of various factors such as changes in radiation from the sun, dust from volcanic eruptions, etc. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) has concluded that “warming of the climate ...
Mega-Stress for Mega-Cities
... Asia is arguably among the regions of the world most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change and climatic variability have and will continue to impact all sectors, from national and economic security to human health, food production, infrastructure, water availability and ecosystems. The eviden ...
... Asia is arguably among the regions of the world most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change and climatic variability have and will continue to impact all sectors, from national and economic security to human health, food production, infrastructure, water availability and ecosystems. The eviden ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... managers adapting to climate change and sea-level rise. This online tool, known as CoastAdapt, provides information on all aspects of coastal adaptation as well as a decision support framework. It can be accessed at www.coastadapt.com.au. Coastal adaptation encompasses many disciplines ranging from ...
... managers adapting to climate change and sea-level rise. This online tool, known as CoastAdapt, provides information on all aspects of coastal adaptation as well as a decision support framework. It can be accessed at www.coastadapt.com.au. Coastal adaptation encompasses many disciplines ranging from ...