An Initial Look at DoD`s Activities Toward Climate Change Resiliency
... presents an initial overview of what the Department is doing to respond to likely climate change effects. We focused on what the Department is doing, thus further limiting our survey to studies that looked at climate change scenarios and on how these may affect various Defense Department activities. ...
... presents an initial overview of what the Department is doing to respond to likely climate change effects. We focused on what the Department is doing, thus further limiting our survey to studies that looked at climate change scenarios and on how these may affect various Defense Department activities. ...
11 Appendix A part 2 - Kettering Borough Council
... increasing emissions of man-made greenhouse gases. Global average temperatures have risen by around 0.8oC since the late 19th century and international discussions are now focusing on attempting to avoid the most dangerous effects by stabilising global temperatures below a 2oC increase above pre-ind ...
... increasing emissions of man-made greenhouse gases. Global average temperatures have risen by around 0.8oC since the late 19th century and international discussions are now focusing on attempting to avoid the most dangerous effects by stabilising global temperatures below a 2oC increase above pre-ind ...
Regional breakdown for IPCC AR5 WGII
... coastal zones is urban, accounting for 11.5% of the total urban population of the continent. Consequently, sea level rise along coastal zones including coastal settlements could disrupt economic activities such as tourism and fishing. • Climate-induced extreme flooding will likely impact urban area ...
... coastal zones is urban, accounting for 11.5% of the total urban population of the continent. Consequently, sea level rise along coastal zones including coastal settlements could disrupt economic activities such as tourism and fishing. • Climate-induced extreme flooding will likely impact urban area ...
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... bringing together individuals from all walks of life with the common purpose of expressing and understanding the impacts of climate change on their lives in Maine. It also recognized and elevated the stature of even more University of Maine strengths in climate related research, education and servi ...
... bringing together individuals from all walks of life with the common purpose of expressing and understanding the impacts of climate change on their lives in Maine. It also recognized and elevated the stature of even more University of Maine strengths in climate related research, education and servi ...
full text - MODUL University Vienna
... extraordinary mountain sceneries, as well as the promise of an adequate level of snowfall in the region. However, these conditions cannot simply be generated by tourism providers, but are highly dependent on the climate conditions at point. In virtually no other industry can a linkage be found betwe ...
... extraordinary mountain sceneries, as well as the promise of an adequate level of snowfall in the region. However, these conditions cannot simply be generated by tourism providers, but are highly dependent on the climate conditions at point. In virtually no other industry can a linkage be found betwe ...
Combined speeds of climate and land
... relative to land-use speeds in the central plains and southern Florida. In contrast, forested regions of the north-central US, New England and the Appalachians, and arid areas in the south had relatively high land-use speeds. Combined speeds were low across much of the interior west, because of low ...
... relative to land-use speeds in the central plains and southern Florida. In contrast, forested regions of the north-central US, New England and the Appalachians, and arid areas in the south had relatively high land-use speeds. Combined speeds were low across much of the interior west, because of low ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... extreme weather events in history. Extended periods of heavy rain caused massive flooding to the South East and central Queensland. 35 people were killed. 200,000 people and over 70 towns were affected. Reconstruction costs have been estimated at $10bn1. Reconstruction costs for the rail industry ar ...
... extreme weather events in history. Extended periods of heavy rain caused massive flooding to the South East and central Queensland. 35 people were killed. 200,000 people and over 70 towns were affected. Reconstruction costs have been estimated at $10bn1. Reconstruction costs for the rail industry ar ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... more difficult for people to understand (Barkemeyer et al. 2015), which highlights the critical interpretive role of the media in public discourse. Here, we quantitatively compare media coverage of climate change, energy, and the links between climate and energy after Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, t ...
... more difficult for people to understand (Barkemeyer et al. 2015), which highlights the critical interpretive role of the media in public discourse. Here, we quantitatively compare media coverage of climate change, energy, and the links between climate and energy after Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, t ...
Civil war, climate change and development: A scenario
... contextual factors have played an important role. For example, he argues that serious civil unrest is unlikely to occur unless the political structure prevents challenger groups from expressing their grievances peacefully, but offers these groups an opportunity for violence against authority. Later ...
... contextual factors have played an important role. For example, he argues that serious civil unrest is unlikely to occur unless the political structure prevents challenger groups from expressing their grievances peacefully, but offers these groups an opportunity for violence against authority. Later ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... Messages must keep the audience’s attention Moser mentions the story of ‘Mr W.’ as an example of a commercial on wind energy, that achieves keeping up the suspense throughout the video. (Moser 2010: 39f) ...
... Messages must keep the audience’s attention Moser mentions the story of ‘Mr W.’ as an example of a commercial on wind energy, that achieves keeping up the suspense throughout the video. (Moser 2010: 39f) ...
Practical consideration of climate change
... The impacts of climate change and the associated ramifications upon the vulnerability of floodplain risk management (FRM) mitigation options and development decisions can be significant and therefore cannot be ignored in decision making today. The climate change factors affecting flood behaviour and ...
... The impacts of climate change and the associated ramifications upon the vulnerability of floodplain risk management (FRM) mitigation options and development decisions can be significant and therefore cannot be ignored in decision making today. The climate change factors affecting flood behaviour and ...
Climate change in Australia | Southern and South
... current state and future of the global climate system. The report concluded that: • greenhouse gas emissions have markedly increased as a result of human activities • human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions i ...
... current state and future of the global climate system. The report concluded that: • greenhouse gas emissions have markedly increased as a result of human activities • human influence has been detected in warming of the atmosphere and the ocean, in changes in the global water cycle, in reductions i ...
The Relevance of the No-Harm Principle to Climate Change Law
... projects with a focus on certain environmental issues, contrasts sharply with the restorative obligations of a state responsible for an internationally wrongful act. Although the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requires developed states to “assist [developing states] that are part ...
... projects with a focus on certain environmental issues, contrasts sharply with the restorative obligations of a state responsible for an internationally wrongful act. Although the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requires developed states to “assist [developing states] that are part ...
Climate change - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
... included in Annex B of the Protocol (most countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and countries with economies in transition) agreed to reduce their anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydro-fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, ...
... included in Annex B of the Protocol (most countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and countries with economies in transition) agreed to reduce their anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydro-fluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, ...
Links between climate change, conflict and governance in Africa
... world’s nightmare, a continent with climate-dependent economic sectors at risk of violent ethnic conflict. The conflicts in Africa are attributable to demand for the fair distribution of resources, historical grievances, disputes over access to increasingly scarce resources and weak state institutio ...
... world’s nightmare, a continent with climate-dependent economic sectors at risk of violent ethnic conflict. The conflicts in Africa are attributable to demand for the fair distribution of resources, historical grievances, disputes over access to increasingly scarce resources and weak state institutio ...
Annual report 2014
... According to SMHI, 2014 was the warmest year in Sweden since regular temperature measurements started. Sweden was not unique in this regard; 2014 was an unusually warm year around the world and the collated measurements indicate that 2014 was the warmest year in record also in the global mean. Even ...
... According to SMHI, 2014 was the warmest year in Sweden since regular temperature measurements started. Sweden was not unique in this regard; 2014 was an unusually warm year around the world and the collated measurements indicate that 2014 was the warmest year in record also in the global mean. Even ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... associated landslides. Togo has increased its vulnerability to landslides in the past decades as more erosion and unsustainable deforestation and agriculture of marginal areas persist. Future events could be even more damaging without effective disaster risk reduction and adaptation measures in plac ...
... associated landslides. Togo has increased its vulnerability to landslides in the past decades as more erosion and unsustainable deforestation and agriculture of marginal areas persist. Future events could be even more damaging without effective disaster risk reduction and adaptation measures in plac ...
Climate Systems Regional Report: Southern Africa
... Southern Africa's continental climate is generally hot and rainy in summer with cold and dry winters. This largely results from the atmospheric systems that dominate the regional climate; namely an anticyclonic high pressure system over the continent during winter and an intermittent thermal trough ...
... Southern Africa's continental climate is generally hot and rainy in summer with cold and dry winters. This largely results from the atmospheric systems that dominate the regional climate; namely an anticyclonic high pressure system over the continent during winter and an intermittent thermal trough ...
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... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... dispersal capabilities of plant and animal populations, and extend small PAs to increase resilience (SCBD 2003). With reference to the abovementioned, the following two main questions guide this study: 1. Is climate change perceived as a major threat to the achievement of conservation targets by PA ...
... dispersal capabilities of plant and animal populations, and extend small PAs to increase resilience (SCBD 2003). With reference to the abovementioned, the following two main questions guide this study: 1. Is climate change perceived as a major threat to the achievement of conservation targets by PA ...
Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence
... Colombia, the estimated transformed area rose from approximately 15 million ha in 1500 to 42 million ha in 2000, and land use changed from predominantly cropping in 1500 to predominantly grazing in 2000.41 In recent years, the rate of deforestation has slowed in the Brazilian Amazon. However, land c ...
... Colombia, the estimated transformed area rose from approximately 15 million ha in 1500 to 42 million ha in 2000, and land use changed from predominantly cropping in 1500 to predominantly grazing in 2000.41 In recent years, the rate of deforestation has slowed in the Brazilian Amazon. However, land c ...
Adaptation to climate change in Israel
... timing, have major impacts on the country’s water resources. Global climate forecasts predict an increase in average annual temperatures of 0.3°C-0.5°C per decade, a reduction in rainfall of 1.1%-3.7%, an increase in the frequency and intensity of heats waves and extreme events such as floods and dr ...
... timing, have major impacts on the country’s water resources. Global climate forecasts predict an increase in average annual temperatures of 0.3°C-0.5°C per decade, a reduction in rainfall of 1.1%-3.7%, an increase in the frequency and intensity of heats waves and extreme events such as floods and dr ...
Soil Erosion Climate Change Impact Snapshot
... due to the complex nature of the projected changes in rainfall in those seasons. The seasonal distribution of rainfall erosivity will have impacts on hillslope erosion. The results suggest that the projected changes in seasonality of rainfall erosivity alone could cause a sevenfold increase in soil ...
... due to the complex nature of the projected changes in rainfall in those seasons. The seasonal distribution of rainfall erosivity will have impacts on hillslope erosion. The results suggest that the projected changes in seasonality of rainfall erosivity alone could cause a sevenfold increase in soil ...
Linking Population, Fertility and Family Planning with
... prone to famine in drought situations. Population, Fertility and Family Planning in Ethiopia Ethiopia’s 2007 census measured the population as 74 million, growing at a rate of 2.6 percent annually.10 The country’s population is expected to more than double by 2050, even with the ambitious assumption ...
... prone to famine in drought situations. Population, Fertility and Family Planning in Ethiopia Ethiopia’s 2007 census measured the population as 74 million, growing at a rate of 2.6 percent annually.10 The country’s population is expected to more than double by 2050, even with the ambitious assumption ...
NG-ACCESS
... complexity of the problems and the potential impact, such national level approaches are deemed absolutely essential. ...
... complexity of the problems and the potential impact, such national level approaches are deemed absolutely essential. ...