1. COUNTRY PROFILE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
... Burkina Faso is a flat landlocked country with an area of 274,200 sq km. Located between 10 and 15 degrees northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered by six countries from the sub-region (s ...
... Burkina Faso is a flat landlocked country with an area of 274,200 sq km. Located between 10 and 15 degrees northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered by six countries from the sub-region (s ...
Climate Change and Poverty in Mozambique
... As illustrated in Figure 1, Africa’s average temperature rose at a rate of 0.05°C per decade from 1900 to 2000 for a total increase of 0.7°C (IPCC 2001: 493). Temperatures are due to rise by a further 0.2 to 0.5°C per decade, with the greatest warming occurring “over the interior or semi-arid margin ...
... As illustrated in Figure 1, Africa’s average temperature rose at a rate of 0.05°C per decade from 1900 to 2000 for a total increase of 0.7°C (IPCC 2001: 493). Temperatures are due to rise by a further 0.2 to 0.5°C per decade, with the greatest warming occurring “over the interior or semi-arid margin ...
Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Community
... Climate change can have significant negative impacts on the natural environment including the loss of biodiversity and changes in ecosystems. In developing countries with a greater dependence on natural resource based livelihoods, this can impact the socio-economic status of communities, hamper prog ...
... Climate change can have significant negative impacts on the natural environment including the loss of biodiversity and changes in ecosystems. In developing countries with a greater dependence on natural resource based livelihoods, this can impact the socio-economic status of communities, hamper prog ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... Among obstacles for an effortless agreement were reasons concerning climate change policy. The so-called climate-bill (Climate Change Act) was carried through the UK Parliament in 2008, just months before a decision was to be taken about third runway at Heathrow. The climate-bill1 set out juridicall ...
... Among obstacles for an effortless agreement were reasons concerning climate change policy. The so-called climate-bill (Climate Change Act) was carried through the UK Parliament in 2008, just months before a decision was to be taken about third runway at Heathrow. The climate-bill1 set out juridicall ...
The Role of Protected Areas in Regard to Climate Change
... Georgia, being a non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC (0.03% of global emissions in 2006), has no international commitments to mitigate GHG emissions and hence, national standards have not been set up for GHG emissions. Although, it is likely that due to current population and development trends in the c ...
... Georgia, being a non-Annex I Party to the UNFCCC (0.03% of global emissions in 2006), has no international commitments to mitigate GHG emissions and hence, national standards have not been set up for GHG emissions. Although, it is likely that due to current population and development trends in the c ...
Climate change in Australia | Rangelands cluster report
... 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 ...
Creating a Climate Smart DFID
... against which offices are encouraged to assess themselves: bronze, silver and gold. You will need to agree the level of response which your office aims to reach with your Director and when you want to start your SPR by the latest early 2012. This will help you allocate resources and plan your activi ...
... against which offices are encouraged to assess themselves: bronze, silver and gold. You will need to agree the level of response which your office aims to reach with your Director and when you want to start your SPR by the latest early 2012. This will help you allocate resources and plan your activi ...
Regional Security Implications of Climate Change A
... organisations, which have stepped in where governments have failed – and which in turn has aroused suspicion of governments, leading in many instances to repressive actions. The global food crisis in 2008 witnessed riots in the Maghreb region. With agricultural production likely to decrease in the r ...
... organisations, which have stepped in where governments have failed – and which in turn has aroused suspicion of governments, leading in many instances to repressive actions. The global food crisis in 2008 witnessed riots in the Maghreb region. With agricultural production likely to decrease in the r ...
Global climate cycles and cyclones: consequences for
... however, there is increasing recognition that tropical regions are also being affected. Despite this, regions such as Madagascar, which are rich in endemic biodiversity but may have low adaptive capacity to climatic change, are poorly represented in studies examining the effects of climate variabili ...
... however, there is increasing recognition that tropical regions are also being affected. Despite this, regions such as Madagascar, which are rich in endemic biodiversity but may have low adaptive capacity to climatic change, are poorly represented in studies examining the effects of climate variabili ...
Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review
... emergency and a call issued for international assistance. An aggregated summary of these data is shown in Table 2. Chronic environmental hazards such as drought are not the most common, but they do affect the most people, with impacts on an average across all years of 10 per cent of a country’s popu ...
... emergency and a call issued for international assistance. An aggregated summary of these data is shown in Table 2. Chronic environmental hazards such as drought are not the most common, but they do affect the most people, with impacts on an average across all years of 10 per cent of a country’s popu ...
Climate Change and Insecurity in the Global South
... www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk and also on our Sustainable Security blog www.sustainablesecurity.org. 4 This series of papers follows a sequence of reports published between 2008 – 2010, which details the result of four regional security consultations that examined specific drivers of insecurity in ...
... www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk and also on our Sustainable Security blog www.sustainablesecurity.org. 4 This series of papers follows a sequence of reports published between 2008 – 2010, which details the result of four regional security consultations that examined specific drivers of insecurity in ...
Executive Report
... are higher than they were in past centuries and they are still increasing. Seas and oceans are warming and expanding as a result, polar ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and there are more varied and extreme weather patterns. Temperatures will be on average higher, there will be more reco ...
... are higher than they were in past centuries and they are still increasing. Seas and oceans are warming and expanding as a result, polar ice caps are melting, sea levels are rising, and there are more varied and extreme weather patterns. Temperatures will be on average higher, there will be more reco ...
Towards Climate Change Resilient of Hail Haor, Sylhet:
... water) and extensive floodplains that are seasonally inundated (Akter 2011). Among the wetlands, haors have a great contribution for natural fish production and bio- diversity that is significant at local, national and regional levels. In Bangladesh, haors are found mainly in grater Sylhet and great ...
... water) and extensive floodplains that are seasonally inundated (Akter 2011). Among the wetlands, haors have a great contribution for natural fish production and bio- diversity that is significant at local, national and regional levels. In Bangladesh, haors are found mainly in grater Sylhet and great ...
national climate change policy
... In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change, in particular extreme events, adaptation effort is the focus of this policy document. The vulnerabilities of various sectors to climate change have been highlighted and appropriate adaptation measures spelled out. The ...
... In view of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change, in particular extreme events, adaptation effort is the focus of this policy document. The vulnerabilities of various sectors to climate change have been highlighted and appropriate adaptation measures spelled out. The ...
P6_TA-PROV(2009)0000 - European Parliament
... system and ecosystems – in particular the capacity of oceans and terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon – and whereas climate change can only be addressed effectively within the context of healthy ecosystems, I. whereas climate change has a particularly damaging and costly impact on some areas, ...
... system and ecosystems – in particular the capacity of oceans and terrestrial ecosystems to sequester carbon – and whereas climate change can only be addressed effectively within the context of healthy ecosystems, I. whereas climate change has a particularly damaging and costly impact on some areas, ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... decrease. In December 1996, almost a decade after water managers had adopted the scenario of gradual winter rainfall decline, a water sector workshop concluded that a significant step decrease of south-west rainfall had actually occurred in the early to mid 1970s and had reduced rainfall to levels n ...
... decrease. In December 1996, almost a decade after water managers had adopted the scenario of gradual winter rainfall decline, a water sector workshop concluded that a significant step decrease of south-west rainfall had actually occurred in the early to mid 1970s and had reduced rainfall to levels n ...
Rapporteurs Report (RapporteurReport2012)
... is a barrier to understanding of key phenomena. He further mentioned on the sea level risks in the Southeast Asia (SEA). Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El ...
... is a barrier to understanding of key phenomena. He further mentioned on the sea level risks in the Southeast Asia (SEA). Various analyses have been performed to study the sea level variation such as El Nino, Pacific Warm Pool and Cold Tongue Index which appear to be mirrored each other while the El ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – SCOPING THE ISSUES
... up of the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide build up is made worse by the increasing loss of forests, which act as “carbon sinks” that absorb gases and prevent its release into the atmosphere. Further, the increase of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere also en ...
... up of the carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide build up is made worse by the increasing loss of forests, which act as “carbon sinks” that absorb gases and prevent its release into the atmosphere. Further, the increase of carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere also en ...
review of long term landfill gas monitoring data and
... shows the effect on seasonal changes on gas composition. Similar seasonal conditions as those projected by the climate change scenarios have been observed in the past and resulted in CH4 increasing between 20% and 100% in the EWs during autumn 2006 and winter 2008. More recent warmer and wetter peri ...
... shows the effect on seasonal changes on gas composition. Similar seasonal conditions as those projected by the climate change scenarios have been observed in the past and resulted in CH4 increasing between 20% and 100% in the EWs during autumn 2006 and winter 2008. More recent warmer and wetter peri ...
warrnambool.vic.gov.au
... Average air temperatures are on the rise. Since 1906 the average air temperature has risen almost 1 degree Celcius (C). There is no evidence that this has stopped. The world’s oceans absorb most of the extra heat retained in the Earth’s atmosphere. The upper 700m of the world’s oceans have been warm ...
... Average air temperatures are on the rise. Since 1906 the average air temperature has risen almost 1 degree Celcius (C). There is no evidence that this has stopped. The world’s oceans absorb most of the extra heat retained in the Earth’s atmosphere. The upper 700m of the world’s oceans have been warm ...
Impact of Climate Change on Wetland Functions
... balance. Withey and Van Kooten (2011) had analyzed the influence of climate change on wetland and water birds. As a result, it was analyzed that there was a change in the area of wetlands due to temperature rise and increase in the amount of precipitation, and the changes in the area of wetland had ...
... balance. Withey and Van Kooten (2011) had analyzed the influence of climate change on wetland and water birds. As a result, it was analyzed that there was a change in the area of wetlands due to temperature rise and increase in the amount of precipitation, and the changes in the area of wetland had ...
GILDED WP3 report – draft
... responses to these issues. From our data, we identified a number of coping strategies to deal with these tensions, such as complex trade-off and accounting mechanisms, or the call for a strong hand – such as the government – to make decisions that were experienced as too difficult for individuals. ...
... responses to these issues. From our data, we identified a number of coping strategies to deal with these tensions, such as complex trade-off and accounting mechanisms, or the call for a strong hand – such as the government – to make decisions that were experienced as too difficult for individuals. ...
What is climate change - Committees
... panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.” Man-made greenhouse gas2 emissions have noticeable effects on the earth’s climate. At present, about 6.5 billion tonnes of car ...
... panel on Climate Change (IPCC) stated that “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities.” Man-made greenhouse gas2 emissions have noticeable effects on the earth’s climate. At present, about 6.5 billion tonnes of car ...
Community Adaptation Plan Port Antonio, Jamaica
... Port Antonio is considered the birthplace of the tourism industry in Jamaica. The steamers that transported bananas away from this coastal town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought visitors to the island; and hotels and other infrastructure to accommodate them sprouted in the area. Toda ...
... Port Antonio is considered the birthplace of the tourism industry in Jamaica. The steamers that transported bananas away from this coastal town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought visitors to the island; and hotels and other infrastructure to accommodate them sprouted in the area. Toda ...
Hasan, F.A. Human Agency, Climate Change, and Culture
... rapid events occur within less than a century and the change can be quite severe (Adams, Maslin, and Thomas 1999; Rahmstorf 2001; Taylor 1999). One of the most remarkable transitions, which had a major impact on the history of humankind, was the end of the last major cold spell, a period known as th ...
... rapid events occur within less than a century and the change can be quite severe (Adams, Maslin, and Thomas 1999; Rahmstorf 2001; Taylor 1999). One of the most remarkable transitions, which had a major impact on the history of humankind, was the end of the last major cold spell, a period known as th ...