KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... climate change issues affecting pastoralists. This is elaborated in visual format followed by a detailed narrative which explains the inter-relations between the visually presented strategies, outputs, outcomes and impact. ...
... climate change issues affecting pastoralists. This is elaborated in visual format followed by a detailed narrative which explains the inter-relations between the visually presented strategies, outputs, outcomes and impact. ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... disaster risk, as weather events (including storms, floods, and droughts) increase in frequency and intensity.16 Further, extreme weather events caused by climate change, may lead to additional bush fires,17 whilst heavy rainfall and cyclones may lead to flooding.18 Such events have far-reaching flo ...
... disaster risk, as weather events (including storms, floods, and droughts) increase in frequency and intensity.16 Further, extreme weather events caused by climate change, may lead to additional bush fires,17 whilst heavy rainfall and cyclones may lead to flooding.18 Such events have far-reaching flo ...
A district level assessment of vulnerability of
... seen as a failure of market mechanisms, wherein polluters have not had to pay for the negative externalities4. Climate change projections made for India indicate an overall increase in temperature by 1–4C and precipitation by 9–16% towards 2050s (ref. 5). However, different regions are expected to ...
... seen as a failure of market mechanisms, wherein polluters have not had to pay for the negative externalities4. Climate change projections made for India indicate an overall increase in temperature by 1–4C and precipitation by 9–16% towards 2050s (ref. 5). However, different regions are expected to ...
Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) rainfall curves, for data series
... Cambiamenti Climatici). The evaluation of the IDF curves allowed to frame the rainfall evolution of the three case studies, considering initially only historical data, then taking into account the climate projections, in order to verify the changes in rainfall patterns. The same set of data and proj ...
... Cambiamenti Climatici). The evaluation of the IDF curves allowed to frame the rainfall evolution of the three case studies, considering initially only historical data, then taking into account the climate projections, in order to verify the changes in rainfall patterns. The same set of data and proj ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... its warmest autumn on record. Highest temperatures on record were experienced throughout much of eastern and northern Australia including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory. From late February through March 2016, the sea surface temperatures over the northern, most pris ...
... its warmest autumn on record. Highest temperatures on record were experienced throughout much of eastern and northern Australia including Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and the Northern Territory. From late February through March 2016, the sea surface temperatures over the northern, most pris ...
Climate change in Australia | Central Slopes 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 ...
Review of Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Policies in Nepal
... prepare to cope with possible disasters, and adapt to the changes which are unavoidable. The effect of climate change is expected to exacerbate through rise in temperature, water scarcities, weather variability and extreme events. Climate change is a natural process but the all these changes are sid ...
... prepare to cope with possible disasters, and adapt to the changes which are unavoidable. The effect of climate change is expected to exacerbate through rise in temperature, water scarcities, weather variability and extreme events. Climate change is a natural process but the all these changes are sid ...
Shaping National Climate Change Legislation in Uganda, May 2015
... of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. Human activity may also interfere with naturally established carbon sinks and thereby contribute further to climate change (Akol, et. al. 2012). Climate change is currently one of the critical global challenges with Uganda being one of the countries that is ...
... of fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas. Human activity may also interfere with naturally established carbon sinks and thereby contribute further to climate change (Akol, et. al. 2012). Climate change is currently one of the critical global challenges with Uganda being one of the countries that is ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... actions to take in the face of climate challenges. But in making the intangible tangible, climate imagery can also paralyse and demobilise. In making climate change meaningful through imagery, communications can act to increase or decrease peoples’ sense of both issue salience (whether climate chang ...
... actions to take in the face of climate challenges. But in making the intangible tangible, climate imagery can also paralyse and demobilise. In making climate change meaningful through imagery, communications can act to increase or decrease peoples’ sense of both issue salience (whether climate chang ...
The science of climate change in Africa: impacts and
... In winter the reverse occurs, with the land cooling more than the oceans do, creating the north-east monsoon. These changes affect lands far from south Asia, for example along the eastern margins of Africa. West Africa is affected by a south-west monsoon that arises in a similar fashion. In the summ ...
... In winter the reverse occurs, with the land cooling more than the oceans do, creating the north-east monsoon. These changes affect lands far from south Asia, for example along the eastern margins of Africa. West Africa is affected by a south-west monsoon that arises in a similar fashion. In the summ ...
Climate adaptation: what it means for Australian consumers
... priority for consumers? To understand how important climate change is for consumers, we asked respondents to rank what they felt were the most important social issues. Results revealed that the most important social issues currently facing consumers are mainly household related, i.e. the cost of liv ...
... priority for consumers? To understand how important climate change is for consumers, we asked respondents to rank what they felt were the most important social issues. Results revealed that the most important social issues currently facing consumers are mainly household related, i.e. the cost of liv ...
Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - Userpage
... policy should be understood as primarily domestic developments. Nonetheless, there was limited evidence of diffusion from the EU. There was evidence of limited strategic emulation in response to specific socialization attempts by EU leaders in both cases. Moreover, in certain cases, the Chinese Gove ...
... policy should be understood as primarily domestic developments. Nonetheless, there was limited evidence of diffusion from the EU. There was evidence of limited strategic emulation in response to specific socialization attempts by EU leaders in both cases. Moreover, in certain cases, the Chinese Gove ...
1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... change impacts and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 3: 112–117. O’Brien, K. (2013). Global Environmental Change (3): Closing the Gap between Knowledge and Action. Progress in Human Geography, 37(4): 587-596 O’Brien, K., Reams, J., Caspari, A., Dugmore, A., Faghihimani, M., Fazey, I., Hackmann, H., ...
... change impacts and adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 3: 112–117. O’Brien, K. (2013). Global Environmental Change (3): Closing the Gap between Knowledge and Action. Progress in Human Geography, 37(4): 587-596 O’Brien, K., Reams, J., Caspari, A., Dugmore, A., Faghihimani, M., Fazey, I., Hackmann, H., ...
fulltext pdf - Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
... This study provided empirical information on determinants of climate change adaptation among farming households in Southwest Nigeria using Heckman’s double stage selection approach. Three states were randomly selected across southwest Nigeria: Ekiti, Ogun and Oyo States. Data were collected in two p ...
... This study provided empirical information on determinants of climate change adaptation among farming households in Southwest Nigeria using Heckman’s double stage selection approach. Three states were randomly selected across southwest Nigeria: Ekiti, Ogun and Oyo States. Data were collected in two p ...
Supporting decision-making for effective adaptation
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
... effective adaptation actions. Ensuring that the knowledge needed to underpin effective decision-making is available in fit-for-purpose forms accessible by end users, and that end users are supported in the use of this information by expert advisory services. This includes the availability of climate ...
Reducing risks to the built environment from cyclones and
... affecting southern Australia has decreased over the last few decades, their intensity has increased, and this trend is predicted to continue. 5 5. In Australia it, homes in Far North Queensland and the far north of Australia have been required by the building codes to be designed for specific wind l ...
... affecting southern Australia has decreased over the last few decades, their intensity has increased, and this trend is predicted to continue. 5 5. In Australia it, homes in Far North Queensland and the far north of Australia have been required by the building codes to be designed for specific wind l ...
Communicating climate change in mainstream
... you have used to inform and guide the development and delivery of the climate-related disclosure • Include robust analysis of the material issues for the business with regards to its climate-related challenges and their significance for the business – which may cover positive and negative issues. T ...
... you have used to inform and guide the development and delivery of the climate-related disclosure • Include robust analysis of the material issues for the business with regards to its climate-related challenges and their significance for the business – which may cover positive and negative issues. T ...
Climate Change Risks and Supply Chain Responsibility
... survive. And in Nicaragua, increasingly unpredictable weather has seen excessively dry years followed by very wet winters, affecting the viability of crops in different ways, and leaving farmers uncertain about when or what to plant. Companies and consumers at the other end of global supply chains h ...
... survive. And in Nicaragua, increasingly unpredictable weather has seen excessively dry years followed by very wet winters, affecting the viability of crops in different ways, and leaving farmers uncertain about when or what to plant. Companies and consumers at the other end of global supply chains h ...
A review of the consideration of climate change in the planning of
... and rainfall related to climate change will need to be large and prolonged over time, in order to enable formal th attribution, and to create conditions beyond those which have already been experienced during the 19 and th 20 centuries (Conway et al., 2008). This variability has important consequenc ...
... and rainfall related to climate change will need to be large and prolonged over time, in order to enable formal th attribution, and to create conditions beyond those which have already been experienced during the 19 and th 20 centuries (Conway et al., 2008). This variability has important consequenc ...
Climate finance briefing: the global climate finance architecture
... projects, of which USD 494 million has been disbursed. 30 donor countries pledged USD 3.72 billion over all focal areas to the sixth replenishment of the GEF (2014-2018). USD 1101 million will support the climate change focal area, but GEF 6 is increasingly focused on programming that targets multip ...
... projects, of which USD 494 million has been disbursed. 30 donor countries pledged USD 3.72 billion over all focal areas to the sixth replenishment of the GEF (2014-2018). USD 1101 million will support the climate change focal area, but GEF 6 is increasingly focused on programming that targets multip ...
Potentials for Adaptation to Climate Change in Human
... changes over this period as on temperature and other climate changes. Other U.S. studies include Seattle (Hoo and Sumitani, 2005) and Los Angeles (Koteen et al, 2001) (Table 1). Internationally, studies have included several major metropolitan areas, such as London (London Climate Change Partnership ...
... changes over this period as on temperature and other climate changes. Other U.S. studies include Seattle (Hoo and Sumitani, 2005) and Los Angeles (Koteen et al, 2001) (Table 1). Internationally, studies have included several major metropolitan areas, such as London (London Climate Change Partnership ...
VSO and Climate Change
... Community-based adaptation VSO’s priority will be to work on community-based adaptation, work whose primary objective is to improve the capacity of local communities to adapt to climate change impacts. This community-level work builds on VSO’s experience and strengths in assessing and working to red ...
... Community-based adaptation VSO’s priority will be to work on community-based adaptation, work whose primary objective is to improve the capacity of local communities to adapt to climate change impacts. This community-level work builds on VSO’s experience and strengths in assessing and working to red ...
Climate change effects on above- and below
... To score free-living herbivores, the number of naturally occurring sapsucker and chewer herbivores was recorded on each experimental plant every three days after the set-up of the experiment (15 May 2011). Total abundance of each herbivore guild was calculated by summing the number of individuals re ...
... To score free-living herbivores, the number of naturally occurring sapsucker and chewer herbivores was recorded on each experimental plant every three days after the set-up of the experiment (15 May 2011). Total abundance of each herbivore guild was calculated by summing the number of individuals re ...
Climate changes and animal health and food safety
... considerably higher numbers of cases in the summer compared to the winter season. Furthermore, in recent years there have been several examples of new infectious diseases, which have emerged in animals. However, the knowledge about the causes and effects, points to a complex association with climati ...
... considerably higher numbers of cases in the summer compared to the winter season. Furthermore, in recent years there have been several examples of new infectious diseases, which have emerged in animals. However, the knowledge about the causes and effects, points to a complex association with climati ...
Extension Agents` Awareness of Climate Change in
... build up, mainly for those societies which are already vulnerable and highly dependent on climate-sensitive resources. That is to say developing countries, where the majority of population as well as the national economy is agriculture-based, are expected to be most vulnerable to climate change. Cai ...
... build up, mainly for those societies which are already vulnerable and highly dependent on climate-sensitive resources. That is to say developing countries, where the majority of population as well as the national economy is agriculture-based, are expected to be most vulnerable to climate change. Cai ...