Indicator and data needs - Eionet Forum
... as well as pressures and impacts of human activities in EU marine waters. Although the first reporting cycle will occur in 2012, there is still considerable effort needed to agree with Member States on the specifics of the data and methods needed for purpose of the EEA’s tasks and products, includin ...
... as well as pressures and impacts of human activities in EU marine waters. Although the first reporting cycle will occur in 2012, there is still considerable effort needed to agree with Member States on the specifics of the data and methods needed for purpose of the EEA’s tasks and products, includin ...
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy
... The science of climate change is clear. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost authority on climate change, has projected that an increase in global temperatures of more than 2 degrees Celsius will result in irreversible and catastrophic impacts. The current level of gre ...
... The science of climate change is clear. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s foremost authority on climate change, has projected that an increase in global temperatures of more than 2 degrees Celsius will result in irreversible and catastrophic impacts. The current level of gre ...
Review of the UN-REDD Policy Board Structure
... • Uganda’s infrastructure is currently subject to major impacts from climate variability: this is not a problem only for the future but very much something that urgently needs to be addressed today. We estimate : • The costs of making the country’s infrastructure more resilient in the face of increa ...
... • Uganda’s infrastructure is currently subject to major impacts from climate variability: this is not a problem only for the future but very much something that urgently needs to be addressed today. We estimate : • The costs of making the country’s infrastructure more resilient in the face of increa ...
Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, Petra Tschakert
... in the fields. They were adapted to a short (90-day) growing cycle, not late heavy rains. Farmers who contributed to the author’s research complained bitterly about their poor harvest. They seemed utterly unprepared with no strategies to moderate damage or take advantage of the opportunity (Tschaker ...
... in the fields. They were adapted to a short (90-day) growing cycle, not late heavy rains. Farmers who contributed to the author’s research complained bitterly about their poor harvest. They seemed utterly unprepared with no strategies to moderate damage or take advantage of the opportunity (Tschaker ...
Comparative Climate Change Governance: Lessons from European
... Nation-wide examples of such bottom-up efforts include France, Germany and Norway. The French government encourages local governments in their adaptation strategy to formulate their own goals while at the same time coordinating with the national level. In Germany, select cities have engaged in clima ...
... Nation-wide examples of such bottom-up efforts include France, Germany and Norway. The French government encourages local governments in their adaptation strategy to formulate their own goals while at the same time coordinating with the national level. In Germany, select cities have engaged in clima ...
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... distribution. Alternatively, the probability distribution of inflows might change, with droughts becoming more frequent. In this paper, we model and compare the effects, for the Murray-Darling Basin, of proportional reductions in inflows and of an increase in the frequency of drought. The paper is o ...
... distribution. Alternatively, the probability distribution of inflows might change, with droughts becoming more frequent. In this paper, we model and compare the effects, for the Murray-Darling Basin, of proportional reductions in inflows and of an increase in the frequency of drought. The paper is o ...
Coping with the uncertainties in the climate change adaptation of
... There has been a growing concern on the adaptation to the impact of climate change due to the recent overwhelming consensus on global warming. Since the occurrence of floods is highly susceptible to climatic condition, much attention should be put on the adaptation to the uncertain effect of climate ...
... There has been a growing concern on the adaptation to the impact of climate change due to the recent overwhelming consensus on global warming. Since the occurrence of floods is highly susceptible to climatic condition, much attention should be put on the adaptation to the uncertain effect of climate ...
Pacific Islands Framework for Action on Climate Change
... taken in response to meeting the key outcomes under each of these principles. This action plan is regional in nature, with national activities complemented by regional programming in support. It provides an indicative menu of options for action on climate change. An accompanying matrix will also be ...
... taken in response to meeting the key outcomes under each of these principles. This action plan is regional in nature, with national activities complemented by regional programming in support. It provides an indicative menu of options for action on climate change. An accompanying matrix will also be ...
Adaptation to climate change in the developing world
... century – a globally averaged change of nearly 1°C has occurred concurrently with changes in some extreme event regimes as shown in Table 1, based on the summaries of the IPCC (2001a). This suggests that future climate change will bring about further extension of many of these trends. Of course, som ...
... century – a globally averaged change of nearly 1°C has occurred concurrently with changes in some extreme event regimes as shown in Table 1, based on the summaries of the IPCC (2001a). This suggests that future climate change will bring about further extension of many of these trends. Of course, som ...
Climate Change`s Impact on the Caribbean`s Ability to Sustain
... Climate change will directly affect the natural resource base on which much of the Caribbean tourism industry is based, including its biodiversity and beaches. Coral reefs, in particular, are an important tourist attraction.18 They play an essential role as physical barriers to ocean waves and as a ...
... Climate change will directly affect the natural resource base on which much of the Caribbean tourism industry is based, including its biodiversity and beaches. Coral reefs, in particular, are an important tourist attraction.18 They play an essential role as physical barriers to ocean waves and as a ...
a pre-publication version here.
... change steadily rose on the policy agenda of nations, regions, states and cities. Ironically, it was also the decade in which the public opinion vacillated on the reality of climate change and its human causation. Public opinion surveys dipped to new lows in the US, the UK, and Australia at the end ...
... change steadily rose on the policy agenda of nations, regions, states and cities. Ironically, it was also the decade in which the public opinion vacillated on the reality of climate change and its human causation. Public opinion surveys dipped to new lows in the US, the UK, and Australia at the end ...
Combating Climate Change by Keeping Land in
... Combatting Climate Change by Keeping Land in Farming in New York, on the role that protecting farmland can have in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and helping New York achieve its goal of reducing GHG’s by 80 percent by 2050. The report found that an acre of farmland produces 66 times fewer ...
... Combatting Climate Change by Keeping Land in Farming in New York, on the role that protecting farmland can have in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and helping New York achieve its goal of reducing GHG’s by 80 percent by 2050. The report found that an acre of farmland produces 66 times fewer ...
Impacts of climate change on a grassland catchment
... implications of these changes for catchment management. The Generalised Watershed Loading Functions model (GWLF) (Schneiderman et al., 2002) is used in the current research to simulate streamflow, sediment yield and dissolved and total nutrient export. The model version was developed by New York Cit ...
... implications of these changes for catchment management. The Generalised Watershed Loading Functions model (GWLF) (Schneiderman et al., 2002) is used in the current research to simulate streamflow, sediment yield and dissolved and total nutrient export. The model version was developed by New York Cit ...
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... Effects of increased rainfall depended critically on the seasonality of the increase. Supplemental water addition during the wet winter period produced moderate increases in plant production in some years of the study (Fig. 2), but effects did not extend to higher trophic levels (Figs. 3 and 4). In ...
... Effects of increased rainfall depended critically on the seasonality of the increase. Supplemental water addition during the wet winter period produced moderate increases in plant production in some years of the study (Fig. 2), but effects did not extend to higher trophic levels (Figs. 3 and 4). In ...
Issues relating to GHG, Sectors and Source Categories in IPCC
... For the purpose of accounting under the Kyoto Protocol for the first commitment period, “factoring out” has been addressed through the cap for carbon credits for forest management under Articles 3.4 and 6. “The "factoring out" issue is currently under consideration by the IPCC … (2003)” WMO ...
... For the purpose of accounting under the Kyoto Protocol for the first commitment period, “factoring out” has been addressed through the cap for carbon credits for forest management under Articles 3.4 and 6. “The "factoring out" issue is currently under consideration by the IPCC … (2003)” WMO ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – pastoral production
... available natural resource (i.e. soil and vegetation) to grazing and a fundamental recognition of the requirement for conservative use of these available resources through time. Thus, various and mixed management tactics may be applied but these are underpinned by such sentiments as ‘managing for ev ...
... available natural resource (i.e. soil and vegetation) to grazing and a fundamental recognition of the requirement for conservative use of these available resources through time. Thus, various and mixed management tactics may be applied but these are underpinned by such sentiments as ‘managing for ev ...
Untitled - M/C Journal
... Australia. Already the warmest and driest continent, modelling suggests the effects of global warming on Australia will be severe, with south-east Australia – the most temperate part of the continent, where both the Alps and the bulk of the population are located – becoming even drier and warmer (Lo ...
... Australia. Already the warmest and driest continent, modelling suggests the effects of global warming on Australia will be severe, with south-east Australia – the most temperate part of the continent, where both the Alps and the bulk of the population are located – becoming even drier and warmer (Lo ...
View Dec, 2013, issue of the Pacific Region climate change science
... Environment is devoted to an assessment of climate
change effects on ecosystems, and the consequences for people. Major topics of the issue:
Biodiversity: Ecologists have predicted that species will move out of their historic ranges as climate
changes and t ...
... Environment
Public Perceptions of Climate Change and Security.
... Question 2 measured respondents’ familiarity with the idea that climate change may exacerbate or multiply security threats, such as threats of political violence, conflicts, and large-scale migrations. Question 3 assessed respondents’ exposure to the idea that a climate change-related drought was on ...
... Question 2 measured respondents’ familiarity with the idea that climate change may exacerbate or multiply security threats, such as threats of political violence, conflicts, and large-scale migrations. Question 3 assessed respondents’ exposure to the idea that a climate change-related drought was on ...
climate change: challenges to sustainable development in india
... and cut emissions and to adapt to climate changes is upon all of us, depending on the common but differentiated responsibilities of countries to take action. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in May 1992) aimed at achieving stabilization of gr ...
... and cut emissions and to adapt to climate changes is upon all of us, depending on the common but differentiated responsibilities of countries to take action. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in May 1992) aimed at achieving stabilization of gr ...
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... As one of the countries most severely affected by climate change, Vietnam considers response to climate change issues is vital. This is because rising temperatures, rising sea levels will cause flooding, salinity. As a result, water affects agriculture, creating great risks for industry and socio-ec ...
... As one of the countries most severely affected by climate change, Vietnam considers response to climate change issues is vital. This is because rising temperatures, rising sea levels will cause flooding, salinity. As a result, water affects agriculture, creating great risks for industry and socio-ec ...
Public!Intellectuals
... economist Jeffrey Sachs, and U.S. energy analyst Amory Lovins. The third group, Ecomodernists, argue for embracing the power of human ingenuity and creativity to manage the risks of climate change, and for ...
... economist Jeffrey Sachs, and U.S. energy analyst Amory Lovins. The third group, Ecomodernists, argue for embracing the power of human ingenuity and creativity to manage the risks of climate change, and for ...
Chapter One - Brookings Institution
... multiple ways. Alterations in the water cycle are driving the impacts of climate change through changes in snowpack, precipitation, flooding, seasonality of runoff and other events. For example, a reduction in total snowpack (due to more rain and less snow) and earlier snowmelt are having significan ...
... multiple ways. Alterations in the water cycle are driving the impacts of climate change through changes in snowpack, precipitation, flooding, seasonality of runoff and other events. For example, a reduction in total snowpack (due to more rain and less snow) and earlier snowmelt are having significan ...
Australian Climate Policy Survey
... Carbon Pricing: The Paris Agreement’s Key Ingredient Report April 2016, International Emissions Trading Association ...
... Carbon Pricing: The Paris Agreement’s Key Ingredient Report April 2016, International Emissions Trading Association ...
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... action needs to come first, and little adaptation action is needed until the middle of the century, when climate impacts are assumed to begin. However, it stands to reason that many adaptation actions would need to take place ahead of time, to manage the risk of future climate change. This relates i ...
... action needs to come first, and little adaptation action is needed until the middle of the century, when climate impacts are assumed to begin. However, it stands to reason that many adaptation actions would need to take place ahead of time, to manage the risk of future climate change. This relates i ...