Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation
... ● Bio-diversity: Bolivia is one of the most bio-diverse countries in the world. It covers a huge area of more than one million square kilometres (roughly the size of France, Germany and the UK combined) across a great variety of eco-systems including Andean mountains, the Chaco desert, humid and ari ...
... ● Bio-diversity: Bolivia is one of the most bio-diverse countries in the world. It covers a huge area of more than one million square kilometres (roughly the size of France, Germany and the UK combined) across a great variety of eco-systems including Andean mountains, the Chaco desert, humid and ari ...
Weathering the Storm: the impact of climate change
... supply chains. However, little work has been done to establish the extent of this risk for London’s economy. We recommend that the London Climate Change Partnership maps the major supply chain vulnerabilities of London’s economy. They should also help businesses, in the most vulnerable sectors, deve ...
... supply chains. However, little work has been done to establish the extent of this risk for London’s economy. We recommend that the London Climate Change Partnership maps the major supply chain vulnerabilities of London’s economy. They should also help businesses, in the most vulnerable sectors, deve ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... and cultural predispositions; I shall turn to these in due course. The availability heuristic does not operate in a social or cultural vacuum. In short, I suggest that cross-cultural differences in both risk perception and in precautions are produced, in large part, by availability, which operates i ...
... and cultural predispositions; I shall turn to these in due course. The availability heuristic does not operate in a social or cultural vacuum. In short, I suggest that cross-cultural differences in both risk perception and in precautions are produced, in large part, by availability, which operates i ...
Integrated Assessment Modelling and Analysis Study Tour Workshop, Canberra 12
... • 70% population living in rural areas, and relying on agriculture for livelihood • weak economic infrastructure to resist food price shocks • rapid urbanization and industrialization • tropical and subtropical • monsoon… ...
... • 70% population living in rural areas, and relying on agriculture for livelihood • weak economic infrastructure to resist food price shocks • rapid urbanization and industrialization • tropical and subtropical • monsoon… ...
PRECIS – The Hadley Centre Regional Climate Modelling system
... PRECIS will be supplied on two DVD-ROMs. These DVD-ROMs will include: • Executables and source of the PRECIS RCM and control code; • Three years of data for RCM boundary conditions; • Software to set up, control and monitor the PRECIS RCM; • Software to automatically archive data produced by PRECIS; ...
... PRECIS will be supplied on two DVD-ROMs. These DVD-ROMs will include: • Executables and source of the PRECIS RCM and control code; • Three years of data for RCM boundary conditions; • Software to set up, control and monitor the PRECIS RCM; • Software to automatically archive data produced by PRECIS; ...
A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the
... We can adapt to climate change and limit the harm. Or we can fail to adapt and risk much more severe consequences. How we respond to this challenge will shape the future in important ways. The climate is already hazardous and always has been. Variations and extremes of climate disrupt our production ...
... We can adapt to climate change and limit the harm. Or we can fail to adapt and risk much more severe consequences. How we respond to this challenge will shape the future in important ways. The climate is already hazardous and always has been. Variations and extremes of climate disrupt our production ...
Adapting to Climate Change: A Business Approach
... I. Climate Change: A Range of Risks and Opportunities It is widely recognized that climate change poses potential risks and opportunities to business in the form of current and possible future greenhouse gas regulations and emissions trading systems, changing attitudes of shareholders and consumer ...
... I. Climate Change: A Range of Risks and Opportunities It is widely recognized that climate change poses potential risks and opportunities to business in the form of current and possible future greenhouse gas regulations and emissions trading systems, changing attitudes of shareholders and consumer ...
adaptive capacity and human cognition
... also overestimate their action scope. In psychology, these perceptions are called “illusions of control” (e.g., Wortman, 1976). Often, objective resources to perform certain actions and subjective perceptions of these resources correspond with each other. But there seem to be some (systematic) devia ...
... also overestimate their action scope. In psychology, these perceptions are called “illusions of control” (e.g., Wortman, 1976). Often, objective resources to perform certain actions and subjective perceptions of these resources correspond with each other. But there seem to be some (systematic) devia ...
Climate Impact Research in the BSR: State of the Art
... It is not a question whether, where and how large a change may be, it is only relevant that climate change comes true! On the local scale this needs an analysis of potential impacts and their associated exposure units and its vulnerability! Good policies needs a systematic analysis of decision lines ...
... It is not a question whether, where and how large a change may be, it is only relevant that climate change comes true! On the local scale this needs an analysis of potential impacts and their associated exposure units and its vulnerability! Good policies needs a systematic analysis of decision lines ...
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... vulnerable regions and populations and the interface between climate change and agricultural productivity, including the challenges and opportunities of adaptation and mitigation policies and actions for food security and nutrition. The present report on Climate Change and Food Security was finalize ...
... vulnerable regions and populations and the interface between climate change and agricultural productivity, including the challenges and opportunities of adaptation and mitigation policies and actions for food security and nutrition. The present report on Climate Change and Food Security was finalize ...
Warm Words II
... climate change and possible responses to it. Essentially, local communications stand a better chance of reifying the problem of climate change, and the potential solutions to it – making them real, concrete and/or imaginable. The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite d ...
... climate change and possible responses to it. Essentially, local communications stand a better chance of reifying the problem of climate change, and the potential solutions to it – making them real, concrete and/or imaginable. The local communications that stood out took a linguistic approach quite d ...
China and South-South Scoping Assessment for
... This report forms part of the project ‘China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Learning and Development’ (CASSALD). CASSALD is a scoping study on climate adaptation needs, good practice and potential for collaboration in 10 priority developing countries. The aim of the project is to identify ke ...
... This report forms part of the project ‘China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Learning and Development’ (CASSALD). CASSALD is a scoping study on climate adaptation needs, good practice and potential for collaboration in 10 priority developing countries. The aim of the project is to identify ke ...
France`s adaptation to global climate change
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had been preparing their fifth report, which was recently published in three volumes to be accompanied by a summary document. These volumes separately examine scientific factors (i), impacts, vulnerability and adaptation (II) and mitigation (III) and ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had been preparing their fifth report, which was recently published in three volumes to be accompanied by a summary document. These volumes separately examine scientific factors (i), impacts, vulnerability and adaptation (II) and mitigation (III) and ...
Climate change and forced migration
... impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely r ...
... impact of climate change could be on human migration—with millions of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called ‘climate refugees’)—the most widely r ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... luxury fashion companies, it also focuses on the impact of climate change at the very base of the supply chain where raw materials are produced and where the impact will be significant on the natural and agricultural systems that deliver these materials. Current and future climate risks around six k ...
... luxury fashion companies, it also focuses on the impact of climate change at the very base of the supply chain where raw materials are produced and where the impact will be significant on the natural and agricultural systems that deliver these materials. Current and future climate risks around six k ...
Boreal and temperate snow cover variations
... recent observations by Aamaas et al. (2011) in Spitsbergen showed that BC aerosols tend to stay at the surface of the snowpack even during melting conditions. Building on this experimental evidence, and in contrast with Krinner et al. (2006), we will consider in this study that both dust and BC do n ...
... recent observations by Aamaas et al. (2011) in Spitsbergen showed that BC aerosols tend to stay at the surface of the snowpack even during melting conditions. Building on this experimental evidence, and in contrast with Krinner et al. (2006), we will consider in this study that both dust and BC do n ...
a Climate of Conflict
... more serious and far-reaching than in previous reports. The evidence and arguments of the international scientific body will be neither queried nor extended in this report. Our starting point is the IPCC’s finding that climate change and its consequences are not topics for the long-term future alone ...
... more serious and far-reaching than in previous reports. The evidence and arguments of the international scientific body will be neither queried nor extended in this report. Our starting point is the IPCC’s finding that climate change and its consequences are not topics for the long-term future alone ...
report renewable energy target review
... world. Unchecked climate change is widely seen as posing serious risks for the Australian community and its economy. Together with the broader international community, Australia has agreed to a goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid the ...
... world. Unchecked climate change is widely seen as posing serious risks for the Australian community and its economy. Together with the broader international community, Australia has agreed to a goal of limiting global warming to no more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid the ...
the state of climate change adaptation in Canada`s protected areas
... opportunities (IPCC 2007b). Adaptation is a necessary complement to the reduction of GHG emissions in addressing climate change (IPCC 2007b). Climate change adaptation planning in the protected areas sector is important for a number of reasons: (1) climate change is already impacting protected areas ...
... opportunities (IPCC 2007b). Adaptation is a necessary complement to the reduction of GHG emissions in addressing climate change (IPCC 2007b). Climate change adaptation planning in the protected areas sector is important for a number of reasons: (1) climate change is already impacting protected areas ...
Macedonia: National Climate Vulnerability Assessment
... The influence of climate change represents an important social, ecological and economic threat to European and global community. The frequent extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have ...
... The influence of climate change represents an important social, ecological and economic threat to European and global community. The frequent extreme weather conditions – rains and flood, heat waves and droughts – reduced snow falls, increased temperatures and rising sea level will increasingly have ...
Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United
... individual changes from before to after the workshops. The vast majority (>90%) of federal lands in Idaho and Montana are managed by the USFS and the BLM, and these lands account for approximately 62% and 29%, respectively, of the land base of these two states (Gorte et al. 2012). Therefore, we elec ...
... individual changes from before to after the workshops. The vast majority (>90%) of federal lands in Idaho and Montana are managed by the USFS and the BLM, and these lands account for approximately 62% and 29%, respectively, of the land base of these two states (Gorte et al. 2012). Therefore, we elec ...
Climate Risk and Adaptation Strategy Discussion Paper (DOCX, 6.9
... The task is to help understand and then manage likely climate change impacts in the local context. Council faces significant community, environment and economy impacts from climate change across a number of sectors, including water security, bushland and urban biodiversity management, urban communit ...
... The task is to help understand and then manage likely climate change impacts in the local context. Council faces significant community, environment and economy impacts from climate change across a number of sectors, including water security, bushland and urban biodiversity management, urban communit ...
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... dependent upon future global greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations, as well as land use changes. For this analysis, we selected the two RCPs most used by the climate modeling community, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, which represent relatively low and high greenhouse gas projections/radiative forcing, respe ...
... dependent upon future global greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations, as well as land use changes. For this analysis, we selected the two RCPs most used by the climate modeling community, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, which represent relatively low and high greenhouse gas projections/radiative forcing, respe ...
Projected Heat-Related Mortality in the US Urban Northeast
... dependent upon future global greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations, as well as land use changes. For this analysis, we selected the two RCPs most used by the climate modeling community, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, which represent relatively low and high greenhouse gas projections/radiative forcing, respe ...
... dependent upon future global greenhouse gas and aerosol concentrations, as well as land use changes. For this analysis, we selected the two RCPs most used by the climate modeling community, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, which represent relatively low and high greenhouse gas projections/radiative forcing, respe ...
Understanding prevention policy
... and cultural conditions. This relates to the tripartite forms of prevention depicted in Table 1. Those arguing for more structural, primary level interventions have kept up a continual presence, from the 1978 WHO Alma Ata declaration, the 1980 Black Report, the 2010 Marmot Review on health inequali ...
... and cultural conditions. This relates to the tripartite forms of prevention depicted in Table 1. Those arguing for more structural, primary level interventions have kept up a continual presence, from the 1978 WHO Alma Ata declaration, the 1980 Black Report, the 2010 Marmot Review on health inequali ...
Economics of climate change mitigation
This article is about the economics of climate change mitigation. Mitigation of climate change involves actions that are designed to limit the amount of long-term climate change (Fisher et al.., 2007:225). Mitigation may be achieved through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or through the enhancement of sinks that absorb GHGs, for example forests.