Building Climate Resilience in the Blue Nile/Abay Highlands: A Role
... divergent representation of thresholds and feedbacks between GCMs that are equally credible at the global scale, and of the computational difficulty of running large ensembles of GCMs at a spatial resolution capable of resolving local atmospheric processes. Additionally, as GCMs increase in sophisti ...
... divergent representation of thresholds and feedbacks between GCMs that are equally credible at the global scale, and of the computational difficulty of running large ensembles of GCMs at a spatial resolution capable of resolving local atmospheric processes. Additionally, as GCMs increase in sophisti ...
Roles of religion and ethics in addressing climate
... greenhouse gases should the world community identify as a target? The answer to that question will literally determine whether some cultures (due to e.g. sea level rise, water scarcity) and species continue to exist. In order to meet safe targets, significant worldwide reductions in greenhouse gases ...
... greenhouse gases should the world community identify as a target? The answer to that question will literally determine whether some cultures (due to e.g. sea level rise, water scarcity) and species continue to exist. In order to meet safe targets, significant worldwide reductions in greenhouse gases ...
Download paper (PDF)
... Kolstad, 1999). Thus, while there are several models of varying complexity and emphasis, they share a common commitment to the expected utility framework. The reasons for the primacy of expected utility theory as a normative model of rational choice are well known to economists. Its axiomatic found ...
... Kolstad, 1999). Thus, while there are several models of varying complexity and emphasis, they share a common commitment to the expected utility framework. The reasons for the primacy of expected utility theory as a normative model of rational choice are well known to economists. Its axiomatic found ...
Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... the 21st century, the result of which was that resources were diverted to less water demanding crops and the livestock and non-agricultural sectors. Tate et al., (2004) analyzed the sensitivity of the water balance of Lake Victoria to climate change using HadCM3 A2a and B2 emission scenarios, and in ...
... the 21st century, the result of which was that resources were diverted to less water demanding crops and the livestock and non-agricultural sectors. Tate et al., (2004) analyzed the sensitivity of the water balance of Lake Victoria to climate change using HadCM3 A2a and B2 emission scenarios, and in ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... but similar numbers (23%, 33%, 21%) also considered climate change ‘not very serious’ personally. In this sense, the approach is consistent with a ‘discursively representative’ sample (see Dryzek and Niemeyer, 2008) where Q methodology reveals a relatively small number of attitudinal ‘types’. What i ...
... but similar numbers (23%, 33%, 21%) also considered climate change ‘not very serious’ personally. In this sense, the approach is consistent with a ‘discursively representative’ sample (see Dryzek and Niemeyer, 2008) where Q methodology reveals a relatively small number of attitudinal ‘types’. What i ...
Public open house summary
... inform the province’s action plan on climate change. The engagement process was led by Alberta’s Climate Change Advisory Panel with support from the Climate Change Secretariat, within the Department of Environment and Parks. The engagement process included Aboriginal engagement, public open houses, ...
... inform the province’s action plan on climate change. The engagement process was led by Alberta’s Climate Change Advisory Panel with support from the Climate Change Secretariat, within the Department of Environment and Parks. The engagement process included Aboriginal engagement, public open houses, ...
Chapter 2 Current Legal Challenges in Climate Change Justice
... targets through national measures to reduce GHG emissions. The Kyoto Protocol also permits Annex B parties to participate in GHG emissions trading for the purpose of fulfilling commitments under Article 3 of the UNFCCC.150 In addition, the Kyoto Protocol established two other market-based mechanisms ...
... targets through national measures to reduce GHG emissions. The Kyoto Protocol also permits Annex B parties to participate in GHG emissions trading for the purpose of fulfilling commitments under Article 3 of the UNFCCC.150 In addition, the Kyoto Protocol established two other market-based mechanisms ...
The future of the Covenant of Mayors
... activities beyond 2020 and advocates focusing more on small towns and municipalities; in the medium term, suggests to set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared with 1990; in the long term, suggests that the signatories set a target of at least 95% reduction by 2050; ...
... activities beyond 2020 and advocates focusing more on small towns and municipalities; in the medium term, suggests to set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% compared with 1990; in the long term, suggests that the signatories set a target of at least 95% reduction by 2050; ...
Summary for Policymakers
... The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) considers new evidence of climate change based on many independent scientific analyses from observations of the climate system, paleoclimate archives, theoretical studies of climate processes and simulations using climate m ...
... The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC's Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) considers new evidence of climate change based on many independent scientific analyses from observations of the climate system, paleoclimate archives, theoretical studies of climate processes and simulations using climate m ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... risks (flood defences, drought plans, etc.), adaptation must become an integral part of development planning and embedded into wider development strategies (OECD, 2009). Combining adaptation and development planning into a coherent climate-resilient development strategy has intuitive appeal (McGray ...
... risks (flood defences, drought plans, etc.), adaptation must become an integral part of development planning and embedded into wider development strategies (OECD, 2009). Combining adaptation and development planning into a coherent climate-resilient development strategy has intuitive appeal (McGray ...
Fear Won`t Do It - Center for Science and Technology Policy Research
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
... movie The Day After Tomorrow (Emmerich, 2004), with survey themes followed up a month later with focus groups. They found that although the majority of participants (67%) in the post-test agreed that “everybody has to do something” about climate change, this sense of urgency had substantially dimini ...
environmental, economic and social impacts of
... The unusual fact of awarding the 2007 Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of several thousand scientists as well as to Albert Gore who popularised the climate change issues and made the film on anthropogenic climate change may signify two important t ...
... The unusual fact of awarding the 2007 Nobel peace prize to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) consisting of several thousand scientists as well as to Albert Gore who popularised the climate change issues and made the film on anthropogenic climate change may signify two important t ...
HFCs: A Critical Link in Protecting Climate and the Ozone Layer
... air conditioners, but they are extremely powerful global warming gases. This report, HFCs: A Critical Link in Protecting Climate and the Ozone Layer, says that the current contribution to climate forcing by HFCs is less than one per cent. However, it warns that HFCs are rapidly increasing in the atm ...
... air conditioners, but they are extremely powerful global warming gases. This report, HFCs: A Critical Link in Protecting Climate and the Ozone Layer, says that the current contribution to climate forcing by HFCs is less than one per cent. However, it warns that HFCs are rapidly increasing in the atm ...
egypt third national communication
... Climate change is now considered as one of the greatest challenges not only to the national and regional governments but also to the global community. The international scientific community has proven that global warming of the climatic system is unequivocal. As a result of global climatic disorder ...
... Climate change is now considered as one of the greatest challenges not only to the national and regional governments but also to the global community. The international scientific community has proven that global warming of the climatic system is unequivocal. As a result of global climatic disorder ...
The 2007 Eco Tourism conference held at the Pan
... On the role of government it was noted that government was responsible for enacting laws and policies, ratification of international agreements and creation of institutions to deliver on the policies. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), is a department of the Ministry of Environmen ...
... On the role of government it was noted that government was responsible for enacting laws and policies, ratification of international agreements and creation of institutions to deliver on the policies. The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), is a department of the Ministry of Environmen ...
report on adaptation challenges in pacific island countries
... wave heights of recent cyclones have exceeded even climate change model projections. With the climate trend for the Pacific pointing to more extreme conditions and increased climate variability in future, Pacific Island countries have little choice but to develop comprehensive risk management plans ...
... wave heights of recent cyclones have exceeded even climate change model projections. With the climate trend for the Pacific pointing to more extreme conditions and increased climate variability in future, Pacific Island countries have little choice but to develop comprehensive risk management plans ...
Presentation pack - The Global Calculator
... •the global mean temperature could increase by 6°C in the long term. •sea levels could rise, changing coastlines worldwide •precipitation patterns are likely to change so that dry parts of the world will get drier and the rainy parts will get wetter •fragile ecosystems will be put at risk •some extr ...
... •the global mean temperature could increase by 6°C in the long term. •sea levels could rise, changing coastlines worldwide •precipitation patterns are likely to change so that dry parts of the world will get drier and the rainy parts will get wetter •fragile ecosystems will be put at risk •some extr ...
Building on the Montreal Protocol`s Success and Facing
... CFCs, found in products such as refrigerants, were the prime motivation for global action to protect the Earth’s ozone layer as a result of scientific evidence showing their production and consumption were destroying this thin, gassy shield and putting the public at greater risk of skin cancers and ...
... CFCs, found in products such as refrigerants, were the prime motivation for global action to protect the Earth’s ozone layer as a result of scientific evidence showing their production and consumption were destroying this thin, gassy shield and putting the public at greater risk of skin cancers and ...
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development ToT Report
... capacity of targeted countries to achieve meaningful and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry-land use sector, and allow these countries to benefit from the emerging international Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) framework. One of LEAF’s ...
... capacity of targeted countries to achieve meaningful and sustained reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the forestry-land use sector, and allow these countries to benefit from the emerging international Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) framework. One of LEAF’s ...
Handbook for Local Elected Officials on Climate Change
... of climate change, while the goal of adaptation is to reduce damages from climate change that cannot be avoided. ...
... of climate change, while the goal of adaptation is to reduce damages from climate change that cannot be avoided. ...
toward a constructive dialogue on federal and state roles in u.s.
... California Air Resources Board (CARB) to adopt standards to control the emissions of greenhouse gases from the tailpipes of light-duty vehicles. CARB has since issued those standards, which will apply to the 2009 new model year forward if CARB receives a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
... California Air Resources Board (CARB) to adopt standards to control the emissions of greenhouse gases from the tailpipes of light-duty vehicles. CARB has since issued those standards, which will apply to the 2009 new model year forward if CARB receives a waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
PDF
... Howden and Turnpenny (1997) advocate further selection of cattle lines with greater thermoregulatory control, but they point out that this could be difficult because it may not be consistent with high production potential (Finch et al. 1982, 1984). McInnes et al. (2003) have commented on possible im ...
... Howden and Turnpenny (1997) advocate further selection of cattle lines with greater thermoregulatory control, but they point out that this could be difficult because it may not be consistent with high production potential (Finch et al. 1982, 1984). McInnes et al. (2003) have commented on possible im ...
Saturation of the terrestrial carbon sink
... of CO2 concentration can show a strong saturation behavior driven by resource limitation. Plant growth is most stimulated under pre-industrial to present atmospheric CO2 concentrations with some systems showing saturation at present CO2 concentrations. For a large portion of systems studied, CO2 exp ...
... of CO2 concentration can show a strong saturation behavior driven by resource limitation. Plant growth is most stimulated under pre-industrial to present atmospheric CO2 concentrations with some systems showing saturation at present CO2 concentrations. For a large portion of systems studied, CO2 exp ...
Toward Extreme Weather and Climate Resilience in the Region of
... weather with respect to two very different community assets within the Region of Peel: (1) Caledon’s agricultural sector, and (2) critical services and infrastructure in Port Credit (see map in Figure 1). ...
... weather with respect to two very different community assets within the Region of Peel: (1) Caledon’s agricultural sector, and (2) critical services and infrastructure in Port Credit (see map in Figure 1). ...
Climate Change Adaptation Guideline
... prepare for and recover from natural disasters. protecting coastal urban areas from rising sea levels and storm surges. that does not need regular retrofitting and is not based on short term solutions, thereby future proofing infrastructure and economies for future generations. ...
... prepare for and recover from natural disasters. protecting coastal urban areas from rising sea levels and storm surges. that does not need regular retrofitting and is not based on short term solutions, thereby future proofing infrastructure and economies for future generations. ...
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.