Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF)
... building household reserves and assets and reducing vulnerability. This will include programmes to promote economic growth, including vocational training, financial services and the maintenance and improvement of economic infrastructure, such as roads and railways ...
... building household reserves and assets and reducing vulnerability. This will include programmes to promote economic growth, including vocational training, financial services and the maintenance and improvement of economic infrastructure, such as roads and railways ...
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature Carbon and Climate
... Knowledge in B.C. in collaboration with First Nations peoples. Other topics that were outside the scope of the report, but that would be important parts of a comprehensive analysis, include: a socio-economic analysis of the implications of a carbon economy and forest carbon initiatives; a greater un ...
... Knowledge in B.C. in collaboration with First Nations peoples. Other topics that were outside the scope of the report, but that would be important parts of a comprehensive analysis, include: a socio-economic analysis of the implications of a carbon economy and forest carbon initiatives; a greater un ...
The Land Use Model Intercomparison Project (LUMIP) contribution
... Figure 1. Time series of global land area occupied by each LUH2 land-use state from 850 to 2015 (left). Note that extensions to 2100 for all of the ScenarioMIP SSPs will also be provided. Fraction of each 0.25◦ grid cell that is irrigated in year 2015 (top right). Fertilizer applied in year 2015 (bo ...
... Figure 1. Time series of global land area occupied by each LUH2 land-use state from 850 to 2015 (left). Note that extensions to 2100 for all of the ScenarioMIP SSPs will also be provided. Fraction of each 0.25◦ grid cell that is irrigated in year 2015 (top right). Fertilizer applied in year 2015 (bo ...
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... 3-Economic analysis approach in river basin management plans within the context of EU Water Framework Directive and its adaptability to Turkey, Ongoing; Bahar Sel, PhD; Co-Advisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Emre Alp (ENVE). 4-Climate Change and Energy Policy of Turkey. 5-How will climate change affect agric ...
... 3-Economic analysis approach in river basin management plans within the context of EU Water Framework Directive and its adaptability to Turkey, Ongoing; Bahar Sel, PhD; Co-Advisor: Assist. Prof. Dr. Emre Alp (ENVE). 4-Climate Change and Energy Policy of Turkey. 5-How will climate change affect agric ...
kenya national climate change policy
... important that the country builds and enhances its climate resilience and adaptive capacity. Building climate resilience requires that Kenyan systems of governance, ecosystems and society have capability to maintain competent function in the face of climate change. This would aid a return to some no ...
... important that the country builds and enhances its climate resilience and adaptive capacity. Building climate resilience requires that Kenyan systems of governance, ecosystems and society have capability to maintain competent function in the face of climate change. This would aid a return to some no ...
As Goes The Arctic, So Goes The Planet
... must act equitably, to ensure that regulatory burdens are not placed unfairly, and wisely, to maintain economic opportunities. Scientific evidence suggests that the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide must be reduced to no more than 350 parts per million in order to preserve a planet similar ...
... must act equitably, to ensure that regulatory burdens are not placed unfairly, and wisely, to maintain economic opportunities. Scientific evidence suggests that the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide must be reduced to no more than 350 parts per million in order to preserve a planet similar ...
Observational evidence for human impact on aerosol cloud
... influence over the most polluted part of central Europe including Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. The highest decrease in reflectance, by more than 4%, occurred in areas with the highest SO2 concentrations during the late 1980s. Remote regions show, as for winter, a much weaker decrease in refl ...
... influence over the most polluted part of central Europe including Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. The highest decrease in reflectance, by more than 4%, occurred in areas with the highest SO2 concentrations during the late 1980s. Remote regions show, as for winter, a much weaker decrease in refl ...
Climate Change and Health in New Zealand
... There is a lag period between increased GHG concentrations and increased temperature14,15 which means that, even if these concentrations were not to increase any more, the world is already committed to further warming (of at least 0.6oC) as a consequence of past emissions4. In reality, GHG concentra ...
... There is a lag period between increased GHG concentrations and increased temperature14,15 which means that, even if these concentrations were not to increase any more, the world is already committed to further warming (of at least 0.6oC) as a consequence of past emissions4. In reality, GHG concentra ...
Quantifying non-cooperative climate engineering
... Given the strategic implications of climate engineering, it is useful to lay out a simple game theoretic model to help framing the problem, before moving to the calibrated numerical analysis. Several dynamic games have been proposed in the literature. Ricke et al. (2013) provide a numerical assessme ...
... Given the strategic implications of climate engineering, it is useful to lay out a simple game theoretic model to help framing the problem, before moving to the calibrated numerical analysis. Several dynamic games have been proposed in the literature. Ricke et al. (2013) provide a numerical assessme ...
Confronting Climate Change in the Great Lakes Region
... • Winters are getting shorter. • Annual average temperatures are growing warmer. • The duration of lake ice cover is decreasing as air and water temperatures rise. • Heavy rainstorms are becoming more common. This report examines these trends in detail and discusses the likelihood that they will con ...
... • Winters are getting shorter. • Annual average temperatures are growing warmer. • The duration of lake ice cover is decreasing as air and water temperatures rise. • Heavy rainstorms are becoming more common. This report examines these trends in detail and discusses the likelihood that they will con ...
Chapter 4—Adaptation and Mitigation
... may conflict, and compromise choices may be required. Climate change remains only one of many challenges confronting forest management, and other priorities must be evaluated at different temporal scales. For example, managing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) can invoke actions that, b ...
... may conflict, and compromise choices may be required. Climate change remains only one of many challenges confronting forest management, and other priorities must be evaluated at different temporal scales. For example, managing under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) can invoke actions that, b ...
The Global Green Economy Index ™ GGEI 2016
... encouraging signs and worrisome trends relevant to policymakers in the governments being measured, as well as international organizations, civil society and private actors interacting with them. Now in its 5th edition, this new GGEI also illuminates where nations are making actual progress towards a ...
... encouraging signs and worrisome trends relevant to policymakers in the governments being measured, as well as international organizations, civil society and private actors interacting with them. Now in its 5th edition, this new GGEI also illuminates where nations are making actual progress towards a ...
Guidelines for Responding to the Effects of Climate Change in
... This document updates previous climate change guidelines prepared by the National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering (NCCOE, 1991; refer also Appendix A herein, and NCCOE, 2004a), and is designed to complement the coastal engineering guidelines for ecologically sustainable development (NCCOE ...
... This document updates previous climate change guidelines prepared by the National Committee on Coastal and Ocean Engineering (NCCOE, 1991; refer also Appendix A herein, and NCCOE, 2004a), and is designed to complement the coastal engineering guidelines for ecologically sustainable development (NCCOE ...
Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate
... regulations with respect to environmental-policy goals, for example evaluation in 2008 of the Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment III and the Pesticide Plan 2004–2009. A changed precipitation pattern will also change drainage and irrigation requirements. An information campaign aimed at business ...
... regulations with respect to environmental-policy goals, for example evaluation in 2008 of the Action Plan for the Aquatic Environment III and the Pesticide Plan 2004–2009. A changed precipitation pattern will also change drainage and irrigation requirements. An information campaign aimed at business ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... the advertising, public relations, and lobbying strategies of powerful fossil-fuel companies that benefit from maintaining the status quo, and by aligned conservative political leaders and groups. Over the past two decades, this network has manufactured doubt in the news media about the reality of m ...
... the advertising, public relations, and lobbying strategies of powerful fossil-fuel companies that benefit from maintaining the status quo, and by aligned conservative political leaders and groups. Over the past two decades, this network has manufactured doubt in the news media about the reality of m ...
Diverse policy implications for future ozone and surface UV in a
... proceeds down the path of reducing climate forcing set forth by the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), a broad range of ozone changes are possible depending on future policies enacted. While decreases in tropical stratospheric ozone ...
... proceeds down the path of reducing climate forcing set forth by the 2015 Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21), a broad range of ozone changes are possible depending on future policies enacted. While decreases in tropical stratospheric ozone ...
City of Joondalup Biodivercities Conference Program
... The City implements many programs, strategies and policies, in partnership with stakeholders and the community, to ensure the conservation of the City’s biodiversity values. The protection and enhancement of biodiversity within cities provides numerous benefits to the community through the provision ...
... The City implements many programs, strategies and policies, in partnership with stakeholders and the community, to ensure the conservation of the City’s biodiversity values. The protection and enhancement of biodiversity within cities provides numerous benefits to the community through the provision ...
Spain - Met Office
... cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material ava ...
... cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material ava ...
Framework for Implementation of Climate
... out. These cover actions to address issues in various sectors such as water, agriculture, forestry, coastal areas, biodiversity, health and other vulnerable ecosystems. Notwithstanding the fact that Pakistan’s contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is very small, its role as a respons ...
... out. These cover actions to address issues in various sectors such as water, agriculture, forestry, coastal areas, biodiversity, health and other vulnerable ecosystems. Notwithstanding the fact that Pakistan’s contribution to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is very small, its role as a respons ...
Climate Change - Arab Forum for Environment and Development
... ‘Impact of Climate Change on the Arab Countries’ is the second of a series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED). The first AFED report, published in 2008 under the title ‘Arab Environment: Future Challenges’, covered the most pressing environmental issu ...
... ‘Impact of Climate Change on the Arab Countries’ is the second of a series of annual reports produced by the Arab Forum for Environment and Development (AFED). The first AFED report, published in 2008 under the title ‘Arab Environment: Future Challenges’, covered the most pressing environmental issu ...
NorthSouth asymmetry in the modeled phytoplankton community
... Hemispheres for diatom and small phytoplankton biomass and consequently for total biomass, primary, and export production. Increasing vertical stratification in the Northern Hemisphere oceans decreases the nutrient supply to the ocean surface. Resulting decreases in diatom and small phytoplankton bio ...
... Hemispheres for diatom and small phytoplankton biomass and consequently for total biomass, primary, and export production. Increasing vertical stratification in the Northern Hemisphere oceans decreases the nutrient supply to the ocean surface. Resulting decreases in diatom and small phytoplankton bio ...
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... Since then, two facts contributed gradually to increase the attention on adaptation issues. Firstly, increasing recognition of strong climate inertia highlighted that even in the presence of strong mitigation policies some degree of climate change would have been inevitable. Thus mitigation, althou ...
... Since then, two facts contributed gradually to increase the attention on adaptation issues. Firstly, increasing recognition of strong climate inertia highlighted that even in the presence of strong mitigation policies some degree of climate change would have been inevitable. Thus mitigation, althou ...
Adaptation to climate change starts with human–environment
... major climatic drivers of a system with outputs that can be measured in terms of success or failure (Smit et al., 2000; Jones, 2001). The coping range is distinguished as a range of variability expressed in terms of climate or related system variable(s) that can be linked to climate, such as streamf ...
... major climatic drivers of a system with outputs that can be measured in terms of success or failure (Smit et al., 2000; Jones, 2001). The coping range is distinguished as a range of variability expressed in terms of climate or related system variable(s) that can be linked to climate, such as streamf ...