IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (IOSRJMCE)
... ecosystem. However, with increased pressure of development requirements and human activities, coastal lakes are more and more overburdened with deteriorating effects. Furthermore, predictions in the fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), issued in 2007, indicated that ...
... ecosystem. However, with increased pressure of development requirements and human activities, coastal lakes are more and more overburdened with deteriorating effects. Furthermore, predictions in the fourth report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), issued in 2007, indicated that ...
Lysbilde 1
... CSR/ESG in general corporate lending Who’s responsibility? Role of creditor (credit) vs role of owner (equity) Banks’ ”modus operandi” on CSR Hot topics: Human rights – because business is fundamentally about people Climate change – because financial institutions have an increasing need to ...
... CSR/ESG in general corporate lending Who’s responsibility? Role of creditor (credit) vs role of owner (equity) Banks’ ”modus operandi” on CSR Hot topics: Human rights – because business is fundamentally about people Climate change – because financial institutions have an increasing need to ...
- International Studies Association
... Increasingly the climate change and human mobility nexus (put simply, the impacts that climate change will have on human mobility) is conceptualised as being played out in a landscape of risks to which people must become resilient. This is leading to the narrative that, in order to increase resilien ...
... Increasingly the climate change and human mobility nexus (put simply, the impacts that climate change will have on human mobility) is conceptualised as being played out in a landscape of risks to which people must become resilient. This is leading to the narrative that, in order to increase resilien ...
Collapse Informatics - Donald Bren School of Information and
... The term “peak oil” has entered popular parlance to describe the point at which global oil production reaches its highest point and then enters a period of decline. There is some debate over the timing of this phenomenon; some researchers say it has already occurred, others that it will occur within ...
... The term “peak oil” has entered popular parlance to describe the point at which global oil production reaches its highest point and then enters a period of decline. There is some debate over the timing of this phenomenon; some researchers say it has already occurred, others that it will occur within ...
Financial Services and Climate-Resilient Value Chains: The case of
... have provided some insight. Generally speaking, the studies show that temperatures have increased by approximately 0.2°C per decade across all seasons and regions of the country since the 1960s (Funk, Rowland, Eilerts & White, 2012; Daron, 2014; Climate Service Center, 2013; Mubiru, Komutunga, Agona ...
... have provided some insight. Generally speaking, the studies show that temperatures have increased by approximately 0.2°C per decade across all seasons and regions of the country since the 1960s (Funk, Rowland, Eilerts & White, 2012; Daron, 2014; Climate Service Center, 2013; Mubiru, Komutunga, Agona ...
FAQ Sustainable Development Summit (English)
... reinforcing sides of the same coin; sustainable development cannot be achieved without climate action, as many of the SDGs are actually addressing the core drivers of climate change. How does the climate component of the SDGs influence the debate on climate change and the upcoming climate change con ...
... reinforcing sides of the same coin; sustainable development cannot be achieved without climate action, as many of the SDGs are actually addressing the core drivers of climate change. How does the climate component of the SDGs influence the debate on climate change and the upcoming climate change con ...
Individual-scale inference to anticipate climate
... using the long-term health of individuals exposed to natural and experimental variation in risk factors. We introduce methods to infer and synthesize vulnerability to risk factors at the population scale based on studies conducted at the individual scale. These quantitative techniques provide ways t ...
... using the long-term health of individuals exposed to natural and experimental variation in risk factors. We introduce methods to infer and synthesize vulnerability to risk factors at the population scale based on studies conducted at the individual scale. These quantitative techniques provide ways t ...
Climate Change Scenarios + cov.
... weather and climate. These recent regional changes, particularly temperature increases, have already affected many physical and biological systems. The rising socio-economic costs coming from climaterelated damage and regional variations in climate suggest increasing vulnerability to climate change. ...
... weather and climate. These recent regional changes, particularly temperature increases, have already affected many physical and biological systems. The rising socio-economic costs coming from climaterelated damage and regional variations in climate suggest increasing vulnerability to climate change. ...
Climate change impacts on connectivity in the ocean: Implications
... Fig. 1. Climate change impacts on marine connectivity with implications for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP); (a) Climate change could reduce functional connectivity by altering the duration of, trajectory and survival during the larval life cycle. Bold arrows represent organism dispersal; (b) Climate ...
... Fig. 1. Climate change impacts on marine connectivity with implications for Marine Spatial Planning (MSP); (a) Climate change could reduce functional connectivity by altering the duration of, trajectory and survival during the larval life cycle. Bold arrows represent organism dispersal; (b) Climate ...
Author`s personal copy - Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung
... floods or droughts) has been considered more important than coping with long-term changes in average climatic conditions (Adger et al. 2007; Berrang-Ford et al. 2011). However, opinions on whether ‘‘policy windows’’ induced by extreme events constrain or facilitate adaptation diverge (Adger et al. 2 ...
... floods or droughts) has been considered more important than coping with long-term changes in average climatic conditions (Adger et al. 2007; Berrang-Ford et al. 2011). However, opinions on whether ‘‘policy windows’’ induced by extreme events constrain or facilitate adaptation diverge (Adger et al. 2 ...
The agriculture sectors in Intended Nationally Determined Contributions: summary
... basis for negotiations at COP21 and helped produce the Paris Agreement on climate change. The INDCs will guide country-level climate action for the coming years.1 INDCs include not only targets, but also concrete strategies for addressing the causes of climate change and responding to its effects. A ...
... basis for negotiations at COP21 and helped produce the Paris Agreement on climate change. The INDCs will guide country-level climate action for the coming years.1 INDCs include not only targets, but also concrete strategies for addressing the causes of climate change and responding to its effects. A ...
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... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations must be stabilized in a timely manner to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Further, the latest IPCC report indicates that the observed impacts of climate chang ...
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations must be stabilized in a timely manner to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Further, the latest IPCC report indicates that the observed impacts of climate chang ...
EFMN Brief No. 137_ Manufacturing in Europe
... apparel is an already small sector in terms of value added and employment, which means that an even less prosperous future for this sector will also have less overall impact. Chemicals, rubber and plastics, transport equipment and other transport and equipment will be the most important manufacturin ...
... apparel is an already small sector in terms of value added and employment, which means that an even less prosperous future for this sector will also have less overall impact. Chemicals, rubber and plastics, transport equipment and other transport and equipment will be the most important manufacturin ...
Phasing Down the Use of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
... Cutting emissions from short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) SLCPs are climate and air pollutants that have a relatively short lifetime in the atmosphere – a few days to about 15 years – and have a warming influence on climate, as well as adverse impacts on human health and agricultural crop produc ...
... Cutting emissions from short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) SLCPs are climate and air pollutants that have a relatively short lifetime in the atmosphere – a few days to about 15 years – and have a warming influence on climate, as well as adverse impacts on human health and agricultural crop produc ...
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
... Danube River Basin, climate change is likely to cause significant impacts on water resources and can develop into a significant ...
... Danube River Basin, climate change is likely to cause significant impacts on water resources and can develop into a significant ...
CIRCE urban heat island simulations
... 2. Including cities in a regional climate model Urbanization greatly affects surface characteristics and its interaction with the wider atmosphere. This leads to distinct urban climates that can differ substantially from rural environments. The most apparent consequence of this is the urban heat isl ...
... 2. Including cities in a regional climate model Urbanization greatly affects surface characteristics and its interaction with the wider atmosphere. This leads to distinct urban climates that can differ substantially from rural environments. The most apparent consequence of this is the urban heat isl ...
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... across Europe to address why forest species have declined more in geographical regions where spring temperatures increased during the period of arrival and laying of long-distance migrants than in regions where temperatures increased less (Both & te Marvelde 2007). For the analysis of differences in ...
... across Europe to address why forest species have declined more in geographical regions where spring temperatures increased during the period of arrival and laying of long-distance migrants than in regions where temperatures increased less (Both & te Marvelde 2007). For the analysis of differences in ...
HFA 2 Priorities from Nepal National and local governments, NGOs
... - Lack of mandatory monitoring mechanisms of existing risk governance models or access to information related to climate and disaster risk management - Lack of resources, monitoring or feedback mechanism - Limited bylaw in place for the implementation of disaster risk management - Currently particul ...
... - Lack of mandatory monitoring mechanisms of existing risk governance models or access to information related to climate and disaster risk management - Lack of resources, monitoring or feedback mechanism - Limited bylaw in place for the implementation of disaster risk management - Currently particul ...
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... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
... in a scenario with unchecked atmospheric CO2 concentration increase. We compare the modeled vegetation to a map of present-day potential vegetation distribution, and to paleovegetation distributions inferred from pollen data. The future scenario allows us then to assess the sensitivity of Arctic veg ...
Rapid thinning of the late Pleistocene Patagonian Ice Sheet
... climate transition, with initial retreat after 29.0 ka and the ice sheet remaining close to its LGM dimension until ,19 ka (see Figure 3 A– E). Data from Cerro Oportus and Cerro Tamango indicate stepped thinning between 19 ka and 18.1 ka, followed by rapid thinning throughout the altitudinal profile ...
... climate transition, with initial retreat after 29.0 ka and the ice sheet remaining close to its LGM dimension until ,19 ka (see Figure 3 A– E). Data from Cerro Oportus and Cerro Tamango indicate stepped thinning between 19 ka and 18.1 ka, followed by rapid thinning throughout the altitudinal profile ...
Aalborg Universitet Hansen, Henning Sten; Fuglsang, Morten
... The coastal zone represents the narrow transitional zone between the land and the sea, and this zone is characterized by highly diverse ecosystems for example beaches, dunes, cliffs, and wetland. Many coastal areas exhibit higher population growth and urbanization rates than national averages. About ...
... The coastal zone represents the narrow transitional zone between the land and the sea, and this zone is characterized by highly diverse ecosystems for example beaches, dunes, cliffs, and wetland. Many coastal areas exhibit higher population growth and urbanization rates than national averages. About ...