- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... According to current information on climatic variability and predicted climate change scenarios for Mali, the country’s long-term development is expected to be significantly affected by: both insufficient and unpredictable rainfall; increased frequency of flooding; and more violent winds in the Sahe ...
... According to current information on climatic variability and predicted climate change scenarios for Mali, the country’s long-term development is expected to be significantly affected by: both insufficient and unpredictable rainfall; increased frequency of flooding; and more violent winds in the Sahe ...
Discussion on the Vistula Lagoon regional development
... strategies to climate changes have shown that directions of Polish municipalities’ development is less tolerant to consequences of climate change because of a large area disposed to possible flooding, and therefore possibly high expenses for prevention of territory flooding. The Vistula Lagoon is a ...
... strategies to climate changes have shown that directions of Polish municipalities’ development is less tolerant to consequences of climate change because of a large area disposed to possible flooding, and therefore possibly high expenses for prevention of territory flooding. The Vistula Lagoon is a ...
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... crops as collateral. They can obtain a loan gain by repaying the loan at a lower repayment rate during the loan period whenever market prices are below the loan rate. Alternatively, producers can choose to receive a direct loan deficiency payment (LDP), which is the difference between the loan rate ...
... crops as collateral. They can obtain a loan gain by repaying the loan at a lower repayment rate during the loan period whenever market prices are below the loan rate. Alternatively, producers can choose to receive a direct loan deficiency payment (LDP), which is the difference between the loan rate ...
Project Document Programme on Integrated Adaptation Strategies
... actual expenditures, against outcomes and outputs that the initiative is supposed to achieve and report on quarterly basis to UNDP SRO. Should the MoALFFE request explicit support from UNDP for such functions, direct project services can be provided on an agreed cost-recovery arrangement, as detaile ...
... actual expenditures, against outcomes and outputs that the initiative is supposed to achieve and report on quarterly basis to UNDP SRO. Should the MoALFFE request explicit support from UNDP for such functions, direct project services can be provided on an agreed cost-recovery arrangement, as detaile ...
Afghanistan Initial National Communication
... vulnerable sector followed by forestry and rangeland, agriculture, health, biodiversity, energy and waste. Water Resources: Climate change is leading to scarcer water resources in Afghanistan. Development efforts are struggling to keep up with the challenges. As mountains are the major sources of wa ...
... vulnerable sector followed by forestry and rangeland, agriculture, health, biodiversity, energy and waste. Water Resources: Climate change is leading to scarcer water resources in Afghanistan. Development efforts are struggling to keep up with the challenges. As mountains are the major sources of wa ...
Draft recommendation submitted by the Chair
... in the deep and open ocean, including both benthic and pelagic areas. These areas support a diverse range of marine species and habitats, including deep-water coral and sponge grounds that play important biological and ecological roles in the world’s oceans. There is increasing evidence that cold-wa ...
... in the deep and open ocean, including both benthic and pelagic areas. These areas support a diverse range of marine species and habitats, including deep-water coral and sponge grounds that play important biological and ecological roles in the world’s oceans. There is increasing evidence that cold-wa ...
Selected Tools to Evaluate Water Monitoring Networks for Climate
... actions to understand the phenomenon of climate change and mitigate its effects. More recently, understanding that climate change will continue for many decades regardless of the success of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, governments have also begun to address climate change adaptation. ...
... actions to understand the phenomenon of climate change and mitigate its effects. More recently, understanding that climate change will continue for many decades regardless of the success of efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, governments have also begun to address climate change adaptation. ...
GEOGRAPHY
... Zusha. Fifteen percent of the new forests are coniferous planted stands. The deciduous forests appear mainly in ravines (Fig. 7). The probable reason of forest regeneration is the reduction of agricultural land during the ...
... Zusha. Fifteen percent of the new forests are coniferous planted stands. The deciduous forests appear mainly in ravines (Fig. 7). The probable reason of forest regeneration is the reduction of agricultural land during the ...
Pacific Island Mangroves in a Changing Climate and Rising Sea
... assessed the capacity of Pacific Island countries and territories to determine mangrove vulnerability and adapt to mangrove responses to climate change effects. The report identifies national and regional priority needs for technical and institutional capacity-building and discusses how results from ...
... assessed the capacity of Pacific Island countries and territories to determine mangrove vulnerability and adapt to mangrove responses to climate change effects. The report identifies national and regional priority needs for technical and institutional capacity-building and discusses how results from ...
Preparing for an Uncertain Climate—Vol. I
... a warmer climate. Volume 1 addresses coastal areas, water resources, and agriculture; volume 2 includes wetlands, preserved lands, and forests. OTA identifies more than 100 options in the full report that could help ease the transition to an uncertain climate. We categorized a subset of these option ...
... a warmer climate. Volume 1 addresses coastal areas, water resources, and agriculture; volume 2 includes wetlands, preserved lands, and forests. OTA identifies more than 100 options in the full report that could help ease the transition to an uncertain climate. We categorized a subset of these option ...
DOC - Europa.eu
... EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "Biodiversity is life – beautiful, precious and fragile. But is also the basis of our economic and social well- being. This is not widely enough recognised and valued. As a result, it is in serious decline. The fact is that biodiversity loss poses a th ...
... EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas said: "Biodiversity is life – beautiful, precious and fragile. But is also the basis of our economic and social well- being. This is not widely enough recognised and valued. As a result, it is in serious decline. The fact is that biodiversity loss poses a th ...
Chapter 3: Holy Cross Historic District - DRUM
... Figure 13. Leith conservation area with listed buildings in red and notable landmarks in yellow.......................................................................................................... 70 Figure 14. Climate Central's Surging Seas interactive scenario builder showing the Leith conser ...
... Figure 13. Leith conservation area with listed buildings in red and notable landmarks in yellow.......................................................................................................... 70 Figure 14. Climate Central's Surging Seas interactive scenario builder showing the Leith conser ...
Non-paper - A factual record of the key issues raised during the
... secretariat to compile a list of HFCs, providing the alternative technologies available for each alongside their cost, advantages and disadvantages for each region and application. He also requested further analysis with real-time data on the kind of warming caused by HFCs, the contribution of each ...
... secretariat to compile a list of HFCs, providing the alternative technologies available for each alongside their cost, advantages and disadvantages for each region and application. He also requested further analysis with real-time data on the kind of warming caused by HFCs, the contribution of each ...
“Fakery 2: Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances
... relationships and obscured money flows. Readers unused to studying financial reports should avoid those sections, especially §A, §H, §K.1, as their eyes will glaze quickly. It is very hard to make those simple. Skim Front Matter for background, mostly to see the Topics for later reference. Readers ...
... relationships and obscured money flows. Readers unused to studying financial reports should avoid those sections, especially §A, §H, §K.1, as their eyes will glaze quickly. It is very hard to make those simple. Skim Front Matter for background, mostly to see the Topics for later reference. Readers ...
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
... October 2010, policy-makers recognizing the need to move with urgency in preparing for the impacts of climate change, as the international negotiations continue on the reduction of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions, agreed on the urgent need for Africa to act on Climate Change for Sustainable Develo ...
... October 2010, policy-makers recognizing the need to move with urgency in preparing for the impacts of climate change, as the international negotiations continue on the reduction of Green House Gases (GHG) emissions, agreed on the urgent need for Africa to act on Climate Change for Sustainable Develo ...
Closing the “consensus gap” by communicating
... (Anderegget al., 2010; Carlton et al., 2015; Cook et al., 2013; Cook et al., 2016; Doran & Zimmermann, 2009; Oreskes, 2004; Stenhouse et al., 2014; Verheggen et al., 2014). This consensus is mirrored in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which have emphatically affirmed th ...
... (Anderegget al., 2010; Carlton et al., 2015; Cook et al., 2013; Cook et al., 2016; Doran & Zimmermann, 2009; Oreskes, 2004; Stenhouse et al., 2014; Verheggen et al., 2014). This consensus is mirrored in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which have emphatically affirmed th ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Montana`s Outdoor Economy
... earth since the mid-20th century and that the warming will continue through into the next century. Using geographically more detailed versions of Global Climate Models, the earth’s observed and predicted warming can be brought down to a regional U.S. state level and smaller sub0state regions to anal ...
... earth since the mid-20th century and that the warming will continue through into the next century. Using geographically more detailed versions of Global Climate Models, the earth’s observed and predicted warming can be brought down to a regional U.S. state level and smaller sub0state regions to anal ...
Deforestation and Climate Change CRS Report for Congress Ross W. Gorte
... lobal climate change is a widespread and growing concern that has led to extensive congressional and international discussions and negotiations. Climate change mitigation strategies have focused on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2). One significant source ...
... lobal climate change is a widespread and growing concern that has led to extensive congressional and international discussions and negotiations. Climate change mitigation strategies have focused on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2). One significant source ...
Coral Reefs Face Extinction
... year, twice the pace of rainforest decline — and the losses are hitting well-protected areas like the Great Barrier Reef just as hard as the stressed, overfished reefs that surround crowded countries like the Philippines. "People thought the Pacific was in much better shape," says John Bruno, lead a ...
... year, twice the pace of rainforest decline — and the losses are hitting well-protected areas like the Great Barrier Reef just as hard as the stressed, overfished reefs that surround crowded countries like the Philippines. "People thought the Pacific was in much better shape," says John Bruno, lead a ...
Climate change impacts on groundwater and soil temperatures in
... depth between the permafrost table and the permafrost base is the permafrost thickness. The thickest permafrost (~1.5 km) has been recorded in northeastern Siberia (Brown, 1970). Shallow subsurface thermal regimes are primarily driven by heat transfer across the ground surface. Seasonal variations i ...
... depth between the permafrost table and the permafrost base is the permafrost thickness. The thickest permafrost (~1.5 km) has been recorded in northeastern Siberia (Brown, 1970). Shallow subsurface thermal regimes are primarily driven by heat transfer across the ground surface. Seasonal variations i ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI for this manuscript is doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D ...
... Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI for this manuscript is doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D ...
Playing the Climate Dominoes: Tipping Points and the Cost of
... combines an economic growth model with a simplified climate module (Schematic 1, left). The policymaker decides how to allocate output between consumption, investment in capital, and emission reductions. Unabated emissions accumulate in the atmosphere where they change the radiative balance, induce ...
... combines an economic growth model with a simplified climate module (Schematic 1, left). The policymaker decides how to allocate output between consumption, investment in capital, and emission reductions. Unabated emissions accumulate in the atmosphere where they change the radiative balance, induce ...
Vulnerability of marine reptiles in the Great Barrier Reef
... comprising a single species of crocodile (Crocodylidae), six species of marine turtles (five Chelonidae and one Dermochelyidae), at least 16 species of sea snakes (Hydrophiidae), one species of file snake (Acrochordidae) and one species of mangrove snake (Colubridae). Together these marine reptile s ...
... comprising a single species of crocodile (Crocodylidae), six species of marine turtles (five Chelonidae and one Dermochelyidae), at least 16 species of sea snakes (Hydrophiidae), one species of file snake (Acrochordidae) and one species of mangrove snake (Colubridae). Together these marine reptile s ...