The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk Jessica Lamond ,
... Reported global economic losses from flooding have increased in recent decades from an annual median average of about $0.5 billion in the 1980s to around $20 billion in the first decade of this century (EM-DAT, 2012). The majority of losses are not covered by insurance, varying from less than 1% in co ...
... Reported global economic losses from flooding have increased in recent decades from an annual median average of about $0.5 billion in the 1980s to around $20 billion in the first decade of this century (EM-DAT, 2012). The majority of losses are not covered by insurance, varying from less than 1% in co ...
Annex A2: Climate Change Scenarios for West Africa
... underpins a significant portion of livelihood opportunities of the coastal communities. However, several assessments based on country specific National Communications to the UNFCCC, the second assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as GEF-funded projects such as the Afri ...
... underpins a significant portion of livelihood opportunities of the coastal communities. However, several assessments based on country specific National Communications to the UNFCCC, the second assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as well as GEF-funded projects such as the Afri ...
Not all droughts are created equal: translating meteorological
... (D’Odorico et al. 2000). Recent widespread forest mortality associated with drought and/or temperature stress, documented on all vegetated continents, has raised concern over forests’ vulnerability to future climate change (Logan et al. 2003, Allen et al. 2010). Because trees structure many ecosyste ...
... (D’Odorico et al. 2000). Recent widespread forest mortality associated with drought and/or temperature stress, documented on all vegetated continents, has raised concern over forests’ vulnerability to future climate change (Logan et al. 2003, Allen et al. 2010). Because trees structure many ecosyste ...
2015 (May - June) - The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
... Beyond the expected shout-outs to the upcoming climate talks in Paris later this year and to the need for a strong Green Climate Fund, which will assist developing countries in climate adaptation, the U.N.’s Ban noted in no uncertain terms how “morally indefensible” it would be to allow a temperatur ...
... Beyond the expected shout-outs to the upcoming climate talks in Paris later this year and to the need for a strong Green Climate Fund, which will assist developing countries in climate adaptation, the U.N.’s Ban noted in no uncertain terms how “morally indefensible” it would be to allow a temperatur ...
Planning instruments
... The world’s population could reach 10 billion by 2050 (World Bank 2014). Most people will live in cities. To accommodate an additional three billion people, we will need to build the equivalent of one new city that can support one million people every five days between now and 2050. Cities consume 7 ...
... The world’s population could reach 10 billion by 2050 (World Bank 2014). Most people will live in cities. To accommodate an additional three billion people, we will need to build the equivalent of one new city that can support one million people every five days between now and 2050. Cities consume 7 ...
United Kingdom
... A spectroradiometer is co-located with the Brewer spectrophotometer in Reading, funded as part of the Defra monitoring programme. The Bentham DM150 UV spectroradiometer has been in place since 1993, and is regularly calibrated in situ. The instrument takes measurements from 290nm to 500nm at 0.5nm r ...
... A spectroradiometer is co-located with the Brewer spectrophotometer in Reading, funded as part of the Defra monitoring programme. The Bentham DM150 UV spectroradiometer has been in place since 1993, and is regularly calibrated in situ. The instrument takes measurements from 290nm to 500nm at 0.5nm r ...
- National Model United Nations
... coordinating environmental policy across various UN agencies.6 UNEP helped in the planning and execution of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992.7 UNCED led to the adoption of Agenda 21 (1992) and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992).8 Chapter 38 of A ...
... coordinating environmental policy across various UN agencies.6 UNEP helped in the planning and execution of the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992.7 UNCED led to the adoption of Agenda 21 (1992) and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992).8 Chapter 38 of A ...
Technology and Policy Options for a Low
... result in emission reductions on a large scale. Promising options for reducing emissions include: • Transportation: Ongoing efficiency gains for all vehicles, increasing reliance on low-emission electricity for passenger transportation, expanding use of biofuels in freight transportation, and long- ...
... result in emission reductions on a large scale. Promising options for reducing emissions include: • Transportation: Ongoing efficiency gains for all vehicles, increasing reliance on low-emission electricity for passenger transportation, expanding use of biofuels in freight transportation, and long- ...
Special Focus Investigation – Flood
... Figure A: Environment Agency Summary Map of Flood Probability in England and Wales Figure B: Map showing the spread and location of all MOD sites in Northern England and Scotland (sites shown as red areas). Figure C: Map showing the spread and location of all MOD sites in Wales, Southern and Central ...
... Figure A: Environment Agency Summary Map of Flood Probability in England and Wales Figure B: Map showing the spread and location of all MOD sites in Northern England and Scotland (sites shown as red areas). Figure C: Map showing the spread and location of all MOD sites in Wales, Southern and Central ...
North Northamptonshire Carbon Sink Forestry Feasibility Study
... factors, the single biggest emissions of carbon from any sector are those linked to world deforestation, the permanent clearance of native forests for other land uses. Trees lock up carbon as they grow and forests form a steady state of carbon locked into the growing trees, where emissions from the ...
... factors, the single biggest emissions of carbon from any sector are those linked to world deforestation, the permanent clearance of native forests for other land uses. Trees lock up carbon as they grow and forests form a steady state of carbon locked into the growing trees, where emissions from the ...
A greener Greenland? Climatic potential and long-term
... the last glaciation allowed just a few Arctic species to persist [31,32]. By the beginning of the Holocene, most of the coastline became ice free and by 6 kyr ago, sea level and ice volumes were close to present-day conditions [10], with higher summer temperatures than at present [2,10]. The large m ...
... the last glaciation allowed just a few Arctic species to persist [31,32]. By the beginning of the Holocene, most of the coastline became ice free and by 6 kyr ago, sea level and ice volumes were close to present-day conditions [10], with higher summer temperatures than at present [2,10]. The large m ...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
... country-specific climate change strategies for client governments in the region (on an ondemand basis) be initiated. Additional regional research may be needed because the task in Phase I could not cover the many areas related to climate change. In Phase III, a number of lending operations would be ...
... country-specific climate change strategies for client governments in the region (on an ondemand basis) be initiated. Additional regional research may be needed because the task in Phase I could not cover the many areas related to climate change. In Phase III, a number of lending operations would be ...
Timeline of Environmental awareness
... Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). It is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history and is the only level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The disaster occurred on 26 April 1986, at reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant, near the t ...
... Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (then part of the Soviet Union). It is considered the worst nuclear power plant accident in history and is the only level 7 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale. The disaster occurred on 26 April 1986, at reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant, near the t ...
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... forests, at least in the absence of recent fire. For example, many early papers attributed widespread ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) regeneration in 1919 in Arizona to abundant summer precipitation following an excellent seed year [17–19]. Confidence in the role that interannual climate variabilit ...
... forests, at least in the absence of recent fire. For example, many early papers attributed widespread ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) regeneration in 1919 in Arizona to abundant summer precipitation following an excellent seed year [17–19]. Confidence in the role that interannual climate variabilit ...
Coastal climate change vulnerability and adaptation
... and Atmospheric Research. In parallel with this work, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research prepared an analysis of the implications of climate change for the regional wave climate and extreme sea level conditions. This stage of the project will be followed by more detailed adaptation planning wor ...
... and Atmospheric Research. In parallel with this work, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research prepared an analysis of the implications of climate change for the regional wave climate and extreme sea level conditions. This stage of the project will be followed by more detailed adaptation planning wor ...
Land Conflict and Climate Patterns in Nigeria
... Nigeria is a country rife with conflict, and disputes over land issues constitute a significant number of conflict events and the violent deaths that result from them. Land issues vary from region to ...
... Nigeria is a country rife with conflict, and disputes over land issues constitute a significant number of conflict events and the violent deaths that result from them. Land issues vary from region to ...
Turkey`s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and
... The universe that shelters human kind as well as all its living and non-living existence has been carefully created in a certain order and balance. But it is globally acknowledged that the life style humankind pursues for his needs in his journey of existence within the rapidly flowing time, causes ...
... The universe that shelters human kind as well as all its living and non-living existence has been carefully created in a certain order and balance. But it is globally acknowledged that the life style humankind pursues for his needs in his journey of existence within the rapidly flowing time, causes ...
LCCARL397_en.pdf
... considered in assessing the impact of climate change on the economies of these countries. As the global climate gets warmer, the consumption of energy in climate-sensitive sectors is likely to change. In the Caribbean, energy demand is expected to double in the next 20 years, at a 3.7 per cent avera ...
... considered in assessing the impact of climate change on the economies of these countries. As the global climate gets warmer, the consumption of energy in climate-sensitive sectors is likely to change. In the Caribbean, energy demand is expected to double in the next 20 years, at a 3.7 per cent avera ...
Economic and social Impact of Climate Change on
... considered in assessing the impact of climate change on the economies of these countries. As the global climate gets warmer, the consumption of energy in climate-sensitive sectors is likely to change. In the Caribbean, energy demand is expected to double in the next 20 years, at a 3.7 per cent avera ...
... considered in assessing the impact of climate change on the economies of these countries. As the global climate gets warmer, the consumption of energy in climate-sensitive sectors is likely to change. In the Caribbean, energy demand is expected to double in the next 20 years, at a 3.7 per cent avera ...
National Water Program Strategy Response to Climate Change
... by other species better adapted to the warmer water (i.e., cold water fish will be replaced by warm water fish). This process, however, will occur at an uneven pace disrupting aquatic system health and allowing non-indigenous and/or invasive species to become established. In the long-term (i.e., 50 ...
... by other species better adapted to the warmer water (i.e., cold water fish will be replaced by warm water fish). This process, however, will occur at an uneven pace disrupting aquatic system health and allowing non-indigenous and/or invasive species to become established. In the long-term (i.e., 50 ...
Intended nationally determined contributions: what are the implications for greenhouse gas emissions in 2030? (opens in new window)
... INDC will “represent a progression beyond the current undertaking of that Party”.1 The INDCs that were submitted by 23 October 2015 included an indication of expected annual greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020 (i.e. usually as a target for emissions in 2025 and 2030). Many Parties provided informat ...
... INDC will “represent a progression beyond the current undertaking of that Party”.1 The INDCs that were submitted by 23 October 2015 included an indication of expected annual greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020 (i.e. usually as a target for emissions in 2025 and 2030). Many Parties provided informat ...
Building climate change resilience for African livestock in sub
... ‘Climate change’ refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period and warming of the global climate is now unequivocal. Climate change is chara ...
... ‘Climate change’ refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties and that persists for an extended period and warming of the global climate is now unequivocal. Climate change is chara ...
Building Resilience into Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr
... However, there are likely to be negative impacts on growth particularly in areas that become more prone to drought [6]. A warmer climate may also lead to a greater susceptibility to biotic attack and there is already evidence that climate change is influencing the occurrence of pests and diseases le ...
... However, there are likely to be negative impacts on growth particularly in areas that become more prone to drought [6]. A warmer climate may also lead to a greater susceptibility to biotic attack and there is already evidence that climate change is influencing the occurrence of pests and diseases le ...
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... other hand, in recent years and sometimes thanks to public subsidies and interventions, ski resorts are investing huge amounts of money in snowmaking infrastructures. By means of this policy, it is expected to offset the effect of climate variability and guarantee the snowpack necessary to assure re ...
... other hand, in recent years and sometimes thanks to public subsidies and interventions, ski resorts are investing huge amounts of money in snowmaking infrastructures. By means of this policy, it is expected to offset the effect of climate variability and guarantee the snowpack necessary to assure re ...