National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... flooding events of consecutive three years since 2008 in our northern regions have exposed our vulnerability and unpreparedness for climate change impacts. These events further highlighted the linkages between vulnerability to climate change and pressing socio-economic issues in Namibia such as pove ...
... flooding events of consecutive three years since 2008 in our northern regions have exposed our vulnerability and unpreparedness for climate change impacts. These events further highlighted the linkages between vulnerability to climate change and pressing socio-economic issues in Namibia such as pove ...
NASA Research Strategy for Earth System Science
... more active water cycle would also be expected to generate more frequent and/or more severe weather disturbances. We know there have been generally upward trends in measured surface temperatures, amounting to a significant global mean temperature increase over the last 20 years. We also know that, d ...
... more active water cycle would also be expected to generate more frequent and/or more severe weather disturbances. We know there have been generally upward trends in measured surface temperatures, amounting to a significant global mean temperature increase over the last 20 years. We also know that, d ...
O b s e rved Impacts climate change in the U.S.
... 6) The findings that climate change is affecting U.S. biological systems are consistent across different geographic scales and a variety of species, and these U.S. impacts reflect global trends. Even against a backg round of apparently dominating forces such as direct human-driven habitat destructi ...
... 6) The findings that climate change is affecting U.S. biological systems are consistent across different geographic scales and a variety of species, and these U.S. impacts reflect global trends. Even against a backg round of apparently dominating forces such as direct human-driven habitat destructi ...
Module 2 - UNFCC related Funds - Global Climate Change Alliance
... Some tips for creating a successful proposal are among the findings in the project justification: Explain how the project is truly an adaptation project, as opposed to a "business as usual" development project; Show that climate change is the primary cause of the problem that the project will ...
... Some tips for creating a successful proposal are among the findings in the project justification: Explain how the project is truly an adaptation project, as opposed to a "business as usual" development project; Show that climate change is the primary cause of the problem that the project will ...
Ecological and methodological drivers of species` distribution and
... 19 years; and (3) studies included data after 1990. Studies relying purely on modelling or experimental data were excluded. At least twenty years of data is a common cut-off used in syntheses of climate change impacts (Rosenzweig et al., 2008). This length of time gives confidence that biological ch ...
... 19 years; and (3) studies included data after 1990. Studies relying purely on modelling or experimental data were excluded. At least twenty years of data is a common cut-off used in syntheses of climate change impacts (Rosenzweig et al., 2008). This length of time gives confidence that biological ch ...
Growing within Limits
... temperature of 2 °C (as a political trade-off between risks and achievable emission reduction targets). This limit implies a maximum long-run greenhouse gas concentration level of 400 to 450 ppmv CO2 equivalents, compared to present levels of around 400 ppmv and pre-industrial levels of 280 ppmv. In ...
... temperature of 2 °C (as a political trade-off between risks and achievable emission reduction targets). This limit implies a maximum long-run greenhouse gas concentration level of 400 to 450 ppmv CO2 equivalents, compared to present levels of around 400 ppmv and pre-industrial levels of 280 ppmv. In ...
Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in high
... amplified warming in high latitudes, mitigation alone is unlikely to be rapid enough to prevent significant, even irreversible, impacts. Model simulations in which solar insolation was arbitrarily reduced poleward of 51, 61, or 71◦ latitude in one or both hemispheres not only cooled those regions, b ...
... amplified warming in high latitudes, mitigation alone is unlikely to be rapid enough to prevent significant, even irreversible, impacts. Model simulations in which solar insolation was arbitrarily reduced poleward of 51, 61, or 71◦ latitude in one or both hemispheres not only cooled those regions, b ...
Energy Independent Vermont Brochure
... “I support taxing the oil and gas companies that are robbing Vermont of our winters and the chance for all Vermont kids to grow up skiing, like I did. I believe that this is one of the single most important things we can be doing now to slow climate change and preserve our Vermont climate as we know ...
... “I support taxing the oil and gas companies that are robbing Vermont of our winters and the chance for all Vermont kids to grow up skiing, like I did. I believe that this is one of the single most important things we can be doing now to slow climate change and preserve our Vermont climate as we know ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Agriculture and Food Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
... Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate chang ...
... Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate chang ...
Countries and regions
... resources are managed sustainably, and biodiversity is protected, valued and restored in ways that enhance our society's resilience. Our low-carbon growth has long been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global safe and sustainable society.’ ...
... resources are managed sustainably, and biodiversity is protected, valued and restored in ways that enhance our society's resilience. Our low-carbon growth has long been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global safe and sustainable society.’ ...
Changing climate and rising seas - Parliamentary Commissioner for
... I first heard about climate change in 1979 sitting in a lecture theatre at the University of California, Berkeley. In the same year, the Shah of Iran fled his country, exports of oil from the Middle East fell, and the second oil crisis began. In a world focused on securing supplies of oil, few were ...
... I first heard about climate change in 1979 sitting in a lecture theatre at the University of California, Berkeley. In the same year, the Shah of Iran fled his country, exports of oil from the Middle East fell, and the second oil crisis began. In a world focused on securing supplies of oil, few were ...
Countries and regions
... resources are managed sustainably, and biodiversity is protected, valued and restored in ways that enhance our society's resilience. Our low-carbon growth has long been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global safe and sustainable society.’ ...
... resources are managed sustainably, and biodiversity is protected, valued and restored in ways that enhance our society's resilience. Our low-carbon growth has long been decoupled from resource use, setting the pace for a global safe and sustainable society.’ ...
LLoyd's Science of Risk Conference Booklet 2012
... impacts on temperatures, rain, river flow and drought, including such notable events as the 1930s dust bowl in the US. More than this, these variations in ocean temperature drive coherent changes to weather risks in geographically remote regions that provide a challenge in how we underwrite our weat ...
... impacts on temperatures, rain, river flow and drought, including such notable events as the 1930s dust bowl in the US. More than this, these variations in ocean temperature drive coherent changes to weather risks in geographically remote regions that provide a challenge in how we underwrite our weat ...
Mekong River flow and hydrological extremes under climate change
... river discharges (annual change between +5 and +16 %, depending on location). Despite the overall increasing trend, the individual scenarios show differences in the magnitude of discharge changes and, to a lesser extent, contrasting directional changes. The scenario’s ensemble, however, shows reduce ...
... river discharges (annual change between +5 and +16 %, depending on location). Despite the overall increasing trend, the individual scenarios show differences in the magnitude of discharge changes and, to a lesser extent, contrasting directional changes. The scenario’s ensemble, however, shows reduce ...
and the new Industrial Revolution
... policy briefs: ‘Climate change adaptation in dynamic economies: the cases of Colombia and West Bengal’ (Kocornik-Mina and Fankhauser, 2015), ‘Green agricultural policies and poverty reduction’ (Lovo et al., 2015), ‘Carbon pricing in good times… and bad’ (Doda, 2014), ‘Carbon pricing: how best to use ...
... policy briefs: ‘Climate change adaptation in dynamic economies: the cases of Colombia and West Bengal’ (Kocornik-Mina and Fankhauser, 2015), ‘Green agricultural policies and poverty reduction’ (Lovo et al., 2015), ‘Carbon pricing in good times… and bad’ (Doda, 2014), ‘Carbon pricing: how best to use ...
Part VI: International Collective Action
... greater than produced by the whole of the global transport sector5. These emissions could potentially be cut significantly fairly quickly – no new technology has to be developed – although considerable challenges have to be addressed, as discussed below. While planting new trees is an excellent long ...
... greater than produced by the whole of the global transport sector5. These emissions could potentially be cut significantly fairly quickly – no new technology has to be developed – although considerable challenges have to be addressed, as discussed below. While planting new trees is an excellent long ...
Farming in a Changing Climate
... and blocked grain transportation systems. With climate change, the expectation is that temperatures will rise, moisture conditions will change, and many extreme climate events will become more common. Given the effects of recent extreme weather, questions arise about the capacity of agri-food system ...
... and blocked grain transportation systems. With climate change, the expectation is that temperatures will rise, moisture conditions will change, and many extreme climate events will become more common. Given the effects of recent extreme weather, questions arise about the capacity of agri-food system ...
here - Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
... their effectiveness through innovative metrics that will induce broader climate action, track performance across scales, and provide accountability; and 3. Scale up clean energy finance through strategies designed to support wide-ranging action, particularly using limited public funding to leverage ...
... their effectiveness through innovative metrics that will induce broader climate action, track performance across scales, and provide accountability; and 3. Scale up clean energy finance through strategies designed to support wide-ranging action, particularly using limited public funding to leverage ...
3/23 - Utexas
... • Tits lay eggs at the same time that they did in 1985 – mid-spring (~4/16 to 5/15) • Since ~1985 spring temperatures have risen about 2oC • Tits primary food is the winter moth caterpillar (below) • Caterpillar production is 2 weeks earlier in 2002 than in ...
... • Tits lay eggs at the same time that they did in 1985 – mid-spring (~4/16 to 5/15) • Since ~1985 spring temperatures have risen about 2oC • Tits primary food is the winter moth caterpillar (below) • Caterpillar production is 2 weeks earlier in 2002 than in ...
Climate and Culture - George Mason University
... associations, think tanks, and foundations, who have a stake in this issue—or create new ones.” As an ethnographer who has conducted long-term research since 1991 with communities in northeastern Siberia, I argue that, in the contemporary context of global climate change, to these ends we need a ref ...
... associations, think tanks, and foundations, who have a stake in this issue—or create new ones.” As an ethnographer who has conducted long-term research since 1991 with communities in northeastern Siberia, I argue that, in the contemporary context of global climate change, to these ends we need a ref ...
Phase relationships between Antarctic and Greenland
... (PCs 7 and 8), but these account for relatively small fractions (<5% each) of the variance. No periodic components in the Byrd data are identified by SSA, using the same criterion as for GISP2. These results are consistent with those of Muller and MacDonald (2000), who note that the 1.5 kyr cycle ex ...
... (PCs 7 and 8), but these account for relatively small fractions (<5% each) of the variance. No periodic components in the Byrd data are identified by SSA, using the same criterion as for GISP2. These results are consistent with those of Muller and MacDonald (2000), who note that the 1.5 kyr cycle ex ...
Implications of climate change
... unclear whether the delta will suffer a net loss in land area, since sediment deposited in the delta by the silt-laden rivers of the region have recently led to net accretion.2 Indeed, the balance of sea level rise and accretion will depend on the extent to which silt transport changes with upstream ...
... unclear whether the delta will suffer a net loss in land area, since sediment deposited in the delta by the silt-laden rivers of the region have recently led to net accretion.2 Indeed, the balance of sea level rise and accretion will depend on the extent to which silt transport changes with upstream ...
87kb - Torridge District Council
... Promote sustainable consumption and production Sustainable consumption and production is about achieving more with less. This means looking at how goods and services are produced and the impacts of products across the whole lifecycle. This includes reducing the inefficient use of resources and utili ...
... Promote sustainable consumption and production Sustainable consumption and production is about achieving more with less. This means looking at how goods and services are produced and the impacts of products across the whole lifecycle. This includes reducing the inefficient use of resources and utili ...