Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under
... in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted to the European transnational funding programme INTERREG IV B Central Europe ...
... in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted to the European transnational funding programme INTERREG IV B Central Europe ...
Climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture
... From local to global levels, fisheries and aquaculture play important roles for food supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with the great majority in developing countries. Adding those who work in associated processing, marketing, distribu ...
... From local to global levels, fisheries and aquaculture play important roles for food supply, food security and income generation. Some 43.5 million people work directly in the sector, with the great majority in developing countries. Adding those who work in associated processing, marketing, distribu ...
Warming – SBSP Solves – Economy - WFI
... Solvency—USFG Key............................................................................................................................................. 83 Solvency—US Key........................................................................................................................... ...
... Solvency—USFG Key............................................................................................................................................. 83 Solvency—US Key........................................................................................................................... ...
Effects of Climate Change on the Canadian Arctic Wildlife
... particular, we generate lots of new knowledge about the importance of the role of sea ice in wildlife ecology. • Consequences of climate warming on wildlife can sometimes be negative and sometimes be positive, depending on the species that is considered. Those species most specialized for Arctic en ...
... particular, we generate lots of new knowledge about the importance of the role of sea ice in wildlife ecology. • Consequences of climate warming on wildlife can sometimes be negative and sometimes be positive, depending on the species that is considered. Those species most specialized for Arctic en ...
attachment-1311-CRGE Facility TERMS OF REFERENCE
... (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 5. Over 60 Green Economy initiatives have been identified for their potential to ensure that Ethiopia’s 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels do not exceed the current 150 megatonne CO2 equivalent. This avoids about ...
... (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 5. Over 60 Green Economy initiatives have been identified for their potential to ensure that Ethiopia’s 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels do not exceed the current 150 megatonne CO2 equivalent. This avoids about ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster
... would address both the hazards and vulnerabilities which configure particular risk scenarios and would range in scale from actions to manage the local manifestations of global climate risk, through to global measures to reduce hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce ...
... would address both the hazards and vulnerabilities which configure particular risk scenarios and would range in scale from actions to manage the local manifestations of global climate risk, through to global measures to reduce hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce ...
1 - Daikin
... A key aspect of addressing global warming is reducing energy use in buildings 1. Since heating, cooling and ventilation are responsible for most of the energy consumption in buildings, the focus by European policy makers and by Daikin is on improving energy efficiency of such systems. For this reaso ...
... A key aspect of addressing global warming is reducing energy use in buildings 1. Since heating, cooling and ventilation are responsible for most of the energy consumption in buildings, the focus by European policy makers and by Daikin is on improving energy efficiency of such systems. For this reaso ...
biodiversity focal area strategy for gef-5
... Biodiversity is defined as ―the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems1.‖ As such, biod ...
... Biodiversity is defined as ―the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part; this includes diversity within species, between species, and of ecosystems1.‖ As such, biod ...
Climate Change, Migration, and Nontraditional Security Threats in
... then feeds on itself as people are forced or inclined to move to cope with these varying pressures. These pressures are interlinked, but we begin this report by first examining the pressures of climate change. Concurrent with China’s historical economic growth is its massive increase in greenhouse g ...
... then feeds on itself as people are forced or inclined to move to cope with these varying pressures. These pressures are interlinked, but we begin this report by first examining the pressures of climate change. Concurrent with China’s historical economic growth is its massive increase in greenhouse g ...
Chapter 13
... For example, the intense solar energy striking the Earth’s surface at the equator causes the surface as well as the air above the equator to become very warm. This warm air can hold large amounts of water vapor. But as this warm air rises and cools, its ability to hold water is reduced. As a r ...
... For example, the intense solar energy striking the Earth’s surface at the equator causes the surface as well as the air above the equator to become very warm. This warm air can hold large amounts of water vapor. But as this warm air rises and cools, its ability to hold water is reduced. As a r ...
fracking activist toolkit - Chesapeake Climate Action Network
... Our neighbors in Pennsylvania welcomed industrial fracking operations years ago, as did many other states across the country. Luckily, we haven’t yet here in Maryland. We’ve had the luxury of learning from our neighbors, and what we’ve learned is that industrial fracking has destructive and irrevers ...
... Our neighbors in Pennsylvania welcomed industrial fracking operations years ago, as did many other states across the country. Luckily, we haven’t yet here in Maryland. We’ve had the luxury of learning from our neighbors, and what we’ve learned is that industrial fracking has destructive and irrevers ...
Tanzania: Country situation assessment Working paper
... 1971-2000 baseline periods. The report indicates a slight decrease in rainfall in the latter climatological period. It also indicates that, although there has been no significant trend in rainfall at the central ASAL stations, there has been a significant positive temperature trend in both maximum a ...
... 1971-2000 baseline periods. The report indicates a slight decrease in rainfall in the latter climatological period. It also indicates that, although there has been no significant trend in rainfall at the central ASAL stations, there has been a significant positive temperature trend in both maximum a ...
Anomalous winter winds decrease 2014 transition zone productivity
... January to June (Figure 1d). The 150–170°W region follows the same pattern, with the TZ being found slightly farther south (TZ1: 35 to 44°N, TZ2: 33 to 42°N; Table 1). Because coastal productivity is influenced by a variety of processes separate from those controlling open ocean (e.g., tidal mixing, ...
... January to June (Figure 1d). The 150–170°W region follows the same pattern, with the TZ being found slightly farther south (TZ1: 35 to 44°N, TZ2: 33 to 42°N; Table 1). Because coastal productivity is influenced by a variety of processes separate from those controlling open ocean (e.g., tidal mixing, ...
Asset Manager Conflicts of Interest in the Energy and Utility
... The Key Vote Proposals were a group of initiatives by long-term shareholders to advance climate risk management and promote corporate governance reforms identified as important by the 50/50 Climate Project. Key Vote Proposals included shareholder-sponsored proposals calling on companies to disclose ...
... The Key Vote Proposals were a group of initiatives by long-term shareholders to advance climate risk management and promote corporate governance reforms identified as important by the 50/50 Climate Project. Key Vote Proposals included shareholder-sponsored proposals calling on companies to disclose ...
Full Report, Final Report, Abrupt Climate Change
... has been made since the report by the National Research Council in 2002 on this topic, and this report provides considerably greater detail and insight on these issues than did the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4). New paleoclimatic reconstructions h ...
... has been made since the report by the National Research Council in 2002 on this topic, and this report provides considerably greater detail and insight on these issues than did the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4). New paleoclimatic reconstructions h ...
An Overview of the Causes and Effects of Sea Level Rise
... taken place along much of the U.S. coast in the last century could be responsible for the serious erosion problems confronting many coastal communities.' Furthermore, according to the National Academy of Sciences, the expected doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases could r ...
... taken place along much of the U.S. coast in the last century could be responsible for the serious erosion problems confronting many coastal communities.' Furthermore, according to the National Academy of Sciences, the expected doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases could r ...
Glacier shrinkage and climatic change in the Russian Altai from the
... Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery. Data from the World Glacier Inventory (WGI) dating to 1952 and aerial photographs from 1952 were used to estimate the changes. 256 glaciers with a combined area of 253 ± 5.1 km2 have been identified in the region in 2004. Estimation of chan ...
... Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery. Data from the World Glacier Inventory (WGI) dating to 1952 and aerial photographs from 1952 were used to estimate the changes. 256 glaciers with a combined area of 253 ± 5.1 km2 have been identified in the region in 2004. Estimation of chan ...
Great barrier battleground over coral bleaching
... He says the authors joined together two time series of coral-cover data to span this period. From 1986 to 2003, the high-quality AIMS data that is based on large-scale systematic surveys was used. But for the period 1963 to 1985, the authors used ad hoc and low-quality data from disparate short-term ...
... He says the authors joined together two time series of coral-cover data to span this period. From 1986 to 2003, the high-quality AIMS data that is based on large-scale systematic surveys was used. But for the period 1963 to 1985, the authors used ad hoc and low-quality data from disparate short-term ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – aquatic
... All freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of their relative isolation and physical fragmentation within terrestrial landscapes (Woodward et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously p ...
... All freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of their relative isolation and physical fragmentation within terrestrial landscapes (Woodward et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously p ...
The Economic Effects of Long-Term Climate
... are exogenous to economic growth, they are not necessarily distributed randomly across space. It is also well established that city growth in Early Modern Europe has been unevenly distributed across space with centers of growth in Northwestern Europe (e.g. Broadberry, 2013; van Zanden, 2009; Koot, 2 ...
... are exogenous to economic growth, they are not necessarily distributed randomly across space. It is also well established that city growth in Early Modern Europe has been unevenly distributed across space with centers of growth in Northwestern Europe (e.g. Broadberry, 2013; van Zanden, 2009; Koot, 2 ...
ligums_anglu_val
... including with regard to: (a) Sharing information, good practices, experiences and lessons learned, including, as appropriate, as these relate to science, planning, policies and implementation in relation to adaptation actions; (b) Strengthening institutional arrangements, including those under the ...
... including with regard to: (a) Sharing information, good practices, experiences and lessons learned, including, as appropriate, as these relate to science, planning, policies and implementation in relation to adaptation actions; (b) Strengthening institutional arrangements, including those under the ...
Lenachuru_colostate_0053A_13620 - DSpace Home
... establish how the Ilchamus acquire, share and transmit their IK over generations and within their community; and 3) to investigate how their IK informs Ilchamus decision-making in their livelihood production systems. To address these objectives, I conducted focus groups discussions with men and wome ...
... establish how the Ilchamus acquire, share and transmit their IK over generations and within their community; and 3) to investigate how their IK informs Ilchamus decision-making in their livelihood production systems. To address these objectives, I conducted focus groups discussions with men and wome ...
Biodiversity
... considerable direct and indirect value – and markets often fail to fully capture that value – additional pro-biodiversity policies are needed, for which governments have the necessary tools at their disposal. The number and extent of protected areas have been increasing rapidly worldwide in recent d ...
... considerable direct and indirect value – and markets often fail to fully capture that value – additional pro-biodiversity policies are needed, for which governments have the necessary tools at their disposal. The number and extent of protected areas have been increasing rapidly worldwide in recent d ...