Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... planned adaptation action in Central Asia was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership1 between October 2010 and April 2011. Covering the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the rapid review examined: identified priority adaptation needs; efforts by governme ...
... planned adaptation action in Central Asia was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership1 between October 2010 and April 2011. Covering the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the rapid review examined: identified priority adaptation needs; efforts by governme ...
Present Day Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in the Coastal Ocean and
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal based on observational evidence from all continents and most oceans (increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, melting of snow and ice, and increasing global average sea level) (IPCC 2007a). The observed increase in global average temperatur ...
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal based on observational evidence from all continents and most oceans (increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, melting of snow and ice, and increasing global average sea level) (IPCC 2007a). The observed increase in global average temperatur ...
Impacts of global warming on arctic pelagic ecosystems and pelagic
... The sub-Arctic has played an important role for the development of Europe, as stockfish and whale oil (lamps) were essential for European living conditions in earlier times. While the sub-Arctic still represents the most important fishing ground in Europe, sea-based extraction of gas and mineral oil ...
... The sub-Arctic has played an important role for the development of Europe, as stockfish and whale oil (lamps) were essential for European living conditions in earlier times. While the sub-Arctic still represents the most important fishing ground in Europe, sea-based extraction of gas and mineral oil ...
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... Cities concentrate wealth, people, and productivity, but they also concentrate vulnerability to natural disasters and to long-term changes in climate. Rising sea levels will affect millions of people living in coastal cities. Similarly, migration, changes in land use, and spatial development are lik ...
... Cities concentrate wealth, people, and productivity, but they also concentrate vulnerability to natural disasters and to long-term changes in climate. Rising sea levels will affect millions of people living in coastal cities. Similarly, migration, changes in land use, and spatial development are lik ...
Safety as a Springboard to Sustainability
... – Increase in stakeholder interest – More interventionist approach by the safety regulator Significant activity to address concerns Safety high up the agenda ...
... – Increase in stakeholder interest – More interventionist approach by the safety regulator Significant activity to address concerns Safety high up the agenda ...
ocean fertilization
... of subsurface oxygen, and production of climate active gases such as nitrous oxide. Results from the ocean iron fertilization experiments conducted so far have not determined at what scale fertilization will result in persistent alterations of the ecosystem. However, there is scientific confidence ...
... of subsurface oxygen, and production of climate active gases such as nitrous oxide. Results from the ocean iron fertilization experiments conducted so far have not determined at what scale fertilization will result in persistent alterations of the ecosystem. However, there is scientific confidence ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... The social institutions of industrial society have been confronted with the historically unprecedented possibility of the destruction though decision making of all life on this planet. Urlich Beck, 1992, From Industrial Society to the Risk Society, 101. The paradox arising from the human capacity to ...
... The social institutions of industrial society have been confronted with the historically unprecedented possibility of the destruction though decision making of all life on this planet. Urlich Beck, 1992, From Industrial Society to the Risk Society, 101. The paradox arising from the human capacity to ...
1-Thesis Synthesis
... The social institutions of industrial society have been confronted with the historically unprecedented possibility of the destruction though decision making of all life on this planet. Urlich Beck, 1992, From Industrial Society to the Risk Society, 101. The paradox arising from the human capacity to ...
... The social institutions of industrial society have been confronted with the historically unprecedented possibility of the destruction though decision making of all life on this planet. Urlich Beck, 1992, From Industrial Society to the Risk Society, 101. The paradox arising from the human capacity to ...
Climate change guidelines for forest managers
... The effects of climate change and climate variability on forest ecosystems are evident around the world and further impacts are unavoidable, at least in the short to medium term. Addressing the challenges posed by climate change will require adjustments to forest policies and changes to forest manag ...
... The effects of climate change and climate variability on forest ecosystems are evident around the world and further impacts are unavoidable, at least in the short to medium term. Addressing the challenges posed by climate change will require adjustments to forest policies and changes to forest manag ...
Fragile Connections
... take over the montane grasslands. Increasing aridity and decreasing water availability lower down the mountains could also press communities to head for higher ground. Combined with the ongoing expansion of settlements, mines, railways, and roads, these movements will degrade and fragment snow leopa ...
... take over the montane grasslands. Increasing aridity and decreasing water availability lower down the mountains could also press communities to head for higher ground. Combined with the ongoing expansion of settlements, mines, railways, and roads, these movements will degrade and fragment snow leopa ...
Water and Climate Change
... Water Resource Base...................................................................................................... 9 The climate system and the hydrologic cycle are intimately linked..................................... 9 Evidence is mounting that climate change is occurring and that it is al ...
... Water Resource Base...................................................................................................... 9 The climate system and the hydrologic cycle are intimately linked..................................... 9 Evidence is mounting that climate change is occurring and that it is al ...
The rising tide: assessing the risks of climate
... other environmental damage in coastal areas.(16) The estimates of globalmean sea-level rise in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) range from 22 centimetres to 34 centimetres, between 1990 and the 2080s.(17) Far faster sealevel rise (more ...
... other environmental damage in coastal areas.(16) The estimates of globalmean sea-level rise in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) range from 22 centimetres to 34 centimetres, between 1990 and the 2080s.(17) Far faster sealevel rise (more ...
Methods in World History
... transfer of information. That has never happened before: what does it imply for globalization? Globalization is multifacetted, permeating almost all aspects of human life, from the production of material objects to the production of ideas, from social conflict to ideational clashes. Ideas have sprea ...
... transfer of information. That has never happened before: what does it imply for globalization? Globalization is multifacetted, permeating almost all aspects of human life, from the production of material objects to the production of ideas, from social conflict to ideational clashes. Ideas have sprea ...
Ben and Jerry`s Foundation
... The distinguished (and Nobel Prize-winning) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers noted that even if global emissions were reduced to pre-2000 levels and atmospheric levels stop rising, the present momentum o ...
... The distinguished (and Nobel Prize-winning) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers noted that even if global emissions were reduced to pre-2000 levels and atmospheric levels stop rising, the present momentum o ...
risks of climate change in low elevation
... other environmental damage in coastal areas.(16) The estimates of globalmean sea-level rise in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) range from 22 centimetres to 34 centimetres, between 1990 and the 2080s.(17) Far faster sealevel rise (more ...
... other environmental damage in coastal areas.(16) The estimates of globalmean sea-level rise in the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) range from 22 centimetres to 34 centimetres, between 1990 and the 2080s.(17) Far faster sealevel rise (more ...
Climate Models and Their Evaluation
... evolution has been enhanced via a range of advances since the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter ...
... evolution has been enhanced via a range of advances since the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter ...
IPCC-ar4-wg1-chapter8-ClimateModels.pdf
... evolution has been enhanced via a range of advances since the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter ...
... evolution has been enhanced via a range of advances since the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR). Climate models are based on well-established physical principles and have been demonstrated to reproduce observed features of recent climate (see Chapters 8 and 9) and past climate changes (see Chapter ...
Methods in World History
... transfer of information. That has never happened before: what does it imply for globalization? Globalization is multifacetted, permeating almost all aspects of human life, from the production of material objects to the production of ideas, from social conflict to ideational clashes. Ideas have sprea ...
... transfer of information. That has never happened before: what does it imply for globalization? Globalization is multifacetted, permeating almost all aspects of human life, from the production of material objects to the production of ideas, from social conflict to ideational clashes. Ideas have sprea ...
A Realist Review of Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... It is now clear that climate change is a reality. Vulnerable communities, especially in developing countries, have been increasingly exposed to climate-related hazards. Although the link between climate change and disasters remains scientifically unproven (Pielke, 2014), climatic hazards take a high ...
... It is now clear that climate change is a reality. Vulnerable communities, especially in developing countries, have been increasingly exposed to climate-related hazards. Although the link between climate change and disasters remains scientifically unproven (Pielke, 2014), climatic hazards take a high ...
international indian treaty council
... The distinguished (and Nobel Prize-winning) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers noted that even if global emissions were reduced to pre-2000 levels and atmospheric levels stop rising, the present momentum o ...
... The distinguished (and Nobel Prize-winning) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Summary for Policymakers noted that even if global emissions were reduced to pre-2000 levels and atmospheric levels stop rising, the present momentum o ...
REPORT ON ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN IN RESPONSE AND
... The Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) is a GEF-supported Interagency Global Knowledge Platform on Climate Change Adaptation, and is the first global system for adaptation management. (more details can be found at the ALM’s website: www.adaptationlearning.net.) ...
... The Adaptation Learning Mechanism (ALM) is a GEF-supported Interagency Global Knowledge Platform on Climate Change Adaptation, and is the first global system for adaptation management. (more details can be found at the ALM’s website: www.adaptationlearning.net.) ...
Phenological shifts and the fate of mutualisms
... at different times. Such aseasonal systems generally occur in tropical areas, where climate-driven phenological shifts are less apparent (Pau et al. 2011). Many mutualistic interactions, however, occur during circumscribed times of the year. Furthermore, as the window of opportunity for interaction w ...
... at different times. Such aseasonal systems generally occur in tropical areas, where climate-driven phenological shifts are less apparent (Pau et al. 2011). Many mutualistic interactions, however, occur during circumscribed times of the year. Furthermore, as the window of opportunity for interaction w ...