Annex 10: (Draft) final reports template
... of indicators that help comparing the situation of the programme area in question with the European average, the average for all programme areas as well as the situation in the countries involved. The second part briefly presents the territorial factors of interest for the programme area. The final ...
... of indicators that help comparing the situation of the programme area in question with the European average, the average for all programme areas as well as the situation in the countries involved. The second part briefly presents the territorial factors of interest for the programme area. The final ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... limate affects everyone. The change of seasons influences cultural traditions, agricultural practices, and even disease transmission. Year-to-year changes in climate, and the associated changes in weather characteristics, can either amplify or weaken the seasonally varying climate fluctuations, lead ...
... limate affects everyone. The change of seasons influences cultural traditions, agricultural practices, and even disease transmission. Year-to-year changes in climate, and the associated changes in weather characteristics, can either amplify or weaken the seasonally varying climate fluctuations, lead ...
Directional climate change and potential reversal of desertification in
... 2007; Schoof et al., 2010), are expected to maintain current desertified systems and increase the land susceptible to woody plant encroachment, even in the absence of livestock overgrazing (Verstraete et al., 2009). Alternatively, long-term increases in rainfall may provide opportunities for a rever ...
... 2007; Schoof et al., 2010), are expected to maintain current desertified systems and increase the land susceptible to woody plant encroachment, even in the absence of livestock overgrazing (Verstraete et al., 2009). Alternatively, long-term increases in rainfall may provide opportunities for a rever ...
GEP_CourseGuide_2012
... The course guide, announcements, extra readings (as available) are available on WebCT beginning Week 1. Presentation slides will also be posted there. We will also use WebCT to share and discuss news, events and issues arising in seminar discussion ...
... The course guide, announcements, extra readings (as available) are available on WebCT beginning Week 1. Presentation slides will also be posted there. We will also use WebCT to share and discuss news, events and issues arising in seminar discussion ...
Including International Forest Carbon Incentives
... potential is 1.8–2.9 billion tCO2 for carbon prices of $10–$30/tCO2. Reductions in deforestation emissions, combined with increases in forest carbon stocks through afforestation and forest management in tropical regions, could amount to a significant boost in mitigation potential from the global for ...
... potential is 1.8–2.9 billion tCO2 for carbon prices of $10–$30/tCO2. Reductions in deforestation emissions, combined with increases in forest carbon stocks through afforestation and forest management in tropical regions, could amount to a significant boost in mitigation potential from the global for ...
AMIDST FRAGMENTATION AND COHERENCE: A
... degradation of ecosystems resulting from climate change, it is not at all irrelevant. In fact, the iconic nature and the high profile of many world heritage sites make them particularly suitable to promote public awareness of the need for action on climate change mitigation and adaptation and is lik ...
... degradation of ecosystems resulting from climate change, it is not at all irrelevant. In fact, the iconic nature and the high profile of many world heritage sites make them particularly suitable to promote public awareness of the need for action on climate change mitigation and adaptation and is lik ...
Abrupt climate change as an important agent of ecological change... Northeast U.S. throughout the past 15,000 years
... The application of these results to ecology and conservation can be enhanced, however, by increasing knowledge about the processes involved in the vegetation response to abrupt and short-lived (100–500 yr) climate changes. The northeastern U.S. is an ideal location for examining the possible effects ...
... The application of these results to ecology and conservation can be enhanced, however, by increasing knowledge about the processes involved in the vegetation response to abrupt and short-lived (100–500 yr) climate changes. The northeastern U.S. is an ideal location for examining the possible effects ...
Investment requirements in extension to achieve Zero Hunger and adapt to climate change
... leaves extension under-financed, since most of the budget covers only salaries with severely insufficient investment in operational costs, capacity development, networking and extension monitoring and – importantly – in programmes that benefit smallholders. 3. In two Latin American countries (Costa ...
... leaves extension under-financed, since most of the budget covers only salaries with severely insufficient investment in operational costs, capacity development, networking and extension monitoring and – importantly – in programmes that benefit smallholders. 3. In two Latin American countries (Costa ...
How firms can use psychology to create successful energy
... Households’ energy consumption and its inherent CO2 emissions are major causes for global climate change (Levine et al., 2007; Niederberger & Spalding-Fecher, 2006). Any solution to rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere critically depends on decreasing levels of energy consumption and increasing su ...
... Households’ energy consumption and its inherent CO2 emissions are major causes for global climate change (Levine et al., 2007; Niederberger & Spalding-Fecher, 2006). Any solution to rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere critically depends on decreasing levels of energy consumption and increasing su ...
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... The global mean surface air temperature has risen about 0.7 ± 0.2 °C during the 20th century and the last decade was the warmest, during the instrumental record, in the Northern Hemisphere (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, 2007). Air temperature is forecasted to increase even more in ...
... The global mean surface air temperature has risen about 0.7 ± 0.2 °C during the 20th century and the last decade was the warmest, during the instrumental record, in the Northern Hemisphere (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, 2007). Air temperature is forecasted to increase even more in ...
Technology Executive Committee
... activities. In the analysis and synthesis field, the GEF undertakes the following: a) Documents summarizing the recent progress on the implementation of the Poznan Strategic Program on Technology Transfer are regularly reported by the GEF to the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and th ...
... activities. In the analysis and synthesis field, the GEF undertakes the following: a) Documents summarizing the recent progress on the implementation of the Poznan Strategic Program on Technology Transfer are regularly reported by the GEF to the UNFCCC Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and th ...
Paura - Project Anticipation
... updated ethical framework to serve as a guide. Now that our technological power is threating the natural balance, our responsibility spreads beyond interhuman relations to the biosphere and should incorporate long-term effects in any forecast. Humanity should be responsible towards the future genera ...
... updated ethical framework to serve as a guide. Now that our technological power is threating the natural balance, our responsibility spreads beyond interhuman relations to the biosphere and should incorporate long-term effects in any forecast. Humanity should be responsible towards the future genera ...
Global Climate Models and Their Limitations
... can be as complex or as simple as the model creators make them. A model can be statistical or dynamic, and here we focus mainly on dynamic models, or what are called general circulation models. In a dynamic model, the system is represented in three dimensions, the characteristics of the system are s ...
... can be as complex or as simple as the model creators make them. A model can be statistical or dynamic, and here we focus mainly on dynamic models, or what are called general circulation models. In a dynamic model, the system is represented in three dimensions, the characteristics of the system are s ...
Changes in Ocean Heat, Carbon Content, and Ventilation: A Review
... throughout the tropical Atlantic surface waters. The Southern Hemisphere pycnocline, at levels shallower than the Antarctic Intermediate Water, has freshened (Talley 2009, Helm et al. 2010). Oxygen and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) changes at the same locations (see Sections 5 and 6.1) indicate that this ...
... throughout the tropical Atlantic surface waters. The Southern Hemisphere pycnocline, at levels shallower than the Antarctic Intermediate Water, has freshened (Talley 2009, Helm et al. 2010). Oxygen and chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) changes at the same locations (see Sections 5 and 6.1) indicate that this ...
An Analysis of Senator McConnell`s Letter Urging States Not to
... governors of all fifty states not to prepare state plans in response to those regulations. In that letter he laid out what he termed his “serious legal and policy concerns” regarding the EPA proposal. The letter received wide publicity. Daniel Selmi has written an essay analyzing legal statements ma ...
... governors of all fifty states not to prepare state plans in response to those regulations. In that letter he laid out what he termed his “serious legal and policy concerns” regarding the EPA proposal. The letter received wide publicity. Daniel Selmi has written an essay analyzing legal statements ma ...
Let Them Eat Coal - Oxfam International
... leadership on climate from the G7 at their meeting in Germany could lead to a breakthrough in Paris. Clear leadership from the G7 means concrete plans to reduce their own emissions and to mobilize climate finance. Why the G7 must kick their coal habit Coal is the single biggest driver of catastrophi ...
... leadership on climate from the G7 at their meeting in Germany could lead to a breakthrough in Paris. Clear leadership from the G7 means concrete plans to reduce their own emissions and to mobilize climate finance. Why the G7 must kick their coal habit Coal is the single biggest driver of catastrophi ...
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... Mr Andre Kong, Chief Executive Officer of the Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica welcomed participants. He said that climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) had long been recognized as significant gaps in fisheries and aquaculture pl ...
... Mr Andre Kong, Chief Executive Officer of the Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries of Jamaica welcomed participants. He said that climate change adaptation (CCA) and disaster risk management (DRM) had long been recognized as significant gaps in fisheries and aquaculture pl ...
M D N R
... and all Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) (with enough life history data) were assessed. Vulnerable species are those expected to experience reductions in range extent or abundance by 2050 due to climate change. The CCVI analysis suggests that 17% of terrestrial game species and 61% of te ...
... and all Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) (with enough life history data) were assessed. Vulnerable species are those expected to experience reductions in range extent or abundance by 2050 due to climate change. The CCVI analysis suggests that 17% of terrestrial game species and 61% of te ...
14. impacts on the tourism sector
... In Spain, the coastal tourism area has been very important since the beginning of mass tourism, and it must be kept in mind that the coast is the environment that houses the biggest offer and the biggest movement of tourists, and which therefore shows the greatest effects of the transformation and r ...
... In Spain, the coastal tourism area has been very important since the beginning of mass tourism, and it must be kept in mind that the coast is the environment that houses the biggest offer and the biggest movement of tourists, and which therefore shows the greatest effects of the transformation and r ...
Status of CDM in Cambodia - Capacity Development for the CDM
... 2003 within the Department of Planning and Legal Affairs by MoE Prakas No 195 Rb>k>b>sß; MoE was appointed as the Interim Designated National Authority (DNA) for CDM by the Prime Minister’s Decision No 01 dated 15 July 2003; ...
... 2003 within the Department of Planning and Legal Affairs by MoE Prakas No 195 Rb>k>b>sß; MoE was appointed as the Interim Designated National Authority (DNA) for CDM by the Prime Minister’s Decision No 01 dated 15 July 2003; ...
PDF - IPCC Working Group II
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...