A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... Adapting to climate change involves taking action to reduce or eliminate the negative effects of climate change or to take advantage of the positive effects. Adaptation complements commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change adaptation may require changes to existing policies and ...
... Adapting to climate change involves taking action to reduce or eliminate the negative effects of climate change or to take advantage of the positive effects. Adaptation complements commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Climate change adaptation may require changes to existing policies and ...
WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE Climate Change Act Now
... working with us intensively on new approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation. And most recently, the Bank’s Forestry Group has asked us to help them develop a Global Forestry Alliance proposal to massively scale-up smallholder agroforestry in Africa through a portfolio of new projects i ...
... working with us intensively on new approaches to climate change adaptation and mitigation. And most recently, the Bank’s Forestry Group has asked us to help them develop a Global Forestry Alliance proposal to massively scale-up smallholder agroforestry in Africa through a portfolio of new projects i ...
Climate Change Helplessness and Efficacy
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
CLIMATE CHANGE HELPLESSNESS 1 Running head: CLIMATE
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
... their personal energy use to prevent the worst-case climate scenarios (EPA, 2014; IPCC, 2014). But ironically, the gravity of the threat may be too great for people to believe their actions matter. That is, people experience climate change helplessness and so fail to see the harmful effects of their ...
Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives
... This Toolkit benefited from the contributions of many individuals who are currently involved in supporting climate change adaptation initiatives in a number of developing countries. The content draws heavily on the experiences of country-led UNDP-supported initiatives. It is grounded on experiences ...
... This Toolkit benefited from the contributions of many individuals who are currently involved in supporting climate change adaptation initiatives in a number of developing countries. The content draws heavily on the experiences of country-led UNDP-supported initiatives. It is grounded on experiences ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... minimal common ground. For example, officials favoring robust action on climate change are charged with engaging in a “War on Coal.” Those opposed are labeled “members of the Flat Earth Society.” Set against these dysfunctional climate and energy politics, how can progress be made? For people who ac ...
... minimal common ground. For example, officials favoring robust action on climate change are charged with engaging in a “War on Coal.” Those opposed are labeled “members of the Flat Earth Society.” Set against these dysfunctional climate and energy politics, how can progress be made? For people who ac ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... usually advocate for a change in these values rather than simply deploying a technology that allows pernicious behaviors to continue.36,38,39 Corner and Pidgeon warn that ‘[f]or groups and individuals who see climate change as a symptom of a social and economic order that is inherently unsustainable ...
... usually advocate for a change in these values rather than simply deploying a technology that allows pernicious behaviors to continue.36,38,39 Corner and Pidgeon warn that ‘[f]or groups and individuals who see climate change as a symptom of a social and economic order that is inherently unsustainable ...
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... greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere, are changing our climate (IPCC, 2001a). Greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere for centuries and the decay of most greenhouse gases takes more than fifty years. Therefore, the global warming problem will persist for at least the next cen ...
... greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere, are changing our climate (IPCC, 2001a). Greenhouse gases have accumulated in the atmosphere for centuries and the decay of most greenhouse gases takes more than fifty years. Therefore, the global warming problem will persist for at least the next cen ...
Report from the Group of Jurists and Linguists on
... placements of CO2 in the maritime area, evidence that there is a possibility of pollution or of some other adverse effect from the placement will often be relevant. In assessing such evidence, the precautionary principle must be applied. The OSPAR Convention’s formulation of this principle requires ...
... placements of CO2 in the maritime area, evidence that there is a possibility of pollution or of some other adverse effect from the placement will often be relevant. In assessing such evidence, the precautionary principle must be applied. The OSPAR Convention’s formulation of this principle requires ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... learning challenge. But promising practices are emerging. Locally-driven, participatory tools and methods should be used to inform development practitioners and decision-makers on the best course of action when it comes to addressing the impacts of climatic shocks and shifts. Again, there is no ‘one ...
... learning challenge. But promising practices are emerging. Locally-driven, participatory tools and methods should be used to inform development practitioners and decision-makers on the best course of action when it comes to addressing the impacts of climatic shocks and shifts. Again, there is no ‘one ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... of the standard seasons also depict the same type of patterns in the highest daily rainfall values observed. Thus far, there is an indication of relatively more intense rainfall occurring more frequently over the coastal strip and the northern parts of the country in the SeptemberOctober-November (S ...
... of the standard seasons also depict the same type of patterns in the highest daily rainfall values observed. Thus far, there is an indication of relatively more intense rainfall occurring more frequently over the coastal strip and the northern parts of the country in the SeptemberOctober-November (S ...
The impact of climate change on disease constraints on production
... planning for adaptation to climate change, there is a need to evaluate impacts of climate change on disease-induced losses in crop yields. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus, B. rapa, B. juncea, B. carinata, rapeseed, canola) is grown throughout the world as a source of oil and protein (for human/animal c ...
... planning for adaptation to climate change, there is a need to evaluate impacts of climate change on disease-induced losses in crop yields. Oilseed rape (Brassica napus, B. rapa, B. juncea, B. carinata, rapeseed, canola) is grown throughout the world as a source of oil and protein (for human/animal c ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... (CRG) within the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He is an expert in the modeling, simulation and analysis of climate and climate change, with interests in simulating and understanding past, present and possible future climates, climate impacts and climate policy. He carried out the first detaile ...
... (CRG) within the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He is an expert in the modeling, simulation and analysis of climate and climate change, with interests in simulating and understanding past, present and possible future climates, climate impacts and climate policy. He carried out the first detaile ...
Climate Change and Human Rights
... Ten years ago, the Inuit people asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to hear their claim that the unchecked effects of climate change were violating their human rights. At the time, the request seemed quixotic, especially after the Commission declined to hear the case. In retrospect, how ...
... Ten years ago, the Inuit people asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to hear their claim that the unchecked effects of climate change were violating their human rights. At the time, the request seemed quixotic, especially after the Commission declined to hear the case. In retrospect, how ...
Climate Change and Human Rights
... Ten years ago, the Inuit people asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to hear their claim that the unchecked effects of climate change were violating their human rights. At the time, the request seemed quixotic, especially after the Commission declined to hear the case. In retrospect, how ...
... Ten years ago, the Inuit people asked the Inter-American Human Rights Commission to hear their claim that the unchecked effects of climate change were violating their human rights. At the time, the request seemed quixotic, especially after the Commission declined to hear the case. In retrospect, how ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... 2. There is growing evidence that decisions about land use and land reform, spatial planning, agricultural policy, electricity market reform, energy security and forest conservation, which are often treated as being independent from climate policy, can significantly reduce emissions. Similarly, non- ...
... 2. There is growing evidence that decisions about land use and land reform, spatial planning, agricultural policy, electricity market reform, energy security and forest conservation, which are often treated as being independent from climate policy, can significantly reduce emissions. Similarly, non- ...
Florida on the Coast of Climate Change: Responding to
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Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
... Development Initiative), Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, and Clipore (Mistra’s Climate Policy Research Program) is gratefully acknowledged. ...
... Development Initiative), Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, and Clipore (Mistra’s Climate Policy Research Program) is gratefully acknowledged. ...
Durban Climate Change Strategy
... As a result of these changes, there are a number of risks that Durban may face in the future. These include changes from year to year in water availability, potential damage to infrastructure, threats to biodiversity and ecosystems, impacts on agriculture and food security, higher energy consumption ...
... As a result of these changes, there are a number of risks that Durban may face in the future. These include changes from year to year in water availability, potential damage to infrastructure, threats to biodiversity and ecosystems, impacts on agriculture and food security, higher energy consumption ...
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an international environmental treaty (currently the only international climate policy venue with broad legitimacy, due in part to its virtually universal membership) negotiated at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992. The objective of the treaty is to ""stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system"".The treaty itself set no binding limits on greenhouse gas emissions for individual countries and contains no enforcement mechanisms. In that sense, the treaty is considered legally non-binding. Instead, the treaty provides a framework for negotiating specific international treaties (called ""protocols"") that may set binding limits on greenhouse gases.The UNFCCC was adopted on 9 May 1992, and opened for signature on 4 June 1992, after an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee produced the text of the Framework Convention as a report following its meeting in New York from 30 April to 9 May 1992. It entered into force on 21 March 1994. As of March 2014, UNFCCC has 196 parties.The parties to the convention have met annually from 1995 in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol was concluded and established legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. The 2010 Cancún agreements state that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level. The 20th COP took place in Peru in 2014.One of the first tasks set by the UNFCCC was for signatory nations to establish national greenhouse gas inventories of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and removals, which were used to create the 1990 benchmark levels for accession of Annex I countries to the Kyoto Protocol and for the commitment of those countries to GHG reductions. Updated inventories must be regularly submitted by Annex I countries.The UNFCCC is also the name of the United Nations Secretariat charged with supporting the operation of the Convention, with offices in Haus Carstanjen, and UN Campus [known as: Langer Eugen] Bonn, Germany. From 2006 to 2010 the head of the secretariat was Yvo de Boer. On 17 May 2010, Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica succeeded de Boer. The Secretariat, augmented through the parallel efforts of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), aims to gain consensus through meetings and the discussion of various strategies.