How the Great Barrier Reef and its industries can adapt to climate
... live, in order to better cope with external changes, like the climate. Sometimes we might follow a particular adaptation strategy that we think is useful, but which in fact does not help us to reduce negative impacts or improve our lives. We want to identify and avoid these kinds of ‘limited’ adapta ...
... live, in order to better cope with external changes, like the climate. Sometimes we might follow a particular adaptation strategy that we think is useful, but which in fact does not help us to reduce negative impacts or improve our lives. We want to identify and avoid these kinds of ‘limited’ adapta ...
Differential climate impacts for policy
... to guide assessments of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The 2015 Paris Agreement includes a two-headed temperature goal: “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 ◦ C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature ...
... to guide assessments of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The 2015 Paris Agreement includes a two-headed temperature goal: “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 ◦ C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature ...
Presents
... The focus on impact analysis or capacity analysis, is often not determined by clear-cut criteria: • Impact analysis may be more appropriate to identify priorities for national or regional adaptation interventions or deeper analysis • Capacity analysis may be more appropriate to identifying and ...
... The focus on impact analysis or capacity analysis, is often not determined by clear-cut criteria: • Impact analysis may be more appropriate to identify priorities for national or regional adaptation interventions or deeper analysis • Capacity analysis may be more appropriate to identifying and ...
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... the same way by climate change. The pace and type of climate change will vary by region and even across segments of a single basin. The uneven nature of climate change impacts means that we must also understand the differential climate vulnerability, sensitivity, and hydrological importance of diffe ...
... the same way by climate change. The pace and type of climate change will vary by region and even across segments of a single basin. The uneven nature of climate change impacts means that we must also understand the differential climate vulnerability, sensitivity, and hydrological importance of diffe ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... exports of goods and services. First, it allows the destination to obtain economic benefits from characteristics that normally could not be traded, for example natural and other cultural attractions. Second, locally produced goods can be sold at a premium to visitors. Finally, goods that could not b ...
... exports of goods and services. First, it allows the destination to obtain economic benefits from characteristics that normally could not be traded, for example natural and other cultural attractions. Second, locally produced goods can be sold at a premium to visitors. Finally, goods that could not b ...
Climate, Community and Biodiversity Project Design Standards SECOND EDITION
... most vulnerable people and ecosystems. Poor communities often rely on natural resources but lack the reserves and capacity to cope with changes in their environment. Meanwhile, the ongoing losses of biological diversity threaten the ecosystems upon which all life depends. Land use change is a major ...
... most vulnerable people and ecosystems. Poor communities often rely on natural resources but lack the reserves and capacity to cope with changes in their environment. Meanwhile, the ongoing losses of biological diversity threaten the ecosystems upon which all life depends. Land use change is a major ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change in Ireland
... for future conservation strategies. Historically, conservation planning has mostly focused on preserving pattern and has acted reactively. However, the conservation agenda is now moving on to consider adaptation to climate change, and a landscape approach is more applicable for testing strategies su ...
... for future conservation strategies. Historically, conservation planning has mostly focused on preserving pattern and has acted reactively. However, the conservation agenda is now moving on to consider adaptation to climate change, and a landscape approach is more applicable for testing strategies su ...
How To Do Note on Fisheries, Aquaculture and Climate Change
... cooler waters. Localized extinctions where fish cannot migrate, for example, in lake fisheries. Changes in fish migration paths, affecting small-scale fishers who do not have suitable vessels to pursue them. Thermal stratification of freshwater lakes, particularly in the tropics, reducing nutrient c ...
... cooler waters. Localized extinctions where fish cannot migrate, for example, in lake fisheries. Changes in fish migration paths, affecting small-scale fishers who do not have suitable vessels to pursue them. Thermal stratification of freshwater lakes, particularly in the tropics, reducing nutrient c ...
Annotated draft outline of the 2016 EEA CCIV report
... CLIM011: Permafrost (indicator discontinued) New section: Overview of ecosystem services, “Big Five” threats to biodiversity, Case studies (e.g. maps by JRC) Merged with former sections on fisheries CLIM044: Ocean acidification CLIM043: Ocean heat content CLIM013: Sea surface temperature CLIM0 ...
... CLIM011: Permafrost (indicator discontinued) New section: Overview of ecosystem services, “Big Five” threats to biodiversity, Case studies (e.g. maps by JRC) Merged with former sections on fisheries CLIM044: Ocean acidification CLIM043: Ocean heat content CLIM013: Sea surface temperature CLIM0 ...
weather and climate: engaging youth
... young people today, they will have increasingly dramatic impacts in the future. What are some of the biggest environmental concerns that future generations will face? The health of the oceans, the impacts of desertification and the growth of megacities are three important issues that will have to be ...
... young people today, they will have increasingly dramatic impacts in the future. What are some of the biggest environmental concerns that future generations will face? The health of the oceans, the impacts of desertification and the growth of megacities are three important issues that will have to be ...
Innovation in the realm of institutional complexity
... reveal interesting insight into these processes. Further, there is a need to explore meaning making in action and the interrelationship between the different meanings in institutional change (Zilber 2008). Thus, the relationship between the practice/structures and the ideational needs more research, ...
... reveal interesting insight into these processes. Further, there is a need to explore meaning making in action and the interrelationship between the different meanings in institutional change (Zilber 2008). Thus, the relationship between the practice/structures and the ideational needs more research, ...
STRIVE Effects of Species Loss and Nutrients on Biodiversity 2007-2013
... acknowledged. The EPA STRIVE Programme addresses the need for research in Ireland to inform policymakers and other stakeholders on a range of questions in relation to environmental protection. These reports are intended as contributions to the necessary debate on the protection of the environment. ...
... acknowledged. The EPA STRIVE Programme addresses the need for research in Ireland to inform policymakers and other stakeholders on a range of questions in relation to environmental protection. These reports are intended as contributions to the necessary debate on the protection of the environment. ...
Ecological Buffers - The Nature Conservancy
... and connectivity of protected areas can be effective in prioritizing and establishing buffers. This broader approach has been more effective in protecting watershed health and critical habitat than a smaller scale or single-species approach.2,3,5,6,21,22,47-49 Connectivity of buffered features is im ...
... and connectivity of protected areas can be effective in prioritizing and establishing buffers. This broader approach has been more effective in protecting watershed health and critical habitat than a smaller scale or single-species approach.2,3,5,6,21,22,47-49 Connectivity of buffered features is im ...
Hyperextended continental margins—Knowns and
... status, subsided rapidly and accumulated sedimentary infill (10 km or more in the Møre Basin). Sub-crustal bodies in some basins have been ...
... status, subsided rapidly and accumulated sedimentary infill (10 km or more in the Møre Basin). Sub-crustal bodies in some basins have been ...
Hyperextended continental margins—Knowns and
... status, subsided rapidly and accumulated sedimentary infill (10 km or more in the Møre Basin). Sub-crustal bodies in some basins have been ...
... status, subsided rapidly and accumulated sedimentary infill (10 km or more in the Møre Basin). Sub-crustal bodies in some basins have been ...
Environmental Challenges to Urban Planning - East
... First, unplanned and unregulated fringe development is undertaken in anticipation of, but without, the necessary public facilities, schools and infrastructure (particularly water and sanitation) required to support an urban population. The result is a complex admixture of land uses and variable ar ...
... First, unplanned and unregulated fringe development is undertaken in anticipation of, but without, the necessary public facilities, schools and infrastructure (particularly water and sanitation) required to support an urban population. The result is a complex admixture of land uses and variable ar ...
Department of Defense Natural Resources Program Fall 2015
... effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these questions, but there are many tools and partnerships available, and more on the horizon. The authors in this issue do a great job describing the problems and challenges posed by a changing climate, as well as some of the resour ...
... effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these questions, but there are many tools and partnerships available, and more on the horizon. The authors in this issue do a great job describing the problems and challenges posed by a changing climate, as well as some of the resour ...
The Adaptation Coalition Toolkit
... in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank, with Jan Flora and Cornelia Flora of Iowa State University. The five country case studies and all project related activities and products were coordinated by Maximillian Ashwill. World Bank task team leaders for this project were Estanisla ...
... in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank, with Jan Flora and Cornelia Flora of Iowa State University. The five country case studies and all project related activities and products were coordinated by Maximillian Ashwill. World Bank task team leaders for this project were Estanisla ...
Warm Arctic—cold continents: climate impacts of the newly open
... from 2004 through 2008 (Kwok et al. 2009; Kwok & Untersteiner 2011). Figure 6 shows a plot of sea-ice age for spring 2010, calculated from satellite estimates of seaice drift. Note the small amount of 5 year sea ice remaining along the Canadian coast and in the southern Beaufort Sea. As a consequen ...
... from 2004 through 2008 (Kwok et al. 2009; Kwok & Untersteiner 2011). Figure 6 shows a plot of sea-ice age for spring 2010, calculated from satellite estimates of seaice drift. Note the small amount of 5 year sea ice remaining along the Canadian coast and in the southern Beaufort Sea. As a consequen ...
Monitoring programs sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Natural
... data and information with which they can assess change and support commitments to manage for climate change (Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation 2009, Government of Ontario 2011). The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) employs a strategy, Sustainability in a Changing Climate, which wh ...
... data and information with which they can assess change and support commitments to manage for climate change (Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation 2009, Government of Ontario 2011). The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) employs a strategy, Sustainability in a Changing Climate, which wh ...
Synthesiology - English edition
... Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] published in 2007, researches on climate changes from several years to several hundred thousand years were reviewed. In this report, there wer ...
... Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [1] published in 2007, researches on climate changes from several years to several hundred thousand years were reviewed. In this report, there wer ...
Hotspot Geodynamics Detailed Planning Group
... determinations, provides basic information for addressing themes of hotspot motion, temporal evolution of hotspot mantle sources, plate-motion reference frames and mantle plume models. The orientation and age progression in volcano construction along island and seamount trails form the basis for the ...
... determinations, provides basic information for addressing themes of hotspot motion, temporal evolution of hotspot mantle sources, plate-motion reference frames and mantle plume models. The orientation and age progression in volcano construction along island and seamount trails form the basis for the ...
Dynamic Topography and Long-Term Sea-Level Variations
... of the crust, or "dynamic topography", across the entire surface of the planet (e.g., Hager ...
... of the crust, or "dynamic topography", across the entire surface of the planet (e.g., Hager ...
Disentangling trophic relationships in a High Arctic tundra
... As highlighted by Ims and Fuglei (2005), there is a strong need to address these questions using large-scale integrated monitoring, which is rare in the Arctic. To date, only one study (Krebs et al. 2003) has attempted to investigate the forces structuring terrestrial Arctic ecosystems using a compl ...
... As highlighted by Ims and Fuglei (2005), there is a strong need to address these questions using large-scale integrated monitoring, which is rare in the Arctic. To date, only one study (Krebs et al. 2003) has attempted to investigate the forces structuring terrestrial Arctic ecosystems using a compl ...
climate change: a deadly threat to coral reefs
... In March 2017, the latest surveys of the Great Barrier Reef show severe bleaching has occurred already this year in inshore and offshore reefs between Palm Islands and Port Douglas - the central section of the reef which was largely spared last year. There is also bleaching (varying levels from mino ...
... In March 2017, the latest surveys of the Great Barrier Reef show severe bleaching has occurred already this year in inshore and offshore reefs between Palm Islands and Port Douglas - the central section of the reef which was largely spared last year. There is also bleaching (varying levels from mino ...