Comparing Conceptualizations of Urban Climate Resilience in
... The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded by The Kresge Foundation to assess the range of climate adaptation resources and services available to support local climate adaptation (for more information see Nordgren et al. [19]). The online survey was developed ...
... The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded by The Kresge Foundation to assess the range of climate adaptation resources and services available to support local climate adaptation (for more information see Nordgren et al. [19]). The online survey was developed ...
Climate change impacts on fire regimes and key ecosystem services
... productivities, and fire regimes. The objectives of this review are: (1) to characterize the likely shortand longer-term effects of projected climate changes on fuel dynamics and fire regimes for four generalized forest types in the Rocky Mountain region; (2) to review how these changes are likely to ...
... productivities, and fire regimes. The objectives of this review are: (1) to characterize the likely shortand longer-term effects of projected climate changes on fuel dynamics and fire regimes for four generalized forest types in the Rocky Mountain region; (2) to review how these changes are likely to ...
climate change strategy of ajara
... at the territory of the region, with altitude from 0 (Batumi, Kobuleti) to 1 850 meters (Beshumi, Jinali). The touristic potential of Ajara is strengthened by existence of four protected territories (in Kobuleti, Kintrishi, Mtirala and Machakhela), the total area of which is 39 035 ha and is itself ...
... at the territory of the region, with altitude from 0 (Batumi, Kobuleti) to 1 850 meters (Beshumi, Jinali). The touristic potential of Ajara is strengthened by existence of four protected territories (in Kobuleti, Kintrishi, Mtirala and Machakhela), the total area of which is 39 035 ha and is itself ...
WestminsterResearch Climate change adaptation planning under
... Finally, I am thankful to my parents and parents-in-law for their unconditional love, great understanding and constant prayers. London, May, 2016 II ...
... Finally, I am thankful to my parents and parents-in-law for their unconditional love, great understanding and constant prayers. London, May, 2016 II ...
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... probably fail to stabilise global warming below or around the 2°C target. According to most assessments, the proposed emission reductions can lead to a temperature increase above 3°C by the end of the century2. In this context, adaptation becomes a necessary measure and must be planned well in advan ...
... probably fail to stabilise global warming below or around the 2°C target. According to most assessments, the proposed emission reductions can lead to a temperature increase above 3°C by the end of the century2. In this context, adaptation becomes a necessary measure and must be planned well in advan ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the
... The Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change was charged to provide a concise overview of past, present, and future climate change, including its causes and its impacts, and to recommend steps to advance our current understanding, including new observations, research programs, next-generatio ...
... The Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change was charged to provide a concise overview of past, present, and future climate change, including its causes and its impacts, and to recommend steps to advance our current understanding, including new observations, research programs, next-generatio ...
Economic Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Impacts and
... economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited freshwater supply, biodiversity loss, and changes in the political landscape – can introduce challenge ...
... economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited freshwater supply, biodiversity loss, and changes in the political landscape – can introduce challenge ...
An Evidence Base Review of Public Attitudes to Climate Change
... examined in any consistent, robust and integrated way to warrant a comprehensive analysis of the links between them. Consequently, the review drew upon literature from environmental psychology, public understanding of science, travel behaviour research, marketing and sociology to achieve its aims. T ...
... examined in any consistent, robust and integrated way to warrant a comprehensive analysis of the links between them. Consequently, the review drew upon literature from environmental psychology, public understanding of science, travel behaviour research, marketing and sociology to achieve its aims. T ...
Macarthy, J.M. 12 - Newcastle University eTheses: Home
... Much of the climate change literature is replete with discussions about the potential impact of climate change on cities. Whilst urban planners are increasingly being urged to develop robust and clear strategies for dealing with the impacts, in reality there is very little knowledge about the way th ...
... Much of the climate change literature is replete with discussions about the potential impact of climate change on cities. Whilst urban planners are increasingly being urged to develop robust and clear strategies for dealing with the impacts, in reality there is very little knowledge about the way th ...
Vulnerability ofPaci c Island agriculture and forestry to climate change
... undertaken in the region and, as a result, many gaps in the knowledge base relevant to the food production systems across the Pacific remain. Of those assessments that do exist, many have often been based on extrapolations from international research undertaken elsewhere. If farmers, scientists and ...
... undertaken in the region and, as a result, many gaps in the knowledge base relevant to the food production systems across the Pacific remain. Of those assessments that do exist, many have often been based on extrapolations from international research undertaken elsewhere. If farmers, scientists and ...
Characterizing the international carbon capture and storage community Jennie C. Stephens ,
... conflict with those reached by the general public, thus enhancing an apparent disconnect between those within and outside specific communities of energy-technology professionals. Historical examples of energy technology development, such as nuclear energy, have shown that public resistance can have a ...
... conflict with those reached by the general public, thus enhancing an apparent disconnect between those within and outside specific communities of energy-technology professionals. Historical examples of energy technology development, such as nuclear energy, have shown that public resistance can have a ...
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... However, the spatial difference of precipitation variation was quite large and even decreased in some regions [29–33]. The areas where the precipitation increased were mainly located in the central, western and southern TP, while it has decreased in the eastern regions. The spatial difference of var ...
... However, the spatial difference of precipitation variation was quite large and even decreased in some regions [29–33]. The areas where the precipitation increased were mainly located in the central, western and southern TP, while it has decreased in the eastern regions. The spatial difference of var ...
Global Monsoon Dynamics and Climate Change
... The paleoclimate community has also synthesized global monsoon variability from a geological perspective (An 2000, Wang 2009, Clemens et al. 2010, Ziegler et al. 2010b, Caley et al. 2011a, Cheng et al. 2012). Modeling and geological evidence suggest that a megamonsoon likely occurred during the Phan ...
... The paleoclimate community has also synthesized global monsoon variability from a geological perspective (An 2000, Wang 2009, Clemens et al. 2010, Ziegler et al. 2010b, Caley et al. 2011a, Cheng et al. 2012). Modeling and geological evidence suggest that a megamonsoon likely occurred during the Phan ...
Towards climate resilience in agriculture for Southeast Asia
... Climate-smart agriculture is increasingly recognized as an important pathway to addressing food security in the context of a changing and unpredictable climate. Climate-smart agriculture is one way to address both the short- and long-term agricultural priorities in the face of climate change. Policy ...
... Climate-smart agriculture is increasingly recognized as an important pathway to addressing food security in the context of a changing and unpredictable climate. Climate-smart agriculture is one way to address both the short- and long-term agricultural priorities in the face of climate change. Policy ...
Climate-Smart Conservation - National Wildlife Federation
... Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund, Kresge Foundation, and Faucett Catalyst Fund. Note: Financial support does not imply endorsement of this document; use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes ...
... Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund, Kresge Foundation, and Faucett Catalyst Fund. Note: Financial support does not imply endorsement of this document; use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes ...
South America - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant rise in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including South America. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, but enhanced c ...
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant rise in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including South America. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, but enhanced c ...
... Strait, and Foxe Basin, and considers the resultant vulnerabilities and opportunities for the Port of Churchill’s marine operations extending to 2030 and 2050. Changes in sea ice and their consequences for shipping routes are of particular interest. The Port of Churchill The Port of Churchill is an ...
The Sixth National Communication of the Republic of Belarus
... environment stabilizing lands (forests, natural meadow, tree and shrubbery vegetation, wetlands and lands with water bodies) accounts for over 50% of the total area of lands. The level of woodland and ...
... environment stabilizing lands (forests, natural meadow, tree and shrubbery vegetation, wetlands and lands with water bodies) accounts for over 50% of the total area of lands. The level of woodland and ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... The Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism (Davos, Switzerland, October 2007) was a milestone event that brought together a wide variety of stakeholders and delivered a clear commitment for action to respond to the climate change challenge. It underscored the need for the tour ...
... The Second International Conference on Climate Change and Tourism (Davos, Switzerland, October 2007) was a milestone event that brought together a wide variety of stakeholders and delivered a clear commitment for action to respond to the climate change challenge. It underscored the need for the tour ...
Not Under My Backyard: Geographic proximity and public
... for proposed CCS facilities located “somewhere in the United States” largely differ from those related to the support of such facilities closer to respondents’ homes. Living in a coal producing region – where respondents are over three times more likely to have worked, or have a family member who ha ...
... for proposed CCS facilities located “somewhere in the United States” largely differ from those related to the support of such facilities closer to respondents’ homes. Living in a coal producing region – where respondents are over three times more likely to have worked, or have a family member who ha ...
et al. - Squarespace
... one of the primary challenges to developing cohesive and robust theories regarding rapid climate change [1]. The last deglaciation was a profound event in the global climate system, wherein atmospheric [CO2] increased by 80–100 ppmv [2, 3], global average temperature rose 3–4°C [4], and sea levels r ...
... one of the primary challenges to developing cohesive and robust theories regarding rapid climate change [1]. The last deglaciation was a profound event in the global climate system, wherein atmospheric [CO2] increased by 80–100 ppmv [2, 3], global average temperature rose 3–4°C [4], and sea levels r ...
Deep South National Science Challenge Engagement Strategy
... 1. Ensuring that DSC research responds to the needs of New Zealanders; 2. Strengthening channels with key audiences and sectors with regard to DSC-related climate change research to build sector-specific interest in, and capacity to understand and use, this information to enable more informed dec ...
... 1. Ensuring that DSC research responds to the needs of New Zealanders; 2. Strengthening channels with key audiences and sectors with regard to DSC-related climate change research to build sector-specific interest in, and capacity to understand and use, this information to enable more informed dec ...
Corporate Report Draft.indd
... been the same: sustainable cities. The vision of sustainable cities can be realized only with ambitious and committed leaders; strong involvement from civil society, stakeholders, and partners; innovative businesses; and open-minded, peaceful, and inclusive citizens. In order to support our Members ...
... been the same: sustainable cities. The vision of sustainable cities can be realized only with ambitious and committed leaders; strong involvement from civil society, stakeholders, and partners; innovative businesses; and open-minded, peaceful, and inclusive citizens. In order to support our Members ...
The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) - e-Learning
... Atlantic into Europe, and as the pressure gradient fluctuates, the strength of the westerly winds also varies. This has a high importance for weather and climate in the whole North Atlantic region: With western winds, mild and humid air is transported from the Atlantic into Europe and determines tem ...
... Atlantic into Europe, and as the pressure gradient fluctuates, the strength of the westerly winds also varies. This has a high importance for weather and climate in the whole North Atlantic region: With western winds, mild and humid air is transported from the Atlantic into Europe and determines tem ...
Review of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
... high-qualit y research. The Programme has helped the world understand the trends and cycles of natural climate change and human-induced greenhouse warming. The success and recognition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is built largely on the research result s of WCRP and IGBP ( ...
... high-qualit y research. The Programme has helped the world understand the trends and cycles of natural climate change and human-induced greenhouse warming. The success and recognition of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is built largely on the research result s of WCRP and IGBP ( ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""