Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... mitigate and help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change using ecosystem-based approaches. Through the case studies, the report shows what is being and can be done, and provides an assessment of good practice, barriers and lessons learned in Europe. The climate has changed over the last 100 y ...
... mitigate and help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change using ecosystem-based approaches. Through the case studies, the report shows what is being and can be done, and provides an assessment of good practice, barriers and lessons learned in Europe. The climate has changed over the last 100 y ...
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... communities to respond to climate change issue. The deliberation produced a JointStatement of Indonesian Religious and Traditional Leaders concerning the Climate Change Issue (attached). Indonesian religious and traditional leaders were aware that at no other time has the science of climate change b ...
... communities to respond to climate change issue. The deliberation produced a JointStatement of Indonesian Religious and Traditional Leaders concerning the Climate Change Issue (attached). Indonesian religious and traditional leaders were aware that at no other time has the science of climate change b ...
Future Changes in Northern Hemisphere Snowfall
... cover since the 1920s has decreased little during the peak of the winter seasons. Decreases in snow cover extent and increased variability, however, are noted in the fall and spring transition seasons. Upward trends in higher-latitude temperatures are implicated in the observed trends in snow cover, ...
... cover since the 1920s has decreased little during the peak of the winter seasons. Decreases in snow cover extent and increased variability, however, are noted in the fall and spring transition seasons. Upward trends in higher-latitude temperatures are implicated in the observed trends in snow cover, ...
Ocean Acidification
... The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased significantly in the last few decades. This is a growing concern that has already impacted the natural environment severely. The causes of the rise in carbon dioxide levels include human activities, such as burning fossil fuels. If the leve ...
... The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased significantly in the last few decades. This is a growing concern that has already impacted the natural environment severely. The causes of the rise in carbon dioxide levels include human activities, such as burning fossil fuels. If the leve ...
Ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation and mitigation – good
... mitigate and help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change using ecosystem-based approaches. Through the case studies, the report shows what is being and can be done, and provides an assessment of good practice, barriers and lessons learned in Europe. The climate has changed over the last 100 y ...
... mitigate and help people and ecosystems adapt to climate change using ecosystem-based approaches. Through the case studies, the report shows what is being and can be done, and provides an assessment of good practice, barriers and lessons learned in Europe. The climate has changed over the last 100 y ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... toward policy and systems change, most evident in tobacco prevention, but also in auto safety, drunk driving, HIV/AIDs, and more recently sugary beverages. It is important to draw on lessons learned from these prior public health efforts in developing climate and health communications. ...
... toward policy and systems change, most evident in tobacco prevention, but also in auto safety, drunk driving, HIV/AIDs, and more recently sugary beverages. It is important to draw on lessons learned from these prior public health efforts in developing climate and health communications. ...
Deforestation and Climate Change CRS Report for Congress Ross W. Gorte
... lobal climate change is a widespread and growing concern that has led to extensive congressional and international discussions and negotiations. Climate change mitigation strategies have focused on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2). One significant source ...
... lobal climate change is a widespread and growing concern that has led to extensive congressional and international discussions and negotiations. Climate change mitigation strategies have focused on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2). One significant source ...
The Al Gore Effect: An Inconvenient Truth and Voluntary Carbon
... of Close is that it designates a group that had relatively easier access to AIT; if the film led people to make carbon offsets, then an increase in offsets should be detectable in areas with easier access to the film. This differential impact can be used to test whether AIT led individuals to purch ...
... of Close is that it designates a group that had relatively easier access to AIT; if the film led people to make carbon offsets, then an increase in offsets should be detectable in areas with easier access to the film. This differential impact can be used to test whether AIT led individuals to purch ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... faces a phenomenal challenge. Presented with the challenge of short-term industry lobbying and political fear associated with private property values, the risks associated with adaptation trade-offs have resulted in a slow uptake of climate resilient development. As the extreme events increase, the ...
... faces a phenomenal challenge. Presented with the challenge of short-term industry lobbying and political fear associated with private property values, the risks associated with adaptation trade-offs have resulted in a slow uptake of climate resilient development. As the extreme events increase, the ...
development and climate change in bangladesh
... primarily contextual. Between 30-70% of the country is normally flooded each year. The huge sediment loads brought by three Himalayan rivers, coupled with a negligible flow gradient add to drainage congestion problems and exacerbate the extent of flooding. The societal exposure to such risks is furt ...
... primarily contextual. Between 30-70% of the country is normally flooded each year. The huge sediment loads brought by three Himalayan rivers, coupled with a negligible flow gradient add to drainage congestion problems and exacerbate the extent of flooding. The societal exposure to such risks is furt ...
The impact of climate change on disease constraints on production
... The average price per tonne of oilseed rape (£195.60 t-1) was obtained by taking a 4 year average from 2004 - 2008 (HGCA Market Data). All monetary figures are given at 2008 prices without applying the discount rate unless they are specified as present value figures. The price of oilseed rape has in ...
... The average price per tonne of oilseed rape (£195.60 t-1) was obtained by taking a 4 year average from 2004 - 2008 (HGCA Market Data). All monetary figures are given at 2008 prices without applying the discount rate unless they are specified as present value figures. The price of oilseed rape has in ...
Soil Carbon Research Program - Department of Agriculture and
... perennial grass pastures, and its allocation into organic matter fractions below-ground. 14C has a very low natural abundance that enables daily inputs of carbon to be traced within a large carbon pool. Hence the quantity of carbon distributed amongst root material (roots), particulate organic matte ...
... perennial grass pastures, and its allocation into organic matter fractions below-ground. 14C has a very low natural abundance that enables daily inputs of carbon to be traced within a large carbon pool. Hence the quantity of carbon distributed amongst root material (roots), particulate organic matte ...
Agriculture and Future Climate Dynamics in Africa: Impacts and Adaptation Options
... I am very grateful to many people and institutions that have supported me throughout my PhD studies. This thesis would not have become a reality without the strong support from my supervisor, Professor Rashid Hassan, who demonstrated a lot of patience, high intellectual guidance, and untiring suppor ...
... I am very grateful to many people and institutions that have supported me throughout my PhD studies. This thesis would not have become a reality without the strong support from my supervisor, Professor Rashid Hassan, who demonstrated a lot of patience, high intellectual guidance, and untiring suppor ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... participate indirectly in burden-sharing. At European level, the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) is the main legal instrument that shapes the climate change policy. Its main objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Kyoto commitments, to promote energy efficienc ...
... participate indirectly in burden-sharing. At European level, the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) is the main legal instrument that shapes the climate change policy. Its main objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in accordance with the Kyoto commitments, to promote energy efficienc ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the Impacts of
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
... climate on the harvesting sector. There are some empirical data that can be used for those assessments, but they will depend to a large extent on expert opinion. Throughout the discussion of possible impacts, it will become apparent that a full quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change ...
Proceedings from The 50th Societas Ethica Annual Conference
... Societas Ethica Annual Conference, Issue 50, Societas Ethica Climate change, dwindling resources, and growth of the global population have emerged as challenges for all areas of political action in modern societies. These challenges have been on the political agenda since the "Limits to Growth" repo ...
... Societas Ethica Annual Conference, Issue 50, Societas Ethica Climate change, dwindling resources, and growth of the global population have emerged as challenges for all areas of political action in modern societies. These challenges have been on the political agenda since the "Limits to Growth" repo ...
Where are the Vulnerable Places in Africa?
... disciplines and professions have distinct understandings of the concept (for a variety of definitions, see McEntire 2005; see also Raleigh, Jordan, and Salehyan 2008; Füssel and Klein 2006; Cardona 2004; Alexander 2009; McLeman and Smit 2006; Weichselgartner 2001; Wisner 2004). With this article, we ...
... disciplines and professions have distinct understandings of the concept (for a variety of definitions, see McEntire 2005; see also Raleigh, Jordan, and Salehyan 2008; Füssel and Klein 2006; Cardona 2004; Alexander 2009; McLeman and Smit 2006; Weichselgartner 2001; Wisner 2004). With this article, we ...
Climate Change and Our Natural Resources A Report from the
... the percentage of statistical models that suggest the climate will support Douglas fir, so orange areas are at greatest risk while dark green areas are at the lowest risk. Note that the decline is centered at lower elevations and that in western Washington decline is most widespread in the south Pug ...
... the percentage of statistical models that suggest the climate will support Douglas fir, so orange areas are at greatest risk while dark green areas are at the lowest risk. Note that the decline is centered at lower elevations and that in western Washington decline is most widespread in the south Pug ...
Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change
... Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation 2016 (978-1-988652-02-3) ...
... Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Climate Change Adaptation 2016 (978-1-988652-02-3) ...
Inequality and the Social Cost of CarbonThe authors would like to
... Studies that estimate the Social Cost of Carbon(Greenstone et al., 2013; Nordhaus, 2014) aggregate climate change impacts that accrue to societies at very different stages of development: a single Social Cost of Carbon estimate is the sum of the marginal damages to all countries at all future times, ...
... Studies that estimate the Social Cost of Carbon(Greenstone et al., 2013; Nordhaus, 2014) aggregate climate change impacts that accrue to societies at very different stages of development: a single Social Cost of Carbon estimate is the sum of the marginal damages to all countries at all future times, ...
Ocean Acidification and the UNFCCC
... There are likely to be winners and losers due to rising ocean acidity. It has been suggested that jellyfish,21 algae22 and seagrasses23 could all do better in a high CO2 world. However, these species are unlikely to support the diversity of species and ecosystems that exists in the oceans today and ...
... There are likely to be winners and losers due to rising ocean acidity. It has been suggested that jellyfish,21 algae22 and seagrasses23 could all do better in a high CO2 world. However, these species are unlikely to support the diversity of species and ecosystems that exists in the oceans today and ...
workingpaper - School of Psychology
... not only the transmission of information from ‘experts’ to members of the public, but also a process of dialogue between scientists and the public. Upstream topics like geoengineering are of particular interest because they are not yet subject to entrenched attitudes or social representations (Roger ...
... not only the transmission of information from ‘experts’ to members of the public, but also a process of dialogue between scientists and the public. Upstream topics like geoengineering are of particular interest because they are not yet subject to entrenched attitudes or social representations (Roger ...
Integrating Community and Ecosystem
... landscape-level productivity through forces such as erosion and salinisation will affect rural and coastal communities’ livelihoods, further reducing opportunities for sustainable development and exacerbating poverty through reduced income opportunities. Vulnerable communities are already being push ...
... landscape-level productivity through forces such as erosion and salinisation will affect rural and coastal communities’ livelihoods, further reducing opportunities for sustainable development and exacerbating poverty through reduced income opportunities. Vulnerable communities are already being push ...
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.""