Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment
... decision-making, building control, emergency management and provision of infrastructure and community services. Local authorities own community assets that may be vulnerable to climate change effects. In 2007, the IPCC concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since ...
... decision-making, building control, emergency management and provision of infrastructure and community services. Local authorities own community assets that may be vulnerable to climate change effects. In 2007, the IPCC concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since ...
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States
... As our nation strives to develop effective policies to respond to climate change, it is critical to have the latest and best scientific information to inform decision making. More than a year in the making, this report provides that information. It is the first report in almost a decade to provide a ...
... As our nation strives to develop effective policies to respond to climate change, it is critical to have the latest and best scientific information to inform decision making. More than a year in the making, this report provides that information. It is the first report in almost a decade to provide a ...
Malaria in the African highlands: past, present and future
... Malaria en Afrique (ARMA), unpublished data, 1997). Thus while it may be possible to predict the physical location of epidemic-prone areas, identifying when an epidemic is likely to occur may be more problematic. Global temperature change. More recently there has been growing concern that global war ...
... Malaria en Afrique (ARMA), unpublished data, 1997). Thus while it may be possible to predict the physical location of epidemic-prone areas, identifying when an epidemic is likely to occur may be more problematic. Global temperature change. More recently there has been growing concern that global war ...
disaster related human mobility within relevant pacific regional laws
... The direct and indirect impacts of climate change, coupled with ongoing development challenges, are becoming increasingly visible in particular parts of the Pacific region today. The climate change impacts faced by Pacific islanders span across all sectors and geographic scales, for example, from th ...
... The direct and indirect impacts of climate change, coupled with ongoing development challenges, are becoming increasingly visible in particular parts of the Pacific region today. The climate change impacts faced by Pacific islanders span across all sectors and geographic scales, for example, from th ...
Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
... ・ The impacts of climate change are already evident in Japan and around the world. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) pointed out that even the most stringent mitigation efforts cannot avoid further impacts of climate change in the next few dec ...
... ・ The impacts of climate change are already evident in Japan and around the world. The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) pointed out that even the most stringent mitigation efforts cannot avoid further impacts of climate change in the next few dec ...
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... govern our handling of the climate challenge. These systems can change rapidly and in such a way that they cannot recover. In addition, the world’s various systems in the fields of information, trade, tourism and finance are linked. An event or environmental change in one part of the world can cause ...
... govern our handling of the climate challenge. These systems can change rapidly and in such a way that they cannot recover. In addition, the world’s various systems in the fields of information, trade, tourism and finance are linked. An event or environmental change in one part of the world can cause ...
Understanding Earth`s Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
Protecting People Crossing Borders in the Context of
... the normative gaps in the present international protection regime together with institutional and operational shortcomings (Part 2). It argues that while a relationship between climate change, environmental events and displacement/migration exists, direct causalities are difficult to establish. Rath ...
... the normative gaps in the present international protection regime together with institutional and operational shortcomings (Part 2). It argues that while a relationship between climate change, environmental events and displacement/migration exists, direct causalities are difficult to establish. Rath ...
Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks
... the climate system. This implies the existence of thresholds in the climate system which can be crossed for a sufficiently large perturbation. While such behaviour has long been known and studied in the context of simple models of the climate system, such thresholds are now also found in the compreh ...
... the climate system. This implies the existence of thresholds in the climate system which can be crossed for a sufficiently large perturbation. While such behaviour has long been known and studied in the context of simple models of the climate system, such thresholds are now also found in the compreh ...
Green tourism seminar
... or sustainable tourism, we were specifically interested in tourists' valuation of the Big-5. • The the lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard and the rhinoceros are some of the biggest attractions in the ...
... or sustainable tourism, we were specifically interested in tourists' valuation of the Big-5. • The the lion, African elephant, Cape buffalo, leopard and the rhinoceros are some of the biggest attractions in the ...
Early-Holocene warming in Beringia and its mediation by sea
... the land-surface interactions inherent in them must be modeled in a realistic way to project future change in the Earth system. One approach for adding to our understanding of the Earth system, and the models used to study it, is to use a set of “natural experiments” based on known past climate chan ...
... the land-surface interactions inherent in them must be modeled in a realistic way to project future change in the Earth system. One approach for adding to our understanding of the Earth system, and the models used to study it, is to use a set of “natural experiments” based on known past climate chan ...
James Croll in Context: The Encounter between Climate Dynamics
... James Croll, the second son of David Croil, a stonemason, and Janet Ellis, entered this world in the village of Little Whitefield, in the parish of Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland on 2 Jan 1821. He was raised on a farm, had almost no formal education, and was by his own account “a rather dull scholar, ...
... James Croll, the second son of David Croil, a stonemason, and Janet Ellis, entered this world in the village of Little Whitefield, in the parish of Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland on 2 Jan 1821. He was raised on a farm, had almost no formal education, and was by his own account “a rather dull scholar, ...
Volume 1 - Assessment Report - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage an integrated approach. Of prime concern to many stakeholders are the negative impacts of storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate m ...
... hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage an integrated approach. Of prime concern to many stakeholders are the negative impacts of storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate m ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in
... hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage an integrated approach. Of prime concern to many stakeholders are the negative impacts of storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate m ...
... hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage an integrated approach. Of prime concern to many stakeholders are the negative impacts of storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate m ...
Risky business: Engaging the public on sea level rise
... disparity was in educational attainment, then age and race. Researchers have long obtained greater response rates from those who are more educated, older and female (Gannon et al., 1971). The sampled distribution for political party affiliation was 26.8% Republican, 35.7% Democrat, 30.0% Independent ...
... disparity was in educational attainment, then age and race. Researchers have long obtained greater response rates from those who are more educated, older and female (Gannon et al., 1971). The sampled distribution for political party affiliation was 26.8% Republican, 35.7% Democrat, 30.0% Independent ...
5. integrated impacts on coastal areas and river flooding
... important agricultural area. Significant flood impacts would also occur in the Norfolk Broads and the Lancashire coastal plain. Under the 2050s High scenario, our analysis suggests that arable agriculture would be precluded by the high frequency of flooding over 86 % of the Fens, 10 % of the remaind ...
... important agricultural area. Significant flood impacts would also occur in the Norfolk Broads and the Lancashire coastal plain. Under the 2050s High scenario, our analysis suggests that arable agriculture would be precluded by the high frequency of flooding over 86 % of the Fens, 10 % of the remaind ...
Abbreviations and acronyms - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage an integrated approach. Of prime concern to many stakeholders are the negative impacts of storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate m ...
... hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage an integrated approach. Of prime concern to many stakeholders are the negative impacts of storms and hurricanes on small-scale marine fisheries. Despite the regional downscaling of global climate m ...
Migration and Climate Change: Toward an Integrated Assessment of
... Barbieri et al. (2010) on internal movement in Brazil estimated relatively small net changes in migration under a range of climate change scenarios, with some scenarios suggesting the possibility of a decrease, rather than an increase in net migration. Meanwhile a study of migration in El Salvador i ...
... Barbieri et al. (2010) on internal movement in Brazil estimated relatively small net changes in migration under a range of climate change scenarios, with some scenarios suggesting the possibility of a decrease, rather than an increase in net migration. Meanwhile a study of migration in El Salvador i ...
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... predicted accurately. Resolute and forward-looking action is needed in order to ensure that the oceans do not overstep critical system boundaries. The way we handle the oceans will be a decisive test of humankind’s ability to steer a sustainable course in the future. ...
... predicted accurately. Resolute and forward-looking action is needed in order to ensure that the oceans do not overstep critical system boundaries. The way we handle the oceans will be a decisive test of humankind’s ability to steer a sustainable course in the future. ...
The Global “Disappearing Act”: How Island States Can Maintain
... existence of these states, but also addresses the actions of other states that contribute to climate change in an attempt to slow or stop this process. Much of the existing legal scholarship on disappearing islands tackles the problem of climate migrants by suggesting changes to international refuge ...
... existence of these states, but also addresses the actions of other states that contribute to climate change in an attempt to slow or stop this process. Much of the existing legal scholarship on disappearing islands tackles the problem of climate migrants by suggesting changes to international refuge ...
Climatic Research Unit documents
Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e-mails and other computer files were stolen from a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in a hacking incident in November 2009. The documents were redistributed first through the blogosphere of global warming skeptics, and allegations were made that they indicated misconduct by leading climate scientists. A series of investigations rejected these allegations, while concluding that CRU scientists should have been more open with distributing data and methods on request. Precisely six committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged by the end of the investigations.The incident occurred shortly before the opening December 2009 Copenhagen global climate summit. It has prompted general discussion about increasing the openness of scientific data (though the majority of climate data have always been freely available). Scientists, scientific organisations, and government officials have stated that the incident does not affect the overall scientific case for climate change. Andrew Revkin reported in the New York Times that ""The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.""