Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... The World Heritage Convention has a number of clearly stated objectives related to the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of natural and cultural heritage. These objectives define the broad parameters within which the World Heritage Committe ...
... The World Heritage Convention has a number of clearly stated objectives related to the identification, protection, conservation, presentation and transmission to future generations of natural and cultural heritage. These objectives define the broad parameters within which the World Heritage Committe ...
The Cost of Adaptation to Climate Change in Africa
... climate finance and how any such money should be allocated between competing demands continue to be a crucial aspect of the international negotiations. This paper is particularly intended to ensure that Africa’s needs for adaptation spending – given its vulnerability to climate impacts - are fully a ...
... climate finance and how any such money should be allocated between competing demands continue to be a crucial aspect of the international negotiations. This paper is particularly intended to ensure that Africa’s needs for adaptation spending – given its vulnerability to climate impacts - are fully a ...
Impacts of temperature on giant panda habitat in the north Minshan
... ª 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ...
... ª 2016 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ...
Biotic and Climatic Velocity Identify Contrasting Areas of
... complexity represented by climatic niche models results in qualitatively different threat patterns and conservation priorities. For example, a strategy for identification and conservation of refugia [16] would be more complex if areas of low biotic velocity did not overlap with areas of low climatic ...
... complexity represented by climatic niche models results in qualitatively different threat patterns and conservation priorities. For example, a strategy for identification and conservation of refugia [16] would be more complex if areas of low biotic velocity did not overlap with areas of low climatic ...
Green Finance Solves - UMKC Summer Debate Institute
... information-sharing protocols regarding these investments to promote transparency, learning, and improved practices over time. Launch a U.S.-China collaboration on mobilizing green finance abroad. These types of foreign investment should be aimed at helping the least-developed countries achieve the ...
... information-sharing protocols regarding these investments to promote transparency, learning, and improved practices over time. Launch a U.S.-China collaboration on mobilizing green finance abroad. These types of foreign investment should be aimed at helping the least-developed countries achieve the ...
US Senate Minority Report
... “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate may be starting into a cooling period.” Atmospheric scientist Dr. Art V. Douglas, former Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Department at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and is the author of numerous pap ...
... “Whatever the weather, it's not being caused by global warming. If anything, the climate may be starting into a cooling period.” Atmospheric scientist Dr. Art V. Douglas, former Chair of the Atmospheric Sciences Department at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, and is the author of numerous pap ...
Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century
... increased cloudiness in the form of persistent linear contrails and induced-cirrus cloudiness. The recent Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) quantified aviation’s RF contribution for 2005 based upon 2000 operations data. Aviation has grown strongly ...
... increased cloudiness in the form of persistent linear contrails and induced-cirrus cloudiness. The recent Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) quantified aviation’s RF contribution for 2005 based upon 2000 operations data. Aviation has grown strongly ...
PDF - Florida Climate Change Task Force
... risk for invasions by non-native species, like the Cuban treefrog. Sea turtle nesting and tree flowering dates are starting to shift earlier in time to keep pace with increasing temperatures in Florida. Climate change also brings elevated extinction risks for Florida's numerous endemic species and s ...
... risk for invasions by non-native species, like the Cuban treefrog. Sea turtle nesting and tree flowering dates are starting to shift earlier in time to keep pace with increasing temperatures in Florida. Climate change also brings elevated extinction risks for Florida's numerous endemic species and s ...
Policy Discourse Analysis: Bangladesh - IIED
... Correlations between climate change adaptation and make use of the adopted approach, namely discourse development make it critically important to synergise analysis, to demonstrate how policy discourses within climate action and development policy within those various policies, programme documents a ...
... Correlations between climate change adaptation and make use of the adopted approach, namely discourse development make it critically important to synergise analysis, to demonstrate how policy discourses within climate action and development policy within those various policies, programme documents a ...
Come Rain or Shine - Integrating Climate Risk Management into
... encourage the exchange of ideas about development research and policy issues in Africa. The papers are signed by the author(s) and should be cited and referred accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessari ...
... encourage the exchange of ideas about development research and policy issues in Africa. The papers are signed by the author(s) and should be cited and referred accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessari ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... magnitude of the consequences if these events occur. Therefore, high risk can result not only from high probability outcomes, but also from low probability outcomes with very severe consequences. This makes it important to assess the full range of possible outcomes, from low probability 'tail outcom ...
... magnitude of the consequences if these events occur. Therefore, high risk can result not only from high probability outcomes, but also from low probability outcomes with very severe consequences. This makes it important to assess the full range of possible outcomes, from low probability 'tail outcom ...
Climate Change in the La Plata Basin
... southeast of South America. Part of the knowledge of the impacts of climate variability in the hydrology of the Plata basin was developed in the PROSUR project ...
... southeast of South America. Part of the knowledge of the impacts of climate variability in the hydrology of the Plata basin was developed in the PROSUR project ...
Responses of terrestrial ecosystems to temperature and
... correlations have the potential drawback of confounding changes in other variables that covary with precipitation over space and time, such as temperature (e.g., Loik et al., 2004; Breshears et al., 2005; Ciais et al., 2005). Experimental manipulations of precipitation can complement, and extend bey ...
... correlations have the potential drawback of confounding changes in other variables that covary with precipitation over space and time, such as temperature (e.g., Loik et al., 2004; Breshears et al., 2005; Ciais et al., 2005). Experimental manipulations of precipitation can complement, and extend bey ...
Draft Final Report - South Tyneside Council
... 19. Further emphasis has been placed on local authority performance in relation to flood and coastal risk management through the introduction of National Indicator 189. The aim of this indicator is to record the progress of local authorities in delivering agreed actions to implement long term flood ...
... 19. Further emphasis has been placed on local authority performance in relation to flood and coastal risk management through the introduction of National Indicator 189. The aim of this indicator is to record the progress of local authorities in delivering agreed actions to implement long term flood ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – Refining the Impacts for Ireland
... publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting, or refraining from acti ...
... publication, complete accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Neither the Environmental Protection Agency nor the author(s) accept any responsibility whatsoever for loss or damage occasioned or claimed to have been occasioned, in part or in full, as a consequence of any person acting, or refraining from acti ...
Modeling the Links between Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and
... (NPP) for the US., followed by Ojea et al. (2009), who employed the use of meta-analysis that has greatly extended their investigation from regional forest ecosystem valuation studies to a global scale. ...
... (NPP) for the US., followed by Ojea et al. (2009), who employed the use of meta-analysis that has greatly extended their investigation from regional forest ecosystem valuation studies to a global scale. ...
- CSIRO Publishing
... Climate change is one of the greatest ecological, economic, and social challenges facing us today. The scientific evidence that human activities are contributing to climate change is compelling, but society is increasingly seeking information about the nature of the evidence and what can be done in ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest ecological, economic, and social challenges facing us today. The scientific evidence that human activities are contributing to climate change is compelling, but society is increasingly seeking information about the nature of the evidence and what can be done in ...
vii. annexes
... was reached in 2005. Of the 20 most costly disasters over the last 35 years, 10 occurred during the past five years1. The 2009 Global Assessment report on Disaster Risk reduction indicates that disaster risk, poverty and climate change are strongly linked and points out that “disaster risks associat ...
... was reached in 2005. Of the 20 most costly disasters over the last 35 years, 10 occurred during the past five years1. The 2009 Global Assessment report on Disaster Risk reduction indicates that disaster risk, poverty and climate change are strongly linked and points out that “disaster risks associat ...
About observed and future climate changes in Flanders and Belgium
... Urban heat island The temperature in cities is generally higher than in the surrounding rural areas. As a result, city dwellers are more exposed to heat stress during heat waves. This leads to an increased mortality rate, especially among the elderly and children. Causes of the heat island effect in ...
... Urban heat island The temperature in cities is generally higher than in the surrounding rural areas. As a result, city dwellers are more exposed to heat stress during heat waves. This leads to an increased mortality rate, especially among the elderly and children. Causes of the heat island effect in ...
third national communication of the russian federation
... level in Russia during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from 2008 to 2012. • Development of a national system to estimate anthropogenic emissions by source and removal by sinks of all greenhouse gases (according to the Kyoto Protocol - not later than one year prior to the start of t ...
... level in Russia during the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol from 2008 to 2012. • Development of a national system to estimate anthropogenic emissions by source and removal by sinks of all greenhouse gases (according to the Kyoto Protocol - not later than one year prior to the start of t ...
Canadian Climate Change Risk Assessment Guide
... The risk management process as defined by ISO31000 was developed from related processes used by the financial community, various professions such as engineering, medicine and geology among others, and numerous scientific disciplines. Some terms and phrases used here are unique to the risk management ...
... The risk management process as defined by ISO31000 was developed from related processes used by the financial community, various professions such as engineering, medicine and geology among others, and numerous scientific disciplines. Some terms and phrases used here are unique to the risk management ...
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.""