Articles Climate Change Vulnerability and Policy Support
... Political interest in addressing the threats associated with climate change and variability is increasing at all levels of governance. Mounting evidence that human activities are responsible for temperature increases over the past century (Oreskes 2004) and recent international conventions highlight ...
... Political interest in addressing the threats associated with climate change and variability is increasing at all levels of governance. Mounting evidence that human activities are responsible for temperature increases over the past century (Oreskes 2004) and recent international conventions highlight ...
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... Question 1: What impact could weather and climate change could have on your community? — Has your community suffer from flooding, water use restrictions, overheating or subsidence in the past? — What problems do they cause for the community? — Which risks have the biggest impact? — Could these risks ...
... Question 1: What impact could weather and climate change could have on your community? — Has your community suffer from flooding, water use restrictions, overheating or subsidence in the past? — What problems do they cause for the community? — Which risks have the biggest impact? — Could these risks ...
Williamson, Craig E., Jennifer A. Brentrup, Jing Zhang, William H
... response of aquatic food webs to climate change (Hansson et al. 2012; Read and Rose 2013). Insights into the color and quality as well as the concentration of these climatedriven changes in DOC can also help resolve important questions about how these changes in DOC alter food web subsidies, or inhi ...
... response of aquatic food webs to climate change (Hansson et al. 2012; Read and Rose 2013). Insights into the color and quality as well as the concentration of these climatedriven changes in DOC can also help resolve important questions about how these changes in DOC alter food web subsidies, or inhi ...
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... overarching legislation that provides the basis for domestic action on climate change, but rather has a number of relevant official plans, policies and institutional bodies relating to climate change. Uganda created a Climate Change Unit (CCU) in 2008, which was elevated to the Department of Climate ...
... overarching legislation that provides the basis for domestic action on climate change, but rather has a number of relevant official plans, policies and institutional bodies relating to climate change. Uganda created a Climate Change Unit (CCU) in 2008, which was elevated to the Department of Climate ...
Aalborg Universitet
... among policy makers and development practionioners about the risks posed by climate change and how these relate to local development priorities. Institutional barriers contribute to weak coordination between those working on climate change, development and disaster risk reduction. Inclusion barriers ...
... among policy makers and development practionioners about the risks posed by climate change and how these relate to local development priorities. Institutional barriers contribute to weak coordination between those working on climate change, development and disaster risk reduction. Inclusion barriers ...
Managing climate change and overcoming poverty: facing the realities and building a global agreement (455 kB) (opens in new window)
... inaction are immense; far higher than any plausible estimates of the costs of action. We know only too well the impact of poverty around the world. But what may be less wellknown are the risks to which poor people will be most exposed and vulnerable at increases in global average temperature substan ...
... inaction are immense; far higher than any plausible estimates of the costs of action. We know only too well the impact of poverty around the world. But what may be less wellknown are the risks to which poor people will be most exposed and vulnerable at increases in global average temperature substan ...
Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... Migration pertains to people leaving their home (“origin”) to live elsewhere. In general, scholars have focused on push factors to explain this phenomenon. Among the socio-political factors (i.e., unemployment, war, or human rights violations), the literature increasingly acknowledges the importance ...
... Migration pertains to people leaving their home (“origin”) to live elsewhere. In general, scholars have focused on push factors to explain this phenomenon. Among the socio-political factors (i.e., unemployment, war, or human rights violations), the literature increasingly acknowledges the importance ...
Chapter 10 Liability
... for a tree. The concepts of continuing nuisance, notification and responsibility for damage was fully reviewed by the House of Lords in Delaware Mansions Limited and Others v The Lord Mayor and Citizens of The City of Westminster.3 Product liability in the EU has evolved to include the whole supply ...
... for a tree. The concepts of continuing nuisance, notification and responsibility for damage was fully reviewed by the House of Lords in Delaware Mansions Limited and Others v The Lord Mayor and Citizens of The City of Westminster.3 Product liability in the EU has evolved to include the whole supply ...
A Vulnerable Country in the Face of Climate Change
... area. By 2006, forests covered only 48 percent of the total land area. The charts provide the background for Indonesia’s growing pressures of population demands, which combined with insufficient environmental management, pose problems for both Indonesia’s people and economy. For example, air polluti ...
... area. By 2006, forests covered only 48 percent of the total land area. The charts provide the background for Indonesia’s growing pressures of population demands, which combined with insufficient environmental management, pose problems for both Indonesia’s people and economy. For example, air polluti ...
Adaptations of forest ecosystems to air pollution
... are now receiving more precipitation while other areas are receiving less. Widespread forest cutting and subsequent wildfires have replaced old-growth forests with younger, fastergrowing forests (Abrams 2003). The overall stimulatory effect of these factors is present in many tree physiology and for ...
... are now receiving more precipitation while other areas are receiving less. Widespread forest cutting and subsequent wildfires have replaced old-growth forests with younger, fastergrowing forests (Abrams 2003). The overall stimulatory effect of these factors is present in many tree physiology and for ...
How Climate Science Became a Victim of the Cold War
... amplification,” and predicted effects included thinning and decreased extent of sea ice, and of the Greenland ice sheet, decreased extent of permafrost regions, earlier spring thaws, and ramifying effects of these changes on indigenous peoples who depend on native species for their survival—all of w ...
... amplification,” and predicted effects included thinning and decreased extent of sea ice, and of the Greenland ice sheet, decreased extent of permafrost regions, earlier spring thaws, and ramifying effects of these changes on indigenous peoples who depend on native species for their survival—all of w ...
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... access to credit, distance to input and output markets and agro-ecological characteristics such as temperature and rainfall. Education is expected to increase one’s ability to receive and understand the information to making innovative decisions. The way gender influences adaptation is location-spec ...
... access to credit, distance to input and output markets and agro-ecological characteristics such as temperature and rainfall. Education is expected to increase one’s ability to receive and understand the information to making innovative decisions. The way gender influences adaptation is location-spec ...
Fairness on the Day after Tomorrow: Justice, Reciprocity and Global
... for a ‘substitute’ where the recipient of the debt specifies this as being preferable or where a lack of direct contact renders impossible an equivalent exchange of benefits (or costs). We might call this ‘indirect reciprocity’. Perhaps the most interesting, and diffused, form of indirect reciprocit ...
... for a ‘substitute’ where the recipient of the debt specifies this as being preferable or where a lack of direct contact renders impossible an equivalent exchange of benefits (or costs). We might call this ‘indirect reciprocity’. Perhaps the most interesting, and diffused, form of indirect reciprocit ...
Hawaii`s Changing Climate - School of Ocean and Earth Science
... and natural ecosystems25 (for instance, because of climate change, ecosystems have to migrate an average 0.25 miles per year to stay within their natural climate zone26). Antarctica has warmed27 at a rate commensurate with global patterns, about 0.22oF per decade since 1957, for a total average temp ...
... and natural ecosystems25 (for instance, because of climate change, ecosystems have to migrate an average 0.25 miles per year to stay within their natural climate zone26). Antarctica has warmed27 at a rate commensurate with global patterns, about 0.22oF per decade since 1957, for a total average temp ...
Appendix 4 Coding Sheet
... those who say there has been no significant warming since 1998; attribution sceptics are those who accept the trend, but either question the anthropogenic contribution saying it is overstated, negligent or non-existent compared to other factors like natural variation, or say it is not known with suf ...
... those who say there has been no significant warming since 1998; attribution sceptics are those who accept the trend, but either question the anthropogenic contribution saying it is overstated, negligent or non-existent compared to other factors like natural variation, or say it is not known with suf ...
EPA Research - 2014 Call Technical Description
... Non-forest wooded areas, including hedgerows and isolated clumps of trees, form an integral part of agricultural land and are a distinctive feature of the Irish landscape. These are important corridors for biodiversity and provide a range of other ecosystem services. Analysis of data from the recent ...
... Non-forest wooded areas, including hedgerows and isolated clumps of trees, form an integral part of agricultural land and are a distinctive feature of the Irish landscape. These are important corridors for biodiversity and provide a range of other ecosystem services. Analysis of data from the recent ...
Drought assessment and trends analysis from 20th century
... The SPI was proposed by McKee et al. (1993), which quantifying precipitation deficit for multiple time scales and identifying dry and wet events and their severity (Moreira et al., 2006). The SPI is a meteorological index, which is solid theoretical development, robustness, and versatility in drough ...
... The SPI was proposed by McKee et al. (1993), which quantifying precipitation deficit for multiple time scales and identifying dry and wet events and their severity (Moreira et al., 2006). The SPI is a meteorological index, which is solid theoretical development, robustness, and versatility in drough ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Livelihoods
... and attention on climate change, as it poses one ...
... and attention on climate change, as it poses one ...
Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary
... variation in the safety margin and the warming tolerance, these studies have shown that tropical ectotherms could be at considerably greater risk from environmental warming than their temperate counterparts. Whether tropical ectotherms are actually at greater risk than temperate organisms from envir ...
... variation in the safety margin and the warming tolerance, these studies have shown that tropical ectotherms could be at considerably greater risk from environmental warming than their temperate counterparts. Whether tropical ectotherms are actually at greater risk than temperate organisms from envir ...
Emerging responses to climate change in pastoral systems
... change. It identified a wide range of technical and institutional innovations that pastoralists developed to adapt to new conditions, while seeking food security, sustainable resource management and improved governance within their socio-political units. Many of these innovations are related to main ...
... change. It identified a wide range of technical and institutional innovations that pastoralists developed to adapt to new conditions, while seeking food security, sustainable resource management and improved governance within their socio-political units. Many of these innovations are related to main ...
Climate Change and Marine Mammals
... Contribution of mountain and subpolar glaciers to sea level. Shown are sea level change (mm/year, red) and sea level rise (mm, blue). [From M. ...
... Contribution of mountain and subpolar glaciers to sea level. Shown are sea level change (mm/year, red) and sea level rise (mm, blue). [From M. ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.