Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
... Much of the discussion in this TP refers to human systems and the role of human behaviour in mediating adaptive capacity. However, practitioners may also be concerned with the adaptive capacity of ecological systems, or coupled social-ecological systems. For unmanaged ecological systems, adaptive ca ...
... Much of the discussion in this TP refers to human systems and the role of human behaviour in mediating adaptive capacity. However, practitioners may also be concerned with the adaptive capacity of ecological systems, or coupled social-ecological systems. For unmanaged ecological systems, adaptive ca ...
Technology Needs Assessments – Mitigation Report
... Programme of Action (NAPA) in 2005. The NAPA document further updated in 2009 and identified 45 adaptation measures with 18 immediate and medium-term adaptation measures. Building on lessons learnt from the NAPA Bangladesh prepared its own country-driven strategy ‘Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy ...
... Programme of Action (NAPA) in 2005. The NAPA document further updated in 2009 and identified 45 adaptation measures with 18 immediate and medium-term adaptation measures. Building on lessons learnt from the NAPA Bangladesh prepared its own country-driven strategy ‘Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy ...
chapter 1 - UNDPCC.org
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
2016 - LCLUC
... situated in specific tundra landscapes that face significantly different prospects for adaptation depending on existing or planned infrastructure associated with oil and gas development. The Nenets on the Yamal are affected by a suite of positive environmental factors the have contributed to their r ...
... situated in specific tundra landscapes that face significantly different prospects for adaptation depending on existing or planned infrastructure associated with oil and gas development. The Nenets on the Yamal are affected by a suite of positive environmental factors the have contributed to their r ...
Bridging the Adaptation Gap: Approaches to
... Disclaimer: The data provided in this report were prepared by the Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI). Publications of GARI are for information purposes only. Other than disclosures relating to GARI, the information contained in this publication has been obtained from sour ...
... Disclaimer: The data provided in this report were prepared by the Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI). Publications of GARI are for information purposes only. Other than disclosures relating to GARI, the information contained in this publication has been obtained from sour ...
Climate and wildfires in the North American boreal forest
... increase the area burned, until the last decades of the twentieth century. This increase in recent decades is probably not due to fire suppression since large parts of the boreal forest are not subject to fire protection. The objective of this paper is to describe what is known at present about the ...
... increase the area burned, until the last decades of the twentieth century. This increase in recent decades is probably not due to fire suppression since large parts of the boreal forest are not subject to fire protection. The objective of this paper is to describe what is known at present about the ...
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... response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.” (IPCC 2007, p. 869). Although this definition has its strength in the inclusion of both observed and expected climate change, as well as covering both positive and negative c ...
... response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.” (IPCC 2007, p. 869). Although this definition has its strength in the inclusion of both observed and expected climate change, as well as covering both positive and negative c ...
Conservation Highlights 2015
... tigers are returning to China. The images captured by a WWF camera trap in northern China, 30km from the Russian border, inspire efforts to establish a breeding tiger population in China where WWF has helped reintroduce tiger prey and restore habitat. © Vladimir Flonov / WWF ...
... tigers are returning to China. The images captured by a WWF camera trap in northern China, 30km from the Russian border, inspire efforts to establish a breeding tiger population in China where WWF has helped reintroduce tiger prey and restore habitat. © Vladimir Flonov / WWF ...
Loss and damage - Third World Network
... greenhouse gases. This duty is not exonerated by the vulnerability of those affected, especially when some of those vulnerabilities are due to uncontrollable or historical circumstances, such as geophysical conditions, unfair global economic conditions, structural conditions created under colonialis ...
... greenhouse gases. This duty is not exonerated by the vulnerability of those affected, especially when some of those vulnerabilities are due to uncontrollable or historical circumstances, such as geophysical conditions, unfair global economic conditions, structural conditions created under colonialis ...
Opportunities to Reduce Tasmania`s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... The Tasmanian Government is acting in its own back yard too by reducing its own emissions following its Australia first whole-of-government emissions audit, and with the help now of a network of climate change champions across each of the Agencies. Early reports on those efforts are now available on ...
... The Tasmanian Government is acting in its own back yard too by reducing its own emissions following its Australia first whole-of-government emissions audit, and with the help now of a network of climate change champions across each of the Agencies. Early reports on those efforts are now available on ...
The carbon jigsaw AccountAncy futures
... 2008 through 2012. The first commitment period (Phase I) ran from 2005 through 2007. The commitment period is further divided into annual ‘compliance years’. The overall cap is implemented by issuing recognised ‘installations’ of an entity with allowances to emit – ‘installation’ being the word give ...
... 2008 through 2012. The first commitment period (Phase I) ran from 2005 through 2007. The commitment period is further divided into annual ‘compliance years’. The overall cap is implemented by issuing recognised ‘installations’ of an entity with allowances to emit – ‘installation’ being the word give ...
Extreme Storms in Michigan
... holds more moisture than cooler air does, increasing the likelihood for extreme precipitation when a storm does occur in a hotter climate. Scientists have documented, across the nation and the planet, larger change in extreme precipitation than in median precipitation. That this expected change is a ...
... holds more moisture than cooler air does, increasing the likelihood for extreme precipitation when a storm does occur in a hotter climate. Scientists have documented, across the nation and the planet, larger change in extreme precipitation than in median precipitation. That this expected change is a ...
American Climate Prospectus - Goldman School of Public Policy
... or wildfires – to the safety and security of their homes. While our understanding of climate change has improved dramatically in recent years, predicting the severity and timing of future impacts remains a challenge. Uncertainty surrounding the level of GHG emissions going forward and the sensitivit ...
... or wildfires – to the safety and security of their homes. While our understanding of climate change has improved dramatically in recent years, predicting the severity and timing of future impacts remains a challenge. Uncertainty surrounding the level of GHG emissions going forward and the sensitivit ...
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... necessarily immediately, more realistically after a “grace” period – meant that any attempts from developed countries to contain temperature increases to safe levels would have been in vain. Third, fast-growing developing countries are reluctant to take on any legally binding commitment, citing that ...
... necessarily immediately, more realistically after a “grace” period – meant that any attempts from developed countries to contain temperature increases to safe levels would have been in vain. Third, fast-growing developing countries are reluctant to take on any legally binding commitment, citing that ...
Progress towards sustainable development in Eastern Africa
... The green economy offers considerable opportunities for mobilizing resources towards a lowemission, climate-resilient development pathway. This is, however, not without challenges. The key challenge is how the green economy will contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction objectives, ...
... The green economy offers considerable opportunities for mobilizing resources towards a lowemission, climate-resilient development pathway. This is, however, not without challenges. The key challenge is how the green economy will contribute to sustainable development and poverty reduction objectives, ...
Understanding pUblic perception of climate change in
... Cambodia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, both in Asia and globally. Climate variability and extreme are projected to increase in duration, frequency and intensity. Higher temperature, rising sea level, changing rainfall patterns and increasing seriousness of extreme weathe ...
... Cambodia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, both in Asia and globally. Climate variability and extreme are projected to increase in duration, frequency and intensity. Higher temperature, rising sea level, changing rainfall patterns and increasing seriousness of extreme weathe ...
Presentation 16 Apr 2013
... The capacity to adapt climate-sensitive systems to climate change is limited, and may be insufficient to cope with some plausible projections of the rate and magnitude of change during the 21st century. The hypothesis is being tested in case studies on aspects of two primary ecosystem services: agri ...
... The capacity to adapt climate-sensitive systems to climate change is limited, and may be insufficient to cope with some plausible projections of the rate and magnitude of change during the 21st century. The hypothesis is being tested in case studies on aspects of two primary ecosystem services: agri ...
The importance of ENSO phase during volcanic eruptions
... Detection and attribution are a key tool used for identifying the factors that contribute to observed changes in climate over the past century and for quantifying the response to individual forcings, such as greenhouse gases, aerosols, or volcanic eruptions [Bindoff et al., 2013; Hasselmann, 1993]. ...
... Detection and attribution are a key tool used for identifying the factors that contribute to observed changes in climate over the past century and for quantifying the response to individual forcings, such as greenhouse gases, aerosols, or volcanic eruptions [Bindoff et al., 2013; Hasselmann, 1993]. ...
SHAKY SCIENCE: INCONVENIENT TRUTHS CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
... specifically, that published since cut-off date for inclusion in the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] Fourth Assessment Report [“AR4”] (late 2005/early 2006). ...
... specifically, that published since cut-off date for inclusion in the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] Fourth Assessment Report [“AR4”] (late 2005/early 2006). ...
Ch12 Pre-Release - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... This chapter discusses the present economic, social, and cultural importance of harvesting renewable resources for indigenous peoples, provides an assessment of how climate change has affected, and is affecting, harvesting activities in the past and in the present, and considers what some of the fut ...
... This chapter discusses the present economic, social, and cultural importance of harvesting renewable resources for indigenous peoples, provides an assessment of how climate change has affected, and is affecting, harvesting activities in the past and in the present, and considers what some of the fut ...
Adélie penguins coping with environmental change
... representing 9% of the world population and the full range of breeding colony sizes. Five years into the 14-year study (1997–2010) two very large icebergs (spanning 1.5 latitude degrees in length) grounded in waters adjacent to breeding colonies, dramatically altering environmental conditions during ...
... representing 9% of the world population and the full range of breeding colony sizes. Five years into the 14-year study (1997–2010) two very large icebergs (spanning 1.5 latitude degrees in length) grounded in waters adjacent to breeding colonies, dramatically altering environmental conditions during ...
Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
... change and its local impacts (“A-track” steps for planning and implementation of adaptation measures). Many local governments, however, are not ready to apply those steps directly. Therefore, it provides a second set of steps easy for those who consider adaptation measures for the first time. These ...
... change and its local impacts (“A-track” steps for planning and implementation of adaptation measures). Many local governments, however, are not ready to apply those steps directly. Therefore, it provides a second set of steps easy for those who consider adaptation measures for the first time. These ...
Climate response to imposed solar radiation reductions in
... draw more energy from lower latitudes, thus exerting a cooling influence on those regions. While most of the increased energy transport would occur during the winter months when the meridional temperature gradient is largest, the induced moderation of ocean warming would tend to limit the GHG-induce ...
... draw more energy from lower latitudes, thus exerting a cooling influence on those regions. While most of the increased energy transport would occur during the winter months when the meridional temperature gradient is largest, the induced moderation of ocean warming would tend to limit the GHG-induce ...
2006–2012 Climate Change Action Plan
... Certain naturally present gases in our atmosphere help retain the sun’s heat near the surface of Earth. They are known as “greenhouse gases” or GHGs. Without their presence, the average temperature in the lower levels of the atmosphere would be approximately -18 °C instead of +15 °C, and life as we ...
... Certain naturally present gases in our atmosphere help retain the sun’s heat near the surface of Earth. They are known as “greenhouse gases” or GHGs. Without their presence, the average temperature in the lower levels of the atmosphere would be approximately -18 °C instead of +15 °C, and life as we ...