the Disclosure report 2016
... Combating climate change, within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is the course the international community and nations have set to secure a better and more prosperous world for citizens everywhere. It is not going to be easy because the pathways and the destination chosen ar ...
... Combating climate change, within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), is the course the international community and nations have set to secure a better and more prosperous world for citizens everywhere. It is not going to be easy because the pathways and the destination chosen ar ...
The Future of the Thermohaline Circulation – A
... AGU Monograph Series edited by D. Seidov, M. Maslin and B. Haupt Revised, 1. February 2001 Abstract Evidence from paleoclimatic archives suggests that the ocean atmosphere system has undergone dramatic and abrupt changes with widespread consequences in the past. Climatic changes are most pronounced ...
... AGU Monograph Series edited by D. Seidov, M. Maslin and B. Haupt Revised, 1. February 2001 Abstract Evidence from paleoclimatic archives suggests that the ocean atmosphere system has undergone dramatic and abrupt changes with widespread consequences in the past. Climatic changes are most pronounced ...
The End of the Kyoto Protocol - Digital Commons @ Georgia Law
... coupled with the fact that some of the world’s largest emitters are developing countries who have no binding commitments under the Protocol, has prompted many critics to label the Kyoto Protocol a failure.21 According to one critic: “If cutting global carbon emissions was [the Kyoto Protocol’s] aim, ...
... coupled with the fact that some of the world’s largest emitters are developing countries who have no binding commitments under the Protocol, has prompted many critics to label the Kyoto Protocol a failure.21 According to one critic: “If cutting global carbon emissions was [the Kyoto Protocol’s] aim, ...
Promoting Climate Resilient Infrastructure in
... areas: rural areas have far more poverty than urban areas; areas with a large ethnic minority population often have high poverty levels, and; hilly and mountainous areas experience high poverty levels. Poverty is particularly entrenched in the Northern Mountains, where: The lack of infrastructure, r ...
... areas: rural areas have far more poverty than urban areas; areas with a large ethnic minority population often have high poverty levels, and; hilly and mountainous areas experience high poverty levels. Poverty is particularly entrenched in the Northern Mountains, where: The lack of infrastructure, r ...
Wooldridge et al. 2012. GBR Safeguarding Corals Against CC
... Jamaica, where underwater ecological observations date to the 1950s, mass bleaching went unreported until 1987 (Goreau 1992), after coastal water quality had declined, despite similar thermal stress in 1957 and 1958 to that in 1987 (Carilli et al. 2009a). Finally, corals on GBR reefs that are regula ...
... Jamaica, where underwater ecological observations date to the 1950s, mass bleaching went unreported until 1987 (Goreau 1992), after coastal water quality had declined, despite similar thermal stress in 1957 and 1958 to that in 1987 (Carilli et al. 2009a). Finally, corals on GBR reefs that are regula ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in
... Table 4.16: HANPP of Heihe River Basin under climate change in future 40 year........................................... 72 Table 4.17: Agricultural sensitivity and adaptive capacity indicators and weights ......................................... 74 Table 4.18: Agricultural sensitivity classes of s ...
... Table 4.16: HANPP of Heihe River Basin under climate change in future 40 year........................................... 72 Table 4.17: Agricultural sensitivity and adaptive capacity indicators and weights ......................................... 74 Table 4.18: Agricultural sensitivity classes of s ...
Working Paper 177 - Grodecka & Kuralbayeva (opens in new window)
... 3. Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment 4. Energy, technology and trade 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about ...
... 3. Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment 4. Energy, technology and trade 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about ...
Climate change alters interannual variation of grassland
... grassland ecosystems (Piao et al. 2006; Nippert et al. 2006) or the complex responses to precipitation patterns within a growing season (Swemmer et al. 2007). For example, interannual ANPP in the short steppe of North America was observed to be affected by current- or previous-year precipitation (La ...
... grassland ecosystems (Piao et al. 2006; Nippert et al. 2006) or the complex responses to precipitation patterns within a growing season (Swemmer et al. 2007). For example, interannual ANPP in the short steppe of North America was observed to be affected by current- or previous-year precipitation (La ...
2. Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) approach
... the Climate Change Impact Assessment for the two services assessed: ...
... the Climate Change Impact Assessment for the two services assessed: ...
THE NAIROBI WORK PROGRAMME
... realizing the implementation of the Nairobi work programme and its objectives. The areas were introduced during the first phase, and considerable progress was made thereon. They will be further implemented and enhanced during the second phase. ...
... realizing the implementation of the Nairobi work programme and its objectives. The areas were introduced during the first phase, and considerable progress was made thereon. They will be further implemented and enhanced during the second phase. ...
Recent worldwide CO2 emissions - Digging in the Clay
... Comparing the current emission rates with the IPCC stated temperature rise from added emissions of 1.2°C by 2100, (1.8°C business as usual “Scenario B1” versus 0.6°C if all world-wide emissions had stopped in 2000): • only ~14% of the worlds current 2010 emissions (EU (27) AU NZ), are making any pro ...
... Comparing the current emission rates with the IPCC stated temperature rise from added emissions of 1.2°C by 2100, (1.8°C business as usual “Scenario B1” versus 0.6°C if all world-wide emissions had stopped in 2000): • only ~14% of the worlds current 2010 emissions (EU (27) AU NZ), are making any pro ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... primed by contexts (e.g., social and cultural norms, consumerism, cultural and societal orientation toward time and nature). Section 3: What are the psychosocial impacts of climate change? Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychos ...
... primed by contexts (e.g., social and cultural norms, consumerism, cultural and societal orientation toward time and nature). Section 3: What are the psychosocial impacts of climate change? Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychos ...
A review of the history of safety
... than a Great Depression or a non-nuclear World War5. So a response based solely on adaptation (with no effort made to control the problem) is not viable. Some level of control over the human causes of climate change must be attempted. And indeed all of the large greenhouse gas emitting countries in ...
... than a Great Depression or a non-nuclear World War5. So a response based solely on adaptation (with no effort made to control the problem) is not viable. Some level of control over the human causes of climate change must be attempted. And indeed all of the large greenhouse gas emitting countries in ...
united - Stockholm Convention
... A brief scientific evaluation of the current literature on climate change and persistent organic pollutants can be found in the report on the impacts of climate change and persistent organic pollutants (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/26).The key findings of the report include: (a) Climate change could affect p ...
... A brief scientific evaluation of the current literature on climate change and persistent organic pollutants can be found in the report on the impacts of climate change and persistent organic pollutants (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/26).The key findings of the report include: (a) Climate change could affect p ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... primed by contexts (e.g., social and cultural norms, consumerism, cultural and societal orientation toward time and nature). Section 3: What are the psychosocial impacts of climate change? Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychos ...
... primed by contexts (e.g., social and cultural norms, consumerism, cultural and societal orientation toward time and nature). Section 3: What are the psychosocial impacts of climate change? Although they cannot be described with certainty given current research, the cumulative and interacting psychos ...
Rain-on-snow events, floods and climate change in the Alps: Events
... beyond the observed baseline climate. These changes in temperatures correspond roughly to a conservative RCP scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway, i.e., the greenhouse-gas emission scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; IPCC, 2013), namely the RCP2.6 scenario ...
... beyond the observed baseline climate. These changes in temperatures correspond roughly to a conservative RCP scenario (Representative Concentration Pathway, i.e., the greenhouse-gas emission scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; IPCC, 2013), namely the RCP2.6 scenario ...
Population, Wealth, and Climate Change
... billion by the year 2050 ix. However the UN predictions are only projected increases and are far from certain. The actual size of the population in 2050 will be influenced by a combination of socioeconomic factors, the behaviour of individuals and, probably to a much lesser extent, by national popul ...
... billion by the year 2050 ix. However the UN predictions are only projected increases and are far from certain. The actual size of the population in 2050 will be influenced by a combination of socioeconomic factors, the behaviour of individuals and, probably to a much lesser extent, by national popul ...
Executive Summary Powering Climate Action
... governance. Through partnerships with other cities, government, private businesses, investors and civil society, cities are taking extensive action even where they don’t have strong power. For example cities have taken 1,027 actions where they have limited power over assets (around 13% of all action ...
... governance. Through partnerships with other cities, government, private businesses, investors and civil society, cities are taking extensive action even where they don’t have strong power. For example cities have taken 1,027 actions where they have limited power over assets (around 13% of all action ...
Academic paper: 6. IMPACTS ON ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY
... upstream (particularly of molluscs), whereas the proportion of cold water species is diminishing (especially of insects). In lagoons and lakes it has been seen that altitude, latitude and depth have similar effects upon communities, which appears to be related to temperature. There is some evidence ...
... upstream (particularly of molluscs), whereas the proportion of cold water species is diminishing (especially of insects). In lagoons and lakes it has been seen that altitude, latitude and depth have similar effects upon communities, which appears to be related to temperature. There is some evidence ...
The impact of climate change on the UK
... 1.14 Looking further ahead, increasing levels of physical risk due to climate change could present challenges related to the liability side of general insurance balance sheets in a number of ways. 1.15 First, the impact of changing climatic conditions (which may or may not reflect the impact of long ...
... 1.14 Looking further ahead, increasing levels of physical risk due to climate change could present challenges related to the liability side of general insurance balance sheets in a number of ways. 1.15 First, the impact of changing climatic conditions (which may or may not reflect the impact of long ...
Climate Change and Displacement for Indigenous Communities in
... climate change.” MSV is based on the premise that climate change challenges fundamental human rights and should be addressed on that basis. It should be noted that indigenous views are far from homogenous. The Saami have many disagreements within and among groups, especially over managing change. Th ...
... climate change.” MSV is based on the premise that climate change challenges fundamental human rights and should be addressed on that basis. It should be noted that indigenous views are far from homogenous. The Saami have many disagreements within and among groups, especially over managing change. Th ...