Framework for City Climate Risk Assessment
... very high or high confidence. First, climate‐change effects can amplify the risks that cities face from non‐climate stresses. These non‐climate stresses include large slum populations that live in low‐quality housing lacking access to basic social services, city‐ wide lac ...
... very high or high confidence. First, climate‐change effects can amplify the risks that cities face from non‐climate stresses. These non‐climate stresses include large slum populations that live in low‐quality housing lacking access to basic social services, city‐ wide lac ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
Streamflow timing of mountain rivers in spain: Recent changes and
... we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all leg ...
... we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all leg ...
Overpeck and Cole, 2006
... between ca. 11.5–13 ka (9, 12). Although particularly notable in North Atlantic records, a global footprint of YD impacts has emerged that is largely consistent with a single abrupt event being rapidly translated worldwide (13). Initial work attributed the YD anomaly to the catastrophic drainage of ...
... between ca. 11.5–13 ka (9, 12). Although particularly notable in North Atlantic records, a global footprint of YD impacts has emerged that is largely consistent with a single abrupt event being rapidly translated worldwide (13). Initial work attributed the YD anomaly to the catastrophic drainage of ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
A preliminary impact assessment of typhoon wind - J
... assessment are critically reviewed. Thereby, the needs of further research efforts toward more credible and comprehensive assessment are addressed. KEYWORDS Climate change; risk; impact assessment; adaptation; tropical cyclone ...
... assessment are critically reviewed. Thereby, the needs of further research efforts toward more credible and comprehensive assessment are addressed. KEYWORDS Climate change; risk; impact assessment; adaptation; tropical cyclone ...
Influence of Ocean and Atmosphere Components on
... from an artificially large mixing by dense plumes as they descend the stair-step topography, which might impact its simulation of meridional overturning and the response of the overturning to climate change (Winton et al. 1998). This concern has motivated the development of bottom boundary layer par ...
... from an artificially large mixing by dense plumes as they descend the stair-step topography, which might impact its simulation of meridional overturning and the response of the overturning to climate change (Winton et al. 1998). This concern has motivated the development of bottom boundary layer par ...
Maine Environment - Natural Resources Council of Maine
... accounting for 40 percent of total emissions. The proposed standards are a cornerstone of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and come as Mainers begin to feel the early effects of global warming. Lobstermen are seeing troubling changes to lobster fisheries. More people are getting tick-borne Ly ...
... accounting for 40 percent of total emissions. The proposed standards are a cornerstone of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan and come as Mainers begin to feel the early effects of global warming. Lobstermen are seeing troubling changes to lobster fisheries. More people are getting tick-borne Ly ...
Climate politics in the lower Mekong basin
... and adaptation a ‘wicked’ problem without clear-cut policy solutions. It affects political priorities among decision-makers negatively, as short term returns on climate-related investments may be low and susceptible to political contestation. Vulnerability can be defined as ‘a function of the charac ...
... and adaptation a ‘wicked’ problem without clear-cut policy solutions. It affects political priorities among decision-makers negatively, as short term returns on climate-related investments may be low and susceptible to political contestation. Vulnerability can be defined as ‘a function of the charac ...
Sensitivity and the Carbon Budget - Apollo
... weather carried on the south-bound air-stream, alternating with patterns of warmer weather and intense rainfall as mid-latitude air-masses are driven northward. The energy-exchange enhances Arctic warming and accelerates the system disturbance. The southern loops of the ...
... weather carried on the south-bound air-stream, alternating with patterns of warmer weather and intense rainfall as mid-latitude air-masses are driven northward. The energy-exchange enhances Arctic warming and accelerates the system disturbance. The southern loops of the ...
Do Americans Understand That Global Warming Is Harmful to
... there is a rapidly increasing base of knowledge about the public health implications of climate change.4,5 Worldwide, for the next several decades, climate change is projected to harm human health primarily by exacerbating health problems that already exist (including injury, heat stroke, malnutriti ...
... there is a rapidly increasing base of knowledge about the public health implications of climate change.4,5 Worldwide, for the next several decades, climate change is projected to harm human health primarily by exacerbating health problems that already exist (including injury, heat stroke, malnutriti ...
What are the main money instruments used by the CDM?
... “leakage occurs because emissions reductions under a CDM project may affect market equilibrium in regional and/or global energy and product markets, and thereby increase emissions elsewhere”(Rosendahl & Strand 2011,p.27). Due to the emissions not being cut, but just produced in a different location ...
... “leakage occurs because emissions reductions under a CDM project may affect market equilibrium in regional and/or global energy and product markets, and thereby increase emissions elsewhere”(Rosendahl & Strand 2011,p.27). Due to the emissions not being cut, but just produced in a different location ...
Briefing_note_on_legal_synergies
... parties to the MP have made their concern explicit in numerous decisions. 2 For example, in 2007 the parties to the MP adopted decision XIX/6 para. 9, which states: “[t]o encourage parties to promote the selection of alternatives to HCFCs that minimize environmental impacts, in particular impacts on ...
... parties to the MP have made their concern explicit in numerous decisions. 2 For example, in 2007 the parties to the MP adopted decision XIX/6 para. 9, which states: “[t]o encourage parties to promote the selection of alternatives to HCFCs that minimize environmental impacts, in particular impacts on ...
Briefing_note_on_legal_synergies
... parties to the MP have made their concern explicit in numerous decisions. 2 For example, in 2007 the parties to the MP adopted decision XIX/6 para. 9, which states: “[t]o encourage parties to promote the selection of alternatives to HCFCs that minimize environmental impacts, in particular impacts on ...
... parties to the MP have made their concern explicit in numerous decisions. 2 For example, in 2007 the parties to the MP adopted decision XIX/6 para. 9, which states: “[t]o encourage parties to promote the selection of alternatives to HCFCs that minimize environmental impacts, in particular impacts on ...
Role of Information Asymmetry in a Public Goods Game for Climate
... information condition (NoInfo), players do not know about their opponents’ contributions to the green fund. Logically, hypothesis H1 states that in the Info condition, players’ contribution will be less than that in the NoInfo condition. This happens because in the Info condition, participants can s ...
... information condition (NoInfo), players do not know about their opponents’ contributions to the green fund. Logically, hypothesis H1 states that in the Info condition, players’ contribution will be less than that in the NoInfo condition. This happens because in the Info condition, participants can s ...
climate change and education maldives
... Bangladesh, maldives, etc. will be adversely affected by climate change because of their vulnerability due to different categories of disasters. one metre rise in sea level would flood 17.5 per cent of Bangladesh. Rising sea levels could force Pacific islanders to become nations of environmental ref ...
... Bangladesh, maldives, etc. will be adversely affected by climate change because of their vulnerability due to different categories of disasters. one metre rise in sea level would flood 17.5 per cent of Bangladesh. Rising sea levels could force Pacific islanders to become nations of environmental ref ...
part 3. technical summary
... lagoons and island areas. The Kune-Vain protected area (with a total surface of approximately 2300 ha) and the Knalla Lagoon lie within the Drini Delta. The area has been recognized as an IBA and is also recognized for its landscape values under the Ramsar Convention. It provides wintering and nesti ...
... lagoons and island areas. The Kune-Vain protected area (with a total surface of approximately 2300 ha) and the Knalla Lagoon lie within the Drini Delta. The area has been recognized as an IBA and is also recognized for its landscape values under the Ramsar Convention. It provides wintering and nesti ...
The Promise and Problems of Pricing Carbon: Theory and
... public programs, such as research and development of climate‐friendly technology. The tax receipts could also be used to compensate low‐income households for the burden of higher energy prices, as well as compensating others bearing a disproportionate cost of the polic ...
... public programs, such as research and development of climate‐friendly technology. The tax receipts could also be used to compensate low‐income households for the burden of higher energy prices, as well as compensating others bearing a disproportionate cost of the polic ...
Coastal Climate Change Adaptive management of beaches and
... alternative recreational options for the day should be prepared and the tourists must be informed. Very few climate change adaption measures focusing on beach tourism have been realised at German beaches so far. One positive example is the Kiel Bay Climate Alliance (page 6) and the ‘climate pavilion ...
... alternative recreational options for the day should be prepared and the tourists must be informed. Very few climate change adaption measures focusing on beach tourism have been realised at German beaches so far. One positive example is the Kiel Bay Climate Alliance (page 6) and the ‘climate pavilion ...
A vital link - Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
... hydroclimatic conditions induce shifts in the geographical distribution, composition and phenology of plants. For instance, in regions with decreasing soil moisture, vegetation will successively adapt to the drier conditions by e.g. compositional shifts and on average display a weaker NPP water limi ...
... hydroclimatic conditions induce shifts in the geographical distribution, composition and phenology of plants. For instance, in regions with decreasing soil moisture, vegetation will successively adapt to the drier conditions by e.g. compositional shifts and on average display a weaker NPP water limi ...
- Center for Large Landscape Conservation
... shifts that occurred during previous climate changes may be more difficult to achieve in the future, especially for species with limited dispersal ability (Malcolm et al. 2002, Pearson and Dawson 2005). The expanding global human footprint will also inhibit species movement by continuing to accelera ...
... shifts that occurred during previous climate changes may be more difficult to achieve in the future, especially for species with limited dispersal ability (Malcolm et al. 2002, Pearson and Dawson 2005). The expanding global human footprint will also inhibit species movement by continuing to accelera ...
Mountains for the world_2.indd
... slopes, valleys, and plains. Although Agenda 21 and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted in 1992, provide a basis for addressing a multitude of issues and promoting sustainable mountain development, the mountain agenda has not yet been addressed adequately by the UNFCCC cl ...
... slopes, valleys, and plains. Although Agenda 21 and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), adopted in 1992, provide a basis for addressing a multitude of issues and promoting sustainable mountain development, the mountain agenda has not yet been addressed adequately by the UNFCCC cl ...
Good for climate, good for health
... In some sectors, such as transport, emissions have only reduced slightly since 1990. In other sectors, such as agriculture, the rate of emission reduction is assessed as slowing down. Many approaches for mitigating climate change have the potential to benefit individual health and, through improved ...
... In some sectors, such as transport, emissions have only reduced slightly since 1990. In other sectors, such as agriculture, the rate of emission reduction is assessed as slowing down. Many approaches for mitigating climate change have the potential to benefit individual health and, through improved ...
Questions and answers on deforestation and forest
... Intensive deforestation has occurred over much of Europe at different times in its history. Today the phenomenon is marginal and restricted to only a few regions. A reforestation trend is actually occurring in many EU Member States as a direct result of tree planting and the natural tree growth on f ...
... Intensive deforestation has occurred over much of Europe at different times in its history. Today the phenomenon is marginal and restricted to only a few regions. A reforestation trend is actually occurring in many EU Member States as a direct result of tree planting and the natural tree growth on f ...