Cambodia - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... bring fertile alluvium soils to the central plains. Only about 19.5 % (approximately 400,000 ha) of cultivated land in Cambodia benefits from irrigation. There is evidence of an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, including floods and droughts in Asia throughout the 20 ...
... bring fertile alluvium soils to the central plains. Only about 19.5 % (approximately 400,000 ha) of cultivated land in Cambodia benefits from irrigation. There is evidence of an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, including floods and droughts in Asia throughout the 20 ...
Climate change as the `new` security threat: implications for Africa
... more is done to contain the damage of climate change. The report concluded that ‘Darfur … holds grim lessons for other countries at risk’. Picking up on this message in a subsequent Washington Post editorial, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon argued: ‘Almost invariably, we discuss Darfur in a con ...
... more is done to contain the damage of climate change. The report concluded that ‘Darfur … holds grim lessons for other countries at risk’. Picking up on this message in a subsequent Washington Post editorial, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon argued: ‘Almost invariably, we discuss Darfur in a con ...
Now more than ever: The need for more societally
... vulnerability and adaptation not only in poorer, developing nations, but also in developed nations (e.g., Adger, Dessai, Goulden, Hulme, Lorenzoni, Nelson, et al., 2009; Easterling, Hurd, & Smith, 2004; Moser & Luers, 2008; O’Brien, Eriksen, Sygna, & Naess, 2006; Pielke, Prins, Rayner, & Sarewitz, 2 ...
... vulnerability and adaptation not only in poorer, developing nations, but also in developed nations (e.g., Adger, Dessai, Goulden, Hulme, Lorenzoni, Nelson, et al., 2009; Easterling, Hurd, & Smith, 2004; Moser & Luers, 2008; O’Brien, Eriksen, Sygna, & Naess, 2006; Pielke, Prins, Rayner, & Sarewitz, 2 ...
8.1 Lesson
... • an understanding of the components making up the Earth system and how they are interrelated • how positive and negative feedback loops affect the global climate system • the role of the atmosphere in redistributing heat, energy, and moisture around Earth’s surface • the ways that heat can be trans ...
... • an understanding of the components making up the Earth system and how they are interrelated • how positive and negative feedback loops affect the global climate system • the role of the atmosphere in redistributing heat, energy, and moisture around Earth’s surface • the ways that heat can be trans ...
Current and future climate of the Fiji Islands
... Program (PCCSP) have evaluated 24 models from around the world and found that 18 best represent the climate of the western tropical Pacific region. These 18 models have been used to develop climate projections for Fiji. The future climate will be determined by a combination of natural and human fact ...
... Program (PCCSP) have evaluated 24 models from around the world and found that 18 best represent the climate of the western tropical Pacific region. These 18 models have been used to develop climate projections for Fiji. The future climate will be determined by a combination of natural and human fact ...
Globalization and the Tragedy of the Commons
... • How much warming has happened? Scientists from around the world with theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tell us that during the past 100 years, the world's surface air temperature increased an average of 0.6° Celsius (1.1°F). This may not sound like very much change, but even one ...
... • How much warming has happened? Scientists from around the world with theIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) tell us that during the past 100 years, the world's surface air temperature increased an average of 0.6° Celsius (1.1°F). This may not sound like very much change, but even one ...
Full Text - Life Science Journal
... actions or adaptation in response to change in which a change is considered as a loss or a threat. The extension workers expend most of their time and other resources responding to requests that have no central focus or objective. Proactive programming depicts plan for expected changes and are openn ...
... actions or adaptation in response to change in which a change is considered as a loss or a threat. The extension workers expend most of their time and other resources responding to requests that have no central focus or objective. Proactive programming depicts plan for expected changes and are openn ...
LEAP WEAP Symposium Talk - NCAR Research Applications
... Excludes nuclear power, carbon capture and storage (CCS), biofuels, and offsetting. Examines the role of sufficiency and greater equity among EU nations in helping promote a transition to a low GHG future. Also examines Europe’s international obligations by using SEI’s Greenhouse Development Rights ...
... Excludes nuclear power, carbon capture and storage (CCS), biofuels, and offsetting. Examines the role of sufficiency and greater equity among EU nations in helping promote a transition to a low GHG future. Also examines Europe’s international obligations by using SEI’s Greenhouse Development Rights ...
Climate scenarios
... uncertain and important for the model response • Using an ensemble of models to explore the implications of these parameter uncertainties ...
... uncertain and important for the model response • Using an ensemble of models to explore the implications of these parameter uncertainties ...
Low-Carbon Development for the Least Developed Countries (opens in new window)
... and drought – is likely to exacerbate these problems. In consequence, LDCs need an international agreement on climate change that involves all countries with substantial emissions, including some emerging countries like India and China with large numbers of people still in poverty. Why should a glob ...
... and drought – is likely to exacerbate these problems. In consequence, LDCs need an international agreement on climate change that involves all countries with substantial emissions, including some emerging countries like India and China with large numbers of people still in poverty. Why should a glob ...
Climate Change and Energy
... world today, given its widespread and proven impacts on the physical environment and human health and potential to adversely impact economic growth. The emerging markets need reliable and accessible energy to support economic growth and this needs to be balanced by mitigating the environmental impac ...
... world today, given its widespread and proven impacts on the physical environment and human health and potential to adversely impact economic growth. The emerging markets need reliable and accessible energy to support economic growth and this needs to be balanced by mitigating the environmental impac ...
Draft Resolution X
... boreal forests, and arctic (including permafrost) and alpine ecosystems, are considered to be amongst those natural systems especially vulnerable to climate change because of their limited adaptive capacity and that they may therefore undergo significant and irreversible damage; ...
... boreal forests, and arctic (including permafrost) and alpine ecosystems, are considered to be amongst those natural systems especially vulnerable to climate change because of their limited adaptive capacity and that they may therefore undergo significant and irreversible damage; ...
AUSAID – UNDP PARTNERSHIP ON CLIMATE CHANGE 1
... climate change on women - “The impacts of climate change could prove particularly severe for women. With climate change, there would be an increasing scarcity of water, reduction of yields in forest biomass, and increased risks to human health for children, women and the elderly in a household becom ...
... climate change on women - “The impacts of climate change could prove particularly severe for women. With climate change, there would be an increasing scarcity of water, reduction of yields in forest biomass, and increased risks to human health for children, women and the elderly in a household becom ...
Speaker Bios and Program - UCLA Institute of the Environment and
... Berkeley. His research integrates insights form energy economics and law to support the development of effective, science-based climate policy. Danny recently represented a group of climate scientists in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit, successfully supporting the constitutionality of Californi ...
... Berkeley. His research integrates insights form energy economics and law to support the development of effective, science-based climate policy. Danny recently represented a group of climate scientists in an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit, successfully supporting the constitutionality of Californi ...
Presentation
... Climate change is here and now and in our own backyards • In the U.S., spring now arrives an average of 10 days to two weeks earlier than 20 years ago – The growing season is lengthening over much of the continental ...
... Climate change is here and now and in our own backyards • In the U.S., spring now arrives an average of 10 days to two weeks earlier than 20 years ago – The growing season is lengthening over much of the continental ...
Climate Change Impacts in Indonesia
... but there are threats to their sustainability. Current threats include Indonesia’s increasing population and rapid industrialization, such as large-scale deforestation and wildfires, land conversion and habitat destruction, overexploitation of marine resources, and a multitude of environmental probl ...
... but there are threats to their sustainability. Current threats include Indonesia’s increasing population and rapid industrialization, such as large-scale deforestation and wildfires, land conversion and habitat destruction, overexploitation of marine resources, and a multitude of environmental probl ...
CBM-MDG-position-paper
... settlements, of which approximately 135 million could be people with disabilities33. Those living in urban low-income settlements lack improved water, sanitation, and durable housing, all three are harder to access for people with disabilities. Environmental conditions such as indoor air pollution f ...
... settlements, of which approximately 135 million could be people with disabilities33. Those living in urban low-income settlements lack improved water, sanitation, and durable housing, all three are harder to access for people with disabilities. Environmental conditions such as indoor air pollution f ...
Cop Action Guide II - Friends of the Earth
... of the problem is the failure of the EU and USA to live up to their legal and moral commitments to the global South. For an agreement to be reached in Copenhagen, rich countries must commit to deep and swift domestic carbon emissions cuts. Currently the emissions cuts that are pledged are far from a ...
... of the problem is the failure of the EU and USA to live up to their legal and moral commitments to the global South. For an agreement to be reached in Copenhagen, rich countries must commit to deep and swift domestic carbon emissions cuts. Currently the emissions cuts that are pledged are far from a ...
ISSOP e-‐Bulletin Nº 19. January 2016
... Read the full blog here: http://hesperian.org/2016/01/06/care-‐for-‐where-‐there-‐is-‐no-‐ justice-‐the-‐modern-‐history-‐of-‐street-‐medics-‐and-‐how-‐they-‐support-‐social-‐movements/ ...
... Read the full blog here: http://hesperian.org/2016/01/06/care-‐for-‐where-‐there-‐is-‐no-‐ justice-‐the-‐modern-‐history-‐of-‐street-‐medics-‐and-‐how-‐they-‐support-‐social-‐movements/ ...
Introduction Growth, Punctuation, and Human Well-Being
... (New York, 2004); John R. McNeill and William H. McNeill, The Human Web: A Bird’s Eye View of World History (New York, 2003); Fred Spier, The Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today (Amsterdam, 1996); and Spier, Big History and the Future of Humanity (Malden, MA, 2010). For important ...
... (New York, 2004); John R. McNeill and William H. McNeill, The Human Web: A Bird’s Eye View of World History (New York, 2003); Fred Spier, The Structure of Big History: From the Big Bang until Today (Amsterdam, 1996); and Spier, Big History and the Future of Humanity (Malden, MA, 2010). For important ...
Ministry of Foreign Affairs MKL Grant Committee Meeting 25 October
... LDCF has funded developments of NAPAs, and at this stage all LDCs apart from South Sudan have an approved NAPA in place, thus the job is largely done. The NAPAs are the basis for the LDCF projects. A “project proposer” e.g. a public authority, a civil society organization, or private sector institut ...
... LDCF has funded developments of NAPAs, and at this stage all LDCs apart from South Sudan have an approved NAPA in place, thus the job is largely done. The NAPAs are the basis for the LDCF projects. A “project proposer” e.g. a public authority, a civil society organization, or private sector institut ...
Special Council Meeting - 3-5 February, 2010
... deficit of $200,000. Samoa noted the need for guidelines for engagement between donors and their NGO partners.Samoa further noted the need for PIANGO to have clear recruitment policies in place to prevent mismanagement and ineffectiveness. 22. Tuvalu (TANGO) queried procedures governing staff loans. ...
... deficit of $200,000. Samoa noted the need for guidelines for engagement between donors and their NGO partners.Samoa further noted the need for PIANGO to have clear recruitment policies in place to prevent mismanagement and ineffectiveness. 22. Tuvalu (TANGO) queried procedures governing staff loans. ...
More Extreme Weather and the US Energy Infrastructure
... wind events over this time period, suggesting that either the wind events are becoming more severe or more property has been developed in places vulnerable to wind damage. Some of the biggest outages are caused by hurricanes and other tropical storms, which are expected to have stronger winds and mo ...
... wind events over this time period, suggesting that either the wind events are becoming more severe or more property has been developed in places vulnerable to wind damage. Some of the biggest outages are caused by hurricanes and other tropical storms, which are expected to have stronger winds and mo ...
Links between native forest and climate in Australia
... Australia and decreased by up to 4% in southwest Western Australia. The summer surface temperature showed a positive anomaly of 0.2–2.0 degC for eastern Australia and 0.5°C for southwest Western Australia. Mean summer rainfall showed a decrease of 4–12% in eastern Australia and 4–8% in southwest Wes ...
... Australia and decreased by up to 4% in southwest Western Australia. The summer surface temperature showed a positive anomaly of 0.2–2.0 degC for eastern Australia and 0.5°C for southwest Western Australia. Mean summer rainfall showed a decrease of 4–12% in eastern Australia and 4–8% in southwest Wes ...
Presented
... •Global submarine cables (red lines) •Recent and planned cable ocean-current monitoring (blue stars) sea-bed observatories (dark blue stars), out-of-service cables for scientific reuse (yellow lines) and cable systems where ownership transfer to science has been discussed (dark ...
... •Global submarine cables (red lines) •Recent and planned cable ocean-current monitoring (blue stars) sea-bed observatories (dark blue stars), out-of-service cables for scientific reuse (yellow lines) and cable systems where ownership transfer to science has been discussed (dark ...