Pacific Regional Consultations Human Mobility, Natural Disasters
... Displacement 2008 – 2013: Sudden-onset disasters (IDMC) ...
... Displacement 2008 – 2013: Sudden-onset disasters (IDMC) ...
Regards sur la terre
... The demand for energy will keep on growing strongly, led by developed countries and emerging economies. If present trends continue, by 2050, Asia will consume more fossil fuel than all developed countries today… … but “peak oil” will happen at the latest by 2050. Many experts in fact think 202 ...
... The demand for energy will keep on growing strongly, led by developed countries and emerging economies. If present trends continue, by 2050, Asia will consume more fossil fuel than all developed countries today… … but “peak oil” will happen at the latest by 2050. Many experts in fact think 202 ...
Centre for Environmental Rights
... 1. South Africa’s negotiating position at COP 21 should give effect to the Constitutional obligations as expressed in section 24 of the Constitution, with special regard to human health. 2. Taking adequate action to mitigate our contribution to global warming is not only a matter of policy, but a Co ...
... 1. South Africa’s negotiating position at COP 21 should give effect to the Constitutional obligations as expressed in section 24 of the Constitution, with special regard to human health. 2. Taking adequate action to mitigate our contribution to global warming is not only a matter of policy, but a Co ...
Weather, Climate, and (Especially) Society
... individual to the household, community, private sector, civil society, and nation-state. Thus, the causes of this problem are ultimately rooted in human choice and behavior. Likewise, the solutions to climate change require shifts in human decision making and behavior at each of these levels—to both ...
... individual to the household, community, private sector, civil society, and nation-state. Thus, the causes of this problem are ultimately rooted in human choice and behavior. Likewise, the solutions to climate change require shifts in human decision making and behavior at each of these levels—to both ...
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... – third, mix in some visible direct action to create a media buzz what Greenpeace likes to call ‘global opera’.” • “For fifteen years, environmental activists, myself included, have been pursuing this tried-and-tested model. Our call to action has been made against a backdrop of serious warnings fro ...
... – third, mix in some visible direct action to create a media buzz what Greenpeace likes to call ‘global opera’.” • “For fifteen years, environmental activists, myself included, have been pursuing this tried-and-tested model. Our call to action has been made against a backdrop of serious warnings fro ...
PPT
... Observed warming is consistent with observed changes: There is a widespread retreat of nonpolar glaciers. Arctic sea-ice has thinned by 40% in recent decades (summer & autumn) And decreased in extent by 15% since the 1950s in spring and summer. Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased by 10% si ...
... Observed warming is consistent with observed changes: There is a widespread retreat of nonpolar glaciers. Arctic sea-ice has thinned by 40% in recent decades (summer & autumn) And decreased in extent by 15% since the 1950s in spring and summer. Northern Hemisphere snow cover has decreased by 10% si ...
here - Boston University
... Image created by Robert A. Rohde / Global Warming Art, www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr_Rev_png ...
... Image created by Robert A. Rohde / Global Warming Art, www.globalwarmingart.com/wiki/File:Carbon_Dioxide_400kyr_Rev_png ...
Climate Change and the Environment
... “squeezed” out of existence as they are submerged by rising seas. Because Miami-Dade County has a highly developed shoreline, there will be areas of the County where coastal wetlands will have no where to go, unless planning measures are enacted. Biodiversity refers to the richness of plant and anim ...
... “squeezed” out of existence as they are submerged by rising seas. Because Miami-Dade County has a highly developed shoreline, there will be areas of the County where coastal wetlands will have no where to go, unless planning measures are enacted. Biodiversity refers to the richness of plant and anim ...
Sources of Feed back
... • An environmental policy that caps emissions while giving source flexibility in how they comply with those caps-uses economic incentives to get compliance • A limit or cap on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted is set. Companies or other groups are issued emission permits and are required ...
... • An environmental policy that caps emissions while giving source flexibility in how they comply with those caps-uses economic incentives to get compliance • A limit or cap on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted is set. Companies or other groups are issued emission permits and are required ...
Objectives and structure of the workshop
... Purpose • Transfer results of the recent vulnerability assessment • Answer the question: how could climate change affect national plans for fisheries and aquaculture? • Identify priority adaptations to reduce risks and capitalize on opportunities ...
... Purpose • Transfer results of the recent vulnerability assessment • Answer the question: how could climate change affect national plans for fisheries and aquaculture? • Identify priority adaptations to reduce risks and capitalize on opportunities ...
Slide 1
... Impact of chemistry on climate: Do we need fully coupled chemistry-climate models (the case has not been made)? Asynchronous coupling may be a viable option, but: --How long does it take chemistry to reach quasi-equilibrium given a new climactic state? --How long does it take chemistry-climate syst ...
... Impact of chemistry on climate: Do we need fully coupled chemistry-climate models (the case has not been made)? Asynchronous coupling may be a viable option, but: --How long does it take chemistry to reach quasi-equilibrium given a new climactic state? --How long does it take chemistry-climate syst ...
Climate-KIC
... Climate-KIC and ERRIN are interested in improving coordination and collaboration in RTD & Innovation, enhancing the competitiveness of the European energy and climate sector and in contributing to supporting activities that will mitigate climate change and improve resource efficiency. To this end Cl ...
... Climate-KIC and ERRIN are interested in improving coordination and collaboration in RTD & Innovation, enhancing the competitiveness of the European energy and climate sector and in contributing to supporting activities that will mitigate climate change and improve resource efficiency. To this end Cl ...
A societal sea change
... reducing fossil-fuel use, have broadly been long understood. The governance of climate change, not merely mitigation and adapta tion, is a tortuous problem and is hardly well developed theoretically, but it remains a key area of interdisciplinary research and real-world policy. We are just at the b ...
... reducing fossil-fuel use, have broadly been long understood. The governance of climate change, not merely mitigation and adapta tion, is a tortuous problem and is hardly well developed theoretically, but it remains a key area of interdisciplinary research and real-world policy. We are just at the b ...
BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY TO DEVELOP ADAPTATION Jeremy Gault* , Stef Gray
... Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster (IMERC) National Maritime College of Ireland, Ireland. ...
... Irish Maritime and Energy Resource Cluster (IMERC) National Maritime College of Ireland, Ireland. ...
Click here to read article. - The Resource Innovation Group
... In another study, when asked what is required to live a healthy and good life, 93 percent of Inuit women responded that the ice, water, and land they live on is critical. Record low levels of Arctic sea ice and temperatures soaring 20 degrees above average are upending these ecosystems and the very ...
... In another study, when asked what is required to live a healthy and good life, 93 percent of Inuit women responded that the ice, water, and land they live on is critical. Record low levels of Arctic sea ice and temperatures soaring 20 degrees above average are upending these ecosystems and the very ...
Climate Change Impacts in the Amazon
... Some of the infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere, and some is absorbed and re-emitted in all directions by greenhouse gas molecules. The effect of this is to warm the Earth’s surface and the lower atmosphere. ...
... Some of the infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere, and some is absorbed and re-emitted in all directions by greenhouse gas molecules. The effect of this is to warm the Earth’s surface and the lower atmosphere. ...
Download case study as PDF
... Palestinian Authority's institutions to respond to climate change, both organisationally and technically. Central in this call for capacity-building was the Environmental Quality Authority, which became the new Ministry of Environmental Affairs and which established a Climate Change Unit responsible ...
... Palestinian Authority's institutions to respond to climate change, both organisationally and technically. Central in this call for capacity-building was the Environmental Quality Authority, which became the new Ministry of Environmental Affairs and which established a Climate Change Unit responsible ...
Diagnosis of Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Areas
... well observed by increasing rates and severity of heat waves and flash floods all over the Arab region. It is expected that, if no action is taken to limit emissions, the temperature rise will reach 4.5- 5 degrees, which will cause severe damage to the environment, economy and health conditions all ...
... well observed by increasing rates and severity of heat waves and flash floods all over the Arab region. It is expected that, if no action is taken to limit emissions, the temperature rise will reach 4.5- 5 degrees, which will cause severe damage to the environment, economy and health conditions all ...
File - Querencia Institute
... affecting 20 million people. In Niger, severe drought followed by flooding left more than 100,000 people homeless. And these examples represent just the tip of a melting iceberg. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, in November, island nations like Tuvalu and Nauru plea ...
... affecting 20 million people. In Niger, severe drought followed by flooding left more than 100,000 people homeless. And these examples represent just the tip of a melting iceberg. At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, in November, island nations like Tuvalu and Nauru plea ...
DELIBERATELY CREATING AN ALIEN PLANET John Cairns, Jr
... Fossil fuels are only cheap if one ignores the costs in human health and damage to the present Biosphere. The profits from fossil fuels are acquired by a relatively small number of people, but the health and environmental costs are paid by society. ...
... Fossil fuels are only cheap if one ignores the costs in human health and damage to the present Biosphere. The profits from fossil fuels are acquired by a relatively small number of people, but the health and environmental costs are paid by society. ...
Myodes gapperi
... Evolution and Adaptation (Species-level) Microevolution (Below Species-level) Dispersal Extinction ...
... Evolution and Adaptation (Species-level) Microevolution (Below Species-level) Dispersal Extinction ...