Adaptation Research Programs and Funding
... Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation (1). The paper begins by defining adaption, reviewing Special Report 290, and describing the approach used to develop the research program. Defining Adaptation and Scope As a foundation for this paper, two definitions of adaptation are provided. The I ...
... Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation (1). The paper begins by defining adaption, reviewing Special Report 290, and describing the approach used to develop the research program. Defining Adaptation and Scope As a foundation for this paper, two definitions of adaptation are provided. The I ...
Going Global - The George Wright Society
... and practice. IUCN, established in 1947, consists of a triple helix of a globally distributed secretariat, Commissions and Member organizations, epitomized in the composition of this panel. Members of IUCN include national governments as well as non-governmental organizations, making it a unique str ...
... and practice. IUCN, established in 1947, consists of a triple helix of a globally distributed secretariat, Commissions and Member organizations, epitomized in the composition of this panel. Members of IUCN include national governments as well as non-governmental organizations, making it a unique str ...
Determinants of Farmers` Climate Risk Perceptions in Agriculture—A
... staff and literature [26]. 3.2. Empirical Approach of Determinants of Climate Risk Perception The linear regression analysis is used to evaluate the factors that influence farmers’ climate change risk perceptions. Climate change risk perception is the dependent dummy variable in this study. To deter ...
... staff and literature [26]. 3.2. Empirical Approach of Determinants of Climate Risk Perception The linear regression analysis is used to evaluate the factors that influence farmers’ climate change risk perceptions. Climate change risk perception is the dependent dummy variable in this study. To deter ...
Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past
... quantitative evidence.” In response to Lamb’s call to action, research on large-scale patterns of climate change continued with vigor. Thirty-three years later, however, Jones et al. (1998) tentatively concluded that “[w]hile the ‘Little Ice Age’ cooling (with the seventeenth century being more seve ...
... quantitative evidence.” In response to Lamb’s call to action, research on large-scale patterns of climate change continued with vigor. Thirty-three years later, however, Jones et al. (1998) tentatively concluded that “[w]hile the ‘Little Ice Age’ cooling (with the seventeenth century being more seve ...
CONFALONIERI 2007 Human Health
... substantial inequalities in health persist within and between countries (Casas-Zamora and Ibrahim, 2004; McMichael et al., 2004; Marmot, 2005; People’s Health Movement et al., 2005). In parts of Africa, life expectancy has fallen in the last 20 years, largely as a consequence of HIV/AIDS; in some co ...
... substantial inequalities in health persist within and between countries (Casas-Zamora and Ibrahim, 2004; McMichael et al., 2004; Marmot, 2005; People’s Health Movement et al., 2005). In parts of Africa, life expectancy has fallen in the last 20 years, largely as a consequence of HIV/AIDS; in some co ...
Xeni Gwet`in Community-based Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... has increased an average 0.6°C (Celsius) since the Industrial Revolution, and increasing scientific evidence suggests that this is due to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere.2 Historically, the Earth has been accustomed to experiencing wide-spread severe environmental chan ...
... has increased an average 0.6°C (Celsius) since the Industrial Revolution, and increasing scientific evidence suggests that this is due to the accumulation of greenhouse gasses (GHGs) in the atmosphere.2 Historically, the Earth has been accustomed to experiencing wide-spread severe environmental chan ...
Is climate change causing increased rockfall frequency in
... Between 1901 and 2010, a total of 252 rockfalls (according to the definition outlined above) were registered and documented in all of Austria, leaving out the federal states of Burgenland and Vienna which have no share of the Alps. This equates to 3.2 events per 1000 km2 or 0.029 events per 1000 km2 ...
... Between 1901 and 2010, a total of 252 rockfalls (according to the definition outlined above) were registered and documented in all of Austria, leaving out the federal states of Burgenland and Vienna which have no share of the Alps. This equates to 3.2 events per 1000 km2 or 0.029 events per 1000 km2 ...
student advisee presentations
... 14. Connell, R., Canevari, L., Wright, S., Robertson, WM, Cerezo, Reviero, A., Larson, R., Carr, C. Washington, R., Saucedo, E., Ramierz, E., Olivera, M., Becker, A. (2015), “Port of Manzanillo: Climate Risk Management.” Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC. Online at: http://cdn.iic.org/ ...
... 14. Connell, R., Canevari, L., Wright, S., Robertson, WM, Cerezo, Reviero, A., Larson, R., Carr, C. Washington, R., Saucedo, E., Ramierz, E., Olivera, M., Becker, A. (2015), “Port of Manzanillo: Climate Risk Management.” Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC. Online at: http://cdn.iic.org/ ...
Background Paper Nansen Initiative South Asian Regional
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
Chapter 3 RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION
... Approaches to adaptation can vary greatly across sectors, across climate impacts, and across geographic scales. Regardless of this variability, adaptation is mostly about integrating projections of climate impacts into the development planning of a specific country, region, or city. Thus, the genera ...
... Approaches to adaptation can vary greatly across sectors, across climate impacts, and across geographic scales. Regardless of this variability, adaptation is mostly about integrating projections of climate impacts into the development planning of a specific country, region, or city. Thus, the genera ...
Gordon, et al (2005)
... Earth’s land surface. Alteration of water vapor flows through land-use changes has received comparatively less attention, despite compelling evidence that such alteration can influence the functioning of the Earth System. We show that deforestation is as large a driving force as irrigation in terms ...
... Earth’s land surface. Alteration of water vapor flows through land-use changes has received comparatively less attention, despite compelling evidence that such alteration can influence the functioning of the Earth System. We show that deforestation is as large a driving force as irrigation in terms ...
Integrating Climate-Change Adaptation into Sectoral Policies in Ireland Report Series No. 10
... behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has the statutory function of co-coordinating and promoting environmental research. The authors would like to thank staff at the National University of Ireland Cork (University Co ...
... behalf of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has the statutory function of co-coordinating and promoting environmental research. The authors would like to thank staff at the National University of Ireland Cork (University Co ...
“It Was Raining All the Time!”: Ex Post Tourist Weather Perceptions
... parameters for tourism demand and to quantify their importance compared to other factors. Furthermore, thresholds of weather parameters were identified that represented good/bad conditions for tourism. Such studies exist for summer tourism, mainly on a large spatial scale (e.g., countries) and with ...
... parameters for tourism demand and to quantify their importance compared to other factors. Furthermore, thresholds of weather parameters were identified that represented good/bad conditions for tourism. Such studies exist for summer tourism, mainly on a large spatial scale (e.g., countries) and with ...
China and South-South Scoping Assessment for
... This report forms part of the project ‘China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Learning and Development’ (CASSALD). CASSALD is a scoping study on climate adaptation needs, good practice and potential for collaboration in 10 priority developing countries. The aim of the project is to identify ke ...
... This report forms part of the project ‘China and South-South Scoping Assessment for Learning and Development’ (CASSALD). CASSALD is a scoping study on climate adaptation needs, good practice and potential for collaboration in 10 priority developing countries. The aim of the project is to identify ke ...
Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014 – 2023
... intrusion and extreme weather events, especially over the last decade. Research and study have indicated this trend is projected to further increase by the end of this century. Therefore, climate change has become a primary issue, requiring urgent attention in designing appropriate climate change po ...
... intrusion and extreme weather events, especially over the last decade. Research and study have indicated this trend is projected to further increase by the end of this century. Therefore, climate change has become a primary issue, requiring urgent attention in designing appropriate climate change po ...
Background Paper
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
response of plant pathogens and herbivores to a warming experiment
... by a larger number of species, which is consistent with predictions. However, although the overall trend was an increase in damage with warmer temperatures and earlier snowmelt, some pathogens and herbivores performed better in cooler or later melting plots. The idiosyncratic response of each specie ...
... by a larger number of species, which is consistent with predictions. However, although the overall trend was an increase in damage with warmer temperatures and earlier snowmelt, some pathogens and herbivores performed better in cooler or later melting plots. The idiosyncratic response of each specie ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... conditions, usually in a comparative static manner, analyses of agricultural vulnerability indicate that the key attributes of climate change are those related to climatic variability, including the frequency of non-normal conditions (Bryant et al. 2000, Chiotti and Johnston 1995; Smit et al. 1997) ...
... conditions, usually in a comparative static manner, analyses of agricultural vulnerability indicate that the key attributes of climate change are those related to climatic variability, including the frequency of non-normal conditions (Bryant et al. 2000, Chiotti and Johnston 1995; Smit et al. 1997) ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... Decision case studies…(Cont.) Once results from the climate science elicitation studies from Part 1 become available, we will use them, along with the other sector-specific information we have developed, to begin to create a set of decision support tools that are appropriate given the limitations on ...
... Decision case studies…(Cont.) Once results from the climate science elicitation studies from Part 1 become available, we will use them, along with the other sector-specific information we have developed, to begin to create a set of decision support tools that are appropriate given the limitations on ...
The social cost of carbon: Valuation estimates and
... and the marginal damage costs of emissions, known as the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). In 2002, the UK Government recommended an SCC for policy appraisal. A recent review of this SCC was commissioned and summarised in this paper. The authors conclude that SCC estimates span at least three orders of m ...
... and the marginal damage costs of emissions, known as the Social Cost of Carbon (SCC). In 2002, the UK Government recommended an SCC for policy appraisal. A recent review of this SCC was commissioned and summarised in this paper. The authors conclude that SCC estimates span at least three orders of m ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... “criteria pollutants.”10 Permitting agencies, usually at the state level, then issue permits reflecting these standards to power plants, factories, and other stationary sources. 11 Mobile sources are more directly regulated by the EPA.12 Reading the Act, the most straightforward method for regulatin ...
... “criteria pollutants.”10 Permitting agencies, usually at the state level, then issue permits reflecting these standards to power plants, factories, and other stationary sources. 11 Mobile sources are more directly regulated by the EPA.12 Reading the Act, the most straightforward method for regulatin ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... While the average unemployment rate in the Great Lakes states is 4.6 percent,5 African American unemployment is more than double that at 10.2 percent.6 The region was heavily affected by the 2008 economic crisis, which saw a rapid rise in home foreclosures and the number of high-poverty neighborhoo ...
... While the average unemployment rate in the Great Lakes states is 4.6 percent,5 African American unemployment is more than double that at 10.2 percent.6 The region was heavily affected by the 2008 economic crisis, which saw a rapid rise in home foreclosures and the number of high-poverty neighborhoo ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).