Subglobal Regulation of the Global Commons: The Case of Climate
... ("[flailing back to national-scale intervention... invites free riding, holdouts, and inefficient spending of limited resources—and thus structural regulatory failure.... At least from a theoretical viewpoint, inherently global problems demand concerted worldwide action"); Sean T. Fox, Responding to ...
... ("[flailing back to national-scale intervention... invites free riding, holdouts, and inefficient spending of limited resources—and thus structural regulatory failure.... At least from a theoretical viewpoint, inherently global problems demand concerted worldwide action"); Sean T. Fox, Responding to ...
Climate Adaptation in Asia: Knowledge Gaps and Research
... importance of food production and the historical exposure of large rural and urban populations to extreme events (droughts, floods, typhoons). There is reasonable consensus on the broad nature of future climate change in different regions of the country under various global emission scenarios, but h ...
... importance of food production and the historical exposure of large rural and urban populations to extreme events (droughts, floods, typhoons). There is reasonable consensus on the broad nature of future climate change in different regions of the country under various global emission scenarios, but h ...
Energy Makeovers Pty Ltd - Department of Environment, Land
... recommends that the 2017 target be set at 10 million tonnes, with subsequent targets being open to upward adjustments as needed to assist Victoria to meet its future carbon abatement targets. "Energy efficiency will be a critical element of Victoria's climate change response" (stated position of Lis ...
... recommends that the 2017 target be set at 10 million tonnes, with subsequent targets being open to upward adjustments as needed to assist Victoria to meet its future carbon abatement targets. "Energy efficiency will be a critical element of Victoria's climate change response" (stated position of Lis ...
- Pacific Disaster Net
... melting and thermal expansion of the sea surface due to the hotter temperatures. In Samoa, sea level has risen by 4mm since 1993 and will continue to rise. This is slightly larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year and may be influenced also by El Niño. Combined with natural year to year ...
... melting and thermal expansion of the sea surface due to the hotter temperatures. In Samoa, sea level has risen by 4mm since 1993 and will continue to rise. This is slightly larger than the global average of 2.8–3.6 mm per year and may be influenced also by El Niño. Combined with natural year to year ...
Biodiversity and biomes under climatic change
... The Earth’s climate determines the geographic distribution of vegetation physiognomy and therefore biomes through species-specific physiological tolerances to temperature, water availability and length of the growing season (Woodward, 1987). Species physiological tolerances are also hypothesized to ...
... The Earth’s climate determines the geographic distribution of vegetation physiognomy and therefore biomes through species-specific physiological tolerances to temperature, water availability and length of the growing season (Woodward, 1987). Species physiological tolerances are also hypothesized to ...
ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE
... restoration enhances carbon stocks. Moreover, it is an efficient approach to climate change adaptation, defined as an adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities (Intergovernment ...
... restoration enhances carbon stocks. Moreover, it is an efficient approach to climate change adaptation, defined as an adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities (Intergovernment ...
UN Sustainable Development Goals Setting Agenda for
... for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, with a view to accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions. It recalled that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides that ...
... for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, with a view to accelerating the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions. It recalled that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change provides that ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... interest and need for information on observed and potential impacts of climate change. All three branches of the federal government—judicial, executive, and legislative—have confronted decisions that engendered an additional appetite for impacts information. The types of decisions covered a varie ...
... interest and need for information on observed and potential impacts of climate change. All three branches of the federal government—judicial, executive, and legislative—have confronted decisions that engendered an additional appetite for impacts information. The types of decisions covered a varie ...
What is Climate Change and How it will effect Bangladesh?
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth‟s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth‟s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
Atmospheric fronts in current and future climates
... 2. Method and Tools The objective front identification method of Berry et al. [2011a], which follows the same techniques as Hewson [1998], has been applied to 6-hourly reanalysis and model data. This method identifies frontal points using a thermal front parameter [Renard and Clarke, 1965] based on th ...
... 2. Method and Tools The objective front identification method of Berry et al. [2011a], which follows the same techniques as Hewson [1998], has been applied to 6-hourly reanalysis and model data. This method identifies frontal points using a thermal front parameter [Renard and Clarke, 1965] based on th ...
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... As emissions and temperature increase, there have been mounting concerns about the potentially adverse impacts triggered by the trespassing of thresholds and tipping points, which risk causing irreversible changes in the various components of the climate system. Adapting to possible catastrophic eve ...
... As emissions and temperature increase, there have been mounting concerns about the potentially adverse impacts triggered by the trespassing of thresholds and tipping points, which risk causing irreversible changes in the various components of the climate system. Adapting to possible catastrophic eve ...
Global Trends and Challenges: Strategic Implications for NGOs
... estimates suggest that there are over 10 million registered CSOs worldwide. It is estimated that over 40,000 international NGDOs operate across borders delivering humanitarian and development support, or actively engaged in advocacy or international rights-based work. The seven largest INGOs (WorldV ...
... estimates suggest that there are over 10 million registered CSOs worldwide. It is estimated that over 40,000 international NGDOs operate across borders delivering humanitarian and development support, or actively engaged in advocacy or international rights-based work. The seven largest INGOs (WorldV ...
The Changing Climate and Adaptation Strategies for the Mississippi
... To better understand the history of the Delta, it is also very important to understand the topography and physical characteristics of the region. The Mississippi Delta is an alluvial plain. An alluvial plain can be described as, “A level or gently sloping flat or a slightly undulating land surface r ...
... To better understand the history of the Delta, it is also very important to understand the topography and physical characteristics of the region. The Mississippi Delta is an alluvial plain. An alluvial plain can be described as, “A level or gently sloping flat or a slightly undulating land surface r ...
A Credible Foundation for Long Term International
... viable new institution.2 Such has been the case over the last decade as attention has focused on designing the Kyoto Protocol, an elaborate new international institution without any real precedent that may do nothing to slow emissions. In this chapter we argue that a better alternative would be to t ...
... viable new institution.2 Such has been the case over the last decade as attention has focused on designing the Kyoto Protocol, an elaborate new international institution without any real precedent that may do nothing to slow emissions. In this chapter we argue that a better alternative would be to t ...
RASSEGNA STAMPA PRESS REVIEW
... It’s amazing when digital technologies and participatory processes combine to advance solutions to global challenges. At ICCG we experienced a small taste of such potential during the annual contest dedicated to bottom-up, innovative ideas to address climate change. The ICCG Best Climat ...
... It’s amazing when digital technologies and participatory processes combine to advance solutions to global challenges. At ICCG we experienced a small taste of such potential during the annual contest dedicated to bottom-up, innovative ideas to address climate change. The ICCG Best Climat ...
SEA LEVEL RISE IN THE CARIBBEAN
... The inextricable links between climate change and sustainable development have been increasingly recognized over the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)1 concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would imp ...
... The inextricable links between climate change and sustainable development have been increasingly recognized over the past decade. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in their Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)1 concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would imp ...
Chapter 8: Cross-cutting issues
... Vulnerability: The degree to which someone or something (a ‘receptor’) is affected by a climate event. This takes account of the ability (adaptive capacity) to prepare, respond and recover from the event (and conversely to benefit from positive impacts). Social vulnerability specifically refers to s ...
... Vulnerability: The degree to which someone or something (a ‘receptor’) is affected by a climate event. This takes account of the ability (adaptive capacity) to prepare, respond and recover from the event (and conversely to benefit from positive impacts). Social vulnerability specifically refers to s ...
Climate Change and US National Security
... President Obama pulled these threads together in a 2015 commencement speech at the US Coast Guard academy. 28 Subsequent speeches by National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry reinforced these themes.29 As of fall 2015, most of these appear to be planning documents with m ...
... President Obama pulled these threads together in a 2015 commencement speech at the US Coast Guard academy. 28 Subsequent speeches by National Security Advisor Susan Rice and Secretary of State John Kerry reinforced these themes.29 As of fall 2015, most of these appear to be planning documents with m ...
- American Meteorological Society
... Adam et al. 2009; Hidalgo et al. 2009; Stewart 2009; Rasmussen et al. 2011). These climate change impacts can be considered predictable, at least to some extent, because of growing confidence that temperatures will increase throughout much of the globe in the coming decades (e.g., Meehl et al. 2007) ...
... Adam et al. 2009; Hidalgo et al. 2009; Stewart 2009; Rasmussen et al. 2011). These climate change impacts can be considered predictable, at least to some extent, because of growing confidence that temperatures will increase throughout much of the globe in the coming decades (e.g., Meehl et al. 2007) ...
Climate change impacts on connectivity in the ocean: Implications
... ;700 ppm in 2100 (Sabine et al. 2004). Such levels of atmospheric CO2 influence global sea surface temperatures, which have already risen by 0.768C, on average, since pre-industrial times v www.esajournals.org ...
... ;700 ppm in 2100 (Sabine et al. 2004). Such levels of atmospheric CO2 influence global sea surface temperatures, which have already risen by 0.768C, on average, since pre-industrial times v www.esajournals.org ...
Anthony Patt ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
... Patt, Anthony, Detlef van Vuuren, Frans Berkhout, Asbjørn Aaheim, Andries Hof, Morna Isaac, and Reinhard Mechler (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change 99: 383 – 402. Patt, Anthony, Mark Tadross, Patrick Nussbaumer, Kwabena Asante, Marc Metzger, José ...
... Patt, Anthony, Detlef van Vuuren, Frans Berkhout, Asbjørn Aaheim, Andries Hof, Morna Isaac, and Reinhard Mechler (2010). Adaptation in integrated assessment modeling: where do we stand? Climatic Change 99: 383 – 402. Patt, Anthony, Mark Tadross, Patrick Nussbaumer, Kwabena Asante, Marc Metzger, José ...
what is climate change? and how it will affect bangladesh
... now have sufficient information to know that environmental degradation is destructive of life; it steals from future generations, it penalises the poor, it is exaggerated by greed, it puts diversity at risk. Environmental pollution hurts all of life; it is in the interest of every living thing for h ...
... now have sufficient information to know that environmental degradation is destructive of life; it steals from future generations, it penalises the poor, it is exaggerated by greed, it puts diversity at risk. Environmental pollution hurts all of life; it is in the interest of every living thing for h ...
Climate change and timing of avian breeding and migration
... 2010). Timing of migration is also affected by other environmental variables such as favourable tailwinds (Alerstam 1990) or conditions at stop-over sites or wintering areas (Saino and Ambrosini 2008), which can be affected by climate change partly independently of temperature. However, in the conte ...
... 2010). Timing of migration is also affected by other environmental variables such as favourable tailwinds (Alerstam 1990) or conditions at stop-over sites or wintering areas (Saino and Ambrosini 2008), which can be affected by climate change partly independently of temperature. However, in the conte ...
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).