Torres Strait Regional Adaptation and Resilience Plan
... For many years now, our communities have noticed changes in the seasons and tides that indicate different patterns to our traditional knowledge. Since 2007 we have been undertaking scientific investigations of key climate related changes in our region. We are already seeing changes in sea levels, co ...
... For many years now, our communities have noticed changes in the seasons and tides that indicate different patterns to our traditional knowledge. Since 2007 we have been undertaking scientific investigations of key climate related changes in our region. We are already seeing changes in sea levels, co ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... regionally around the coastline as well as seasonally in many cases. With respect to the terrestrial climate, mean annual air temperatures have risen by just under 1 C since 1910 with a particular decline in the frequency of extreme cold. The last decade was the warmest on record. Annual rainfall, ...
... regionally around the coastline as well as seasonally in many cases. With respect to the terrestrial climate, mean annual air temperatures have risen by just under 1 C since 1910 with a particular decline in the frequency of extreme cold. The last decade was the warmest on record. Annual rainfall, ...
Climate Proofing: A Risk-based Approach to Adaptation
... Adaptation (to climate variability and change) – Policies, actions, and other initiatives designed to limit the potential adverse impacts arising from climate variability and change (including extreme events), and exploit any positive consequences. Adaptive capacity – The potential for adjustments, ...
... Adaptation (to climate variability and change) – Policies, actions, and other initiatives designed to limit the potential adverse impacts arising from climate variability and change (including extreme events), and exploit any positive consequences. Adaptive capacity – The potential for adjustments, ...
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... Roskilde (Denmark). I would like to thank to all the people in the program who inspired me intellectually in particular. Especially, I would like to thank to my supervisor Prof. Bjørn Thomassen at the Roskilde University. He guided me throughout the writing process of five months, but also encourage ...
... Roskilde (Denmark). I would like to thank to all the people in the program who inspired me intellectually in particular. Especially, I would like to thank to my supervisor Prof. Bjørn Thomassen at the Roskilde University. He guided me throughout the writing process of five months, but also encourage ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
Jordan`s Third National
... submitted to the UNFCCC and then to the international community of Climate Change stakeholders. As the UNFCCC negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate e ...
... submitted to the UNFCCC and then to the international community of Climate Change stakeholders. As the UNFCCC negotiations are approaching the crunch time of developing an ambitious, fair and effective new climate agreement Jordan is committed to being an active player in the international climate e ...
Climatic and Habitat Drivers of American Pika
... many datasets (IPCC 2007). Nearly 800 historical records of pikas were found in the region, gleaned from georeferenced museum specimens (from GBIF data portal; http://data.gbif.org), individual museum records (Denver Museum of Natural History and University of Colorado Museum of Natural History), an ...
... many datasets (IPCC 2007). Nearly 800 historical records of pikas were found in the region, gleaned from georeferenced museum specimens (from GBIF data portal; http://data.gbif.org), individual museum records (Denver Museum of Natural History and University of Colorado Museum of Natural History), an ...
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... society would accept in order to eliminate the hazard. If the annual discount rate is 5% and the probability of the event occurring within a century is 5% then x∗ = 0.01015. In the case of climate change, where inertia is important, current actions could alter future but not current risk. By assumin ...
... society would accept in order to eliminate the hazard. If the annual discount rate is 5% and the probability of the event occurring within a century is 5% then x∗ = 0.01015. In the case of climate change, where inertia is important, current actions could alter future but not current risk. By assumin ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution to climate change, by reducing its green house gas emissions as well as by helping the communities where tourism represents a major economic source to prepare for and adapt to ...
... stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution to climate change, by reducing its green house gas emissions as well as by helping the communities where tourism represents a major economic source to prepare for and adapt to ...
Turn Down the Heat - Open Knowledge Repository
... and wet season (JJA, bottom) precipitation for RCP2.6 (left) and RCP8.5 (right) for South East Asia by 2071–2099 relative to 1951–80 4.7 Regional sea-level rise projections for 2081–2100 (relative to 1986–2005) under RCP8.5 4.8 Local sea-level rise above 1986–2005 mean level as a result of globa ...
... and wet season (JJA, bottom) precipitation for RCP2.6 (left) and RCP8.5 (right) for South East Asia by 2071–2099 relative to 1951–80 4.7 Regional sea-level rise projections for 2081–2100 (relative to 1986–2005) under RCP8.5 4.8 Local sea-level rise above 1986–2005 mean level as a result of globa ...
field investigations of permafrost and climatic
... silt sections suggests this area, too, was arid during the glacial maximum. Data on the cryostratigraphy of these unconsolidated materials are presented by Kotler and Burn (1998), who have determined that most of the ground ice in the silts formed at the very end of the Wisconsinan, after 12,000 14C ...
... silt sections suggests this area, too, was arid during the glacial maximum. Data on the cryostratigraphy of these unconsolidated materials are presented by Kotler and Burn (1998), who have determined that most of the ground ice in the silts formed at the very end of the Wisconsinan, after 12,000 14C ...
CHAPTER 8: Needs and Emerging Opportunities
... (Grant Domke, USFS; Mark Easter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Amy Swan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Michele Schoeneberger, USFS NAC; Alan Franzluebbers, ARS; Marlen Eve, USDA Climate Change Program Office; Toral PatelWeynand, USFS) The approach to terrestrial carbon accounting is ...
... (Grant Domke, USFS; Mark Easter, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Amy Swan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Michele Schoeneberger, USFS NAC; Alan Franzluebbers, ARS; Marlen Eve, USDA Climate Change Program Office; Toral PatelWeynand, USFS) The approach to terrestrial carbon accounting is ...
Projected changes in temperature and heating degree
... Australian average temperature increased by 0.89ºC (0.09ºC per decade) from 1910 to 2005. From 1950 to 2005, an accelerated increase in temperature has been observed in Australia. Australia’s average temperature increased by 0.95ºC (0.17ºC per decade), while the minimum increased by 1.04ºC (0.18ºC p ...
... Australian average temperature increased by 0.89ºC (0.09ºC per decade) from 1910 to 2005. From 1950 to 2005, an accelerated increase in temperature has been observed in Australia. Australia’s average temperature increased by 0.95ºC (0.17ºC per decade), while the minimum increased by 1.04ºC (0.18ºC p ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... accompany warming. Since these changes would not be felt uniformly across the country, impacts would vary regionally. There is growing evidence that climate change is already occurring. At the global scale, average surface temperatures rose about 0.6°C over the ...
... accompany warming. Since these changes would not be felt uniformly across the country, impacts would vary regionally. There is growing evidence that climate change is already occurring. At the global scale, average surface temperatures rose about 0.6°C over the ...
Chapters X and XI: Appendices and Bibliography
... threshold that a growing number of political leaders have stated their intention to avoid.3171 At the high end, scenario A1FI results in even higher climate forcing by 2100 than A2 or A1B.3172 Mid-2000s global emissions of CO2 exceeded even the A1FI scenario.3173 Downscaled Climate Models Note: Whil ...
... threshold that a growing number of political leaders have stated their intention to avoid.3171 At the high end, scenario A1FI results in even higher climate forcing by 2100 than A2 or A1B.3172 Mid-2000s global emissions of CO2 exceeded even the A1FI scenario.3173 Downscaled Climate Models Note: Whil ...
PDF - IPCC Working Group II
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
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... risks such as landslides or the alteration in the amount and distribution of some species prove the high sensitivity of mountain ecosystems. Moreover, in many mountain economies, reliable snowpack plays a key role as an important resource for the winter tourism industry, one of the main income sourc ...
... risks such as landslides or the alteration in the amount and distribution of some species prove the high sensitivity of mountain ecosystems. Moreover, in many mountain economies, reliable snowpack plays a key role as an important resource for the winter tourism industry, one of the main income sourc ...
Slide 1
... developed a self assessment model that will help organisations to identify and assess their contribution to good corporate citizenship. (2) Greenhouse gases (GHG): Include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorcarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride. They trap heat in the eart ...
... developed a self assessment model that will help organisations to identify and assess their contribution to good corporate citizenship. (2) Greenhouse gases (GHG): Include carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane, hydrofluorcarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride. They trap heat in the eart ...
MODELING THE EMISSIONS OF NITROUS OXIDE ) FROM THE (N
... For present-day climate and soil data sets the N2 0 emission model predicts an annual flux of 11.3 Tg-N/year (17.8 Tg N20/year). The spatial distribution and seasonal variation of the modeled current N2 0 emissions are similar to climate patterns, especially the precipitation pattern. Chemical trans ...
... For present-day climate and soil data sets the N2 0 emission model predicts an annual flux of 11.3 Tg-N/year (17.8 Tg N20/year). The spatial distribution and seasonal variation of the modeled current N2 0 emissions are similar to climate patterns, especially the precipitation pattern. Chemical trans ...
Scoping study: Modelling the interaction between mitigation and adaptation
... in the literature on tipping points (Schellnhuber et al, 2005) or tipping extremes1 (Lenton et al, 2008), for example, the abrupt solid ice discharge from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a critical threshold temperature at which a complete disintegration of Greenland Ice Sheet is certain, etc. These e ...
... in the literature on tipping points (Schellnhuber et al, 2005) or tipping extremes1 (Lenton et al, 2008), for example, the abrupt solid ice discharge from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a critical threshold temperature at which a complete disintegration of Greenland Ice Sheet is certain, etc. These e ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... severe weather events associated with hurricanes in the Caribbean causing loss in coffee production and processing infrastructure. Although the effects are less well documented, El Nino conditions lead to droughts in the region which particularly affect producers in the east of the country In genera ...
... severe weather events associated with hurricanes in the Caribbean causing loss in coffee production and processing infrastructure. Although the effects are less well documented, El Nino conditions lead to droughts in the region which particularly affect producers in the east of the country In genera ...
Planning instruments
... The world’s population could reach 10 billion by 2050 (World Bank 2014). Most people will live in cities. To accommodate an additional three billion people, we will need to build the equivalent of one new city that can support one million people every five days between now and 2050. Cities consume 7 ...
... The world’s population could reach 10 billion by 2050 (World Bank 2014). Most people will live in cities. To accommodate an additional three billion people, we will need to build the equivalent of one new city that can support one million people every five days between now and 2050. Cities consume 7 ...