Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change Vol 2
... Coastal resource managers are on the front lines of climate change. Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels, more intense wind and waves from coastal storms, worsening water quality—many impacts of climate change will be felt in coastal areas first. In fact, many coastal areas are already seeing ...
... Coastal resource managers are on the front lines of climate change. Flooding and erosion from rising sea levels, more intense wind and waves from coastal storms, worsening water quality—many impacts of climate change will be felt in coastal areas first. In fact, many coastal areas are already seeing ...
Climate Change and Tourism - United Nations Department of
... accordance with the international community, which at the ‘Vienna Climate Change Talks 2007’ recognized that global emissions of GHG need to peak in the next 1015 years and then be reduced to very low levels, well below half of levels in 2000 by midcentury. 15 The touri ...
... accordance with the international community, which at the ‘Vienna Climate Change Talks 2007’ recognized that global emissions of GHG need to peak in the next 1015 years and then be reduced to very low levels, well below half of levels in 2000 by midcentury. 15 The touri ...
“Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New
... The impacts of climate change threaten to cause the displacement of millions of people worldwide by the middle of this century. In spite of this looming crisis, international law provides insufficient protection to those who will be forced to migrate. In most cases, those who are displaced will fall ...
... The impacts of climate change threaten to cause the displacement of millions of people worldwide by the middle of this century. In spite of this looming crisis, international law provides insufficient protection to those who will be forced to migrate. In most cases, those who are displaced will fall ...
Early and mid-Holocene climate in the tropical Pacific: seasonal
... focused on the ENSO characteristics in the mid-Holocene. Only a few studies considered the changes in mean state and interannual variability in the early Holocene and compared the early Holocene with the mid-Holocene, even though results from transient simulations have become available (Timmermann e ...
... focused on the ENSO characteristics in the mid-Holocene. Only a few studies considered the changes in mean state and interannual variability in the early Holocene and compared the early Holocene with the mid-Holocene, even though results from transient simulations have become available (Timmermann e ...
Integrating Climate Change into Strategic Environmental Assessment in Ireland A Guidance Note
... Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (IPCC-WG2, 2014) – includes information on observed climate change inputs and vulnerability adaptation. It also considers future risks and opportunities for adaptation and guidance in relation to managing future risks and building climate re ...
... Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (IPCC-WG2, 2014) – includes information on observed climate change inputs and vulnerability adaptation. It also considers future risks and opportunities for adaptation and guidance in relation to managing future risks and building climate re ...
Assessment of the Effects of Large- scale Climate Oscillations on the
... New Zealand’s climate is complex and highly variable, ranging from warm subtropical in the far north to cool and temperate in the far south. We can get intense storms from the roaring forties of the southern ocean as well as from tropical cyclones from the northwest. Mountain chains extending the le ...
... New Zealand’s climate is complex and highly variable, ranging from warm subtropical in the far north to cool and temperate in the far south. We can get intense storms from the roaring forties of the southern ocean as well as from tropical cyclones from the northwest. Mountain chains extending the le ...
Monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation and
... Climate change is one of the most important global issues, with broad and far reaching ecological, social, economic, and political impact. Uganda is already experiencing impacts of climate variability and climate change manifested through change of weather patterns and resultant disasters including ...
... Climate change is one of the most important global issues, with broad and far reaching ecological, social, economic, and political impact. Uganda is already experiencing impacts of climate variability and climate change manifested through change of weather patterns and resultant disasters including ...
Climate and finance systemic risks, more than an analogy?
... accumulating unnoticed disequilibria over long periods of time; some are very sudden and unpredictable, arising at some specific point of the planet, with potentially broader contagion affects. There is thus a high level of uncertainty on the exact timing and impact of such events, not only because ...
... accumulating unnoticed disequilibria over long periods of time; some are very sudden and unpredictable, arising at some specific point of the planet, with potentially broader contagion affects. There is thus a high level of uncertainty on the exact timing and impact of such events, not only because ...
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... on which this report is based, has undoubtedly been the Paris Climate Summit. The IKI did its part to ensure that the international community was able to reach a breakthrough agreement. It offered advisory services far in advance of the crucial days of negotiation in November and December 2015: alre ...
... on which this report is based, has undoubtedly been the Paris Climate Summit. The IKI did its part to ensure that the international community was able to reach a breakthrough agreement. It offered advisory services far in advance of the crucial days of negotiation in November and December 2015: alre ...
The Vulnerability of the Carbon Cycle in the 21st Century
... used when dealing with systems whose dynamics cannot be captured with differential equations, and hence not encapsulated into numerical or analytical models. In this chapter, we adopt an approach that is similar to a risk analysis and attempt to identify the magnitude and likelihood of key feedbacks ...
... used when dealing with systems whose dynamics cannot be captured with differential equations, and hence not encapsulated into numerical or analytical models. In this chapter, we adopt an approach that is similar to a risk analysis and attempt to identify the magnitude and likelihood of key feedbacks ...
"Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of Climate Change in Agricultural Markets: Evidence from a 9 Million-Field Partition of the Earth"
... the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Global Agro-Ecological Zones (GAEZ) dataset. This dataset uses agronomic models and high resolution data on geographic characteristics such as soil, topography, elevation and, crucially, climatic conditions to predict the yield that would be obtainable—c ...
... the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) Global Agro-Ecological Zones (GAEZ) dataset. This dataset uses agronomic models and high resolution data on geographic characteristics such as soil, topography, elevation and, crucially, climatic conditions to predict the yield that would be obtainable—c ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... economy, and possible financial benefits for the business. Climate change communication therefore needs to go beyond thinking about potential financial benefits and scientific evidence and challenge values, cultures, and beliefs to stimulate economic, political, and social frameworks that promote va ...
... economy, and possible financial benefits for the business. Climate change communication therefore needs to go beyond thinking about potential financial benefits and scientific evidence and challenge values, cultures, and beliefs to stimulate economic, political, and social frameworks that promote va ...
Quantifying non-cooperative climate engineering
... well below 2°C, and in the direction of 1.5°C. Among other things, one of the reason for the tight target is the increased recognition of the high impacts of climate change on economic and ecological systems. Recent estimates suggest significantly higher impacts (Burke et al., 2015), and emphasize ...
... well below 2°C, and in the direction of 1.5°C. Among other things, one of the reason for the tight target is the increased recognition of the high impacts of climate change on economic and ecological systems. Recent estimates suggest significantly higher impacts (Burke et al., 2015), and emphasize ...
Independent Climate
... If the indicator’s ability to signal SFM progress remains the same under a changing climate, can we conclude no negative influence and leave it unchanged? These indicators can be placed in the unmodified category. ...
... If the indicator’s ability to signal SFM progress remains the same under a changing climate, can we conclude no negative influence and leave it unchanged? These indicators can be placed in the unmodified category. ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... have to be designed and implemented at all levels. The CBA programme in Namibia will pilot the community-based component of these adaptation activities. ...
... have to be designed and implemented at all levels. The CBA programme in Namibia will pilot the community-based component of these adaptation activities. ...
Assessing vulnerabilities to the effects of global change
... Scientists, policy-makers, and the general public are increasingly aware that global patterns of environmental degradation are putting people at risk (Kasperson and Kasperson, 2001). These threats are global in both systemic (e.g., climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions) and cumulative terms ...
... Scientists, policy-makers, and the general public are increasingly aware that global patterns of environmental degradation are putting people at risk (Kasperson and Kasperson, 2001). These threats are global in both systemic (e.g., climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions) and cumulative terms ...
... trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This time frame is driven by the nature of the questions that dominated the initial literature (e.g., what impacts c ...
insects at not so low temperature
... biotic responses by insects to climate warming. Physiological processes lie at the level of integration between the environment and the gene and are important in regulating the acquisition, assimilation and allocation of resources, in regulating growth, development and reproduction and in maintainin ...
... biotic responses by insects to climate warming. Physiological processes lie at the level of integration between the environment and the gene and are important in regulating the acquisition, assimilation and allocation of resources, in regulating growth, development and reproduction and in maintainin ...
Climate Extremes: Recent Trends with Implications for National Security
... trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This time frame is driven by the nature of the questions that dominated the initial literature (e.g., what impacts c ...
... trigger outcomes that will threaten U.S. security. These assessments have had to rely on projections of climate change tuned to identify impacts over roughly a one-century time frame. This time frame is driven by the nature of the questions that dominated the initial literature (e.g., what impacts c ...
Sweden facing climate change - Government Offices of Sweden
... impacts of global climate change on the Swedish society including costs. Bengt Holgersson Governor of the County Administrative Board in the region of Skåne was appointed head of the Commission. This report will be subject to a public review and will serve as one of the inputs to a forthcoming clima ...
... impacts of global climate change on the Swedish society including costs. Bengt Holgersson Governor of the County Administrative Board in the region of Skåne was appointed head of the Commission. This report will be subject to a public review and will serve as one of the inputs to a forthcoming clima ...
Sensitivity of crop cover to climate variability: Insights
... precipitation) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS e temperature). We examined green-leaf phenologies as proxy for crop productivity using the MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from 2000 to 2012. Using both monsoon and winter growing seasons, we assessed phenological sensiti ...
... precipitation) and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS e temperature). We examined green-leaf phenologies as proxy for crop productivity using the MODIS Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) from 2000 to 2012. Using both monsoon and winter growing seasons, we assessed phenological sensiti ...
II. Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation
... Changes in the climate and in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species. Some species and ecosystems are demonstrating some capacity for natural adaptation, but others are already showing negative impacts under current levels of climate cha ...
... Changes in the climate and in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have already had observed impacts on natural ecosystems and species. Some species and ecosystems are demonstrating some capacity for natural adaptation, but others are already showing negative impacts under current levels of climate cha ...
REDD+ Mechanism_Overview
... change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere’ ...
... change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere’ ...
