Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities
... Climate1 – Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather or, more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. These quantities are most often ...
... Climate1 – Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather or, more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. These quantities are most often ...
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - EEG, TU-Wien
... MINISTERIAL ADDRESS BY Rt Hon MARGARET BECKETT, MP ...
... MINISTERIAL ADDRESS BY Rt Hon MARGARET BECKETT, MP ...
gReat plaiNs RegioNal teChNiCal iNput RepoRt
... have been above average temperature. Climate observations in the Great Plains show the warmest years on record were a tie between 1934 and 2006. The Northern Great Plains has experienced the most significant warming where North Dakota, for example, has experienced an annual average temperature incre ...
... have been above average temperature. Climate observations in the Great Plains show the warmest years on record were a tie between 1934 and 2006. The Northern Great Plains has experienced the most significant warming where North Dakota, for example, has experienced an annual average temperature incre ...
Building Climate Change Resilience in
... economic stability. Many of the nations or cities most at risk from climate change lack the political and institutional base for adaptation – and for addressing the development deficiencies which underpin their lack of adaptation capacity. Even if we can conceive of how this might be addressed, it i ...
... economic stability. Many of the nations or cities most at risk from climate change lack the political and institutional base for adaptation – and for addressing the development deficiencies which underpin their lack of adaptation capacity. Even if we can conceive of how this might be addressed, it i ...
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptations in Canadian Arctic
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
Sea-Level Rise
... its standard projections. However, an illustrative example of how such an additional contribution from ice-sheet melt might scale under global warming is included. This potentially increases the upper end of the IPCC predictions to 0.76 m by the 2090s. In the assessment of the future damages of clim ...
... its standard projections. However, an illustrative example of how such an additional contribution from ice-sheet melt might scale under global warming is included. This potentially increases the upper end of the IPCC predictions to 0.76 m by the 2090s. In the assessment of the future damages of clim ...
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
... The Schmidt Family Foundation supports efforts, using best expert information, to help transform the world’s environmental and energy practices in the 21st century. Our mission, at its broadest, is to advance the creation of an increasingly intelligent relationship between human activity and the use ...
... The Schmidt Family Foundation supports efforts, using best expert information, to help transform the world’s environmental and energy practices in the 21st century. Our mission, at its broadest, is to advance the creation of an increasingly intelligent relationship between human activity and the use ...
Adaptation to climate change: the attitude and behaviour of rice
... incorporates socio-economic and psychological factors to explain farmers’ adaptation intentions and behaviours to climate change. Focus group discussions and agricultural officer interviews generated insights into the research context and supplemented the questionnaire design. A structured questionn ...
... incorporates socio-economic and psychological factors to explain farmers’ adaptation intentions and behaviours to climate change. Focus group discussions and agricultural officer interviews generated insights into the research context and supplemented the questionnaire design. A structured questionn ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia
... Compared to developed countries, the region’s emissions on a per capita basis are relatively low. But they are considerably higher than the global average. In 2000, the region’s major sources of emissions were the land-use change and forestry sector at 75%, energy sector at 15%, and the agricultural ...
... Compared to developed countries, the region’s emissions on a per capita basis are relatively low. But they are considerably higher than the global average. In 2000, the region’s major sources of emissions were the land-use change and forestry sector at 75%, energy sector at 15%, and the agricultural ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... action to date to reduce future emissions, the use of geoengineering techniques has been suggested and is being explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also r ...
... action to date to reduce future emissions, the use of geoengineering techniques has been suggested and is being explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also r ...
Republic of Maldives
... systems are the human-made material resources that can be used to produce a ...
... systems are the human-made material resources that can be used to produce a ...
Cotton and Climate Change: Impacts and options to mitigate
... Cotton is grown commercially in more than 70 different countries, mostly in the longitudinal band between 37°N and 32°S. Cotton is especially adapted to semi-arid and arid environments, where it is either grown rain-fed or through irrigation. About 53% of the world’s cotton growth areas and 73% of a ...
... Cotton is grown commercially in more than 70 different countries, mostly in the longitudinal band between 37°N and 32°S. Cotton is especially adapted to semi-arid and arid environments, where it is either grown rain-fed or through irrigation. About 53% of the world’s cotton growth areas and 73% of a ...
Cotton and Climate Change - International Trade Centre
... rainfall will likely be positive in the Yellow River area (China), in India, the south-eastern United States and south-eastern Anatolia (Turkey). Impacts on rainfall in Brazil and West and Central Africa are unclear. Cotton is grown commercially in more than 70 different countries, mostly in the lon ...
... rainfall will likely be positive in the Yellow River area (China), in India, the south-eastern United States and south-eastern Anatolia (Turkey). Impacts on rainfall in Brazil and West and Central Africa are unclear. Cotton is grown commercially in more than 70 different countries, mostly in the lon ...
Climate Change and Buildings in Nigeria: A Search for Mitigation
... A sustainable design guide has a huge potential to enhance the sustainability of the built environment. This thesis investigates the potentials of a sustainable residential design guide and develops a framework for its actualization in the three climatic regions in Nigeria. These regions are; Highla ...
... A sustainable design guide has a huge potential to enhance the sustainability of the built environment. This thesis investigates the potentials of a sustainable residential design guide and develops a framework for its actualization in the three climatic regions in Nigeria. These regions are; Highla ...
Discursive Constructions of Climate Change Engagement
... affecting individuals, organisations and societies. Climate change poses physical threats to our survival and challenges the way we view ourselves and the economic and political systems. Today, business organisations control substantial resources and knowledge and thus have a crucial role in address ...
... affecting individuals, organisations and societies. Climate change poses physical threats to our survival and challenges the way we view ourselves and the economic and political systems. Today, business organisations control substantial resources and knowledge and thus have a crucial role in address ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A
... Compared to developed countries, the region’s emissions on a per capita basis are relatively low. But they are considerably higher than the global average. In 2000, the region’s major sources of emissions were the land-use change and forestry sector at 75%, energy sector at 15%, and the agricultural ...
... Compared to developed countries, the region’s emissions on a per capita basis are relatively low. But they are considerably higher than the global average. In 2000, the region’s major sources of emissions were the land-use change and forestry sector at 75%, energy sector at 15%, and the agricultural ...
Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... Caribbean. These actions are providing opportunities to: increase understanding of the implications of climate change for the achievement of development objectives in the near and long terms; identify strategies and measures that can be taken to reduce climate vulnerability; communicate and build aw ...
... Caribbean. These actions are providing opportunities to: increase understanding of the implications of climate change for the achievement of development objectives in the near and long terms; identify strategies and measures that can be taken to reduce climate vulnerability; communicate and build aw ...
Climate change and Pacific islands: Indicators and impacts: Report
... for natural systems, as well as communities and businesses, are at risk. Food security is threatened through impacts on both agriculture and fisheries. The built environment is also at risk from coastal flooding and erosion as sea levels incrementally increase. Loss of habitat for endangered species ...
... for natural systems, as well as communities and businesses, are at risk. Food security is threatened through impacts on both agriculture and fisheries. The built environment is also at risk from coastal flooding and erosion as sea levels incrementally increase. Loss of habitat for endangered species ...
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and
... of governance and policy, the realities of climate change are experienced at the local scale. Effective adaptation measures must therefore be commensurate with local resources, needs and objectives while remaining aligned with larger decision-making efforts. The impacts of climate change are heterog ...
... of governance and policy, the realities of climate change are experienced at the local scale. Effective adaptation measures must therefore be commensurate with local resources, needs and objectives while remaining aligned with larger decision-making efforts. The impacts of climate change are heterog ...
Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
... 90% of companies in the Standard & Poor’s Global 100 market index have identified present or future business risks associated with climate-related hazards in their financial and ...
... 90% of companies in the Standard & Poor’s Global 100 market index have identified present or future business risks associated with climate-related hazards in their financial and ...
Glacier shrinkage and climatic change in the Russian Altai from the
... Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery. Data from the World Glacier Inventory (WGI) dating to 1952 and aerial photographs from 1952 were used to estimate the changes. 256 glaciers with a combined area of 253 ± 5.1 km2 have been identified in the region in 2004. Estimation of chan ...
... Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) imagery. Data from the World Glacier Inventory (WGI) dating to 1952 and aerial photographs from 1952 were used to estimate the changes. 256 glaciers with a combined area of 253 ± 5.1 km2 have been identified in the region in 2004. Estimation of chan ...
Prodoc on Territorial Approach to Climate Chnage in Delta State
... Additionally, adaptation as well as GHG emissions reduction (through GHG mitigation1) is essential in order to reduce threats to natural resources. 2. Adaptation is a context-based activity, with planning and implementation of adaptation measures occurring in response to unique circumstances and cap ...
... Additionally, adaptation as well as GHG emissions reduction (through GHG mitigation1) is essential in order to reduce threats to natural resources. 2. Adaptation is a context-based activity, with planning and implementation of adaptation measures occurring in response to unique circumstances and cap ...