Envisioning adaptive strategies to change
... (Fussel and Klein 2006) and their future aspirations (van Aalst et al. 2008), but may be so context-specific that it is difficult to extract broader lessons. In light of the gap between topdown and bottom up vulnerability assessments, as well as the need to conduct detailed work on dry-lands livelih ...
... (Fussel and Klein 2006) and their future aspirations (van Aalst et al. 2008), but may be so context-specific that it is difficult to extract broader lessons. In light of the gap between topdown and bottom up vulnerability assessments, as well as the need to conduct detailed work on dry-lands livelih ...
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... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
VSO and Climate Change
... Community-based adaptation VSO’s priority will be to work on community-based adaptation, work whose primary objective is to improve the capacity of local communities to adapt to climate change impacts. This community-level work builds on VSO’s experience and strengths in assessing and working to red ...
... Community-based adaptation VSO’s priority will be to work on community-based adaptation, work whose primary objective is to improve the capacity of local communities to adapt to climate change impacts. This community-level work builds on VSO’s experience and strengths in assessing and working to red ...
Climate Action Plan
... As Chair of the Broward County Climate Change Task Force, I am pleased to present the 2015 Broward County Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP). The CCAP is an update to the original Broward Climate Change Action Plan (2010), and it builds upon the 2010 CCAP’s recommendations for a progressive countywid ...
... As Chair of the Broward County Climate Change Task Force, I am pleased to present the 2015 Broward County Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP). The CCAP is an update to the original Broward Climate Change Action Plan (2010), and it builds upon the 2010 CCAP’s recommendations for a progressive countywid ...
Full-Text - MDPI.com
... position. Emerging arrangements both within the formal UNFCCC regime and other uni- and multi-lateral initiatives, as well as developments in international markets contributed to major changes in Brazilian domestic politics on climate change and rearrangements of governmental authority structures or ...
... position. Emerging arrangements both within the formal UNFCCC regime and other uni- and multi-lateral initiatives, as well as developments in international markets contributed to major changes in Brazilian domestic politics on climate change and rearrangements of governmental authority structures or ...
The Adaptation Challenge: Key issues for crop production
... are caused by increases in concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases since the middle ...
... are caused by increases in concentrations of anthropogenic greenhouse gases since the middle ...
Does climate change pose a threat or opportunity to Swedish business?
... 2005 and 2007, popularly referred to as Gudrun and Per, are still being undertaken. These examples indicate how Sweden, a modern welfare country, is fairly exposed to present variations in weather. On top of this lies the issue of inevitable climate change and rising global temperatures that are exp ...
... 2005 and 2007, popularly referred to as Gudrun and Per, are still being undertaken. These examples indicate how Sweden, a modern welfare country, is fairly exposed to present variations in weather. On top of this lies the issue of inevitable climate change and rising global temperatures that are exp ...
Climate Change and Coral Reefs By: Maddie Renner
... 1. What is climate change? 2. What are coral reefs? 3. How are coral reefs being affected by global warming? 4. How are coral reefs beneficial to humans? 5. What is one of the main causes for the death of coral reefs? 6. What can we do to help prevent coral reefs from dying and global warming in gen ...
... 1. What is climate change? 2. What are coral reefs? 3. How are coral reefs being affected by global warming? 4. How are coral reefs beneficial to humans? 5. What is one of the main causes for the death of coral reefs? 6. What can we do to help prevent coral reefs from dying and global warming in gen ...
The Influence on Climate Change of Differing Scenarios for Future
... The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is an organization for research, independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, a ...
... The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is an organization for research, independent policy analysis, and public education in global environmental change. It seeks to provide leadership in understanding scientific, economic, and ecological aspects of this difficult issue, a ...
Global Warming Primer - National Center for Policy Analysis
... While ice has melted at the edges and thinned in other locations on Greenland and Antarctica, much of their interiors have thickened due in part to increased annual snowpack. Estimates of the net effect range from ice gains to ice losses. At most, ice loss in the two regions since 1993 has contribut ...
... While ice has melted at the edges and thinned in other locations on Greenland and Antarctica, much of their interiors have thickened due in part to increased annual snowpack. Estimates of the net effect range from ice gains to ice losses. At most, ice loss in the two regions since 1993 has contribut ...
Climate Change Is Harming Our Health
... Anyone can be harmed by extreme heat, but some people face greater risk. For example, outdoor workers, student athletes, city dwellers, and people who lack air conditioning (or who lose it during an extended power outage) face greater risk because they are more exposed to extreme heat. People with c ...
... Anyone can be harmed by extreme heat, but some people face greater risk. For example, outdoor workers, student athletes, city dwellers, and people who lack air conditioning (or who lose it during an extended power outage) face greater risk because they are more exposed to extreme heat. People with c ...
The Human Condition in the Anthropocene
... for actions dealing with climate change.1 Today I want to discuss this expression: “common but differentiated responsibilities.” Why responsibility should be differentiated is easy to understand. Climate change is a back-loaded problem. We do not suffer immediately from the effects of our emissio ...
... for actions dealing with climate change.1 Today I want to discuss this expression: “common but differentiated responsibilities.” Why responsibility should be differentiated is easy to understand. Climate change is a back-loaded problem. We do not suffer immediately from the effects of our emissio ...
Rising TempeRs, Rising TempeRaTuRes:
... on average increasing from one in eight years to one in every two or three years. The impact of such a change of agricultural production and pastoral lifestyles is substantial, as these populations, therefore, may be forced to migrate in order to subsist. Much of the current concern regarding the se ...
... on average increasing from one in eight years to one in every two or three years. The impact of such a change of agricultural production and pastoral lifestyles is substantial, as these populations, therefore, may be forced to migrate in order to subsist. Much of the current concern regarding the se ...
the Migration as Adaptation briefing.
... Smit et al (2000) attempt to interpret these adjustments by providing an ‘anatomy’, which distils the complex questions of ‘adaptation to what?’, ‘who or what adapts?’ and ‘how does adaptation occur?’; to, ultimately, answer the overarching question ‘what is adaptation?’ The first in a long line of ...
... Smit et al (2000) attempt to interpret these adjustments by providing an ‘anatomy’, which distils the complex questions of ‘adaptation to what?’, ‘who or what adapts?’ and ‘how does adaptation occur?’; to, ultimately, answer the overarching question ‘what is adaptation?’ The first in a long line of ...
Role of CO2 and Southern Ocean winds in glacial abrupt climate
... northward retreat of the sea-ice front in response to higher temperatures. This leads to enhanced heat loss to the atmosphere as well as reduced freshwater fluxes via reduced seaice import into the region. In this way, a new mechanism that is consistent with proxy data is identified by which abrupt ...
... northward retreat of the sea-ice front in response to higher temperatures. This leads to enhanced heat loss to the atmosphere as well as reduced freshwater fluxes via reduced seaice import into the region. In this way, a new mechanism that is consistent with proxy data is identified by which abrupt ...
Mayors Adapt - EN Political Commitment
... Join the initiative and formalise their contributions. Take part in knowledge-sharing activities and capacity-building events proposed within the framework of the present initiative. ...
... Join the initiative and formalise their contributions. Take part in knowledge-sharing activities and capacity-building events proposed within the framework of the present initiative. ...
Climate Change and Wildfire in California AL Westerling, University
... percent of annual water-year (ie, October to September) precipitation occurs by the end of May (Westerling et al 2003b). Snowpack at higher elevations is an important means of making part of winter precipitation available as runoff in late spring and early summer (Sheffield et al 2005), and a reduce ...
... percent of annual water-year (ie, October to September) precipitation occurs by the end of May (Westerling et al 2003b). Snowpack at higher elevations is an important means of making part of winter precipitation available as runoff in late spring and early summer (Sheffield et al 2005), and a reduce ...
Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement
... UNHCR is a leading agency of the United Nations responsible for and possessing the expertise in the area of forced displacement. It is projected that climate change will over time trigger larger and more complex movements of population, both within and across borders, and has the potential to rende ...
... UNHCR is a leading agency of the United Nations responsible for and possessing the expertise in the area of forced displacement. It is projected that climate change will over time trigger larger and more complex movements of population, both within and across borders, and has the potential to rende ...
Climate change and impacts in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
... For the southern EMME there is little rainfall and as a result these countries encounter an arid and hot desert-like climate. Since the EMME region already experiences hot climatic conditions with varying temperatures and droughts, there is much concern that any impacts resulting from climate change ...
... For the southern EMME there is little rainfall and as a result these countries encounter an arid and hot desert-like climate. Since the EMME region already experiences hot climatic conditions with varying temperatures and droughts, there is much concern that any impacts resulting from climate change ...
Environmental Education Research.
... reduced willingness to take pro-environmental behavior (Bamberg and Möser 2007; Fortner et al. 2000; de Kwaadsteniet et al. 2007). Malka and colleagues (2009) found that when skeptical language was introduced into a scientific message about climate change, it not only resulted in less favor for publi ...
... reduced willingness to take pro-environmental behavior (Bamberg and Möser 2007; Fortner et al. 2000; de Kwaadsteniet et al. 2007). Malka and colleagues (2009) found that when skeptical language was introduced into a scientific message about climate change, it not only resulted in less favor for publi ...
