Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
... Much of the discussion in this TP refers to human systems and the role of human behaviour in mediating adaptive capacity. However, practitioners may also be concerned with the adaptive capacity of ecological systems, or coupled social-ecological systems. For unmanaged ecological systems, adaptive ca ...
... Much of the discussion in this TP refers to human systems and the role of human behaviour in mediating adaptive capacity. However, practitioners may also be concerned with the adaptive capacity of ecological systems, or coupled social-ecological systems. For unmanaged ecological systems, adaptive ca ...
Chapter 1 Introduction - Wageningen UR E
... Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. First commitment period, refers to the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, 20082012, in this period the targets set under the Kyoto Protocol by the Parties need to be achieved. ...
... Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. First commitment period, refers to the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, 20082012, in this period the targets set under the Kyoto Protocol by the Parties need to be achieved. ...
Projected climate change impacts on North Sea and Baltic Sea
... Climate change impacts on the marine biogeochemistry and lower trophic level dynamics in the North Sea and Baltic Sea have been assessed using regional downscaling in a number of recent studies. However, most of these where only forced by physical conditions from Global Climate Models (GCMs) and reg ...
... Climate change impacts on the marine biogeochemistry and lower trophic level dynamics in the North Sea and Baltic Sea have been assessed using regional downscaling in a number of recent studies. However, most of these where only forced by physical conditions from Global Climate Models (GCMs) and reg ...
pLAnnIng fOR cLIMATE chAngE
... Vancouver, Canada developed the original version of this guide in 2011. Planning for Climate Change – Version 1: for field testing and piloting in training was released and extensively reviewed and tested in numerous Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) countries around the globe by UN-Habita ...
... Vancouver, Canada developed the original version of this guide in 2011. Planning for Climate Change – Version 1: for field testing and piloting in training was released and extensively reviewed and tested in numerous Cities and Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) countries around the globe by UN-Habita ...
Draft Guidelines on Climate Change and Natura 2000
... are the coastal habitats, fresh water habitats, bogs, mires and fens, and alpine habitats. Of all Natura 2000 species, amphibians and fish are considered to be most vulnerable to climate change. For many of the invertebrates, not much is known of their response to climate change due to limited knowl ...
... are the coastal habitats, fresh water habitats, bogs, mires and fens, and alpine habitats. Of all Natura 2000 species, amphibians and fish are considered to be most vulnerable to climate change. For many of the invertebrates, not much is known of their response to climate change due to limited knowl ...
The Climate-Environment-Society Nexus in the
... some 21 thousand calendar years before present (21 ka), the Sahara desert covered a much larger area than today, as apparent from the dating of fossil dunes some 58 south of the present extent of mobile dunes.7 A combination of factors leads to increased aridity during periods of glaciation, includi ...
... some 21 thousand calendar years before present (21 ka), the Sahara desert covered a much larger area than today, as apparent from the dating of fossil dunes some 58 south of the present extent of mobile dunes.7 A combination of factors leads to increased aridity during periods of glaciation, includi ...
Changing Communities: Changing Climate,
... already doing which addresses climate change impacts (but which may not be labeled as “adaptation”). Where there is such work, it is important to incorporate any future adaptation planning with those existing efforts to ensure an integrated and comprehensive plan. ...
... already doing which addresses climate change impacts (but which may not be labeled as “adaptation”). Where there is such work, it is important to incorporate any future adaptation planning with those existing efforts to ensure an integrated and comprehensive plan. ...
Multicentennial Agulhas leakage variability and links to North
... water shell calcite using a species-specific calibration for G. ruber: SST = ln [Mg/Ca/0.449]/0.09 [Anand et al., 2003]. The reconstructed SST carries a propagated 1σ error, including analytical and calibration errors, of ±1.3°C. The original age model for core MD02-2594 (here referred to as MM2010) ...
... water shell calcite using a species-specific calibration for G. ruber: SST = ln [Mg/Ca/0.449]/0.09 [Anand et al., 2003]. The reconstructed SST carries a propagated 1σ error, including analytical and calibration errors, of ±1.3°C. The original age model for core MD02-2594 (here referred to as MM2010) ...
a post-IPCC AR4 update on sea- level rise
... While sea level has varied by more than 120 m during ice age cycles, there was little net change in global average sea level from 0 AD until about 1800 AD – the time during which most of the world’s coastal development has occurred. Over the last 130 years, the rate of sea-level rise has increased a ...
... While sea level has varied by more than 120 m during ice age cycles, there was little net change in global average sea level from 0 AD until about 1800 AD – the time during which most of the world’s coastal development has occurred. Over the last 130 years, the rate of sea-level rise has increased a ...
Climate Change
... all of you - committed and interested members of the food and nutrition community. A year has gone by since the publication of the SCN News 37 and many , conferences, meetings and initiatives important for moving the nutrition agenda forward have taken place. We can see that nutrition is high on the ...
... all of you - committed and interested members of the food and nutrition community. A year has gone by since the publication of the SCN News 37 and many , conferences, meetings and initiatives important for moving the nutrition agenda forward have taken place. We can see that nutrition is high on the ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report
... Recent legislation and government policy does indeed require adaptation to climate change to be addressed, but little detailed attention has been given to the central issue of this study, which focuses on capabilities of institutions – on the organisations and the institutional frameworks which regu ...
... Recent legislation and government policy does indeed require adaptation to climate change to be addressed, but little detailed attention has been given to the central issue of this study, which focuses on capabilities of institutions – on the organisations and the institutional frameworks which regu ...
Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?
... reduction by preventing the effects and on choosing change by changing the location or use of the exposed system. Whether a particular approach is appropriate for a given location depends not only on its (monetary and non-monetary) costs and benefits, but also on the level of uncertainty surrounding ...
... reduction by preventing the effects and on choosing change by changing the location or use of the exposed system. Whether a particular approach is appropriate for a given location depends not only on its (monetary and non-monetary) costs and benefits, but also on the level of uncertainty surrounding ...
climate change adaptation (CCA) toolkit
... irresponsible human activities are now creating felt changes in the ecological balance. Changes in ocean currents and rainfall patterns including the amount of rainfall; global warming/increasing air temperature; changes to the intensity and frequency of extreme events such as storms, droughts, and ...
... irresponsible human activities are now creating felt changes in the ecological balance. Changes in ocean currents and rainfall patterns including the amount of rainfall; global warming/increasing air temperature; changes to the intensity and frequency of extreme events such as storms, droughts, and ...
Science Plan - IGOS Cryosphere
... sea ice, particularly ice thickness and the overlying snow-cover thickness, in both hemispheres, and the dominant processes of ice formation, modification, decay and transport which influence and determine ice thickness, composition and distribution. We do not know how accurate present model predict ...
... sea ice, particularly ice thickness and the overlying snow-cover thickness, in both hemispheres, and the dominant processes of ice formation, modification, decay and transport which influence and determine ice thickness, composition and distribution. We do not know how accurate present model predict ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... the sole focus on the environment as a value in itself, another narrative placing climate change in the scene of humanity and solidarity, another narrative that deals with historical responsibility; the remaining two narratives are further divided into two more sub-narratives: the fight against clim ...
... the sole focus on the environment as a value in itself, another narrative placing climate change in the scene of humanity and solidarity, another narrative that deals with historical responsibility; the remaining two narratives are further divided into two more sub-narratives: the fight against clim ...
Different characteristics of cold day and cold surge frequency over
... cooling, which can affect a single station, and for a reliable comparison between the observation and model simulations, we divide the 116 stations into 5° × 5° grid boxes and then apply the SAT values averaged over each grid box. [13] A cold day is defined in basis on the SAT anomaly relative to th ...
... cooling, which can affect a single station, and for a reliable comparison between the observation and model simulations, we divide the 116 stations into 5° × 5° grid boxes and then apply the SAT values averaged over each grid box. [13] A cold day is defined in basis on the SAT anomaly relative to th ...
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Revies
... that supports Fiji to identify and mobilize financial resources required to finance climate actions effectively, improve the budgetary process to ensure a strategic resource allocation to finance government’s expenditure and investments related to climate change and disaster risk management, manage ...
... that supports Fiji to identify and mobilize financial resources required to finance climate actions effectively, improve the budgetary process to ensure a strategic resource allocation to finance government’s expenditure and investments related to climate change and disaster risk management, manage ...
Climate Futures for Tasmania: water and catchments technical report
... The potential impact of climate change on community, business and industry is nowhere more apparent than in hydropower. At Hydro Tasmania we’re pleased to continue an association with cutting-edge climate research that commenced in 2005 with the initial trial application of dynamical downscaling to ...
... The potential impact of climate change on community, business and industry is nowhere more apparent than in hydropower. At Hydro Tasmania we’re pleased to continue an association with cutting-edge climate research that commenced in 2005 with the initial trial application of dynamical downscaling to ...
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... Learning Outcome: 9. Describe general circulation patterns of the atmosphere 29) Which climate is influenced by the ITCZ most of the year? A) humid tropical B) desert C) polar D) marine west-coast Answer: A Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Nat Geo Standard: 7 ...
... Learning Outcome: 9. Describe general circulation patterns of the atmosphere 29) Which climate is influenced by the ITCZ most of the year? A) humid tropical B) desert C) polar D) marine west-coast Answer: A Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Nat Geo Standard: 7 ...
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... B) be relatively arid. C) have higher levels of evaporation than with warm currents. D) be subtropical. Answer: B Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Nat Geo Standard: 7. Physical Systems: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface Learnin ...
... B) be relatively arid. C) have higher levels of evaporation than with warm currents. D) be subtropical. Answer: B Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Nat Geo Standard: 7. Physical Systems: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface Learnin ...
BASE Evaluation Criteria for Climate Adaptation (BECCA)
... which is left after the adaptation measures have been implemented. (Example for measurement: Vulnerability is determined by a range of social and economic factors (e.g. age, health, deprivation, building location and form) which affect exposure to a climate hazard, sensitivity and capacity to respon ...
... which is left after the adaptation measures have been implemented. (Example for measurement: Vulnerability is determined by a range of social and economic factors (e.g. age, health, deprivation, building location and form) which affect exposure to a climate hazard, sensitivity and capacity to respon ...
14. impacts on the tourism sector
... Water scarcity will cause problems related to the functionality or economic feasibility of certain destinations. Temperature rises could modify activity schedules. A rise in sea level would threaten the current location of determined tourist settlements and of their infrastructures. These changes wi ...
... Water scarcity will cause problems related to the functionality or economic feasibility of certain destinations. Temperature rises could modify activity schedules. A rise in sea level would threaten the current location of determined tourist settlements and of their infrastructures. These changes wi ...
Expert Meeting on How to feed the world in 2050 . Critical evaluation of selected projections
... common base year denominator before we can compare/discuss them. In this task we shall also use the price projections of the latest OECD/FAO Agricultural Outlook of 2009 which does take into account the price surges of 2008. Thus: The World Bank paper (van der Mensbrugghe et al, 2009) has only one s ...
... common base year denominator before we can compare/discuss them. In this task we shall also use the price projections of the latest OECD/FAO Agricultural Outlook of 2009 which does take into account the price surges of 2008. Thus: The World Bank paper (van der Mensbrugghe et al, 2009) has only one s ...
The role of ocean transport in the uptake of
... CFC11. Joos et al. (1999) investigated the effect of ocean transport on CO2 uptake by conducting sensitivity simulations on vertical diffusivity in a single model. This study is built upon these previous works, but differs from them in several important aspects. First, it includes a number of promin ...
... CFC11. Joos et al. (1999) investigated the effect of ocean transport on CO2 uptake by conducting sensitivity simulations on vertical diffusivity in a single model. This study is built upon these previous works, but differs from them in several important aspects. First, it includes a number of promin ...