Children and Climate Change
... The opening article, “The Science of Climate Change,” by Michael Oppenheimer and Jesse Anttila-Hughes, offers a primer emphasizing the features of climate change that are likely to have the greatest impact on children. Oppenheimer and Anttila-Hughes consider four broad sources of knowledge about cli ...
... The opening article, “The Science of Climate Change,” by Michael Oppenheimer and Jesse Anttila-Hughes, offers a primer emphasizing the features of climate change that are likely to have the greatest impact on children. Oppenheimer and Anttila-Hughes consider four broad sources of knowledge about cli ...
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... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan
... I would also like to thank my advisors, Professor Thomas Henley, Dr. Helen Fast, Dr. Peter Kulchyski and Mr. Denis DePape, for their support, guidance and assistance. Thank you to all of the agencies that provided support and financial contributions to this project: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mani ...
... I would also like to thank my advisors, Professor Thomas Henley, Dr. Helen Fast, Dr. Peter Kulchyski and Mr. Denis DePape, for their support, guidance and assistance. Thank you to all of the agencies that provided support and financial contributions to this project: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Mani ...
disaster related human mobility within relevant pacific regional laws
... span across all sectors and geographic scales, for example, from the development of national government policy on climate change to the ability of communities to maintain subsistence livelihoods. The consequences of climate change may also lead to migration, displacement, and planned relocation – is ...
... span across all sectors and geographic scales, for example, from the development of national government policy on climate change to the ability of communities to maintain subsistence livelihoods. The consequences of climate change may also lead to migration, displacement, and planned relocation – is ...
Forests and climate change in Latin America : linking
... documentation does not mention any specific analysis of climate change vulnerability. Mexico was a pioneer in the design and development of carbon offset projects with the Scolel Té project initiated in Chiapas in 1996. In this project, which is notable for strong local participation, around 60% of ...
... documentation does not mention any specific analysis of climate change vulnerability. Mexico was a pioneer in the design and development of carbon offset projects with the Scolel Té project initiated in Chiapas in 1996. In this project, which is notable for strong local participation, around 60% of ...
NDVI-based increase in growth of temperate grasslands and its
... 200 mm. After that value, greater precipitation increasingly fails to raise NDVI, perhaps indicating the limits of the water-use capacity of temperate grasslands. Alternatively, this may arise from the lower temperature and sunshine levels as precipitation increases. In contrast, the temperature-NDV ...
... 200 mm. After that value, greater precipitation increasingly fails to raise NDVI, perhaps indicating the limits of the water-use capacity of temperate grasslands. Alternatively, this may arise from the lower temperature and sunshine levels as precipitation increases. In contrast, the temperature-NDV ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 5
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
canadian parks and protected areas
... by 1.5°C (Environment Canada 2012a). Warming has been greatest in the north, with increases of 2.5°C in the Mackenzie District during this period. Warming has been least in Atlantic Canada with an overall increase of 0.7°C. No significant cooling trend has occurred at any location in any season, and ...
... by 1.5°C (Environment Canada 2012a). Warming has been greatest in the north, with increases of 2.5°C in the Mackenzie District during this period. Warming has been least in Atlantic Canada with an overall increase of 0.7°C. No significant cooling trend has occurred at any location in any season, and ...
WOMEN AND CLiMAtE ChANGE - Georgetown Institute for Women
... limate change is one of the greatest ecological and environmental challenges of our time. It is also an incontrovertible challenge to human rights, security, and economic development. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2015 the year for global action on climate change. In Nove ...
... limate change is one of the greatest ecological and environmental challenges of our time. It is also an incontrovertible challenge to human rights, security, and economic development. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has declared 2015 the year for global action on climate change. In Nove ...
Scanning the Conservation Horizon
... • Review existing literature on assessment targets and climate impacts • Reach out to subject experts on target species or systems • Obtain or develop climatic projections, focusing on ecologically relevant variables and suitable spatial and temporal scales • Obtain or develop ecological response pr ...
... • Review existing literature on assessment targets and climate impacts • Reach out to subject experts on target species or systems • Obtain or develop climatic projections, focusing on ecologically relevant variables and suitable spatial and temporal scales • Obtain or develop ecological response pr ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT: a
... We supplemented the database searches with a search of key journals in the field (see Appendices). These were compiled on the basis of the team expert’s knowledge of the field. These searches were largely conducted manually, going through key journal publications since 2001 and retrieving those pape ...
... We supplemented the database searches with a search of key journals in the field (see Appendices). These were compiled on the basis of the team expert’s knowledge of the field. These searches were largely conducted manually, going through key journal publications since 2001 and retrieving those pape ...
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... soybean yields in China using a detailed county-level panel on crop yields and climate variables rather than exploiting time series variation at the national level. Second, in addition to tempetarue and precipation, we include solar radiation as an additional explanatory variable to explain the chan ...
... soybean yields in China using a detailed county-level panel on crop yields and climate variables rather than exploiting time series variation at the national level. Second, in addition to tempetarue and precipation, we include solar radiation as an additional explanatory variable to explain the chan ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Impact for Human Security
... and conflict prone. It is important to recognise that the risks are not just of a humanitarian nature; they also include political and secu-rity risks that directly affect European interests. Moreover, in line with the con-cept of human security, it is clear that many issues related to the impact of ...
... and conflict prone. It is important to recognise that the risks are not just of a humanitarian nature; they also include political and secu-rity risks that directly affect European interests. Moreover, in line with the con-cept of human security, it is clear that many issues related to the impact of ...
Science, Scientists, and Local Weather: Understanding Mass
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
... Information Environment. Because the scale of global warming transcends personal experience, public understanding of this phenomenon is reliant on a variety of information sources. The role of the media has drawn particular attention in the scholarly literature. Indeed, the mass media’s pursuit of “ ...
Scanning the Conservation Horizon
... • Review existing literature on assessment targets and climate impacts • Reach out to subject experts on target species or systems • Obtain or develop climatic projections, focusing on ecologically relevant variables and suitable spatial and temporal scales • Obtain or develop ecological response pr ...
... • Review existing literature on assessment targets and climate impacts • Reach out to subject experts on target species or systems • Obtain or develop climatic projections, focusing on ecologically relevant variables and suitable spatial and temporal scales • Obtain or develop ecological response pr ...
Climate Change and Population Movement in Pacific Island Countries
... If droughts were to be longer or occur more frequently, the livelihoods of very large numbers of people would be placed under significant duress. As well as droughts, extreme rainfall events are likely to become increasingly intense and frequent, causing flooding that may make ...
... If droughts were to be longer or occur more frequently, the livelihoods of very large numbers of people would be placed under significant duress. As well as droughts, extreme rainfall events are likely to become increasingly intense and frequent, causing flooding that may make ...
Dynamical downscaling from climate
... CCAM results are compared with observed rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology. The three earlier simulations of this project attempted to achieve similar jet-stream locations of Mk 3.0 and CCAM by twice-daily applying the digital filter only to winds abo ...
... CCAM results are compared with observed rainfall and maximum and minimum temperatures supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology. The three earlier simulations of this project attempted to achieve similar jet-stream locations of Mk 3.0 and CCAM by twice-daily applying the digital filter only to winds abo ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi
... In East Africa the RDS takes a people-centred approach meaning that we view people as the vulnerable ‘units’ of interest, not sectors or system properties per se. So the scale of focus of vulnerability and response to risk is inherently local – but rooted in an understanding of how that vulnerabilit ...
... In East Africa the RDS takes a people-centred approach meaning that we view people as the vulnerable ‘units’ of interest, not sectors or system properties per se. So the scale of focus of vulnerability and response to risk is inherently local – but rooted in an understanding of how that vulnerabilit ...
Chapter 3: Changing Arctic: Indigenous Perspectives
... depended on and adapted to their environment.Their knowledge of their surroundings is a vital resource for their well-being.Their knowledge is also a rich source of information for others wishing to understand the arctic system. Many of the aspects of climate change and its impacts considered in thi ...
... depended on and adapted to their environment.Their knowledge of their surroundings is a vital resource for their well-being.Their knowledge is also a rich source of information for others wishing to understand the arctic system. Many of the aspects of climate change and its impacts considered in thi ...
Climate change and displacement
... lifetimes. The biggest single cause will be climate change and the increased incidence and severity of extreme weather events associated with it. Indeed, we are beginning to feel the effects. What we are already witnessing is not an aberration but rather a ‘curtain raiser’ on the future. These event ...
... lifetimes. The biggest single cause will be climate change and the increased incidence and severity of extreme weather events associated with it. Indeed, we are beginning to feel the effects. What we are already witnessing is not an aberration but rather a ‘curtain raiser’ on the future. These event ...
Extreme Weather Events in Europe: preparing for climate change
... climate change mean that adaptation to its consequences is necessary and unavoidable (Solomon et al., 2007). The changes anticipated in the occurrence and character of extreme weather events are, in many cases, the dominant factor in designing adaptation measures. Policy communities within the EU ha ...
... climate change mean that adaptation to its consequences is necessary and unavoidable (Solomon et al., 2007). The changes anticipated in the occurrence and character of extreme weather events are, in many cases, the dominant factor in designing adaptation measures. Policy communities within the EU ha ...
Geoengineering the climate: science, governance
... Geoengineering of the Earth’s climate is very likely to be technically possible. However, the technology to do so is barely formed, and there are major uncertainties regarding its effectiveness, costs, and environmental impacts. Methods that act rapidly by reflecting sunlight may prove to be ineffec ...
... Geoengineering of the Earth’s climate is very likely to be technically possible. However, the technology to do so is barely formed, and there are major uncertainties regarding its effectiveness, costs, and environmental impacts. Methods that act rapidly by reflecting sunlight may prove to be ineffec ...