Mental Health and Our Changing Climate
... of climate change have emphasized the physical health effects, while mental health has been secondary. Building upon Beyond Storms and Droughts: The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change, the goal of this updated report is to increase awareness of the psychological impacts of climate change on hum ...
... of climate change have emphasized the physical health effects, while mental health has been secondary. Building upon Beyond Storms and Droughts: The Psychological Impacts of Climate Change, the goal of this updated report is to increase awareness of the psychological impacts of climate change on hum ...
Uganda National Adaptation Programmes of Action
... held in November 1990 in Geneva, Switzerland attracted a wide spectrum of participants, including, planners, policy makers and decision makers. This was the beginning of a lifetime relationship between climate and social scientists. The second World Climate Conference, in its Ministerial Declaration ...
... held in November 1990 in Geneva, Switzerland attracted a wide spectrum of participants, including, planners, policy makers and decision makers. This was the beginning of a lifetime relationship between climate and social scientists. The second World Climate Conference, in its Ministerial Declaration ...
Deep South Challenge Research and Business Plan
... improved knowledge and observations of climate processes in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, our Deep South. To ensure this Challenge benefits all New Zealanders, we will incorporate and develop innovative engagement practices to connect our science with Māori, industry, regulators and planners an ...
... improved knowledge and observations of climate processes in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica, our Deep South. To ensure this Challenge benefits all New Zealanders, we will incorporate and develop innovative engagement practices to connect our science with Māori, industry, regulators and planners an ...
Malawi`s Strategy on Climate Change Learning
... KEY PRIORITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS Details about key priority areas are summarized in the tables shown below. They include Strategic Objectives, Strategies, Key Performance Indicators and Lead Institutions. ...
... KEY PRIORITIES AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS Details about key priority areas are summarized in the tables shown below. They include Strategic Objectives, Strategies, Key Performance Indicators and Lead Institutions. ...
Assessing the Impacts of Land Cover Change on
... The thesis begins by providing a theoretical framework of land-atmosphere interactions. It then reviews the process of land use and land cover change and subsequent climatic consequences in non-Amazonian South America and identifies those ecosystems most affected and least studied. The review highli ...
... The thesis begins by providing a theoretical framework of land-atmosphere interactions. It then reviews the process of land use and land cover change and subsequent climatic consequences in non-Amazonian South America and identifies those ecosystems most affected and least studied. The review highli ...
part 3. technical summary
... Considering the relatively small size of the country, Albania is rich in biodiversity residing in its numerous mountain, lake and coastal ecosystems. The country houses endangered species and a number of globally threatened species. There are at least 73 vertebrate and 18 invertebrate species of glo ...
... Considering the relatively small size of the country, Albania is rich in biodiversity residing in its numerous mountain, lake and coastal ecosystems. The country houses endangered species and a number of globally threatened species. There are at least 73 vertebrate and 18 invertebrate species of glo ...
Component:
... According to a recent World Bank study3, Vietnam ranks among the top five developing countries most impacted by climate change, especially due to sea level rise. Anticipating a sea level rise of 1 m, it is estimated that the economic losses would amount to 10% of GDP. That would mean a serious blow ...
... According to a recent World Bank study3, Vietnam ranks among the top five developing countries most impacted by climate change, especially due to sea level rise. Anticipating a sea level rise of 1 m, it is estimated that the economic losses would amount to 10% of GDP. That would mean a serious blow ...
Arctic
... mixes in the lower stratosphere. Model simulations suggest that warming over Northern Hemisphere continents could delay arctic ozone recovery (Shindell, 2003), thus posing a longer term threat of ecosystem damage due to increased UV radiation. ...
... mixes in the lower stratosphere. Model simulations suggest that warming over Northern Hemisphere continents could delay arctic ozone recovery (Shindell, 2003), thus posing a longer term threat of ecosystem damage due to increased UV radiation. ...
The use of the aridity index to assess climate change effect on
... three soil layers for treatment of the land surface processes (Verseghy et al., 1993). In AMIP 2 simulations the atmospheric GCMs are integrated for a 17 year period (1979 – 1995) with specified lower boundary conditions of observed monthly sea surface temperatures (SST) and sea-ice concentrations ( ...
... three soil layers for treatment of the land surface processes (Verseghy et al., 1993). In AMIP 2 simulations the atmospheric GCMs are integrated for a 17 year period (1979 – 1995) with specified lower boundary conditions of observed monthly sea surface temperatures (SST) and sea-ice concentrations ( ...
The use of the aridity index to assess climate
... three soil layers for treatment of the land surface processes (Verseghy et al., 1993). In AMIP 2 simulations the atmospheric GCMs are integrated for a 17 year period (1979 – 1995) with specified lower boundary conditions of observed monthly sea surface temperatures (SST) and sea-ice concentrations ( ...
... three soil layers for treatment of the land surface processes (Verseghy et al., 1993). In AMIP 2 simulations the atmospheric GCMs are integrated for a 17 year period (1979 – 1995) with specified lower boundary conditions of observed monthly sea surface temperatures (SST) and sea-ice concentrations ( ...
Climate Change in Queensland
... means for Queensland. It provides a more indepth analysis drawing on a review of more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers published in the last three years. It highlights the fact that we now have multiple lines of evidence to show that Queensland’s climate is changing. This report presents the ...
... means for Queensland. It provides a more indepth analysis drawing on a review of more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers published in the last three years. It highlights the fact that we now have multiple lines of evidence to show that Queensland’s climate is changing. This report presents the ...
PERSPECTIVE: Potential responses to climate change in organisms
... A consequence of extensive local adaptation and lifehistory diversity in salmon is that climate change will differ in its effects on specific populations; review of all these effects is beyond the scope of this paper. Rather, we emphasize the interacting and cumulative effects of climate change acro ...
... A consequence of extensive local adaptation and lifehistory diversity in salmon is that climate change will differ in its effects on specific populations; review of all these effects is beyond the scope of this paper. Rather, we emphasize the interacting and cumulative effects of climate change acro ...
Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
... Framework entails seven steps, each with tasks or activities that address goals or desired outcomes as the process advances. Each step references Canadian and international literature that include similar steps and/or tasks in implementing an adaptation plan. Figure 1 outlines the Framework. Encompa ...
... Framework entails seven steps, each with tasks or activities that address goals or desired outcomes as the process advances. Each step references Canadian and international literature that include similar steps and/or tasks in implementing an adaptation plan. Figure 1 outlines the Framework. Encompa ...
Using the past to understand the future
... primarily from deep-sea sediments and ice cores. These proxies indicate that, as the earth entered a full glacial period (a continuation of Icehouse III), growth and decay of ice sheets in the northern hemisphere were controlled by 104- to 105-year scale climate changes forced by natural cyclic chan ...
... primarily from deep-sea sediments and ice cores. These proxies indicate that, as the earth entered a full glacial period (a continuation of Icehouse III), growth and decay of ice sheets in the northern hemisphere were controlled by 104- to 105-year scale climate changes forced by natural cyclic chan ...
South Asia Disaster Report 2010 UNISDR
... policy makers and planners to operationalise such strategies. ...
... policy makers and planners to operationalise such strategies. ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment for the Australian Indian Ocean
... Sea level rise will represent significant challenges for the IOT, especially the low lying Cocos (Keeling) Islands. CKI has elevations between 1 – 4 metres above sea level. Any change in the mean sea level, combined with the effects of storm surge associated with large storms or cyclones are likely ...
... Sea level rise will represent significant challenges for the IOT, especially the low lying Cocos (Keeling) Islands. CKI has elevations between 1 – 4 metres above sea level. Any change in the mean sea level, combined with the effects of storm surge associated with large storms or cyclones are likely ...
development and climate change in egypt
... climate change adaptation, given the need for dialog and cooperation among the Nile Basin states to address both technical issues such as sharing of data, as well as more political and sensitive ones such as water allocation. The recently established Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a first step. If s ...
... climate change adaptation, given the need for dialog and cooperation among the Nile Basin states to address both technical issues such as sharing of data, as well as more political and sensitive ones such as water allocation. The recently established Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) is a first step. If s ...
ocean governance for the 21st century: making marine zoning
... seeks from the beginning to account for the health of the relevant marine ecosystems, balancing biodiversity protection with human use to achieve ecosystem-based management in the oceans.24 As a result, marine spatial planning will often provide special protections for, and perhaps even forbid all h ...
... seeks from the beginning to account for the health of the relevant marine ecosystems, balancing biodiversity protection with human use to achieve ecosystem-based management in the oceans.24 As a result, marine spatial planning will often provide special protections for, and perhaps even forbid all h ...
Mexico`s Climate Change Mid-Century Strategy
... transition towards a low emissions development. This is in line with the global goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2ºC, with additional efforts for the more ambitious 1.5ºC goal. This work also responds to a joint effort by the countries of the North America ...
... transition towards a low emissions development. This is in line with the global goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2ºC, with additional efforts for the more ambitious 1.5ºC goal. This work also responds to a joint effort by the countries of the North America ...
Results compilation 2B - Charles Sturt University
... variability. Kamarooka landholders were also generally more optimistic about their ability to respond to market and climatic conditions, in part because of the benefits of improved technology (e.g. introduction of lucerne). Managing native vegetation in a drier environment As might be expected, a ra ...
... variability. Kamarooka landholders were also generally more optimistic about their ability to respond to market and climatic conditions, in part because of the benefits of improved technology (e.g. introduction of lucerne). Managing native vegetation in a drier environment As might be expected, a ra ...
Glantz 2004 - Ilan Kelman
... programs and centers. That target also includes young professionals whose jobs require them to have more understanding of climate-society-environment (e.g., climate affairs) interactions than they might have gained in their earlier educational experience. ...
... programs and centers. That target also includes young professionals whose jobs require them to have more understanding of climate-society-environment (e.g., climate affairs) interactions than they might have gained in their earlier educational experience. ...
Climate
... variation are associated with changes in Earth’s position relative to the sun. Climate has varied over hundreds and thousands of years. These variations have influenced the evolutionary history of organisms and the development of ecosystems. Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5° relative to the ...
... variation are associated with changes in Earth’s position relative to the sun. Climate has varied over hundreds and thousands of years. These variations have influenced the evolutionary history of organisms and the development of ecosystems. Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5° relative to the ...
Intensification of winter transatlantic aviation turbulence in response
... is well populated. The results are shown in Table 1. Twenty of the 21 diagnostics show an increase in the frequency of occurrence of moderate-or-greater clear-air turbulence in the doubled-CO2 integration. For 16 of the diagnostics, the increase is between 40 and 170%. Many of the increases cluster ...
... is well populated. The results are shown in Table 1. Twenty of the 21 diagnostics show an increase in the frequency of occurrence of moderate-or-greater clear-air turbulence in the doubled-CO2 integration. For 16 of the diagnostics, the increase is between 40 and 170%. Many of the increases cluster ...
The Longest Conflict - Centre for Policy Development
... Australia’s longest conflict is our struggle to deal with our climate vulnerabilities at home and abroad. As we enter this conflict we currently do so with at least one eye shut. The Australian Government is to release a new Defence White Paper in late 2015 or early 2016. On current expectations, it ...
... Australia’s longest conflict is our struggle to deal with our climate vulnerabilities at home and abroad. As we enter this conflict we currently do so with at least one eye shut. The Australian Government is to release a new Defence White Paper in late 2015 or early 2016. On current expectations, it ...