Development finance and climate finance - IIED
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
explaining extreme events of 2013
... greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this report. How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a much larger role in these extremes. Multiple groups ch ...
... greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this report. How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a much larger role in these extremes. Multiple groups ch ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change
... think is workable is actually ground-truthed.” The ...
... think is workable is actually ground-truthed.” The ...
Forests and climate change after Lima: Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region
... Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Discussions were to continue on the development of systems for providing information on how all the safeguards are being addressed and respected and whether further guidance is needed related to the information on safeguards. Also the first meeting on the ...
... Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs). Discussions were to continue on the development of systems for providing information on how all the safeguards are being addressed and respected and whether further guidance is needed related to the information on safeguards. Also the first meeting on the ...
WHY DO WE CARE ABOUT METHANE?
... Scale lab observations to estimate a global source of 62–236 Tg yr-1. Suggest that this can reconcile high CH4 observed over tropical forests Production mechanism unknown VERY CONTROVERSIAL Frakenberg et al., Science 2005 ...
... Scale lab observations to estimate a global source of 62–236 Tg yr-1. Suggest that this can reconcile high CH4 observed over tropical forests Production mechanism unknown VERY CONTROVERSIAL Frakenberg et al., Science 2005 ...
Adaptation Research Programs and Funding
... Climate change is occurring and mitigation measures cannot be implemented in time to forestall the impacts of climate on transportation infrastructure in the United States. Strategies are urgently required to adapt our infrastructure, travel behavior, development and investment policies and manageme ...
... Climate change is occurring and mitigation measures cannot be implemented in time to forestall the impacts of climate on transportation infrastructure in the United States. Strategies are urgently required to adapt our infrastructure, travel behavior, development and investment policies and manageme ...
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... Pleistocene period, particularly focusing on specific time-slices such as super-interglacials and the mid-Pleistocene transition. Assessing the processes involved in relating monsoon variations and/or changes in intermediate and deepwater circulation in the eastern Arabian Sea to the OMZ history is ...
... Pleistocene period, particularly focusing on specific time-slices such as super-interglacials and the mid-Pleistocene transition. Assessing the processes involved in relating monsoon variations and/or changes in intermediate and deepwater circulation in the eastern Arabian Sea to the OMZ history is ...
Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western
... Producers’ terms of trade are critical in determining the future economic impacts of climate change and consequent adaptation strategies. If global agricultural yields decline while population increases, prices for agricultural commodities could be expected to rise, which may facilitate continued fa ...
... Producers’ terms of trade are critical in determining the future economic impacts of climate change and consequent adaptation strategies. If global agricultural yields decline while population increases, prices for agricultural commodities could be expected to rise, which may facilitate continued fa ...
Perceptions and Awareness of Climate Change in Andros Island the
... As a low lying island nation within the hurricane belt, The Bahamas archipelago is exposed to impacts of climate change such as severe storm events, sea level rise, acidification of marine waters and increased sea temperatures. The IPCC has listed The Bahamas as, “especially vulnerable to climate ch ...
... As a low lying island nation within the hurricane belt, The Bahamas archipelago is exposed to impacts of climate change such as severe storm events, sea level rise, acidification of marine waters and increased sea temperatures. The IPCC has listed The Bahamas as, “especially vulnerable to climate ch ...
Corporate Climate Action Strategy
... The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) has produced regionally downscaled climate modelling for our region. The results of this work predict an increase in mean temperature, an increase in annual precipitation, a decrease in snowfall and an increase in frost-free days. The Georgia Basin Impac ...
... The Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC) has produced regionally downscaled climate modelling for our region. The results of this work predict an increase in mean temperature, an increase in annual precipitation, a decrease in snowfall and an increase in frost-free days. The Georgia Basin Impac ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... (State) is the lead agency for international climate negotiations and for reporting to the secretariat of the Framework Convention on progress in fulfilling the U.S. climate finance commitments. In three annual reports to the Framework Convention secretariat, State reported on the amount and charac ...
... (State) is the lead agency for international climate negotiations and for reporting to the secretariat of the Framework Convention on progress in fulfilling the U.S. climate finance commitments. In three annual reports to the Framework Convention secretariat, State reported on the amount and charac ...
The leading variability mode of the coupled troposphere
... weak and strong polar vortex) in the control integration of the climate model. As a diagnostic tool, the Eliassen-Palm ux (E-P ux) is used, which indicates the wave activity and energy propagation. We selected the composites of the E-P ux for the two states on the basis of temporal expansion coe ...
... weak and strong polar vortex) in the control integration of the climate model. As a diagnostic tool, the Eliassen-Palm ux (E-P ux) is used, which indicates the wave activity and energy propagation. We selected the composites of the E-P ux for the two states on the basis of temporal expansion coe ...
Methane, the Clathrate-gun conjecture and a disturbed
... [An interesting set of full papers from 2011 can be accessed from this reference , with particular focus on measurement, distribution and mixing of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and on mitigation policies; Greenhouse gases in the Earth system: setting the agenda to 2030 ] Opening remarks on th ...
... [An interesting set of full papers from 2011 can be accessed from this reference , with particular focus on measurement, distribution and mixing of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and on mitigation policies; Greenhouse gases in the Earth system: setting the agenda to 2030 ] Opening remarks on th ...
Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant
... emissions and, therefore, solely reflected the impact of emission changes on air pollution in a system that did not allow feedbacks between chemistry and climate. To isolate the individual impacts of changes in emissions, climate, and CH4 concentrations on surface concentrations of O3 and PM2.5 , we ...
... emissions and, therefore, solely reflected the impact of emission changes on air pollution in a system that did not allow feedbacks between chemistry and climate. To isolate the individual impacts of changes in emissions, climate, and CH4 concentrations on surface concentrations of O3 and PM2.5 , we ...
RPS-Report template (standard) - University of Technology Sydney
... This guidance manual has been prepared by Dr Jane Inglis and Stella Whittaker from RPS, Andrew Dimitriadis from the City of Canada Bay Council (CCBC), and Stefanie Pillora from The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank ...
... This guidance manual has been prepared by Dr Jane Inglis and Stella Whittaker from RPS, Andrew Dimitriadis from the City of Canada Bay Council (CCBC), and Stefanie Pillora from The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank ...
Environics Climate Change Mitigation Messaging
... Most residents of Calgary and Edmonton are doubtful that the issue of climate change will be solved. This is not due to a perceived lack of strategies; rather, residents do not see leadership from governments (including at the municipal level) or from business and industry, and do not believe that v ...
... Most residents of Calgary and Edmonton are doubtful that the issue of climate change will be solved. This is not due to a perceived lack of strategies; rather, residents do not see leadership from governments (including at the municipal level) or from business and industry, and do not believe that v ...
CHAPTER 13 CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WESTERN WILDFIRE WITH IMPLICATIONS
... land management, allocation of fire management resources, and suburban planning accordingly. To establish these linkages we review previous research and draw inferences from our own retrospective work focused on 20th century climate–fire relationships in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). We investig ...
... land management, allocation of fire management resources, and suburban planning accordingly. To establish these linkages we review previous research and draw inferences from our own retrospective work focused on 20th century climate–fire relationships in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). We investig ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... and investments that will eventually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare us for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We clearly have the most to lose. If sea-level rise is not curtailed by immediate reductions in greenhouse gases, the Florida Keys may eventually become unlivable. ...
... and investments that will eventually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare us for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We clearly have the most to lose. If sea-level rise is not curtailed by immediate reductions in greenhouse gases, the Florida Keys may eventually become unlivable. ...
time invariance and implications for bias correction
... generically referred to as time- and state-dependent biases [Buser et al., 2009; Ehret et al., 2012]. ...
... generically referred to as time- and state-dependent biases [Buser et al., 2009; Ehret et al., 2012]. ...
Climate Change and the Urban Environment
... Urban impacts on the natural aquatic environment are currently more profound than that associated with climate change. Nevertheless these two emerging challenges are not mutually exclusive. Protecting the environment from which water is diverted for urban consumption, and to which treated waste-wate ...
... Urban impacts on the natural aquatic environment are currently more profound than that associated with climate change. Nevertheless these two emerging challenges are not mutually exclusive. Protecting the environment from which water is diverted for urban consumption, and to which treated waste-wate ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... virtue of their capacity and proximity alone. This kind of capacity-based responsibility does not involve assessments of vicarious responsibility, where some are held morally responsible for the actions of others, since it can be assigned even when none are at fault for some potentially bad outcome ...
... virtue of their capacity and proximity alone. This kind of capacity-based responsibility does not involve assessments of vicarious responsibility, where some are held morally responsible for the actions of others, since it can be assigned even when none are at fault for some potentially bad outcome ...