Averchenkova and Bassi 2016.pdf (opens in new window)
... average scoring lower on effective decision-making processes, public and private bodies supportive to climate action, and public awareness of climate change. This affirms the case for continued attention to capacity-building in countries with developing and emerging economies, in order to strengthen ...
... average scoring lower on effective decision-making processes, public and private bodies supportive to climate action, and public awareness of climate change. This affirms the case for continued attention to capacity-building in countries with developing and emerging economies, in order to strengthen ...
NSW Climate Impact Profile - Adapt NSW Home
... Director General’s foreword Climate change is one of the most serious challenges we face. It has the potential to affect all aspects of our lives and the environment we live in. While many impacts may not be felt for decades, we need to start planning for climate change now to ensure we can cope w ...
... Director General’s foreword Climate change is one of the most serious challenges we face. It has the potential to affect all aspects of our lives and the environment we live in. While many impacts may not be felt for decades, we need to start planning for climate change now to ensure we can cope w ...
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON
... Printed in Halesworth, UK by Technographic Design and Print Ltd using chlorine free paper from sustainable forests accredited with EMAS environmental certification Disclaimer and Rights This publication is issued for public information purposes and is not an official text of the Convention in any le ...
... Printed in Halesworth, UK by Technographic Design and Print Ltd using chlorine free paper from sustainable forests accredited with EMAS environmental certification Disclaimer and Rights This publication is issued for public information purposes and is not an official text of the Convention in any le ...
English - unfccc
... Niue is a very small Pacific Island Nation and is one of the most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. With its small population, economic size and industrial base, it is one of the countries that contributes least to the emissions of greenhouse gases. However with increased intensit ...
... Niue is a very small Pacific Island Nation and is one of the most vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. With its small population, economic size and industrial base, it is one of the countries that contributes least to the emissions of greenhouse gases. However with increased intensit ...
Public Awareness and Acceptance of CO2 capture and storage
... idea of where priorities lie in terms of policy and communications. At European Union level, this knowledge will help to ensure that policy development matches expectations across a wide range of stakeholders, from the public to national governments. For ongoing and planned CCS projects, the results ...
... idea of where priorities lie in terms of policy and communications. At European Union level, this knowledge will help to ensure that policy development matches expectations across a wide range of stakeholders, from the public to national governments. For ongoing and planned CCS projects, the results ...
REDD+ politics in the media - Center for International Forestry
... in the Tanzanian media?; (ii) What policies and positions related to REDD+ were discussed in the Tanzanian media from 2005 to 2012?; and (iii) Who is influencing these discussions? The media analysis investigates how discourse around REDD+ policy is framed in the mainstream Tanzanian press, identify ...
... in the Tanzanian media?; (ii) What policies and positions related to REDD+ were discussed in the Tanzanian media from 2005 to 2012?; and (iii) Who is influencing these discussions? The media analysis investigates how discourse around REDD+ policy is framed in the mainstream Tanzanian press, identify ...
Enabling Access to the Funds. PROFONANPE`s Adaptation
... PROFONANPE’S NIE ACCREDITATION TO THE AF .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Timeline of Accreditation Process ....................................... ...
... PROFONANPE’S NIE ACCREDITATION TO THE AF .................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Timeline of Accreditation Process ....................................... ...
Climate Change and Migratory Species
... 4.8.2. Storm Frequency, Wind Speed and Wave Conditions ..................................80 4.8.3. Climate Patterns and Variability .....................................................................80 Summary of the potential effects of climate change on marine mammals ................81 4.9.1. A ...
... 4.8.2. Storm Frequency, Wind Speed and Wave Conditions ..................................80 4.8.3. Climate Patterns and Variability .....................................................................80 Summary of the potential effects of climate change on marine mammals ................81 4.9.1. A ...
WHAT DO WE KNOW? WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW?
... sociology, and their established journals. Rather, it originates from new journals, think tanks outside universities, governments, advocacy groups and labour market actors. Specific bibliographies were organized around seven topics: six economic sectors and one overview. The six economic sectors ar ...
... sociology, and their established journals. Rather, it originates from new journals, think tanks outside universities, governments, advocacy groups and labour market actors. Specific bibliographies were organized around seven topics: six economic sectors and one overview. The six economic sectors ar ...
Not Under My Backyard: Geographic proximity and public
... opposition) for a hypothetical CCS facility change as its location moves closer to individuals’ residences. Independent variables are described in Table 1 and include respondents’ demographic characteristics, their cultural world view, as described by Douglas and Wildavsky (1982),(38) characteristic ...
... opposition) for a hypothetical CCS facility change as its location moves closer to individuals’ residences. Independent variables are described in Table 1 and include respondents’ demographic characteristics, their cultural world view, as described by Douglas and Wildavsky (1982),(38) characteristic ...
Full Report (PDF)
... The feasibility of meeting the standards for sustainable economic growth are clearly and explicitly expressed by the brewers as being contingent on the price of locally grown hops. Specifically, what we found is that it is more economically sustainable currently for microbreweries to purchase and us ...
... The feasibility of meeting the standards for sustainable economic growth are clearly and explicitly expressed by the brewers as being contingent on the price of locally grown hops. Specifically, what we found is that it is more economically sustainable currently for microbreweries to purchase and us ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts sensitively to changes in atmospheric temperature and permafrost is identified as one of the key cryospheric indicators of global climate change [10, 12-13]. Global average surface temperatures have incr ...
... Permafrost controlled by air temperature in the thickness, presence and geographic extent reacts sensitively to changes in atmospheric temperature and permafrost is identified as one of the key cryospheric indicators of global climate change [10, 12-13]. Global average surface temperatures have incr ...
Effects of permafrost degradation on ecosystems
... Under the assemblage of permafrost molded by freeze–thaw action, cryogenic ecosystems and related processes of water and heat variations in the high-cold environment (alpine cold area and highlatitude cold area) are called permafrost ecosystem [23–25]. The permafrost plays an active role on vegetati ...
... Under the assemblage of permafrost molded by freeze–thaw action, cryogenic ecosystems and related processes of water and heat variations in the high-cold environment (alpine cold area and highlatitude cold area) are called permafrost ecosystem [23–25]. The permafrost plays an active role on vegetati ...
DISASTER-RELATED DISpLACEMENT RISK
... From 14 – 18 March 2015, United Nations’ Member States will meet in Sendai, Japan, to finalise a new global agreement to reduce disaster risks. This World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) will start four years and four days after the Great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami ravaged this dens ...
... From 14 – 18 March 2015, United Nations’ Member States will meet in Sendai, Japan, to finalise a new global agreement to reduce disaster risks. This World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) will start four years and four days after the Great Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami ravaged this dens ...
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... (from nitrogen and phosphorous) and damages to water quality (Karlen et al., 1997). Additionally, conservation tillage can offset the emission of greenhouse gases like CO2 because it increases the amount of atmospheric carbon stored in the soil (Omonode et al., 2007; Gál et al., 2007); this is parti ...
... (from nitrogen and phosphorous) and damages to water quality (Karlen et al., 1997). Additionally, conservation tillage can offset the emission of greenhouse gases like CO2 because it increases the amount of atmospheric carbon stored in the soil (Omonode et al., 2007; Gál et al., 2007); this is parti ...
Climate change impacts on the flow regimes of rivers in
... model was used for describing hydrological processes including glacier mass balance, snow storage, subsurface water storage and streamflow (river flow). Observed precipitation, temperature and streamflow from the station network of the Department of Energy of the Royal Government of Bhutan, Hydromet ...
... model was used for describing hydrological processes including glacier mass balance, snow storage, subsurface water storage and streamflow (river flow). Observed precipitation, temperature and streamflow from the station network of the Department of Energy of the Royal Government of Bhutan, Hydromet ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on Human Health
... analyses or observations in other countries where the findings have implications for potential U.S. impacts, and studies of global linkages and implications are also considered where relevant. For example, global studies are considered for certain topics where there is a lack of consistent, long-ter ...
... analyses or observations in other countries where the findings have implications for potential U.S. impacts, and studies of global linkages and implications are also considered where relevant. For example, global studies are considered for certain topics where there is a lack of consistent, long-ter ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... shifted upslope by 900 feet. In parallel with trends in the Great Basin, the Grinnell Resurvey Project in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Yosemite National Park, California, detected the loss of the lowest-elevation pika population in the ~90 years between the historic Grinnell survey and modern resu ...
... shifted upslope by 900 feet. In parallel with trends in the Great Basin, the Grinnell Resurvey Project in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of Yosemite National Park, California, detected the loss of the lowest-elevation pika population in the ~90 years between the historic Grinnell survey and modern resu ...
ECCA 2017 Full Programme
... 4.8 Local adaptation pathway design in practice. Gaining flexibility and managing uncertainty in the long-term climate resilience planning .....................................................................................................................................79 6.12 Objectives and guide ...
... 4.8 Local adaptation pathway design in practice. Gaining flexibility and managing uncertainty in the long-term climate resilience planning .....................................................................................................................................79 6.12 Objectives and guide ...
Seasonality of climate-human mortality relationships in US cities and
... Through a wide variety of adaptive and technological responses, US society has largely become desensitized to increasing heat and humidity, such that mortality rates on hot and humid days have declined significantly between the 1960s and 1990s (Davis et al. 2002, 2003a,b). With the caveat that a few ...
... Through a wide variety of adaptive and technological responses, US society has largely become desensitized to increasing heat and humidity, such that mortality rates on hot and humid days have declined significantly between the 1960s and 1990s (Davis et al. 2002, 2003a,b). With the caveat that a few ...
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... that are able to contain fossil fuels and CO2 underground over time scales of millions of years. Still, it is imaginable that CO2 artificially stored underground slowly leaks from its geological medium and gradually migrates to the aboveground environment. Especially for storage options other than d ...
... that are able to contain fossil fuels and CO2 underground over time scales of millions of years. Still, it is imaginable that CO2 artificially stored underground slowly leaks from its geological medium and gradually migrates to the aboveground environment. Especially for storage options other than d ...
Climate System Response to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and
... in the discussion that follows, although the ozone hole itself is geographically localized its associated climate impacts are not, because they extend over the entire SH. Stratospheric ozone and GHG forcings also have very different time histories during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The ...
... in the discussion that follows, although the ozone hole itself is geographically localized its associated climate impacts are not, because they extend over the entire SH. Stratospheric ozone and GHG forcings also have very different time histories during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The ...
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 ...
Adaptive capacity deficits and adaptive capacity of economic
... 2007) reflects a growing literature on adaptive capacity and presents a more comprehensive approach for adaptive capacity assessment. The method, frameworks, approaches, and concepts described in the FAR move toward the community capacity approach outlined in the next section. For example, the FAR st ...
... 2007) reflects a growing literature on adaptive capacity and presents a more comprehensive approach for adaptive capacity assessment. The method, frameworks, approaches, and concepts described in the FAR move toward the community capacity approach outlined in the next section. For example, the FAR st ...
China Meteorological Administration
... Participating in the central government decision-making process in meteorological disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation; organizing a joint trans-regional and inter-departmental prevention campaign to combat major severe weather events; organizing and guiding the efforts to prevent and mi ...
... Participating in the central government decision-making process in meteorological disaster prevention, preparedness and mitigation; organizing a joint trans-regional and inter-departmental prevention campaign to combat major severe weather events; organizing and guiding the efforts to prevent and mi ...