Diabetes and Climate Change Report
... economic and human threat Climate change and its rapid progression in recent decades threaten the health and survival of our planet and its ecosystems, and thus humans. There is now unequivocal evidence for humaninduced climate change. The process of industrialisation has led to widespread increases ...
... economic and human threat Climate change and its rapid progression in recent decades threaten the health and survival of our planet and its ecosystems, and thus humans. There is now unequivocal evidence for humaninduced climate change. The process of industrialisation has led to widespread increases ...
Investigation - Earthjustice
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.7 Furthermore, the IPCC found that most of the increase in globally-averaged temperatur ...
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.7 Furthermore, the IPCC found that most of the increase in globally-averaged temperatur ...
Applying Risk Informed Decision-Making Framework for Climate
... As an island state, Hawai’i is at high risk to impacts from by anthropogenic-induced climate change. Climate change is predicted to significantly alter freshwater supplies, from anticipated reductions to mean annual rainfall to increased frequency and intensities of large storm events. With the majo ...
... As an island state, Hawai’i is at high risk to impacts from by anthropogenic-induced climate change. Climate change is predicted to significantly alter freshwater supplies, from anticipated reductions to mean annual rainfall to increased frequency and intensities of large storm events. With the majo ...
Rising TempeRs, Rising TempeRaTuRes:
... impacting the livelihoods of millions of people, but especially those of the poorest. This paper investigates the causal chain between climate change, migration and conflict in the context of the Sahel region, with special focus on implications for the youth cohort living in the most vulnerable rura ...
... impacting the livelihoods of millions of people, but especially those of the poorest. This paper investigates the causal chain between climate change, migration and conflict in the context of the Sahel region, with special focus on implications for the youth cohort living in the most vulnerable rura ...
Effect of Climate Change on Invasion Risk of Giant African Snail
... To develop the niche model, present environmental data and future predictions were downloaded from the Worldclim database website. For present (1950–2000) environmental data, a total of 19 bioclimatic layers were downloaded from Worldclim database version 1.4 [52] (http://www.worldclim.org/; Table 1 ...
... To develop the niche model, present environmental data and future predictions were downloaded from the Worldclim database website. For present (1950–2000) environmental data, a total of 19 bioclimatic layers were downloaded from Worldclim database version 1.4 [52] (http://www.worldclim.org/; Table 1 ...
English - Inter-American Development Bank
... Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia—were covered with ice until approximately 12,000 years ago. And many of today’s deserts were once covered by lush forests. In these cases, transformations were due to natural phenomena. But today, climate changes aren’t just coming from natural causes; they are a ...
... Quito, Ecuador; and Bogotá, Colombia—were covered with ice until approximately 12,000 years ago. And many of today’s deserts were once covered by lush forests. In these cases, transformations were due to natural phenomena. But today, climate changes aren’t just coming from natural causes; they are a ...
Terms of Reference for the Climate Support Facility under the GCCA
... Climate change is of major concern to countries of the ACP Group, as expressed in a number of political declarations. The European Consensus of 2005 ensured that adaptation to the negative effects of climate change would be central to the Community's support of LDCs and SIDS (Part 2, Art. 76). In Se ...
... Climate change is of major concern to countries of the ACP Group, as expressed in a number of political declarations. The European Consensus of 2005 ensured that adaptation to the negative effects of climate change would be central to the Community's support of LDCs and SIDS (Part 2, Art. 76). In Se ...
Climate Change Adaptation Project Report
... Lunde, Suzanne Stansbury, Heather Meyers, Lynn Wescott, Gerry Rempel and Kevin Chernoff for providing key expertise and insights on the project’s steering committee and local resource team. City of Castlegar Mayor and Council and staff for taking on the project and seeing it through. Special thanks ...
... Lunde, Suzanne Stansbury, Heather Meyers, Lynn Wescott, Gerry Rempel and Kevin Chernoff for providing key expertise and insights on the project’s steering committee and local resource team. City of Castlegar Mayor and Council and staff for taking on the project and seeing it through. Special thanks ...
Geographic disparities and moral hazards in the predicted impacts
... the same degree, application of niche modelling to a species as widespread and well known as humans may also provide insight into the implicit logic and general limitations of niche modelling in ecology. Humans are globally distributed, but human population density is regionally variable. Accordingl ...
... the same degree, application of niche modelling to a species as widespread and well known as humans may also provide insight into the implicit logic and general limitations of niche modelling in ecology. Humans are globally distributed, but human population density is regionally variable. Accordingl ...
How Climate Change Uniquely Impacts the Physical, Social and
... their economic situations. First Nations, similar to other natural-resource dependent communities around the world, depend on the environment for subsistence, maintenance of culture, and other important aspects of their livelihoods. Studies of the developing world have reported that vulnerability an ...
... their economic situations. First Nations, similar to other natural-resource dependent communities around the world, depend on the environment for subsistence, maintenance of culture, and other important aspects of their livelihoods. Studies of the developing world have reported that vulnerability an ...
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... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
... The major factor of vulnerability of the coastal areas is the rising sea levels with increasingly strong surges capable of causing surface and underground sea water inundation (French et al. 1995; Crammer 2007), which is capable of damaging the socio-economic infrastructures such as oil prospecting ...
- Wiley Online Library
... 1.5 K, climate change would be a less serious problem. The stakes are much higher for the upper bound. If the ECS were above 4.5 K, immediate and severe reductions of greenhouse gas emissions would be imperative to avoid dangerous climate changes within a few human generations. From a mitigation poi ...
... 1.5 K, climate change would be a less serious problem. The stakes are much higher for the upper bound. If the ECS were above 4.5 K, immediate and severe reductions of greenhouse gas emissions would be imperative to avoid dangerous climate changes within a few human generations. From a mitigation poi ...
A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land
... These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems and have proved very useful for decision making when projections of the future are highly uncertain [Moody and Brown, 2013; Kunreuther et al., 2013]. Lempe ...
... These bottom-up approaches are sometimes also termed decision scaling or context-first approaches. They can be used in a wide variety of problems and have proved very useful for decision making when projections of the future are highly uncertain [Moody and Brown, 2013; Kunreuther et al., 2013]. Lempe ...
Ocean heat uptake and the global surface temperature record
... analysis employed11, but even taking the choice of start date and analysis methods into account there may have been a slowdown in surface temperature rise over the last decade. In this paper we consider the contribution that changing ocean heat uptake could have made to this hiatus. The rate of temp ...
... analysis employed11, but even taking the choice of start date and analysis methods into account there may have been a slowdown in surface temperature rise over the last decade. In this paper we consider the contribution that changing ocean heat uptake could have made to this hiatus. The rate of temp ...
19 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change Coordinating Lead Authors:
... • There is new and stronger evidence of observed impacts of climate change on unique and vulnerable systems (such as polar and high-mountain communities and ecosystems), with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • There is new evidence that observed c ...
... • There is new and stronger evidence of observed impacts of climate change on unique and vulnerable systems (such as polar and high-mountain communities and ecosystems), with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • There is new evidence that observed c ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... The considerable increased attention to climate change over the last decades, has led to diverse responses from policy actors as well as a multitude of environmental movements. As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledg ...
... The considerable increased attention to climate change over the last decades, has led to diverse responses from policy actors as well as a multitude of environmental movements. As a complex political issue, it contains tension between economic and societal goals, but also between scientific knowledg ...
Urbanization and Climate Change in Small iSland developing StateS
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but their size, geography and relatively insularity and remoteness make them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with the possible outcomes being far worse than other countries (UN- OHRLLS 2012). Global climate change is increasing the frequency ...
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but their size, geography and relatively insularity and remoteness make them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with the possible outcomes being far worse than other countries (UN- OHRLLS 2012). Global climate change is increasing the frequency ...
Warm Words II
... ‘turn off your lights and do your bit’ line of argument. The research highlighted the huge and at times comic disparity of scale between these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of c ...
... ‘turn off your lights and do your bit’ line of argument. The research highlighted the huge and at times comic disparity of scale between these two – but also their prevalence alongside each other in many climate change communications. We drew implications and recommendations for the development of c ...
adaptation to climate change: international policy options
... From its inception, the international climate effort has focused predominantly on mitigation—reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to prevent dangerous climate change. The next stage of the international effort must deal squarely with adaptation—coping with those impacts that cannot be avoided. Th ...
... From its inception, the international climate effort has focused predominantly on mitigation—reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to prevent dangerous climate change. The next stage of the international effort must deal squarely with adaptation—coping with those impacts that cannot be avoided. Th ...
Health Aspects of Climate Change in Cities with Mediterranean
... Since the Mediterranean climate is determined by the interaction between mid-latitude and sub-tropical circulation regimes and a complex morphology of mountain chains and land–sea contrasts, the Med-regions are vulnerable to climatic changes [7,8]. In fact, the Mediterranean ecosystems are among the ...
... Since the Mediterranean climate is determined by the interaction between mid-latitude and sub-tropical circulation regimes and a complex morphology of mountain chains and land–sea contrasts, the Med-regions are vulnerable to climatic changes [7,8]. In fact, the Mediterranean ecosystems are among the ...
Climate Change in Park City: An Assessment of Climate, Snowpack
... atmospheric GHG concentrations. Temperatures are predicted to rise and precipitation amount, timing, intensity are predicted to change. As a result, total snowpack and snow coverage will be ...
... atmospheric GHG concentrations. Temperatures are predicted to rise and precipitation amount, timing, intensity are predicted to change. As a result, total snowpack and snow coverage will be ...
Risks of Climate Change with Respect to the Singapore
... unprecedented over the past five decades. Globally, the atmosphere and the ocean are becoming increasingly warmer, the amount of ice on the earth is decreasing over the oceans, and the sea level has risen. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average increase in global tem ...
... unprecedented over the past five decades. Globally, the atmosphere and the ocean are becoming increasingly warmer, the amount of ice on the earth is decreasing over the oceans, and the sea level has risen. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average increase in global tem ...
Effects of global warming
The effects of global warming are the environmental and social changes caused (directly or indirectly) by human emissions of greenhouse gases. There is a scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, and that human activities are the primary driver. Many impacts of climate change have already been observed, including glacier retreat, changes in the timing of seasonal events (e.g., earlier flowering of plants), and changes in agricultural productivity.Future effects of climate change will vary depending on climate change policies and social development. The two main policies to address climate change are reducing human greenhouse gas emissions (climate change mitigation) and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Geoengineering is another policy option.Near-term climate change policies could significantly affect long-term climate change impacts. Stringent mitigation policies might be able to limit global warming (in 2100) to around 2 °C or below, relative to pre-industrial levels. Without mitigation, increased energy demand and extensive use of fossil fuels might lead to global warming of around 4 °C. Higher magnitudes of global warming would be more difficult to adapt to, and would increase the risk of negative impacts.