Climate Change and Water
... are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems. Observed warming over several decades has been linked to changes in the large-scale hydrological cycle such as: increasing atmospheric water vapour cont ...
... are vulnerable and have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences for human societies and ecosystems. Observed warming over several decades has been linked to changes in the large-scale hydrological cycle such as: increasing atmospheric water vapour cont ...
Working 9 to 5 on Climate Change: An Office Guide
... the sun’s heat, increasing amounts destabilize the global climate.1 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, http://www.ipcc.ch), the world’s most authoritative voice on climate change science, has stated that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global clim ...
... the sun’s heat, increasing amounts destabilize the global climate.1 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, http://www.ipcc.ch), the world’s most authoritative voice on climate change science, has stated that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global clim ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System
... Research Report is the second report in this series. This report presents guidance on adaptation strategies to likely impacts of climate change through 2050 in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure assets in the United States (and through 2100 for sea-level ...
... Research Report is the second report in this series. This report presents guidance on adaptation strategies to likely impacts of climate change through 2050 in the planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of infrastructure assets in the United States (and through 2100 for sea-level ...
Weeds and Climate Change
... This Technical Guide is structured into two main parts: science and management. The first part (Sections 2 to 7) provides a summary of research on climate change and weeds (see Box 1 for information sources and supporting data), including: ...
... This Technical Guide is structured into two main parts: science and management. The first part (Sections 2 to 7) provides a summary of research on climate change and weeds (see Box 1 for information sources and supporting data), including: ...
chapter 1 - UNDPCC.org
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... In 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the planet’s climate is already changing (International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007). Since then, climate change response efforts have expanded beyond mitigation to include adaptation. Mitigation efforts include any act ...
... In 2007, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that the planet’s climate is already changing (International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007). Since then, climate change response efforts have expanded beyond mitigation to include adaptation. Mitigation efforts include any act ...
Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
Petition - Center for International Environmental Law
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and
... The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change Chairperson: Michael Patterson, Ph.D. Global climate change presents one of the most challenging ecological and social problems facing the world today. In order to prevent potentially harmful ecological ...
... The Faithful Skeptics: Conservative Christian Religious Beliefs and Perceptions of Climate Change Chairperson: Michael Patterson, Ph.D. Global climate change presents one of the most challenging ecological and social problems facing the world today. In order to prevent potentially harmful ecological ...
Fisheries Management and the Arctic in the Context of Climate
... ecosystems, differing in many ways, including in terms of effects of climate change. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the most comprehensive analysis of global climate change to date (Bindoff et al., 2013; Collins et al., 2013; Flato et al., 2013; Kirtman et al., 2013) al ...
... ecosystems, differing in many ways, including in terms of effects of climate change. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the most comprehensive analysis of global climate change to date (Bindoff et al., 2013; Collins et al., 2013; Flato et al., 2013; Kirtman et al., 2013) al ...
Grenada - Climate Investment Funds
... promoting a participatory approach towards development of a broad-based strategy to achieving climate resilience at the national level in the medium to long-term. Given Grenada’s vulnerability and limited capacity to adapt to climate change, its experience in dealing with natural disasters, and its ...
... promoting a participatory approach towards development of a broad-based strategy to achieving climate resilience at the national level in the medium to long-term. Given Grenada’s vulnerability and limited capacity to adapt to climate change, its experience in dealing with natural disasters, and its ...
Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... planned adaptation action in Central Asia was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership1 between October 2010 and April 2011. Covering the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the rapid review examined: identified priority adaptation needs; efforts by governme ...
... planned adaptation action in Central Asia was undertaken by the Adaptation Partnership1 between October 2010 and April 2011. Covering the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the rapid review examined: identified priority adaptation needs; efforts by governme ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESERTIFICATION
... Along with climate change, there are a range of other factors that have been identified as major causes of desertification. The most commonly cited forms of unsustainable land use are over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices. Seventy percent of the world’s dry-lan ...
... Along with climate change, there are a range of other factors that have been identified as major causes of desertification. The most commonly cited forms of unsustainable land use are over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices. Seventy percent of the world’s dry-lan ...
Climate change vulnerability in South East Queensland: a spatial
... adjustments will need to be made in order to improve planning practices. This includes more flexibility in the planning process through adaptive management in order to deal with uncertainties and evolving climate science, better cross-scalar and cross sectoral integration in the policy delivery proc ...
... adjustments will need to be made in order to improve planning practices. This includes more flexibility in the planning process through adaptive management in order to deal with uncertainties and evolving climate science, better cross-scalar and cross sectoral integration in the policy delivery proc ...
Changing Communities: Changing Climate,
... and heat waves. As practitioners of good governance, local governments must develop responses that protect their local citizens, environment and economy. ICLEI is an association of local governments that are committed to sustainability. ICLEI works with its members to build the capacity of municipal ...
... and heat waves. As practitioners of good governance, local governments must develop responses that protect their local citizens, environment and economy. ICLEI is an association of local governments that are committed to sustainability. ICLEI works with its members to build the capacity of municipal ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... USFWS has jurisdiction over this petition. This petition sets in motion a specific process, placing definite response requirements on USFWS. Specifically, USFWS must issue an initial finding as to whether the petition “presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the pet ...
... USFWS has jurisdiction over this petition. This petition sets in motion a specific process, placing definite response requirements on USFWS. Specifically, USFWS must issue an initial finding as to whether the petition “presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that the pet ...
Mangrove expansion and salt marsh decline at
... (SST) as corresponding to the latitudinal limit in both hemispheres (Figure 1), although SST and air temperature at the latitudinal limit of individual species and genera may vary between continents (Quisthoudt et al., 2012). While mean temperatures provide a correlative explanation for mangrove dis ...
... (SST) as corresponding to the latitudinal limit in both hemispheres (Figure 1), although SST and air temperature at the latitudinal limit of individual species and genera may vary between continents (Quisthoudt et al., 2012). While mean temperatures provide a correlative explanation for mangrove dis ...
Adaptation to climate change in desert contexts
... adaptive capacity by using the current indicators. Moreover, the indicators do not discriminate between climate elements (such as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind) which have different individual impacts in different regions. Based on these findings, the argument is advanced that ‘measura ...
... adaptive capacity by using the current indicators. Moreover, the indicators do not discriminate between climate elements (such as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind) which have different individual impacts in different regions. Based on these findings, the argument is advanced that ‘measura ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... develop adaptation strategies that can reduce and mitigate the diverse and complex impacts of climate change. The National Climate Change Response Strategy is a response to this challenge and also aims to contribute towards achieving Zimbabwe’s Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Z ...
... develop adaptation strategies that can reduce and mitigate the diverse and complex impacts of climate change. The National Climate Change Response Strategy is a response to this challenge and also aims to contribute towards achieving Zimbabwe’s Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Z ...
Why is geoengineering so tempting?
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
Working Paper 170 - Doda 2014 (opens in new window)
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
... with a carbon cycle and a climate system. These bene ts can be interpreted as a lower bound for the direct and indirect costs which would make geoengineering less preferable to abatement. In the planner's solution to the model, exogenous geoengineering in the future increases investment in physical ...
Land-Based Pollution in the Arctic Ocean
... amplify impacts on human and ecosystem health and wellbeing. For example, the combined impact of contaminants, ozone depletion, and climatic warming may be greater than the sum of its parts. However, there is still much to learn about this complex ecosystem. The 2004 ACIA report concentrated on the ...
... amplify impacts on human and ecosystem health and wellbeing. For example, the combined impact of contaminants, ozone depletion, and climatic warming may be greater than the sum of its parts. However, there is still much to learn about this complex ecosystem. The 2004 ACIA report concentrated on the ...
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... The Challenge of Cities and Climate Change Climate change is among the most pressing challenges that the world faces today. Given current atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), the world is already committed to significant warming. This is a serious challenge, given the wide range of ...
... The Challenge of Cities and Climate Change Climate change is among the most pressing challenges that the world faces today. Given current atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), the world is already committed to significant warming. This is a serious challenge, given the wide range of ...
Emerging approaches for responding to climate change in African
... Responses to climate change are usually grouped into two main categories: mitigation (addressing causes) and adaptation (addressing effects). In agricultural adaptation there is a need for new technologies and farm-level innovations, but also changes in broader institutional arrangements (eg, greate ...
... Responses to climate change are usually grouped into two main categories: mitigation (addressing causes) and adaptation (addressing effects). In agricultural adaptation there is a need for new technologies and farm-level innovations, but also changes in broader institutional arrangements (eg, greate ...
Global warming
Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming. Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice, and warmed the continents and atmosphere. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia.Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that most of global warming is caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases and other human (anthropogenic) activities. Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F) for their lowest emissions scenario using stringent mitigation and 2.6 to 4.8 °C (4.7 to 8.6 °F) for their highest. These findings have been recognized by the national science academies of the major industrialized nations.Future climate change and associated impacts will differ from region to region around the globe. Anticipated effects include warming global temperature, rising sea levels, changing precipitation, and expansion of deserts in the subtropics. Warming is expected to be greatest in the Arctic, with the continuing retreat of glaciers, permafrost and sea ice. Other likely changes include more frequent extreme weather events including heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and heavy snowfall; ocean acidification; and species extinctions due to shifting temperature regimes. Effects significant to humans include the threat to food security from decreasing crop yields and the abandonment of populated areas due to flooding.Possible societal responses to global warming include mitigation by emissions reduction, adaptation to its effects, building systems resilient to its effects, and possible future climate engineering. Most countries are parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),whose ultimate objective is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic climate change. The UNFCCC have adopted a range of policies designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to assist in adaptation to global warming. Parties to the UNFCCC have agreed that deep cuts in emissions are required, and that future global warming should be limited to below 2.0 °C (3.6 °F) relative to the pre-industrial level.