- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... to explore new directions and areas. The method is most appropriate when the research objective is to comprehend how individuals perceive of a particular program or project. The interview process also facilitates a more targeted discussion on a given topic, and can provide insightful knowledge relat ...
... to explore new directions and areas. The method is most appropriate when the research objective is to comprehend how individuals perceive of a particular program or project. The interview process also facilitates a more targeted discussion on a given topic, and can provide insightful knowledge relat ...
14 Climate Phenomena and their Relevance for Future Regional Climate Change
... Based on models’ ability to reproduce general features of the Indian Ocean Dipole and agreement on future projections, the tropical Indian Ocean is likely to feature a zonal (east–west) pattern of change in the future with reduced warming and decreased precipitation in the east, and increased warmin ...
... Based on models’ ability to reproduce general features of the Indian Ocean Dipole and agreement on future projections, the tropical Indian Ocean is likely to feature a zonal (east–west) pattern of change in the future with reduced warming and decreased precipitation in the east, and increased warmin ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED LC/CAR/L.302
... In this study, an attempt is made to estimate the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in the (former) Netherlands Antilles. There are three main objectives in this study. The first is to examine the factors that influence the demand and supply of tourism in Netherlands Antilles. ...
... In this study, an attempt is made to estimate the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in the (former) Netherlands Antilles. There are three main objectives in this study. The first is to examine the factors that influence the demand and supply of tourism in Netherlands Antilles. ...
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... This paper contributes to the existing literature examining the impacts of climate change on crop yields in six major aspects. First, we estimate the impact of climate change on corn and soybean yields in China using a detailed county-level panel on crop yields and climate variables rather than exp ...
... This paper contributes to the existing literature examining the impacts of climate change on crop yields in six major aspects. First, we estimate the impact of climate change on corn and soybean yields in China using a detailed county-level panel on crop yields and climate variables rather than exp ...
argue - DLR ELIB
... simplifications and uncertainties when they are applied. Indeed, the metrics themselves can serve as an important tool in communicating the state of knowledge and overall uncertainty. Finally, the nature of the metric depends on the nature of the problem being addressed – different climate policy goa ...
... simplifications and uncertainties when they are applied. Indeed, the metrics themselves can serve as an important tool in communicating the state of knowledge and overall uncertainty. Finally, the nature of the metric depends on the nature of the problem being addressed – different climate policy goa ...
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... Based on models’ ability to reproduce general features of the Indian Ocean Dipole and agreement on future projections, the tropical Indian Ocean is likely to feature a zonal (east–west) pattern of change in the future with reduced warming and decreased precipitation in the east, and increased warmin ...
... Based on models’ ability to reproduce general features of the Indian Ocean Dipole and agreement on future projections, the tropical Indian Ocean is likely to feature a zonal (east–west) pattern of change in the future with reduced warming and decreased precipitation in the east, and increased warmin ...
Global metabolic impacts of recent climate warming
... future metabolic changes without violating the fallacy of averages15. Nevertheless, our analyses of recent temperature data indicate that even when the temperature shifts in the north temperate region are more than double those in the tropics (Fig. 1a), absolute shifts in metabolic rates are similar ...
... future metabolic changes without violating the fallacy of averages15. Nevertheless, our analyses of recent temperature data indicate that even when the temperature shifts in the north temperate region are more than double those in the tropics (Fig. 1a), absolute shifts in metabolic rates are similar ...
National Policy on Climate Change for Namibia 2011
... which are important for the country’s fishing, tourism, salt and mariculture industries, are threatened by sea level rise. ...
... which are important for the country’s fishing, tourism, salt and mariculture industries, are threatened by sea level rise. ...
Carbon and Climate System Coupling on Timescales from
... form and vice versa. CH4 has a well-defined atmospheric lifetime of about a decade owing to the main loss mechanism, chemical oxidation in the lower atmosphere to CO2 . In contrast, perturbations to atmospheric CO2 concentrations require decades to centuries to decay and have effects for millennia an ...
... form and vice versa. CH4 has a well-defined atmospheric lifetime of about a decade owing to the main loss mechanism, chemical oxidation in the lower atmosphere to CO2 . In contrast, perturbations to atmospheric CO2 concentrations require decades to centuries to decay and have effects for millennia an ...
Abstract Book The Human Side of Climate Change Bergen 16
... event, the underpinning causes, the immediate responses and effects on longer-term decision making. Extreme events are sometimes perceived as ‘unusual’ and infrequent within the lifespan of an individual, although historical accounts often provide tell-tale records of similar occurrences. This talk ...
... event, the underpinning causes, the immediate responses and effects on longer-term decision making. Extreme events are sometimes perceived as ‘unusual’ and infrequent within the lifespan of an individual, although historical accounts often provide tell-tale records of similar occurrences. This talk ...
Why Explore Venus Now - Lunar and Planetary Institute
... theory now in common usage in earth applications was originally developed for extraterrestrial applications.” As another example, one component of some earth climatic theories is the parameterization of horizontal and vertical heat fluxes as functions of the large-scale thermal forcing. Some of thes ...
... theory now in common usage in earth applications was originally developed for extraterrestrial applications.” As another example, one component of some earth climatic theories is the parameterization of horizontal and vertical heat fluxes as functions of the large-scale thermal forcing. Some of thes ...
Climate Change in Zambia
... developed countries to make meaningful contribution to climate change mitigation through pursuing low carbon development pathways. The appraisal of the country’s bio-carbon capacity revealed that an Integrated Land-Use Assessment survey has been undertaken and forest cover and other land-uses have b ...
... developed countries to make meaningful contribution to climate change mitigation through pursuing low carbon development pathways. The appraisal of the country’s bio-carbon capacity revealed that an Integrated Land-Use Assessment survey has been undertaken and forest cover and other land-uses have b ...
Burden Sharing and Fairness Principles in International
... By “principles of fairness” we mean generally acknowledged norms of fairness that have traditionally been seen as valid across a wide range of issue areas and at different levels – from interpersonal to international relations. When translated into more specific burden sharing rules or formulas, the ...
... By “principles of fairness” we mean generally acknowledged norms of fairness that have traditionally been seen as valid across a wide range of issue areas and at different levels – from interpersonal to international relations. When translated into more specific burden sharing rules or formulas, the ...
LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE
... LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE service attendance. This is measured on a nine-point scale ranging from “Never” to “Several times a week.” Other predictors. We include a variety of other measures that could be related to science skepticism. Research has shown that attitudes ab ...
... LINKS BETWEEN RELIGION, EVOLUTION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE service attendance. This is measured on a nine-point scale ranging from “Never” to “Several times a week.” Other predictors. We include a variety of other measures that could be related to science skepticism. Research has shown that attitudes ab ...
Challenges of Growth 2013
... Challenges of Growth 2008 identified the impacts of climate change as a potential operational and financial risk to European aviation. Challenges of Growth 2013 (CG13) consulted industry stakeholders to determine to what extent they consider adaptation actions are necessary to address those risks, a ...
... Challenges of Growth 2008 identified the impacts of climate change as a potential operational and financial risk to European aviation. Challenges of Growth 2013 (CG13) consulted industry stakeholders to determine to what extent they consider adaptation actions are necessary to address those risks, a ...
1. COUNTRY PROFILE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
... northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered by six countries from the sub-region (see map). Due to its geographical position, Burkina Faso is characterized by a dry tropical climate which al ...
... northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered by six countries from the sub-region (see map). Due to its geographical position, Burkina Faso is characterized by a dry tropical climate which al ...
Migration and Climate - International Institute for Sustainable
... migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition does not make the figure any more accurate. While the scientific argument for climate change is increasingly confident, the consequences of climate change for human population ...
... migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition does not make the figure any more accurate. While the scientific argument for climate change is increasingly confident, the consequences of climate change for human population ...
Dynamic Coasts in a Changing Climate
... range from negligible to the world’s highest (in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay). Exposure to wave energy ranges from very low, in well protected settings, to very high, in settings with full Atlantic or Pacific ocean exposure. Variability in coastal geomorphology and processes is high within and b ...
... range from negligible to the world’s highest (in the Bay of Fundy and Ungava Bay). Exposure to wave energy ranges from very low, in well protected settings, to very high, in settings with full Atlantic or Pacific ocean exposure. Variability in coastal geomorphology and processes is high within and b ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in Guyana
... vectors through water pooling and soil erosion associated with the increased intensity of hydro events. In addition, climate change is likely to affect crop productivity in specific geographical areas through its impact on growing seasons and crop patterns, to the extent that crop varieties cannot a ...
... vectors through water pooling and soil erosion associated with the increased intensity of hydro events. In addition, climate change is likely to affect crop productivity in specific geographical areas through its impact on growing seasons and crop patterns, to the extent that crop varieties cannot a ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... Teachers who prefer teacher-centred planning should plan lessons based on their interpretation of the Focus Questions. They will pre-plan their regular daily geography lessons with an eye first and foremost on the Ontario Geography document. However, when they need an example for in-class practice a ...
... Teachers who prefer teacher-centred planning should plan lessons based on their interpretation of the Focus Questions. They will pre-plan their regular daily geography lessons with an eye first and foremost on the Ontario Geography document. However, when they need an example for in-class practice a ...
Indonesia Second National Communication Under The United
... The emission estimates in the SNC are lower than those reported by a 2007 PEACE, World Bank and DFID study, which suggested Indonesia to be the 3rd largest emitter country. The study estimated that the total emission from Indonesia was about 3,014,000 Gg CO2 where LUCF contributed about 85% or about ...
... The emission estimates in the SNC are lower than those reported by a 2007 PEACE, World Bank and DFID study, which suggested Indonesia to be the 3rd largest emitter country. The study estimated that the total emission from Indonesia was about 3,014,000 Gg CO2 where LUCF contributed about 85% or about ...
aberdeen beach case study
... showed that wave action had caused the removal of significant amounts of sediment from the beach. The sand elevation in front of the sea wall decreased and exposed sheet-piling, posing a risk of imminent seawall failure. Investigations showed that a failure of the sea wall would lead to the loss of ...
... showed that wave action had caused the removal of significant amounts of sediment from the beach. The sand elevation in front of the sea wall decreased and exposed sheet-piling, posing a risk of imminent seawall failure. Investigations showed that a failure of the sea wall would lead to the loss of ...
Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... scientific basis of climate change is now well established. It suggests that change is happening more quickly than previously estimated and no longer can be framed as a distant threat.3 The past three decades have likely been the warmest thirty years of the last fourteen hundred. 4 The atmospheric c ...
... scientific basis of climate change is now well established. It suggests that change is happening more quickly than previously estimated and no longer can be framed as a distant threat.3 The past three decades have likely been the warmest thirty years of the last fourteen hundred. 4 The atmospheric c ...
Indicators of Canada`s Changing Climate
... retain heat from the Earth’s surface. They are a small but extremely important part of the planet’s natural atmosphere – so important, in fact, that without them, Earth would be some 33°C cooler than it is now and too cold to support life. Since the early days of the industrial revolution some 200 y ...
... retain heat from the Earth’s surface. They are a small but extremely important part of the planet’s natural atmosphere – so important, in fact, that without them, Earth would be some 33°C cooler than it is now and too cold to support life. Since the early days of the industrial revolution some 200 y ...