Working Paper 235 - Watkiss and Cimato (opens in new window)
... important issues – about the economic appraisal of these options – but also more widely how to design effective capacity building and institutional support: these provide valuable lessons for the adaptation domain. Given these areas are a priority in the IDRC portfolio (for adaptation and more broad ...
... important issues – about the economic appraisal of these options – but also more widely how to design effective capacity building and institutional support: these provide valuable lessons for the adaptation domain. Given these areas are a priority in the IDRC portfolio (for adaptation and more broad ...
The High Mountain Asia glacier contribution to sea
... altitude (ELA) sensitivity to summer temperatures. This sensitivity and also the glacier mass-balance gradients with elevation have the largest coefficients of variability (amounting to �50%) among factors examined. Prescribing ELA sensitivities from energy-balance models produces the highest sea-le ...
... altitude (ELA) sensitivity to summer temperatures. This sensitivity and also the glacier mass-balance gradients with elevation have the largest coefficients of variability (amounting to �50%) among factors examined. Prescribing ELA sensitivities from energy-balance models produces the highest sea-le ...
Information Manual 3: Available datasets
... Figure 4.2 Northern wet season (October–April) rainfall compared to average levels since 1995–96........30 Figure 4.3 Intensity-Frequency-Duration graphic for rainfall in Brisbane....................................................30 Figure 5.1 Projected changes in rainfall for Australian regi ...
... Figure 4.2 Northern wet season (October–April) rainfall compared to average levels since 1995–96........30 Figure 4.3 Intensity-Frequency-Duration graphic for rainfall in Brisbane....................................................30 Figure 5.1 Projected changes in rainfall for Australian regi ...
Sean B. Hecht - UCLA Law Review
... industry itself, because of the uncertainties that climate change introduces into risk management. If insurers do not rise to the challenge of climate change, there could be a serious financial and social crisis on a global scale. Global governance institutions will have to devise other methods of m ...
... industry itself, because of the uncertainties that climate change introduces into risk management. If insurers do not rise to the challenge of climate change, there could be a serious financial and social crisis on a global scale. Global governance institutions will have to devise other methods of m ...
Inferencia espacial y predicción de la distribución de plantas: un
... Chapter 2. Drastic reduction in the potential habitats for alpine and subalpine vegetation in the Pyrenees due to twenty-first-century climate change .................................. 67 Abstract ....................................................................................................... ...
... Chapter 2. Drastic reduction in the potential habitats for alpine and subalpine vegetation in the Pyrenees due to twenty-first-century climate change .................................. 67 Abstract ....................................................................................................... ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan
... Figure 22: Classification of key berry species by the type of soil in which they grow .................................................................. 46 Figure 23: Iron Ore Mine Pit on Mesabi Range ................................................................................................. ...
... Figure 22: Classification of key berry species by the type of soil in which they grow .................................................................. 46 Figure 23: Iron Ore Mine Pit on Mesabi Range ................................................................................................. ...
Full Report
... reserves) and those communities where climatic changes add to existing stresses. The socioeconomic consequences of these impacts will be significant, especially for those regions of the globe where societies and related economies are dependent on natural terrestrial ecosystems for their welfare. Cha ...
... reserves) and those communities where climatic changes add to existing stresses. The socioeconomic consequences of these impacts will be significant, especially for those regions of the globe where societies and related economies are dependent on natural terrestrial ecosystems for their welfare. Cha ...
Abrupt climate change as an important agent of ecological change... Northeast U.S. throughout the past 15,000 years
... ages assigned to the isotope data are based on the same linearly interpolated age-depth models as used for the pollen data (Fig. 2), and we use ages for New Long Pond based on Newby et al. (2000; see more below). Following Telford et al. (2004), we do not entirely rely on linearly interpolated ages, ...
... ages assigned to the isotope data are based on the same linearly interpolated age-depth models as used for the pollen data (Fig. 2), and we use ages for New Long Pond based on Newby et al. (2000; see more below). Following Telford et al. (2004), we do not entirely rely on linearly interpolated ages, ...
UNFCCC NAPA Maldives
... the climate hazards and risks. Chapter Five analyses vulnerabilities and the biophysical impacts of climate change. Chapter Six lists the adaptation needs and priority activities. NAPA concludes with Chapter Seven that contains the project profiles for adaptation to climate change in the Maldives. ...
... the climate hazards and risks. Chapter Five analyses vulnerabilities and the biophysical impacts of climate change. Chapter Six lists the adaptation needs and priority activities. NAPA concludes with Chapter Seven that contains the project profiles for adaptation to climate change in the Maldives. ...
A new approach to mapping permafrost and change incorporating
... conditions and their spatial distributions. These models can integrate climate and ground variables based on energy and water transfer and can capture transient changes from seasonal to centennial, but they require detailed input data and lengthy computation time. Most spatial modelling studies, esp ...
... conditions and their spatial distributions. These models can integrate climate and ground variables based on energy and water transfer and can capture transient changes from seasonal to centennial, but they require detailed input data and lengthy computation time. Most spatial modelling studies, esp ...
Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios
... in new water infrastructure. Under some scenarios (medium certainty), this rapid increase in withdrawals will cause a similarly rapid increase in untreated return flows to the freshwater systems, which could endanger public health and aquatic ecosystems. Sub-Saharan Africa could experience not only ...
... in new water infrastructure. Under some scenarios (medium certainty), this rapid increase in withdrawals will cause a similarly rapid increase in untreated return flows to the freshwater systems, which could endanger public health and aquatic ecosystems. Sub-Saharan Africa could experience not only ...
Impacts of climate change on water resources
... Changes in 100-year return-levels of river discharge in recurrence of 100-year droughts for the 2020s and 2070s using ECHAM4 and HadCM3 climate models and Baseline-A water use scenario. ....................................................................... 33 ...
... Changes in 100-year return-levels of river discharge in recurrence of 100-year droughts for the 2020s and 2070s using ECHAM4 and HadCM3 climate models and Baseline-A water use scenario. ....................................................................... 33 ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change
... (EACC) study has been a large, multiyear undertaking managed by a core team of the World Bank’s Environment Department led by Sergio Margulis (Task Team Leader) and comprising Urvashi Narain, Kiran Pandey, Laurent Cretegny, Ana Bucher, Robert Schneider, Gordon Hughes, and Timothy Essam. Robin Mearns ...
... (EACC) study has been a large, multiyear undertaking managed by a core team of the World Bank’s Environment Department led by Sergio Margulis (Task Team Leader) and comprising Urvashi Narain, Kiran Pandey, Laurent Cretegny, Ana Bucher, Robert Schneider, Gordon Hughes, and Timothy Essam. Robin Mearns ...
The durability of the `Antarctic Model` and - Research Online
... The effects of climate change on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean can be divided into physical changes affecting the environment and its inhabitants, and pressures on the legal and political regime that threaten the ATS itself. The ATS will have to respond to both types of pressures in order to pr ...
... The effects of climate change on Antarctica and the Southern Ocean can be divided into physical changes affecting the environment and its inhabitants, and pressures on the legal and political regime that threaten the ATS itself. The ATS will have to respond to both types of pressures in order to pr ...
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Carpathian region
... The Carpathian region is a mountainous areas of outstanding natural beauty. The CARPIVIA project together with the CarpathCC project assessed the vulnerability of the Carpathian region to climate change in combination with other anthropogenic pressures. The conclusions presented below are discussed ...
... The Carpathian region is a mountainous areas of outstanding natural beauty. The CARPIVIA project together with the CarpathCC project assessed the vulnerability of the Carpathian region to climate change in combination with other anthropogenic pressures. The conclusions presented below are discussed ...
VIEW PDF - Virginia Journal of International Law
... supported by President Obama, for example, failed to pass the Senate in 2008.7 Plus, the United States has not joined a major global environmental agreement in more than fifteen years. Policymakers continue to have radically different views about the most appropriate role for the federal government ...
... supported by President Obama, for example, failed to pass the Senate in 2008.7 Plus, the United States has not joined a major global environmental agreement in more than fifteen years. Policymakers continue to have radically different views about the most appropriate role for the federal government ...
Framework for Implementation of Climate
... Most parts of Pakistan are arid to semi-arid with significant spatial and temporal variability in climatic parameters. However, areas in the northern half of the country above 31-N are semi-arid to humid with a sub-humid belt running along the southern slopes of mountain ranges. Southern half of the ...
... Most parts of Pakistan are arid to semi-arid with significant spatial and temporal variability in climatic parameters. However, areas in the northern half of the country above 31-N are semi-arid to humid with a sub-humid belt running along the southern slopes of mountain ranges. Southern half of the ...
Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Children in
... interactions between land, oceans and the atmosphere, and uncertainties in trying to model and predict the outcome of these interactions, particularly at the local level. The study has relied on observed records of past temperature and on simulated projections of future climate as its two main sourc ...
... interactions between land, oceans and the atmosphere, and uncertainties in trying to model and predict the outcome of these interactions, particularly at the local level. The study has relied on observed records of past temperature and on simulated projections of future climate as its two main sourc ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System
... Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials established the NCHRP Project 20-83 research series to examine global and domestic long-range str ...
... Major trends affecting the future of the United States and the world will dramatically reshape transportation priorities and needs. The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials established the NCHRP Project 20-83 research series to examine global and domestic long-range str ...
The impact of urban heat islands: assessing vulnerability in
... 2050, and 90 per cent of this increase is expected to be in Africa and Asia (ibid, 2014). In this context, it is important to understand the potential for UHI effects to manifest themselves, and how urban populations can adapt to these effects to minimise the risks to their lives. There are a number ...
... 2050, and 90 per cent of this increase is expected to be in Africa and Asia (ibid, 2014). In this context, it is important to understand the potential for UHI effects to manifest themselves, and how urban populations can adapt to these effects to minimise the risks to their lives. There are a number ...
Possible impacts of climate change on the wind energy
... as wind intensity, air temperature, precipitation, and humidity resulting in changed weather conditions and more extreme weather patterns. The main topic of this study was to examine the possible change in climate and its impact on the wind resource in Iceland with main focus on the Búrfell region i ...
... as wind intensity, air temperature, precipitation, and humidity resulting in changed weather conditions and more extreme weather patterns. The main topic of this study was to examine the possible change in climate and its impact on the wind resource in Iceland with main focus on the Búrfell region i ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Coastal Habitats
... GENERAL GUIDANCE ON SCORING ..................................................................................................... 11 ...
... GENERAL GUIDANCE ON SCORING ..................................................................................................... 11 ...
Climate Change and Conflict - AFES
... The analysis suggested that this region would experience a high potential for food crises in the 21st century due to an increasing population (rising demand) and declining yield supplies. The case study on Bangladesh showed that this country has already been a primary victim of extreme weather event ...
... The analysis suggested that this region would experience a high potential for food crises in the 21st century due to an increasing population (rising demand) and declining yield supplies. The case study on Bangladesh showed that this country has already been a primary victim of extreme weather event ...
