Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics
... climate change in the Wet Tropics Cluster (WTC) region across all sectors. This report focuses on four geographically distinct NRM regions grouped in the WTC: Mackay-Whitsunday, Wet Tropics, Cape York, and the Torres Strait regions, which are managed by Reef Catchments NRM, Terrain NRM, Cape York NR ...
... climate change in the Wet Tropics Cluster (WTC) region across all sectors. This report focuses on four geographically distinct NRM regions grouped in the WTC: Mackay-Whitsunday, Wet Tropics, Cape York, and the Torres Strait regions, which are managed by Reef Catchments NRM, Terrain NRM, Cape York NR ...
Proceedings from The 50th Societas Ethica Annual Conference
... challenges are well known, and there seems to be some form of consensus that sustainability is a goal worth striving for, little discussion is taking place of how the changes necessary to achieve this goal will affect our political institutions, our social relationships, our moral responsibilities, ...
... challenges are well known, and there seems to be some form of consensus that sustainability is a goal worth striving for, little discussion is taking place of how the changes necessary to achieve this goal will affect our political institutions, our social relationships, our moral responsibilities, ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... Arlington, Virginia. The workshop was funded by an NSF grant from the Sociology Program to Drs. Joane Nagel, University of Kansas; Jeffrey Broadbent, University of Minnesota; and Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University. The purpose of the workshop was threefold: identify ways to 1) increase sociolog ...
... Arlington, Virginia. The workshop was funded by an NSF grant from the Sociology Program to Drs. Joane Nagel, University of Kansas; Jeffrey Broadbent, University of Minnesota; and Thomas Dietz, Michigan State University. The purpose of the workshop was threefold: identify ways to 1) increase sociolog ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... instrument could theoretically become a protocol to the Refugee Convention or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”). While both regimes have benefits, the essential components of the climate change refugee instrument do not comfortably fit within either treaty’s purpos ...
... instrument could theoretically become a protocol to the Refugee Convention or the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCCC”). While both regimes have benefits, the essential components of the climate change refugee instrument do not comfortably fit within either treaty’s purpos ...
APPENDIX VII. Thesis and Dissertations authored by GREF Fellows.
... Melissa A. Cregger, PhD 2012: “Microbial community structure and ecosystem function in a changing world.” Advisor – Aimee Classen, University of Tennessee. Molly S. Cross, PhD 2006: “Ecosystem responses to climate warming-induced plant species loss in a sub-alpine meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mount ...
... Melissa A. Cregger, PhD 2012: “Microbial community structure and ecosystem function in a changing world.” Advisor – Aimee Classen, University of Tennessee. Molly S. Cross, PhD 2006: “Ecosystem responses to climate warming-induced plant species loss in a sub-alpine meadow in the Colorado Rocky Mount ...
Understanding pUblic perception of climate change in
... Cambodia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, both in Asia and globally. Climate variability and extreme are projected to increase in duration, frequency and intensity. Higher temperature, rising sea level, changing rainfall patterns and increasing seriousness of extreme weathe ...
... Cambodia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, both in Asia and globally. Climate variability and extreme are projected to increase in duration, frequency and intensity. Higher temperature, rising sea level, changing rainfall patterns and increasing seriousness of extreme weathe ...
Climate change and Pacific islands: Indicators and impacts: Report
... The Pacific Islands region is experiencing climate change. Key indicators of the changing climate include rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and upper-ocean heat content, changing ocean chemistry and increasing ocean acidity, changing rainfall ...
... The Pacific Islands region is experiencing climate change. Key indicators of the changing climate include rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and upper-ocean heat content, changing ocean chemistry and increasing ocean acidity, changing rainfall ...
Vulnerability Assessment of the Belize Coastal Zone
... report recommended that vulnerability assessments include socioeconomic and biophysical vulnerability to climate change. As recommended by the IPCC a scenario developed by the National Meteorological Service (NMS) was used to provide socioeconomic context for the report. It attempts to provide an id ...
... report recommended that vulnerability assessments include socioeconomic and biophysical vulnerability to climate change. As recommended by the IPCC a scenario developed by the National Meteorological Service (NMS) was used to provide socioeconomic context for the report. It attempts to provide an id ...
What to include in INDCs - Low Emission Capacity Building
... This presentation report was prepared by NewClimate Institute on behalf of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Development Project (UNDP), under the project Experiences and lessons learned in the preparation of INDCs. The contents express the vi ...
... This presentation report was prepared by NewClimate Institute on behalf of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the United Nations Development Project (UNDP), under the project Experiences and lessons learned in the preparation of INDCs. The contents express the vi ...
Auditing the Government Response to Climate Change: Guidance
... is similar to auditing any other environmental topic, but specific climate change knowledge is required to scope the audit in the right way. This Guide is designed to be used as a reference book, as well as a document that can be read chapter by chapter. Essential information from this Guide has als ...
... is similar to auditing any other environmental topic, but specific climate change knowledge is required to scope the audit in the right way. This Guide is designed to be used as a reference book, as well as a document that can be read chapter by chapter. Essential information from this Guide has als ...
- Wiley Online Library
... 2007). Hence, with its earlier and more intense warming, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau serves as a sensitive indicator of regional and global climate change (Li & Fang, 1999). The future projections based on the IPCC global climate models clearly indicate that the warming trend on the plateau will con ...
... 2007). Hence, with its earlier and more intense warming, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau serves as a sensitive indicator of regional and global climate change (Li & Fang, 1999). The future projections based on the IPCC global climate models clearly indicate that the warming trend on the plateau will con ...
the transcript of the APS climate change statement review workshop
... DR. MICHAEL HOLLAND, Chief of Staff DR. ARI PATRINOS, Deputy Director for ...
... DR. MICHAEL HOLLAND, Chief of Staff DR. ARI PATRINOS, Deputy Director for ...
Governing Climate Change: Towards a New Paradigm for Risk
... that risk regulation involves the creation of fictional certainty; unknown future events are translated into known probabilities and thereby become actionable.17 The regulatory response, too, implies the acceptance of a fictional or at the very least unexamined certainty, namely that rules can have ...
... that risk regulation involves the creation of fictional certainty; unknown future events are translated into known probabilities and thereby become actionable.17 The regulatory response, too, implies the acceptance of a fictional or at the very least unexamined certainty, namely that rules can have ...
The Climate and Development Challenge for Latin America
... by 2020 and 2050 under the A1B scenario...............................................................................21 Figure 1.2 Projection of Sea-Level Rise between 1990 and 2100, based on IPCC Temperature Projections for Three Emissions Scenarios................................................. ...
... by 2020 and 2050 under the A1B scenario...............................................................................21 Figure 1.2 Projection of Sea-Level Rise between 1990 and 2100, based on IPCC Temperature Projections for Three Emissions Scenarios................................................. ...
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
... Land Use Scanner, the expected increase or decrease of each land-use class (called “claims”) has to be defined. These claims were derived from the EUruralis project (Verburg et al., 2008; Verburg and Overmars, 2009). In this project land-use projections and their underlying claims have been develope ...
... Land Use Scanner, the expected increase or decrease of each land-use class (called “claims”) has to be defined. These claims were derived from the EUruralis project (Verburg et al., 2008; Verburg and Overmars, 2009). In this project land-use projections and their underlying claims have been develope ...
indonesia second national communication
... BPS stated that the number of unemployment by February 2008 reached 8.46% or about 9.43 million people. However, based on the projection of the Institute for Development Economics and Finance (Indef ), due to current economic crisis the number of poor and unemployed in 2008 may increase to 9.5% and ...
... BPS stated that the number of unemployment by February 2008 reached 8.46% or about 9.43 million people. However, based on the projection of the Institute for Development Economics and Finance (Indef ), due to current economic crisis the number of poor and unemployed in 2008 may increase to 9.5% and ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS, VULNERABILITIES AND
... in adapting to the effects of climate change. This book outlines the impact of climate change in four developing country regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America and small island developing States; the vulnerability of these regions to future climate change; current adaptation plans, strategies and acti ...
... in adapting to the effects of climate change. This book outlines the impact of climate change in four developing country regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America and small island developing States; the vulnerability of these regions to future climate change; current adaptation plans, strategies and acti ...
The First Decade of Long-Lead U.S. Seasonal Forecasts
... forecasts 6 to 9 months in advance. Validation of the latter during the great El Niño of 1997–98 is described in Barnston et al. (1999), which also constitutes a discussion of all of the methods applied at the time and how the methods had evolved from the first half of the 1990s. Subsequent developm ...
... forecasts 6 to 9 months in advance. Validation of the latter during the great El Niño of 1997–98 is described in Barnston et al. (1999), which also constitutes a discussion of all of the methods applied at the time and how the methods had evolved from the first half of the 1990s. Subsequent developm ...
Climate Change and Food Security FAO Framework
... practices for adaptation and associated mitigation should also be given high priority. Conservation agriculture can make a significant difference to efficiency of water use, soil quality, capacity to withstand extreme events, and carbon sequestration. Promoting agrobiodiversity is particularly impor ...
... practices for adaptation and associated mitigation should also be given high priority. Conservation agriculture can make a significant difference to efficiency of water use, soil quality, capacity to withstand extreme events, and carbon sequestration. Promoting agrobiodiversity is particularly impor ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
Climate Change and Food Security
... practices for adaptation and associated mitigation should also be given high priority. Conservation agriculture can make a significant difference to efficiency of water use, soil quality, capacity to withstand extreme events, and carbon sequestration. Promoting agrobiodiversity is particularly impor ...
... practices for adaptation and associated mitigation should also be given high priority. Conservation agriculture can make a significant difference to efficiency of water use, soil quality, capacity to withstand extreme events, and carbon sequestration. Promoting agrobiodiversity is particularly impor ...
Media Echo
... between growing summer temperature and the shift in alpine plant composition. "While regional studies have previously made this link, this is the first time it has been shown on a continental scale," said Gottfried. This phenomenon, which the GLORIA researchers have called thermophilization, has now ...
... between growing summer temperature and the shift in alpine plant composition. "While regional studies have previously made this link, this is the first time it has been shown on a continental scale," said Gottfried. This phenomenon, which the GLORIA researchers have called thermophilization, has now ...
Full Report - A New Climate for Peace
... Integrating climate adaptation and fragility into development and humanitarian aid policies............................ 89 Commitments and approvals by multilateral development banks to fragile states in 2013................................... 95 Integrating climate adaptation into peacebuilding pol ...
... Integrating climate adaptation and fragility into development and humanitarian aid policies............................ 89 Commitments and approvals by multilateral development banks to fragile states in 2013................................... 95 Integrating climate adaptation into peacebuilding pol ...
IFinland`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... The Parliament’s reply to the National Climate Strategy submitted to the Parliament in March 2001 identified the need to draft a programme for adaptation to climate change. The preparation of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change was started in the latter part of 2003. The work was c ...
... The Parliament’s reply to the National Climate Strategy submitted to the Parliament in March 2001 identified the need to draft a programme for adaptation to climate change. The preparation of the National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change was started in the latter part of 2003. The work was c ...