AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE BARBADOS
... the Caribbean, with specific reference to Barbados, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are antic ...
... the Caribbean, with specific reference to Barbados, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are antic ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... and attributing observed changes to climate change is also complicated by the fact that anthropogenic factors may play an important role at the local level. For example runoff may be affected by changes in extraction patterns. Notwithstanding these uncertainties and challenges, general statements ca ...
... and attributing observed changes to climate change is also complicated by the fact that anthropogenic factors may play an important role at the local level. For example runoff may be affected by changes in extraction patterns. Notwithstanding these uncertainties and challenges, general statements ca ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... 1.3 Structure of the guide The Guide is separated into three parts. Part A describes what the Guide is about. In addition to the items covered in the Introduction, it discusses why there is a need to assess climate change risk (Chapter 2) and the fundamentals of risk assessment and management (Chapt ...
... 1.3 Structure of the guide The Guide is separated into three parts. Part A describes what the Guide is about. In addition to the items covered in the Introduction, it discusses why there is a need to assess climate change risk (Chapter 2) and the fundamentals of risk assessment and management (Chapt ...
CHAPTER 13 CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND WESTERN WILDFIRE WITH IMPLICATIONS
... 20th century climate–fire relationships in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). We investigated relationships between the two dominant modes of climate variability affecting the PNW, which are Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and historic fire activity at mult ...
... 20th century climate–fire relationships in the U.S. Pacific Northwest (PNW). We investigated relationships between the two dominant modes of climate variability affecting the PNW, which are Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), and historic fire activity at mult ...
Rethinking Private Land Conservation in the
... reported protecting working forest lands. Changing temperatures and weather conditions, however, will reduce the ability of many prime farm areas to produce the high quality crops that they current do, including premium wine grapes and fruits.14 Although ranching is somewhat less vulnerable than hig ...
... reported protecting working forest lands. Changing temperatures and weather conditions, however, will reduce the ability of many prime farm areas to produce the high quality crops that they current do, including premium wine grapes and fruits.14 Although ranching is somewhat less vulnerable than hig ...
Agroforestry from Mediterranean Partner Countries: Report on
... precipitation decrease (Terink et al., 2013). Whilst societies in this region have historically adapted to water scarcity there is a need for alternative approaches, including the use of agroforestry systems, to deal with these environmental constraints to agricultural production. As described in Se ...
... precipitation decrease (Terink et al., 2013). Whilst societies in this region have historically adapted to water scarcity there is a need for alternative approaches, including the use of agroforestry systems, to deal with these environmental constraints to agricultural production. As described in Se ...
Climate Change, Humidity, and Mortality in the United States
... consumption estimates can also be interpreted as causal since the identifying variation comes from plausibly exogenous within-state variation in temperature and humidity levels. It is important to highlight the limitations of my research design in the context of measuring the impacts of climate cha ...
... consumption estimates can also be interpreted as causal since the identifying variation comes from plausibly exogenous within-state variation in temperature and humidity levels. It is important to highlight the limitations of my research design in the context of measuring the impacts of climate cha ...
Climate Change, Humidity, and Mortality in the United States
... consumption estimates can also be interpreted as causal since the identifying variation comes from plausibly exogenous within-state variation in temperature and humidity levels. It is important to highlight the limitations of my research design in the context of measuring the impacts of climate cha ...
... consumption estimates can also be interpreted as causal since the identifying variation comes from plausibly exogenous within-state variation in temperature and humidity levels. It is important to highlight the limitations of my research design in the context of measuring the impacts of climate cha ...
Expert Meeting on How to feed the world in 2050 . Critical evaluation of selected projections
... One of the frequently asked questions is whether the price surges of recent years were a harbinger of things to come or, like in the past, a temporary occurrence (on this, see Alexandratos, 2008; Mitchell, 2008). Do the price projections of the EM papers provide answers? We first note that at the ti ...
... One of the frequently asked questions is whether the price surges of recent years were a harbinger of things to come or, like in the past, a temporary occurrence (on this, see Alexandratos, 2008; Mitchell, 2008). Do the price projections of the EM papers provide answers? We first note that at the ti ...
Working Paper 198 - Castells-Quintana et al (opens in new window)
... reduction have gained increasing attention over recent years in both the academic and policy literature. In this paper we review potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long-run economic development. These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) ...
... reduction have gained increasing attention over recent years in both the academic and policy literature. In this paper we review potential effects of climate change on the prospects for long-run economic development. These effects might operate directly, via the role of geography (including climate) ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation A Literature Review
... Fallowing of fields, and low or no tillage techniques; ...
... Fallowing of fields, and low or no tillage techniques; ...
Ted Hamilton∗ - Vermont Journal of Environmental Law
... The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the science, economics, and politics of climate change provide the factual material upon which legal claims are based. Legal action at the core usually seeks government intervention to stop publi ...
... The climate core is where global warming’s causes and effects are directly confronted, in the sense that the science, economics, and politics of climate change provide the factual material upon which legal claims are based. Legal action at the core usually seeks government intervention to stop publi ...
Assessing the Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation in South Asia
... study illustrates that South Asia on average could lose nearly 2% of its GDP by 2050, rising to a loss of nearly 9% by 2100 under business-as-usual (BAU) scenario—higher still if losses due to extreme weather events are added. It further reveals that a significant part of the losses could be avoided ...
... study illustrates that South Asia on average could lose nearly 2% of its GDP by 2050, rising to a loss of nearly 9% by 2100 under business-as-usual (BAU) scenario—higher still if losses due to extreme weather events are added. It further reveals that a significant part of the losses could be avoided ...
Project management
... Context and significance of the TNC Since the ratification of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 Georgia has achieved significant progress towards meeting its commitments to the Convention. Serious efforts have been made to set appropriate policy and legal frameworks. Sin ...
... Context and significance of the TNC Since the ratification of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 Georgia has achieved significant progress towards meeting its commitments to the Convention. Serious efforts have been made to set appropriate policy and legal frameworks. Sin ...
Ecosystems, their properties, goods and services
... to millennial time-scales (e.g., Davis, 1989; Prentice et al., 1991; Lischke et al., 2002; Neilson et al., 2005), and groups of organisms forming ecological communities at the regional scale have shorter response times of years to centuries. Responses of populations (i.e., interbreeding individuals ...
... to millennial time-scales (e.g., Davis, 1989; Prentice et al., 1991; Lischke et al., 2002; Neilson et al., 2005), and groups of organisms forming ecological communities at the regional scale have shorter response times of years to centuries. Responses of populations (i.e., interbreeding individuals ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
Assessment of Climate Hazards, Traditional Early
... are common in lowlands of Ethiopia, where temperature is already high. Slight increase in temperature has huge consequences in such areas as it contributes to climate change related hazards such as drought, pest and disease, water shortage, and imperfect hydrological cycle. Pastoralists have been ap ...
... are common in lowlands of Ethiopia, where temperature is already high. Slight increase in temperature has huge consequences in such areas as it contributes to climate change related hazards such as drought, pest and disease, water shortage, and imperfect hydrological cycle. Pastoralists have been ap ...
Climate Change Impact on Public Health in the Russian Arctic
... Climate change is also affecting Russia. The average annual temperature for 2007 was 2.1С higher than the historical average since 1886 [Report on the Peculiarities of Climate in Russia…, 2008]. Some of the fastest and most significant climate changes are taking place in the Arctic, resulting in mel ...
... Climate change is also affecting Russia. The average annual temperature for 2007 was 2.1С higher than the historical average since 1886 [Report on the Peculiarities of Climate in Russia…, 2008]. Some of the fastest and most significant climate changes are taking place in the Arctic, resulting in mel ...
Kathmandu Valley Nepal - UN
... The climate on our planet is changing and in recent years there has been growing concern about how the impacts of climate change will affect cities and urban populations around the world. Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/ ...
... The climate on our planet is changing and in recent years there has been growing concern about how the impacts of climate change will affect cities and urban populations around the world. Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/ ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... in the earth’s climate, according to the National Research Council and the United States Global Change Research Program. Greenhouse gases trap some of the sun’s energy and prevent it from returning to space, warming the atmosphere. The effects of a warmer climate could have important consequences fo ...
... in the earth’s climate, according to the National Research Council and the United States Global Change Research Program. Greenhouse gases trap some of the sun’s energy and prevent it from returning to space, warming the atmosphere. The effects of a warmer climate could have important consequences fo ...
Coral Bleaching 1 2 - UW Atmospheric Sciences
... Acidification • Oceans have absorbed about 40% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions over the past 200 years • Acidifica8on slows coral growth. This prevents coral from: • Compe8ng with other species • Coping with increasing sea level rise • Recovering from other climate‐ change related ...
... Acidification • Oceans have absorbed about 40% of anthropogenic CO2 emissions over the past 200 years • Acidifica8on slows coral growth. This prevents coral from: • Compe8ng with other species • Coping with increasing sea level rise • Recovering from other climate‐ change related ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
... livelihoods, or instead implies the actual behavioural adjustments needed to adapt livelihoods to new climatic conditions. The difference may be crucial in terms of the resources and scientific knowledge required. However, when technology or infrastructure become obsolete, individuals unaccustomed t ...
... livelihoods, or instead implies the actual behavioural adjustments needed to adapt livelihoods to new climatic conditions. The difference may be crucial in terms of the resources and scientific knowledge required. However, when technology or infrastructure become obsolete, individuals unaccustomed t ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... to the “climate gap”. To simultaneously address justice and climate change as interrelated phenomenon with integrated solutions requires authentic inclusion of those most impacted. ...
... to the “climate gap”. To simultaneously address justice and climate change as interrelated phenomenon with integrated solutions requires authentic inclusion of those most impacted. ...