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 Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation
... of our heritage and culture. From the vast information now available concerning climate change, we understand that its impacts on our natural resources will continue and that our grandchildren will likely see profound and ever-increasing changes within their lifetimes. The issues in front of us are ...
... of our heritage and culture. From the vast information now available concerning climate change, we understand that its impacts on our natural resources will continue and that our grandchildren will likely see profound and ever-increasing changes within their lifetimes. The issues in front of us are ...
Climate change: impacts and adaptation for agriculture in Western
... medium term (2040–60) and long term (2070–2100), compared to conditions in the recent past. In planning for the future climate, it is important to understand the strengths and limitations of this modelling. The trajectory of future greenhouse gas emissions remains speculative, but for a given emissi ...
... medium term (2040–60) and long term (2070–2100), compared to conditions in the recent past. In planning for the future climate, it is important to understand the strengths and limitations of this modelling. The trajectory of future greenhouse gas emissions remains speculative, but for a given emissi ...
Washing Away Our Heritage: The Impacts of Rising Sea
... contextual history for the physical development of the city and how that relates to what the impacts of sea level rise will be. One book in particular, Boston's Back Bay: The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-century Landfill Project by William A. Newman, will help to show how infill within the ...
... contextual history for the physical development of the city and how that relates to what the impacts of sea level rise will be. One book in particular, Boston's Back Bay: The Story of America's Greatest Nineteenth-century Landfill Project by William A. Newman, will help to show how infill within the ...
Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... associated with this synopsis and full assessment have been supported through the same grant. The assessment is authored by Barbara J. Lausche, Deputy Director of the Marine Policy Institute (MPI) at Mote Marine Laboratory. Elisabeth Salinas and Genevieve Joy, MPI policy interns and seniors at New C ...
... associated with this synopsis and full assessment have been supported through the same grant. The assessment is authored by Barbara J. Lausche, Deputy Director of the Marine Policy Institute (MPI) at Mote Marine Laboratory. Elisabeth Salinas and Genevieve Joy, MPI policy interns and seniors at New C ...
An Inter-Comparison of the Holiday Climate Index (HCI) and the
... importance in determining the attractiveness rating of a given climatic condition [54]. For example, a number of studies that have surveyed tourists directly have found the absence of rain to be more important than temperature conditions for a sightseeing holiday [16,21,55]. Differences in the relat ...
... importance in determining the attractiveness rating of a given climatic condition [54]. For example, a number of studies that have surveyed tourists directly have found the absence of rain to be more important than temperature conditions for a sightseeing holiday [16,21,55]. Differences in the relat ...
Australian Government response - Coastal Collaboration Cluster
... funded until 30 June 2013, supports research on how climate change will affect climate extremes, sea level rise and ocean acidification, particularly through the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology. The Government has also extended the funding of the Antarctic and Climate Ecosystems (ACE) CRC until ...
... funded until 30 June 2013, supports research on how climate change will affect climate extremes, sea level rise and ocean acidification, particularly through the CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology. The Government has also extended the funding of the Antarctic and Climate Ecosystems (ACE) CRC until ...
Queensland`s biodiversity under climate change:
... marine pH projections used in this report and Debbie Abbs for reviewing the text on cyclones. Comments by Craig James on earlier versions improved this report. Thanks to Serena Henry for proof reading. Data provided by the Queensland Government is used with permission in this report. ...
... marine pH projections used in this report and Debbie Abbs for reviewing the text on cyclones. Comments by Craig James on earlier versions improved this report. Thanks to Serena Henry for proof reading. Data provided by the Queensland Government is used with permission in this report. ...
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Engaging
... Our research served a dual purpose: to examine business action on adaptation; and to raise business awareness of adaptation needs. For this purpose, we engaged a wide range of businesses in the region and undertook a series of structured dialogues on climate change adaptation in each of the five foc ...
... Our research served a dual purpose: to examine business action on adaptation; and to raise business awareness of adaptation needs. For this purpose, we engaged a wide range of businesses in the region and undertook a series of structured dialogues on climate change adaptation in each of the five foc ...
Working Paper 192 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... In the debate on the effects of climate change on migration different terms are applied to those moving for environmental reasons, for example environmental or climate refugee and environmental or climate migrant. Broadly speaking, the term ‘environmental refugee’ is used for people who “are compell ...
... In the debate on the effects of climate change on migration different terms are applied to those moving for environmental reasons, for example environmental or climate refugee and environmental or climate migrant. Broadly speaking, the term ‘environmental refugee’ is used for people who “are compell ...
CONFALONIERI 2007 Human Health
... indirect exposures can cause death, disability and suffering. Illhealth increases vulnerability and reduces the capacity of individuals and groups to adapt to climate change. Populations with high rates of disease and debility cope less successfully with stresses of all kinds, including those relate ...
... indirect exposures can cause death, disability and suffering. Illhealth increases vulnerability and reduces the capacity of individuals and groups to adapt to climate change. Populations with high rates of disease and debility cope less successfully with stresses of all kinds, including those relate ...
Coastal Processes and Climate Change Predictions
... fundamental to the understanding of its past evolution and is an indicator of its likely future response. The geological formations underlying the coast may fundamentally control both the present morphology and the nature/rate of future response to environmental forcing. The broad outline of the coa ...
... fundamental to the understanding of its past evolution and is an indicator of its likely future response. The geological formations underlying the coast may fundamentally control both the present morphology and the nature/rate of future response to environmental forcing. The broad outline of the coa ...
Climate Change and the Urban Environment
... society. The challenge in responding to climate change arises not only from the actual impacts on society but also from the need for society to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint. We must ensure that urban regions effectively adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. This issue is e ...
... society. The challenge in responding to climate change arises not only from the actual impacts on society but also from the need for society to dramatically reduce its carbon footprint. We must ensure that urban regions effectively adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. This issue is e ...
Changing
... Evidence for the changing climate in the UK, Europe and across the world is now widespread. Global average temperatures have risen by 0.7°C over the past 100 years. Climate records in England4 indicate that temperatures here have risen by a greater amount. ...
... Evidence for the changing climate in the UK, Europe and across the world is now widespread. Global average temperatures have risen by 0.7°C over the past 100 years. Climate records in England4 indicate that temperatures here have risen by a greater amount. ...
Dis full and final - University of Otago
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
The Gap of Climate Adaptation Development of the Spatial Planning
... By the empirical analysis by the framework, the intervention, tools and resources that are adopted or adjusted in planning system are assessed and the barriers of planning toward the success of adaptation planning are identified. 2.2 The important aspects of planning for climate adaptation There is ...
... By the empirical analysis by the framework, the intervention, tools and resources that are adopted or adjusted in planning system are assessed and the barriers of planning toward the success of adaptation planning are identified. 2.2 The important aspects of planning for climate adaptation There is ...
Conference Proceedings, 2011 Low Impact Development
... foot of green roof, provided the green roof covers at least 60 percent. King County, WA pays 50 percent of the costs, up to $20,000, to builders who install green infrastructure (MacMullan, 2010). Similarly, Austin, Chicago, and Santa Monica provide discounts for homes that employ LID. Also, in New ...
... foot of green roof, provided the green roof covers at least 60 percent. King County, WA pays 50 percent of the costs, up to $20,000, to builders who install green infrastructure (MacMullan, 2010). Similarly, Austin, Chicago, and Santa Monica provide discounts for homes that employ LID. Also, in New ...
A demographic approach to study effects of climate change in desert
... heterogeneous too [18]. A recent advance, a superhigh-resolution global model [27], provides reliable monthly precipitation projections for any region around the globe down to a 20-km2-grid resolution. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B (2012) ...
... heterogeneous too [18]. A recent advance, a superhigh-resolution global model [27], provides reliable monthly precipitation projections for any region around the globe down to a 20-km2-grid resolution. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B (2012) ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... Impacts of climate change on the Latin American and Caribbean region assuming a 2.5°C temperature increase, second half of the twenty-first century.................................................... 23 Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080.................. ...
... Impacts of climate change on the Latin American and Caribbean region assuming a 2.5°C temperature increase, second half of the twenty-first century.................................................... 23 Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080.................. ...
How the Great Barrier Reef and its industries can adapt to climate
... possible outcomes from them. Scenarios have been developed to understand what future carbon emissions might mean for our climate. They have been used to think about how environmental change or degradation might impact our lives and our wellbeing in the future. They have also been created to explore ...
... possible outcomes from them. Scenarios have been developed to understand what future carbon emissions might mean for our climate. They have been used to think about how environmental change or degradation might impact our lives and our wellbeing in the future. They have also been created to explore ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead to a ...
... • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead to a ...
Weather, Traffic Accidents, and Climate Change
... our predictions. While we do not find any evidence of adaptation between climate zones or over time, there is the possibility that adaptation or migration may reduce these magnitudes. Nevertheless, because accident costs have a large external component, it is likely that optimal response will requir ...
... our predictions. While we do not find any evidence of adaptation between climate zones or over time, there is the possibility that adaptation or migration may reduce these magnitudes. Nevertheless, because accident costs have a large external component, it is likely that optimal response will requir ...