UNEP Regional Office for Africa
... practitioners that climate change poses complex challenges to the development of countries in Africa. Recent scientific information since the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report confirms the world is on course for levels of warming that will be catastrophic for Af ...
... practitioners that climate change poses complex challenges to the development of countries in Africa. Recent scientific information since the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Report confirms the world is on course for levels of warming that will be catastrophic for Af ...
Climate Scientists` Perceptions of Climate
... of climate scientists. The short text body highlights some of the findings and is followed by Appendix A: Tables and Appendix B: Figures, providing descriptive statistics for all variables contained in the surveys. The first survey of climate scientists’ perspectives regarding global warming was con ...
... of climate scientists. The short text body highlights some of the findings and is followed by Appendix A: Tables and Appendix B: Figures, providing descriptive statistics for all variables contained in the surveys. The first survey of climate scientists’ perspectives regarding global warming was con ...
TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON REPORTING GREENHOUSE GAS
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2016, published in December 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada released the GHG reporting requirements for the calendar year 2016. This notice supports the annual mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by facilities under Environment and Climate Change Canada’s GHG ...
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) for 2016, published in December 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada released the GHG reporting requirements for the calendar year 2016. This notice supports the annual mandatory reporting of GHG emissions by facilities under Environment and Climate Change Canada’s GHG ...
"Biochar: A Carbon-Negative Technology to Combat Climate Change an Enhance Global Soil Resources"
... – Biochar can reduce the need for fertilizer inputs, enhance crop productivity, soil quality – Biochar can improve water quality impacts of agriculture ...
... – Biochar can reduce the need for fertilizer inputs, enhance crop productivity, soil quality – Biochar can improve water quality impacts of agriculture ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Montana`s Outdoor Economy
... precipitation will fall in the winter and significantly less precipitation will fall in the summer. This is especially true for western Montana where precipitation will be 5-10 percent lower in the summer and 10-15 percent higher in the winter. Because Montana is predicted to warm in the winter, les ...
... precipitation will fall in the winter and significantly less precipitation will fall in the summer. This is especially true for western Montana where precipitation will be 5-10 percent lower in the summer and 10-15 percent higher in the winter. Because Montana is predicted to warm in the winter, les ...
The Hard Facts About Coal - Trade Unions for Energy Democracy
... CCS is an evolving technology (or, more accurately, a suite of technologies) for reducing CO2 emissions from large, stationary emissions sources such as coal-fired power plants. The process involves the “capture” of CO2 from power plants and CO2-intensive industries, its subsequent transport to a st ...
... CCS is an evolving technology (or, more accurately, a suite of technologies) for reducing CO2 emissions from large, stationary emissions sources such as coal-fired power plants. The process involves the “capture” of CO2 from power plants and CO2-intensive industries, its subsequent transport to a st ...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
... This task has three phases: Phase I is this regional flagship study on climate change adaptation in the Arab countries. In Phase II it is proposed that a selected number of country-specific climate change strategies for client governments in the region (on an ondemand basis) be initiated. Additional ...
... This task has three phases: Phase I is this regional flagship study on climate change adaptation in the Arab countries. In Phase II it is proposed that a selected number of country-specific climate change strategies for client governments in the region (on an ondemand basis) be initiated. Additional ...
Modelling the Miocene climatic optimum, Part 1: land and atmosphere
... This arbitrary initialisation results in an ocean equilibration time of approximately 800 years, ...
... This arbitrary initialisation results in an ocean equilibration time of approximately 800 years, ...
Building climate change resilience for African livestock in sub
... management. WISP is a global network that is designed to empower pastoralists to sustainably manage drylands resources and to demonstrate that their land use and production system is an effective and efficient way of harnessing the natural resources of the world’s drylands. WISP is hosted by IUCN, T ...
... management. WISP is a global network that is designed to empower pastoralists to sustainably manage drylands resources and to demonstrate that their land use and production system is an effective and efficient way of harnessing the natural resources of the world’s drylands. WISP is hosted by IUCN, T ...
PDF - iied iied - International Institute for Environment
... part of Phuong mai Peninsula (Climate Change Working Group of Quy Nhon city, 2010). Each of these areas have high concentrations of low-income earners working as farmers and fishermen (Van and Thai, 2011).These areas – with about 70,000 inhabitants in 2012 (Quy Nhon Sub-office of Statistics, 2013) – ...
... part of Phuong mai Peninsula (Climate Change Working Group of Quy Nhon city, 2010). Each of these areas have high concentrations of low-income earners working as farmers and fishermen (Van and Thai, 2011).These areas – with about 70,000 inhabitants in 2012 (Quy Nhon Sub-office of Statistics, 2013) – ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Development of a Screening Tool for Uncertainty in Decision-Making; contribution to the Weather and Climate Impacts Assessment Science Program, ISSE/NCAR. Climate Change Communication and Social Change, Project funded by the MacArthur Fou ...
... the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change. Development of a Screening Tool for Uncertainty in Decision-Making; contribution to the Weather and Climate Impacts Assessment Science Program, ISSE/NCAR. Climate Change Communication and Social Change, Project funded by the MacArthur Fou ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Marine and
... information was drawn from more than 250 documents and more than 100 interviews. A final report will be published in 2012 following convening of expert focus groups under Phase II of this project. Information in this report focuses on the NPLCC region, which extends from Kenai Peninsula in southcent ...
... information was drawn from more than 250 documents and more than 100 interviews. A final report will be published in 2012 following convening of expert focus groups under Phase II of this project. Information in this report focuses on the NPLCC region, which extends from Kenai Peninsula in southcent ...
Lost hopes for CCS - Airclim | The Air Pollution and Climate Secretariat
... The combustion of fossil fuels has dramatically increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere. In addition to correlated global warming trends, ocean pH levels are steadily declining. To preclude the detrimental effects of manmade carbon emissions on the environment, a radical ...
... The combustion of fossil fuels has dramatically increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere. In addition to correlated global warming trends, ocean pH levels are steadily declining. To preclude the detrimental effects of manmade carbon emissions on the environment, a radical ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... human adaptive systems to respond to both historical and contemporary climate stress. In this paper, we conceive of migration as one adaptive strategy in a complex adaptive system employed by households. Migration may not be the first adaptive response chosen or indeed the most appropriate or most s ...
... human adaptive systems to respond to both historical and contemporary climate stress. In this paper, we conceive of migration as one adaptive strategy in a complex adaptive system employed by households. Migration may not be the first adaptive response chosen or indeed the most appropriate or most s ...
Canada`s Sixth National Report on Climate Change 2014
... and, as an arctic nation, is particularly affected by its impacts. To respond to this global challenge, Canada is implementing a comprehensive climate change plan, both domestically and internationally. This plan is underpinned by a strong scientific foundation and includes action on, and investment ...
... and, as an arctic nation, is particularly affected by its impacts. To respond to this global challenge, Canada is implementing a comprehensive climate change plan, both domestically and internationally. This plan is underpinned by a strong scientific foundation and includes action on, and investment ...
Optimal intensity targets for greenhouse gas emissions
... established in theory that price control (i.e. a tax) is preferable to quantity control (i.e. cap-and-trade) under cost uncertainty and for pollutants with a flat marginal damage function, such as greenhouse gases (Weitzman’s 1974; Pizer 2002), capand-trade is fast becoming the dominant instrument f ...
... established in theory that price control (i.e. a tax) is preferable to quantity control (i.e. cap-and-trade) under cost uncertainty and for pollutants with a flat marginal damage function, such as greenhouse gases (Weitzman’s 1974; Pizer 2002), capand-trade is fast becoming the dominant instrument f ...
Sudan`s National Adaptation Plan
... Minister’s)Foreword) Climate change poses significant challenges to Sudan. Climate Change is not merely an environmental issue that is defined by precipitation and temperature changes; it represents a serious sustainable development problem that affects everyone in our country, particularly those i ...
... Minister’s)Foreword) Climate change poses significant challenges to Sudan. Climate Change is not merely an environmental issue that is defined by precipitation and temperature changes; it represents a serious sustainable development problem that affects everyone in our country, particularly those i ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... scenarios analyzed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the primary scenario used in the ACIA analyses falls below the middle of the IPCC range of projected temperature rise. The results summarized in this report, like the extensive, fully referenced technical report upon which i ...
... scenarios analyzed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the primary scenario used in the ACIA analyses falls below the middle of the IPCC range of projected temperature rise. The results summarized in this report, like the extensive, fully referenced technical report upon which i ...
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... The changing climate is a significant driver of biodiversity and is already altering many ecosystems throughout the Americas. It is necessary to prevent and mitigate these changes to preserve the biodiversity and ecological integrity of the region. At the same time, governments, organizations, indus ...
... The changing climate is a significant driver of biodiversity and is already altering many ecosystems throughout the Americas. It is necessary to prevent and mitigate these changes to preserve the biodiversity and ecological integrity of the region. At the same time, governments, organizations, indus ...
8.1MB - Climate Change 2013
... on global mean temperatures continue to rise and more specifically their relevance for future change in regional climates. Regional climates are the complex result of processes which vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-sca ...
... on global mean temperatures continue to rise and more specifically their relevance for future change in regional climates. Regional climates are the complex result of processes which vary strongly with location and so respond differently to changes in global-scale influences. The following large-sca ...
21st Century Precipitation Changes over the Los Angeles Region
... evidence of increased wintertime precipitation over California, particularly over the northern part, ...
... evidence of increased wintertime precipitation over California, particularly over the northern part, ...
IFC Climate Implementation Plan (April 2016)
... over the next 15 years in clean energy and energy efficiency. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), GHG emissions would have to be cut 40-70 percent by 2050, and reduced to nearly zero by 2100, to meet the 2 degree goal.2 The world is facing an unmatched challenge. ...
... over the next 15 years in clean energy and energy efficiency. According to the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), GHG emissions would have to be cut 40-70 percent by 2050, and reduced to nearly zero by 2100, to meet the 2 degree goal.2 The world is facing an unmatched challenge. ...
Climate Change in the Midwest - Climate Adaptation Knowledge
... infrastructure associated with them, are vulnerable to climate change. This report, prepared as a contribution to the Third National Climate Assessment, addresses the potential impacts of climate change on natural systems, human health, and several important economic sectors within the Midwest. Key ...
... infrastructure associated with them, are vulnerable to climate change. This report, prepared as a contribution to the Third National Climate Assessment, addresses the potential impacts of climate change on natural systems, human health, and several important economic sectors within the Midwest. Key ...
111128 OMPO cover.psd - Oahu Metropolitan Planning Organization
... environments in the Pacific Ocean, over time. Given the climate data available and the evolving state of climate science understanding, the years 2050 and 2100 were defined as the time horizons for ...
... environments in the Pacific Ocean, over time. Given the climate data available and the evolving state of climate science understanding, the years 2050 and 2100 were defined as the time horizons for ...