Cities and Climate Change: Global Report on Human Settlements
... range of disruptive and damaging risks. These impacts extend far beyond the physical risks posed by climate change, such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Cities could face difficulties in providing even the most basic services to their inhabitants as a result of climate change. Climate ...
... range of disruptive and damaging risks. These impacts extend far beyond the physical risks posed by climate change, such as sea-level rise and extreme weather events. Cities could face difficulties in providing even the most basic services to their inhabitants as a result of climate change. Climate ...
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Climate is one of the essential and
... drivers over a long period of time. Climate change could drastically alter the distribution and quality of natural resources thereby adversely affecting the livelihood security of the people (Anonymous 2010). There is no bigger environmental challenge in the world today than how people respond to th ...
... drivers over a long period of time. Climate change could drastically alter the distribution and quality of natural resources thereby adversely affecting the livelihood security of the people (Anonymous 2010). There is no bigger environmental challenge in the world today than how people respond to th ...
Economic Doctrines and Approaches to Climate Change Policy
... well-defined schools of economic thought that have emerged through the lens of political discourse should help policymakers better understand the fundamental choices involved in addressing the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and hopefully lead to the development of more effective policy ...
... well-defined schools of economic thought that have emerged through the lens of political discourse should help policymakers better understand the fundamental choices involved in addressing the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and hopefully lead to the development of more effective policy ...
Advancing Climate Action in Queensland
... At the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP21) climate conference in December 2015, nearly 200 nations, including Australia and our key trading partners, signed the Paris Agreement. For the first time, the international community has accepted ...
... At the 21st United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP21) climate conference in December 2015, nearly 200 nations, including Australia and our key trading partners, signed the Paris Agreement. For the first time, the international community has accepted ...
Memorandum to the Government of India on the UNFCCC`s 15th
... majority of the disempowered over the commons – air, water, land, minerals and forests. Unsustainable economic development and inequitable growth based on an economy dependent on the use of fossil-fuels and extractive industries — which intensified in the last 60 years — have led to the sharp rise i ...
... majority of the disempowered over the commons – air, water, land, minerals and forests. Unsustainable economic development and inequitable growth based on an economy dependent on the use of fossil-fuels and extractive industries — which intensified in the last 60 years — have led to the sharp rise i ...
Why Maintaining Tropical Forests Is Essential and Urgent for a Stable Climate
... supporting local livelihoods, and providing valuable ecosystem services. These forests also play an important role in both land use change emissions and immediate climate change mitigation action. The mechanisms proposed to do so, such as REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degra ...
... supporting local livelihoods, and providing valuable ecosystem services. These forests also play an important role in both land use change emissions and immediate climate change mitigation action. The mechanisms proposed to do so, such as REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degra ...
The impacts of the Climate Change Levy on business: evidence from microdata: Working Paper 6 (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... intensity and energy expenditures. An analysis of fuel choices at the plant level reveals that this effect is mainly driven by stronger growth in electricity use and translates into a positive impact on CO2 emissions. We do not find any statistically significant impacts of the tax on employment, gr ...
... intensity and energy expenditures. An analysis of fuel choices at the plant level reveals that this effect is mainly driven by stronger growth in electricity use and translates into a positive impact on CO2 emissions. We do not find any statistically significant impacts of the tax on employment, gr ...
The impact of climate change on domestic and international tourism
... IAJ, Vol. 7, Iss. 1 (2007), Pg. 26 ...
... IAJ, Vol. 7, Iss. 1 (2007), Pg. 26 ...
CLIMATE CHANGE and AGRARIAN SOCIETIES IN
... cash for food, and the sale of valuables all precede their migration. Other categories include people displaced for political reasons that may affect the availability of services in drylands to which they have been relocated. Thus demography and sociopolitical drivers, more than the direct condition ...
... cash for food, and the sale of valuables all precede their migration. Other categories include people displaced for political reasons that may affect the availability of services in drylands to which they have been relocated. Thus demography and sociopolitical drivers, more than the direct condition ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Management of Prairie Grasslands
... Adapt existing conservation programs rather than building new ones for climate change adaptation (e.g. increase funding for easement programs because of the potential to improve habitat connectivity) (Heller and Zavaleta 2009). Maintain the diversity of future options (e.g. maintaining biological di ...
... Adapt existing conservation programs rather than building new ones for climate change adaptation (e.g. increase funding for easement programs because of the potential to improve habitat connectivity) (Heller and Zavaleta 2009). Maintain the diversity of future options (e.g. maintaining biological di ...
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... In previous studies, application of PCA in climatic data modeling has concentrated on investigating geographic patterns of temperature and precipitation. The constraints and interdependency of spatiotemporal climate data can be identified by the use of PCA (Preisendorfer 1988). Since different units ...
... In previous studies, application of PCA in climatic data modeling has concentrated on investigating geographic patterns of temperature and precipitation. The constraints and interdependency of spatiotemporal climate data can be identified by the use of PCA (Preisendorfer 1988). Since different units ...
US Rejection of the Kyoto Protocol: the impact
... excess credits. The Protocol permits these rights to be sold to countries in search of lowcost options for meeting their own targets or to be “banked” for use at a later date. In this section, we examine the implications of banking and hot air. Figure 2 shows baseline emissions and the emissions con ...
... excess credits. The Protocol permits these rights to be sold to countries in search of lowcost options for meeting their own targets or to be “banked” for use at a later date. In this section, we examine the implications of banking and hot air. Figure 2 shows baseline emissions and the emissions con ...
Cognitive and affective risk judgements related to climate change
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
We Stand as One: Children, Young People and Climate Change
... the school that moved After a landslide tragically killed 1,100 people in 2006 in the Philippines town of Guinsangon in Southern Leyte, the Philippines Government ordered a study which found the Santa Paz National High School and its 379 students were directly in the path of a potential future lands ...
... the school that moved After a landslide tragically killed 1,100 people in 2006 in the Philippines town of Guinsangon in Southern Leyte, the Philippines Government ordered a study which found the Santa Paz National High School and its 379 students were directly in the path of a potential future lands ...
Chapter 3: Natural Resources - Ressources naturelles Canada
... Climate change will exacerbate existing climate risks related to the planning and management of natural resource sector industries, including activities associated with exploration, development, operation, distribution, closure and reclamation/rehabilitation. These risks relate to impacts and natura ...
... Climate change will exacerbate existing climate risks related to the planning and management of natural resource sector industries, including activities associated with exploration, development, operation, distribution, closure and reclamation/rehabilitation. These risks relate to impacts and natura ...
- Parliament of Vanuatu
... the functions of the Director relating to climate change. Clauses 24 provides for the powers of the Director. Part 7 provides for the implementation of certain international conventions. Clause 25 defines terms used for the purposes of this Part. Clause 26 makes it clear that this part applies to a ...
... the functions of the Director relating to climate change. Clauses 24 provides for the powers of the Director. Part 7 provides for the implementation of certain international conventions. Clause 25 defines terms used for the purposes of this Part. Clause 26 makes it clear that this part applies to a ...
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... Genetic classifications explain climates in terms of net radiation, thermal regimes, or air mass dominance over a region. This chapter uses a system that draws on both a genetic and an empirical approach, which allows description of the climatic regions and also provides information as to why such c ...
... Genetic classifications explain climates in terms of net radiation, thermal regimes, or air mass dominance over a region. This chapter uses a system that draws on both a genetic and an empirical approach, which allows description of the climatic regions and also provides information as to why such c ...
unhedgeable risk: how climate change sentiment impacts investment
... impending climate-based sentiment risks in presentday financial markets based on long-term climate change projections. In fact, investors who act now may benefit from first-mover advantage, or at the very least, minimise their exposure to such risks which could evolve even more rapidly than anticipa ...
... impending climate-based sentiment risks in presentday financial markets based on long-term climate change projections. In fact, investors who act now may benefit from first-mover advantage, or at the very least, minimise their exposure to such risks which could evolve even more rapidly than anticipa ...
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... on emissions, entities directly subject to the tax, such as power plants, would have an incentive to take actions—e.g., energy efficiency improvements or equipment upgrades—to lower tax payments. If the tax were placed on emission inputs—e.g., fossil fuels—the price of carbonintensive energy sources ...
... on emissions, entities directly subject to the tax, such as power plants, would have an incentive to take actions—e.g., energy efficiency improvements or equipment upgrades—to lower tax payments. If the tax were placed on emission inputs—e.g., fossil fuels—the price of carbonintensive energy sources ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... the year for differing reference events will also be different in most cases, such that, ...
... the year for differing reference events will also be different in most cases, such that, ...
Adapting to Climate Change: Natural Resource Management and
... are a number of reasons for these unrealised linkages between both communities, some of which will be touched upon below. The point to be made, however, is that although these two communities have come to use somewhat different language or apply shared terminology in slightly different ways as a res ...
... are a number of reasons for these unrealised linkages between both communities, some of which will be touched upon below. The point to be made, however, is that although these two communities have come to use somewhat different language or apply shared terminology in slightly different ways as a res ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... suggested. Drought lowers the availability of forage, reduces milk production, growth rates and the health status of livestock. With increased temperatures the incidence of animal diseases may increase. Impacts on household food security in the subsistence farming areas could be dramatic and climate ...
... suggested. Drought lowers the availability of forage, reduces milk production, growth rates and the health status of livestock. With increased temperatures the incidence of animal diseases may increase. Impacts on household food security in the subsistence farming areas could be dramatic and climate ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... constraints and assumptions. For countries with marine fisheries, an obvious choice would be changes in sea surface temperature (SST) but there is no equivalent for inland waters, which support significant fisheries in countries such as China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and nations in the African R ...
... constraints and assumptions. For countries with marine fisheries, an obvious choice would be changes in sea surface temperature (SST) but there is no equivalent for inland waters, which support significant fisheries in countries such as China, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and nations in the African R ...
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... group of local leaders determined by the field supervisors and designed to collect information about the community where the selected households are located. One of the main reasons to use the two consecutive waves and not the the 2005/2006 one was mainly driven by the fact that starting from the U ...
... group of local leaders determined by the field supervisors and designed to collect information about the community where the selected households are located. One of the main reasons to use the two consecutive waves and not the the 2005/2006 one was mainly driven by the fact that starting from the U ...
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... Local Climate Trends and Farmers’ Perceptions in Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia Misgina Gebrehiwot Abrha1,2* and S. Simhadri1 ...
... Local Climate Trends and Farmers’ Perceptions in Southern Tigray, Northern Ethiopia Misgina Gebrehiwot Abrha1,2* and S. Simhadri1 ...