Jordan`s Third National
... addressing climate change challenges. After becoming the first country in the Middle East to develop a national climate change policy in 2013 Jordan has created a special directorate for Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment to act as a coordinating platform for all climate change activities ...
... addressing climate change challenges. After becoming the first country in the Middle East to develop a national climate change policy in 2013 Jordan has created a special directorate for Climate Change at the Ministry of Environment to act as a coordinating platform for all climate change activities ...
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptations in Canadian Arctic
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
Indicators of the impact of Climate Change on Migratory Species
... The scope of the project, which is global and considers migratory wildlife as potentially providing an indicator of climate change, was extremely ambitious. When choosing indicators, there will always be a level of judgement required, and the choice of indicators selected may be, to some degree, a r ...
... The scope of the project, which is global and considers migratory wildlife as potentially providing an indicator of climate change, was extremely ambitious. When choosing indicators, there will always be a level of judgement required, and the choice of indicators selected may be, to some degree, a r ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... and least developed countries, which are already vulnerable, mostly dependent on natural capital, with the least financial and physical capacity to adapt to climate change and also, ironically, least responsible for climate change.4 These states will most likely not be able to find solutions for the ...
... and least developed countries, which are already vulnerable, mostly dependent on natural capital, with the least financial and physical capacity to adapt to climate change and also, ironically, least responsible for climate change.4 These states will most likely not be able to find solutions for the ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... In the case of climate change public opinion is therefore formed on the basis of a variety and multiplicity of critical sounds and debates, in short, an ambiguity within the media. Public understanding of climate change is thereby equally ambiguous. Social Significance of Researching Climate Change ...
... In the case of climate change public opinion is therefore formed on the basis of a variety and multiplicity of critical sounds and debates, in short, an ambiguity within the media. Public understanding of climate change is thereby equally ambiguous. Social Significance of Researching Climate Change ...
Finland`s Fifth National Communication under the
... National institutional and legislative arrangements under the Kyoto Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 4.4.1 Act and Decree on the Kyoto Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 4.4.2 Legislation on the Kyoto Mechanisms. . . . . . . . . . ...
... National institutional and legislative arrangements under the Kyoto Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 4.4.1 Act and Decree on the Kyoto Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 4.4.2 Legislation on the Kyoto Mechanisms. . . . . . . . . . ...
Transformational adaptation
... Responses from participants (working in research, policy and practice) at a UKCIP workshop, March 2015 on ‘What is transformational adaptation?’ • Transformation may occur at different levels and dimensions, mediated by power relations, but usually implies a systemic or paradigm shift, possibly tri ...
... Responses from participants (working in research, policy and practice) at a UKCIP workshop, March 2015 on ‘What is transformational adaptation?’ • Transformation may occur at different levels and dimensions, mediated by power relations, but usually implies a systemic or paradigm shift, possibly tri ...
climate change and african forest and wildlife resources
... African eco-zones. And more recently climate change has become the topical issue in forestry and other circles. Climate change and forests are related in functional and structural ways. Carbon sequestration increases in growing forests, a process that positively influences the level of green house g ...
... African eco-zones. And more recently climate change has become the topical issue in forestry and other circles. Climate change and forests are related in functional and structural ways. Carbon sequestration increases in growing forests, a process that positively influences the level of green house g ...
Mechanism of Interdecadal Thermohaline Circulation Variability in a
... NAO-related wind stress curl and heat flux anomalies; and 2) by direct forcing of the region of active deep convection, also through wind stress curl and heat flux anomalies. The latter is not closely related to the NAO. The mechanism for phase reversal has many similarities to that found in a previ ...
... NAO-related wind stress curl and heat flux anomalies; and 2) by direct forcing of the region of active deep convection, also through wind stress curl and heat flux anomalies. The latter is not closely related to the NAO. The mechanism for phase reversal has many similarities to that found in a previ ...
The Precautionary Principle: Relevance in International Law
... The precautionary principle2 is a policy framework that addresses risks in cases involving uncertainty and ignorance, as in the case of climate change. It was originally formulated as a response to the constraints of policy and science in sufficiently addressing complex and uncertain risks and its c ...
... The precautionary principle2 is a policy framework that addresses risks in cases involving uncertainty and ignorance, as in the case of climate change. It was originally formulated as a response to the constraints of policy and science in sufficiently addressing complex and uncertain risks and its c ...
Vulnerability Index to climate change in the Latin
... Caribbean island nations generally display the highest levels of sensitivity to climate change regionally, with Haiti classed as the riskiest nation overall. High levels of poverty and inequality are key factors driving sensitivity across the LAC region, as large numbers of people are engaged in mar ...
... Caribbean island nations generally display the highest levels of sensitivity to climate change regionally, with Haiti classed as the riskiest nation overall. High levels of poverty and inequality are key factors driving sensitivity across the LAC region, as large numbers of people are engaged in mar ...
The leading variability mode of the coupled troposphere
... The leading coupled variability mode between the time series of NH 50- and 500-hPa geopotential heights in the 1900-year integration of the ECHAM3-LSG model captured the main relationship found in observational data [e.g., Baldwin et al., 1994]. The coupled variability mode describes the connection ...
... The leading coupled variability mode between the time series of NH 50- and 500-hPa geopotential heights in the 1900-year integration of the ECHAM3-LSG model captured the main relationship found in observational data [e.g., Baldwin et al., 1994]. The coupled variability mode describes the connection ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... Table 6: The main diseases in the Caribbean most sensitive to climate change............................................24 Table 7: Methods used to forecast the future health impacts of climate change............................................33 Table 8: Descriptive statistics of climate variables ...
... Table 6: The main diseases in the Caribbean most sensitive to climate change............................................24 Table 7: Methods used to forecast the future health impacts of climate change............................................33 Table 8: Descriptive statistics of climate variables ...
High Resolution Version - American Meteorological Society
... The Stakeholders. Both the EUCLEIA and WWA initiatives reflect a growing interest in connecting attribution science to decision making. In a European context, stakeholders involved in decision making that could be affected by climate variability and change have shown a strong interest in the science ...
... The Stakeholders. Both the EUCLEIA and WWA initiatives reflect a growing interest in connecting attribution science to decision making. In a European context, stakeholders involved in decision making that could be affected by climate variability and change have shown a strong interest in the science ...
Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes
... Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities is a report aimed at assessing the state of knowledge about key climate impacts and consequences to various sectors and communities in the Northwest United States. This report draws on two recent state climate ...
... Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities is a report aimed at assessing the state of knowledge about key climate impacts and consequences to various sectors and communities in the Northwest United States. This report draws on two recent state climate ...
Ocean dynamics determine the response of oceanic CO2 uptake to
... The main scope of this study is to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the projected changes in CO2 uptake by the oceans. For that reason we evaluate two transient simulations of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM), consisting of the atmosphere, the ocean including the bioge ...
... The main scope of this study is to investigate the mechanisms responsible for the projected changes in CO2 uptake by the oceans. For that reason we evaluate two transient simulations of the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model (MPI-ESM), consisting of the atmosphere, the ocean including the bioge ...
Annex A2: Climate Change Scenarios for West Africa
... containing globally significant biodiversity such as the Banc d’Arguin, Djoudj, Diawling, Saloum, etc. ...
... containing globally significant biodiversity such as the Banc d’Arguin, Djoudj, Diawling, Saloum, etc. ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... Introduction There is strong consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is occurring and that the impacts are already being felt in some regions. It is also widely accepted that, even after introducing significant measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, some addit ...
... Introduction There is strong consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is occurring and that the impacts are already being felt in some regions. It is also widely accepted that, even after introducing significant measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, some addit ...
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... geologic containment conditions. Many fossil-fuel-retaining reservoirs that existed long ago, or past oil and natural gas fields in statu nascendi, have probably disappeared over time (Deffeyes, 2005). This observation confirms that leakage back into the atmosphere of artificially stored CO2 is a ph ...
... geologic containment conditions. Many fossil-fuel-retaining reservoirs that existed long ago, or past oil and natural gas fields in statu nascendi, have probably disappeared over time (Deffeyes, 2005). This observation confirms that leakage back into the atmosphere of artificially stored CO2 is a ph ...
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... and recent warming is contributing to a world out of balance. Alaska is among the most rapidly warming places globally, with the Interior experiencing the most pronounced warming statewide, and with significant regional-scale ecosystem services disruptions affecting subsistence hunting and harvest s ...
... and recent warming is contributing to a world out of balance. Alaska is among the most rapidly warming places globally, with the Interior experiencing the most pronounced warming statewide, and with significant regional-scale ecosystem services disruptions affecting subsistence hunting and harvest s ...
biodiversity focal area strategy for gef-5
... findings3. The GEF-3 strategy incorporated principles to achieve lasting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and thereby: a) placed greater emphasis on sustainability of results and the potential for replication; b) moved beyond a projectsbased emphasis to strategic approaches that strengt ...
... findings3. The GEF-3 strategy incorporated principles to achieve lasting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and thereby: a) placed greater emphasis on sustainability of results and the potential for replication; b) moved beyond a projectsbased emphasis to strategic approaches that strengt ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and the Highway System
... sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., is president of the National Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy ...
... sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national needs, encourages education and research, and recognizes the superior achievements of engineers. Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., is president of the National Academy of Engineering. The Institute of Medicine was established in 1970 by the National Academy ...