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... implications of climate change on human mobility have taken hold in the literature. Yet, significant debates exist regarding the climate change and migration topic (Bettini, 2013; Hartmann, 2010). Most of these discussions revolve around “how many” migrants, “where” they move from and to and “what” ...
... implications of climate change on human mobility have taken hold in the literature. Yet, significant debates exist regarding the climate change and migration topic (Bettini, 2013; Hartmann, 2010). Most of these discussions revolve around “how many” migrants, “where” they move from and to and “what” ...
Official PDF , 39 pages
... This study employed the Ricardian approach to measure the economic impacts of climate change on farm net revenue in Egypt. This approach was based on regressing farm net revenue against climate, soil, socio-economic and hydrological variables to determine which factors influence the variability of f ...
... This study employed the Ricardian approach to measure the economic impacts of climate change on farm net revenue in Egypt. This approach was based on regressing farm net revenue against climate, soil, socio-economic and hydrological variables to determine which factors influence the variability of f ...
A climate model-based review of drought in the Sahel: Deserti cation, the re-greening and climate change.
... observed during dry and wet years (Folland et al., 1986; Palmer, 1986; Rowell et al., 1995). In recent years, with increased computing power, it has become possible to simulate the climate of the Sahel over periods of many decades. The numerical models used in these studies simulate the complexity o ...
... observed during dry and wet years (Folland et al., 1986; Palmer, 1986; Rowell et al., 1995). In recent years, with increased computing power, it has become possible to simulate the climate of the Sahel over periods of many decades. The numerical models used in these studies simulate the complexity o ...
World Bank Document - Arab Trade Union Confederation
... This study employed the Ricardian approach to measure the economic impacts of climate change on farm net revenue in Egypt. This approach was based on regressing farm net revenue against climate, soil, socio-economic and hydrological variables to determine which factors influence the variability of f ...
... This study employed the Ricardian approach to measure the economic impacts of climate change on farm net revenue in Egypt. This approach was based on regressing farm net revenue against climate, soil, socio-economic and hydrological variables to determine which factors influence the variability of f ...
Climate finance for cities: how can climate funds best support low
... low elevation coastal zones most at risk from sea level rise (McGranahan, Balk and Anderson 2007). A focus on cities therefore entails a consideration of both mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The next half-century will witness a continuation of the recent trend of rapid urbanisation, wit ...
... low elevation coastal zones most at risk from sea level rise (McGranahan, Balk and Anderson 2007). A focus on cities therefore entails a consideration of both mitigation and adaptation to climate change. The next half-century will witness a continuation of the recent trend of rapid urbanisation, wit ...
No Additionality, New Conditionality
... organisations, private foundations and other non-governmental organisations and the private sector. There were 926 trust funds administered by the World Bank Group (IBRD, IDA, IFC and MIGA) at the end of the fiscal year of 2006 with a combined total of US$ 10.3 billion (World Bank, 2006: 2).Trust fu ...
... organisations, private foundations and other non-governmental organisations and the private sector. There were 926 trust funds administered by the World Bank Group (IBRD, IDA, IFC and MIGA) at the end of the fiscal year of 2006 with a combined total of US$ 10.3 billion (World Bank, 2006: 2).Trust fu ...
FAQ 4.2 | Are Glaciers in Mountain Regions Disappearing?
... and volume reduction) was globally widespread already and particularly strong during the 1940s and since the 1980s. However, there were also phases of relative stability during the 1890s, 1920s and 1970s, as indicated by longterm measurements of length changes and by modelling of mass balance. Conve ...
... and volume reduction) was globally widespread already and particularly strong during the 1940s and since the 1980s. However, there were also phases of relative stability during the 1890s, 1920s and 1970s, as indicated by longterm measurements of length changes and by modelling of mass balance. Conve ...
let`s respond - Conservation International
... Mitigation efforts focus on systematically reducing vulnerabilities, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, through initiatives related to energy efficiency and renewable energy use. Adaptation efforts attempt to build resilience* to the impacts and effects of climate variability* and a changi ...
... Mitigation efforts focus on systematically reducing vulnerabilities, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, through initiatives related to energy efficiency and renewable energy use. Adaptation efforts attempt to build resilience* to the impacts and effects of climate variability* and a changi ...
Meteorologists` Views About Global Warming: A Survey of American
... agree that “most scientists think global warming is happening” (Leiserowitz et al. 2012, p. 18). Also, preliminary analyses of the data from the present survey found that only 59% of AMS members agree that 81%–100% of climate scientists think that global warming is happening (Maibach et al. 2012). M ...
... agree that “most scientists think global warming is happening” (Leiserowitz et al. 2012, p. 18). Also, preliminary analyses of the data from the present survey found that only 59% of AMS members agree that 81%–100% of climate scientists think that global warming is happening (Maibach et al. 2012). M ...
Climate change increases the drought risk in Central European forests
... (van Mantgem & Stepheson 2007) are also deemed possible for the future in Central Europe. In addition to ecological impacts, the substantial economic losses expected in relation to climate change (Hanewinkel et al. 2012) may adversely affect regional economies, including impacts on rural communities ...
... (van Mantgem & Stepheson 2007) are also deemed possible for the future in Central Europe. In addition to ecological impacts, the substantial economic losses expected in relation to climate change (Hanewinkel et al. 2012) may adversely affect regional economies, including impacts on rural communities ...
Communication for Climate Change Multi
... IMAX’s Power of Film to Effect Change (March 2016) ............................................................ 87 Digital Media Zone at UN High-level Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement (April 2016) .... 87 Panel Discussion “Media as a Force for Change” at the United Nations (April 2016 ...
... IMAX’s Power of Film to Effect Change (March 2016) ............................................................ 87 Digital Media Zone at UN High-level Signing Ceremony for Paris Agreement (April 2016) .... 87 Panel Discussion “Media as a Force for Change” at the United Nations (April 2016 ...
Dangerous human-made interference with climate
... J. Hansen et al.: Dangerous human-made interference with climate dynamic ocean model of Russell et al. (1995); (4) ocean D, the Bleck (2002) HYCOM ocean model. Results for ocean A and B are included in Hansen et al. (2007a) and on our (GISS) web site, results for ocean C are in this paper and our w ...
... J. Hansen et al.: Dangerous human-made interference with climate dynamic ocean model of Russell et al. (1995); (4) ocean D, the Bleck (2002) HYCOM ocean model. Results for ocean A and B are included in Hansen et al. (2007a) and on our (GISS) web site, results for ocean C are in this paper and our w ...
Carbon Constrained Future - AGL Sustainability Report 2016
... This report has been developed with the purpose of framing the risks and opportunities associated with decarbonisation of AGL’s large scale generation fleet. While other aspects of AGL’s business could possibly be impacted by climate change mitigation and adaptation policy, the 44 million tonne scop ...
... This report has been developed with the purpose of framing the risks and opportunities associated with decarbonisation of AGL’s large scale generation fleet. While other aspects of AGL’s business could possibly be impacted by climate change mitigation and adaptation policy, the 44 million tonne scop ...
Climate change increases the drought risk in Central European
... (van Mantgem & Stepheson 2007) are also deemed possible for the future in Central Europe. In addition to ecological impacts, the substantial economic losses expected in relation to climate change (Hanewinkel et al. 2012) may adversely affect regional economies, including impacts on rural communities ...
... (van Mantgem & Stepheson 2007) are also deemed possible for the future in Central Europe. In addition to ecological impacts, the substantial economic losses expected in relation to climate change (Hanewinkel et al. 2012) may adversely affect regional economies, including impacts on rural communities ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... infrastructure such as stormwater drainage and water supply. Climate-related risks are not new to local government planners, resource managers and emergency and hazard managers. Climate change is not expected to create new hazards, but it may change the frequency and intensity of existing risks and ...
... infrastructure such as stormwater drainage and water supply. Climate-related risks are not new to local government planners, resource managers and emergency and hazard managers. Climate change is not expected to create new hazards, but it may change the frequency and intensity of existing risks and ...
ENDI Warming File - 4 wk
... faster than anybody expected — particularly ice melt, everywhere you look on the planet. If we stay anywhere near our current emissions path, we are facing incalculable catastrophes by century’s end, including rapid sea level rise, massive wildfires, widespread Dust-Bowlification, large oceanic dead ...
... faster than anybody expected — particularly ice melt, everywhere you look on the planet. If we stay anywhere near our current emissions path, we are facing incalculable catastrophes by century’s end, including rapid sea level rise, massive wildfires, widespread Dust-Bowlification, large oceanic dead ...
Statistical downscaling of daily mean temperature, pan evaporation
... extreme events could be more intense, and autumn might be the most distinct season among all the changes. ...
... extreme events could be more intense, and autumn might be the most distinct season among all the changes. ...
Chapter 2 Current Legal Challenges in Climate Change Justice
... Human and Peoples’ Rights (and, if accepted by the state, before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights). At the international level, the principal treaties are overseen by ‘treaty bodies’, which are open to individual petition. Individuals may bring a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commit ...
... Human and Peoples’ Rights (and, if accepted by the state, before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights). At the international level, the principal treaties are overseen by ‘treaty bodies’, which are open to individual petition. Individuals may bring a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commit ...
Climate Relicts: Past, Present, Future
... 2010). Changes in geographic distributions do not simply result from the simultaneous migration of populations throughout the range. Instead, they are generated by widespread establishment of new populations at the leading edge of a species distribution and extinction of populations at the retreatin ...
... 2010). Changes in geographic distributions do not simply result from the simultaneous migration of populations throughout the range. Instead, they are generated by widespread establishment of new populations at the leading edge of a species distribution and extinction of populations at the retreatin ...
Impact of climate change on ozone-related mortality and morbidity in Europe
... some cardiovascular effect that may be due to systemic inflammation responses and alterations of the cardiac rhythm. CHUANG et al. [26] found that increases in inflammatory markers in the blood and a decrease in heart rate variability associated with elevated levels of ozone lagged over 1–3 days in ...
... some cardiovascular effect that may be due to systemic inflammation responses and alterations of the cardiac rhythm. CHUANG et al. [26] found that increases in inflammatory markers in the blood and a decrease in heart rate variability associated with elevated levels of ozone lagged over 1–3 days in ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... Academics who research climate change out of curiosity but find less than alarming things are ignored, unless they rise to prominence in which case they are harassed and smeared. The hounding of Lennart Bengtsson is a recent example. Bengtsson is a gentle 79 year old. He has won many awards in a lo ...
... Academics who research climate change out of curiosity but find less than alarming things are ignored, unless they rise to prominence in which case they are harassed and smeared. The hounding of Lennart Bengtsson is a recent example. Bengtsson is a gentle 79 year old. He has won many awards in a lo ...
Climate Change Scenarios for New Zealand Rainfall
... strength were extracted for detailed analysis of their rainfall. The expectation was that such an analog approach should provide useful information on local spatial scales about extreme rainfall behavior that is not available directly from GCM output. Given that the basic physics of the atmosphere c ...
... strength were extracted for detailed analysis of their rainfall. The expectation was that such an analog approach should provide useful information on local spatial scales about extreme rainfall behavior that is not available directly from GCM output. Given that the basic physics of the atmosphere c ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... climate change. Their landmark report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, was the first time that such an elite body of military leaders expressed their concern over the security implications of climate change. Now, seven years later, the Military Advisory Board has gathered again t ...
... climate change. Their landmark report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, was the first time that such an elite body of military leaders expressed their concern over the security implications of climate change. Now, seven years later, the Military Advisory Board has gathered again t ...