Land use planning tools for local adaptation to climate change
... Additional resources on select decision-support tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Additional resources on select decision-support tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Climate Change in Tibet and Asia
... migratory birds used to Tibetan stopovers (EDD-COP15). Julia Klein (2005), mentioned in her studies that ‘climate warming is an unusual environmental problem since the primary greenhouse gas emitters driving these changes can be far removed (due to the large spatial disconnect between drivers and re ...
... migratory birds used to Tibetan stopovers (EDD-COP15). Julia Klein (2005), mentioned in her studies that ‘climate warming is an unusual environmental problem since the primary greenhouse gas emitters driving these changes can be far removed (due to the large spatial disconnect between drivers and re ...
3. project framework - REDD
... Security (CFS). This dichotomy between food security and climate change at the international level tends to be mirrored at national level. In December 2010, at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the draft t ...
... Security (CFS). This dichotomy between food security and climate change at the international level tends to be mirrored at national level. In December 2010, at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the draft t ...
Inuit population
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) outlines two key areas for climate policy, mitigation and adaptation, both of which are essential to climate policy in Canada’s Inuit regions. Firstly, the FCCC and its principal update the Kyoto Protocol legally obligates parties to “ ...
... The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) outlines two key areas for climate policy, mitigation and adaptation, both of which are essential to climate policy in Canada’s Inuit regions. Firstly, the FCCC and its principal update the Kyoto Protocol legally obligates parties to “ ...
Modeling climate change impacts on phenology and population
... 2010). Because climate change has wide-ranging effects and models must provide information on the potential effects of actions made by public and governmental entities, a single modeling approach or framework will not suffice to guide decisions and consensus. While both simple intuitive models and co ...
... 2010). Because climate change has wide-ranging effects and models must provide information on the potential effects of actions made by public and governmental entities, a single modeling approach or framework will not suffice to guide decisions and consensus. While both simple intuitive models and co ...
Presents
... • Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) • Cost-effective analysis (CEA) • Multi-criteria analysis (MCA). The criteria for selecting between CBA, CEA and MCA are based on which outcome attributes are of interest to the decision maker. If all attributes can be assigned one common attribute of money, then CBA is ...
... • Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) • Cost-effective analysis (CEA) • Multi-criteria analysis (MCA). The criteria for selecting between CBA, CEA and MCA are based on which outcome attributes are of interest to the decision maker. If all attributes can be assigned one common attribute of money, then CBA is ...
Impacts of climate change on land-based sectors and
... emissions (Meehl et al. 2007). This overarching conclusion is based on multiple lines of evidence drawn from a large body of published science. When this is examined in detail there is considerable depth in the underlying science, but it is also complex and specialised creating a significant challen ...
... emissions (Meehl et al. 2007). This overarching conclusion is based on multiple lines of evidence drawn from a large body of published science. When this is examined in detail there is considerable depth in the underlying science, but it is also complex and specialised creating a significant challen ...
Concept Note 2 - Climate Smart Agriculture
... inclusiveness; evidence-based planning and decision making and harnessing regional complementarities. In addition, the sets of principles and values important to CAADP include: People-centredness; private sector driven development; systemic capacity; and subsidiarity, and: peer learning and multi-se ...
... inclusiveness; evidence-based planning and decision making and harnessing regional complementarities. In addition, the sets of principles and values important to CAADP include: People-centredness; private sector driven development; systemic capacity; and subsidiarity, and: peer learning and multi-se ...
“Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New
... examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and it argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The paper concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are a ...
... examines why this protection deficit should be of particular concern to New Zealand, and it argues that there are significant incentives for New Zealand to develop a response to the issue of climate change displacement in the Pacific. The paper concludes that in order to ensure Pacific peoples are a ...
Update on Selected Climate Issues of Concern
... The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) is a Working Group of the Arctic Council. The Arctic Council Ministers have requested AMAP to: • produce integrated assessment reports on the status and trends of the conditions of the Arctic ecosystems, including humans; • identify possible caus ...
... The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) is a Working Group of the Arctic Council. The Arctic Council Ministers have requested AMAP to: • produce integrated assessment reports on the status and trends of the conditions of the Arctic ecosystems, including humans; • identify possible caus ...
Four Case Studies in the United States
... unfortunate. Although serious reductions in manmade greenhouse gas emissions must be undertaken to reduce the extent of future impacts, climate change is already here and some impacts are clearly unavoidable. It is imperative, therefore, that we take stock of current and projected impacts so that we ...
... unfortunate. Although serious reductions in manmade greenhouse gas emissions must be undertaken to reduce the extent of future impacts, climate change is already here and some impacts are clearly unavoidable. It is imperative, therefore, that we take stock of current and projected impacts so that we ...
Climate Change in Pilot Point, Alaska
... Climate Research Center). Long term records show a gradual increase in average annual temperature since 1925. The record low temperature at Egegik Station (40 miles North from Pilot Point) occurred during February and was in the -50s°F. Record high temperatures were in the 80s°F and occurred during ...
... Climate Research Center). Long term records show a gradual increase in average annual temperature since 1925. The record low temperature at Egegik Station (40 miles North from Pilot Point) occurred during February and was in the -50s°F. Record high temperatures were in the 80s°F and occurred during ...
Diapositiva 1 - Denise Milizia
... it is not necessarily related to democratisation but more related to investment climate and business opportunities and whether or not these investments will be ...
... it is not necessarily related to democratisation but more related to investment climate and business opportunities and whether or not these investments will be ...
Farmers` Risk Perception towards Climate Change: A Case of the
... in its decision context rather than with climate projections [14]. Attitudes and expectations play a noteworthy role in society, development, environment, and resource economics. Risk is an unlikeable and subjective concept that may potentially result in individuals’ loss of values, and risk percept ...
... in its decision context rather than with climate projections [14]. Attitudes and expectations play a noteworthy role in society, development, environment, and resource economics. Risk is an unlikeable and subjective concept that may potentially result in individuals’ loss of values, and risk percept ...
The Case of Climate Change
... this definition delimit the scope of the news we consider: (i) the presence of human activity as causes, (ii) effects in the global atmosphere, and (iii) variations of climate. Even with this definition, the boundary delimiting which news are related to climate change and which are not, is by no mea ...
... this definition delimit the scope of the news we consider: (i) the presence of human activity as causes, (ii) effects in the global atmosphere, and (iii) variations of climate. Even with this definition, the boundary delimiting which news are related to climate change and which are not, is by no mea ...
Global Warming and Economic Externalities
... goods leads to inefficiencies since economic agents do not perceive the true cost of their actions and do not equalize (social) marginal costs and benefits. In our case the representative agent is over-emitting GHG, since she perceives the marginal cost of doing so (to her as an individual) is zero ...
... goods leads to inefficiencies since economic agents do not perceive the true cost of their actions and do not equalize (social) marginal costs and benefits. In our case the representative agent is over-emitting GHG, since she perceives the marginal cost of doing so (to her as an individual) is zero ...
Rapid climate change and no-analog vegetation in lowland Central
... sediment lithology indicated reduced lake levels during Greenland stadials and high lake levels during Greenland interstadials. These findings were consistent with southerly migration of the ITCZ during times of enhanced meltwater discharge from the Laurentide ice mass and sea ice cover in the North ...
... sediment lithology indicated reduced lake levels during Greenland stadials and high lake levels during Greenland interstadials. These findings were consistent with southerly migration of the ITCZ during times of enhanced meltwater discharge from the Laurentide ice mass and sea ice cover in the North ...
Bangladesh, climate disasters
... speak of socio-natural disasters. Natural and/or climate disasters will potentially result in displacement on a huge scale, and the Bengal region (India, Bengladesh) would, on its own, be unable to prevent or manage it efficiently. Generally speaking, all evidence points to the fact that forced migr ...
... speak of socio-natural disasters. Natural and/or climate disasters will potentially result in displacement on a huge scale, and the Bengal region (India, Bengladesh) would, on its own, be unable to prevent or manage it efficiently. Generally speaking, all evidence points to the fact that forced migr ...
Climate Change and Public Health: MALARIA
... Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, which acts as a acidification, the melting of alpine glaciers and polar blanket over the Earth. The greenhouse gas layer (made up of ice caps, sea level rise and associated flooding, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases including water species extinction, inc ...
... Carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, which acts as a acidification, the melting of alpine glaciers and polar blanket over the Earth. The greenhouse gas layer (made up of ice caps, sea level rise and associated flooding, carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases including water species extinction, inc ...
The future of soil invertebrate communities in polar regions: different
... a vital role in ecosystem functioning (Nielsen et al. 2011a), and climate changes could cause a change in communities with potential impacts on ecosystem processes (e.g. Wardle 2002). For instance, while soil invertebrates may not play a large role in decomposition of organic material under current ...
... a vital role in ecosystem functioning (Nielsen et al. 2011a), and climate changes could cause a change in communities with potential impacts on ecosystem processes (e.g. Wardle 2002). For instance, while soil invertebrates may not play a large role in decomposition of organic material under current ...
Ecosystem services - International Risk Governance Council
... IRGC – Emerging Risks, McNeely. October 2010. ...
... IRGC – Emerging Risks, McNeely. October 2010. ...
Adaptation Planning – What Other States are Doing
... impacts of climate change are already occurring. Several U.S. legislative committees are considering federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction policies, and dozens of states are taking action to reduce their own GHG emissions. While these actions are vital to mitigating the impacts of future c ...
... impacts of climate change are already occurring. Several U.S. legislative committees are considering federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction policies, and dozens of states are taking action to reduce their own GHG emissions. While these actions are vital to mitigating the impacts of future c ...
Death by Degrees - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... influencing climate now. Numbers of very hot days and nights have already increased throughout the state during the past 50 years (10). More heat brings more cases of heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. In addition, heat can cause death and tends to exacerbate the death rate from other me ...
... influencing climate now. Numbers of very hot days and nights have already increased throughout the state during the past 50 years (10). More heat brings more cases of heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and heat stroke. In addition, heat can cause death and tends to exacerbate the death rate from other me ...
IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay competitive. At the same time as climate change increasingly strains scarce resources such as water, energy, food, and la ...
... temperature and rainfall patterns, rising sea levels, and more frequent natural disasters bring new risks that must be professionally managed in order for their companies to stay competitive. At the same time as climate change increasingly strains scarce resources such as water, energy, food, and la ...
Investigation - Earthjustice
... on climate change issues. It was standard practice for media requests to speak with federal scientists on climate change matters to be sent to CEQ for White House approval. By controlling which government scientists could respond to media inquiries, the White House suppressed dissemination of scient ...
... on climate change issues. It was standard practice for media requests to speak with federal scientists on climate change matters to be sent to CEQ for White House approval. By controlling which government scientists could respond to media inquiries, the White House suppressed dissemination of scient ...