Gendering climate change”
... The climate changes confronting the world leave no country unaffected and pose grave challenges to the international society‟s ability to cooperate in coping with this new reality. The consequences of the climate changes are unequally distributed. The developing countries, due to both their geograph ...
... The climate changes confronting the world leave no country unaffected and pose grave challenges to the international society‟s ability to cooperate in coping with this new reality. The consequences of the climate changes are unequally distributed. The developing countries, due to both their geograph ...
Public Health in Canada and Adaptation to Infectious Disease Risks
... Of significance to the debate is that: (1) we have limited information on the real effects of climate, relative to other factors, on the biology of vectors and vectorborne disease, except in a few examples such as Lyme disease (Ogden et al. 2004, 2005, 2006), and on which to base quantitative assessm ...
... Of significance to the debate is that: (1) we have limited information on the real effects of climate, relative to other factors, on the biology of vectors and vectorborne disease, except in a few examples such as Lyme disease (Ogden et al. 2004, 2005, 2006), and on which to base quantitative assessm ...
Transformation Toronto 2050 - Terms of Reference
... Reference P:\2015\Internal Services\E&E\Pe15002e&e (AFS #20255) Number: ...
... Reference P:\2015\Internal Services\E&E\Pe15002e&e (AFS #20255) Number: ...
English - Inter-American Development Bank
... Lesson Plans at the Intermediate Level »» Intermediate lesson plan 1: Variable climate »» Intermediate lesson plan 2: The greenhouse effect—What is it and how does it work? ...
... Lesson Plans at the Intermediate Level »» Intermediate lesson plan 1: Variable climate »» Intermediate lesson plan 2: The greenhouse effect—What is it and how does it work? ...
Carbon Budgets of Forest Ecosystems in the Philippines
... found in vegetation and soils, respectively (Dixon et al. 1994). However, annual C flux from tropical Asian forests is estimated at -0.50 to – 0.90 Pg/yr. In the Philippines, our previous estimates of C pool of the forest lands are in the order of 750 Tg C (Lasco 1998), 1105 Tg C (Lasco and Pulhin 1 ...
... found in vegetation and soils, respectively (Dixon et al. 1994). However, annual C flux from tropical Asian forests is estimated at -0.50 to – 0.90 Pg/yr. In the Philippines, our previous estimates of C pool of the forest lands are in the order of 750 Tg C (Lasco 1998), 1105 Tg C (Lasco and Pulhin 1 ...
Chapter 4 Climate change and its implications for catastrophe
... Chartered Insurance Institute, London/CII_3112 ...
... Chartered Insurance Institute, London/CII_3112 ...
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... Evaluation of climate risks: Economic assessment enables decision-makers to evaluate costs stemming from impacts under a variety of climate change scenarios (Boyd et al., 2012). Using the results of these assessments, decision-makers can also prioritize adaptation investment in areas most vulnerable ...
... Evaluation of climate risks: Economic assessment enables decision-makers to evaluate costs stemming from impacts under a variety of climate change scenarios (Boyd et al., 2012). Using the results of these assessments, decision-makers can also prioritize adaptation investment in areas most vulnerable ...
Post-2012 Issues under the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol
... address gaps and needed identified by Parties. • Parties will consider written views of Parties that have been made on possible elements of a work programme to succeed the New Delhi WP, with a view to recommending a draft decision on a new or enhanced WP for adoption at COP 13. • Secretariat will pr ...
... address gaps and needed identified by Parties. • Parties will consider written views of Parties that have been made on possible elements of a work programme to succeed the New Delhi WP, with a view to recommending a draft decision on a new or enhanced WP for adoption at COP 13. • Secretariat will pr ...
Climate Justice: Equity and Justice informing a new
... mobilizing domestic constituencies of demand for climate action. It is now over 20 years since the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is designed to stabilize “greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous a ...
... mobilizing domestic constituencies of demand for climate action. It is now over 20 years since the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is designed to stabilize “greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous a ...
Climate Change
... consortium that claim to produce global and open standards. Publicly available database of products and services meeting ITU standards Organizing interoperability events to prove interoperability of different vendors equipment ...
... consortium that claim to produce global and open standards. Publicly available database of products and services meeting ITU standards Organizing interoperability events to prove interoperability of different vendors equipment ...
Beyond generic adaptive capacity: exploring the adaptation space of
... main organizations of the water supply and wastewater (WW) sector of the Stockholm region. The article identifies and analyzes the factors that influence the feasibility and attractiveness of the adaptation options available to those organizations. The WW sector of the Stockholm region is both sensi ...
... main organizations of the water supply and wastewater (WW) sector of the Stockholm region. The article identifies and analyzes the factors that influence the feasibility and attractiveness of the adaptation options available to those organizations. The WW sector of the Stockholm region is both sensi ...
Long-Term Policy: Definition, Origin, and Responses by Detlef Sprinz
... could limit the problem considerably. Second, environmental, energy and natural resource issues as well as access to raw materials could be considered long-term policy challenges. Perhaps climate change serves as the most enduring environmental problem, but biodiversity and desertification are likel ...
... could limit the problem considerably. Second, environmental, energy and natural resource issues as well as access to raw materials could be considered long-term policy challenges. Perhaps climate change serves as the most enduring environmental problem, but biodiversity and desertification are likel ...
FOR PARTICIPANTS ONLY MPDD/CSN/HLAPPD/APOA/2013 ENGLISH ONLY
... that has important implications for the work of the United Nations system, including in shaping the post2015 global development agenda. The outcome document has been endorsed by the General Assembly through resolution 66/288 in September 2012 (UN, 2012a A/RES/66/288). In their resolve to take urgent ...
... that has important implications for the work of the United Nations system, including in shaping the post2015 global development agenda. The outcome document has been endorsed by the General Assembly through resolution 66/288 in September 2012 (UN, 2012a A/RES/66/288). In their resolve to take urgent ...
Status Description Total Funding Strengthening Communities
... and Disaster Risks in the Ba and fully integrate Catchment Area of Fiji Piloting Climate Change In Fji: The principal expected Adaptation to Protect Human Completed benefit for the Health (in Fiji) The aim of this program was for Preparedness for Climate Change the Red Cross and Red Crescent Complet ...
... and Disaster Risks in the Ba and fully integrate Catchment Area of Fiji Piloting Climate Change In Fji: The principal expected Adaptation to Protect Human Completed benefit for the Health (in Fiji) The aim of this program was for Preparedness for Climate Change the Red Cross and Red Crescent Complet ...
Atmospheric Rivers State of Knowledge Report
... This success in developing localized forecasts from global information is on par with other international forecasting bodies. Successful relationships between forecasters and emergency preparedness practitioners are also apparent. Emergency managers report that while there is an increase of insuranc ...
... This success in developing localized forecasts from global information is on par with other international forecasting bodies. Successful relationships between forecasters and emergency preparedness practitioners are also apparent. Emergency managers report that while there is an increase of insuranc ...
here - Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
... capital needed to support bottom-up climate change policy implementation. While this working paper shares a vision for an innovative Paris Agreement, it also builds upon the work of many others in the climate policy sphere since the 1980s. Recently, in September 2013, the Pacific Islands Forum stepp ...
... capital needed to support bottom-up climate change policy implementation. While this working paper shares a vision for an innovative Paris Agreement, it also builds upon the work of many others in the climate policy sphere since the 1980s. Recently, in September 2013, the Pacific Islands Forum stepp ...
Health Aspects of Climate Change in Cities with Mediterranean
... affect a much larger number of people. Cities also concentrate poor populations who are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change because of the conditions in which they live and the fact that they often lack adequate shelter or access to health services [23]. Another crucial factor is ...
... affect a much larger number of people. Cities also concentrate poor populations who are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change because of the conditions in which they live and the fact that they often lack adequate shelter or access to health services [23]. Another crucial factor is ...
Public open house summary
... including on farms and public buildings. “A noticeable start to transitioning towards renewables; a A few comments on this theme suggested that oil and gas, ...
... including on farms and public buildings. “A noticeable start to transitioning towards renewables; a A few comments on this theme suggested that oil and gas, ...
Hobday and Pecl_Global Marine Hotspots
... ocean regions that are warming most rapidly. Hotspots represent one of the front-line regions for climate change, and thus are prime locations for assessing impacts and evaluating adaptation options for marine ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture. For example, data from regions with rapid warming c ...
... ocean regions that are warming most rapidly. Hotspots represent one of the front-line regions for climate change, and thus are prime locations for assessing impacts and evaluating adaptation options for marine ecosystems, fisheries and aquaculture. For example, data from regions with rapid warming c ...
Mitigation of What and by What? Adaptation by Whom and
... are met and that their wellbeing is positively influenced and improved through changes in development (ActionAid, 2009 and 2010; Cole, 2007; Page, 2006 cited in Sowers, 2007). Thus, issues of social justice have started to extend beyond the moral (as an abstract) to include considerations of how the ...
... are met and that their wellbeing is positively influenced and improved through changes in development (ActionAid, 2009 and 2010; Cole, 2007; Page, 2006 cited in Sowers, 2007). Thus, issues of social justice have started to extend beyond the moral (as an abstract) to include considerations of how the ...
Figure 1 - Proceedings of the Royal Society B
... early-season species (C. pellucida and M. boulderensis), such that season-limited, high-elevation populations are able to relax development when released from seasonal constraints [17]. Our rearing results contrast those for California populations of M. sanguinipes, where high-elevation populations ...
... early-season species (C. pellucida and M. boulderensis), such that season-limited, high-elevation populations are able to relax development when released from seasonal constraints [17]. Our rearing results contrast those for California populations of M. sanguinipes, where high-elevation populations ...