Adaptation to climate change in Israel
... against a backdrop of land and water scarcity, Israel recognizes the importance of preparing for climate change. In June 2009, Israel’s government decided on the preparation of a national climate change adaptation program. In accordance with the decision, the Ministry of Environmental Protection set ...
... against a backdrop of land and water scarcity, Israel recognizes the importance of preparing for climate change. In June 2009, Israel’s government decided on the preparation of a national climate change adaptation program. In accordance with the decision, the Ministry of Environmental Protection set ...
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... coping mechanism may overestimate (underestimate) the negative (positive) impacts of climate change. Various approaches have been used to estimate the impact of climate change on agriculture. First, the agronomic approach uses agronomic models to simulate crop growth over the life cycle of the plant ...
... coping mechanism may overestimate (underestimate) the negative (positive) impacts of climate change. Various approaches have been used to estimate the impact of climate change on agriculture. First, the agronomic approach uses agronomic models to simulate crop growth over the life cycle of the plant ...
Cutcombe Parish - Exmoor National Park
... A number of topic group discussions will be held during the autumn to explore some particular issues in further detail. We will be inviting representatives of stakeholder organisations and interested members of the public to attend these discussions. All the information provided through the communit ...
... A number of topic group discussions will be held during the autumn to explore some particular issues in further detail. We will be inviting representatives of stakeholder organisations and interested members of the public to attend these discussions. All the information provided through the communit ...
Preparing for and managing change: climate adaptation for
... measures of success. Goals are an expression of the desired condition of a landscape or other resource and inherently reflect human values. Such societal values can include prevention of species extinctions (as expressed in the US Endangered Species Act), maintenance of unimpaired “natural” conditio ...
... measures of success. Goals are an expression of the desired condition of a landscape or other resource and inherently reflect human values. Such societal values can include prevention of species extinctions (as expressed in the US Endangered Species Act), maintenance of unimpaired “natural” conditio ...
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... primarily targets carbon mitigation, it can bring additional socio-economic and environmental co-benefits. These are known as secondary benefits that go beyond the GHG reduction benefits of the offset project (Kollmuss et al. 2008) ...
... primarily targets carbon mitigation, it can bring additional socio-economic and environmental co-benefits. These are known as secondary benefits that go beyond the GHG reduction benefits of the offset project (Kollmuss et al. 2008) ...
Linking Population, Fertility and Family Planning with
... and People’s (SNNP) region. This study in Ethiopia is one of the first to include first-hand linkages of population, fertility and family size to notions of vulnerability and resilience to climate change. Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia Ethiopia is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climat ...
... and People’s (SNNP) region. This study in Ethiopia is one of the first to include first-hand linkages of population, fertility and family size to notions of vulnerability and resilience to climate change. Impacts of Climate Change in Ethiopia Ethiopia is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climat ...
India`s Megacities and Climate Change
... that arise from climate change. Regardless of whether climate change affects megacities like Delhi or Mumbai, the concerns of larger urban environmental problems related to water, waste, energy, housing, transportation will continue to pose more and more complex challenges. Thus we need to ask, what ...
... that arise from climate change. Regardless of whether climate change affects megacities like Delhi or Mumbai, the concerns of larger urban environmental problems related to water, waste, energy, housing, transportation will continue to pose more and more complex challenges. Thus we need to ask, what ...
Fact Sheet: Arctic Warming - Center for American Progress
... • Hotter temperatures are thawing permafrost, or frozen ground, that is generally thousands of years old and covers roughly 25 percent of the Arctic’s land area.11 • These frozen soils contain 1,500 billion tons of carbon from plant and organic material—almost twice as much as what is currently in ...
... • Hotter temperatures are thawing permafrost, or frozen ground, that is generally thousands of years old and covers roughly 25 percent of the Arctic’s land area.11 • These frozen soils contain 1,500 billion tons of carbon from plant and organic material—almost twice as much as what is currently in ...
Observations On Environmental Change in South Africa
... the possibility of a ‘coffee table book’ showing ‘before and after’ images of environmental changes in South Africa with Johan Pauw, who saw the relevance and necessity for such a book and its value for promoting the work of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), especially amo ...
... the possibility of a ‘coffee table book’ showing ‘before and after’ images of environmental changes in South Africa with Johan Pauw, who saw the relevance and necessity for such a book and its value for promoting the work of the South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON), especially amo ...
Children`s health and Climate Change
... treatment based on available evidence. In the case of climate change we have more than enough information to act. We therefore must speak up on behalf of our children, who cannot take action themselves, yet whose health will be the most affected. Global climate negotiations in Paris this December re ...
... treatment based on available evidence. In the case of climate change we have more than enough information to act. We therefore must speak up on behalf of our children, who cannot take action themselves, yet whose health will be the most affected. Global climate negotiations in Paris this December re ...
Climate Change and Plant Community Composition in National
... (Christensen et al. 2007). This may result in a shift in the composition and spatial extent of ecosystems, such that parks may be uninhabitable by the species, habitats, and communities they were designed to protect (Peters and Darling 1985). If these transitions occur, then the consequences of cli ...
... (Christensen et al. 2007). This may result in a shift in the composition and spatial extent of ecosystems, such that parks may be uninhabitable by the species, habitats, and communities they were designed to protect (Peters and Darling 1985). If these transitions occur, then the consequences of cli ...
Submitted to a confernce in Forli
... great concern: the hole in the ozone layer and global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. emissions from industrial and consumer use, mainly from those who are industrious and consummate), are wreaking havoc with third-world peoples’livelihood and first-world peoples’vacations, which conce ...
... great concern: the hole in the ozone layer and global warming due to greenhouse gas emissions (i.e. emissions from industrial and consumer use, mainly from those who are industrious and consummate), are wreaking havoc with third-world peoples’livelihood and first-world peoples’vacations, which conce ...
Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United
... water; Gorte et al. 2012). Likewise, both agencies must allow public participation in the planning process and address potential environmental impacts as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. We conducted our one-day workshops in four locations across the northern Rocky Mountains in ...
... water; Gorte et al. 2012). Likewise, both agencies must allow public participation in the planning process and address potential environmental impacts as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. We conducted our one-day workshops in four locations across the northern Rocky Mountains in ...
climate change and eu security policy
... European External Action Service (EEAS), a mandate to draw up a new security strategy. Climate change plays an increasingly prominent part in security debates. The EU was one of the first organizations to identify climate change as a threat multiplier, and it has gradually put in place an impressive ...
... European External Action Service (EEAS), a mandate to draw up a new security strategy. Climate change plays an increasingly prominent part in security debates. The EU was one of the first organizations to identify climate change as a threat multiplier, and it has gradually put in place an impressive ...
Money Talks
... In the context of significant progress that still amounts to inadequate achievement, the importance of the distinction between reducing emissions, and reducing emissions enough, quickly enough, can hardly be overstated.6 The essence of the climate challenge appears to have subtly shifted in the last ...
... In the context of significant progress that still amounts to inadequate achievement, the importance of the distinction between reducing emissions, and reducing emissions enough, quickly enough, can hardly be overstated.6 The essence of the climate challenge appears to have subtly shifted in the last ...
Carbon Tax Revenue and the Budget Deficit: A Win-Win
... carbon tax revenue can allow revenue-neutral relief on personal income taxes, corporate income tax, or payroll taxes, or could be used to avoid or limit cuts to social programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Assistance) or Defense spending. Among the revenue raising options evaluated by ...
... carbon tax revenue can allow revenue-neutral relief on personal income taxes, corporate income tax, or payroll taxes, or could be used to avoid or limit cuts to social programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Assistance) or Defense spending. Among the revenue raising options evaluated by ...
Climate Action Planning Progress in the San Diego Region
... Regional Leaders and Collaboration in Addressing Climate Change While efforts by the federal and state government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and impacts of climate change are critical, local government is a key partner in addressing climate change because of their unique authority and role i ...
... Regional Leaders and Collaboration in Addressing Climate Change While efforts by the federal and state government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and impacts of climate change are critical, local government is a key partner in addressing climate change because of their unique authority and role i ...
Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea
... Presently a warming is going on in the Baltic Sea region, and will continue throughout the 21st century. BACC considers it plausible that this warming is at least partly related to anthropogenic factors. So far, and in the next few decades, the signal is limited to temperature and directly relate ...
... Presently a warming is going on in the Baltic Sea region, and will continue throughout the 21st century. BACC considers it plausible that this warming is at least partly related to anthropogenic factors. So far, and in the next few decades, the signal is limited to temperature and directly relate ...
sea-level rise
... in the atmosphere is also absorbed by the oceans, which release it back into the atmosphere (Hansen et al., 2005). In the meantime, as the oceans absorb more and more heat, they expand in accordance with the basic laws of physics. Viewed from land, this so-called “thermal expansion” is also a signif ...
... in the atmosphere is also absorbed by the oceans, which release it back into the atmosphere (Hansen et al., 2005). In the meantime, as the oceans absorb more and more heat, they expand in accordance with the basic laws of physics. Viewed from land, this so-called “thermal expansion” is also a signif ...
04 Morlot.P65
... might monitor progress towards Article 2. On the question of the benefits of mitigation, the IPCC concluded that ‘comprehensive, quantitative estimates of the benefits of stabilization at various levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases do not yet exist’ (IPCC, 2001a, p. 102). A range of different per ...
... might monitor progress towards Article 2. On the question of the benefits of mitigation, the IPCC concluded that ‘comprehensive, quantitative estimates of the benefits of stabilization at various levels of atmospheric greenhouse gases do not yet exist’ (IPCC, 2001a, p. 102). A range of different per ...
Scientific and policy requirements for
... Can the fluxes causing the atmospheric accumulation be controlled? – Mitigation: what can be done to reduce sources and or increase sinks – Can these be monitored effectively? – How long will they last? MJ Apps, Canadian Forest Service Nov 2004 ...
... Can the fluxes causing the atmospheric accumulation be controlled? – Mitigation: what can be done to reduce sources and or increase sinks – Can these be monitored effectively? – How long will they last? MJ Apps, Canadian Forest Service Nov 2004 ...
REPORT Gridded 1 x 1 km climate and hydrological
... To ensure that the bias-adjustment of future projections would not lead to unreasonably high or low values due to the extrapolation method, a quality control procedure relying on the original climate change signals was applied. The results show that the procedure is capable of removing ‘hot-spots’ w ...
... To ensure that the bias-adjustment of future projections would not lead to unreasonably high or low values due to the extrapolation method, a quality control procedure relying on the original climate change signals was applied. The results show that the procedure is capable of removing ‘hot-spots’ w ...
Late Cenozoic uplift of mountain ranges and global climate change
... late Tertiary uplift of the southern Appalachians. Another of the arguments for recent uplift of the Rocky Mountains derives from the presence of thick late Cenozoic conglomerate near them33.34.39. Uplift of one block with respect to another can cause steep gradients, but, as Blackstone 33 noted for ...
... late Tertiary uplift of the southern Appalachians. Another of the arguments for recent uplift of the Rocky Mountains derives from the presence of thick late Cenozoic conglomerate near them33.34.39. Uplift of one block with respect to another can cause steep gradients, but, as Blackstone 33 noted for ...