Climate change research and policy in Portugal
... the first southern European country to develop and publish an integrated assessment on climate change vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptation in 2002.1 That study concluded that due to its situation at the extreme southwestern part of Europe, Portugal is particularly vulnerable to climate change im ...
... the first southern European country to develop and publish an integrated assessment on climate change vulnerabilities, impacts, and adaptation in 2002.1 That study concluded that due to its situation at the extreme southwestern part of Europe, Portugal is particularly vulnerable to climate change im ...
University of Birmingham Operational readiness for climate change
... infrastructure to realise both short-term (via internal investment) and long-term economic benefits (via employment, improved productivity and increased business capability). As a result, the Malaysian Government has proposed building a new high speed rail line between Singapore and Malaysia, a rout ...
... infrastructure to realise both short-term (via internal investment) and long-term economic benefits (via employment, improved productivity and increased business capability). As a result, the Malaysian Government has proposed building a new high speed rail line between Singapore and Malaysia, a rout ...
Culture and climate change: Japanese cherry blossom festivals and
... traditionally appreciated the flower; the oldest song book in the world, Manyoshu, edited around 600AD, has songs about the beauty of cherry blossoms (Ando, 2004). Millions of Japanese enjoy picnics and parties under the cherry trees during peak cherry blossom flowering (ABC News, 2009). Hundreds of f ...
... traditionally appreciated the flower; the oldest song book in the world, Manyoshu, edited around 600AD, has songs about the beauty of cherry blossoms (Ando, 2004). Millions of Japanese enjoy picnics and parties under the cherry trees during peak cherry blossom flowering (ABC News, 2009). Hundreds of f ...
Sub-Theme 2
... global environment. A recent report by the World Bank finds that the most severe impact of a changing climate would be the effect on water supplies. The report suggested that by 2050, an inadequate supply of water could knock down economic growth in some parts of the world a figure as high as 6 perc ...
... global environment. A recent report by the World Bank finds that the most severe impact of a changing climate would be the effect on water supplies. The report suggested that by 2050, an inadequate supply of water could knock down economic growth in some parts of the world a figure as high as 6 perc ...
Micro-level Practices to Adapt to Climate Change for African Small
... revenues could fall by 90% by 2100 (Boko et al. 2007). This amounts to a serious threat to food security and to the achievement of major developmental goals. Farmers have a long history of responding to climate variability. Traditional and newly introduced adaptation practices can help farmers to co ...
... revenues could fall by 90% by 2100 (Boko et al. 2007). This amounts to a serious threat to food security and to the achievement of major developmental goals. Farmers have a long history of responding to climate variability. Traditional and newly introduced adaptation practices can help farmers to co ...
perspectives on climate change - Canadian Institute of Planners
... groups, while presented in a report in 2011, is included in this report to allow for a comprehensive analysis. Together, the four benchmarking surveys and the seven focus groups establish the current benchmark (March 2012) for CIP members on various aspects of climate change understanding, climate c ...
... groups, while presented in a report in 2011, is included in this report to allow for a comprehensive analysis. Together, the four benchmarking surveys and the seven focus groups establish the current benchmark (March 2012) for CIP members on various aspects of climate change understanding, climate c ...
- Europa.eu
... Roadmap to COP23 ACP Secretariat 14th and 15th March 2017 A Special Meeting of the Sub-committee on Sustainable Development on COP22 Outcomes and Roadmap to COP23 took place on the 14th and 15th March 2017 at the ACP Secretariat, Brussels, Belgium. The objective of the two-day meeting was to facilit ...
... Roadmap to COP23 ACP Secretariat 14th and 15th March 2017 A Special Meeting of the Sub-committee on Sustainable Development on COP22 Outcomes and Roadmap to COP23 took place on the 14th and 15th March 2017 at the ACP Secretariat, Brussels, Belgium. The objective of the two-day meeting was to facilit ...
Earth system sensitivity inferred from Pliocene modelling and data
... one of the cornerstones of climate research. Components of the Earth’s climate system that vary over long timescales, such as ice sheets and vegetation, could have an important effect on this temperature sensitivity, but have often been neglected. Here we use a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circu ...
... one of the cornerstones of climate research. Components of the Earth’s climate system that vary over long timescales, such as ice sheets and vegetation, could have an important effect on this temperature sensitivity, but have often been neglected. Here we use a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circu ...
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... As a result of the Kyoto Protocol, renewed interest in afforestation in Canada – now has a new economic and environmental dimension. Canada’s afforestation activities focus on lands that were cleared for agriculture in the early 1900’s. Lands tend to be unsuitable (i.e., unprofitable) for farming an ...
... As a result of the Kyoto Protocol, renewed interest in afforestation in Canada – now has a new economic and environmental dimension. Canada’s afforestation activities focus on lands that were cleared for agriculture in the early 1900’s. Lands tend to be unsuitable (i.e., unprofitable) for farming an ...
hot air - United Nations Interpreters
... by waste residing in water to a depth of at least six feet for a period ranging between 30 and 200 days. Bacteria produce methane in the absence of oxygen while breaking down waste. Organism that does not need oxygen to stay alive. The ancillary, or side effects, of policies aimed exclusively at cli ...
... by waste residing in water to a depth of at least six feet for a period ranging between 30 and 200 days. Bacteria produce methane in the absence of oxygen while breaking down waste. Organism that does not need oxygen to stay alive. The ancillary, or side effects, of policies aimed exclusively at cli ...
Confronting Climate Change in the US Midwest
... that cannot be avoided. A recent analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy (Cleetus, Clemmer, and Friedman 2009) demonstrates that the United States can cut heat-trapping emissions deeply and swiftly enough to avoid the most da ...
... that cannot be avoided. A recent analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy (Cleetus, Clemmer, and Friedman 2009) demonstrates that the United States can cut heat-trapping emissions deeply and swiftly enough to avoid the most da ...
Changes in the potential distribution of humid tropical forests on a
... The future of tropical forests has become one of the iconic issues in climate-change science. A number of studies that have explored this subject have tended to focus on the output from one or a few climate models, which work at low spatial resolution, whereas society and conservation-relevant asses ...
... The future of tropical forests has become one of the iconic issues in climate-change science. A number of studies that have explored this subject have tended to focus on the output from one or a few climate models, which work at low spatial resolution, whereas society and conservation-relevant asses ...
Climate Change and Security
... from the individual to the international level (EU 2008a). There are a variety of studies categorising and analysing the different channels, pathways and linkages between climate change and insecurity.1 A key difficulty is the use of the term ‘security’: Depending on its context and use, it may deno ...
... from the individual to the international level (EU 2008a). There are a variety of studies categorising and analysing the different channels, pathways and linkages between climate change and insecurity.1 A key difficulty is the use of the term ‘security’: Depending on its context and use, it may deno ...
Opportunities and risks of climate change
... The first is climate protection which is necessary to prevent global warming from accelerating to such degree that humans are no longer able to adjust themselves in time. Second, we must refrain from merely allowing our technical and socio-economic systems to react to climatic developments, but rath ...
... The first is climate protection which is necessary to prevent global warming from accelerating to such degree that humans are no longer able to adjust themselves in time. Second, we must refrain from merely allowing our technical and socio-economic systems to react to climatic developments, but rath ...
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
... Average conditions may not show appreciable change but may be characterized by a variety of extreme situations. Extremes could have more significant socioeconomic consequences than the changes in mean ...
... Average conditions may not show appreciable change but may be characterized by a variety of extreme situations. Extremes could have more significant socioeconomic consequences than the changes in mean ...
The Critical Role of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
... • Since the 1960s and especially in the past decade, salinity levels have decreased in strategic North Atlantic locations where cold, salty waters sink to the abyss to propel the Conveyor.9 • Simultaneously, the tropical Atlantic has become saltier.10 These poorly understood changes may signal funda ...
... • Since the 1960s and especially in the past decade, salinity levels have decreased in strategic North Atlantic locations where cold, salty waters sink to the abyss to propel the Conveyor.9 • Simultaneously, the tropical Atlantic has become saltier.10 These poorly understood changes may signal funda ...
Roles of religion and ethics in addressing climate
... ethical teachings, reach and influence, and ability to inspire adherents to action. Religions’ ability to inspire action is evaluated empirically against data from 2 compilations of religious activity on climate change. The analysis indicates significant religiously based involvement and influence o ...
... ethical teachings, reach and influence, and ability to inspire adherents to action. Religions’ ability to inspire action is evaluated empirically against data from 2 compilations of religious activity on climate change. The analysis indicates significant religiously based involvement and influence o ...
Coffee and Climate Change
... mapping indicate that there is potential for coffee to move higher to altitudes that are still suitable for coffee there may be other restrictions to this occurring. Firstly, much of the higher altitude land on the Pacific volcanic change is in forest protecting water and soil resources on very stee ...
... mapping indicate that there is potential for coffee to move higher to altitudes that are still suitable for coffee there may be other restrictions to this occurring. Firstly, much of the higher altitude land on the Pacific volcanic change is in forest protecting water and soil resources on very stee ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to climate change.
... Consensus is growing that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and adaptation responses are necessary to minimize impacts. Nonetheless, the diversity of potential impacts, agro-ecological contexts and regional capacity for change make understanding adaptation behaviors challenging and ensure ...
... Consensus is growing that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and adaptation responses are necessary to minimize impacts. Nonetheless, the diversity of potential impacts, agro-ecological contexts and regional capacity for change make understanding adaptation behaviors challenging and ensure ...
Be skeptical of Skeptic`s skepticism of skeptics
... history. In the Cambrian era, for instance, a diagram in the IPCC’s 2001 Third Assessment Report shows that carbon dioxide concentration was almost 20 times that of today. Yet that was the era when the calcite corals first achieved algal symbiosis and came into existence. So the notion that doubling ...
... history. In the Cambrian era, for instance, a diagram in the IPCC’s 2001 Third Assessment Report shows that carbon dioxide concentration was almost 20 times that of today. Yet that was the era when the calcite corals first achieved algal symbiosis and came into existence. So the notion that doubling ...
Selecting and Using Climate Change Scenarios for British Columbia
... scenarios should I use?” A climate scenario consists of a projected future climate based on a specific greenhouse gas emissions path for this century, calculated by a specific global climate model (GCM). A climate change scenario is based on the difference between the projected future and simulated ...
... scenarios should I use?” A climate scenario consists of a projected future climate based on a specific greenhouse gas emissions path for this century, calculated by a specific global climate model (GCM). A climate change scenario is based on the difference between the projected future and simulated ...
loss and damage
... steps to address loss and damage, resulting in the establishment of the so-called Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM) which has started to work on a range of issues. These include understanding non-economic losses to the impacts of slow-onset events such as sea-level rise, to add ...
... steps to address loss and damage, resulting in the establishment of the so-called Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage (WIM) which has started to work on a range of issues. These include understanding non-economic losses to the impacts of slow-onset events such as sea-level rise, to add ...
Model confirmation in climate economics
... insure us against regret entirely. But to the extent possible, it is in our interests to attempt to ascertain how wrong we might go when relying on a given model to make decisions. As has occurred in climate science, this exercise could build confidence in those economic modeling assumptions that ar ...
... insure us against regret entirely. But to the extent possible, it is in our interests to attempt to ascertain how wrong we might go when relying on a given model to make decisions. As has occurred in climate science, this exercise could build confidence in those economic modeling assumptions that ar ...