Best practices and available tools for the use of indigenous
... In the context of the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NWP), the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its thirty-eighth session, requested the secretariat to prepare a technical paper before SBSTA 39 on best practices a ...
... In the context of the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change (NWP), the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), at its thirty-eighth session, requested the secretariat to prepare a technical paper before SBSTA 39 on best practices a ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A guidance document
... progress with developing agricultural mitigation plans and the allocation of climate finance to the agriculture sector have been limited. The purpose of this guide is to provide national policy makers, advisors and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector with an introduction to the main mitigat ...
... progress with developing agricultural mitigation plans and the allocation of climate finance to the agriculture sector have been limited. The purpose of this guide is to provide national policy makers, advisors and other stakeholders in the agriculture sector with an introduction to the main mitigat ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... Support for the Swinomish Climate Change Initiative was provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), which provided 80% of project funding. Many people participated in technical assessment activities for this project and/or ...
... Support for the Swinomish Climate Change Initiative was provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), which provided 80% of project funding. Many people participated in technical assessment activities for this project and/or ...
KNMI`14: Climate Change scenarios for the 21st Century – A
... of the regional climate can be made, after formulating a number of driving assumptions and applying projection tools that can be expected to give a realistic response to these external forcings. These conditional foresights can be identified as “scenarios”. In the Netherlands a strong tradition in c ...
... of the regional climate can be made, after formulating a number of driving assumptions and applying projection tools that can be expected to give a realistic response to these external forcings. These conditional foresights can be identified as “scenarios”. In the Netherlands a strong tradition in c ...
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... the following shortcomings. Firstly, like in the case of sea level rise or health, mitigation is compared with just one specific adaptation strategy; secondly, mitigation and adaptation do not appear within the same modelling framework as available strategies in the hand of an optimising decision ma ...
... the following shortcomings. Firstly, like in the case of sea level rise or health, mitigation is compared with just one specific adaptation strategy; secondly, mitigation and adaptation do not appear within the same modelling framework as available strategies in the hand of an optimising decision ma ...
Extreme flood events in changing climate for a long-term
... et al. (2010) simplified the basic stochastic model for applications of hydrological engineering. The main idea of the simplified method is the “quasi-stationarity” of the changing climate and hydrological regime. In this context, the quasi-stationarity is represented by the multi-year statistical m ...
... et al. (2010) simplified the basic stochastic model for applications of hydrological engineering. The main idea of the simplified method is the “quasi-stationarity” of the changing climate and hydrological regime. In this context, the quasi-stationarity is represented by the multi-year statistical m ...
here - Berkeley Food Institute - University of California, Berkeley
... two of NRCS’ largest conservation programs – EQIP and CTA.1 Although these figures under-estimate the total rates of adoption of soil health practices by farmers (they do not take into account farmers who receive funding from other programs not included in this analysis, or none at all)2, they provi ...
... two of NRCS’ largest conservation programs – EQIP and CTA.1 Although these figures under-estimate the total rates of adoption of soil health practices by farmers (they do not take into account farmers who receive funding from other programs not included in this analysis, or none at all)2, they provi ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of
... relatively rich. We do not discuss aquatic organisms, for which temperature impacts are complicated by interactions with O2, CO2 and salinity [12–14], intertidal organisms, which live in rapidly fluctuating environments and sometimes have few options for behavioural thermoregulation [14–17], and ‘we ...
... relatively rich. We do not discuss aquatic organisms, for which temperature impacts are complicated by interactions with O2, CO2 and salinity [12–14], intertidal organisms, which live in rapidly fluctuating environments and sometimes have few options for behavioural thermoregulation [14–17], and ‘we ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming
... species have a relatively narrow TNZ. Nevertheless, the impact of climate warming on endotherms in warm environments should be more sensitive to the UCT than to the LCT. However, because interspecific (or phenotypic) variation in UCT appears minor [81], endotherms may have limited capacity to shift ...
... species have a relatively narrow TNZ. Nevertheless, the impact of climate warming on endotherms in warm environments should be more sensitive to the UCT than to the LCT. However, because interspecific (or phenotypic) variation in UCT appears minor [81], endotherms may have limited capacity to shift ...
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Project Document Programme on Integrated Adaptation Strategies
... planning, management and efficient use of water resources will not only contribute towards meeting the immediate demand for reliable freshwater but on the long term also ensure the sustainable use of the limited water resources in a context of increasing climate risks. An improved, more resilient, s ...
... planning, management and efficient use of water resources will not only contribute towards meeting the immediate demand for reliable freshwater but on the long term also ensure the sustainable use of the limited water resources in a context of increasing climate risks. An improved, more resilient, s ...
Abrupt climate change as an important agent of ecological change... Northeast U.S. throughout the past 15,000 years
... pollen percentages rapidly declined to the north and increased to the south at ca 13.25–12.75 and 8.25 ka respectively. Abrupt events accelerated other long-term trends, such as a regional increase in beech (Fagus) pollen percentages at 8.5–8.0 ka. The regional hemlock (Tsuga) decline at ca 5.25 ka ...
... pollen percentages rapidly declined to the north and increased to the south at ca 13.25–12.75 and 8.25 ka respectively. Abrupt events accelerated other long-term trends, such as a regional increase in beech (Fagus) pollen percentages at 8.5–8.0 ka. The regional hemlock (Tsuga) decline at ca 5.25 ka ...
Read the report - Alaska Geobotany Center
... sessing,!responding!to,!and!adaptively!managing!the!cumulative!effects!of!Arctic!infrastrucZ ture! and! climate! change.! This! white! paper! is! provided! as! input! to! the! Third! International! Conference!on!Arctic!Research!Planning!(ICARP!III).!! Much!of!the!information!presented!here!is!summar ...
... sessing,!responding!to,!and!adaptively!managing!the!cumulative!effects!of!Arctic!infrastrucZ ture! and! climate! change.! This! white! paper! is! provided! as! input! to! the! Third! International! Conference!on!Arctic!Research!Planning!(ICARP!III).!! Much!of!the!information!presented!here!is!summar ...
Evaporation at the Dead-Sea in the different synoptic systems and
... there are no significant changes in the evaporation in Eilat. It seems that there are several reasons for this course of evaporation: 1. The temperature rise in the new period exists both in Sdom and Eilat. It might be a result of the global warming known as the "greenhouse effect", particularly obs ...
... there are no significant changes in the evaporation in Eilat. It seems that there are several reasons for this course of evaporation: 1. The temperature rise in the new period exists both in Sdom and Eilat. It might be a result of the global warming known as the "greenhouse effect", particularly obs ...
CRP.13 - the United Nations
... 1.1.1. The idea for this Summit emerged from the original plan to hold a Global Summit on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change which will be held in Alaska from 20-24 April 2009. This Global Summit is mainly organized by the International Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). During the first meeting of ...
... 1.1.1. The idea for this Summit emerged from the original plan to hold a Global Summit on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change which will be held in Alaska from 20-24 April 2009. This Global Summit is mainly organized by the International Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). During the first meeting of ...
Bathtub Dynamics: An Introduction to Stocks and Flows
... Use the information shown in these graphs to plot the change in the volume of water over time on the graphs to the right. Assume that the tub always starts with 100 gallons of water (the black dot at minute zero). Then answer the questions that follow the graphs. For example, in Graph 1, the inflow ...
... Use the information shown in these graphs to plot the change in the volume of water over time on the graphs to the right. Assume that the tub always starts with 100 gallons of water (the black dot at minute zero). Then answer the questions that follow the graphs. For example, in Graph 1, the inflow ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... Efforts: Activities added to an ongoing development initiative to ensure its success under a changing climate. Adaptation thus serves as means to achieve development ends. 3. Discrete Adaptation: Activities undertaken specifically to achieve climate adaptation objectives. Development activities may ...
... Efforts: Activities added to an ongoing development initiative to ensure its success under a changing climate. Adaptation thus serves as means to achieve development ends. 3. Discrete Adaptation: Activities undertaken specifically to achieve climate adaptation objectives. Development activities may ...
Crop response to elevated CO2 and world food supply A
... Received 9 August 2006; received in revised form 16 October 2006; accepted 19 October 2006 ...
... Received 9 August 2006; received in revised form 16 October 2006; accepted 19 October 2006 ...
Introduction to UNFCCC and Kyoto protocol
... > What is the greenhouse effect and its impact on the climate system? 2/ Climate Change > How is climate change linked to human activities? 3/ UNFCCC > What are the objectives of UNFCCC and how is it organised? 4/ The Kyoto protocol > What greenhouse gases are targeted? > What are the 3 implementati ...
... > What is the greenhouse effect and its impact on the climate system? 2/ Climate Change > How is climate change linked to human activities? 3/ UNFCCC > What are the objectives of UNFCCC and how is it organised? 4/ The Kyoto protocol > What greenhouse gases are targeted? > What are the 3 implementati ...
Manteca Draft Climate Action Plan
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
Smoke, Mirrors & Hot Air How ExxonMobil Uses Big Tobacco’s Tactics
... n its campaign to sow uncertainty about the scientific evidence on global warming, ExxonMobil has followed a corporate strategy pioneered by the tobacco industry. Because ExxonMobil’s strategy, tactics, and even some personnel draw heavily from the tobacco industry’s playbook, it is useful to look b ...
... n its campaign to sow uncertainty about the scientific evidence on global warming, ExxonMobil has followed a corporate strategy pioneered by the tobacco industry. Because ExxonMobil’s strategy, tactics, and even some personnel draw heavily from the tobacco industry’s playbook, it is useful to look b ...
Planning instruments
... The Information Manuals have been written and reviewed by experts in their field from around Australia and overseas. They are extensively referenced from within CoastAdapt to provide users with further information and evidence. NCCARF would like to express its gratitude to all who contributed to the ...
... The Information Manuals have been written and reviewed by experts in their field from around Australia and overseas. They are extensively referenced from within CoastAdapt to provide users with further information and evidence. NCCARF would like to express its gratitude to all who contributed to the ...