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 ...
Application of environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to
... Climate change is among the most daunting environmental problems faced by the world today. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2001) has shown that no country and no region of the world will be unaffected, and in many countries the consequences for al ...
... Climate change is among the most daunting environmental problems faced by the world today. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2001) has shown that no country and no region of the world will be unaffected, and in many countries the consequences for al ...
Building Climate Change Resilience in
... in low-lying coastal zones or other areas at risk from flooding and extreme weather events. Lowand middle-income nations now have most of the world’s urban population and most of its largest cities. Even Africa, long-considered a rural continent, has two-fifths of its population in urban areas – and ...
... in low-lying coastal zones or other areas at risk from flooding and extreme weather events. Lowand middle-income nations now have most of the world’s urban population and most of its largest cities. Even Africa, long-considered a rural continent, has two-fifths of its population in urban areas – and ...
Climate change adaptation in Norway
... Climate change is already happening: environmental change is being observed on all continents and in all the major oceans. The climatic changes that have been observed over the past 150 years cannot be explained unless anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are taken into account. The combustion of ...
... Climate change is already happening: environmental change is being observed on all continents and in all the major oceans. The climatic changes that have been observed over the past 150 years cannot be explained unless anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are taken into account. The combustion of ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point of view of conserving and sustainably using biodivers ...
... driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point of view of conserving and sustainably using biodivers ...
South Africa`s Second National Communication under the
... South Africa is a middle-income developing country, whose economy has historically been built on its wealth of mineral resources and its primary sectors, but which is now shifting towards an ever greater GDP share in tertiary sectors. Since the establishment of a democratic government in 1994, South ...
... South Africa is a middle-income developing country, whose economy has historically been built on its wealth of mineral resources and its primary sectors, but which is now shifting towards an ever greater GDP share in tertiary sectors. Since the establishment of a democratic government in 1994, South ...
Hydropower Vulnerability and Climate Change
... The main purpose of this study is to assess how climate change will impact global hydroelectric production. This assessment was carried out through an extensive literature review that investigated current trends in hydropower as well climate change effects predicted to influence hydroelectric produc ...
... The main purpose of this study is to assess how climate change will impact global hydroelectric production. This assessment was carried out through an extensive literature review that investigated current trends in hydropower as well climate change effects predicted to influence hydroelectric produc ...
Climate Trends, Hazards and Extremes – Taranaki Synthesis Report
... Figure 22. Phases of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. Positive values indicate periods when stronger-than-normal westerlies occur over New Zealand, and more anticyclones over the northern New Zealand. Negative values indicate periods with more north-easterlies than normal to northern regions. D ...
... Figure 22. Phases of the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation. Positive values indicate periods when stronger-than-normal westerlies occur over New Zealand, and more anticyclones over the northern New Zealand. Negative values indicate periods with more north-easterlies than normal to northern regions. D ...
Socio-Economic Implications of Climate Change for Bangladesh
... way that would allow systematic analyses of the impacts of climate change and variability to be easily carried out. In these circumstances, the generation of new knowledge is perhaps less urgent than the integration of existing knowledge. Second, for other aspects of the problem, basic data are not ...
... way that would allow systematic analyses of the impacts of climate change and variability to be easily carried out. In these circumstances, the generation of new knowledge is perhaps less urgent than the integration of existing knowledge. Second, for other aspects of the problem, basic data are not ...
Living within a Carbon Budget
... Dr Sylvia Knight and Harriet Pearson for assisting the team in production of this report. ...
... Dr Sylvia Knight and Harriet Pearson for assisting the team in production of this report. ...
Thesis Statement
... Submitted to the Engineering Systems Division on May 4th, 2007 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Systems ABSTRACT Limiting anthropogenic climate change over the next century will require controlling multiple substances. The Kyoto Protocol ...
... Submitted to the Engineering Systems Division on May 4th, 2007 in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Systems ABSTRACT Limiting anthropogenic climate change over the next century will require controlling multiple substances. The Kyoto Protocol ...
Decision-support tools for climate change mitigation planning
... This document describes three decision-support tools that can aid the process of planning climate change mitigation actions. The phrase ‘decision-support tools’ refers to science-based analytical procedures that facilitate the evaluation of planning options (individually or compared to alternative o ...
... This document describes three decision-support tools that can aid the process of planning climate change mitigation actions. The phrase ‘decision-support tools’ refers to science-based analytical procedures that facilitate the evaluation of planning options (individually or compared to alternative o ...
View online () - National Intelligence University
... is likely to increase the potential for intrastate and communal conflicts, as populations adjust to changes in the environmental systems that support their livelihoods. Ultimately, Plowman’s examination of the Darfur conflict recommends a focus on structural conflict prevention through building adap ...
... is likely to increase the potential for intrastate and communal conflicts, as populations adjust to changes in the environmental systems that support their livelihoods. Ultimately, Plowman’s examination of the Darfur conflict recommends a focus on structural conflict prevention through building adap ...
Impact of climate change on infrastructure in Australia and CGE
... The purpose of this report is to qualitatively describe the impacts of climate change on infrastructure and to provide further quantitative information relating to assumptions made for specific economic shocks that could be estimated for input into the economic modelling conducted by the Queensland ...
... The purpose of this report is to qualitatively describe the impacts of climate change on infrastructure and to provide further quantitative information relating to assumptions made for specific economic shocks that could be estimated for input into the economic modelling conducted by the Queensland ...
Protected Areas: Buffering nature against climate change
... Climate change is not new for life on earth. Indeed there was substantial climate change during the glacial-interglacial swings of the Pleistocene, and biodiversity came through without major extinctions. In contrast, the present day anthropogenic warming of the planet threatens extinctions of large ...
... Climate change is not new for life on earth. Indeed there was substantial climate change during the glacial-interglacial swings of the Pleistocene, and biodiversity came through without major extinctions. In contrast, the present day anthropogenic warming of the planet threatens extinctions of large ...
Extreme Weather Events in Europe: preparing for climate change
... change and with these will come extreme weather. This is of considerable consequence in Europe as it impacts on the vulnerability of communities across the continent and exposes them to environmental risks. It is now widely recognised that failures in international efforts to agree on the action nec ...
... change and with these will come extreme weather. This is of considerable consequence in Europe as it impacts on the vulnerability of communities across the continent and exposes them to environmental risks. It is now widely recognised that failures in international efforts to agree on the action nec ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Population Growth
... data, studies, reports, and research, including information from the United States Climate Change Science Program (now the United States Global Change Research Program), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and relevant papers contained in peer-reviewed academic journals. Although n ...
... data, studies, reports, and research, including information from the United States Climate Change Science Program (now the United States Global Change Research Program), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and relevant papers contained in peer-reviewed academic journals. Although n ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration
... in simulations from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). Both temperature and relative humidity respond differently over land than ocean (e.g., Byrne and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P 2 E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical ...
... in simulations from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5). Both temperature and relative humidity respond differently over land than ocean (e.g., Byrne and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P 2 E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical ...
Impacts of changes in climate, land use and land cover on
... http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.056 1352-2310/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. ...
... http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.06.056 1352-2310/© 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. ...
Media Echo
... between growing summer temperature and the shift in alpine plant composition. "While regional studies have previously made this link, this is the first time it has been shown on a continental scale," said Gottfried. This phenomenon, which the GLORIA researchers have called thermophilization, has now ...
... between growing summer temperature and the shift in alpine plant composition. "While regional studies have previously made this link, this is the first time it has been shown on a continental scale," said Gottfried. This phenomenon, which the GLORIA researchers have called thermophilization, has now ...
Middle Receptor - Eldorado
... the less likelihood of thermal stress (Source: Baker and Standeven, 1995, cited in Roaf et al. 2009) 39 Figure 7: Analysis and Conclusion workflow ____________________________________________________________ 49 Figure ...
... the less likelihood of thermal stress (Source: Baker and Standeven, 1995, cited in Roaf et al. 2009) 39 Figure 7: Analysis and Conclusion workflow ____________________________________________________________ 49 Figure ...
The rise and fall of the kyoto protocol: climate change as a political
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
Avoiding Adaptation Apartheid: Climate Change Adaptation and
... framework to the management-based problem of climate change-is, even if normatively desirable, akin to fitting a square peg in a round hole. Such management-based problems frequently involve technical experts, policy analysts, and policymakers who collectively negotiate and design long-term, coordin ...
... framework to the management-based problem of climate change-is, even if normatively desirable, akin to fitting a square peg in a round hole. Such management-based problems frequently involve technical experts, policy analysts, and policymakers who collectively negotiate and design long-term, coordin ...
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change
... been focused on climate change mitigation, the issue of adapting to the impacts of climate change has increasingly become important, both in the policy and research arena. Although adaptation is now regarded as being of equal importance as mitigation, there are still considerable challenges in imple ...
... been focused on climate change mitigation, the issue of adapting to the impacts of climate change has increasingly become important, both in the policy and research arena. Although adaptation is now regarded as being of equal importance as mitigation, there are still considerable challenges in imple ...