Shifting cultivation and climate change
... the discussion on climate change mitigation schemes like REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries), and their right to FPIC, and to their land, territories and resources continue being ignored The potential contribution of indigenous peoples’ land ma ...
... the discussion on climate change mitigation schemes like REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries), and their right to FPIC, and to their land, territories and resources continue being ignored The potential contribution of indigenous peoples’ land ma ...
Agreeing on Robust Decisions
... will shape and be shaped by the future. These investments can shape development well beyond their lifetimes, sometimes for centuries, because the long-term socioeconomic system reorganizes itself around those changes. The effect of transport infrastructure on urban forms and economic activities can ...
... will shape and be shaped by the future. These investments can shape development well beyond their lifetimes, sometimes for centuries, because the long-term socioeconomic system reorganizes itself around those changes. The effect of transport infrastructure on urban forms and economic activities can ...
Review of climate and cryospheric change in the Tibetan Plateau
... The Tibetan Plateau (TP), with an average elevation of over 4000 m asl and an area of approximately 2.5 × 106 km2 , is the highest and most extensive highland in the world and has been called the ‘Third Pole’. The TP exerts a huge influence on regional and global climate through thermal and mechanic ...
... The Tibetan Plateau (TP), with an average elevation of over 4000 m asl and an area of approximately 2.5 × 106 km2 , is the highest and most extensive highland in the world and has been called the ‘Third Pole’. The TP exerts a huge influence on regional and global climate through thermal and mechanic ...
Template: Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... change adaptation plan. It should be clear and concise and highlight the plan’s relevance to the tribe and the importance of implementing the actions outlined in the plan. The statement should include how the plan will be used, and it should give the tribal council’s commitment that planning for cli ...
... change adaptation plan. It should be clear and concise and highlight the plan’s relevance to the tribe and the importance of implementing the actions outlined in the plan. The statement should include how the plan will be used, and it should give the tribal council’s commitment that planning for cli ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... Extreme weather has also become common in North America: Hurricane Sandy in the final days of the 2012 US presidential campaign, which forced climate change onto the platform; extreme drought in California and the US Midwest; flooding in Calgary and Toronto in 2013; and extreme cold across the conti ...
... Extreme weather has also become common in North America: Hurricane Sandy in the final days of the 2012 US presidential campaign, which forced climate change onto the platform; extreme drought in California and the US Midwest; flooding in Calgary and Toronto in 2013; and extreme cold across the conti ...
Climate change impacts on global agricultural land availability
... inherent in land classification (Ahamed et al 2000) has been explicitly addressed. Land availability assessments must deal with the challenges involved in land classification according to multiple criteria, and in particular, land assessment at the global scale using international datasets must cons ...
... inherent in land classification (Ahamed et al 2000) has been explicitly addressed. Land availability assessments must deal with the challenges involved in land classification according to multiple criteria, and in particular, land assessment at the global scale using international datasets must cons ...
Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges
... simulated the pattern of changes rather well. Looking across all of these PMIP intercomparisons, one finds in general that the models are skilful, matching many patterns of climate change quite well, and that there is a tendency for the models either to be accurate in simulating the magnitudes of cha ...
... simulated the pattern of changes rather well. Looking across all of these PMIP intercomparisons, one finds in general that the models are skilful, matching many patterns of climate change quite well, and that there is a tendency for the models either to be accurate in simulating the magnitudes of cha ...
Climate and Atmosphere-- United States
... CO2 emissions per total energy consumption provides an indicator of how much carbon dioxide is emitted per amount of energy used in a country. This relationship is expressed in metric tons of CO2 per terajoule, and was calculated using the Reference Approach CO2 emissions and total primary energy su ...
... CO2 emissions per total energy consumption provides an indicator of how much carbon dioxide is emitted per amount of energy used in a country. This relationship is expressed in metric tons of CO2 per terajoule, and was calculated using the Reference Approach CO2 emissions and total primary energy su ...
njpn-environment-group-notes-dates-and-resources-september-2016
... Bernard recently assessed Stowmarket parish in East Anglia Diocese and felt the process could be improved to support parishes in their application. He felt the local CAFOD rep was a great help. Diss parish is now registered for the award. CAFOD Campaigning CAFOD’s liturgy for Creation Time on 1 Sept ...
... Bernard recently assessed Stowmarket parish in East Anglia Diocese and felt the process could be improved to support parishes in their application. He felt the local CAFOD rep was a great help. Diss parish is now registered for the award. CAFOD Campaigning CAFOD’s liturgy for Creation Time on 1 Sept ...
A framework for modelling fish and shellfish
... the effects of climate change on fish and shellfish resources. (i) Statistical downscaling: regional scenarios are estimated from IPCC model projections and are used to forecast time-series of regional environmental variables (e.g. monthly temperature, advection, prey availability, predator abundanc ...
... the effects of climate change on fish and shellfish resources. (i) Statistical downscaling: regional scenarios are estimated from IPCC model projections and are used to forecast time-series of regional environmental variables (e.g. monthly temperature, advection, prey availability, predator abundanc ...
Activity 1.3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... today: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The most abundant greenhouse gas is water vapor. Water vapor increases as the Earth's atmosphere warms, but so does the possibility of clouds and precipitation, so it is an important feedback loop in the climate system. Ho ...
... today: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The most abundant greenhouse gas is water vapor. Water vapor increases as the Earth's atmosphere warms, but so does the possibility of clouds and precipitation, so it is an important feedback loop in the climate system. Ho ...
Teacher Pack
... Well, anyway, your mission is to save the world from climate change. Superhero: Okay, but I'm going to need some more info. What's the situation right now? A recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation said 2016 is set to become the hottest year on record. They say it's part of a warming ...
... Well, anyway, your mission is to save the world from climate change. Superhero: Okay, but I'm going to need some more info. What's the situation right now? A recent report by the World Meteorological Organisation said 2016 is set to become the hottest year on record. They say it's part of a warming ...
China`s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change (White
... participate on a voluntary basis under the guidance of the government, and raise enterprises' awareness of corporate social responsibility and the public's awareness of the necessity of care for the global environment. A challenge faced by the entire world, climate change cannot be solved without gl ...
... participate on a voluntary basis under the guidance of the government, and raise enterprises' awareness of corporate social responsibility and the public's awareness of the necessity of care for the global environment. A challenge faced by the entire world, climate change cannot be solved without gl ...
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... site types. Mineral soil properties were assumed to be constant within a site type (Table 1). Stand level forest floor C and N pools were derived by means of locally established empirical relationships using stand characteristics as explanatory variables (see Seidl et al. 2007). Stand level inventor ...
... site types. Mineral soil properties were assumed to be constant within a site type (Table 1). Stand level forest floor C and N pools were derived by means of locally established empirical relationships using stand characteristics as explanatory variables (see Seidl et al. 2007). Stand level inventor ...
Financing Adaptation: The Case of Morne Trois Pitons and Morne
... (public and private), the private sector beneficiaries (e.g., the tourism industry) and government. It is noteworthy that international climate adaptation financing is more likely to displace current official development assistance than it is to complement it (Bapna and McGray, 2008), and that domes ...
... (public and private), the private sector beneficiaries (e.g., the tourism industry) and government. It is noteworthy that international climate adaptation financing is more likely to displace current official development assistance than it is to complement it (Bapna and McGray, 2008), and that domes ...
Financing Climate Chaos
... increasingly accessible alternatives, it has reached its peak. Once a peak has been reached, it will continue to decline. Fracking technology was developed in the 1950s, for example, but it wasn’t used extensively until oil prices rose and banks offered easy access to credit. Tar sands and fracking ...
... increasingly accessible alternatives, it has reached its peak. Once a peak has been reached, it will continue to decline. Fracking technology was developed in the 1950s, for example, but it wasn’t used extensively until oil prices rose and banks offered easy access to credit. Tar sands and fracking ...
CLIMATE CHANGE TRENDS IN SOME ROMANIAN VITICULTURAL
... The evolution of temperature indicators, more pronounced in the north of Romania, clearly shows a gradual warming trend, mainly during the growing season, especially during the ripening of the grapes. There have been highlighted relatively large differences between the values of the main bioclimatic ...
... The evolution of temperature indicators, more pronounced in the north of Romania, clearly shows a gradual warming trend, mainly during the growing season, especially during the ripening of the grapes. There have been highlighted relatively large differences between the values of the main bioclimatic ...
2007 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://www.thebulletin.org
... greenhouse gas emissions, they have a responsibility to help countries such as India and China leapfrog the heavy use of fossil fuels in the industrialization process. In the United States, we need to drastically reduce our carbon footprint. One important first step would be investing in energy effi ...
... greenhouse gas emissions, they have a responsibility to help countries such as India and China leapfrog the heavy use of fossil fuels in the industrialization process. In the United States, we need to drastically reduce our carbon footprint. One important first step would be investing in energy effi ...
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... progress in gaining cooperation, at least among industrialized countries.2 One feature of the treaty that helped garner cooperation was a set of “flexibility mechanisms” that capitalize on the mutual gains from trade, such as multilateral emissions trading, or more modest bilateral cooperation throu ...
... progress in gaining cooperation, at least among industrialized countries.2 One feature of the treaty that helped garner cooperation was a set of “flexibility mechanisms” that capitalize on the mutual gains from trade, such as multilateral emissions trading, or more modest bilateral cooperation throu ...
A Tipping-Elements Expedition in the Footsteps of
... A tipping element is a component of the Earth system that is at least subcontinental in scale and might be switched to a qualitatively different state by small perturbations (Lenton et al. 2008). A tipping point is the associated critical threshold of a pertinent forcing parameter at which the (futu ...
... A tipping element is a component of the Earth system that is at least subcontinental in scale and might be switched to a qualitatively different state by small perturbations (Lenton et al. 2008). A tipping point is the associated critical threshold of a pertinent forcing parameter at which the (futu ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The Adaptation Action Plan (see Table 1) is the main outcome of the Climate Change Adaptation project. This framework presents the key issues identified by the community that may result from climate change. Impacts may be perceived as positive and/or negative. For example, the increased presence of ...
... The Adaptation Action Plan (see Table 1) is the main outcome of the Climate Change Adaptation project. This framework presents the key issues identified by the community that may result from climate change. Impacts may be perceived as positive and/or negative. For example, the increased presence of ...
indigenous strategies and empirical models for adaptability of the
... Woodley (1999) further explained that the knowledge set is influenced by the previous generation’s observations and experiments which provide an inherent connection to one’s surrounding and environment. Therefore, indigenous knowledge is transferable and provides relationships that connects people d ...
... Woodley (1999) further explained that the knowledge set is influenced by the previous generation’s observations and experiments which provide an inherent connection to one’s surrounding and environment. Therefore, indigenous knowledge is transferable and provides relationships that connects people d ...
Ms. Cassandra Carter Climate Change Intern Ministry of Natural
... contribute to national and international targets (e.g., Canada’s Biodiversity Strategy4, 20 Aichi Biodiversity targets5). Looking forward, cold‐water species and snow‐dependent species are expected to decline in range and abundance in Ontario while species that are more tolerant of warmer waters ...
... contribute to national and international targets (e.g., Canada’s Biodiversity Strategy4, 20 Aichi Biodiversity targets5). Looking forward, cold‐water species and snow‐dependent species are expected to decline in range and abundance in Ontario while species that are more tolerant of warmer waters ...
Tropical Belt WG
... Hydroclimatology Panel), and inform funding agencies of where research initiatives are needed to advance understanding. We recognize that the proposed working group is one of many groups with strong interest in past and future changes in the tropical atmospheric and oceanic general circulation, ...
... Hydroclimatology Panel), and inform funding agencies of where research initiatives are needed to advance understanding. We recognize that the proposed working group is one of many groups with strong interest in past and future changes in the tropical atmospheric and oceanic general circulation, ...