Technology Needs Assessment For Climate Change Adaptation
... Given Bhutan’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, the nation has accorded climate change a high priority. The nation’s commitment to remain carbon neutral while ensuring overall social-economic development reflects, its vision to address the challenges of climate change and move towards ...
... Given Bhutan’s vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, the nation has accorded climate change a high priority. The nation’s commitment to remain carbon neutral while ensuring overall social-economic development reflects, its vision to address the challenges of climate change and move towards ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
11. Minutes of the 11th meeting
... North Pacific: a basin-scale synthesis. Honolulu, USA, 19-21 April 2006. The GLOBEC/PICES/ICES 4th International Zooplankton Production Symposium. 28 May- 1 June 2007. Hiroshima, Japan. The many workshops conducted along regional lines (SPACC, CCC, CCCC, SO, CLIOTOP, ESSAS), and along Foci WG li ...
... North Pacific: a basin-scale synthesis. Honolulu, USA, 19-21 April 2006. The GLOBEC/PICES/ICES 4th International Zooplankton Production Symposium. 28 May- 1 June 2007. Hiroshima, Japan. The many workshops conducted along regional lines (SPACC, CCC, CCCC, SO, CLIOTOP, ESSAS), and along Foci WG li ...
Why is socially-just climate change adaptation in sub
... although we acknowledge where there may be limits to adaptation. In terms of locating papers and cases, we undertook some initial database searches to obtain literature on barriers and constraints to climate change adaptation, but only few empirical cases were retrieved from this search as many of t ...
... although we acknowledge where there may be limits to adaptation. In terms of locating papers and cases, we undertook some initial database searches to obtain literature on barriers and constraints to climate change adaptation, but only few empirical cases were retrieved from this search as many of t ...
Toronto`s Future Weather and Climate Driver Study
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
Chapter 7: Human Health
... Stronger evidence has emerged since 2008 that a wide range of health risks to Canadians are increasing as the climate continues to change. For example, climate-sensitive diseases (e.g. Lyme disease) and vectors are moving northward into Canada and will likely continue to expand their range. In addit ...
... Stronger evidence has emerged since 2008 that a wide range of health risks to Canadians are increasing as the climate continues to change. For example, climate-sensitive diseases (e.g. Lyme disease) and vectors are moving northward into Canada and will likely continue to expand their range. In addit ...
Biotic and Climatic Velocity Identify Contrasting Areas of
... PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140486 October 14, 2015 ...
... PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0140486 October 14, 2015 ...
Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from
... responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of the nineties, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, an increasing number of networks and initiatives among cities and local administrations have been established with the objective ...
... responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of the nineties, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, an increasing number of networks and initiatives among cities and local administrations have been established with the objective ...
Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse
... historical anthropogenic and natural forcings, and future greenhouse gas emission scenarios (Methods), each covering a 200-year period. We determine Niño3 rainfall skewness over the 200-year period in each model. Using skewness greater than 1 and Niño3 rainfall exceeding 5 mm per day as criteria for ...
... historical anthropogenic and natural forcings, and future greenhouse gas emission scenarios (Methods), each covering a 200-year period. We determine Niño3 rainfall skewness over the 200-year period in each model. Using skewness greater than 1 and Niño3 rainfall exceeding 5 mm per day as criteria for ...
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... future outcomes. For example, Hornbeck (2012) finds that the Dust Bowl reduced property values for several decades in the United States. Similarly, Hsiang and Jina (2014) find that the occurrence of tropical cyclones reduces growth for at least two decades into the future. Since cyclones are believe ...
... future outcomes. For example, Hornbeck (2012) finds that the Dust Bowl reduced property values for several decades in the United States. Similarly, Hsiang and Jina (2014) find that the occurrence of tropical cyclones reduces growth for at least two decades into the future. Since cyclones are believe ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2015
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... This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit services without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as ...
SoE 2016 Atmosphere report (PDF - 4.88 MB)
... Climate change is a global problem, and minimising its impact on the Australian environment will require coordinated international action by all countries. The Paris Agreement, to which 195 countries have agreed, aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pr ...
... Climate change is a global problem, and minimising its impact on the Australian environment will require coordinated international action by all countries. The Paris Agreement, to which 195 countries have agreed, aims to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pr ...
2015 Emissions Gap Report
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... This publication may be reproduced in whole or in part and in any form for educational or non-profit services without special permission from the copyright holder, provided acknowledgement of the source is made. UNEP would appreciate receiving a copy of any publication that uses this publication as ...
Climate Change, Vulnerability and Health: A Guide to Assessing
... The health impacts of climate change are significant, measurable and far-reaching. Over the last decade it is estimated that, each year, between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths worldwide were attributable to the effects of climate change. Due to their unique geography, topography and climate, each countr ...
... The health impacts of climate change are significant, measurable and far-reaching. Over the last decade it is estimated that, each year, between 100,000 and 200,000 deaths worldwide were attributable to the effects of climate change. Due to their unique geography, topography and climate, each countr ...
climate change, migration and human security in southeast asia
... chains … have so far rarely been substantiated with reliable evidence”,9 the analysis is reasonably uniform: climate change-induced migration is highly probable, the numbers involved will be in the millions, and this will almost certainly result in, or at the very least be implicated in, some form o ...
... chains … have so far rarely been substantiated with reliable evidence”,9 the analysis is reasonably uniform: climate change-induced migration is highly probable, the numbers involved will be in the millions, and this will almost certainly result in, or at the very least be implicated in, some form o ...
Fossil fuel subsidies and climate
... international efforts to avert dangerous climate change and represent a drain on national budgets. They also fail in one of their core objectives: to benefit the poorest. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would create a winwin scenario. It would eliminate the perverse incentives that drive up carbon ...
... international efforts to avert dangerous climate change and represent a drain on national budgets. They also fail in one of their core objectives: to benefit the poorest. Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would create a winwin scenario. It would eliminate the perverse incentives that drive up carbon ...
Storm tides, coastal erosion and inundation
... early 1970s, when each of the case study areas was severely impacted. It is shown that since that time there has been a period of relative calm, during which much of the development on the coast has occurred and various adaptation strategies have been implemented. Extreme coastal storms are widely v ...
... early 1970s, when each of the case study areas was severely impacted. It is shown that since that time there has been a period of relative calm, during which much of the development on the coast has occurred and various adaptation strategies have been implemented. Extreme coastal storms are widely v ...
Climate Change Effects on Heat Waves and Future Heat
... simulations are presented in Table 2. The comparison between model results and observations regarding the present climate exhibits only minor differences. For all heat wave metrics, the observations show comparable values to the ensemble mean of the 19 model simulations, which provides confidence in ...
... simulations are presented in Table 2. The comparison between model results and observations regarding the present climate exhibits only minor differences. For all heat wave metrics, the observations show comparable values to the ensemble mean of the 19 model simulations, which provides confidence in ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Of Mountain
... agriculture, and hazards, and that this will have an impact on general human well being. But the nature of the mountains, fragile and poorly accessible landscapes with sparsely scattered settlements and poor infrastructure, means that research and assessment are least just where they are needed most ...
... agriculture, and hazards, and that this will have an impact on general human well being. But the nature of the mountains, fragile and poorly accessible landscapes with sparsely scattered settlements and poor infrastructure, means that research and assessment are least just where they are needed most ...
Read the Adaptation Strategy
... state, and tribal fish and wildlife conservation agencies to draft the document. More than 90 diverse technical, scientific, and management experts from across the country participated in drafting the technical content of the document. The result is The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Ada ...
... state, and tribal fish and wildlife conservation agencies to draft the document. More than 90 diverse technical, scientific, and management experts from across the country participated in drafting the technical content of the document. The result is The National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Ada ...
Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report The Core Writing Team Rajendra K. Pachauri
... The SYR confirms that human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed across all continents and oceans. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of cur ...
... The SYR confirms that human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed across all continents and oceans. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of cur ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... Dr Filippo Giorgi, The Abdus Salem International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Professor Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, UK Professor Robert Nicholls, Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, UK Dr Tim Osborn, Climatic Research U ...
... Dr Filippo Giorgi, The Abdus Salem International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Professor Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, UK Professor Robert Nicholls, Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University, UK Dr Tim Osborn, Climatic Research U ...
