Climate Change and Re-Insurance: The Human Security Issue
... these are met in the unforeseeable future allowing for development. Arguably, the storage of food, the establishment of multiple shelters, as well as group cohesion are all instinctive methods of insurance. These efforts to act in counterbalance of external factors or unsure elements are not only tr ...
... these are met in the unforeseeable future allowing for development. Arguably, the storage of food, the establishment of multiple shelters, as well as group cohesion are all instinctive methods of insurance. These efforts to act in counterbalance of external factors or unsure elements are not only tr ...
Freshwater ecosystem adaptation to climate change in water
... shifts in the timing of snowpack melting; changes in evapotranspiration; increased air and water temperatures; and rising sea levels and more frequent and intense tropical storm surges. Together, these will lead to a number of key eco-hydrological impacts on freshwater ecosystems: ...
... shifts in the timing of snowpack melting; changes in evapotranspiration; increased air and water temperatures; and rising sea levels and more frequent and intense tropical storm surges. Together, these will lead to a number of key eco-hydrological impacts on freshwater ecosystems: ...
Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan
... thesis entitled: “Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut.” Submitted by: Darren Thomas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Natural Resources ...
... thesis entitled: “Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut.” Submitted by: Darren Thomas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Natural Resources ...
Application of Self-Organizing-Maps Technique in Downscaling
... techniques such as that developed at the University of Cape Town, which is based on Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) technique, can be used to downscale the coarse-scale GCM climate change projections into finer spatial resolutions; but that must be combined with verification. The SOM downscaling techniq ...
... techniques such as that developed at the University of Cape Town, which is based on Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) technique, can be used to downscale the coarse-scale GCM climate change projections into finer spatial resolutions; but that must be combined with verification. The SOM downscaling techniq ...
Climate Change and Food Security FAO Framework
... The way forward In the food and agriculture sector, adaptation and mitigation often go hand in hand, so adopting an integrated strategic approach represents the best way forward. Several funds within the United Nations system finance specific activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ...
... The way forward In the food and agriculture sector, adaptation and mitigation often go hand in hand, so adopting an integrated strategic approach represents the best way forward. Several funds within the United Nations system finance specific activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ...
green economy readiness in south africa: a focus on the national
... definitions of the concept of ‘green economy’. The most commonly cited definition is provided by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2011a, 1): [It] results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its ...
... definitions of the concept of ‘green economy’. The most commonly cited definition is provided by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2011a, 1): [It] results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities. In its ...
Crime, Weather, and Climate Change
... emissions scenarios such as A1FI and low emissions scenarios such as B1. This scenario represents a future world with high rates of economic growth and substantial convergence between developing and developed economies, where rapid technological change is based on a balance of fossil-fuel intensive ...
... emissions scenarios such as A1FI and low emissions scenarios such as B1. This scenario represents a future world with high rates of economic growth and substantial convergence between developing and developed economies, where rapid technological change is based on a balance of fossil-fuel intensive ...
Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
... adaptation plan concerning water quantity and quality will provide the basis for climate change adaptations for other ecological systems and economic activities that are dependent on water. This Framework was informed by a review of climate change adaptation, risk assessment, and vulnerability asses ...
... adaptation plan concerning water quantity and quality will provide the basis for climate change adaptations for other ecological systems and economic activities that are dependent on water. This Framework was informed by a review of climate change adaptation, risk assessment, and vulnerability asses ...
Climate Change and Food Security
... The way forward In the food and agriculture sector, adaptation and mitigation often go hand in hand, so adopting an integrated strategic approach represents the best way forward. Several funds within the United Nations system finance specific activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ...
... The way forward In the food and agriculture sector, adaptation and mitigation often go hand in hand, so adopting an integrated strategic approach represents the best way forward. Several funds within the United Nations system finance specific activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and ...
UNDP-GEF Adaptation
... Adaptation funds cover the additional costs necessary for countries to achieve development goals in the face of climate change. Sliding scale can be used. SCCF: Does not need to address GEBs, focus on longer term measures and planning LCDF: Does not need to address GEBs, open to LDCs only, driven by ...
... Adaptation funds cover the additional costs necessary for countries to achieve development goals in the face of climate change. Sliding scale can be used. SCCF: Does not need to address GEBs, focus on longer term measures and planning LCDF: Does not need to address GEBs, open to LDCs only, driven by ...
CHANGING LAND USE, CLIMATE, AND HYDROLOGY IN THE WINOOSKI
... Vermont as well as lake level data for adjacent Lake Champlain. We also use random sampling and manual, point-based classification of recent and historical aerial imagery to quantify land use change over the past seventy years in the 2,704 km2 Winooski River Basin of northern Vermont. We find a gene ...
... Vermont as well as lake level data for adjacent Lake Champlain. We also use random sampling and manual, point-based classification of recent and historical aerial imagery to quantify land use change over the past seventy years in the 2,704 km2 Winooski River Basin of northern Vermont. We find a gene ...
Indoor air pollution
... living tissues. Lead (Pb) = metal in atmosphere as particulate. From gasoline additive, phased out in 1980s. Diverse health impacts, all bad. Particulate matter = any solid (or liquid) particles small enough to be carried aloft in air. Dust, soot, sulfates, nitrates. Causes respiratory damage. Copyr ...
... living tissues. Lead (Pb) = metal in atmosphere as particulate. From gasoline additive, phased out in 1980s. Diverse health impacts, all bad. Particulate matter = any solid (or liquid) particles small enough to be carried aloft in air. Dust, soot, sulfates, nitrates. Causes respiratory damage. Copyr ...
Physical Climate Processes and Feedbacks
... tracking climatic impacts on surface conditions; e.g., droughts and the recently observed lengthening of the boreal growing season; and direct anthropogenic impacts such as deforestation. The direct effects of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) on vegetation physiology could lead to a relative reduction ...
... tracking climatic impacts on surface conditions; e.g., droughts and the recently observed lengthening of the boreal growing season; and direct anthropogenic impacts such as deforestation. The direct effects of increased carbon dioxide (CO2) on vegetation physiology could lead to a relative reduction ...
Public understanding of climate change and adaptation
... South Australia is challenged with one of the driest and hottest climates in Australia, and the impacts of anthropogenic climate change are expected to seriously exacerbate existing risks from heat waves, water shortages, and inundation. Adaptation to these climate change risks are now broadly accep ...
... South Australia is challenged with one of the driest and hottest climates in Australia, and the impacts of anthropogenic climate change are expected to seriously exacerbate existing risks from heat waves, water shortages, and inundation. Adaptation to these climate change risks are now broadly accep ...
climate change and food security in southern african cities
... poses questions that may be useful for advancing planning and practice on issues related to urban food security in a changing climate as well as where future research might focus. ...
... poses questions that may be useful for advancing planning and practice on issues related to urban food security in a changing climate as well as where future research might focus. ...
Climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture
... tropical coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs and mangroves, deriving multiple benefits, including food security, coastal protection, cultural services, and income from industries such as fishing, aquaculture and tourism (WGII (B), p. 1688). Climate change – alongside climate variability events s ...
... tropical coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs and mangroves, deriving multiple benefits, including food security, coastal protection, cultural services, and income from industries such as fishing, aquaculture and tourism (WGII (B), p. 1688). Climate change – alongside climate variability events s ...
Riparian Ecosystems in the 21st Century: Hotspots for Climate
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
... Climate change has had, and increasingly will have, a significant influence on the world’s natural ecosystems, their species, and the functions, goods and services that they provide (Hulme 2005). For some highly vulnerable species and ecosystems, persistence may depend on the success of global mitig ...
Cooling Agents
... net GHG reductions of 962,133 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (TCO2e) each year. This equates roughly to removing 176,215 passenger vehicles from the roads annually or providing electricity to about 133,444 homes for one year (US estimates). It also compares favourably with the average annu ...
... net GHG reductions of 962,133 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (TCO2e) each year. This equates roughly to removing 176,215 passenger vehicles from the roads annually or providing electricity to about 133,444 homes for one year (US estimates). It also compares favourably with the average annu ...
Climates of suspicion - Geoengineering Governance Research
... both academic (Belter and Seidel 2013) and policy circles (House of Commons 2010; IPCC 2013) to the concept of direct large-scale intervention in the global climate, or geoengineering. In addition to an increasing amount of technical literature addressing the potential impacts and feasibility of the ...
... both academic (Belter and Seidel 2013) and policy circles (House of Commons 2010; IPCC 2013) to the concept of direct large-scale intervention in the global climate, or geoengineering. In addition to an increasing amount of technical literature addressing the potential impacts and feasibility of the ...
The global status of CCS 2015: summary report
... 2014 as part of the 2030 climate and energy framework. To conclude a deal that is fit for purpose for many years to come, a number of key building blocks must become part of the new agreement. Firstly, the new deal needs to be dynamic, which entails a process for regularly reviewing and strengthenin ...
... 2014 as part of the 2030 climate and energy framework. To conclude a deal that is fit for purpose for many years to come, a number of key building blocks must become part of the new agreement. Firstly, the new deal needs to be dynamic, which entails a process for regularly reviewing and strengthenin ...
DOC - unece
... changes in species composition over many years, groundwater level variations and alterations to groundwater flow directions). Overall, in Southern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, climate change is projected to lead to high temperatures and more severe and prolonged droughts and to reduced water a ...
... changes in species composition over many years, groundwater level variations and alterations to groundwater flow directions). Overall, in Southern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia, climate change is projected to lead to high temperatures and more severe and prolonged droughts and to reduced water a ...
Economics of flood risk in Italy under current and future climate
... Krausmann 2013; Carrera et al 2015). Although the evidence of significant output losses is well known, these type of estimations are rarely considered in disaster’s loss accountancy. Against this background, this paper propose the integration of a spatially based model (raster-based) of the physical ...
... Krausmann 2013; Carrera et al 2015). Although the evidence of significant output losses is well known, these type of estimations are rarely considered in disaster’s loss accountancy. Against this background, this paper propose the integration of a spatially based model (raster-based) of the physical ...
state action plan on climate change for telangana state
... In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the strategy outlined in National Action Plan on Climate Change. EPTRI has prepared the SAPCC for combined Andhra Pradesh, which was endorsed by Nationa ...
... In 2009, the Ministry of Environment and Forests called upon the States to prepare the State Action Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC) consistent with the strategy outlined in National Action Plan on Climate Change. EPTRI has prepared the SAPCC for combined Andhra Pradesh, which was endorsed by Nationa ...