National Climate Change Adaptation Framework
... In line with global trends, Ireland’s climate is changing and the scientific consensus is that further changes are on the way. Incremental changes in climate are already evident in Ireland, including changes in our average temperature, rainfall intensity, and patterns, as well as subtle changes to o ...
... In line with global trends, Ireland’s climate is changing and the scientific consensus is that further changes are on the way. Incremental changes in climate are already evident in Ireland, including changes in our average temperature, rainfall intensity, and patterns, as well as subtle changes to o ...
`Dynamic Differentiation`: The Principles of CBDR
... circumstances, have the common obligation under Article 4.1 UNFCCC to, inter alia, take measures to address GHG emissions and facilitate adaptation, conserve sinks and reservoirs, as well as prepare and update national GHG inventories. Article 4.2 commits parties included in Annex I (developed count ...
... circumstances, have the common obligation under Article 4.1 UNFCCC to, inter alia, take measures to address GHG emissions and facilitate adaptation, conserve sinks and reservoirs, as well as prepare and update national GHG inventories. Article 4.2 commits parties included in Annex I (developed count ...
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
... conditions of the climate system did not change dramatically (in comparison to larger glacial–interglacial changes), and because abundant, detailed regional palaeoclimatic proxy records cover this period. We use selected proxy-based reconstructions of different climate variables, together with state ...
Evidence for a Rapid Global Climate Shift across the Late 1960s
... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, and QUEST, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom ...
... Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, and QUEST, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the
... designed to consolidate and build on the foundation of CPACC by continuing to build capacity in the CARICOM Small Island Developing States and Low-Lying States to develop Stage II adaptation strategies and measures for the integration of adaptation into the general planning process of the countries. ...
... designed to consolidate and build on the foundation of CPACC by continuing to build capacity in the CARICOM Small Island Developing States and Low-Lying States to develop Stage II adaptation strategies and measures for the integration of adaptation into the general planning process of the countries. ...
Adaptation of Fisheries and Fishing Communities to the Impacts of
... effects of global climate change on coastal areas through vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning and capacity building. CPACC is followed by the current project, Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) that is continuing to build capacity in the CARICOM Small Island Developing State ...
... effects of global climate change on coastal areas through vulnerability assessment, adaptation planning and capacity building. CPACC is followed by the current project, Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) that is continuing to build capacity in the CARICOM Small Island Developing State ...
In search of impact - Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
... and environmental impacts remain largely opaque, not only to the public but to the investment industry itself. It is time to change that. As fiduciaries, investors gain by helping beneficiaries make informed choices about the management of their savings and investments. The consequences of investmen ...
... and environmental impacts remain largely opaque, not only to the public but to the investment industry itself. It is time to change that. As fiduciaries, investors gain by helping beneficiaries make informed choices about the management of their savings and investments. The consequences of investmen ...
Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
... The Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation” of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), here abbreviated to SREX report (Field et al. 2012), critically assessed the recent scientific literature on climate change and the ...
... The Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation” of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), here abbreviated to SREX report (Field et al. 2012), critically assessed the recent scientific literature on climate change and the ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... context within which rural stakeholders are operating and the factors determining why one country is more vulnerable than another. Knowing why exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity varies with access to capital assets is useful for informing the allocation of limited climate change adaptation, ...
... context within which rural stakeholders are operating and the factors determining why one country is more vulnerable than another. Knowing why exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity varies with access to capital assets is useful for informing the allocation of limited climate change adaptation, ...
Complex coastlines responding to climate change
... emergent dynamic-equilibrium coastline morphology (Ashton and Murray, 2006b); we discuss a relevant measure of dynamic equilibrium below. Rhythmic coastline features retain a self-similar shape under a constant wave climate, even though the scale of the shape increases slowly through time (Ashton an ...
... emergent dynamic-equilibrium coastline morphology (Ashton and Murray, 2006b); we discuss a relevant measure of dynamic equilibrium below. Rhythmic coastline features retain a self-similar shape under a constant wave climate, even though the scale of the shape increases slowly through time (Ashton an ...
On the persistent spread in snow-albedo feedback
... (see Eq. (1)). However, since the bias is systematic, there is no reason to revise the more fundamental conclusion, drawn by both Qu and Hall (2006) and Donohoe and Battisti (2011), that very little intermodel spread in SAF is contained in this term. Turning our attention to the other term in Eq. (1 ...
... (see Eq. (1)). However, since the bias is systematic, there is no reason to revise the more fundamental conclusion, drawn by both Qu and Hall (2006) and Donohoe and Battisti (2011), that very little intermodel spread in SAF is contained in this term. Turning our attention to the other term in Eq. (1 ...
Participatory scenario planning for community
... associated impacts and develop a locally relevant action plan. The process allows them to effectively manage both the opportunities and risks of change thereby increasing their resilience. It is not a tool to predict or forecast the future but a gives a community a shared understanding of the possib ...
... associated impacts and develop a locally relevant action plan. The process allows them to effectively manage both the opportunities and risks of change thereby increasing their resilience. It is not a tool to predict or forecast the future but a gives a community a shared understanding of the possib ...
Climate Change in Latin America
... Climate Change was one of the most important issues on the agenda of the Lima EU-LAC Summit of May 2008 during which the firm commitment was made to jointly tackle this challenge. The aim of the EUrocLima Programme, identified in the Lima Declaration, is to promote knowledge sharing, fostering struc ...
... Climate Change was one of the most important issues on the agenda of the Lima EU-LAC Summit of May 2008 during which the firm commitment was made to jointly tackle this challenge. The aim of the EUrocLima Programme, identified in the Lima Declaration, is to promote knowledge sharing, fostering struc ...
come heat and high water: climate risk in the southeastern us and
... extremely hot days across the region each year—with temperatures above 95°F—will likely increase by as much as 14 times from nine days per year in recent decades to as many as 123 days per year. »»Rising humidity combined with increased heat across the region will likely mean more frequent days that ...
... extremely hot days across the region each year—with temperatures above 95°F—will likely increase by as much as 14 times from nine days per year in recent decades to as many as 123 days per year. »»Rising humidity combined with increased heat across the region will likely mean more frequent days that ...
Observed and Projected Ecological Response to Climate Change in
... Executive Summary Climate change is having significant effects on organisms and ecosystems worldwide, but changes in the western United States have been particularly rapid over the last 30 years. Resource managers in the West are being asked to manage for ecological responses to climate, but they ...
... Executive Summary Climate change is having significant effects on organisms and ecosystems worldwide, but changes in the western United States have been particularly rapid over the last 30 years. Resource managers in the West are being asked to manage for ecological responses to climate, but they ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A global concern - EDA
... Mountains are the world’s water-towers: mountain regions provide freshwater to half of humankind. This water is critically needed for domestic use, lowland irrigation and hydropower production. Further, mountains are centres of biological diversity, key sources of raw materials and important tourist ...
... Mountains are the world’s water-towers: mountain regions provide freshwater to half of humankind. This water is critically needed for domestic use, lowland irrigation and hydropower production. Further, mountains are centres of biological diversity, key sources of raw materials and important tourist ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... Mountains are the world’s water-towers: mountain regions provide freshwater to half of humankind. This water is critically needed for domestic use, lowland irrigation and hydropower production. Further, mountains are centres of biological diversity, key sources of raw materials and important tourist ...
... Mountains are the world’s water-towers: mountain regions provide freshwater to half of humankind. This water is critically needed for domestic use, lowland irrigation and hydropower production. Further, mountains are centres of biological diversity, key sources of raw materials and important tourist ...
Regional Asia MIP 2014-2020 - European External Action Service
... focus on the Istanbul/Heart of Asia Process as well as to the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan (RECCA VI). Other processes promoting integration between Afghanistan and its neighbours may also receive support in line with the respective specific objective and results below. ...
... focus on the Istanbul/Heart of Asia Process as well as to the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan (RECCA VI). Other processes promoting integration between Afghanistan and its neighbours may also receive support in line with the respective specific objective and results below. ...
gcos regional action plan for south and southwest asia
... have readily available to them the climate data and related information that they need to manage the impacts of climate. However, the problem is that systematic climate observation programmes in South and Southwest Asia are, at present, inadequate to permit reliable assessment, quantification and pr ...
... have readily available to them the climate data and related information that they need to manage the impacts of climate. However, the problem is that systematic climate observation programmes in South and Southwest Asia are, at present, inadequate to permit reliable assessment, quantification and pr ...
Adaptation to climate change ininternationalriver basins in Africa: a
... from increasing demand and competing uses. Climate change threatens to put further pressure on water resources due to a possible increase in the already high variability in rainfall and river flows and changes to the geographical distribution of water resources, some areas possibly becoming drier, ...
... from increasing demand and competing uses. Climate change threatens to put further pressure on water resources due to a possible increase in the already high variability in rainfall and river flows and changes to the geographical distribution of water resources, some areas possibly becoming drier, ...
The impact of climate change on the UK
... mitigate them. The clearest risk is from the first category – physical risks – and accordingly most of the report is focused on that aspect. The other two risk categories are less well developed and more uncertain – nonetheless, they could have a meaningful impact on the PRA’s objectives over time. ...
... mitigate them. The clearest risk is from the first category – physical risks – and accordingly most of the report is focused on that aspect. The other two risk categories are less well developed and more uncertain – nonetheless, they could have a meaningful impact on the PRA’s objectives over time. ...
Draft African Union Strategy on Climate Change (2015)
... most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, present and future emissions of heat-trapping gases. The effects of climate change that have already occurred are widespread and significant, affecting agriculture, energy, hu ...
... most of that change over the last decades. It is also clear that climate change will continue, at a pace determined by past, present and future emissions of heat-trapping gases. The effects of climate change that have already occurred are widespread and significant, affecting agriculture, energy, hu ...
British Columbia
... power supply. Coal-fired generating plants are also being considered, although their status is uncertain as they must now meet strict new zero net emissions targets established by the recently released BC Energy Plan. Increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather and related natural hazards w ...
... power supply. Coal-fired generating plants are also being considered, although their status is uncertain as they must now meet strict new zero net emissions targets established by the recently released BC Energy Plan. Increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather and related natural hazards w ...