- Adaptation
... during the dry season, is implemented with the support from sedentary communities and transhumant groups. Demonstration activities that focus on the strengthening of social assets will produce the following outputs: 2.5 Polyculture and adaptive agro-ecological production systems in communal lands (a ...
... during the dry season, is implemented with the support from sedentary communities and transhumant groups. Demonstration activities that focus on the strengthening of social assets will produce the following outputs: 2.5 Polyculture and adaptive agro-ecological production systems in communal lands (a ...
Climate Change Indicators in the United States
... result of climate change, others are not as clear. As new or more complete data become available, EPA plans to update the indicators presented in this report and provide additional indicators that can broaden our understanding of climate change. EPA selected the 24 indicators presented in this repor ...
... result of climate change, others are not as clear. As new or more complete data become available, EPA plans to update the indicators presented in this report and provide additional indicators that can broaden our understanding of climate change. EPA selected the 24 indicators presented in this repor ...
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007
... The flexibility of the voluntary markets is both a source of strength and a weakness. One of the reasons the market has very low transaction costs is that it does not require proof of quality in the same way as the regulated markets. For instance, in the OTC markets there are no widely accepted stan ...
... The flexibility of the voluntary markets is both a source of strength and a weakness. One of the reasons the market has very low transaction costs is that it does not require proof of quality in the same way as the regulated markets. For instance, in the OTC markets there are no widely accepted stan ...
Trends and Variability in Snowmelt Runoff in the Western United
... timing could be related to the PDO, whereas Regonda et al. (2005) speculate that trends in SMR timing could be a response to the increased frequency of El Nino events in recent decades, or to general global warming. The first PC resulting from the PCA of the CMD data is not well correlated with eith ...
... timing could be related to the PDO, whereas Regonda et al. (2005) speculate that trends in SMR timing could be a response to the increased frequency of El Nino events in recent decades, or to general global warming. The first PC resulting from the PCA of the CMD data is not well correlated with eith ...
darebin climate emergency plan draft - may 2017
... We recognise that together with our communities, other Councils and like-minded partners we must take action to influence other levels of government, industries and organisations that have the greatest powers to take urgent and appropriate action to respond to the climate emergency. The draft plan h ...
... We recognise that together with our communities, other Councils and like-minded partners we must take action to influence other levels of government, industries and organisations that have the greatest powers to take urgent and appropriate action to respond to the climate emergency. The draft plan h ...
ecosystem-based adaptation - Fundação Grupo Boticário de
... reference – constructed based on discussions held with members of the Climate Observatory and with representatives of Brazil’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) – for guiding the study:”ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION: opportunities for publi ...
... reference – constructed based on discussions held with members of the Climate Observatory and with representatives of Brazil’s Department of Climate Change and Environmental Quality, of the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) – for guiding the study:”ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION: opportunities for publi ...
Report of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Biodiversity and
... Group to consider relevant additional issues that could be included in the report such as wetland ecosystems, migratory species, mountain ecosystems and ecological connectivity. ...
... Group to consider relevant additional issues that could be included in the report such as wetland ecosystems, migratory species, mountain ecosystems and ecological connectivity. ...
National Capacity Self Assessment
... In this regard, there is a need to raise a special note on the need for formulating data base centers for collecting and enhancing knowledge and information about all UNFCCC issues. The information is the basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and gov ...
... In this regard, there is a need to raise a special note on the need for formulating data base centers for collecting and enhancing knowledge and information about all UNFCCC issues. The information is the basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and gov ...
Kamloops Future Forest Strategy
... competing value goals. c. To ultimately make them more robust so that we can better maintain options to service a range of values over time, considering the uncertainties linked to climate change. 2. To provide resource managers, planners, policy-makers and others with a better understanding of the ...
... competing value goals. c. To ultimately make them more robust so that we can better maintain options to service a range of values over time, considering the uncertainties linked to climate change. 2. To provide resource managers, planners, policy-makers and others with a better understanding of the ...
Addendum to Internal Document 336
... series8. The weather signal is created by using daily precipitation as the primary variable while other variables are created using mathematical and statistical relationships with daily precipitation and the previous day’s values. The general procedure uses the baseline climate (1961 – 1990) to cal ...
... series8. The weather signal is created by using daily precipitation as the primary variable while other variables are created using mathematical and statistical relationships with daily precipitation and the previous day’s values. The general procedure uses the baseline climate (1961 – 1990) to cal ...
Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County, NY
... 1,049 in Poughkeepsie during 2005. Similarly, the number of heating degree days has decreased over the same period. In 2006, there was a record low of just 5,406 heating degree days in Poughkeepsie (NRCC, “CLIMOD System,” 2008). Another type of degree day is the growing degree day. Growing Degree Da ...
... 1,049 in Poughkeepsie during 2005. Similarly, the number of heating degree days has decreased over the same period. In 2006, there was a record low of just 5,406 heating degree days in Poughkeepsie (NRCC, “CLIMOD System,” 2008). Another type of degree day is the growing degree day. Growing Degree Da ...
Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming – the Harvard Forest Project
... the tree number on the tape – 1, 2, 3, or 4 Flag the branches. Write the branch letter (ex. A, B) on the tape. Tie the tape around the branch just after the 6th leaf. ...
... the tree number on the tape – 1, 2, 3, or 4 Flag the branches. Write the branch letter (ex. A, B) on the tape. Tie the tape around the branch just after the 6th leaf. ...
Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity
... where N is the number of years (30 years) and Pd is daily precipitation. The creation of the gridded erosivity map based on the 1842 point values of R is described in an unpublished EPA report (Daly and Taylor, 2002). In general it follows the PRISM method outlined in Daly et al. (2002), but using m ...
... where N is the number of years (30 years) and Pd is daily precipitation. The creation of the gridded erosivity map based on the 1842 point values of R is described in an unpublished EPA report (Daly and Taylor, 2002). In general it follows the PRISM method outlined in Daly et al. (2002), but using m ...
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
... Management of transboundary water resources is one of the most important issues. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides a firm basis for transboundary cooperation, including climate change adaptation context. According to th ...
... Management of transboundary water resources is one of the most important issues. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides a firm basis for transboundary cooperation, including climate change adaptation context. According to th ...
CSC Report_Laura Roth_geändert 07.04
... The impacts of climate change are already beginning to be experienced and no country or region of the world will probably stay unaffected. Atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations as important factor driving global warming have recently increased markedly. This can primarily be attributed to ...
... The impacts of climate change are already beginning to be experienced and no country or region of the world will probably stay unaffected. Atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations as important factor driving global warming have recently increased markedly. This can primarily be attributed to ...
Table of Content
... Tanzania has prepared a NAPA to address short-term needs. The NAPA includes a good description of the main problems, a set of key priorities and selected project briefs. Water and agriculture are the main priority areas. Currently only limited funding for the plan has been achieved. However, as clea ...
... Tanzania has prepared a NAPA to address short-term needs. The NAPA includes a good description of the main problems, a set of key priorities and selected project briefs. Water and agriculture are the main priority areas. Currently only limited funding for the plan has been achieved. However, as clea ...
Kathmandu Valley Nepal - UN
... The climate on our planet is changing and in recent years there has been growing concern about how the impacts of climate change will affect cities and urban populations around the world. Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/ ...
... The climate on our planet is changing and in recent years there has been growing concern about how the impacts of climate change will affect cities and urban populations around the world. Climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/ ...
Vienna Convention Trust Fund Advisory Committee
... Help implement utilization of lower cost instrument and “establishing their utility” for long term monitoring Develop capacity in Article -5 and EIT countries to address ORM recommendations. Foster relations with scientific community specifically IOC, SPARC and IGAC to build capacity, and infu ...
... Help implement utilization of lower cost instrument and “establishing their utility” for long term monitoring Develop capacity in Article -5 and EIT countries to address ORM recommendations. Foster relations with scientific community specifically IOC, SPARC and IGAC to build capacity, and infu ...
Climate Change and Vector-borne Diseases: An Economic Impact
... marginal effects given the sample size in hand. Since we are fitting a three dimensional function with fewer data points (our current sample size is 305 observations) we can run into the risk of not having enough data points in some neighborhoods for a good fit. This problem is known as “curse of di ...
... marginal effects given the sample size in hand. Since we are fitting a three dimensional function with fewer data points (our current sample size is 305 observations) we can run into the risk of not having enough data points in some neighborhoods for a good fit. This problem is known as “curse of di ...
Short-Lived Climate Pollution
... and secondarily as a result of land use changes, notably deforestation. In addition, agricultural and industrial activities emit a range of other greenhouse gases, which, like CO2 , lead to a warmer climate by affecting the efficiency with which the planet cools by infrared emission to space. Most of ...
... and secondarily as a result of land use changes, notably deforestation. In addition, agricultural and industrial activities emit a range of other greenhouse gases, which, like CO2 , lead to a warmer climate by affecting the efficiency with which the planet cools by infrared emission to space. Most of ...
Direct natural resource and biodiversity from deserts
... - “overall scenario” - limits of these scenarios - diversity of desert regions - unforeseen changes Desired outcomes of action Human well-being Sustainability: environmental, economic, social equity Options for action - base on reasonable predictions - adaptation to things that cannot be stopped Mod ...
... - “overall scenario” - limits of these scenarios - diversity of desert regions - unforeseen changes Desired outcomes of action Human well-being Sustainability: environmental, economic, social equity Options for action - base on reasonable predictions - adaptation to things that cannot be stopped Mod ...
01-Long Report-cover
... Figure 1.2. Locations of significant changes in data series of physical systems (snow, ice and frozen ground; hydrology; and coastal processes) and biological systems (terrestrial, marine, and freshwater biological systems), are shown together with surface air temperature changes over the period 197 ...
... Figure 1.2. Locations of significant changes in data series of physical systems (snow, ice and frozen ground; hydrology; and coastal processes) and biological systems (terrestrial, marine, and freshwater biological systems), are shown together with surface air temperature changes over the period 197 ...
Climate Change - WeatherAction
... See http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews14No11.pdf and links in Article about BBC-MetO charlatan John Hammond's Science Denialist claims, in WeatherAction blog http://bit.ly/1xKYPrJ (sec3) FACT Changing CO2 has no effect EVEN the Models used by the Met Office and UN's Climate Committee (the IPCC ...
... See http://www.weatheraction.com/docs/WANews14No11.pdf and links in Article about BBC-MetO charlatan John Hammond's Science Denialist claims, in WeatherAction blog http://bit.ly/1xKYPrJ (sec3) FACT Changing CO2 has no effect EVEN the Models used by the Met Office and UN's Climate Committee (the IPCC ...
Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white
... Integrating the insights from identity-protective cognition and system-justification tendencies, we offer two complementary reasons for expecting conservative white males to be more likely than other adults to endorse climate change denial. On a specific level, conservative white male elites in the co ...
... Integrating the insights from identity-protective cognition and system-justification tendencies, we offer two complementary reasons for expecting conservative white males to be more likely than other adults to endorse climate change denial. On a specific level, conservative white male elites in the co ...