Climate change, Environmental Degradation and Migration, 29
... the one hand, to create the appropriate legislative basis which would cover situations arising from environmental migration, and, on the other hand, to ensure the implementation of such laws in practice. Existing legislation and policies may need to be reviewed to account for cases of individuals c ...
... the one hand, to create the appropriate legislative basis which would cover situations arising from environmental migration, and, on the other hand, to ensure the implementation of such laws in practice. Existing legislation and policies may need to be reviewed to account for cases of individuals c ...
An Overview of the Causes and Effects of Sea Level Rise
... in low-lying areas such as the Mississippi Delta, where the land is also subsiding at approximately one meter per century. Storm damage, already estimated at over three billion dollars per year nationwide, could also increase, particularly along the well-developed and low-lying Atlantic coast. Final ...
... in low-lying areas such as the Mississippi Delta, where the land is also subsiding at approximately one meter per century. Storm damage, already estimated at over three billion dollars per year nationwide, could also increase, particularly along the well-developed and low-lying Atlantic coast. Final ...
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... through time. We propose to drill a transect of three, triple APC-cored sites into the Quaternary hemipelagic sediments across the present day OMZ of the central-western margin of India. We will reconstruct the OMZ history during the Holocene – Pleistocene period, particularly focusing on specific t ...
... through time. We propose to drill a transect of three, triple APC-cored sites into the Quaternary hemipelagic sediments across the present day OMZ of the central-western margin of India. We will reconstruct the OMZ history during the Holocene – Pleistocene period, particularly focusing on specific t ...
ICES J. Mar. Sci.-2011-McCay-1354-67
... behaviour to the biophysical model, such that the results of environmental and biological interactions interface directly with the fishery. The human component of the coupling casts the fishery as a series of economic and sociological interconnections and response variables (Figure 1). To complement ...
... behaviour to the biophysical model, such that the results of environmental and biological interactions interface directly with the fishery. The human component of the coupling casts the fishery as a series of economic and sociological interconnections and response variables (Figure 1). To complement ...
Hot and Hungry: How to stop climate change
... The climate change impacts which are already locked in do not make hunger inevitable if the right action is taken – as illustrated by countries that appear to be bucking the trend of food insecurity and climate risk. Ghana and Nigeria are both lower-middle-income countries in West Africa facing comp ...
... The climate change impacts which are already locked in do not make hunger inevitable if the right action is taken – as illustrated by countries that appear to be bucking the trend of food insecurity and climate risk. Ghana and Nigeria are both lower-middle-income countries in West Africa facing comp ...
Climate Change Policies in New York State
... the combustion of fossil fuel and deforestation – are changing the global climate. The February 2007 assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the most definitive statement of the anthropogenic contribution to climate change. The potential adverse impacts of climate ...
... the combustion of fossil fuel and deforestation – are changing the global climate. The February 2007 assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides the most definitive statement of the anthropogenic contribution to climate change. The potential adverse impacts of climate ...
PDD W P
... action to combat climate change and its impacts is one of the key measures to transform our world and achieve sustainable development (UN, 2015a). The Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in 2015 affirms strong political commitment to a ...
... action to combat climate change and its impacts is one of the key measures to transform our world and achieve sustainable development (UN, 2015a). The Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in 2015 affirms strong political commitment to a ...
The Ethical implications of global climate change - unesdoc
... may have in responding to global climate change. Similarly, it is not always clear whether our conventional approaches to moral decision-making, or the dominant conceptual frameworks we use in this regard, are adequate to articulate the ethical challenges of global climate change and our responses ...
... may have in responding to global climate change. Similarly, it is not always clear whether our conventional approaches to moral decision-making, or the dominant conceptual frameworks we use in this regard, are adequate to articulate the ethical challenges of global climate change and our responses ...
Whole of Island Approach - Abaiang Atoll, Kiribati
... dry seasons, and there is moderate confidence that the number of droughts will decrease. Ocean acidification: When the ocean absorbes carbon, it leads to seawater becoming more acidic. There is very high confidence that this acidification in Kiribati will continue to increase, putting precious marin ...
... dry seasons, and there is moderate confidence that the number of droughts will decrease. Ocean acidification: When the ocean absorbes carbon, it leads to seawater becoming more acidic. There is very high confidence that this acidification in Kiribati will continue to increase, putting precious marin ...
characterizing the phenology of southwest landscapes
... Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, [email protected] The growing importance of phenological monitoring and modeling in the face of climate change is manifest in ongoing implementation of a U.S.A.-National Phenology Network (NPN) with regional branches. Subtropical ...
... Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, [email protected] The growing importance of phenological monitoring and modeling in the face of climate change is manifest in ongoing implementation of a U.S.A.-National Phenology Network (NPN) with regional branches. Subtropical ...
spaces – science partnerships for the assessment of complex earth
... intensive research-oriented partnership between countries. In various jointly published research initiatives, Germany and its partners have risen to one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century: climate change. Together with a number of other impacts of global change, such as the competition fo ...
... intensive research-oriented partnership between countries. In various jointly published research initiatives, Germany and its partners have risen to one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century: climate change. Together with a number of other impacts of global change, such as the competition fo ...
Dis full and final - University of Otago
... Court in Canada (Attorney General) v Ward26 (Ward). The Supreme Court endorses the approach that academic commentator Hathaway takes to persecution. Under the ‘Hathaway approach’, persecution is defined as the “sustained or systematic violation of basic human rights demonstrative of a failure of st ...
... Court in Canada (Attorney General) v Ward26 (Ward). The Supreme Court endorses the approach that academic commentator Hathaway takes to persecution. Under the ‘Hathaway approach’, persecution is defined as the “sustained or systematic violation of basic human rights demonstrative of a failure of st ...
Comparison of Monthly Temperature Extremes Simulated by CMIP3
... (CMIP5) are now available, and components such as terrestrial and marine carbon cycles, dynamic vegetation, and indirect effects of aerosols are included in most of the models for the first time (Taylor et al. 2012). Representative concentration pathways (RCPs) have replaced the Special Report on Em ...
... (CMIP5) are now available, and components such as terrestrial and marine carbon cycles, dynamic vegetation, and indirect effects of aerosols are included in most of the models for the first time (Taylor et al. 2012). Representative concentration pathways (RCPs) have replaced the Special Report on Em ...
global warming - Libertarian Alliance
... dropped before CO2 declined and not after. There are many other greenhouse gases besides CO2 and water vapour, and their temperature-enhancing effects, other things being equal, do not add up in a linear fashion. As concentrations increase, eventually the temperature does not change. The effects of ...
... dropped before CO2 declined and not after. There are many other greenhouse gases besides CO2 and water vapour, and their temperature-enhancing effects, other things being equal, do not add up in a linear fashion. As concentrations increase, eventually the temperature does not change. The effects of ...
2.0 air quality, climate and climate change
... “The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on Earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also ...
... “The Arctic is now experiencing some of the most rapid and severe climate change on Earth. Over the next 100 years, climate change is expected to accelerate, contributing to major physical, ecological, social and economic changes, many of which have already begun. Changes in arctic climate will also ...
ENSEMBLES_DoW_vn.4_RT5_and_RT6_overview
... tendency error computations and comparison with new satellite products (e.g. MODIS, MISR). The cloud and aerosol parameters will be investigated by using ERA 40 to drive (“nudge”) the atmospheric component of the ESM in order to analyse the performance of specific model approaches and to gain a bett ...
... tendency error computations and comparison with new satellite products (e.g. MODIS, MISR). The cloud and aerosol parameters will be investigated by using ERA 40 to drive (“nudge”) the atmospheric component of the ESM in order to analyse the performance of specific model approaches and to gain a bett ...
Hot and Hungry: How to stop climate change
... The climate change impacts which are already locked in do not make hunger inevitable if the right action is taken – as illustrated by countries that appear to be bucking the trends of food insecurity and climate risk. Ghana and Nigeria are both lower-middle-income countries in West Africa facing com ...
... The climate change impacts which are already locked in do not make hunger inevitable if the right action is taken – as illustrated by countries that appear to be bucking the trends of food insecurity and climate risk. Ghana and Nigeria are both lower-middle-income countries in West Africa facing com ...
What Are Climate Forcings?
... Greenhouse gases allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere freely, but trap the heat in the atmosphere, like a greenhouse, hence the name. The earth's atmosphere is generally transparent to short-wave radiation, which means the sunlight enters the atmosphere freely. Hence most of this energy passes thr ...
... Greenhouse gases allow sunlight to enter the atmosphere freely, but trap the heat in the atmosphere, like a greenhouse, hence the name. The earth's atmosphere is generally transparent to short-wave radiation, which means the sunlight enters the atmosphere freely. Hence most of this energy passes thr ...
Blöschl, G., A. Viglione and A. Montanari (2013)
... scenarios that are at variance with the economic optimality goal are considered. Since extreme floods are usually economically less important than smaller floods if a long period is considered (Merz et al. 2009), risk aversion functions can be used to give greater weight to extreme events (Merz et al. ...
... scenarios that are at variance with the economic optimality goal are considered. Since extreme floods are usually economically less important than smaller floods if a long period is considered (Merz et al. 2009), risk aversion functions can be used to give greater weight to extreme events (Merz et al. ...
Options for Marine Turtles - Organization of American States
... other climatic impacts, as well as their importance for the people and species that inhabit them. Coasts are complex and dynamic areas where habitats as diverse as coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, beaches and wetlands, interact to form one of the most productive systems in the world 9. Sixty p ...
... other climatic impacts, as well as their importance for the people and species that inhabit them. Coasts are complex and dynamic areas where habitats as diverse as coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, beaches and wetlands, interact to form one of the most productive systems in the world 9. Sixty p ...
CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE IN THE SOUTHWEST
... Precipitation Trends and Water Consumption in the Southwestern United States by Henry F. Diaz with Craig A. Anderson Coping with Severe and Sustained Drought in the Southwest by Michael Dettinger Effects of El Niño on Streamflow, Lake Level, and Landslide Potential by R. Reynolds with M. Dettinger, ...
... Precipitation Trends and Water Consumption in the Southwestern United States by Henry F. Diaz with Craig A. Anderson Coping with Severe and Sustained Drought in the Southwest by Michael Dettinger Effects of El Niño on Streamflow, Lake Level, and Landslide Potential by R. Reynolds with M. Dettinger, ...
Investing for the climate in Asia
... headquarters located in Melbourne, ANZ is a top 4 bank in Australia, the largest banking group in New Zealand and the Pacific, a leading bank globally on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), and among the top 25 banks in the world. We provide a range of banking and financial products and servi ...
... headquarters located in Melbourne, ANZ is a top 4 bank in Australia, the largest banking group in New Zealand and the Pacific, a leading bank globally on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), and among the top 25 banks in the world. We provide a range of banking and financial products and servi ...
