the state of city climate finance - Cities Climate Finance Leadership
... their investments in low-emission, resilient cities in spades. This financing is bringing a host of benefits globally: from investment returns, to public health gains. As we look down the new path of sustainable, climate-resilient development, we see a future with investment firms increasingly shift ...
... their investments in low-emission, resilient cities in spades. This financing is bringing a host of benefits globally: from investment returns, to public health gains. As we look down the new path of sustainable, climate-resilient development, we see a future with investment firms increasingly shift ...
Puerto Rico`s State of the Climate
... This group of volunteers adopted the name Puerto Rico Climate Change Council. The Council’s work was conducted under four sub-groups: (1) Geophysical and Chemical Scientific Knowledge; (2) Ecology and Biodiversity; (3) Economy and Society; and (4) Communicating Climate Change and Coastal Hazards. Th ...
... This group of volunteers adopted the name Puerto Rico Climate Change Council. The Council’s work was conducted under four sub-groups: (1) Geophysical and Chemical Scientific Knowledge; (2) Ecology and Biodiversity; (3) Economy and Society; and (4) Communicating Climate Change and Coastal Hazards. Th ...
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... Some studies on glaciers in the Tian Shan also proved the dominant role of temperature for changes in mass balance (Duethmann et al., 2015). As shown in Fig. 11, the records of both stations revealed that the temperature in the region has tended to increase during the last several decades. The Aksu ...
... Some studies on glaciers in the Tian Shan also proved the dominant role of temperature for changes in mass balance (Duethmann et al., 2015). As shown in Fig. 11, the records of both stations revealed that the temperature in the region has tended to increase during the last several decades. The Aksu ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i2146e/i2146e.pdf
... Schematic showing the effect on extreme temperatures when the mean temperature increases, for a normal temperature distribution ......................................................................... 23 Observed changes in global average sea level from tide gauge (blue) and satellite (red) data... ...
... Schematic showing the effect on extreme temperatures when the mean temperature increases, for a normal temperature distribution ......................................................................... 23 Observed changes in global average sea level from tide gauge (blue) and satellite (red) data... ...
Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis
... The scope of this assessment is primarily ecological; it considers ecological vulnerabilities in northern Wisconsin with particular emphasis on tree species. It provides very limited direct consideration of water and wildlife, although these are vital topics. Although we provide limited consideratio ...
... The scope of this assessment is primarily ecological; it considers ecological vulnerabilities in northern Wisconsin with particular emphasis on tree species. It provides very limited direct consideration of water and wildlife, although these are vital topics. Although we provide limited consideratio ...
- Arjen Y. Hoekstra
... The performance of the two dike heightening strategies has been evaluated based on three different discharge scenarios: a scenario without uncertainty in the probability distribution function, a scenario including uncertainty and a scenario with a gradual increase of the design discharge to reflect ...
... The performance of the two dike heightening strategies has been evaluated based on three different discharge scenarios: a scenario without uncertainty in the probability distribution function, a scenario including uncertainty and a scenario with a gradual increase of the design discharge to reflect ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... multi-collaborator climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast (NECIA). Also member of the synthesis team for the entire assessment. Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making. Invited Study Participant; National Research Council; focus on the First U.S. National As ...
... multi-collaborator climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast (NECIA). Also member of the synthesis team for the entire assessment. Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making. Invited Study Participant; National Research Council; focus on the First U.S. National As ...
Final Report - South Tyneside Council
... 18. Such a policy statement was adopted by Borough Council at its meeting of 24 February 2006 and was subsequently restated when Council adopted the updated Coastal Management Strategy in September 2007. That policy statement was submitted to Defra and the Environment Agency. 19. Further emphasis wa ...
... 18. Such a policy statement was adopted by Borough Council at its meeting of 24 February 2006 and was subsequently restated when Council adopted the updated Coastal Management Strategy in September 2007. That policy statement was submitted to Defra and the Environment Agency. 19. Further emphasis wa ...
Preparing for a Changing Climate in Northern Ireland
... Rapid climate change, for example leading to a decline in the North Atlantic Drift, is considered unlikely over the next 100 years. It is recommended that a watching brief is kept on current research in this area and if necessary alternative ‘side-swipe’ scenarios are investigated to test the resili ...
... Rapid climate change, for example leading to a decline in the North Atlantic Drift, is considered unlikely over the next 100 years. It is recommended that a watching brief is kept on current research in this area and if necessary alternative ‘side-swipe’ scenarios are investigated to test the resili ...
Measuring Vulnerability - global change SysTem for Analysis
... Any conceptualization of vulnerability can be interpreted in different ways. Conceptualizations and interpretation of vulnerability have implications for what is measured and how it is measured. Vulnerability measures can have political and economic consequences; transparency (in both concepts and m ...
... Any conceptualization of vulnerability can be interpreted in different ways. Conceptualizations and interpretation of vulnerability have implications for what is measured and how it is measured. Vulnerability measures can have political and economic consequences; transparency (in both concepts and m ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster
... manifestations of global climate risk, through to global measures to reduce hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of ...
... manifestations of global climate risk, through to global measures to reduce hazard (for example, by reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and to reduce vulnerability (by increasing the social and economic resilience of ...
Catarina Henriques PhD thesis
... 4.1 Modelling methodology for estimating the naturalised flows ............................................... 59 4.1.1 Estimation of the Mean Flow................................................................................................. 59 4.1.1.1 Calibration of the catchment water balance m ...
... 4.1 Modelling methodology for estimating the naturalised flows ............................................... 59 4.1.1 Estimation of the Mean Flow................................................................................................. 59 4.1.1.1 Calibration of the catchment water balance m ...
Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
... Evans, A – Bureau of Meteorology Climate Division South Australia Acknowledgement This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is t ...
Implications of global change for Important Bird Areas in South Africa
... pressures assessed vary geographically, with no discernible systematic pattern that might assist conservation managers to design effective regional interventions. Furthermore, I used the newly emerging technique of ensemble forecasting to assess the impact of climate change on endemic birds in relat ...
... pressures assessed vary geographically, with no discernible systematic pattern that might assist conservation managers to design effective regional interventions. Furthermore, I used the newly emerging technique of ensemble forecasting to assess the impact of climate change on endemic birds in relat ...
En56-155-2000E - Publications du gouvernement du Canada
... trajectories, latitudinal and elevational ecotone shifts, extended growing season) and regional (sea-level rise, increased forest fire frequency and severity, diminished sea and lake-ice cover, waning permafrost, altered freshet and seasonal hydrology, wetland loses, retreat of low elevation glacier ...
... trajectories, latitudinal and elevational ecotone shifts, extended growing season) and regional (sea-level rise, increased forest fire frequency and severity, diminished sea and lake-ice cover, waning permafrost, altered freshet and seasonal hydrology, wetland loses, retreat of low elevation glacier ...
Lenachuru_colostate_0053A_13620 - DSpace Home
... establish how the Ilchamus acquire, share and transmit their IK over generations and within their community; and 3) to investigate how their IK informs Ilchamus decision-making in their livelihood production systems. To address these objectives, I conducted focus groups discussions with men and wome ...
... establish how the Ilchamus acquire, share and transmit their IK over generations and within their community; and 3) to investigate how their IK informs Ilchamus decision-making in their livelihood production systems. To address these objectives, I conducted focus groups discussions with men and wome ...
A New Climate for Conservation: Nature Carbon and Climate
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
... This report was commissioned by the Working Group on Biodiversity, Forests and Climate, an alliance of Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs) including: B.C. Spaces for Nature, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, David Suzuki Foundation, ForestEthics, Land Trust Alliance of B.C., We ...
... Some economic uses of the intervening area may be appropriate, other uses not. For example, some agricultural use may preserve habitat connectivity to a large degree allowing species to migrate across the gap in the buffer zone – one can picture frogs migrating through fields or meadows. A four-lane ...
Climate Change in the Midwest - Climate Adaptation Knowledge
... 1900, with annual precipitation generally increasing from the mid 1930s to present. Increases in both the number of wet days and the frequency of heavy precipitation events contribute to the larger precipitation totals. Climate projections developed from global climate models (GCMs) consistently pro ...
... 1900, with annual precipitation generally increasing from the mid 1930s to present. Increases in both the number of wet days and the frequency of heavy precipitation events contribute to the larger precipitation totals. Climate projections developed from global climate models (GCMs) consistently pro ...
Israel`s Second National Communication on Climate
... Foreword by the Minister of Environmental Protection On behalf of the Government of Israel, it is an honor and a privilege to present Israel’s Second National Communication to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Much has happened in Israel sin ...
... Foreword by the Minister of Environmental Protection On behalf of the Government of Israel, it is an honor and a privilege to present Israel’s Second National Communication to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Much has happened in Israel sin ...
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... higher than from other pervious land covers, due to their higher curve numbers (see Chapter 3), this has a non-linear effect which is not proportional to the area of the catchment occupied by DOC-producing land uses. In addition, there is some evidence to suggest that soil moisture may be a control ...
... higher than from other pervious land covers, due to their higher curve numbers (see Chapter 3), this has a non-linear effect which is not proportional to the area of the catchment occupied by DOC-producing land uses. In addition, there is some evidence to suggest that soil moisture may be a control ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/012/i0994e/i0994e.pdf
... The workshop agreed that fisheries and aquaculture activities make a minor but still significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during production operations and the transport, processing and storage of fish. There are significant differences in the emissions associated with the sub-s ...
... The workshop agreed that fisheries and aquaculture activities make a minor but still significant contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during production operations and the transport, processing and storage of fish. There are significant differences in the emissions associated with the sub-s ...
South Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. In addition, rising annual mean temperatures have caused many Himalayan glaciers to retreat at a rapid rate of several tens of meters per year. These observed trends are likely to continue in the future; it is expected that annual te ...
... increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. In addition, rising annual mean temperatures have caused many Himalayan glaciers to retreat at a rapid rate of several tens of meters per year. These observed trends are likely to continue in the future; it is expected that annual te ...