Song of the prophets: a global theology of climate
... Theology, at its best, will help us to see clearly and face up to our experiences, clearing away the mechanisms we all use to hide from the truths about ourselves and the world. It can help us to discern the meaning of an experience and find wise ways to respond that will bring life to others and be ...
... Theology, at its best, will help us to see clearly and face up to our experiences, clearing away the mechanisms we all use to hide from the truths about ourselves and the world. It can help us to discern the meaning of an experience and find wise ways to respond that will bring life to others and be ...
Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the
... States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. Th ...
... States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. Th ...
Sustainable Development and Climate Change Strategy 2012-2017
... This document spells out how Falkirk Council plans to work on sustainable development and climate change over the next five years. It will help you to understand what the area could look like if we all worked on it together. This document is a strategy, which means that it paints the general picture ...
... This document spells out how Falkirk Council plans to work on sustainable development and climate change over the next five years. It will help you to understand what the area could look like if we all worked on it together. This document is a strategy, which means that it paints the general picture ...
No Gap for One Earth
... Although not yet party to the UNFCCC, Taiwan announced its INDC on September 17, 2015, committing itself to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from the business-as-usual level (from 428 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents to 214 million tonnes) by 2030. This INDC target is more ambitious ...
... Although not yet party to the UNFCCC, Taiwan announced its INDC on September 17, 2015, committing itself to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from the business-as-usual level (from 428 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents to 214 million tonnes) by 2030. This INDC target is more ambitious ...
Climate Change Risks and Supply Chain Responsibility
... What happens when floods, droughts or disease wipe out the crops of small-scale farmers? What does it mean for their livelihoods and food security, and for the wider community? And, where small-scale farmers are selling into global value chains, how do companies respond when adverse weather events a ...
... What happens when floods, droughts or disease wipe out the crops of small-scale farmers? What does it mean for their livelihoods and food security, and for the wider community? And, where small-scale farmers are selling into global value chains, how do companies respond when adverse weather events a ...
Hydrology as a driver of biodiversity: Controls on carrying capacity
... vegetation cover. They show that areas with similar seasonal rainfall totals have higher fractional woody cover if the local rainfall climatology consists of frequent, less intense precipitation events. This distinction is crucially important since climate change is projected to lead to more intense ...
... vegetation cover. They show that areas with similar seasonal rainfall totals have higher fractional woody cover if the local rainfall climatology consists of frequent, less intense precipitation events. This distinction is crucially important since climate change is projected to lead to more intense ...
UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
... The lack of any possibility of indigenous peoples directly accessing finance for capacity building and to support mitigation and adaptation actions based on their traditional knowledge and livelihoods was also underlined, together with the lack of commitment by Parties to support the second commitme ...
... The lack of any possibility of indigenous peoples directly accessing finance for capacity building and to support mitigation and adaptation actions based on their traditional knowledge and livelihoods was also underlined, together with the lack of commitment by Parties to support the second commitme ...
Climate change: the ultimate `tragedy of the commons`? Jouni
... Furthermore, they form a relatively homogeneous and powerful negotiation block, which has experience from collective action in other contexts. Developing countries – particularly the least developed countries – have contributed little to climate change because of their limited energy use and relianc ...
... Furthermore, they form a relatively homogeneous and powerful negotiation block, which has experience from collective action in other contexts. Developing countries – particularly the least developed countries – have contributed little to climate change because of their limited energy use and relianc ...
Do Western and Eastern Europe have the same
... developing countries can enhance their adaptive capabilities to cope better with climate change (IPCC, 2001). In this respect, Haddad (2005) notices that climate change adaptive capacity development paths are highly influenced by national socio-political aspirations and priorities. Looking at the c ...
... developing countries can enhance their adaptive capabilities to cope better with climate change (IPCC, 2001). In this respect, Haddad (2005) notices that climate change adaptive capacity development paths are highly influenced by national socio-political aspirations and priorities. Looking at the c ...
Climate Sensitivity, Sea Level, and Atmospheric
... model, simplified to essential processes, to investigate state-dependence of climate sensitivity, finding a strong increase in sensitivity when global temperature reaches early Cenozoic and higher levels, as increased water vapor eliminates the tropopause. It follows that burning all fossil fuels wo ...
... model, simplified to essential processes, to investigate state-dependence of climate sensitivity, finding a strong increase in sensitivity when global temperature reaches early Cenozoic and higher levels, as increased water vapor eliminates the tropopause. It follows that burning all fossil fuels wo ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... Predicted costs of inaction action are at least 5% of global GDP per year (Stern 2006) Cost of reducing greenhouse gases and avoiding climate change impacts is 1% of global GDP Benefit-cost ration of taking action on climate change 5:1 Early adaption action cost-effective and prevents future losses ...
... Predicted costs of inaction action are at least 5% of global GDP per year (Stern 2006) Cost of reducing greenhouse gases and avoiding climate change impacts is 1% of global GDP Benefit-cost ration of taking action on climate change 5:1 Early adaption action cost-effective and prevents future losses ...
Key lessons from practitioners` experiences
... D. Rissik and N. Reis from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education) 2013. ISBN 978-0-9922765-6-0. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Creative Comm ...
... D. Rissik and N. Reis from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education) 2013. ISBN 978-0-9922765-6-0. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Creative Comm ...
Economics of PGRFA Management for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Selected Literature
... change, the biggest losses in suitable cropland are likely to be in Africa, whereas the largest expansion of suitable cropland is in the Russian Federation and Central Asia. Temperature rise will also expand the range of many agricultural pests and increase the ability of pest populations to survive ...
... change, the biggest losses in suitable cropland are likely to be in Africa, whereas the largest expansion of suitable cropland is in the Russian Federation and Central Asia. Temperature rise will also expand the range of many agricultural pests and increase the ability of pest populations to survive ...
From obscurity to action - Liu Institute for Global Issues
... about the climate change-security nexus date back at least 30 years, but only recently have national governments, multilateral institutions, and senior military, police, and intelligence officers acknowledged the seriousness of the issue. The issues around climate change and security gained momentum ...
... about the climate change-security nexus date back at least 30 years, but only recently have national governments, multilateral institutions, and senior military, police, and intelligence officers acknowledged the seriousness of the issue. The issues around climate change and security gained momentum ...
NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY - Indus Valley School of Art
... 4.2. Agriculture and Livestock Agriculture is central to human survival and is probably the human enterprise most vulnerable to change in climate. Agriculture sector is the life line and the single largest sector of Pakistan’s economy. It contributes 21% to the GDP, employs 45% of the labor force an ...
... 4.2. Agriculture and Livestock Agriculture is central to human survival and is probably the human enterprise most vulnerable to change in climate. Agriculture sector is the life line and the single largest sector of Pakistan’s economy. It contributes 21% to the GDP, employs 45% of the labor force an ...
paper - IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology
... (Church and others, 2001). There is concern that anthropogenic forcing of climate may lead to significant global warming and, as a consequence, to an increasing rate of sealevel rise. Thermal expansion of the oceans and changes in the volume of land ice are supposed to be the most important factors ...
... (Church and others, 2001). There is concern that anthropogenic forcing of climate may lead to significant global warming and, as a consequence, to an increasing rate of sealevel rise. Thermal expansion of the oceans and changes in the volume of land ice are supposed to be the most important factors ...
How can decision-makers in developing countries incorporate uncertainty about future climate risks into existing planning and policymaking processes? (424 kB) (opens in new window)
... were spent on agriculture, flood protection and water supply projects alone8 and it has previously been suggested that roughly 40% of all World Bank lending (in total, over $20 billion per year) for projects in developing countries could contain climate-sensitive components9. This, of course, const ...
... were spent on agriculture, flood protection and water supply projects alone8 and it has previously been suggested that roughly 40% of all World Bank lending (in total, over $20 billion per year) for projects in developing countries could contain climate-sensitive components9. This, of course, const ...
Recent radical shifts of atmospheric circulations and rapid changes
... amplitude evolution in each time window, but also tracks movements of its centers of action throughout the entire time period. The first EOF/PC patterns of MSLP are outstandingly robust, exhibiting statistical and physical significance in sampling error assessments, Monte Carlo simulations, and comp ...
... amplitude evolution in each time window, but also tracks movements of its centers of action throughout the entire time period. The first EOF/PC patterns of MSLP are outstandingly robust, exhibiting statistical and physical significance in sampling error assessments, Monte Carlo simulations, and comp ...
Importance of stream temperature to climate change impact on water
... growth and oxygen deficits. Water warming decreased dissolved oxygen, increased phytoplankton biomass during the growth period, and reduced it afterwards, when loss factors dominate. It was also shown that these impacts were enhanced when point source inputs of nutrient and organic carbon increased. ...
... growth and oxygen deficits. Water warming decreased dissolved oxygen, increased phytoplankton biomass during the growth period, and reduced it afterwards, when loss factors dominate. It was also shown that these impacts were enhanced when point source inputs of nutrient and organic carbon increased. ...
Unit Roots in the Climate: Is the Recent Warming Due to Persistent
... In recent years, scientists have become increasingly certain that the rise in global mean temperature is due in part to rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Evidence has come from two directions, observation of the climate and greenhouse gas concentrations (detection of the climate cha ...
... In recent years, scientists have become increasingly certain that the rise in global mean temperature is due in part to rising concentrations of greenhouse gasses (GHGs). Evidence has come from two directions, observation of the climate and greenhouse gas concentrations (detection of the climate cha ...
Greenhouse Policy Architectures and Institutions
... would require transforming the energy systems of both developed and developing nations and, as Chapter 9 of the Report indicates, would likely involve annual costs on the order of several percent of world income. Such costs would dwarf those of eliminating CFCs from the global economy. The total dir ...
... would require transforming the energy systems of both developed and developing nations and, as Chapter 9 of the Report indicates, would likely involve annual costs on the order of several percent of world income. Such costs would dwarf those of eliminating CFCs from the global economy. The total dir ...
