West Africa Working Group - International Ocean Institute
... international debates and concerns. As a result of this, our group identified 4 major issues that ...
... international debates and concerns. As a result of this, our group identified 4 major issues that ...
Co-benefits of addressing climate change can motivate action around the... Authors: , Taciano L. Milfont , Yoshihisa Kashima
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
... convinced participants, unconvinced participants showed similar or stronger effects for cobenefits related to societal conditions, and similar or weaker effects for character co-benefits. Unconvinced participants seemed particularly motivated by Development co-benefits. For climate change importanc ...
The role of ecosystems in climate change adaptation and disaster
... Coastal ecosystems function as a continuum of natural buffer systems protecting against hurricanes, storm surges, flooding, and other coastal hazards – a combined protection from coral reefs, sea grass beds, and sand dunes/coastal wetlands/coastal forests is particularly effective. Research has hig ...
... Coastal ecosystems function as a continuum of natural buffer systems protecting against hurricanes, storm surges, flooding, and other coastal hazards – a combined protection from coral reefs, sea grass beds, and sand dunes/coastal wetlands/coastal forests is particularly effective. Research has hig ...
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... It is possible to balance profitability with sustainability in an intensively managed agricultural area under changing climate through development of robust policy ...
... It is possible to balance profitability with sustainability in an intensively managed agricultural area under changing climate through development of robust policy ...
Assessing the adequacy of current fisheries
... Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on both target and non-target marine stocks worldwide, with the concomitant need for management strategies capable of sustaining fishing in future. We use several southern hemisphere fisheries to highlight the likely impacts of climate change at a r ...
... Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on both target and non-target marine stocks worldwide, with the concomitant need for management strategies capable of sustaining fishing in future. We use several southern hemisphere fisheries to highlight the likely impacts of climate change at a r ...
Public Lecture
... principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”. In the Kyoto Protocol, this was interpreted as requiring no specific emission reduction commitments from Developing Countries. At the Copenhagen Conference this was modified in the Accord, which asked non-Annex I countries to make mitigation ...
... principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities”. In the Kyoto Protocol, this was interpreted as requiring no specific emission reduction commitments from Developing Countries. At the Copenhagen Conference this was modified in the Accord, which asked non-Annex I countries to make mitigation ...
Frequency of wet and dry soil conditions in Tasmanian beef and
... managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia has experienced a decline in total annual rainfall (Australian Bureau of Meteorology 2008), with the most substantial reduction occurring in autumn (Gallant et al. 2007 ...
... managed to meet feed demands on extensive livestock farm systems (beef and sheep farms). In recent decades, south eastern Australia has experienced a decline in total annual rainfall (Australian Bureau of Meteorology 2008), with the most substantial reduction occurring in autumn (Gallant et al. 2007 ...
Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change
... Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in preparation for the 7th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as well as the World Conference on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen in 2009. The aim of the Conference was to discuss the impacts of climate change on indigenous pe ...
... Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) in preparation for the 7th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues as well as the World Conference on Climate Change (COP 15) in Copenhagen in 2009. The aim of the Conference was to discuss the impacts of climate change on indigenous pe ...
Presentation Subject
... In January 2007, Citi released a Climate Change Position Statement, the first US financial institution to do so. As a sustainability leader in the financial sector, Citi has taken concrete steps to address this important issue of climate change by: (a) targeting $50 billion over 10 years to address ...
... In January 2007, Citi released a Climate Change Position Statement, the first US financial institution to do so. As a sustainability leader in the financial sector, Citi has taken concrete steps to address this important issue of climate change by: (a) targeting $50 billion over 10 years to address ...
NATURAL CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND GLOBAL WARMING
... Crucifix, this volume). In the tropics, the changes in orbital forcing were manifested in large-scale circulation changes involving monsoon systems (as discussed further below) and these resulted in dramatic hydrologic changes with important consequences for regional hydrology and societies living i ...
... Crucifix, this volume). In the tropics, the changes in orbital forcing were manifested in large-scale circulation changes involving monsoon systems (as discussed further below) and these resulted in dramatic hydrologic changes with important consequences for regional hydrology and societies living i ...
Faculty Details proforma for DU Web-site
... juncea L.)’ in National Seminar on Science-led Development for Environmental Sustainability organized by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi110025 on 21-22 February, 2015. ...
... juncea L.)’ in National Seminar on Science-led Development for Environmental Sustainability organized by National Environmental Science Academy, New Delhi110025 on 21-22 February, 2015. ...
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... Climate fluctuations that we review here are not necessarily anthropogenic. Some proxies representing local climate at different places across the world reveal that the 20th century is probably neither the warmest nor a uniquely extreme climatic period of the last millennium40. A variable sun throug ...
... Climate fluctuations that we review here are not necessarily anthropogenic. Some proxies representing local climate at different places across the world reveal that the 20th century is probably neither the warmest nor a uniquely extreme climatic period of the last millennium40. A variable sun throug ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... Portuguese language newspaper (Folha de S.Paulo). At the newspaper El País and the newspaper El Mercurio it was not possible to analyze the term «Global Change» owed to their searching engines which included all the contexts were the words «Global» and «Change» appeared and it did not let us to disc ...
... Portuguese language newspaper (Folha de S.Paulo). At the newspaper El País and the newspaper El Mercurio it was not possible to analyze the term «Global Change» owed to their searching engines which included all the contexts were the words «Global» and «Change» appeared and it did not let us to disc ...
Carbon Budgets - National Assembly for Wales
... At the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister on 26 June 2014, the First Minister stated that the Welsh Government were not considering changing the 40% target although a ‘refresh’ of the Climate Change Strategy for Wales27 would take place in the coming months28. With regards to carbon bu ...
... At the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister on 26 June 2014, the First Minister stated that the Welsh Government were not considering changing the 40% target although a ‘refresh’ of the Climate Change Strategy for Wales27 would take place in the coming months28. With regards to carbon bu ...
2. coral reefs and climate change: susceptibility and consequences
... disturbance such as excessive wave action, changes to the clarity of the water through excess sediment input resulting from damaging human activities, pollution and the effects of overfishing. Now global warming and ocean acidification are developing as additional major threats to their future viabi ...
... disturbance such as excessive wave action, changes to the clarity of the water through excess sediment input resulting from damaging human activities, pollution and the effects of overfishing. Now global warming and ocean acidification are developing as additional major threats to their future viabi ...
Disaster risk reduction or climate change adaptation: Are we
... Whilst some have experienced losses, other communities have adequately recovered through ‘building back better’ or ‘building back safer’ (for further discussion on these terms see Kennedy et al., 2008). Additionally, disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and strategies are well established within t ...
... Whilst some have experienced losses, other communities have adequately recovered through ‘building back better’ or ‘building back safer’ (for further discussion on these terms see Kennedy et al., 2008). Additionally, disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies and strategies are well established within t ...
Carbon Emissions, Climate Change, and Impacts in India`s
... to urban activities (manufacturing and services) in the sectoral composition of GDP growth across countries. Across the developing world, the urban sector drives growth: according to the National Research Council (2003), 86 per cent of the growth value-added in developing countries’ GDP between 1980 ...
... to urban activities (manufacturing and services) in the sectoral composition of GDP growth across countries. Across the developing world, the urban sector drives growth: according to the National Research Council (2003), 86 per cent of the growth value-added in developing countries’ GDP between 1980 ...
Overlooked and Neglected Issues in Climate Change Studies: The Need for a
... Everything he's writing has to be taken very seriously. It's not just some 'Doomsday' prediction. I think this is really meant as a wake-up call - among the many scenarios about the future of the planet. If we do not really fight global warming, then this is certainly in the upper range of catastrop ...
... Everything he's writing has to be taken very seriously. It's not just some 'Doomsday' prediction. I think this is really meant as a wake-up call - among the many scenarios about the future of the planet. If we do not really fight global warming, then this is certainly in the upper range of catastrop ...
Long-term macroinvertebrate responses to climate change
... Daily precipitation records were obtained from the Napa State Hospital for the entire duration of the study; complete records were unavailable from the closer meteorological station operated at the McLaughlin Reserve. The total amount of precipitation that occurred over the 15-week period leading up ...
... Daily precipitation records were obtained from the Napa State Hospital for the entire duration of the study; complete records were unavailable from the closer meteorological station operated at the McLaughlin Reserve. The total amount of precipitation that occurred over the 15-week period leading up ...
Workshop report, 22-23 April 2010
... important areas where the department is responding to the call by DEA to develop a forestry sector plan on mitigation and adaptation. Forests in South Africa have an important role to play in addressing the effects of climate change. They provide great opportunities for adaptation by increasing both ...
... important areas where the department is responding to the call by DEA to develop a forestry sector plan on mitigation and adaptation. Forests in South Africa have an important role to play in addressing the effects of climate change. They provide great opportunities for adaptation by increasing both ...
Climate change, development, and migration: an African Diaspora
... This paper focuses on the role of the African Diaspora in assisting their country of origin in its fight against the adverse impacts of climate change. In order to combat climate change poor countries need to mobilize all resources (financial, institutional and human) on different fronts. Diaspora c ...
... This paper focuses on the role of the African Diaspora in assisting their country of origin in its fight against the adverse impacts of climate change. In order to combat climate change poor countries need to mobilize all resources (financial, institutional and human) on different fronts. Diaspora c ...