The National Climate Change Programme (NCCP), a unit within the
... support together with revenues from levies on CDM projects will in the longterm cover the administrative costs of CDM focal points. However, public funding constraints as well as the uncertainties affecting the carbon market limit the sources of funding CDM entitites. A temporary solution consists i ...
... support together with revenues from levies on CDM projects will in the longterm cover the administrative costs of CDM focal points. However, public funding constraints as well as the uncertainties affecting the carbon market limit the sources of funding CDM entitites. A temporary solution consists i ...
DOC - World bank documents
... Climate-change related risk for the Maldives includes sea-level rise, ocean acidification, cyclones, increasing air and sea surface temperatures, and changing rainfall patterns. From 1901 to 2010, global mean sea level rose by 0.19 m. Oceans have absorbed about 30 percent of the emitted anthropogeni ...
... Climate-change related risk for the Maldives includes sea-level rise, ocean acidification, cyclones, increasing air and sea surface temperatures, and changing rainfall patterns. From 1901 to 2010, global mean sea level rose by 0.19 m. Oceans have absorbed about 30 percent of the emitted anthropogeni ...
Assessing the Impact of Climate Change on Migration and Conflict
... climate change will undoubtedly affect the global south. As lesser developed countries are limited in their abilities to mitigate environmental hazards, researchers have speculated about the propensity of people to engage in mass movements. However, we find that international migration is quite limi ...
... climate change will undoubtedly affect the global south. As lesser developed countries are limited in their abilities to mitigate environmental hazards, researchers have speculated about the propensity of people to engage in mass movements. However, we find that international migration is quite limi ...
a guide to the climate change convention process
... Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Non-Annex I Parties was established by COP 5 in 1999 (see “Institutions” below). Financial assistance and technology transfer, along with support for capacity building, are critical to enabling non-Annex I Parties to address climate chang ...
... Consultative Group of Experts on National Communications from Non-Annex I Parties was established by COP 5 in 1999 (see “Institutions” below). Financial assistance and technology transfer, along with support for capacity building, are critical to enabling non-Annex I Parties to address climate chang ...
gReat plaiNs RegioNal teChNiCal iNput RepoRt
... have been above average temperature. Climate observations in the Great Plains show the warmest years on record were a tie between 1934 and 2006. The Northern Great Plains has experienced the most significant warming where North Dakota, for example, has experienced an annual average temperature incre ...
... have been above average temperature. Climate observations in the Great Plains show the warmest years on record were a tie between 1934 and 2006. The Northern Great Plains has experienced the most significant warming where North Dakota, for example, has experienced an annual average temperature incre ...
Chapter 4—Adaptation and Mitigation
... complexity of risk analyses. Although trends in climate and ecosystem response usually can be bounded with probabilistic envelopes, these are often wide and should be considered as only a guide for evaluating local decisions; unexpected conditions and surprises are especially important at local scal ...
... complexity of risk analyses. Although trends in climate and ecosystem response usually can be bounded with probabilistic envelopes, these are often wide and should be considered as only a guide for evaluating local decisions; unexpected conditions and surprises are especially important at local scal ...
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... Crop Insurance has a long history in Canada. In 1939, the Prairie Farm Assistance Act was introduced by the Canadian Government. It provided assistance to grain producers in the Prairies and the Peace River area against crop loss. In 1959, the Crop Insurance Act was passed to replace the Prairie Far ...
... Crop Insurance has a long history in Canada. In 1939, the Prairie Farm Assistance Act was introduced by the Canadian Government. It provided assistance to grain producers in the Prairies and the Peace River area against crop loss. In 1959, the Crop Insurance Act was passed to replace the Prairie Far ...
Defining the climate adaptation-migration nexus: what role for
... climate change will result in large flows of international migrants. However, investments by international migrants have an impact on internal movement. The main reason is that such investments tend to be made in areas with potential for economic growth and, in many cases, in non-agricultural activi ...
... climate change will result in large flows of international migrants. However, investments by international migrants have an impact on internal movement. The main reason is that such investments tend to be made in areas with potential for economic growth and, in many cases, in non-agricultural activi ...
Weeds and Climate Change
... aligns with your management options. Groups with a weed strategy that doesn’t yet incorporate adaptation can use it to modify what you already do in terms of key planning steps such as assessment, planning, monitoring, etc. Groups who have not yet developed an explicit weed management strategy could ...
... aligns with your management options. Groups with a weed strategy that doesn’t yet incorporate adaptation can use it to modify what you already do in terms of key planning steps such as assessment, planning, monitoring, etc. Groups who have not yet developed an explicit weed management strategy could ...
For submission to Global Change Biology
... future range of values for D and CO2 concentration. Preliminary analysis showed that increasing temperature by 4˚C with D and CO2 unchanged from nominal values decreased the annual sum of sapflow by only 0.2% and increased annual GPP by only 1%, so the effect of temperature was not considered furthe ...
... future range of values for D and CO2 concentration. Preliminary analysis showed that increasing temperature by 4˚C with D and CO2 unchanged from nominal values decreased the annual sum of sapflow by only 0.2% and increased annual GPP by only 1%, so the effect of temperature was not considered furthe ...
Human Impact on Atolls Leads to Coral Loss and
... encrusting, arboresent and massive corals. Community patterns observed in the field were influenced by bleaching-related mortality, most notably in 1998. Survival had been highest in deep lagoonal settings, which suggests a refuge. Recruitment levels were higher in lagoons than on ocean-facing reefs ...
... encrusting, arboresent and massive corals. Community patterns observed in the field were influenced by bleaching-related mortality, most notably in 1998. Survival had been highest in deep lagoonal settings, which suggests a refuge. Recruitment levels were higher in lagoons than on ocean-facing reefs ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Expected CPAP Outputs: The capacities to manage natural resources and to fight against land degradation are strengthened. Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: National Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: United Nations Development Programme ...
... Expected CPAP Outputs: The capacities to manage natural resources and to fight against land degradation are strengthened. Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: National Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: United Nations Development Programme ...
Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda
... for cities to assess both increasing risk from climate change, along with their already full agenda of current disaster risk reduction efforts and improved provision of basic services, especially to the poor. Part 2 also explains why climate change is an urgent issue for cities. Given that the clima ...
... for cities to assess both increasing risk from climate change, along with their already full agenda of current disaster risk reduction efforts and improved provision of basic services, especially to the poor. Part 2 also explains why climate change is an urgent issue for cities. Given that the clima ...
Modelling Abrupt Glacial Climate Change
... ideas regarding the research aims of the project. Hans, my co-promotor and main supervisor, thank you for your endless patience, for seeing me through the personal and scientiÞc ups and downs, for always coming with the right advice and for your friendship. I greatly appreciate working with you duri ...
... ideas regarding the research aims of the project. Hans, my co-promotor and main supervisor, thank you for your endless patience, for seeing me through the personal and scientiÞc ups and downs, for always coming with the right advice and for your friendship. I greatly appreciate working with you duri ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
STATE OF THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN CLIMATE
... STATE OF THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN CLIMATE SYSTEM P. A. Mayewski,1 M. P. Meredith,2 C. P. Summerhayes,3 J. Turner,2 A. Worby,4 P. J. Barrett,5 G. Casassa,6 N. A. N. Bertler,1,5 T. Bracegirdle,2 A. C. Naveira Garabato,7 D. Bromwich,8 H. Campbell,2 G. S. Hamilton,1 W. B. Lyons,8 K. A. Maasch,1 ...
... STATE OF THE ANTARCTIC AND SOUTHERN OCEAN CLIMATE SYSTEM P. A. Mayewski,1 M. P. Meredith,2 C. P. Summerhayes,3 J. Turner,2 A. Worby,4 P. J. Barrett,5 G. Casassa,6 N. A. N. Bertler,1,5 T. Bracegirdle,2 A. C. Naveira Garabato,7 D. Bromwich,8 H. Campbell,2 G. S. Hamilton,1 W. B. Lyons,8 K. A. Maasch,1 ...
Protected Areas: Buffering nature against climate change
... the formal reserve system, to reduce all the major threats and to ensure natural processes and linkages are retained. A first class reserve system can be undermined by what the neighbours are doing. It’s best to engage all the neighbours and offer ways and means to move their uses of the land onto a ...
... the formal reserve system, to reduce all the major threats and to ensure natural processes and linkages are retained. A first class reserve system can be undermined by what the neighbours are doing. It’s best to engage all the neighbours and offer ways and means to move their uses of the land onto a ...
Recent observed climate change over the Arabian Peninsula
... reported that in general, the monthly and yearly patterns of precipitation are stable and no significant trends were observed over the study period. [4] Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [2010] urges Arab countries to demonstrate commitment and preparation in relation to emerging inter ...
... reported that in general, the monthly and yearly patterns of precipitation are stable and no significant trends were observed over the study period. [4] Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia [2010] urges Arab countries to demonstrate commitment and preparation in relation to emerging inter ...
Gordon_SCS_ITF_GRL12_2012GL052021.pdf
... interpolated to a uniform pressure grid based on the instrument’s pressure data, then interpolated to a uniform hourly time base. As with all ADCP data, near surface data returns are contaminated by side lobe reflections from the surface. We have excluded the uppermost 40 m of data to avoid surface ...
... interpolated to a uniform pressure grid based on the instrument’s pressure data, then interpolated to a uniform hourly time base. As with all ADCP data, near surface data returns are contaminated by side lobe reflections from the surface. We have excluded the uppermost 40 m of data to avoid surface ...
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... exploits beneficial opportunities.” (IPCC 2007, p. 869). Although this definition has its strength in the inclusion of both observed and expected climate change, as well as covering both positive and negative climate impacts, it also leaves some open questions. In particular, when applying the defin ...
... exploits beneficial opportunities.” (IPCC 2007, p. 869). Although this definition has its strength in the inclusion of both observed and expected climate change, as well as covering both positive and negative climate impacts, it also leaves some open questions. In particular, when applying the defin ...
Past and future conditions for polar stratospheric cloud formation
... Southern Hemisphere for simplicity, and to retain some vertical information. We emphasize in particular the 50 hPa surface as being representative of a region with strong ozone depletion. To separate the respective effects of ozone depletion/recovery and climate change, we focus on three periods in ...
... Southern Hemisphere for simplicity, and to retain some vertical information. We emphasize in particular the 50 hPa surface as being representative of a region with strong ozone depletion. To separate the respective effects of ozone depletion/recovery and climate change, we focus on three periods in ...