The Sixth National Communication of the Republic of Belarus
... density - 46 people per km2 and the urban population made up 76.8%. The urban population is characterized by a high concentration. 1.9 mln people (26.8% of the urban population) reside in Minsk. Five regional centers account for 26.7% of the urban residents. 8 cities numbering from 100 thousand to 2 ...
... density - 46 people per km2 and the urban population made up 76.8%. The urban population is characterized by a high concentration. 1.9 mln people (26.8% of the urban population) reside in Minsk. Five regional centers account for 26.7% of the urban residents. 8 cities numbering from 100 thousand to 2 ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – aquatic
... All freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of their relative isolation and physical fragmentation within terrestrial landscapes (Woodward et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously p ...
... All freshwater ecosystems are vulnerable to climate change because of their relative isolation and physical fragmentation within terrestrial landscapes (Woodward et al. 2010). These factors mean that many aquatic species will have limited ability to disperse as temperatures increase and previously p ...
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... cost-effective solution since it can reduce the effects of global warming relatively quickly [34, 19] and hence provides a potential game-changing option for climate policy [37, 43]. In this paper we focus on the latter geoengineering option of SRM and in particular we consider the most widely discu ...
... cost-effective solution since it can reduce the effects of global warming relatively quickly [34, 19] and hence provides a potential game-changing option for climate policy [37, 43]. In this paper we focus on the latter geoengineering option of SRM and in particular we consider the most widely discu ...
Climatic controls on diffuse groundwater
... Diffuse groundwater recharge, as recharge related to rainfall percolation across the landscape (and opposite to localised recharge, associated with water leakage from surface water features, e.g. rivers or lakes), is strongly influenced by local vegetation and climate characteristics, which are larg ...
... Diffuse groundwater recharge, as recharge related to rainfall percolation across the landscape (and opposite to localised recharge, associated with water leakage from surface water features, e.g. rivers or lakes), is strongly influenced by local vegetation and climate characteristics, which are larg ...
biodiversity focal area strategy for gef-5
... findings3. The GEF-3 strategy incorporated principles to achieve lasting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and thereby: a) placed greater emphasis on sustainability of results and the potential for replication; b) moved beyond a projectsbased emphasis to strategic approaches that strengt ...
... findings3. The GEF-3 strategy incorporated principles to achieve lasting biodiversity conservation and sustainable use and thereby: a) placed greater emphasis on sustainability of results and the potential for replication; b) moved beyond a projectsbased emphasis to strategic approaches that strengt ...
Why is socially-just climate change adaptation in sub
... a significant adaptation deficit.23 New risks from climate change include warming and drying, more intense and prolonged droughts, and more floods.22,23 These changes will have major impacts on agriculture, fisheries and food security across the region, and feedback into the development system, unde ...
... a significant adaptation deficit.23 New risks from climate change include warming and drying, more intense and prolonged droughts, and more floods.22,23 These changes will have major impacts on agriculture, fisheries and food security across the region, and feedback into the development system, unde ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... of scientific knowledge that acts as scientific basis for the climate policy debate. Assessment draws upon information from research. Climate research programmes were developped in parallel with the emergence of assessment. Initially, climate research programmes aimed at the reduction of the uncerta ...
... of scientific knowledge that acts as scientific basis for the climate policy debate. Assessment draws upon information from research. Climate research programmes were developped in parallel with the emergence of assessment. Initially, climate research programmes aimed at the reduction of the uncerta ...
Take a look at the complete Ghent Climate Adaptation
... Covenant of Mayors called Mayors Adapt. With this move, Ghent committed to developing a climate adaptation strategy and drawing up an action plan with local measures for adapting the urban environment to climate change. This way, the City of Ghent is working on building a climate-robust city and con ...
... Covenant of Mayors called Mayors Adapt. With this move, Ghent committed to developing a climate adaptation strategy and drawing up an action plan with local measures for adapting the urban environment to climate change. This way, the City of Ghent is working on building a climate-robust city and con ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... Over the last years, the bodies of knowledge and research on climate change have been growing, leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning g ...
... Over the last years, the bodies of knowledge and research on climate change have been growing, leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning g ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Variability and Change in
... 6.2.1 AS25 participated in the AIACC Kick-Off Workshop, United Nations Environment Programme Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, 11-15 February 2002................................................................................... 97 6.2.2 Participation in the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STA ...
... 6.2.1 AS25 participated in the AIACC Kick-Off Workshop, United Nations Environment Programme Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya, 11-15 February 2002................................................................................... 97 6.2.2 Participation in the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STA ...
Geoengineering: Governance and Technology Policy
... traditional approaches to climate change (mitigation and adaptation). If deployed, these new technologies could modify the Earth’s climate on a large scale. Moreover, these new technologies may become available to foreign governments and entities in the private sector to use unilaterally—without aut ...
... traditional approaches to climate change (mitigation and adaptation). If deployed, these new technologies could modify the Earth’s climate on a large scale. Moreover, these new technologies may become available to foreign governments and entities in the private sector to use unilaterally—without aut ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources of the Cooper
... Figure 26. a) POE graph of total crop area planted for all Queensland irrigators and b) boxplots of total crop area planted for all Queensland irrigators. ...................................................................35 Figure 27. a) POE graph of total crop area planted for all NSW irrigators a ...
... Figure 26. a) POE graph of total crop area planted for all Queensland irrigators and b) boxplots of total crop area planted for all Queensland irrigators. ...................................................................35 Figure 27. a) POE graph of total crop area planted for all NSW irrigators a ...
Soil Organic Carbon: the hidden potential
... become one of the most vulnerable resources in the world. Soils are a major carbon reservoir containing more carbon than the atmosphere and terrestrial vegetation combined. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is dynamic, however, and anthropogenic impacts on soil can turn it into either a net sink or a net so ...
... become one of the most vulnerable resources in the world. Soils are a major carbon reservoir containing more carbon than the atmosphere and terrestrial vegetation combined. Soil organic carbon (SOC) is dynamic, however, and anthropogenic impacts on soil can turn it into either a net sink or a net so ...
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
... Different social groups and individual households have varying levels of access to existing institutions. Vulnerable groups in general have lower institutional access than do those who are more powerful or better off. Before external support for greater adaptive capacity is made available, therefore ...
... Different social groups and individual households have varying levels of access to existing institutions. Vulnerable groups in general have lower institutional access than do those who are more powerful or better off. Before external support for greater adaptive capacity is made available, therefore ...
Is there an ASEAN policy on Climate Change?
... the cost of inaction could cost up to 20% or more of global GDP, while in contrast the costs of action undertaken now to address climate change to avoid the worst impacts can be limited to 1% of global GDP each year. In the on-going negotiations for renewed and urgent actions on climate change, the ...
... the cost of inaction could cost up to 20% or more of global GDP, while in contrast the costs of action undertaken now to address climate change to avoid the worst impacts can be limited to 1% of global GDP each year. In the on-going negotiations for renewed and urgent actions on climate change, the ...
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... responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of the nineties, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, an increasing number of networks and initiatives among cities and local administrations have been established with the objective ...
... responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of the nineties, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, an increasing number of networks and initiatives among cities and local administrations have been established with the objective ...
Discursive Constructions of Climate Change Engagement
... The completion of this doctoral dissertation has been supported by a number of individuals and institutions. These pages are dedicated to them. First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor, Associate Professor Johanna Kujala for seeing researcher potential in me and for supporting and guiding m ...
... The completion of this doctoral dissertation has been supported by a number of individuals and institutions. These pages are dedicated to them. First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor, Associate Professor Johanna Kujala for seeing researcher potential in me and for supporting and guiding m ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
BASE Evaluation Criteria for Climate Adaptation (BECCA)
... socio-economic, political, environmental and climatic context in which they will be implemented. The criteria must also be salient from the point of view of their primary user. The latter may vary from those vulnerable to a particular impact of climate change to local implementers of adaptation meas ...
... socio-economic, political, environmental and climatic context in which they will be implemented. The criteria must also be salient from the point of view of their primary user. The latter may vary from those vulnerable to a particular impact of climate change to local implementers of adaptation meas ...
Here - Permafrost Carbon Network
... accumulated in perennially frozen soil over thousands of years, and it holds twice as much carbon as currently in the atmosphere. Release of just a fraction of this frozen carbon pool as the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere would dramatically increase the rate of futur ...
... accumulated in perennially frozen soil over thousands of years, and it holds twice as much carbon as currently in the atmosphere. Release of just a fraction of this frozen carbon pool as the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere would dramatically increase the rate of futur ...
cliMAtE chANGE ANd cANAdA`S FOREStS
... Climate change is already affecting Canada’s forests. Current visible effects include changes in the frequency and severity of disturbances (such as fires, drought, severe storms, and damaging insect and disease attacks): other less visible changes such as change in the timing of spring bud burst ar ...
... Climate change is already affecting Canada’s forests. Current visible effects include changes in the frequency and severity of disturbances (such as fires, drought, severe storms, and damaging insect and disease attacks): other less visible changes such as change in the timing of spring bud burst ar ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
Deconstructing the BRICS: Bargaining Coalition
... remembered as a geopolitical fad? Supporters of the developing world’s most coveted club have reason to be optimistic. Growth may be slowing in China, and Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa face huge structural challenges. Yet according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the BR ...
... remembered as a geopolitical fad? Supporters of the developing world’s most coveted club have reason to be optimistic. Growth may be slowing in China, and Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa face huge structural challenges. Yet according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the BR ...
Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from
... responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of the nineties, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, an increasing number of networks and initiatives among cities and local administrations have been established with the objective ...
... responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of the nineties, after the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, an increasing number of networks and initiatives among cities and local administrations have been established with the objective ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (or CPRS) was a proposed cap-and-trade system of emissions trading for anthropogenic greenhouse gases, due to be introduced in Australia in 2010 by the Rudd government, as part of its climate change policy. It marked a major change in the energy policy of Australia. The policy began when the Australian Labor Party was in opposition and the six Labor-controlled states commissioned an independent review on energy policy, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, which published a number of reports. Labor, after winning the federal election and forming a government, published a Green paper for discussion and comment. The Federal Treasury then modelled some of the financial and economic impacts of the proposed scheme.The Rudd Government published a final white paper on 15 December 2008. The Government announced that the legislation was intended to take effect in July 2010; but the legislation for the CPRS (aka ETS) failed to gain adequate support and was twice rejected creating a double dissolution election trigger. After a bitter political debate which saw former opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull lose his leadership of the opposition to the anti-CPRS Tony Abbott. The Rudd government did not call an election and the CPRS lost public support. In April 2010, Labor then deferred the CPRS. A successor to the CPRS, the Carbon Pricing Mechanism (CPM) was passed into law as part of the Clean Energy Futures Package (CEF) in 2011, but was repealed in July 2014 following a change in government.