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Estimating Regions` Relative Vulnerability to Climate Damages in
... floods, famine and disease. While some regions will adapt to extreme weather occurrences and longterm climate change, others will suffer serious damages, even in the face of the least severe climate change still thought possible. In general, richer regions – where a broad set of adaptation measures ...
... floods, famine and disease. While some regions will adapt to extreme weather occurrences and longterm climate change, others will suffer serious damages, even in the face of the least severe climate change still thought possible. In general, richer regions – where a broad set of adaptation measures ...
IFC Definitions and Metrics for Climate
... climate change mitigation work as well as incorporating adaptation and climate risk assessment and management into private sector investment through its Investment and Advisory Services businesses. IFC industry groups and regions are setting forward-looking targets to deploy climate finance and this ...
... climate change mitigation work as well as incorporating adaptation and climate risk assessment and management into private sector investment through its Investment and Advisory Services businesses. IFC industry groups and regions are setting forward-looking targets to deploy climate finance and this ...
Anthropogenic Climate Change in the Playa Lakes Joint Venture
... era of relative health in the past and using this state as a target for future conservation work. However, this model assumes that the current (and future) climate matches this past, and with few exceptions this assumption can no longer be maintained. Conservation programs cannot neglect the past, b ...
... era of relative health in the past and using this state as a target for future conservation work. However, this model assumes that the current (and future) climate matches this past, and with few exceptions this assumption can no longer be maintained. Conservation programs cannot neglect the past, b ...
Climate modelling in Bangladesh
... such as establishing the optimum domain sizes and terrain details for climate model simulations. Dr. Claire Witham, Climate Services Consultant at the Met Office Hadley Centre and one of the scientists leading the workshops, was struck by the enthusiasm of the participants: “All the participants sha ...
... such as establishing the optimum domain sizes and terrain details for climate model simulations. Dr. Claire Witham, Climate Services Consultant at the Met Office Hadley Centre and one of the scientists leading the workshops, was struck by the enthusiasm of the participants: “All the participants sha ...
adapt to climate change
... and animals depend for survival. Waterbirds are the most widely used tool to identify, designate and justify the protection of important wetlands. Their sensitivity to environmental change, the relative ease with which they can be counted and their tendency to congregate at key locations make them e ...
... and animals depend for survival. Waterbirds are the most widely used tool to identify, designate and justify the protection of important wetlands. Their sensitivity to environmental change, the relative ease with which they can be counted and their tendency to congregate at key locations make them e ...
Estimating climate change effects on net primary production of
... The resulting climatological data for the spinup were developed at a daily temporal resolution and matched the spatial resolution of the GCM data. The delta method (Mote and Salathé, 2009) was used to temporally downscale the monthly PRISM Data, from 1940–2000, to a daily temporal resolution which w ...
... The resulting climatological data for the spinup were developed at a daily temporal resolution and matched the spatial resolution of the GCM data. The delta method (Mote and Salathé, 2009) was used to temporally downscale the monthly PRISM Data, from 1940–2000, to a daily temporal resolution which w ...
Chain Reactions
... the previous government’s green levies and taxes, suggesting that economic growth is secondary to low-carbon goals and undermining both aims in the process. The Climate Change Act has committed Britain to reducing emissions by 34 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020, the deepest cut of any industrialis ...
... the previous government’s green levies and taxes, suggesting that economic growth is secondary to low-carbon goals and undermining both aims in the process. The Climate Change Act has committed Britain to reducing emissions by 34 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020, the deepest cut of any industrialis ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
“There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming
... Whilst there is some uncertainty surrounding climate change and the associated risks, this is being reduced as better information becomes available. The risk of not acting in good time is ever present. Failing to plan for the future could potentially increase risk and incur higher costs and more dis ...
... Whilst there is some uncertainty surrounding climate change and the associated risks, this is being reduced as better information becomes available. The risk of not acting in good time is ever present. Failing to plan for the future could potentially increase risk and incur higher costs and more dis ...
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... GCMs into finer temporal and spatial resolution. There are several methods available for downscaling GCM output; the downscaled data used in this study were generated by Jones, Thornton, and Heinke (2009). Each of the four datasets represents output from a different GCM running the SRES A1B emission ...
... GCMs into finer temporal and spatial resolution. There are several methods available for downscaling GCM output; the downscaled data used in this study were generated by Jones, Thornton, and Heinke (2009). Each of the four datasets represents output from a different GCM running the SRES A1B emission ...
Guardians of the Amazon - Environmental Defense Fund
... greenhouse gases like methane. We now have a clear path forward to protecting Earth’s climate from this powerful greenhouse gas. It’s an extremely low-cost path: An EDF study reveals that 40% of methane leaks could be eliminated within five years, for under a penny per thousand cubic feet of natural ...
... greenhouse gases like methane. We now have a clear path forward to protecting Earth’s climate from this powerful greenhouse gas. It’s an extremely low-cost path: An EDF study reveals that 40% of methane leaks could be eliminated within five years, for under a penny per thousand cubic feet of natural ...
How limiting factors drive agricultural adaptation to climate change.
... Consensus is growing that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and adaptation responses are necessary to minimize impacts. Nonetheless, the diversity of potential impacts, agro-ecological contexts and regional capacity for change make understanding adaptation behaviors challenging and ensure ...
... Consensus is growing that agriculture is vulnerable to climate change and adaptation responses are necessary to minimize impacts. Nonetheless, the diversity of potential impacts, agro-ecological contexts and regional capacity for change make understanding adaptation behaviors challenging and ensure ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Agriculture and Food Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
... Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate chang ...
... Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate chang ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2013 www.unep.org
... Annex I countries The industrialised countries (and those in transition to a market economy) that took on obligations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Biomass plus carbon capture and storage (BioCCS) Use of energy produced from ...
... Annex I countries The industrialised countries (and those in transition to a market economy) that took on obligations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Biomass plus carbon capture and storage (BioCCS) Use of energy produced from ...
the Point of No Return report
... heat-waves, declining global food stocks and a sea-level rise affecting hundreds of millions of people, according to a new scientific report released today that was commissioned by the World Bank.”29 The additional 6Gt of emissions from these 14 projects makes the scenarios of the IEA and the World ...
... heat-waves, declining global food stocks and a sea-level rise affecting hundreds of millions of people, according to a new scientific report released today that was commissioned by the World Bank.”29 The additional 6Gt of emissions from these 14 projects makes the scenarios of the IEA and the World ...
Implications for the Success of Adaptation and Coping Strategies
... In the months following, after the waters receded, the government and the aid community began to ponder how to prevent such a disaster from recurring. It had been the worst flood in 50 years, but there was concern that climate change could have contributed to it, meaning that the time until the next ...
... In the months following, after the waters receded, the government and the aid community began to ponder how to prevent such a disaster from recurring. It had been the worst flood in 50 years, but there was concern that climate change could have contributed to it, meaning that the time until the next ...
MEXICO CITY´S CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAM Progress
... taken by Mexico City Government on climate change, two years after starting, this 2016 Progress Report of the 2014-2020 Mexico City Climate Action Program is presented, which integrates the range and achievements of 14 city government agencies and institutions that comprise it. This report shows the ...
... taken by Mexico City Government on climate change, two years after starting, this 2016 Progress Report of the 2014-2020 Mexico City Climate Action Program is presented, which integrates the range and achievements of 14 city government agencies and institutions that comprise it. This report shows the ...
2015 - RSA Group
... output in November 2011 fell to half of what it was in June of the same year. For those relying on Thai suppliers as part of their global supply chain, the effect was extremely damaging. The report assesses how ESR might impact insurers, the barriers to management of ESR, recommendations for insurer ...
... output in November 2011 fell to half of what it was in June of the same year. For those relying on Thai suppliers as part of their global supply chain, the effect was extremely damaging. The report assesses how ESR might impact insurers, the barriers to management of ESR, recommendations for insurer ...
Tuvalu and Climate Change in the Sydney Morning
... and subsistence production (Connell 1999; Mellor 2003). The Tuvalu Trust Fund is a considerable source of financial support to the Tuvaluan government. It was established in 1987 with contributions from several donor countries and Tuvalu itself. The real capital value of this fund is maintained, wit ...
... and subsistence production (Connell 1999; Mellor 2003). The Tuvalu Trust Fund is a considerable source of financial support to the Tuvaluan government. It was established in 1987 with contributions from several donor countries and Tuvalu itself. The real capital value of this fund is maintained, wit ...
What is this thing called `natural`? The nature
... The concept of biodiversity has an inclusive character promoted by members of both the conservation and scientific communities, representing a range of interests (Farnham 2007: 241 ff.). Tracing the roots of "biodiversity" reveals a deeply value-laden concept that subsumes several values - aesthetic ...
... The concept of biodiversity has an inclusive character promoted by members of both the conservation and scientific communities, representing a range of interests (Farnham 2007: 241 ff.). Tracing the roots of "biodiversity" reveals a deeply value-laden concept that subsumes several values - aesthetic ...
Nullifying the climate null hypothesis
... burden of proof for justifying the need for action falls on those advocating precautionary action, whereas under strong precaution the burden of proof is on those who argue that the activity does not cause significant harm. As such, Trenberth’s argument for reversing the null hypothesis and shifting ...
... burden of proof for justifying the need for action falls on those advocating precautionary action, whereas under strong precaution the burden of proof is on those who argue that the activity does not cause significant harm. As such, Trenberth’s argument for reversing the null hypothesis and shifting ...
Potential impacts of climate change on Northeast
... Understanding how these impacts at the species level will scale up to the community level requires modelling tools that can simulate important species interactions, such as foodweb effects. Differential response of species in a foodweb to an altered environment might change the balance of predators ...
... Understanding how these impacts at the species level will scale up to the community level requires modelling tools that can simulate important species interactions, such as foodweb effects. Differential response of species in a foodweb to an altered environment might change the balance of predators ...
The Adaptation Coalition Toolkit
... in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank, with Jan Flora and Cornelia Flora of Iowa State University. The five country case studies and all project related activities and products were coordinated by Maximillian Ashwill. World Bank task team leaders for this project were Estanisla ...
... in the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the World Bank, with Jan Flora and Cornelia Flora of Iowa State University. The five country case studies and all project related activities and products were coordinated by Maximillian Ashwill. World Bank task team leaders for this project were Estanisla ...
Explaining Public Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policies
... limitations. First, the psychometric properties of the PS construct have not been thoroughly investigated. Past studies have only reported internal consistency measures based on Cronbach‟s Alpha and exploratory factor analysis results to confirm uni-dimensionality of the measure, none have reported ...
... limitations. First, the psychometric properties of the PS construct have not been thoroughly investigated. Past studies have only reported internal consistency measures based on Cronbach‟s Alpha and exploratory factor analysis results to confirm uni-dimensionality of the measure, none have reported ...
Abstract - Sokoine University of Agriculture
... should not be generalized because it may be related to climate changes in one part but not necessarily in other parts of species ranges (Dunlop & Brown 2008). An example, some long distance migrating birds' arrival during spring is predisposed by climate conditions in overwintering areas, which then ...
... should not be generalized because it may be related to climate changes in one part but not necessarily in other parts of species ranges (Dunlop & Brown 2008). An example, some long distance migrating birds' arrival during spring is predisposed by climate conditions in overwintering areas, which then ...
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
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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.