Organizational learning in regional governance: A study of the Arctic
... After several decades of focus on global processes in environmental politics, there is a re-emerging interest in international regions as venues for collaboration around shared environmental challenges. A regional focus makes it easier to take specific physical, cultural and political features into ...
... After several decades of focus on global processes in environmental politics, there is a re-emerging interest in international regions as venues for collaboration around shared environmental challenges. A regional focus makes it easier to take specific physical, cultural and political features into ...
Climate Change Adaptation Manual
... Climate Change Adaptation Manual Evidence to support nature conservation in a changing climate ...
... Climate Change Adaptation Manual Evidence to support nature conservation in a changing climate ...
Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their
... fluctuations, the permanence of land degradation in the form of desertification can only be established by monitoring susceptible areas over a time scale of decades. Ecosystem monitoring, in the Sahel and elsewhere, has been facilitated by progress in remote sensing technology and the availability of ...
... fluctuations, the permanence of land degradation in the form of desertification can only be established by monitoring susceptible areas over a time scale of decades. Ecosystem monitoring, in the Sahel and elsewhere, has been facilitated by progress in remote sensing technology and the availability of ...
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptations in Canadian Arctic
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
... review and evaluation. The UKCIP wizard leads the user to use cost-benefit analysis and/or multi-criteria analysis, with criteria such as effectiveness, efficiency, equity, flexibility, sustainability, practicality, legitimacy, urgency, costs (economic, social and environmental), robustness, synergi ...
Appendix A: Eight Steps of Scenario Building SCENARIO BUILDING
... management of ecosystems, local adaptation, and flexible governance. TechnoGarden: a globalized approach with an emphasis on green technology and a proactive approach to managing ecosystems. ...
... management of ecosystems, local adaptation, and flexible governance. TechnoGarden: a globalized approach with an emphasis on green technology and a proactive approach to managing ecosystems. ...
Effects of a changing climate on peatlands in permafrost
... natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such as the Go Green Action Plan on Climate Change and outlines research and management program priorities for the 2011-2014 period. Theme 1: Understand C ...
... natural resources for which it has responsibility. This strategy confirms MNR’s commitment to the Ontario government’s climate change initiatives such as the Go Green Action Plan on Climate Change and outlines research and management program priorities for the 2011-2014 period. Theme 1: Understand C ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Montana`s Outdoor Economy
... The recreation and tourism sectors of the economy, directly or indirectly, have been estimated to be the source of 34,000 to 89,000 Montana jobs, depending on how the recreation and tourist activities of Montana residents within Montana are accounted for. If the recreation and tourist activities of ...
... The recreation and tourism sectors of the economy, directly or indirectly, have been estimated to be the source of 34,000 to 89,000 Montana jobs, depending on how the recreation and tourist activities of Montana residents within Montana are accounted for. If the recreation and tourist activities of ...
Building Resilience for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector
... of that 2010 Workshop was that, as climate change brings new uncertainties, adds new risks and changes already existing risks, one of the most effective ways for agriculture to adapt to climate change could be to increase its resilience. This is why this workshop started from the various types of ri ...
... of that 2010 Workshop was that, as climate change brings new uncertainties, adds new risks and changes already existing risks, one of the most effective ways for agriculture to adapt to climate change could be to increase its resilience. This is why this workshop started from the various types of ri ...
4. The CO2 fertilization effect
... Production Systems (with and without available mitigation and adaptation response strategies) ® National Scenarios of Economics and Well-being of Farmers, Agricultural Commerce, and Consumers ® Country-by-Country and Global Interaction Scenarios of World Trade (food and all other commodities). Popul ...
... Production Systems (with and without available mitigation and adaptation response strategies) ® National Scenarios of Economics and Well-being of Farmers, Agricultural Commerce, and Consumers ® Country-by-Country and Global Interaction Scenarios of World Trade (food and all other commodities). Popul ...
Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, a Model Organism - ePIC
... omega-3 fatty acid diet supplements (NICOL & FOSTER 2003). The use of krill for aquaculture feed, especially salmon farming, seems to be the most important market development that is triggering investments in krill harvesting. The scientific interest on krill was not mainly driven by commercial inte ...
... omega-3 fatty acid diet supplements (NICOL & FOSTER 2003). The use of krill for aquaculture feed, especially salmon farming, seems to be the most important market development that is triggering investments in krill harvesting. The scientific interest on krill was not mainly driven by commercial inte ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... The challenges we all must face in adapting to climate variability and change present themselves with increasing urgency. Nowhere will these challenges be greater than in the developing world where often weak institutions and governance systems struggle to deal with mounting pressures from populatio ...
... The challenges we all must face in adapting to climate variability and change present themselves with increasing urgency. Nowhere will these challenges be greater than in the developing world where often weak institutions and governance systems struggle to deal with mounting pressures from populatio ...
Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under
... project “Adaptive Management of Climate-Induced Changes of Habitat Diversity in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted ...
... project “Adaptive Management of Climate-Induced Changes of Habitat Diversity in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted ...
CO2-balance in the athmosphere and CO2-utilisation : an
... Suntola, emeritus professor Simo Liukkonen and Dr. Eva Pongrácz for the fruitful discussions we had. I also express my appreciation to Prof. Satu Huttunen on her interest to educate engineering students. Special thanks are given to Dr. Danielle Ballivet-Tkatchenko and her laboratory staff who provid ...
... Suntola, emeritus professor Simo Liukkonen and Dr. Eva Pongrácz for the fruitful discussions we had. I also express my appreciation to Prof. Satu Huttunen on her interest to educate engineering students. Special thanks are given to Dr. Danielle Ballivet-Tkatchenko and her laboratory staff who provid ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... collaboration with RFMIP and DAMIP to provide a comprehensive analysis of ERF and the regionally‐resolved climate forcing signature from tropospheric NTCFs. For some of the specifically attributable climate forcings, in particular those at the 10s of mW m‐2 level, the actual climate change will ...
... collaboration with RFMIP and DAMIP to provide a comprehensive analysis of ERF and the regionally‐resolved climate forcing signature from tropospheric NTCFs. For some of the specifically attributable climate forcings, in particular those at the 10s of mW m‐2 level, the actual climate change will ...
Treeline advance – driving processes and adverse factors
... the favourable climatic period from the 1920s to the 1940s (1950s) and during the last three decades (Holtmeier 2003, there further references). Comparatively little information is available on treeline response to present climate changes in the southern hemisphere and in the tropics (Rundel et al. ...
... the favourable climatic period from the 1920s to the 1940s (1950s) and during the last three decades (Holtmeier 2003, there further references). Comparatively little information is available on treeline response to present climate changes in the southern hemisphere and in the tropics (Rundel et al. ...
DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MODES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
... projections developed using the USACE guidance be revisited in 2013-14 when both the new the USACE guidelines and IPCC projections will be available. An extensive inventory and review of topographical and geographical data of Florida’s transportation network along coastline and low-lying terrain and ...
... projections developed using the USACE guidance be revisited in 2013-14 when both the new the USACE guidelines and IPCC projections will be available. An extensive inventory and review of topographical and geographical data of Florida’s transportation network along coastline and low-lying terrain and ...
National Research Council Report
... temperature reconstructions might not generate widespread attention, but this case brings interesting lessons about how science works and how science, especially climate science, is communicated to policy makers and the public. The debate began in 1998 when a paper by Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley a ...
... temperature reconstructions might not generate widespread attention, but this case brings interesting lessons about how science works and how science, especially climate science, is communicated to policy makers and the public. The debate began in 1998 when a paper by Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley a ...
Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human
... climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described ...
... climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described ...
Petition - Center for International Environmental Law
... climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described ...
... climate change caused by acts and omissions of the United States. Ms. Watt-Cloutier submits this petition on behalf of herself, 62 other named individuals, and all Inuit of the arctic regions of the United States of America and Canada who have been affected by the impacts of climate change described ...
Cows, Congress, and Climate Change
... entire transportation sector.12 Other experts have concluded that this number fails to take into account the true impact of raising animals for food and that animal agriculture contributes closer to fifty-one percent of all global greenhouse gases.13 Regardless, the number is significant and governm ...
... entire transportation sector.12 Other experts have concluded that this number fails to take into account the true impact of raising animals for food and that animal agriculture contributes closer to fifty-one percent of all global greenhouse gases.13 Regardless, the number is significant and governm ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
... Technical Report, a preliminary Adaptation Strategy Report, and a Community Action Plan with recommendations for future adaptation options and strategies. This technical report comprises the first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinom ...
Risks from Climate Change to Indigenous Communities in
... Some economic opportunities may arise from the need to better manage, and in some cases restore, ecosystems for biodiversity conservation and for carbon dioxide mitigation and sequestration activities. Opportunities and livelihood options related to this issue need to be better understood (discussed ...
... Some economic opportunities may arise from the need to better manage, and in some cases restore, ecosystems for biodiversity conservation and for carbon dioxide mitigation and sequestration activities. Opportunities and livelihood options related to this issue need to be better understood (discussed ...
River Basin Management in a changing climate
... wetting. At a regional scale, the patterns of potential changes can be rather diverse. These changes will most likely become significant in the second half of this century. ...
... wetting. At a regional scale, the patterns of potential changes can be rather diverse. These changes will most likely become significant in the second half of this century. ...
Submitted November 28, 2006 - Center for Biological Diversity
... The penguin species subject of this Petition are either already endangered or will likely be endangered in the foreseeable future; they therefore meet the criteria for listing as “Endangered” or “Threatened” under the ESA. Although species like the Emperor Penguin may not disappear for several decad ...
... The penguin species subject of this Petition are either already endangered or will likely be endangered in the foreseeable future; they therefore meet the criteria for listing as “Endangered” or “Threatened” under the ESA. Although species like the Emperor Penguin may not disappear for several decad ...
Cows, Congress, and Climate Change
... entire transportation sector.12 Other experts have concluded that this number fails to take into account the true impact of raising animals for food and that animal agriculture contributes closer to fifty-one percent of all global greenhouse gases.13 Regardless, the number is significant and governm ...
... entire transportation sector.12 Other experts have concluded that this number fails to take into account the true impact of raising animals for food and that animal agriculture contributes closer to fifty-one percent of all global greenhouse gases.13 Regardless, the number is significant and governm ...
Politics of global warming
The politics of global warming are complex due to numerous factors that arise from the global economy's interdependence on carbon dioxide emitting hydrocarbon energy sources and because carbon dioxide is directly implicated in global warming - making global warming a non-traditional environmental challenge:Implications to all aspects of a nation-state's economy - The vast majority of the world economy relies on energy sources or manufacturing techniques that release greenhouse gases at almost every stage of production, transportation, storage, delivery & disposal while a consensus of the world's scientists attribute global warming to the release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This intimate linkage between global warming and economic vitality implicates almost every aspect of a nation-state's economy; Perceived lack of adequate advanced energy technologies - Fossil fuel abundance and low prices continue to put pressure on the development of adequate advanced energy technologies that can realistically replace the role of fossil fuels - as of 2010, over 91% of the worlds energy is derived from fossil fuels and non carbon-neutral technologies. Developing countries do not have cost effective access to the advanced energy technologies that they need for development (most advanced technologies has been developed by and exist in the developed world). Without adequate and cost effective post-hydrocarbon energy sources, it is unlikely the countries of the developed or developing world would accept policies that would materially affect their economic vitality or economic development prospects;Industrialization of the developing world - As developing nations industrialize their energy needs increase and since conventional energy sources produce carbon dioxide, the carbon dioxide emissions of developing countries are beginning to rise at a time when the scientific community, global governance institutions and advocacy groups are telling the world that carbon dioxide emissions should be decreasing. Without access to cost effective and abundant energy sources many developing countries see climate change as a hindrance to their unfettered economic development;Metric selection (transparency) and perceived responsibility / ability to respond - Among the countries of the world, disagreements exist over which greenhouse gas emission metrics should be used like total emissions per year, per capita emissions per year, CO2 emissions only, deforestation emissions, livestock emissions or even total historical emissions. Historically, the release of carbon dioxide has not been historically even among all nation-states and nation-states have challenges with determining who should restrict emissions and at what point of their industrial development they should be subject to such commitments;Vulnerable developing countries and developed country legacy emissions - Some developing nations blame the developed world for having created the global warming crisis because it was the developed countries that emitted most of the carbon dioxide over the twentieth century and vulnerable countries perceive that it should be the developed countries that should pay to address the challenge;Consensus-driven global governance models - The global governance institutions that evolved during the 20th century are all consensus driven deliberative forums where agreement is difficult to achieve and even when agreement is achieved it is almost impossible to enforce;Well organized and funded special-interest lobbying bodies - Special interest lobbying by well organized groups distort and amplify aspects of the challenge (environmental lobbying, energy industry lobbying, other special interest lobbying);Politicization of climate science - Although there is a consensus on the science of global warming and its likely effects - some special interests groups work to suppress the consensus while others work to amplify the alarm of global warming. All parties that engage in such acts add to the politicization of the science of global warming. The result is a clouding of the reality of the global warming problem.The focus areas for global warming politics are Adaptation, Mitigation, Finance, Technology and Losses which are well quantified and studied but the urgency of the global warming challenge combined with the implication to almost every facet of a nation-state's economic interests places significant burdens on the established largely-voluntary global institutions that have developed over the last century; institutions that have been unable to effectively reshape themselves and move fast enough to deal with this unique challenge. Rapidly developing countries who see traditional energy sources as a means to fuel their development, well funded aggressive environmental lobbying groups and an established fossil fuel energy paradigm boasting a mature and sophisticated political lobbying infrastructure all combine to make global warming politics extremely polarized. Distrust between developed and developing countries at most international conferences that seek to address the topic add to the challenges. Further adding to the complexity is the advent of the Internet and the development of media technologies like blogs and other mechanisms for disseminating information that enable the exponential growth in production and dissemination of competing points of view which make it nearly impossible for the development and dissemination of an objective view into the enormity of the subject matter and its politics.