Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities
... Adaptation1 – Adjustment in natural or human systems to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunity in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects. Various types of adaptation can be distinguished, including anticipatory, autonomous, and planned adaptation: • Anticipatory a ...
... Adaptation1 – Adjustment in natural or human systems to moderate harm or exploit beneficial opportunity in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects. Various types of adaptation can be distinguished, including anticipatory, autonomous, and planned adaptation: • Anticipatory a ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... highlight it will be given, and who is going to speak for it. Operations of codification of the issue into media discourse are directed by its perceived interest and impact, as well as other ‘news values’, economic considerations and editorial lines. Particular worldviews are produced, reproduced an ...
... highlight it will be given, and who is going to speak for it. Operations of codification of the issue into media discourse are directed by its perceived interest and impact, as well as other ‘news values’, economic considerations and editorial lines. Particular worldviews are produced, reproduced an ...
Climate Change of the Arctic and Antarctica.
... Study: Carbon release spike similar to one 56 million years ago The Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a period in which carbon dioxide concentrations spiked about 56 million years ago, causing global warming and the die-off of many marine organisms, has parallels to what's happening today, a study ...
... Study: Carbon release spike similar to one 56 million years ago The Palaeocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a period in which carbon dioxide concentrations spiked about 56 million years ago, causing global warming and the die-off of many marine organisms, has parallels to what's happening today, a study ...
global climate change as seen by zoo and aquarium visitors
... reinforce visitors’ conservation outlook, and increase visitors’ sense that they can be a part of the solution to environmental problems [9]. Research suggests, furthermore, that zoos can provide positive emotional contexts for visitors [18], that the zoo context supports a social identity related t ...
... reinforce visitors’ conservation outlook, and increase visitors’ sense that they can be a part of the solution to environmental problems [9]. Research suggests, furthermore, that zoos can provide positive emotional contexts for visitors [18], that the zoo context supports a social identity related t ...
UNDP Project Document - Global Environment Facility
... the stability and effectiveness of cultural, economic, social, and governance institutions that facilitate or constrain how human systems respond. Those with the least resources have the least capacity to adapt and are the most vulnerable.” 3. The CBA programme will apply the experience and lessons ...
... the stability and effectiveness of cultural, economic, social, and governance institutions that facilitate or constrain how human systems respond. Those with the least resources have the least capacity to adapt and are the most vulnerable.” 3. The CBA programme will apply the experience and lessons ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... and least developed countries, which are already vulnerable, mostly dependent on natural capital, with the least financial and physical capacity to adapt to climate change and also, ironically, least responsible for climate change.4 These states will most likely not be able to find solutions for the ...
... and least developed countries, which are already vulnerable, mostly dependent on natural capital, with the least financial and physical capacity to adapt to climate change and also, ironically, least responsible for climate change.4 These states will most likely not be able to find solutions for the ...
PDF - iied iied - International Institute for Environment
... Situated beside the Thi Nai lagoon, Quy Nhon City has undergone dramatic changes in its land-use patterns due to very rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. The physical growth of the city was caused by the development of residential and industrial activity around the city, particularly since the ...
... Situated beside the Thi Nai lagoon, Quy Nhon City has undergone dramatic changes in its land-use patterns due to very rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. The physical growth of the city was caused by the development of residential and industrial activity around the city, particularly since the ...
Sunnyvale Climate Action Plan
... This Climate Action Plan (CAP; Plan) is Sunnyvale’s path toward creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in ...
... This Climate Action Plan (CAP; Plan) is Sunnyvale’s path toward creating a more sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in ...
Appendix A: Eight Steps of Scenario Building SCENARIO BUILDING
... The main objective of scenarios is to inform strategic decision‐making. Once alternative scenarios are described, managers can evaluate the efficacy of alternative strategies across the suite of scenarios. ...
... The main objective of scenarios is to inform strategic decision‐making. Once alternative scenarios are described, managers can evaluate the efficacy of alternative strategies across the suite of scenarios. ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Funded by Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI). 2016-present The Adaptation Blind Spot: Electrical Grid Teleconnected and Cascading Climate Change Impacts on Community Lifelines in Los Angeles (with Juliette Hart, Thalassa Research & Consulting/USGS). 2014-present Successful Adaptation: Iden ...
... Funded by Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI). 2016-present The Adaptation Blind Spot: Electrical Grid Teleconnected and Cascading Climate Change Impacts on Community Lifelines in Los Angeles (with Juliette Hart, Thalassa Research & Consulting/USGS). 2014-present Successful Adaptation: Iden ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... Several recent studies have reported adaptation costs for climate change, including for developing countries. They have similar-sized estimates and have been influential in discussions on this issue. However, the studies have a number of deficiencies which need to be transparent and addressed more s ...
... Several recent studies have reported adaptation costs for climate change, including for developing countries. They have similar-sized estimates and have been influential in discussions on this issue. However, the studies have a number of deficiencies which need to be transparent and addressed more s ...
Sea-Level Rise
... its standard projections. However, an illustrative example of how such an additional contribution from ice-sheet melt might scale under global warming is included. This potentially increases the upper end of the IPCC predictions to 0.76 m by the 2090s. In the assessment of the future damages of clim ...
... its standard projections. However, an illustrative example of how such an additional contribution from ice-sheet melt might scale under global warming is included. This potentially increases the upper end of the IPCC predictions to 0.76 m by the 2090s. In the assessment of the future damages of clim ...
Water and Climate Change
... Energy/Hydropower............................................................................................ 27 Natural ecosystems............................................................................................. 28 Impact of non-climatic drivers on water availability and use patterns... ...
... Energy/Hydropower............................................................................................ 27 Natural ecosystems............................................................................................. 28 Impact of non-climatic drivers on water availability and use patterns... ...
Learning tool on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in agriculture, forestry and other land use sector
... adaptation, food security and rural development (Module 1). NAMAs are a fast-emerging vehicle for countries that want to voluntarily carry out actions to reduce GHG emissions in the context of national sustainable development (Module 2). In-depth or fast-track assessments can be used for NAMA priori ...
... adaptation, food security and rural development (Module 1). NAMAs are a fast-emerging vehicle for countries that want to voluntarily carry out actions to reduce GHG emissions in the context of national sustainable development (Module 2). In-depth or fast-track assessments can be used for NAMA priori ...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
... community at large to contribute and comment. The governments of Arab countries were invited to comment and contribute to the report as it was being drafted. ...
... community at large to contribute and comment. The governments of Arab countries were invited to comment and contribute to the report as it was being drafted. ...
as PDF
... times of nesting and flowering, as well as changes in geographical distributions, population dynamics and genetics. Increased CO2 in the atmosphere has made oceans 0.1 pH unit more acid, negatively affecting tens of thousands of species that depend on calcium carbonate to build skeletons. On land, t ...
... times of nesting and flowering, as well as changes in geographical distributions, population dynamics and genetics. Increased CO2 in the atmosphere has made oceans 0.1 pH unit more acid, negatively affecting tens of thousands of species that depend on calcium carbonate to build skeletons. On land, t ...
2015 (May - June) - The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology
... These declarations were not soft, feel-good, and vague speeches by politicos keen to be perceived as leading on the most urgent issue facing humanity. These were unequivocal, unwavering statements: “Decision mitigation is a moral and religious imperative for humanity” and the “summit in Paris may be ...
... These declarations were not soft, feel-good, and vague speeches by politicos keen to be perceived as leading on the most urgent issue facing humanity. These were unequivocal, unwavering statements: “Decision mitigation is a moral and religious imperative for humanity” and the “summit in Paris may be ...
Peat stratigraphy and climate change
... in individual records involves tuning (to common events) and stacking of records. Swindles et al. (2012) address the uncertainties involved in this method from peat records, and note the importance of fully understanding the errors within individual records, as there is a potentially flawed assumptio ...
... in individual records involves tuning (to common events) and stacking of records. Swindles et al. (2012) address the uncertainties involved in this method from peat records, and note the importance of fully understanding the errors within individual records, as there is a potentially flawed assumptio ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... This document has been reproduced without formal editing. ...
... This document has been reproduced without formal editing. ...
key parameters for trend detection
... determines the latent heat flux, a major term in the energy exchange between the atmosphere and ocean. It is also an important measure (with temperature) of human comfort, for which many different national indices exist. There are various ways of expressing the humidity, depending on the particular ...
... determines the latent heat flux, a major term in the energy exchange between the atmosphere and ocean. It is also an important measure (with temperature) of human comfort, for which many different national indices exist. There are various ways of expressing the humidity, depending on the particular ...
Author`s personal copy
... of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no scientific consensus^ (Broun 2009). Similarly, Representative Burgess states, BMy opinion, for what it is worth, is that the science behind global temperature changes is not settled^ (Burgess 2011). If their statements were based solely on the i ...
... of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no scientific consensus^ (Broun 2009). Similarly, Representative Burgess states, BMy opinion, for what it is worth, is that the science behind global temperature changes is not settled^ (Burgess 2011). If their statements were based solely on the i ...
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... 2.2 Beyond traditional parametric yield distribution modeling: a mixture of normal probability distributions Ker and Goodwin (2000) argued though the traditional parametric yield probability distribution models (such as gamma, beta and HIS distributions) can accommodate yield distribution skewness ...
... 2.2 Beyond traditional parametric yield distribution modeling: a mixture of normal probability distributions Ker and Goodwin (2000) argued though the traditional parametric yield probability distribution models (such as gamma, beta and HIS distributions) can accommodate yield distribution skewness ...
Preparing for a Changing Climate in Northern Ireland
... are slightly wetter (EHS, 2004). These changes are expected to accelerate over the coming century. Average temperature may rise by 3°C or more; summer rainfall may fall by up to 50% while winters may be 25% wetter (Hulme et al., 2002). Furthermore, relative sea level may begin to rise. Although ther ...
... are slightly wetter (EHS, 2004). These changes are expected to accelerate over the coming century. Average temperature may rise by 3°C or more; summer rainfall may fall by up to 50% while winters may be 25% wetter (Hulme et al., 2002). Furthermore, relative sea level may begin to rise. Although ther ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Clayoquot Sound
... rain and wind intensity are uncertain but there is reason to believe that these will increase as well during the coming century. ...
... rain and wind intensity are uncertain but there is reason to believe that these will increase as well during the coming century. ...
Biomes - SPS186.org
... Holdridge scheme Biomes are classification schemes which define biomes using climatic parameters. Particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a significant push to understand the relationships between these climatic parameters and properties of ecosystem energetics because such discoveries would ...
... Holdridge scheme Biomes are classification schemes which define biomes using climatic parameters. Particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, there was a significant push to understand the relationships between these climatic parameters and properties of ecosystem energetics because such discoveries would ...
Climate engineering
Climate engineering, also referred to as geoengineering or climate intervention, is the deliberate and large-scale intervention in the Earth’s climatic system with the aim of limiting adverse climate change. Climate engineering is an umbrella term for two types of measures: carbon dioxide removal and solar radiation management. Carbon dioxide removal addresses the cause of climate change by removing one of the greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere. Solar radiation management attempts to offset effects of greenhouse gases by causing the Earth to absorb less solar radiation.Climate engineering approaches are sometimes viewed as additional potential options for limiting climate change, alongside mitigation and adaptation. There is substantial agreement among scientists that climate engineering cannot substitute climate change mitigation. Some approaches might be used as accompanying measures to sharp cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Given that all types of measures addressing climate change have economic, political or physical limitations a some climate engineering approaches might eventually be used as part of an ensemble of measures. Research on costs, benefits, and various types of risks of most climate engineering approaches is at an early stage and their understanding needs to improve to judge their adequacy and feasibility.No known large-scale climate engineering projects have taken place to date. Almost all research into solar geoengineering has consisted of computer modelling or laboratory tests, and attempts to move to real-world experimentation have proved controversial for many types of climate engineering. Some practices, such as planting of trees and whitening of surfaces as well as bio-energy with carbon capture and storage projects are underway, their scalability to effectively affect global climate is however debated. Ocean iron fertilization has been given small-scale research trials, sparking substantial controversy.Most experts and major reports advise against relying on geoengineering techniques as a simple solution to climate change, in part due to the large uncertainties over effectiveness and side effects. However, most experts also argue that the risks of such interventions must be seen in the context of risks of dangerous climate change. Interventions at large scale may run a greater risk disrupting natural systems resulting in a dilemma that those approaches that could prove highly (cost-) effective in addressing extreme climate risk, might themselves cause substantial risk. Some have suggested that the concept of geoengineering the climate presents a moral hazard because it could reduce political and public pressure for emissions reduction, which could exacerbate overall climate risks.Groups such as ETC Group and some climate researchers (such as Raymond Pierrehumbert) are in favour of a moratorium on out-of-doors testing and deployment of SRM.