IPCC 5-2014 WG-2 Summary.pdf
... Human interference with the climate system is occurring,1 and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems (Figure SPM.1). The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns ...
... Human interference with the climate system is occurring,1 and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems (Figure SPM.1). The assessment of impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns ...
Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030
... The ATAR provided a detailed analysis of sectors and vulnerabilities in the various counties, identified adaptation needs in various economic processes, and developed a long list of potential adaptation actions. The ATAR was informed by a highly participatory process that included meetings with the ...
... The ATAR provided a detailed analysis of sectors and vulnerabilities in the various counties, identified adaptation needs in various economic processes, and developed a long list of potential adaptation actions. The ATAR was informed by a highly participatory process that included meetings with the ...
Forests and climate change in Latin America : linking
... Forests play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation, as they provide local ecosystem services relevant for adaptation as well as the global ecosystem service of carbon sequestration, relevant for mitigation. Consequently, just as there are synergies and trade-offs between global and loc ...
... Forests play an important role in both adaptation and mitigation, as they provide local ecosystem services relevant for adaptation as well as the global ecosystem service of carbon sequestration, relevant for mitigation. Consequently, just as there are synergies and trade-offs between global and loc ...
A Complex Constellation: Displacement, Climate Change and Arctic
... MOBILITY (MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATIONS In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration.8 The report estimated that by 2050, 150 million people could be displaced by climate change-related ...
... MOBILITY (MIGRATION, DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATIONS In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that the greatest single impact of climate change might be on human migration.8 The report estimated that by 2050, 150 million people could be displaced by climate change-related ...
Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014 – 2023
... of Ministers and is consistent with the planning cycle of the NSDP. Line ministries have provided inputs to the development of the CCCSP and also have developed Sectoral Climate Change Action Plans, which would become policy programmes for integration of climate change at national and sub-national l ...
... of Ministers and is consistent with the planning cycle of the NSDP. Line ministries have provided inputs to the development of the CCCSP and also have developed Sectoral Climate Change Action Plans, which would become policy programmes for integration of climate change at national and sub-national l ...
Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to
... This paper is concerned with the question of trying to further the understanding of how different types of shocks and stresses caused by climate change influence different types of migration. The relationship between climate change and migration is currently a topic of great interest as the ongoing ...
... This paper is concerned with the question of trying to further the understanding of how different types of shocks and stresses caused by climate change influence different types of migration. The relationship between climate change and migration is currently a topic of great interest as the ongoing ...
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... atural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and soc ...
... atural disasters and climate change are among the greatest threats to development.1 Although natural disasters have always presented risks, climate change increases those risks and compounds them by adding a greater level of uncertainty. As a result of their increased frequency, the economic and soc ...
Migration in response to environmental change
... There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. Climate change is, of course, a major factor. Sea level rise, changes in storm or cyclone frequency, changes in rainfall patterns, forest fi ...
... There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. There are several global environmental changes which may cause human migration. Climate change is, of course, a major factor. Sea level rise, changes in storm or cyclone frequency, changes in rainfall patterns, forest fi ...
Implications of Climate Change for the Construction Sector.
... The built environment will be affected by climate change in many ways: the purpose of this research was to identify how, and (where possible) how much. Climate change research has so far concentrated on climate models, measurements of climate variables, and research underpinning impact and adaptatio ...
... The built environment will be affected by climate change in many ways: the purpose of this research was to identify how, and (where possible) how much. Climate change research has so far concentrated on climate models, measurements of climate variables, and research underpinning impact and adaptatio ...
Robust Land–Ocean Contrasts in Energy and Water Cycle Feedbacks
... (RH) over land decreases with warming because precipitation and the hydrological cycle are governed primarily by transports of moisture from the oceans, where increases in lower-tropospheric temperature and saturated humidity fail to keep pace with those over land. Here, it is argued additionally th ...
... (RH) over land decreases with warming because precipitation and the hydrological cycle are governed primarily by transports of moisture from the oceans, where increases in lower-tropospheric temperature and saturated humidity fail to keep pace with those over land. Here, it is argued additionally th ...
Chapter 11 CUSTOMARY LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CLIMATE
... attractiveness of small island States to tourists. For example, in Barbados 70 per cent of the hotels are located within 250 m of the high water mark. This suggests that many hotels are almost exclusively within the 1 in 500 and 1 in 100 inundation zones, placing them at risk of major structural dam ...
... attractiveness of small island States to tourists. For example, in Barbados 70 per cent of the hotels are located within 250 m of the high water mark. This suggests that many hotels are almost exclusively within the 1 in 500 and 1 in 100 inundation zones, placing them at risk of major structural dam ...
Metropolitan District of Quito - Programa de las Naciones Unidas
... pressures and in light of climate change. For Quito, this type of analysis was the first of its kind to compile and integrate all the available environmental and socio-economic information into one cohesive report. The experience in producing the report provided the opportunity to strengthen knowled ...
... pressures and in light of climate change. For Quito, this type of analysis was the first of its kind to compile and integrate all the available environmental and socio-economic information into one cohesive report. The experience in producing the report provided the opportunity to strengthen knowled ...
The Extinction of the Woolley Mammoth
... The warming of the climate was believed to have caused the extinction of the woolly mammals. However, these species that are adaptable to the cold climates were able to survive the warmer Periods. Therefore, many researchers deduced that it was more human-factor that pushed the Extinction. (Miller e ...
... The warming of the climate was believed to have caused the extinction of the woolly mammals. However, these species that are adaptable to the cold climates were able to survive the warmer Periods. Therefore, many researchers deduced that it was more human-factor that pushed the Extinction. (Miller e ...
Impact of climate change on tropospheric ozone
... dominantly negative (e.g. reduced tropospheric ozone burden and lifetime, and shortened methane lifetime), but more modelling studies are needed in order to reach a common consensus on climate feedbacks. Most recently, Stevenson et al. (2006) reported an ensemble modelling study from 25 models for t ...
... dominantly negative (e.g. reduced tropospheric ozone burden and lifetime, and shortened methane lifetime), but more modelling studies are needed in order to reach a common consensus on climate feedbacks. Most recently, Stevenson et al. (2006) reported an ensemble modelling study from 25 models for t ...
Moral intensity and climate-friendly food choices
... all, climate change is supposed to cause serious harm to the environment and to human beings (IPCC, 2007) (cf. the magnitude of consequences, MC), and these negative effects are not distributed evenly between the global south and north or between the rich and the poor; rather, the effects are more c ...
... all, climate change is supposed to cause serious harm to the environment and to human beings (IPCC, 2007) (cf. the magnitude of consequences, MC), and these negative effects are not distributed evenly between the global south and north or between the rich and the poor; rather, the effects are more c ...
Mediterranean climate
... Mediterranean region, especially in inland locations. The southern Mediterranean is at risk of forest fire all year round. In the Iberian Peninsula, northern Italy and over the Balkans, the period of extreme fire risk lengthens substantially. The only region that shows little change in fire risk is ...
... Mediterranean region, especially in inland locations. The southern Mediterranean is at risk of forest fire all year round. In the Iberian Peninsula, northern Italy and over the Balkans, the period of extreme fire risk lengthens substantially. The only region that shows little change in fire risk is ...
2010_09_icao_grounded PDF, 750.6 KByte
... between 1960 and 2008, a rate comparable to the rate of improvement in other transport modes. However the average fuel efficiency improvement of new aircraft since 2000 has been flat, having improved only modestly since 1990. The primary driver of the drop-off in improvement in fuel efficiency appea ...
... between 1960 and 2008, a rate comparable to the rate of improvement in other transport modes. However the average fuel efficiency improvement of new aircraft since 2000 has been flat, having improved only modestly since 1990. The primary driver of the drop-off in improvement in fuel efficiency appea ...
2015 Annual Highlights
... and a stronghold for pronghorn antelope. However, altered fire regimes, invasive species, water scarcity, development and climate change threaten the integrity of this landscape. Several efforts are ongoing for individual species, specific threats or sub-geographies, and more than 60 existing plans ...
... and a stronghold for pronghorn antelope. However, altered fire regimes, invasive species, water scarcity, development and climate change threaten the integrity of this landscape. Several efforts are ongoing for individual species, specific threats or sub-geographies, and more than 60 existing plans ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on Net Primary
... NPP (the range is -1 to 1). The more absolute value trends to be 1 (the higher relationship). Following the test, dates used in this paper conform to the hypotheses as follows: there is a line correlation between two variations and both are successive; moreover, the independent variations agree with ...
... NPP (the range is -1 to 1). The more absolute value trends to be 1 (the higher relationship). Following the test, dates used in this paper conform to the hypotheses as follows: there is a line correlation between two variations and both are successive; moreover, the independent variations agree with ...
Mixed Messages - National Center for Science Education
... calibrate and think about global warming in the context of standard topics. Teachers of earth science, chemistry, and physics, and middle school general science teachers received lists appropriate to their subject with global warming always the sixth or seventh item in their list. The results, adapt ...
... calibrate and think about global warming in the context of standard topics. Teachers of earth science, chemistry, and physics, and middle school general science teachers received lists appropriate to their subject with global warming always the sixth or seventh item in their list. The results, adapt ...
Policy Discourse Analysis: Bangladesh - IIED
... sectors that are directly affected by changing on climate change, poverty reduction, agriculture and conditions. In reality, the discrepancy between existing forestry provide a narrative on relationships between and optimum levels of adaptation creates an ‘adaptation climate change issues and the de ...
... sectors that are directly affected by changing on climate change, poverty reduction, agriculture and conditions. In reality, the discrepancy between existing forestry provide a narrative on relationships between and optimum levels of adaptation creates an ‘adaptation climate change issues and the de ...
Projected responses of North American grassland - ace
... Canada, the continental United States, and Alaska for 15 grassland songbird species routinely observed in the northern Great Plains (Table 1). The compiled data came primarily from two sources: roadside point counts conducted as part of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) (Sauer et al. 201 ...
... Canada, the continental United States, and Alaska for 15 grassland songbird species routinely observed in the northern Great Plains (Table 1). The compiled data came primarily from two sources: roadside point counts conducted as part of the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) (Sauer et al. 201 ...
Single PDF in small font of the following:
... Prerequisites: EE3161, IT, or consent of instructor Goal: To develop an understanding of the physics and applications of devices that are key to a clean energy environment with an electrical engineering perspective. Overview: Energy issues have now reached a level of urgency that unconventional appl ...
... Prerequisites: EE3161, IT, or consent of instructor Goal: To develop an understanding of the physics and applications of devices that are key to a clean energy environment with an electrical engineering perspective. Overview: Energy issues have now reached a level of urgency that unconventional appl ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... Data from EM-DAT - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, 2011 ...
... Data from EM-DAT - The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database, 2011 ...
Feeding nine billion in a low emissions economy: Challenging, but
... work have not been brought together sufficiently to give more than broad indications. Technical options exist to mitigate net emissions from agriculture: much work has been done in the last quarter century and longer to develop a menu of options; and there are many pilot programmes trialling inno ...
... work have not been brought together sufficiently to give more than broad indications. Technical options exist to mitigate net emissions from agriculture: much work has been done in the last quarter century and longer to develop a menu of options; and there are many pilot programmes trialling inno ...
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.