Vulnerability and climate change hotspots in Africa
... vulnerability for adaptation planning and knowledge disseminating processes. The climate change hotspots in Africa have been mapped based on existing knowledge. The mapping was done for the water, agriculture, health, coastal and marine sectors. Some adaptation strategies have been pointed out for t ...
... vulnerability for adaptation planning and knowledge disseminating processes. The climate change hotspots in Africa have been mapped based on existing knowledge. The mapping was done for the water, agriculture, health, coastal and marine sectors. Some adaptation strategies have been pointed out for t ...
A climate model-based review of drought in the Sahel: Deserti cation, the re-greening and climate change.
... change in the Sahel. It highlights the dominant role of oceanic forcing in explaining late 20th century drought, and provides the context for consideration of land–atmosphere feedbacks. This section also includes discussion of attribution of past climate change: what can we say about the role of ant ...
... change in the Sahel. It highlights the dominant role of oceanic forcing in explaining late 20th century drought, and provides the context for consideration of land–atmosphere feedbacks. This section also includes discussion of attribution of past climate change: what can we say about the role of ant ...
CGE Training Materials for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
... method to estimate and provide an integrated evaluation of vulnerability “to allow comparisons to be made and assign values for different sectors, ecosystems and institutions in the face of climate change.” ...
... method to estimate and provide an integrated evaluation of vulnerability “to allow comparisons to be made and assign values for different sectors, ecosystems and institutions in the face of climate change.” ...
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... Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It is released from previously frozen soils in two ways. When the organic material (which contains carbon) stored in permafrost thaws, it begins to decompose and, under anaerobic conditions, gradually releases methane. M ...
... Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. It is released from previously frozen soils in two ways. When the organic material (which contains carbon) stored in permafrost thaws, it begins to decompose and, under anaerobic conditions, gradually releases methane. M ...
Planning for bushfire risk in a changing climate: Ku-ring
... Whilst the Draft North Subregional Strategy has not been finalised to date, it is being used to guide local planning. Where studies are undertaken that provide more detail or clarification, these could be considered in local land use planning as the document is intended to guide land use planning ...
... Whilst the Draft North Subregional Strategy has not been finalised to date, it is being used to guide local planning. Where studies are undertaken that provide more detail or clarification, these could be considered in local land use planning as the document is intended to guide land use planning ...
Better Predictions, Better Allocations: Scientific Advances and
... particular quality will arrive that updates the information held about the probability of the severe state arising. The signal will either be ’good’ or ’bad’ in the sense of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agen ...
... particular quality will arrive that updates the information held about the probability of the severe state arising. The signal will either be ’good’ or ’bad’ in the sense of lowering or raising the probability of the severe state compared to previously held beliefs. With the signal in hand, the agen ...
II. Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation
... Primary forests are generally more carbon dense, biologically diverse and resilient than other forest ecosystems, including modified natural forests and plantations, accordingly, in largely intact forest landscapes where there is currently little deforestation and degradation occurring, the conserva ...
... Primary forests are generally more carbon dense, biologically diverse and resilient than other forest ecosystems, including modified natural forests and plantations, accordingly, in largely intact forest landscapes where there is currently little deforestation and degradation occurring, the conserva ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND MINING
... propose four recommendations for foreign policy makers. These recommendations could form part of a more strategic foreign policy approach and a starting point for defining the role climate diplomacy can play in addressing the climate risks the mining sector faces: 1. Climate-proof critical minerals ...
... propose four recommendations for foreign policy makers. These recommendations could form part of a more strategic foreign policy approach and a starting point for defining the role climate diplomacy can play in addressing the climate risks the mining sector faces: 1. Climate-proof critical minerals ...
ocean climate change, phytoplankton community
... broad overview of the complexity of climate variability and factor interactions, examine marine phytoplankton responses with a focus on the HAB species niche, and identify major research gaps. The global climate system. The term ‘‘climate’’ is used here to include both anthropogenic climate change a ...
... broad overview of the complexity of climate variability and factor interactions, examine marine phytoplankton responses with a focus on the HAB species niche, and identify major research gaps. The global climate system. The term ‘‘climate’’ is used here to include both anthropogenic climate change a ...
Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef Iconic National
... Together, climate and non-climate drivers can undermine the ability of the GBR to deliver important ecosystems goods and services that underpin regional communities and industries (e.g., tourism and fishing) (Johnson and Marshall 2007). In addition, many of the GBR’s heritage values (e.g., aesthetic ...
... Together, climate and non-climate drivers can undermine the ability of the GBR to deliver important ecosystems goods and services that underpin regional communities and industries (e.g., tourism and fishing) (Johnson and Marshall 2007). In addition, many of the GBR’s heritage values (e.g., aesthetic ...
Robust institutional arrangements for national mitigation efforts
... thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of ...
... thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of ...
Land use/land cover changes and climate: modeling analysis and observational evidence
... This article summarizes the changes in landscape structure because of human land management over the last several centuries, and using observed and modeled data, documents how these changes have altered biogeophysical and biogeochemical surface fluxes on the local, mesoscale, and regional scales. Re ...
... This article summarizes the changes in landscape structure because of human land management over the last several centuries, and using observed and modeled data, documents how these changes have altered biogeophysical and biogeochemical surface fluxes on the local, mesoscale, and regional scales. Re ...
Redalyc.Climate Change and the Caribbean: Review and Response
... cover. Global warming can be due to natural variations, volcanic eruptions and human activity. Natural variations occur as a normal phase in the life of the Earth and can arise due to changes in the earth’s orbit or changes in solar intensity. It is natural variations that yielded the Ice Age which ...
... cover. Global warming can be due to natural variations, volcanic eruptions and human activity. Natural variations occur as a normal phase in the life of the Earth and can arise due to changes in the earth’s orbit or changes in solar intensity. It is natural variations that yielded the Ice Age which ...
Floods in the Sahel: an analysis of anomalies, Petra Tschakert
... 2005; Reij et al. 2005). Nonetheless, impoverished land managers often view droughts as ‘normal’ (West et al. 2008) or continue to blame themselves for increasingly irregular rainfall patterns. Yet, these irregularities may well be a consequence of anthropogenic emissions, primarily from the wealthy ...
... 2005; Reij et al. 2005). Nonetheless, impoverished land managers often view droughts as ‘normal’ (West et al. 2008) or continue to blame themselves for increasingly irregular rainfall patterns. Yet, these irregularities may well be a consequence of anthropogenic emissions, primarily from the wealthy ...
Carbon Storage in Rangelands - UC Cooperative Extension
... sequester carbon by encouraging new growth. Carbon from plant matter consumed by grazing animals is redeposited as waste; some carbon is lost back to the air but much is incorporated into the soil by hoof action (poop and stomp) and dung beetles for a net gain. Carbon from sloughed roots generally r ...
... sequester carbon by encouraging new growth. Carbon from plant matter consumed by grazing animals is redeposited as waste; some carbon is lost back to the air but much is incorporated into the soil by hoof action (poop and stomp) and dung beetles for a net gain. Carbon from sloughed roots generally r ...
Pluralising climate change solutions? Views held and voiced by
... According to the Gramscian view we should not only be concerned about whether all perspectives are heard but also pay attention to their relative weight. How do we know that some perspectives do not receive disproportionate space compared to others so as to undermine democratic legitimacy? Recent st ...
... According to the Gramscian view we should not only be concerned about whether all perspectives are heard but also pay attention to their relative weight. How do we know that some perspectives do not receive disproportionate space compared to others so as to undermine democratic legitimacy? Recent st ...
CHANGING HOW EARTH SYSTEM MODELING IS DONE TO
... as a set of plausible examples of what might happen to decide on how best to act in that can be placed in their projections. By “confidence” light of that knowledge and uncertainty (Stainforth we mean an estimate of the probability of how the et al. 2007b; Dessai et al. 2009; Kunreuther et al. 2013) ...
... as a set of plausible examples of what might happen to decide on how best to act in that can be placed in their projections. By “confidence” light of that knowledge and uncertainty (Stainforth we mean an estimate of the probability of how the et al. 2007b; Dessai et al. 2009; Kunreuther et al. 2013) ...
Streamflow hydrology in the boreal region under the influences of
... Climate and human impacts on streamflow M.-k. Woo et al. of hydrological events. The Rupert River in Quebec, Canada, being further north, has a later high flow than the Missinaibi due to delayed snowmelt (figure 4). Furthermore, the basin receives much rain in the summer that amply compensates evapo ...
... Climate and human impacts on streamflow M.-k. Woo et al. of hydrological events. The Rupert River in Quebec, Canada, being further north, has a later high flow than the Missinaibi due to delayed snowmelt (figure 4). Furthermore, the basin receives much rain in the summer that amply compensates evapo ...
Guidance for making the case for climate change adaptation in the
... Through risk assessment workshops, it was determined that the major climate change risk for this building was overheating of internal spaces. Comparisons were made between a 2005 Test Reference Year (TRY) and the UKCP09 climate projections for 2020, 2050 and 2080, with the annual hours of overheatin ...
... Through risk assessment workshops, it was determined that the major climate change risk for this building was overheating of internal spaces. Comparisons were made between a 2005 Test Reference Year (TRY) and the UKCP09 climate projections for 2020, 2050 and 2080, with the annual hours of overheatin ...
Climate Change and California`s Local Public Health Agencies
... survey was to learn more about perceptions of the public health threat from, and preparation for, climate change among California’s local public health agencies. The survey found that local public health officials believe that climate change poses a significant threat to public health. The most ofte ...
... survey was to learn more about perceptions of the public health threat from, and preparation for, climate change among California’s local public health agencies. The survey found that local public health officials believe that climate change poses a significant threat to public health. The most ofte ...
The change of the hydrological cycle under the influence of global
... decades. There is no doubt that warming will greatly influence the water cycle a powerful process regulating natural freshening of water resources, distribution of water on the continents, supply of fresh water to plants, animals, and man, greatly influencing erosional and geochemical processes. The ...
... decades. There is no doubt that warming will greatly influence the water cycle a powerful process regulating natural freshening of water resources, distribution of water on the continents, supply of fresh water to plants, animals, and man, greatly influencing erosional and geochemical processes. The ...
Waterborne transport, ports and waterways: A review of
... IPCC takes the global lead on assessing and summarising information on past and future climate change. Individual countries or industries then focus on their particular interests, with the aim of providing specific guidance on climate change issues for actual use within that country or industry. For ...
... IPCC takes the global lead on assessing and summarising information on past and future climate change. Individual countries or industries then focus on their particular interests, with the aim of providing specific guidance on climate change issues for actual use within that country or industry. For ...
Altai Sayan Ecoregion
... Though there may not have been an overall tendency for heavy droughts or periods of extreme humidity on a broad scale from 1900 to 1995, nevertheless in some regions of Asia and Africa in the 1990s there was a significant increase in the periodicity and intensity of droughts. There were particular c ...
... Though there may not have been an overall tendency for heavy droughts or periods of extreme humidity on a broad scale from 1900 to 1995, nevertheless in some regions of Asia and Africa in the 1990s there was a significant increase in the periodicity and intensity of droughts. There were particular c ...
Climate-change lore and its implications for
... [FJolklore (or traditional and popular culture) is the totality of tradition-based creations of a cultural community, expressed by a group of individuals and recognized as reflecting its cultural and social identity; its standards and values are transmitted orally, by imitation or by other means. (J ...
... [FJolklore (or traditional and popular culture) is the totality of tradition-based creations of a cultural community, expressed by a group of individuals and recognized as reflecting its cultural and social identity; its standards and values are transmitted orally, by imitation or by other means. (J ...
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.