Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... On the basis of the existing local information two major issues have been identified that will affect the Levant and include: 1. Changes in the extremities of temperature 2. Redistribution of rainfall through time and place. The changes in temperature will be characterized by more days of temperatur ...
... On the basis of the existing local information two major issues have been identified that will affect the Levant and include: 1. Changes in the extremities of temperature 2. Redistribution of rainfall through time and place. The changes in temperature will be characterized by more days of temperatur ...
The Status of Climate Change Data: A Case Study for
... This paper has been produced under the Fellowship Programme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the UNFCCC Secretariat. The views expressed herein are those of the author. ...
... This paper has been produced under the Fellowship Programme of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the UNFCCC Secretariat. The views expressed herein are those of the author. ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... shipping are especially challenging because the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) specifically excludes these from developed countries’ national targets. Instead, countries are expected to work through the International Civil Aviation Organizat ...
... shipping are especially challenging because the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) specifically excludes these from developed countries’ national targets. Instead, countries are expected to work through the International Civil Aviation Organizat ...
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... (1994) rather than a time-series panel approach for several reasons. First, yearly changes in weather are unlikely to affect households’ WTP to live in an area: WTP should depend on long-run climate rather than the outcome of the weather in the most recent year. Second, low frequency changes are not ...
... (1994) rather than a time-series panel approach for several reasons. First, yearly changes in weather are unlikely to affect households’ WTP to live in an area: WTP should depend on long-run climate rather than the outcome of the weather in the most recent year. Second, low frequency changes are not ...
Climate Change Impacts On Rainfed Corn Production In
... Figures 4a and 4b. Map of Malawi and location and soil types in Lilongwe District. ................. 22 Figure 5. Corn production and area under cultivation in the Lilongwe District (2004-2013) ...... 24 Figure 6. Topography of Lilongwe District ...................................................... ...
... Figures 4a and 4b. Map of Malawi and location and soil types in Lilongwe District. ................. 22 Figure 5. Corn production and area under cultivation in the Lilongwe District (2004-2013) ...... 24 Figure 6. Topography of Lilongwe District ...................................................... ...
Climate change-induced migration and violent conflict
... include peace, family unification, and presence of brethren (e.g., Moore & Shellman, 2006). I argue that environmental problems also play a role in migration. Some problems involve extreme weather events, which, so far, have tended to be idiosyncratic and localized. Other problems include accumulati ...
... include peace, family unification, and presence of brethren (e.g., Moore & Shellman, 2006). I argue that environmental problems also play a role in migration. Some problems involve extreme weather events, which, so far, have tended to be idiosyncratic and localized. Other problems include accumulati ...
SNV Strategy Paper 2016-2018
... that together we can transform ideas into policy, policy into action, and action into results. From 2016 to 2018, SNV will improve the quality of life for over 20 million people by developing locally-owned approaches, strengthening governance systems and improving markets for the poor. We will use o ...
... that together we can transform ideas into policy, policy into action, and action into results. From 2016 to 2018, SNV will improve the quality of life for over 20 million people by developing locally-owned approaches, strengthening governance systems and improving markets for the poor. We will use o ...
Community-based Climate Change Action Grants
... rather than as a global climate trend. But there is little doubt about the importance of these issues locally or the fact that climate change is emerging as a higher priority as awareness builds. In some areas of the Pacific Region, adaptation is occurring at the extreme end, with communities needin ...
... rather than as a global climate trend. But there is little doubt about the importance of these issues locally or the fact that climate change is emerging as a higher priority as awareness builds. In some areas of the Pacific Region, adaptation is occurring at the extreme end, with communities needin ...
Decadal co-variability of Atlantic SSTs and western Amazon dry
... forcing. This approach assumes that local trends are related to global temperature increase only and local factors (ex: land-use change) cannot be separated. However, local effects are reduced for area integrated or averaged variables such as the time series partitioned (JAS-SPI, RNWL and NSG). This ...
... forcing. This approach assumes that local trends are related to global temperature increase only and local factors (ex: land-use change) cannot be separated. However, local effects are reduced for area integrated or averaged variables such as the time series partitioned (JAS-SPI, RNWL and NSG). This ...
RPS-Report template (standard) - University of Technology Sydney
... our environment. We recognise the challenges and impacts of climate change on Australia and have implemented a range of initiatives to protect our local environment and preserve it ...
... our environment. We recognise the challenges and impacts of climate change on Australia and have implemented a range of initiatives to protect our local environment and preserve it ...
Effects of climate change on inland waters of the Pacific coastal
... Snowmelt runo becomes more important, and midwinter rainfall-generated runo becomes less important with increasing elevation (Cayan and Riddle, 1993). For example, in the American River basin, less than half of the annual runo occurs from April to July in the lower two-thirds of the basin, while ...
... Snowmelt runo becomes more important, and midwinter rainfall-generated runo becomes less important with increasing elevation (Cayan and Riddle, 1993). For example, in the American River basin, less than half of the annual runo occurs from April to July in the lower two-thirds of the basin, while ...
Rethinking Private Land Conservation in the
... protection of natural habitats and imperiled species, but also the growing number of organizations established to protect agricultural, ranching, and timber-cutting operations. 61% of the land trusts surveyed as part of the Land Trust Alliance’s 2010 “census” reported that one of their primary purpo ...
... protection of natural habitats and imperiled species, but also the growing number of organizations established to protect agricultural, ranching, and timber-cutting operations. 61% of the land trusts surveyed as part of the Land Trust Alliance’s 2010 “census” reported that one of their primary purpo ...
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... adapt and manage agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU) to climate change. While the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors are suffering from climate change impacts, they also contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Conversely, this gives them a unique potential f ...
... adapt and manage agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU) to climate change. While the agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors are suffering from climate change impacts, they also contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Conversely, this gives them a unique potential f ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Yongyang Cai Kenneth L. Judd
... century, but also that their duration and post-tipping impact are uncertain (see Lenton, 2011). A faithful representation of the possibility of tipping points for the calculation of SCC would require a fully stochastic formulation of irreversibility, and accounting for the deep layer of uncertaintie ...
... century, but also that their duration and post-tipping impact are uncertain (see Lenton, 2011). A faithful representation of the possibility of tipping points for the calculation of SCC would require a fully stochastic formulation of irreversibility, and accounting for the deep layer of uncertaintie ...
Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report
... are on the cusp of a clean energy future. Coal is riskier and more expensive than it used to be, with growing import dependence and rising air pollution. Rapidly falling costs, particularly of wind and solar power, could lead renewable and other low-carbon energy sources to account for more than hal ...
... are on the cusp of a clean energy future. Coal is riskier and more expensive than it used to be, with growing import dependence and rising air pollution. Rapidly falling costs, particularly of wind and solar power, could lead renewable and other low-carbon energy sources to account for more than hal ...
II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Technical Summary
... 3. A global synthesis of studies in this Assessment strongly demonstrates that the spatial agreement between regions of significant regional warming across the globe and the locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natura ...
... 3. A global synthesis of studies in this Assessment strongly demonstrates that the spatial agreement between regions of significant regional warming across the globe and the locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natura ...
Potential Impacts of Changes in Climate on Water Quality in New
... into vulnerability analyses. For the purposes of this discussion, they will be described simply as a top-down approach and a bottom-up approach (Dessai and Hulme, 2004). The top-down approach is scenario-driven with the basic premise being to plan for specific events, or a range of events, guided ei ...
... into vulnerability analyses. For the purposes of this discussion, they will be described simply as a top-down approach and a bottom-up approach (Dessai and Hulme, 2004). The top-down approach is scenario-driven with the basic premise being to plan for specific events, or a range of events, guided ei ...
English
... Upon request of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Research and Extension Branch, a study was carried out by the Wageningen University and the United Nations University. The study report “Facing the challenges of climate change and food security: the role of research, exten ...
... Upon request of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Research and Extension Branch, a study was carried out by the Wageningen University and the United Nations University. The study report “Facing the challenges of climate change and food security: the role of research, exten ...
Effects of Global Climate Change at the Virginia Coast Reserve
... Figure 5. Conceptual model of potential global climate change effects on breeding barrier island birds at the Virginia Coast Reserve Figure 6. Integrated conceptual ecological model of potential effects of global climate change at the Virginia Coast Reserve Figure 7. Conceptual model of potential gl ...
... Figure 5. Conceptual model of potential global climate change effects on breeding barrier island birds at the Virginia Coast Reserve Figure 6. Integrated conceptual ecological model of potential effects of global climate change at the Virginia Coast Reserve Figure 7. Conceptual model of potential gl ...
India - Met Office
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
Implications of Climate Change for Armed Conflict
... nature of the environment-conflict nexus offers some insights into where future development and peacebuilding efforts should be targeted. Six recommendations are identified: ...
... nature of the environment-conflict nexus offers some insights into where future development and peacebuilding efforts should be targeted. Six recommendations are identified: ...
Climate Change Predicted Impacts on Juneau
... concentrations higher than any levels in the past 650,000 years or more (IPCC 2001; Siegenthaler et al. 2005). Atmospheric carbon dioxide, for example, is 27% above preindustrial levels (Siegenthaler et al. 2005). There is some evidence that agricultural activities, including forest burning and floo ...
... concentrations higher than any levels in the past 650,000 years or more (IPCC 2001; Siegenthaler et al. 2005). Atmospheric carbon dioxide, for example, is 27% above preindustrial levels (Siegenthaler et al. 2005). There is some evidence that agricultural activities, including forest burning and floo ...
Black Carbon Mitigation and the Role of the
... ABOUT THE GEF The Global Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs) and the private sector to address global environmental issues, while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. An independently o ...
... ABOUT THE GEF The Global Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs) and the private sector to address global environmental issues, while supporting national sustainable development initiatives. An independently o ...
ARTICLE Potential climate change impacts on temperate forest ecosystem processes
... increases process rates (Gunderson et al. 2000; Aerts et al. 2006; Hyvonen et al. 2007). While these manipulative field studies provide useful insight into how forests respond to individual environmental change factors, logistical constraints often prevent the examination of complex and antagonistic ...
... increases process rates (Gunderson et al. 2000; Aerts et al. 2006; Hyvonen et al. 2007). While these manipulative field studies provide useful insight into how forests respond to individual environmental change factors, logistical constraints often prevent the examination of complex and antagonistic ...