2015 Annual Highlights
... 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 assessments have been identified for the region. This project aims to pull the pieces together to crea ...
... 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 assessments have been identified for the region. This project aims to pull the pieces together to crea ...
Where have the family farmers gone?
... Running in parallel to these trends, dramatic changes have occurred within the socioeconomic structure of the Wheatbelt over the last four decades. As shown in Figure 1a on the next page, the number of farm establishments operating in the Wheatbelt has decreased from 13,106 in 1970 to 4,941 in 2013 ...
... Running in parallel to these trends, dramatic changes have occurred within the socioeconomic structure of the Wheatbelt over the last four decades. As shown in Figure 1a on the next page, the number of farm establishments operating in the Wheatbelt has decreased from 13,106 in 1970 to 4,941 in 2013 ...
Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Cap-and-Trade Bills in the 110 Congress
... Introduction Climate change is generally viewed as a global issue, but proposed responses generally require action at the national level. In 1992, the United States ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which called on industrialized countries to take the lead ...
... Introduction Climate change is generally viewed as a global issue, but proposed responses generally require action at the national level. In 1992, the United States ratified the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which called on industrialized countries to take the lead ...
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... addressing fisheries and/or aquaculture. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g. coastal management and capacity building activities) that also have benefits for fisheries or ...
... addressing fisheries and/or aquaculture. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g. coastal management and capacity building activities) that also have benefits for fisheries or ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... safety, drunk driving, HIV/AIDs, and more recently sugary beverages. It is important to draw on lessons learned from these prior public health efforts in developing climate and health communications. ...
... safety, drunk driving, HIV/AIDs, and more recently sugary beverages. It is important to draw on lessons learned from these prior public health efforts in developing climate and health communications. ...
Global Warming and Extreme Weather
... Environment America Research & Policy Center thanks Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Amanda Staudt, climate scientist with the National Wildlife Federation; Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global ...
... Environment America Research & Policy Center thanks Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Amanda Staudt, climate scientist with the National Wildlife Federation; Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global ...
Report
... Environment Texas Research & Policy Center thanks Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Amanda Staudt, climate scientist with the National Wildlife Federation; Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global En ...
... Environment Texas Research & Policy Center thanks Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research; Amanda Staudt, climate scientist with the National Wildlife Federation; Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global En ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... This report looks at positive measures that are being taken – by governments, by civil society and by people themselves – to reduce the causes of climate change and to overcome its effects. It gives examples of emissions reduction; alternative water and energy supply systems; preservation of strateg ...
... This report looks at positive measures that are being taken – by governments, by civil society and by people themselves – to reduce the causes of climate change and to overcome its effects. It gives examples of emissions reduction; alternative water and energy supply systems; preservation of strateg ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... 6. Over the next one hundred years many Australians will be at risk from sea level rises. The IPCC warns that that 1 cm rise in sea level erodes beaches about 1 m horizontally.19 Therefore, even the lower end of the IPCC predictions, 9 cm is likely to result in as much as 9 m of eroded beach and coa ...
... 6. Over the next one hundred years many Australians will be at risk from sea level rises. The IPCC warns that that 1 cm rise in sea level erodes beaches about 1 m horizontally.19 Therefore, even the lower end of the IPCC predictions, 9 cm is likely to result in as much as 9 m of eroded beach and coa ...
2.1 Causes of Vulnerability Associated with Climate Change
... have been left out of the development of mitigation measures at the national and international level. However, in their role as stewards of biodiversity and as holders of traditional knowledge relevant for conservation and sustainable use, indigenous and local communities have a unique contribution ...
... have been left out of the development of mitigation measures at the national and international level. However, in their role as stewards of biodiversity and as holders of traditional knowledge relevant for conservation and sustainable use, indigenous and local communities have a unique contribution ...
Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch
... among taxa and across trophic levels. This can lead to a mismatch between the life cycles of ecologically interrelated populations (e.g. predators and prey), with negative consequences for population dynamics of some of the interacting species. Here we provide, to our knowledge, the first evidence t ...
... among taxa and across trophic levels. This can lead to a mismatch between the life cycles of ecologically interrelated populations (e.g. predators and prey), with negative consequences for population dynamics of some of the interacting species. Here we provide, to our knowledge, the first evidence t ...
Year of presentation
... newspapers, radio, etc.. We also had a well-attended (more than 200 people) launching ceremony in October. Together with academics and authorities, many governmental representatives and other stakeholders representing several institutions were present at our ceremony. Moreover, we have established o ...
... newspapers, radio, etc.. We also had a well-attended (more than 200 people) launching ceremony in October. Together with academics and authorities, many governmental representatives and other stakeholders representing several institutions were present at our ceremony. Moreover, we have established o ...
Chapter 6: Projections Based on Global Climate Models
... climate models for three emissions scenarios: B1 (low), A1B (medium) and A2 (high). Results are given for three future 20-year periods centred on 2030, 2055 and 2090, relative to a 20-year period centred on 1990. • The projected warming over the PCCSP region is about 70% as large as the global aver ...
... climate models for three emissions scenarios: B1 (low), A1B (medium) and A2 (high). Results are given for three future 20-year periods centred on 2030, 2055 and 2090, relative to a 20-year period centred on 1990. • The projected warming over the PCCSP region is about 70% as large as the global aver ...
Climate Change Reporting Framework
... comprising business representatives, climate change and business NGOs, investor groups, academia, global accountancy firms and their membership bodies. An overview of CDSB’s governance may be found at www.cdsb.net/ governance. CDSB seeks to standardise climate changerelated information reporting thr ...
... comprising business representatives, climate change and business NGOs, investor groups, academia, global accountancy firms and their membership bodies. An overview of CDSB’s governance may be found at www.cdsb.net/ governance. CDSB seeks to standardise climate changerelated information reporting thr ...
Is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an
... guide them are generally built around conventions or frameworks that establish rules and decision-making procedures for the negotiation of (potentially binding) protocols and agreements (or treaties) to be accomplished at a later date. These conventions often impose procedural duties on Parties to m ...
... guide them are generally built around conventions or frameworks that establish rules and decision-making procedures for the negotiation of (potentially binding) protocols and agreements (or treaties) to be accomplished at a later date. These conventions often impose procedural duties on Parties to m ...
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... or weather market agents have to make decisions – what crops to grow, which agricultural policy to implement, what agricultural insurances to offer, or which weather derivatives to buy or sell. In a situation of uncertainty about future yields, decisions on adaptation measures or risk management str ...
... or weather market agents have to make decisions – what crops to grow, which agricultural policy to implement, what agricultural insurances to offer, or which weather derivatives to buy or sell. In a situation of uncertainty about future yields, decisions on adaptation measures or risk management str ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... Africa (GWP-SA). 40 participants from the SADC region and Denmark attended this workshop. Once again, this workshop was used to identify institutions and researchers working on climate change and water resources as well as to elicit views of the participants on the need for a regional network on cli ...
... Africa (GWP-SA). 40 participants from the SADC region and Denmark attended this workshop. Once again, this workshop was used to identify institutions and researchers working on climate change and water resources as well as to elicit views of the participants on the need for a regional network on cli ...
HCFC Phase out
... All of these actions, however, must be taken in the spirit of a new era in which the world embraces the absolute need for ‘green growth’ – growth that casts off the ‘business as usual’ approach and accelerates us down the path to low-carbon, resource-efficient economies where intelligent management ...
... All of these actions, however, must be taken in the spirit of a new era in which the world embraces the absolute need for ‘green growth’ – growth that casts off the ‘business as usual’ approach and accelerates us down the path to low-carbon, resource-efficient economies where intelligent management ...
Global warming and thermohaline circulation stability
... et al . 2001; Vellinga & Wood 2002). In the study of Vellinga & Wood (2002) this was achieved in the HadCM3 climate model (Gordon et al . 2000) by an instantaneous freshening of a large region of the North Atlantic, reducing the mean density of the water column and inhibiting convective deep-water f ...
... et al . 2001; Vellinga & Wood 2002). In the study of Vellinga & Wood (2002) this was achieved in the HadCM3 climate model (Gordon et al . 2000) by an instantaneous freshening of a large region of the North Atlantic, reducing the mean density of the water column and inhibiting convective deep-water f ...
Draft Discussion Paper Ilaria Carrozza ESCAP/FfD/04/2015
... In the absence of an internationally acknowledged definition of climate finance, this paper follows the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) definition as “local, national or transnational financing, which may be drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financi ...
... In the absence of an internationally acknowledged definition of climate finance, this paper follows the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) definition as “local, national or transnational financing, which may be drawn from public, private and alternative sources of financi ...
A conceptual framework for monitoring climate effects and feedback
... To what extent complex climatic effects may be equally important across the low and high arctic ecosystems is currently unknown and a multidisciplinary approach to ecosystem monitoring is required to illuminate this. Indeed, this is the lesson learned from over ten years of monitoring of a high a ...
... To what extent complex climatic effects may be equally important across the low and high arctic ecosystems is currently unknown and a multidisciplinary approach to ecosystem monitoring is required to illuminate this. Indeed, this is the lesson learned from over ten years of monitoring of a high a ...
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... wider range than has been noted in the previous literature. This variation in predicted impacts results from seemingly minor decisions about the appropriate control variables, sample, and weighting. Despite its theoretical appeal, we conclude that the hedonic method may be unreliable in this setting ...
... wider range than has been noted in the previous literature. This variation in predicted impacts results from seemingly minor decisions about the appropriate control variables, sample, and weighting. Despite its theoretical appeal, we conclude that the hedonic method may be unreliable in this setting ...
S T A ?
... common with the United States and has a similar legal system. Australia’s recent experience of multiple natural disasters – from drought and heatwaves to flood, hurricanes, and wildfires – has seen it dubbed “the face of climate change to come.”25 This experience has also generated greater public an ...
... common with the United States and has a similar legal system. Australia’s recent experience of multiple natural disasters – from drought and heatwaves to flood, hurricanes, and wildfires – has seen it dubbed “the face of climate change to come.”25 This experience has also generated greater public an ...
Evans - NERC
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. A mechanistic understanding of climate change impacts is important for anticipating future range shifts, species’ vulnerability assessments and facilitating the design of effective conservation action. This paper uses the UK flora and avifauna as case studies, and describes and ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. A mechanistic understanding of climate change impacts is important for anticipating future range shifts, species’ vulnerability assessments and facilitating the design of effective conservation action. This paper uses the UK flora and avifauna as case studies, and describes and ...