vulnerability analysis to climate change in the caribbean belize
... future (Marshall et al. 2009). The time for this preparation is now; consequently the vulnerability assessment considered the currently adaptive capacity to face today´s and future impacts of climate change effects. Climate change is a global process over which local communities have little influenc ...
... future (Marshall et al. 2009). The time for this preparation is now; consequently the vulnerability assessment considered the currently adaptive capacity to face today´s and future impacts of climate change effects. Climate change is a global process over which local communities have little influenc ...
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... emissions. Livestock agriculture is directly responsible for two main greenhouse gases (GHGs) – methane and nitrous oxide, both of which are much more potent than the main GHG, carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane is the second most important GHG globally, contributing about six times as much to current wa ...
... emissions. Livestock agriculture is directly responsible for two main greenhouse gases (GHGs) – methane and nitrous oxide, both of which are much more potent than the main GHG, carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane is the second most important GHG globally, contributing about six times as much to current wa ...
Understanding patterns of resilient economic development. Rwanda
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in temperatures, melting ice sheets and rising sea levels, and changing climatic variability potentially leading to more extreme events such as flooding and drought (IPCC, 2014; Field et al., 2012). Many of these trends are already occurring, with ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) projects an increase in temperatures, melting ice sheets and rising sea levels, and changing climatic variability potentially leading to more extreme events such as flooding and drought (IPCC, 2014; Field et al., 2012). Many of these trends are already occurring, with ...
desertification in africa - university of nairobi staff profiles
... miseries. In some cases the society is forced to abandon their land because it can no longer sustain them and migrate to other regions or to urban slums. This has been associated with many environmental refugees world wide. Mass movements of people in search of water and pasture have led to serious ...
... miseries. In some cases the society is forced to abandon their land because it can no longer sustain them and migrate to other regions or to urban slums. This has been associated with many environmental refugees world wide. Mass movements of people in search of water and pasture have led to serious ...
Adaptation: Needs, Financing and Institutions
... Action on climate change can take the form of mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation concerns all policies and measures aimed at reducing the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2, or at capturing them in forests, oceans or underground reservoirs. Adaptation is the term used to describe all activi ...
... Action on climate change can take the form of mitigation and adaptation. Mitigation concerns all policies and measures aimed at reducing the emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2, or at capturing them in forests, oceans or underground reservoirs. Adaptation is the term used to describe all activi ...
climate change
... change, but they are only the very first steps on a long journey to safeguard future generations, and they must be coupled with large-scale efforts to help those that are already seeing their livelihoods undermined by a changing climate. Leaving no one behind in the face of growing climate change im ...
... change, but they are only the very first steps on a long journey to safeguard future generations, and they must be coupled with large-scale efforts to help those that are already seeing their livelihoods undermined by a changing climate. Leaving no one behind in the face of growing climate change im ...
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... and humidity in mapping global vegetation patterns. Since that time, others have explored this link in order to extend the basic model (Box, 1981; Neilson et al., 1992; and Prentice et al., 1992). The more recent works by Neilson et al. (1992) and Prentice et al. (1992) have shown that the rather la ...
... and humidity in mapping global vegetation patterns. Since that time, others have explored this link in order to extend the basic model (Box, 1981; Neilson et al., 1992; and Prentice et al., 1992). The more recent works by Neilson et al. (1992) and Prentice et al. (1992) have shown that the rather la ...
California Getting Wetter to the North, Drier to the South: Natural
... In recent decades warmer climate has led to changes in the California hydrological cycle that influences state water supplies. These include the decreasing spring snowpack [9], earlier snowmelt runoff [10] and trends towards more precipitation falling as rain rather than snow [11]. These changes her ...
... In recent decades warmer climate has led to changes in the California hydrological cycle that influences state water supplies. These include the decreasing spring snowpack [9], earlier snowmelt runoff [10] and trends towards more precipitation falling as rain rather than snow [11]. These changes her ...
Blue Jeans, Chewing Gum, and Climate Change Litigation
... governments4 generally bringing suit as parens patriae5 plaintiffs on the common law ground that polluter-defendants, through their conduct, are contributing to climate change, a recognized public nuisance. In other words, American climate change litigation tends to be tort-based claims brought by g ...
... governments4 generally bringing suit as parens patriae5 plaintiffs on the common law ground that polluter-defendants, through their conduct, are contributing to climate change, a recognized public nuisance. In other words, American climate change litigation tends to be tort-based claims brought by g ...
IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS)
... The centrality of carbon in the discourse of climate change is indisputable, both as a harmful and also as a productive gas. The climate change glossary defines carbon dioxide as, a naturally occurring gas, and also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and ot ...
... The centrality of carbon in the discourse of climate change is indisputable, both as a harmful and also as a productive gas. The climate change glossary defines carbon dioxide as, a naturally occurring gas, and also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and ot ...
A framework to assess returns on investments in the dryland
... in the arid and semi-arid lands of Northern Kenya is arguably higher than in more humid parts of the region because of their relative under-development in terms of economic activities and natural resource endowments (Fan and Hazell, 2001; RoK, 2012). The northern county governments are faced with th ...
... in the arid and semi-arid lands of Northern Kenya is arguably higher than in more humid parts of the region because of their relative under-development in terms of economic activities and natural resource endowments (Fan and Hazell, 2001; RoK, 2012). The northern county governments are faced with th ...
Climate Policy Integration, Coherence, and Governance
... policies at the national level are examined. In addition, some regions are examined in detail. The added value of this approach is to combine comparative studies with in-depth involvement by researchers with national knowledge and different disciplinary backgrounds in order to maintain a country- an ...
... policies at the national level are examined. In addition, some regions are examined in detail. The added value of this approach is to combine comparative studies with in-depth involvement by researchers with national knowledge and different disciplinary backgrounds in order to maintain a country- an ...
a guide to the climate change convention process
... On 9 May 1992, the world’s governments adopted the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In doing so, they took the first step in addressing one of the most urgent environmental problems facing humankind. Five years later, on 11 December 1997, governments took a further step forwards and adopte ...
... On 9 May 1992, the world’s governments adopted the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. In doing so, they took the first step in addressing one of the most urgent environmental problems facing humankind. Five years later, on 11 December 1997, governments took a further step forwards and adopte ...
CESifo Working Paper no. 2758
... among developing countries via its flexible mechanisms, such as the CDM. The CDM opens the possibility to fulfill a country’s GHG emission reduction obligations with Certified Emission Reduction Units (CERs) from any other developing country which is a member of the UNFCCC. It could be considered a ...
... among developing countries via its flexible mechanisms, such as the CDM. The CDM opens the possibility to fulfill a country’s GHG emission reduction obligations with Certified Emission Reduction Units (CERs) from any other developing country which is a member of the UNFCCC. It could be considered a ...
The PAGE09 Integrated Assessment Model: A Technical Description
... model abatement costs. Cost parameters in all regions except the focus region differ from the values for the focus region by a regional multiplier. This approach is clearly inferior in its form to recent continuous abatement cost curves generated by McKinsey, 2007, Bllomberg, 2010, Rose and Wei, ...
... model abatement costs. Cost parameters in all regions except the focus region differ from the values for the focus region by a regional multiplier. This approach is clearly inferior in its form to recent continuous abatement cost curves generated by McKinsey, 2007, Bllomberg, 2010, Rose and Wei, ...
Royal Government of Cambodia Climate Change
... challenges posed by a changing climate is crucial to Cambodia’s continued sustainable development. Climate projections indicate greater uncertainty of weather patterns and the occurrence of more frequent and intensive extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, indicating, for example, incre ...
... challenges posed by a changing climate is crucial to Cambodia’s continued sustainable development. Climate projections indicate greater uncertainty of weather patterns and the occurrence of more frequent and intensive extreme weather events such as floods and droughts, indicating, for example, incre ...
Whangarei District Climate Change Constraints Report
... Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of s ...
... Climate change has long been perceived as a threat to the environment, but in recent years this threat perception has expanded to include social, cultural, security, and economic concerns. The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of s ...
Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils
... Permafrost zone carbon balance The United Nations has set a target of limiting warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial temperatures to mitigate risk of the most damaging consequences of climate change (UNEP 2013). Maintaining global climate within this target depends on understanding ecosystem feedback ...
... Permafrost zone carbon balance The United Nations has set a target of limiting warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial temperatures to mitigate risk of the most damaging consequences of climate change (UNEP 2013). Maintaining global climate within this target depends on understanding ecosystem feedback ...
“Africa is one of the most vulnerable continents to climate variability
... information system. This publication draws upon information from various sources to comprehensively showcase different sectors of interest. The impact of global change will be felt across many sectors but the challenge is to provide information in such a way as to encourage an integrated approach to ...
... information system. This publication draws upon information from various sources to comprehensively showcase different sectors of interest. The impact of global change will be felt across many sectors but the challenge is to provide information in such a way as to encourage an integrated approach to ...
2016: global heat record broken again
... 2017a). You would now need to be at least 40 years old – born in 1976 or earlier – to have lived in a year with temperatures at or below the global 20th century average. The world has experienced an unprecedented three consecutive hottest years (2014, 2015 and 2016) on record, while the last record ...
... 2017a). You would now need to be at least 40 years old – born in 1976 or earlier – to have lived in a year with temperatures at or below the global 20th century average. The world has experienced an unprecedented three consecutive hottest years (2014, 2015 and 2016) on record, while the last record ...
Observed Climate Variability and Trends
... global warming, human memory can be quite subjective regarding extreme weather and climate events. It is also difficult to scientifically confirm many of these changes due to a lack of sufficient data, highlighting the need for improved observation networks in the region. Detection and attribution o ...
... global warming, human memory can be quite subjective regarding extreme weather and climate events. It is also difficult to scientifically confirm many of these changes due to a lack of sufficient data, highlighting the need for improved observation networks in the region. Detection and attribution o ...
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... now managed by High Life Highland on behalf of Highland Council. 1.2.4 Finance: The Service is responsible for the financial affairs of the Council, including billing and collecting of council tax and water rates, administering Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit; Financial support to Services i ...
... now managed by High Life Highland on behalf of Highland Council. 1.2.4 Finance: The Service is responsible for the financial affairs of the Council, including billing and collecting of council tax and water rates, administering Council Tax Benefit and Housing Benefit; Financial support to Services i ...
Climate evolution in the last five centuries
... The past variations of solar output have been derived from the values used by C ROWLEY (2000). For the period after 1610 A.D., past solar variations are empirically estimated from observations of sun spots (L EAN et al., 1995) and between 1500 and 1610 A.D. they are based on concentrations of the co ...
... The past variations of solar output have been derived from the values used by C ROWLEY (2000). For the period after 1610 A.D., past solar variations are empirically estimated from observations of sun spots (L EAN et al., 1995) and between 1500 and 1610 A.D. they are based on concentrations of the co ...
Sea-level rise and climate change
... It is virtually certain that sea levels will continue to rise after 2100, with sea-level rise due to thermal expansion to continue for many centuries due to the slow response of the oceans to the accumulating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. ...
... It is virtually certain that sea levels will continue to rise after 2100, with sea-level rise due to thermal expansion to continue for many centuries due to the slow response of the oceans to the accumulating greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. ...
yukon government climate change action plan
... It is the belief of the Yukon government that climate change is happening, that human behaviour is a major contributor, and that a coordinated response is needed. The Climate Change Action Plan recognizes that the Yukon government must concentrate on the challenges and opportunities that are most re ...
... It is the belief of the Yukon government that climate change is happening, that human behaviour is a major contributor, and that a coordinated response is needed. The Climate Change Action Plan recognizes that the Yukon government must concentrate on the challenges and opportunities that are most re ...