2015 Agreement
... Design and vision Adaptation is a important component of the 2015 Agreement and it should be addressed with the same priority as mitigation and in a differentiated manner as required. The 2015 Agreement shall promote cooperation in adaptation actions that reduce vulnerability and minimize and cope w ...
... Design and vision Adaptation is a important component of the 2015 Agreement and it should be addressed with the same priority as mitigation and in a differentiated manner as required. The 2015 Agreement shall promote cooperation in adaptation actions that reduce vulnerability and minimize and cope w ...
SDSM-a decision support tool for the assessment of regional
... changes in a GCM. The main advantage of the technique is that it can exactly reproduce many observed climate statistics and has been widely used, particularly for agricultural impact assessment. Furthermore, stochastic weather generators enable the efficient production of large ensembles of scenario ...
... changes in a GCM. The main advantage of the technique is that it can exactly reproduce many observed climate statistics and has been widely used, particularly for agricultural impact assessment. Furthermore, stochastic weather generators enable the efficient production of large ensembles of scenario ...
6 Using advocacy to help protect the environment - TILZ
... influence him for the greater good. Like her, we can influence people in power when we have a relationship with them and the potential to influence them. Advocacy involves action or processes that can complement other development work. It is critical in relation to environmental issues because many ...
... influence him for the greater good. Like her, we can influence people in power when we have a relationship with them and the potential to influence them. Advocacy involves action or processes that can complement other development work. It is critical in relation to environmental issues because many ...
Energy research and the contributions of the social sciences: A
... training, Lindblom posited that social scientists could assist public administrators and policymakers in designing just and effective institutions [17,18]. His essays in public management coincided with the professionalization of a number of social scientific and professional fields, including Public ...
... training, Lindblom posited that social scientists could assist public administrators and policymakers in designing just and effective institutions [17,18]. His essays in public management coincided with the professionalization of a number of social scientific and professional fields, including Public ...
Adaptation and the Courtroom: Judging Climate Science
... proficiency in laboratory techniques. Climate science is also a rapidly developing field of scientific inquiry. Although this does not render climate science unique, it prevents judges from relying wholly upon the published peer-reviewed literature. Such literature may not reflect new discoveries an ...
... proficiency in laboratory techniques. Climate science is also a rapidly developing field of scientific inquiry. Although this does not render climate science unique, it prevents judges from relying wholly upon the published peer-reviewed literature. Such literature may not reflect new discoveries an ...
- Europa EU
... However, project-based approaches also have limitations. For instance, problems associated with NAPAs include low capacity for adaptation planning and implementation, and poor institutional arrangements for implementation. For successful implementation, coordinated involvement of various ministries, ...
... However, project-based approaches also have limitations. For instance, problems associated with NAPAs include low capacity for adaptation planning and implementation, and poor institutional arrangements for implementation. For successful implementation, coordinated involvement of various ministries, ...
internists (american college of physicians)
... human health and undermine the global health gains achieved during the past half century (1, 2). The reality of climate change and our warming planet is unequivocal, and although there continues to be debate and dissenting views on whether climate change is largely the result of human activity, the ...
... human health and undermine the global health gains achieved during the past half century (1, 2). The reality of climate change and our warming planet is unequivocal, and although there continues to be debate and dissenting views on whether climate change is largely the result of human activity, the ...
Climate Change Policies and Trade Policies: The New Joint
... countries that are not making satisfactory efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The requirement for such purchases would be an alternative to offsetting border measures in the form of tariffs. Abstractly, the underlying problem in the terminology of political economy is that there can be “f ...
... countries that are not making satisfactory efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The requirement for such purchases would be an alternative to offsetting border measures in the form of tariffs. Abstractly, the underlying problem in the terminology of political economy is that there can be “f ...
Crisis or Adaptation? Migration and Climate Change in
... most affected by climate change (Kniveton et al., 2008). Better information is important to formulate appropriate policy responses at the global level and at the local and national levels. At the same time, policies that build on existing strategies to support adaptation to climate change are among ...
... most affected by climate change (Kniveton et al., 2008). Better information is important to formulate appropriate policy responses at the global level and at the local and national levels. At the same time, policies that build on existing strategies to support adaptation to climate change are among ...
Independent Climate
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
Simulating tick distributions over sub-Saharan Africa: the use
... Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) and Climate Research Unit (CRU)] or highresolution model-derived climate data [Division of Atmospheric Research limited-area model (DARLAM)] for predictive species modelling, using tick distributions from subSaharan Africa. Location The analysis is restricte ...
... Resource and Environmental Studies (CRES) and Climate Research Unit (CRU)] or highresolution model-derived climate data [Division of Atmospheric Research limited-area model (DARLAM)] for predictive species modelling, using tick distributions from subSaharan Africa. Location The analysis is restricte ...
Communicating climate change – Learning from business
... 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (Hoffman 2012: 37). Social consensus is contingent upon shared mutually constituted understandings ...
... 32), any attempt to understand and interpret climate change knowledge requires a thorough ”political, economic, social, and legal debate over values and beliefs” through which social consensus emerges (Hoffman 2012: 37). Social consensus is contingent upon shared mutually constituted understandings ...
The Economic Climate: Establishing Expert Consensus on the
... Surveys of the General Public on Climate Change Dozens of researchers around the world have conducted surveys of the general public to gather views on climate change issues (Capstick et al., 2015). Ansolabehere and Konisky (2014) compile the results of numerous American public opinion surveys conduc ...
... Surveys of the General Public on Climate Change Dozens of researchers around the world have conducted surveys of the general public to gather views on climate change issues (Capstick et al., 2015). Ansolabehere and Konisky (2014) compile the results of numerous American public opinion surveys conduc ...
CESifo Working Paper 3959
... our starting point is a world in which climate change is to occur, either because global mitigation policy has largely failed or is likely to fail in the near future or because some part of climate change occurs for reasons other than greenhouse gas emissions. In this setting, we focus on adaptation ...
... our starting point is a world in which climate change is to occur, either because global mitigation policy has largely failed or is likely to fail in the near future or because some part of climate change occurs for reasons other than greenhouse gas emissions. In this setting, we focus on adaptation ...
How Increasing CO2 and Climate Change Affect Forests
... northern hemisphere, whereas current land-use changes are most dramatic near the equator, where large areas of tropical forests are being cleared or degraded. However, human activitieswithin any region that cause increases in atmosphericCO2 concentrationscan affect global climate patterns. Extensive ...
... northern hemisphere, whereas current land-use changes are most dramatic near the equator, where large areas of tropical forests are being cleared or degraded. However, human activitieswithin any region that cause increases in atmosphericCO2 concentrationscan affect global climate patterns. Extensive ...
The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy
... The topic of cities and climate change has recently become an active area of research. Relevant activities include the Tyndall Centre in the UK2 with their project “Engineering Cities: how can cities grow while reducing vulnerability and emissions?” and the German Potsdam Institute for Climate (PIK) ...
... The topic of cities and climate change has recently become an active area of research. Relevant activities include the Tyndall Centre in the UK2 with their project “Engineering Cities: how can cities grow while reducing vulnerability and emissions?” and the German Potsdam Institute for Climate (PIK) ...
Teacher manual - Government of Grenada
... ocean acidification or renewable energies - these can be complex concepts. We had realized that only limited resources are available for educators to break down these concepts and to get students actively and creatively involved in the topic of climate change In the 21st century, our small island st ...
... ocean acidification or renewable energies - these can be complex concepts. We had realized that only limited resources are available for educators to break down these concepts and to get students actively and creatively involved in the topic of climate change In the 21st century, our small island st ...
What is dangerous climate change?
... effects may be felt in the distant future that will become inevitable without early action, e.g. sea level rise of several metres over the next for 300500 years. The Symposium did not attempt to agree on dangers that are strictly determinative and the ideas put forward below are a reflection of diff ...
... effects may be felt in the distant future that will become inevitable without early action, e.g. sea level rise of several metres over the next for 300500 years. The Symposium did not attempt to agree on dangers that are strictly determinative and the ideas put forward below are a reflection of diff ...
Official PDF , 34 pages
... erosion control measures for major towns. With gradual climate change, however, required investments would be phased. Beyond these capital-intensive investments, improved policies, planning and institutions are essential to ensure that such investments are used correctly and yield the expected benef ...
... erosion control measures for major towns. With gradual climate change, however, required investments would be phased. Beyond these capital-intensive investments, improved policies, planning and institutions are essential to ensure that such investments are used correctly and yield the expected benef ...
Review of relevant assessment processes and their theoretical
... board at the inception of the assessment, thereby not ensuring a binding commitment by governments to consider the outcomes and subsequently enabling them to characterize the GBA as nothing more than another of a series of voluntary external inputs to the Convention process. This was a lesson the f ...
... board at the inception of the assessment, thereby not ensuring a binding commitment by governments to consider the outcomes and subsequently enabling them to characterize the GBA as nothing more than another of a series of voluntary external inputs to the Convention process. This was a lesson the f ...
Behavioral dimensions of climate change
... barriers to behavior change, and key intervention strategies for encouraging behavior change. If the more extreme adverse projections of climate change are to be avoided, the collective efforts of many individuals making major changes to their GHG-relevant behaviors will be required, and these can b ...
... barriers to behavior change, and key intervention strategies for encouraging behavior change. If the more extreme adverse projections of climate change are to be avoided, the collective efforts of many individuals making major changes to their GHG-relevant behaviors will be required, and these can b ...
Pathways for balancing CO2 emissions and sinks
... t the Conference of Parties in Paris (COP21), in December 2015, negotiators from 195 countries agreed to ‘pursue efforts to limit the (global average) temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change’. ...
... t the Conference of Parties in Paris (COP21), in December 2015, negotiators from 195 countries agreed to ‘pursue efforts to limit the (global average) temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change’. ...
United Nations Development Assistance Framework
... • Issue of observance of obligations At Marrakech Parties did not succeed to attain consent in relation to legal character of the mode of observance of obligations, in particular in relation to that, whether must be statutory normative approvals for non-fulfillment by the countries of the obligation ...
... • Issue of observance of obligations At Marrakech Parties did not succeed to attain consent in relation to legal character of the mode of observance of obligations, in particular in relation to that, whether must be statutory normative approvals for non-fulfillment by the countries of the obligation ...
Climate change, Environmental Degradation and Migration, 29
... populations in terms of shelter, food, sanitation and medical attention. Furthermore, a rights-based approach to disaster response also means making adequate provisions for the most vulnerable groups and taking account of special vulnerability factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, and health (incl ...
... populations in terms of shelter, food, sanitation and medical attention. Furthermore, a rights-based approach to disaster response also means making adequate provisions for the most vulnerable groups and taking account of special vulnerability factors such as gender, age, ethnicity, and health (incl ...