Climate Change and Nutrition Security
... and coordinated nutrition-sensitive institutional and policy frameworks at local, national and international levels, to address the impacts of climate change on nutrition. Stakeholders involved in the climate change discussions should draw on support from the UNSCN and other related international in ...
... and coordinated nutrition-sensitive institutional and policy frameworks at local, national and international levels, to address the impacts of climate change on nutrition. Stakeholders involved in the climate change discussions should draw on support from the UNSCN and other related international in ...
Conference Proceeding
... development, poverty alleviation, and transition to a green economy. Communities in the Himalayan river basins need to be empowered and their livelihoods improved enabling them to take responsibility for the preservation of natural resources and fulfill their role as mountain stewards. In order to e ...
... development, poverty alleviation, and transition to a green economy. Communities in the Himalayan river basins need to be empowered and their livelihoods improved enabling them to take responsibility for the preservation of natural resources and fulfill their role as mountain stewards. In order to e ...
Thematic Sub-Priority 1.1.6.3 Global Change and Ecosystems
... Support Actions according the other topics is not fixed and will depend of excellence and budget availability; the topics for Specific Support Actions are presented separately at the end of this section. In order to achieve its objectives and contribute to an advancement of sustainable development, ...
... Support Actions according the other topics is not fixed and will depend of excellence and budget availability; the topics for Specific Support Actions are presented separately at the end of this section. In order to achieve its objectives and contribute to an advancement of sustainable development, ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... has been on inequality across countries. Thus, debates have raged and are still raging over differences across countries regarding the climate change “burden” with respect to the responsibility for causing climate change and consequently with respect to the responsibility for mitigation (and adaptat ...
... has been on inequality across countries. Thus, debates have raged and are still raging over differences across countries regarding the climate change “burden” with respect to the responsibility for causing climate change and consequently with respect to the responsibility for mitigation (and adaptat ...
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... weather damage to the globe could reach over 1 trillion USD in a single year by 2040. Kunreuther and Michel (2007) investigated the evolution of insured losses due to weather-related disasters and the capacity of the insurance industry to handle large-scale events. They found the insured losses cont ...
... weather damage to the globe could reach over 1 trillion USD in a single year by 2040. Kunreuther and Michel (2007) investigated the evolution of insured losses due to weather-related disasters and the capacity of the insurance industry to handle large-scale events. They found the insured losses cont ...
Sudan`s INDC
... emission reduction target. Nevertheless, Sudan views the planning process to reduce GHG emissions, or rather pursue low-carbon development, as an opportunity to strengthen national capacity, promote sustainable resource management, facilitate technology transfer, and identify synergies between natio ...
... emission reduction target. Nevertheless, Sudan views the planning process to reduce GHG emissions, or rather pursue low-carbon development, as an opportunity to strengthen national capacity, promote sustainable resource management, facilitate technology transfer, and identify synergies between natio ...
Climate Impacts on Arctic Lake Ecosystems
... lakes (freshwater lakes underlain by seawater and dammed by ice shelves) occurred along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic in the early twentieth century (Veillette et al. 2008), but the warming and break-up of the northern ice shelves has resulted in their drainage a ...
... lakes (freshwater lakes underlain by seawater and dammed by ice shelves) occurred along the northern coast of Ellesmere Island in the Canadian High Arctic in the early twentieth century (Veillette et al. 2008), but the warming and break-up of the northern ice shelves has resulted in their drainage a ...
Jessica Ayers - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... arenas created for participation can restrict discussions of risk and create barriers to open and meaningful deliberation. This paper will draw on three interrelated themes from this growing body of work: First, it is important to look at who participates: Some have argued that participation techni ...
... arenas created for participation can restrict discussions of risk and create barriers to open and meaningful deliberation. This paper will draw on three interrelated themes from this growing body of work: First, it is important to look at who participates: Some have argued that participation techni ...
UK climate change policy and legislation
... FTA understands that DfT’s review will assess whether the freight industry is delivering sufficient carbon savings against the UK’s carbon targets. It will cover: • the action that is currently being taken by the freight industry to reduce emissions • the effect this action will have on emissions ...
... FTA understands that DfT’s review will assess whether the freight industry is delivering sufficient carbon savings against the UK’s carbon targets. It will cover: • the action that is currently being taken by the freight industry to reduce emissions • the effect this action will have on emissions ...
II. Biodiversity and Climate Change Mitigation
... landscapes where there is currently little deforestation and degradation occurring, the conservation of existing forests, especially primary forests, is critical both for preventing future greenhouse emissions through loss of carbon stocks and continued sequestration, as well as for conserving biodi ...
... landscapes where there is currently little deforestation and degradation occurring, the conservation of existing forests, especially primary forests, is critical both for preventing future greenhouse emissions through loss of carbon stocks and continued sequestration, as well as for conserving biodi ...
Meeting Carbon Budgets – Implications of Brexit for UK climate policy
... 2. Existing UK commitments need strong new policies that set a clearer direction across the economy, irrespective of Brexit. The fifth carbon budget requires a reduction in emissions of around a third from 2015 to 2030 (a 57% reduction relative to 1990). Current policies, including those agreed to b ...
... 2. Existing UK commitments need strong new policies that set a clearer direction across the economy, irrespective of Brexit. The fifth carbon budget requires a reduction in emissions of around a third from 2015 to 2030 (a 57% reduction relative to 1990). Current policies, including those agreed to b ...
Towards indicators for resilient architecture and infrastructure
... or replace. As infrastructure assets have long operational lifetimes they are sensitive not only to the existing climate at the time of their construction, but also to climate variations over the decades of their use. For example, energy infrastructure put into service in the next five years may “l ...
... or replace. As infrastructure assets have long operational lifetimes they are sensitive not only to the existing climate at the time of their construction, but also to climate variations over the decades of their use. For example, energy infrastructure put into service in the next five years may “l ...
Climate-Science Communication and the Measurement Problem
... particles: it is the divided nature of people as reasoners. Every individual, I want to suggest, employs her reasoning powers to apprehend what is known to science from two parallel perspectives simultaneously: a collective-knowledge-acquisition one, and a cultural-identity-protective one. Misappreh ...
... particles: it is the divided nature of people as reasoners. Every individual, I want to suggest, employs her reasoning powers to apprehend what is known to science from two parallel perspectives simultaneously: a collective-knowledge-acquisition one, and a cultural-identity-protective one. Misappreh ...
cc-impact-by-State_FWS
... breeding grounds from the Gulf of Mexico. But for the last several decades, something has put the large birds ahead of schedule. That something, researchers believe, is warming tied to climate change — the same change that’s recently brought egrets, ibis and herons to nest on the refuge, well north ...
... breeding grounds from the Gulf of Mexico. But for the last several decades, something has put the large birds ahead of schedule. That something, researchers believe, is warming tied to climate change — the same change that’s recently brought egrets, ibis and herons to nest on the refuge, well north ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts
... Smith, 2011) is passed, placing the ecosystem and associated carbon cycling into an unusual or rare state. Thresholds are typically exceeded when stressor dose (i.e. cumulative amount defined by stress intensity multiplied by stress duration) reaches a critical level (e.g. during flooding, drought a ...
... Smith, 2011) is passed, placing the ecosystem and associated carbon cycling into an unusual or rare state. Thresholds are typically exceeded when stressor dose (i.e. cumulative amount defined by stress intensity multiplied by stress duration) reaches a critical level (e.g. during flooding, drought a ...
04.4 Indonesia`s position and policy 8512KB
... Process to make development plans consist of long-term development plan, medium-term development plan and annual development plan which will be implemented by state institutions, private sector and community in all level of regions Current regulations applied for development planning: Law No. 25 ...
... Process to make development plans consist of long-term development plan, medium-term development plan and annual development plan which will be implemented by state institutions, private sector and community in all level of regions Current regulations applied for development planning: Law No. 25 ...
CHAPTER 9 POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
... of alpine larch at higher elevations and whitebark pine especially prominent near the upper tree line. In the Rocky Mountains and the east slope of the Cascades, forest gives way at high elevations to alpine meadows,and at lower elevations to juniper woodlands,sagebrush steppe,and grasslands,as well ...
... of alpine larch at higher elevations and whitebark pine especially prominent near the upper tree line. In the Rocky Mountains and the east slope of the Cascades, forest gives way at high elevations to alpine meadows,and at lower elevations to juniper woodlands,sagebrush steppe,and grasslands,as well ...
Progress in Physical Geography
... sandstone and shale, and Quaternary sediments. Karstification in these areas is generally not very developed, in contrast to the karst systems in humid, southwest China, where well-developed caves and highly connected groundwater flow channels are abundant (Han et al., 1993). However, in some areas ...
... sandstone and shale, and Quaternary sediments. Karstification in these areas is generally not very developed, in contrast to the karst systems in humid, southwest China, where well-developed caves and highly connected groundwater flow channels are abundant (Han et al., 1993). However, in some areas ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
Climate Change and Justice: A Non-Welfarist Treaty Negotiation
... they represent, by reference to a reasonable conception of justice that they all can endorse. Such a conception would be the focus of an overlapping consensus.13 This means that a treaty proposal justified in its terms could be offered in the belief that it is not unjust, and with the reasonable exp ...
... they represent, by reference to a reasonable conception of justice that they all can endorse. Such a conception would be the focus of an overlapping consensus.13 This means that a treaty proposal justified in its terms could be offered in the belief that it is not unjust, and with the reasonable exp ...
Engineering solutions for coastal infrastructure
... resort and is included for illustrative purposes only Design life: A major development such as this would typically have a design life of 50 years. ...
... resort and is included for illustrative purposes only Design life: A major development such as this would typically have a design life of 50 years. ...
Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
Climate change and Australia: Trends, projections and impacts
... have been modelled to date, although the interactive effect of continuing increases in atmospheric CO2 has not been incorporated into most modelling studies. Elevated CO2 will most likely mitigate some of the impacts of climate change by reducing water stress. Future impacts on particular ecosystems ...
... have been modelled to date, although the interactive effect of continuing increases in atmospheric CO2 has not been incorporated into most modelling studies. Elevated CO2 will most likely mitigate some of the impacts of climate change by reducing water stress. Future impacts on particular ecosystems ...