Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in water hazard assessments using regional
... Unless they could predict changes in the statistics of climate, the impacts community, in order to assess risks in the future, could just use the historical, paleorecord and worst case sequences of events for this purpose. While there is value in assessing the time and spatial limits of skillful cli ...
... Unless they could predict changes in the statistics of climate, the impacts community, in order to assess risks in the future, could just use the historical, paleorecord and worst case sequences of events for this purpose. While there is value in assessing the time and spatial limits of skillful cli ...
Australians` views of climate change
... appear to be sensitive to question wording, including the response options provided, and whether respondents are asked to rate or rank the options. International data presented in Tables 2 & 3 compares Australia to the UK, USA and New Zealand. The only directly comparable results are from the Griff ...
... appear to be sensitive to question wording, including the response options provided, and whether respondents are asked to rate or rank the options. International data presented in Tables 2 & 3 compares Australia to the UK, USA and New Zealand. The only directly comparable results are from the Griff ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our - HAL-Insu
... At least to some extent, the functioning of modern landscapes and the trajectory of the future may be directly contingent on the past (Foster et al., 2003) – but how far back in time? Reviews of environmental changes over the last 250 years (e.g. Steffen et al., 2004) offer powerful images of recent ...
... At least to some extent, the functioning of modern landscapes and the trajectory of the future may be directly contingent on the past (Foster et al., 2003) – but how far back in time? Reviews of environmental changes over the last 250 years (e.g. Steffen et al., 2004) offer powerful images of recent ...
Climate change, the Food Energy Water Nexus
... Adverse changes in the quality, quantity and accessibility of water resources would require increased energy inputs to purify water of lower quality or pump water from greater depths or distances, and would intensify the competition between the energy and food sectors for the existing water resource ...
... Adverse changes in the quality, quantity and accessibility of water resources would require increased energy inputs to purify water of lower quality or pump water from greater depths or distances, and would intensify the competition between the energy and food sectors for the existing water resource ...
an australian policy framework - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... uncertainty, to create significant barriers to change. Governments will need to review existing policies to ensure that they do not adversely interact with the objectives of successful mitigation and adaptation and, most immediately, the introduction of an emissions trading scheme. Reviews should co ...
... uncertainty, to create significant barriers to change. Governments will need to review existing policies to ensure that they do not adversely interact with the objectives of successful mitigation and adaptation and, most immediately, the introduction of an emissions trading scheme. Reviews should co ...
Out of the Maze Montreal Protocol, Climate Benefits
... considered the most successful environmental treaty, phasing out almost 100 ozone-depleting chemicals by 97 per cent and placing the ozone layer on the path to recovery by mid-century. It also is the most successful climate treaty to date, because chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and most other ozone depl ...
... considered the most successful environmental treaty, phasing out almost 100 ozone-depleting chemicals by 97 per cent and placing the ozone layer on the path to recovery by mid-century. It also is the most successful climate treaty to date, because chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and most other ozone depl ...
Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary
... change on biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in species’ ranges should be modelled and how additional biological mechanisms might be incorporated to improve their utility. Nonetheless, 2 areas stand out as relatively underappreciated: the importanc ...
... change on biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in species’ ranges should be modelled and how additional biological mechanisms might be incorporated to improve their utility. Nonetheless, 2 areas stand out as relatively underappreciated: the importanc ...
First edition of the WHO Health and Climate Adaptation Bulletin pdf
... The unique nature of the Global Health Adaptation to Climate Change Project rests in its design to highlight a range of climate related health risks represented across multiple similar ecological zones in different world regions. This design permits the project to learn from how countries address si ...
... The unique nature of the Global Health Adaptation to Climate Change Project rests in its design to highlight a range of climate related health risks represented across multiple similar ecological zones in different world regions. This design permits the project to learn from how countries address si ...
PPAI Goals - US CLIVAR
... * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; experimental decadal predictions from ENSEMBLES Societally relevant question (e.g.): “ Can we expect more/ ...
... * Tasks would include studies of predictability & experimental predictions for tropical Pacific variability characteristics * Leverage ongoing decadal predictability experiments at GFDL & NCAR; experimental decadal predictions from ENSEMBLES Societally relevant question (e.g.): “ Can we expect more/ ...
Climate change, natural disasters and human displacement
... certain to have a major impact on future patterns of human mobility, approaches which address environmental issues in isolation from other variables and processes will not be sufficient to solve the problem. In tandem with deeper understanding of the scientific processes at play, UNHCR would encoura ...
... certain to have a major impact on future patterns of human mobility, approaches which address environmental issues in isolation from other variables and processes will not be sufficient to solve the problem. In tandem with deeper understanding of the scientific processes at play, UNHCR would encoura ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and 2010. Between 1993 and 2010, the rate was very likely higher at 3.2 [2.8 to 3.6] mm yr–1; ...
... trend over the period 1901–2010, based on tide gauge records and additionally from satellite data since 1993. It is very likely that the mean rate of sea level rise was 1.7 [1.5 to 1.9] mm yr–1 between 1901 and 2010. Between 1993 and 2010, the rate was very likely higher at 3.2 [2.8 to 3.6] mm yr–1; ...
Lindzen2014-What Catastrophe.pdf
... Richard Lindzen presents a problem for those who say that the science behind climate change is “settled.” So many “alarmists” prefer to ignore him and instead highlight straw men: less credible skeptics, such as climatologist Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama (signatory to a declaration that ...
... Richard Lindzen presents a problem for those who say that the science behind climate change is “settled.” So many “alarmists” prefer to ignore him and instead highlight straw men: less credible skeptics, such as climatologist Roy Spencer of the University of Alabama (signatory to a declaration that ...
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... crops and the high risk for water-related yield loss makes farmers risk averse and influence their investment decisions, including their climate adaptation strategies. It has been observed by some that water productivity in rainfed agriculture is low. This is not a problem when water is not a limiti ...
... crops and the high risk for water-related yield loss makes farmers risk averse and influence their investment decisions, including their climate adaptation strategies. It has been observed by some that water productivity in rainfed agriculture is low. This is not a problem when water is not a limiti ...
Zimbabwe Capacity Development Needs Assessment Report
... resilience in development planning processes, build climate resilience and support countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WA ...
... resilience in development planning processes, build climate resilience and support countries to adapt to a new climate regime through increased investments in water security The project supports 8 African countries and 5 river basins to better cope with the impacts of climate change. In Zimbabwe, WA ...
Appetite for Change - Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute
... people doing the simple action of turning off their lights for an hour to show they care. It has now spread to over 7,000 cities in more than 160 countries across the globe, inspiring literally billions of people. The symbolic hour has grown into the world’s largest grassroots movement for the env ...
... people doing the simple action of turning off their lights for an hour to show they care. It has now spread to over 7,000 cities in more than 160 countries across the globe, inspiring literally billions of people. The symbolic hour has grown into the world’s largest grassroots movement for the env ...
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... and Capacity building in public and private sectors by encouraging services to be used by the private sector. ...
... and Capacity building in public and private sectors by encouraging services to be used by the private sector. ...
Downscaling reveals diverse effects of anthropogenic
... However, uncertainty also remains because analyses are often conducted across different scales, with inconsistencies in matching appropriate biological models of transmission with sufficiently resolved environmental data (Hay et al. 2006; Parham et al. 2012; Blanford et al. 2013). Many models of mal ...
... However, uncertainty also remains because analyses are often conducted across different scales, with inconsistencies in matching appropriate biological models of transmission with sufficiently resolved environmental data (Hay et al. 2006; Parham et al. 2012; Blanford et al. 2013). Many models of mal ...
Strategic Framework 2014–2017: SDC Global Programme Climate
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
Climate change and the long-term viability of the World`s busiest
... The TCWR (Fig. 1) is critical to the economy of NWT, Canada, with over $500 million of goods per year transported to service diamond mines and other industries in the region (JVMC, Joint Venture Management Committee 2015). The winter road is critical for the development of new natural resources, mai ...
... The TCWR (Fig. 1) is critical to the economy of NWT, Canada, with over $500 million of goods per year transported to service diamond mines and other industries in the region (JVMC, Joint Venture Management Committee 2015). The winter road is critical for the development of new natural resources, mai ...
Towards a unifying narrative for climate change
... as illustrated in Figure 1. There is a further gap between these declared contributions to the global target, and the policy measures that are currently in place13. This so-called ‘action gap’ presents a serious challenge to policymakers and to humanity14.i There are several reasons for this action ...
... as illustrated in Figure 1. There is a further gap between these declared contributions to the global target, and the policy measures that are currently in place13. This so-called ‘action gap’ presents a serious challenge to policymakers and to humanity14.i There are several reasons for this action ...
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... the multi-‐national component of the issue. When the problem that requires action is of exclusively national nature, benefits as well as costs are those that accrue to the country and these ...
... the multi-‐national component of the issue. When the problem that requires action is of exclusively national nature, benefits as well as costs are those that accrue to the country and these ...
Revised 21st century temperature projections *, Paul C. Knappenberger Patrick J. Michaels
... erated by climate models, it arises from the possibility that current climate models do not handle tropical cloud and moisture processes adequately. Lindzen et al. (2001) found that in a small sampling of climate model simulations forced by observed SSTs the observed iris effect was not present. Add ...
... erated by climate models, it arises from the possibility that current climate models do not handle tropical cloud and moisture processes adequately. Lindzen et al. (2001) found that in a small sampling of climate model simulations forced by observed SSTs the observed iris effect was not present. Add ...
Vol.12, No.1, 2012
... The slowest rate of change in Bermuda already exceeds 32 (56) times the rate estimated in LOVECLIM (MIROC) for the last glacial termination; in the Caribbean, which shows the largest regional trends, the decrease over the last 20 years reaches 78 (138) times the previous rate. Coral reefs live in pl ...
... The slowest rate of change in Bermuda already exceeds 32 (56) times the rate estimated in LOVECLIM (MIROC) for the last glacial termination; in the Caribbean, which shows the largest regional trends, the decrease over the last 20 years reaches 78 (138) times the previous rate. Coral reefs live in pl ...