Case study — Monitoring potential impacts of climate change on the
... For example, alpine ecosystems could be transformed by increasing shrub and tree colonisation and growth. Alpine ecosystems are also highly vulnerable, particularly to increased stochastic10 risk of fire. Tasmanian moorlands and peatlands are potentially vulnerable particularly on steeper better dra ...
... For example, alpine ecosystems could be transformed by increasing shrub and tree colonisation and growth. Alpine ecosystems are also highly vulnerable, particularly to increased stochastic10 risk of fire. Tasmanian moorlands and peatlands are potentially vulnerable particularly on steeper better dra ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... US are placing a greater emphasis on improving energy efficiency, while emerging market (EM) economies such as India and China are prioritising low-carbon energy generation such as wind and solar power. See the chart on the bottom right. Coordinated action is key, since carbon emissions do not respe ...
... US are placing a greater emphasis on improving energy efficiency, while emerging market (EM) economies such as India and China are prioritising low-carbon energy generation such as wind and solar power. See the chart on the bottom right. Coordinated action is key, since carbon emissions do not respe ...
Climate Change in Germany - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
... under concentrations that lie much higher than today’s values. To reach the 2-degree target, today’s global emissions need to be lowered from 7 Gt carbon per year to 2 Gt per year. This is a formidable challenge, in view of the emissions of the United States of America and of densely populated count ...
... under concentrations that lie much higher than today’s values. To reach the 2-degree target, today’s global emissions need to be lowered from 7 Gt carbon per year to 2 Gt per year. This is a formidable challenge, in view of the emissions of the United States of America and of densely populated count ...
Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel
... • Major milestone 6.4: Completion of probabilistic assessments of climate change impacts, and impacts at seasonal to decadal timescales for the core activities: crops, water resources, forests, energy, insurance and human ...
... • Major milestone 6.4: Completion of probabilistic assessments of climate change impacts, and impacts at seasonal to decadal timescales for the core activities: crops, water resources, forests, energy, insurance and human ...
Facing the Climate Change Challenge in a Global Economy
... change. If our political systems find it difficult enough to reckon with long-‐run problems when the consequences are well known, it is even more difficult when they are highly uncertain. Meanwhile, ...
... change. If our political systems find it difficult enough to reckon with long-‐run problems when the consequences are well known, it is even more difficult when they are highly uncertain. Meanwhile, ...
DrieD up, DrowneD out - TILZ
... Africa, Asia and Latin America (see map on the inside front cover). This was achieved through interviews with partner organisations with whom Tearfund works and there was often input from people in the communities where our partners are working. The outcome is not a comprehensive or scientific study ...
... Africa, Asia and Latin America (see map on the inside front cover). This was achieved through interviews with partner organisations with whom Tearfund works and there was often input from people in the communities where our partners are working. The outcome is not a comprehensive or scientific study ...
CLIMSAVE_Socio-economic_Scenarios_Presentation
... Funded under the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme Contract Number: 244031 ...
... Funded under the European Commission Seventh Framework Programme Contract Number: 244031 ...
Low Emission Technology and Innovation: the role of IPRs
... commit to a goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries?). A pro-competitive and pro-development approach to a governance regime for technology transfer requires flexibility, adaptability and sustainability in the interests of those ...
... commit to a goal of mobilizing jointly USD 100 billion dollars a year by 2020 to address the needs of developing countries?). A pro-competitive and pro-development approach to a governance regime for technology transfer requires flexibility, adaptability and sustainability in the interests of those ...
climatic adaptation of coastal communities on the southwest of taiwan
... City, Taiwan, to evaluate their climatic adaptation. Having experienced multiple floods, all six communities performed relatively well in the infrastructure stability, but poorly in outdoor environment adaptability. In face-to-face interviews, interviewees reflected that the most vital sector affect ...
... City, Taiwan, to evaluate their climatic adaptation. Having experienced multiple floods, all six communities performed relatively well in the infrastructure stability, but poorly in outdoor environment adaptability. In face-to-face interviews, interviewees reflected that the most vital sector affect ...
Global Warming
... Permafrost’s release of methane (CH4) in wet areas, and CO2 in dry ones, revs up warming in a vicious circle. Thawing Arctic permafrost holds 6 x the carbon ever emitted by our fossil fuels = 2 x the carbon in Earth’s atmosphere [20]. Permafrost area shrank 7% from 1900 to 2000 [21]. It may shrink ...
... Permafrost’s release of methane (CH4) in wet areas, and CO2 in dry ones, revs up warming in a vicious circle. Thawing Arctic permafrost holds 6 x the carbon ever emitted by our fossil fuels = 2 x the carbon in Earth’s atmosphere [20]. Permafrost area shrank 7% from 1900 to 2000 [21]. It may shrink ...
- SEA START RC
... What are the institutional processes (Environmental Assessment, conflict resolution) and governance frameworks (legal, policy, regulatory-enforcement) through which adaptation processes are implemented? What are the current entry points for adaptation? Who are the current actors (state, non-state) w ...
... What are the institutional processes (Environmental Assessment, conflict resolution) and governance frameworks (legal, policy, regulatory-enforcement) through which adaptation processes are implemented? What are the current entry points for adaptation? Who are the current actors (state, non-state) w ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... Ulaanbaatar city. The district has 434,4 ha of territory with a residential area, where are modern built up apartments in the south part, and traditional Ger areas in the north, which has been newly settled since 2000, due to the mass migration from rural areas after consequent dzud disasters occur ...
... Ulaanbaatar city. The district has 434,4 ha of territory with a residential area, where are modern built up apartments in the south part, and traditional Ger areas in the north, which has been newly settled since 2000, due to the mass migration from rural areas after consequent dzud disasters occur ...
EUROSION_Climate Change and Coastal and Beach Management
... Assessment. This is also an emerging way of understanding the benefits of biodiversity, and the conservation of that biodiversity. Chapter 10: Principles of Conserving the Arctic’s Biodiversity of the Arctic Climate Impact Scientific Assessment Report discusses how arctic biodiversity will be affect ...
... Assessment. This is also an emerging way of understanding the benefits of biodiversity, and the conservation of that biodiversity. Chapter 10: Principles of Conserving the Arctic’s Biodiversity of the Arctic Climate Impact Scientific Assessment Report discusses how arctic biodiversity will be affect ...
Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
... binding treaty whose terms would be agreed upon by 2015 for implementation by 2020. The parties also agreed to create a Green Climate Fund that would distribute US$100 billion each year to impoverished countries to assist with their climate impact adaptation. Finally, as this article was about to be ...
... binding treaty whose terms would be agreed upon by 2015 for implementation by 2020. The parties also agreed to create a Green Climate Fund that would distribute US$100 billion each year to impoverished countries to assist with their climate impact adaptation. Finally, as this article was about to be ...
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... A recent World Bank study shows that global poverty has declined from 52 percent of the developing worlds population in 1981 to 25 percent in 2005 and this change lifted about 500 million people out of the $1.25 dollar a day poverty line (Chen and Ravallion, 2010). This is a remarkable achievement a ...
... A recent World Bank study shows that global poverty has declined from 52 percent of the developing worlds population in 1981 to 25 percent in 2005 and this change lifted about 500 million people out of the $1.25 dollar a day poverty line (Chen and Ravallion, 2010). This is a remarkable achievement a ...
Tracking Climate Change Opinions from Twitter Data Xiaoran An Auroop R. Ganguly
... The entire collection of data consists of 7, 195, 828 Twitter messages posted by users between October, 3rd 2013 and December, 12th 2013 (excluding November, 21, 22, 23 and 24). The data is continuously collected using a Twitter Streaming API 2 with a Java application called Twitter Data Analytics 3 ...
... The entire collection of data consists of 7, 195, 828 Twitter messages posted by users between October, 3rd 2013 and December, 12th 2013 (excluding November, 21, 22, 23 and 24). The data is continuously collected using a Twitter Streaming API 2 with a Java application called Twitter Data Analytics 3 ...
West and Central Africa
... practices such as slash-and-burn cultivation and uncontrolled logging are drastically reducing the number of trees and plants, leading to the impoverishment of small-scale farmers by eroding their natural resource base. These practices also contribute to the estimated 26 to 35 per cent of greenhouse ...
... practices such as slash-and-burn cultivation and uncontrolled logging are drastically reducing the number of trees and plants, leading to the impoverishment of small-scale farmers by eroding their natural resource base. These practices also contribute to the estimated 26 to 35 per cent of greenhouse ...
Global Climate Change as a Threat to U.S. National Security
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
... and ‘Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global Challenges.’6 The four bottom circles in Figure 1 are a shorthand version of the 2010 NSS. Foreign interests is consistent with the “Sustain Broad Cooperation on Key Global challenges” strategy, Economy falls under the “Ensure a strong U.S. economy” strat ...
executive summary - Global Environment Facility
... It also identifies data gaps, capacity building needs and implementation requirements for conducting more in depth vulnerability and adaptation activities. 3.1. CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS Vulnerability is defined by the IPCC as “ the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system. It depen ...
... It also identifies data gaps, capacity building needs and implementation requirements for conducting more in depth vulnerability and adaptation activities. 3.1. CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS Vulnerability is defined by the IPCC as “ the extent to which climate change may damage or harm a system. It depen ...
Extreme event: Heat waves and hot days
... High sea-level events can threaten human physical safety and health, damage settlements and infrastructure in low-lying coastal areas, and erode sandy beaches. Communities in the Torres Straits Islands have experienced several major flooding events in the last decade, affecting roads, residential bu ...
... High sea-level events can threaten human physical safety and health, damage settlements and infrastructure in low-lying coastal areas, and erode sandy beaches. Communities in the Torres Straits Islands have experienced several major flooding events in the last decade, affecting roads, residential bu ...
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... There are ample studies regarding the effect of climate change on agricultural production. The findings, however, are mixed. For example, Rosenzweig and Parry (1994) conducted a global assessment of the potential impact of climate change on world food supply. Their findings from the assessment sugge ...
... There are ample studies regarding the effect of climate change on agricultural production. The findings, however, are mixed. For example, Rosenzweig and Parry (1994) conducted a global assessment of the potential impact of climate change on world food supply. Their findings from the assessment sugge ...
Lessons learned from the 2000s Western drought: Evolving linkages between
... varying and changing climates?” • e.g. 1906 Rio Grande treaty definition of “extra-ordinary drought” invoked 14 times over the last 50 years •“Do present simulations of change adequately represent modes of ...
... varying and changing climates?” • e.g. 1906 Rio Grande treaty definition of “extra-ordinary drought” invoked 14 times over the last 50 years •“Do present simulations of change adequately represent modes of ...
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... the year 1900 should occur sometime between the years 2030 and 2080 (Schneider). The exact time will depend upon a number of factors, including future global levels of fossil-fuel consumption, the rate of deforestation, agricultural practices, and actions taken by governments to slow or halt the emi ...
... the year 1900 should occur sometime between the years 2030 and 2080 (Schneider). The exact time will depend upon a number of factors, including future global levels of fossil-fuel consumption, the rate of deforestation, agricultural practices, and actions taken by governments to slow or halt the emi ...