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Livestock and Climate Change in the Near East Region: measures to adapt to and mitigate climate change.
... fossil fuel combustion, either directly or after conversion to fuels such as ethanol or diesel (Verschot, 2007). For livestock, there are a wide range of practices associated with grazing land management, manure management and feeding that can reduce emissions and increase carbon sequestration (Vers ...
... fossil fuel combustion, either directly or after conversion to fuels such as ethanol or diesel (Verschot, 2007). For livestock, there are a wide range of practices associated with grazing land management, manure management and feeding that can reduce emissions and increase carbon sequestration (Vers ...
Cooling Agents
... from selling recovered materials for all or part of their livelihood. Their work provides sanitation services to the municipalities where they live and results in reductions in greenhouse gases. The aim of this study is to critically examine the role that the informal recycling sector plays in clima ...
... from selling recovered materials for all or part of their livelihood. Their work provides sanitation services to the municipalities where they live and results in reductions in greenhouse gases. The aim of this study is to critically examine the role that the informal recycling sector plays in clima ...
CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2020:
... Americans are no longer wondering whether human activities are driving global warming. Instead, they are wondering how severe the impacts are going to be and what we are going to do about it. In response to this meteoric rise in public awareness, many companies, local governments, organizations, and ...
... Americans are no longer wondering whether human activities are driving global warming. Instead, they are wondering how severe the impacts are going to be and what we are going to do about it. In response to this meteoric rise in public awareness, many companies, local governments, organizations, and ...
Deconstructing the BRICS: Bargaining Coalition
... most coveted club have reason to be optimistic. Growth may be slowing in China, and Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa face huge structural challenges. Yet according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the BRICS share of global gross domestic product will still surpass that of t ...
... most coveted club have reason to be optimistic. Growth may be slowing in China, and Brazil, Russia, India, and South Africa face huge structural challenges. Yet according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates, the BRICS share of global gross domestic product will still surpass that of t ...
Michigan Climate and Health Profile Report 2015
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
... Through the 20th and into the 21st century, Michigan’s climate has changed in measurable and impactful ways. Since 1951 the average annual temperature has increased by 0.6°F in the southeastern Lower Peninsula, and up to 1.3°F in the northwestern Lower Peninsula. During that same period total annual ...
IPCC SPECIAL REPORT EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
... established jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess periodically the science, impacts and socioeconomics of climate change and of adaptation and mitigation options. The IPCC provides, on request, scientific and technical ad ...
... established jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to assess periodically the science, impacts and socioeconomics of climate change and of adaptation and mitigation options. The IPCC provides, on request, scientific and technical ad ...
Increasing frequency of extreme El Niño events due to greenhouse
... Table 7). Thus, our conclusion remains valid in the absence of the SST biases. Although flux adjustments are not sufficient to correct all errors in models, this result does provide further evidence for future increase in extreme El Niño frequency. The more frequent establishment of atmospheric conv ...
... Table 7). Thus, our conclusion remains valid in the absence of the SST biases. Although flux adjustments are not sufficient to correct all errors in models, this result does provide further evidence for future increase in extreme El Niño frequency. The more frequent establishment of atmospheric conv ...
Linking Adaptation Research and Practice
... undertaken adaptation measures, such as the creation of the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP). The UK Government also highlights adaptation to climate change as a key issue in its new Sustainable Development Strategy (Defra, 2005a) and is preparing a national adaptation policy framework. A nation ...
... undertaken adaptation measures, such as the creation of the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP). The UK Government also highlights adaptation to climate change as a key issue in its new Sustainable Development Strategy (Defra, 2005a) and is preparing a national adaptation policy framework. A nation ...
Making the AF work for the most vulnerable people
... The Adaptation Fund is on its way to becoming fully operational. The Poznan Conference will have to adopt key documents the Adaptation Fund Board has successfully elaborated throughout the year 2008 in its previous three meetings. The uniqueness of the Adaptation Fund is expressed by the list of inn ...
... The Adaptation Fund is on its way to becoming fully operational. The Poznan Conference will have to adopt key documents the Adaptation Fund Board has successfully elaborated throughout the year 2008 in its previous three meetings. The uniqueness of the Adaptation Fund is expressed by the list of inn ...
Emerging trends in heavy precipitation and hot temperature
... near-surface temperature (GMT) for ocean and land surface from the HadCRUT4 data set (version 4.3 [Morice et al., 2012]) and (ii) the 30 year Gaussian smoothed Swiss annual mean temperature (sSAT) based on 12 long Swiss series [cf. Begert et al., 2005]. This scaling with GMT allows to compare the re ...
... near-surface temperature (GMT) for ocean and land surface from the HadCRUT4 data set (version 4.3 [Morice et al., 2012]) and (ii) the 30 year Gaussian smoothed Swiss annual mean temperature (sSAT) based on 12 long Swiss series [cf. Begert et al., 2005]. This scaling with GMT allows to compare the re ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment for the Australian Indian Ocean
... unforeseeable ways. On the other hand, changes may be positive in nature and represent potential opportunities. ...
... unforeseeable ways. On the other hand, changes may be positive in nature and represent potential opportunities. ...
In the name of Almighty “ALLAH” who Is Most Beneficent And Most
... Poverty and food security are closely associated to each other since the poor cannot take precautionary measure against food insecurity thus they are the first to be vulnerable to it (Broca, 2002).Climate change also poses its negative impact on the food security of the small farmers by threatening ...
... Poverty and food security are closely associated to each other since the poor cannot take precautionary measure against food insecurity thus they are the first to be vulnerable to it (Broca, 2002).Climate change also poses its negative impact on the food security of the small farmers by threatening ...
AN ABSTRACT OF THE PROJECT OF
... various forms of capital within institutional and relational contexts to produce desired results or outcomes.” These capitals, or resources and assets, can take a variety of forms, but can include human, social, economic and natural capitals. An evaluation of these capitals, in different combination ...
... various forms of capital within institutional and relational contexts to produce desired results or outcomes.” These capitals, or resources and assets, can take a variety of forms, but can include human, social, economic and natural capitals. An evaluation of these capitals, in different combination ...
Review of Policy, Plans, Legislation and Regulations for Climate
... Other Key Policies, Plans, Guidelines and Legislation ..................................... 18 ...
... Other Key Policies, Plans, Guidelines and Legislation ..................................... 18 ...
Emerging approaches for responding to climate change in African
... It is widely accepted that human activity is increasing the level of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, causing global warming. This is leading to changes in weather patterns, although the actual changes will differ significantly by location. Agricultural lands occupy over 37 percent of the ...
... It is widely accepted that human activity is increasing the level of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, causing global warming. This is leading to changes in weather patterns, although the actual changes will differ significantly by location. Agricultural lands occupy over 37 percent of the ...
Chapter 4—Adaptation and Mitigation
... under these jurisdictions and legal mandates differ considerably from those of private forest lands. Adaptation on industrial forest land focuses on strategies most effective to sustain productive output over the period of economic analysis (Sedjo 2010), whereas adaptation on non-industrial private ...
... under these jurisdictions and legal mandates differ considerably from those of private forest lands. Adaptation on industrial forest land focuses on strategies most effective to sustain productive output over the period of economic analysis (Sedjo 2010), whereas adaptation on non-industrial private ...
Climate risk management workshop - background notes
... The processes and practices sumarized above signify that DRM operates in a context where risk is constantly evolving and changing its nature and form, from preimpact risk conditions, to post impact risk and finally to the risk that should be avoided with the recovery and reconstruction of affected s ...
... The processes and practices sumarized above signify that DRM operates in a context where risk is constantly evolving and changing its nature and form, from preimpact risk conditions, to post impact risk and finally to the risk that should be avoided with the recovery and reconstruction of affected s ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... was a consensus that the primary issue relates to travellers' consumption of transport services, notably road and air transport. In the former case, there is clear evidence from major tourism destinations such as France, that the use of road transport by travellers contributes significantly to green ...
... was a consensus that the primary issue relates to travellers' consumption of transport services, notably road and air transport. In the former case, there is clear evidence from major tourism destinations such as France, that the use of road transport by travellers contributes significantly to green ...
Fact-Checking Polarized Politics: Does The Fact
... whether racism is a declining force in American society or is still influential (or growing) in power; and whether the national debt is growing to a dangerous degree or remaining at a manageable level that will not cause major economic harm. Perceptions of these contested facts are not only divided ...
... whether racism is a declining force in American society or is still influential (or growing) in power; and whether the national debt is growing to a dangerous degree or remaining at a manageable level that will not cause major economic harm. Perceptions of these contested facts are not only divided ...
Transformational adaptation
... • To achieve transformational adaptation we need to pay attention to the timing of interventions. The process of transformational adaptation was described as a ‘journey’, a ‘plan’ and a ‘route map’ with moments (e.g. decision points) where radical change was possible but path dependency at other ti ...
... • To achieve transformational adaptation we need to pay attention to the timing of interventions. The process of transformational adaptation was described as a ‘journey’, a ‘plan’ and a ‘route map’ with moments (e.g. decision points) where radical change was possible but path dependency at other ti ...
Nowhere to ruN - National Wildlife Federation
... to an increased risk of Lyme disease. Its carrier, the deer tick, is expected to survive warming winters in greater numbers and to increase its range by more than half. Carbon emissions, which drive climate change, can be addressed by implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority unde ...
... to an increased risk of Lyme disease. Its carrier, the deer tick, is expected to survive warming winters in greater numbers and to increase its range by more than half. Carbon emissions, which drive climate change, can be addressed by implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority unde ...
Cambodia`s first national communication
... change. Furthermore, the still widespread poverty and rapid population growth, especially in the rural areas, make the majority of the people highly vulnerable, as they do not have adequate resources to protect themselves from natural disasters. Cambodia, as a Non-Annex 1 Party to the UNFCCC, is rea ...
... change. Furthermore, the still widespread poverty and rapid population growth, especially in the rural areas, make the majority of the people highly vulnerable, as they do not have adequate resources to protect themselves from natural disasters. Cambodia, as a Non-Annex 1 Party to the UNFCCC, is rea ...
Full Report - Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
... Climate change will affect agriculture through a variety of physiological, environmental, and behavioral pathways.58 Impacts related to plant physiology tend to be direct responses to changes in temperature and precipitation (e.g. plant fitness and the regions suitable for growing particular crops), ...
... Climate change will affect agriculture through a variety of physiological, environmental, and behavioral pathways.58 Impacts related to plant physiology tend to be direct responses to changes in temperature and precipitation (e.g. plant fitness and the regions suitable for growing particular crops), ...
ABSTRACT - Coastal Environmental Change Lab
... Carolina; Fishing Point, Maryland and Virginia; and Cape Canaveral, Florida), we further address the questions of how coastline morphology responds to changing climate forcing, and how coupled human/coastline systems on developed coastlines respond, when local shoreline stabilization prevents the co ...
... Carolina; Fishing Point, Maryland and Virginia; and Cape Canaveral, Florida), we further address the questions of how coastline morphology responds to changing climate forcing, and how coupled human/coastline systems on developed coastlines respond, when local shoreline stabilization prevents the co ...