Tools and Approaches for Capacity Building for - ClimDev
... information stemming from observed climate data along with projected mean future changes stemming from climate models. Basic climate information is used to raise awareness, scan for present and future risk as well as for high level governance. Intermediate climate information is used to undertake vu ...
... information stemming from observed climate data along with projected mean future changes stemming from climate models. Basic climate information is used to raise awareness, scan for present and future risk as well as for high level governance. Intermediate climate information is used to undertake vu ...
DOCX - World bank documents
... (MICOA) and the National Forestry Directorate (DNTF - Direcção Nacional de Terras e Florestas) in the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG - Ministério da Agricultura) are the leading institutions for REDD+ policy development. MICOA is the focal point ministry of the United Nations Framework Convention on ...
... (MICOA) and the National Forestry Directorate (DNTF - Direcção Nacional de Terras e Florestas) in the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG - Ministério da Agricultura) are the leading institutions for REDD+ policy development. MICOA is the focal point ministry of the United Nations Framework Convention on ...
Facing an uncertain future : how forests and people can adapt to
... important component of mitigation science and policy, their role in adaptation is rapidly gaining significance. Linking adaptation and tropical forests is a new frontier for science and policy: adaptation is a new frontier for tropical foresters, and tropical forests are a new frontier for adaptatio ...
... important component of mitigation science and policy, their role in adaptation is rapidly gaining significance. Linking adaptation and tropical forests is a new frontier for science and policy: adaptation is a new frontier for tropical foresters, and tropical forests are a new frontier for adaptatio ...
Report
... that time, some of these areas were subject to competing interests for economic and land development that would harm coastal areas such as the construction of major recreation facilities, power plants, or fisheries. To protect coastal resources, life, and property in a coherent manner, the legislati ...
... that time, some of these areas were subject to competing interests for economic and land development that would harm coastal areas such as the construction of major recreation facilities, power plants, or fisheries. To protect coastal resources, life, and property in a coherent manner, the legislati ...
Pacific Islands Meteorological Strategy 2012
... Countries and Territories (PICTs), to ensure that the services that we provide are sustained and ensured of the best quality possible. Tropical cyclones and typhoons, drought and flash floods, storm surges, earthquakes and tsunami, are but some of these extreme events that concern our services. The ...
... Countries and Territories (PICTs), to ensure that the services that we provide are sustained and ensured of the best quality possible. Tropical cyclones and typhoons, drought and flash floods, storm surges, earthquakes and tsunami, are but some of these extreme events that concern our services. The ...
ISSUE BRIEF 14 mANDATORy REGUlATION OF NONTRADITIONAl GREENHOUSE GASES: POlICy OPTIONS FOR INDUSTRIAl
... potential downside to including them in an economywide approach is that relatively modest prices for CO2 emissions could produce big changes in the cost of these chemicals.11 In response, users might shift to alternative materials that generate other health or environmental risks (for example, the u ...
... potential downside to including them in an economywide approach is that relatively modest prices for CO2 emissions could produce big changes in the cost of these chemicals.11 In response, users might shift to alternative materials that generate other health or environmental risks (for example, the u ...
Target Atmospheric CO : Where Should Humanity Aim?
... that remain airborne for centuries-to-millennia. The humancaused atmospheric GHG increase will decline slowly if anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning decrease enough, as we illustrate below using a simplified carbon cycle model. On the other hand, if the globe warms much further, carbon ...
... that remain airborne for centuries-to-millennia. The humancaused atmospheric GHG increase will decline slowly if anthropogenic emissions from fossil fuel burning decrease enough, as we illustrate below using a simplified carbon cycle model. On the other hand, if the globe warms much further, carbon ...
CLIVAR Research Foci Development Team ENSO in a changing
... Another step is to identify gaps and duplication in these methods, which observations are essential, and how they can be better used. In particular paleo and last millennium observations (e.g. Emile-Geay et al. 2013ab; McGregor et al. 2013) have a large mostly untapped potential. A ...
... Another step is to identify gaps and duplication in these methods, which observations are essential, and how they can be better used. In particular paleo and last millennium observations (e.g. Emile-Geay et al. 2013ab; McGregor et al. 2013) have a large mostly untapped potential. A ...
Regional Assessment
... organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harness ...
... organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development and nature conservation to take place together. Created in 1948, IUCN is now the world’s largest and most diverse environmental network, harness ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Variation in New Zealand
... Programme. These include G. Sims (who originally engineered the software for the CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, mo ...
... Programme. These include G. Sims (who originally engineered the software for the CLIMPACTS system), M. Camillieri and J. de Ruiter. In addition, there have been a number of external individuals and organisations, while not formally part of CLIMPACTS, have graciously contributed their time, ideas, mo ...
North Atlantic Ocean Wave Climate Change Scenarios for the
... the regional climate is conditioned by the large-scale atmospheric state, both dynamical models (e.g., regional climate models, or RCMs) and empirical/statistical methods have been developed for ‘‘downscaling’’ GCM-projected climate changes (i.e., to construct climate change scenarios on regional sc ...
... the regional climate is conditioned by the large-scale atmospheric state, both dynamical models (e.g., regional climate models, or RCMs) and empirical/statistical methods have been developed for ‘‘downscaling’’ GCM-projected climate changes (i.e., to construct climate change scenarios on regional sc ...
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... some other areas will reduce soil moisture, thereby causing decreases in farm and forestry productivity. These changes affect commodity production. In Canada, for example, output of wheat, other grains, nongrains, livestock, and forest products increases, while in Southeast Asia, output of these com ...
... some other areas will reduce soil moisture, thereby causing decreases in farm and forestry productivity. These changes affect commodity production. In Canada, for example, output of wheat, other grains, nongrains, livestock, and forest products increases, while in Southeast Asia, output of these com ...
STRIVE Ireland in a Warmer Report Series No.27
... of a matter contained in this publication. All or part of this publication may be reproduced without further permission, provided the source is acknowledged. The EPA STRIVE Programme addresses the need for research in Ireland to inform policymakers and other stakeholders on a range of questions in r ...
... of a matter contained in this publication. All or part of this publication may be reproduced without further permission, provided the source is acknowledged. The EPA STRIVE Programme addresses the need for research in Ireland to inform policymakers and other stakeholders on a range of questions in r ...
global climate change
... drought, and more…this is the first ‘earth system’ IPCC report. • Commitment: Already committed to more warming (next few decades), with choices about emissions affecting the longer ...
... drought, and more…this is the first ‘earth system’ IPCC report. • Commitment: Already committed to more warming (next few decades), with choices about emissions affecting the longer ...
WOMEN AND CLiMAtE ChANGE - Georgetown Institute for Women
... working, such as the work of Grameen Shakti to provide clean, renewable energy to rural communities in Bangladesh, in doing so building a new cadre of women solar engineers and technicians. The responsibility for addressing climate change falls on multilateral institutions, states, civil society, an ...
... working, such as the work of Grameen Shakti to provide clean, renewable energy to rural communities in Bangladesh, in doing so building a new cadre of women solar engineers and technicians. The responsibility for addressing climate change falls on multilateral institutions, states, civil society, an ...
Final Tanzania Report - Economics of Climate Change in Tanzania
... adaptation requires that they be managed as components of a larger landscape of which human activities are part. The Dynamic EbA Pathways Framework is a conceptual framework based on an adaptive management approach to enhance and maintain ecological processes and ecosystem services at the landscape ...
... adaptation requires that they be managed as components of a larger landscape of which human activities are part. The Dynamic EbA Pathways Framework is a conceptual framework based on an adaptive management approach to enhance and maintain ecological processes and ecosystem services at the landscape ...
Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and the Highway System
... land processes (and their interrelationships) that affect climate across the globe. Greenhouse gases (GHG) - Atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor that absorb infrared radiation from the sun and leading to the warming of the Earth. Intergovernmental ...
... land processes (and their interrelationships) that affect climate across the globe. Greenhouse gases (GHG) - Atmospheric gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, and water vapor that absorb infrared radiation from the sun and leading to the warming of the Earth. Intergovernmental ...
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... agricultural vulnerability hotspots, as well as ascertaining existing knowledge gaps. This study developed a pilot level CC Vulnerability Index consisting of three subindices (Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity), which was subsequently mapped at district level. The maps indicate that typica ...
... agricultural vulnerability hotspots, as well as ascertaining existing knowledge gaps. This study developed a pilot level CC Vulnerability Index consisting of three subindices (Exposure, Sensitivity and Adaptive Capacity), which was subsequently mapped at district level. The maps indicate that typica ...
South Korea`s 2030 Carbon Mitigation Target and the INDC
... Target is not only a regression from former sustainable economic growth goals, but also continuing an older industrial development-centred mentality. Under the 2030 Mitigation Target, high emissions manufacturing industries will have more time to maintain their present or even higher levels of emiss ...
... Target is not only a regression from former sustainable economic growth goals, but also continuing an older industrial development-centred mentality. Under the 2030 Mitigation Target, high emissions manufacturing industries will have more time to maintain their present or even higher levels of emiss ...
Climate change-induced water stress and its
... arise from water shortages. The demand for water by different sectors such as agriculture, tourism, electricity and households is likely to increase precisely during the times when there is likely to be the greatest water stress. Other conceivable causes could be conflicting policies, such as the in ...
... arise from water shortages. The demand for water by different sectors such as agriculture, tourism, electricity and households is likely to increase precisely during the times when there is likely to be the greatest water stress. Other conceivable causes could be conflicting policies, such as the in ...
Oceanic climate and circulation changes during the past four
... even further poleward by the end of the 21st century [Yin, 2005]. This is in contrast to the last glacial period and Little Ice Age, when the position of the westerlies in the southern hemisphere was significantly closer to the equator than it is now [Lamy et al., 2001; Lamy et al., 2002]. Thus, it ...
... even further poleward by the end of the 21st century [Yin, 2005]. This is in contrast to the last glacial period and Little Ice Age, when the position of the westerlies in the southern hemisphere was significantly closer to the equator than it is now [Lamy et al., 2001; Lamy et al., 2002]. Thus, it ...
Climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic
... National climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity are proposed which emphasise the protection of habitats and processes that support the persistence of freshwater biota under a changing climate. These guidelines are intended to provide guidanc ...
... National climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity are proposed which emphasise the protection of habitats and processes that support the persistence of freshwater biota under a changing climate. These guidelines are intended to provide guidanc ...
The effects of climate change on Merriam`s kangaroo rat, Dipodomys
... Analysis of surface air temperature shows an increase in global temperature of about 0)3–0)63C over the past 130 years (Gates, 1993; Trenberth, 1993). However, this warming trend has not been uniform worldwide (Houghton et al., 1996). In the south-western United States, both summer and winter temper ...
... Analysis of surface air temperature shows an increase in global temperature of about 0)3–0)63C over the past 130 years (Gates, 1993; Trenberth, 1993). However, this warming trend has not been uniform worldwide (Houghton et al., 1996). In the south-western United States, both summer and winter temper ...
Separating Forced from Chaotic Climate Variability over the Past
... Reconstructions of past climate show notable temperature variability over the past millennium, with relatively warm conditions during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and a relatively cold Little Ice Age (LIA). Multimodel simulations of the past millennium are used together with a wide range of re ...
... Reconstructions of past climate show notable temperature variability over the past millennium, with relatively warm conditions during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA) and a relatively cold Little Ice Age (LIA). Multimodel simulations of the past millennium are used together with a wide range of re ...