vii. annexes
... objective for climate change is to reduce the risk that it poses to developing countries – particularly the poor – so that the MDGs may be achieved. Therefore, UNDP focuses on: (a) assessing vulnerability in key sectors; (b) integrating climate change risk considerations into development plans and ...
... objective for climate change is to reduce the risk that it poses to developing countries – particularly the poor – so that the MDGs may be achieved. Therefore, UNDP focuses on: (a) assessing vulnerability in key sectors; (b) integrating climate change risk considerations into development plans and ...
Phoenix Islands Protected Area Climate Change Vulnerability
... • eventual relocation from the islands as a result of sea level rise that will make them uninhabitable; • decreasing availability of freshwater and ability to grow food crops, due to changing rainfall patterns, drought and salinization of groundwater; • changes in the marine environment, such as mig ...
... • eventual relocation from the islands as a result of sea level rise that will make them uninhabitable; • decreasing availability of freshwater and ability to grow food crops, due to changing rainfall patterns, drought and salinization of groundwater; • changes in the marine environment, such as mig ...
Climate change impacts on the burden of Ross River virus disease
... The public costs incurred by state and local governments are less well documented. These include expenditure on mosquito control, education campaigns, and research. The available information about these costs comes from Queensland, where local governments spent more than $10 million implementing mos ...
... The public costs incurred by state and local governments are less well documented. These include expenditure on mosquito control, education campaigns, and research. The available information about these costs comes from Queensland, where local governments spent more than $10 million implementing mos ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES DESIGNING CLIMATE MITIGATION POLICY Joseph E. Aldy
... terrestrial biosphere, while the remainder enters the atmosphere and is removed by the ocean and terrestrial sinks only very gradually (IPCC 2007). The longer-term rate of removal of CO2 from ...
... terrestrial biosphere, while the remainder enters the atmosphere and is removed by the ocean and terrestrial sinks only very gradually (IPCC 2007). The longer-term rate of removal of CO2 from ...
2.0 Climate Change: Scenarios for the Indian Ocean Territories
... vulnerable to climate change. Terrestrial forests in particular, are highly sensitive to increases in temperature and humidity, and any changes in evapo-transpiration would affect soil moisture, forest cover, further pressure by introduced species and proneness to wildfire. Risks to Water Supply Wat ...
... vulnerable to climate change. Terrestrial forests in particular, are highly sensitive to increases in temperature and humidity, and any changes in evapo-transpiration would affect soil moisture, forest cover, further pressure by introduced species and proneness to wildfire. Risks to Water Supply Wat ...
NEPA, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC LANDS DECISION MAKING
... change. The difficulty stems predominantly from the global scale and the perceived uncertainty of climate change. Though scientists generally agree that anthropogenic climate change is real, substantial uncertainty exists about the primary driver of climate change—future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
... change. The difficulty stems predominantly from the global scale and the perceived uncertainty of climate change. Though scientists generally agree that anthropogenic climate change is real, substantial uncertainty exists about the primary driver of climate change—future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
E1AH_Sample_Answers_Quiz_2
... If youth activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez spoke with Bill Gates, they would both agree and disagree on certain points; agreeing that the people of the world need to band together to fight climate change, but disagreeing on the specific methods of actually fighting it. As a denizen of high-tech Silicon ...
... If youth activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez spoke with Bill Gates, they would both agree and disagree on certain points; agreeing that the people of the world need to band together to fight climate change, but disagreeing on the specific methods of actually fighting it. As a denizen of high-tech Silicon ...
Smith et al. 2008
... glacial to interglacial state, temperatures in most of the Northern Hemisphere rapidly returned to near-glacial conditions within a period of 100 yr. After sustained cold for ∼1300 yr, there was a particularly abrupt warming with temperature increasing ∼8 °C within a decade. Climate shifts of this r ...
... glacial to interglacial state, temperatures in most of the Northern Hemisphere rapidly returned to near-glacial conditions within a period of 100 yr. After sustained cold for ∼1300 yr, there was a particularly abrupt warming with temperature increasing ∼8 °C within a decade. Climate shifts of this r ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
... Vital Statistics “Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.” - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Fourth Assessme ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Major Skeptic Arguments
... Periodic summaries and reviews of the state of knowledge about Earth’s climate come from several institutions, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and national science academies of countries worldwide. These entities have concluded that the increasing body of observations ...
... Periodic summaries and reviews of the state of knowledge about Earth’s climate come from several institutions, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and national science academies of countries worldwide. These entities have concluded that the increasing body of observations ...
Responses of vegetation distribution to climate change in China
... the vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau is dominated by mountain forests during warmer periods and by tundra during ...
... the vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau is dominated by mountain forests during warmer periods and by tundra during ...
ENDI Warming File - 4 wk
... [temperature in degrees Celsius, multiple by 1.8 for Fahrenheit]: And this is not good news for human health and welfare The Lancet medical journal: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions has major direct health benefits NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. $120 billion a year — not counting mercury o ...
... [temperature in degrees Celsius, multiple by 1.8 for Fahrenheit]: And this is not good news for human health and welfare The Lancet medical journal: Cutting greenhouse gas emissions has major direct health benefits NRC: Burning fossil fuels costs the U.S. $120 billion a year — not counting mercury o ...
Intraspecific consistency and geographic variability in temporal
... this end, we collated information on changes in migration dates, expressed as days per year, from time series spanning between 1960 and 2006. Changes in migration dates were then analysed in relation to phylogenetic information and geographic location by means of mixed models. In addition, species w ...
... this end, we collated information on changes in migration dates, expressed as days per year, from time series spanning between 1960 and 2006. Changes in migration dates were then analysed in relation to phylogenetic information and geographic location by means of mixed models. In addition, species w ...
Mainstreaming Environment and Climate Change in the
... that environmental issues be fully integrated in these strategies, as well as in the instruments that implement a country’s PRS. The World Bank’s Environment Department is engaged in an ongoing review of the extent to which environmental issues are mainstreamed in poverty reduction strategies and th ...
... that environmental issues be fully integrated in these strategies, as well as in the instruments that implement a country’s PRS. The World Bank’s Environment Department is engaged in an ongoing review of the extent to which environmental issues are mainstreamed in poverty reduction strategies and th ...
hot air - United Nations Interpreters
... Adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. Various types of adap ...
... Adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment. Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities. Various types of adap ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change
... With the potential for worsening coastal hazards, including sea level rise, Maryland is making planning and education easier. Coral Bleaching: The Impact of Rising Sea Temperatures on Florida Keys’ Reefs............... Page 16 As sea temperatures rise, Florida resource managers, researchers, and oth ...
... With the potential for worsening coastal hazards, including sea level rise, Maryland is making planning and education easier. Coral Bleaching: The Impact of Rising Sea Temperatures on Florida Keys’ Reefs............... Page 16 As sea temperatures rise, Florida resource managers, researchers, and oth ...
Warming - Amazon Web Services
... forward, the first seminal reconstruction by Mann, Hughes, and Bradley has held up remarkably well, with its main features reproduced by more recent work. Further progress probably will require substantial amounts of new ...
... forward, the first seminal reconstruction by Mann, Hughes, and Bradley has held up remarkably well, with its main features reproduced by more recent work. Further progress probably will require substantial amounts of new ...
This PDF is a selection from a published volume from... Research Volume Title: The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and...
... a permanent impact on future GDP and consumption. It makes the analysis somewhat more complicated, however, because consumption at some future date depends not simply on the temperature at that date, but instead on the entire path of temperature and, thus, the path of the growth rate of consumption, ...
... a permanent impact on future GDP and consumption. It makes the analysis somewhat more complicated, however, because consumption at some future date depends not simply on the temperature at that date, but instead on the entire path of temperature and, thus, the path of the growth rate of consumption, ...
Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for
... arising in transboundary watersheds and are likely to become more common with increasing pressures. Thus, transboundary agreements are needed now more than ever, but new forms or arrangements for such agreements may be necessary and old agreements may need to be renegotiated in the context of a chan ...
... arising in transboundary watersheds and are likely to become more common with increasing pressures. Thus, transboundary agreements are needed now more than ever, but new forms or arrangements for such agreements may be necessary and old agreements may need to be renegotiated in the context of a chan ...
simulated hydrologic responses to climate variations and change in
... supply is derived from snowmelt runoff from mountainous watersheds that may be particularly susceptible to warming trends. In order to better understand the consequences, as they might emerge in California, this paper reports simulated watershed responses of three river basins in the Sierra Nevada t ...
... supply is derived from snowmelt runoff from mountainous watersheds that may be particularly susceptible to warming trends. In order to better understand the consequences, as they might emerge in California, this paper reports simulated watershed responses of three river basins in the Sierra Nevada t ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... including fertilization, irrigation, forestry and grazing10. None of these driving factors ...
... including fertilization, irrigation, forestry and grazing10. None of these driving factors ...
Trillion Dollar Transformation: Fiduciary Duty, Divestment and Fossil
... in the coming decades. As the global community enacts and implements policies to achieve the Paris Vision of a world well below 2 degrees of warming and as markets respond to that action, carbon assets and carbon intensive industries face a fundamental change of economic circumstances that will affe ...
... in the coming decades. As the global community enacts and implements policies to achieve the Paris Vision of a world well below 2 degrees of warming and as markets respond to that action, carbon assets and carbon intensive industries face a fundamental change of economic circumstances that will affe ...
Changing Global Warming Beliefs with Scientific Information
... importance of researchers finding ways to help people accept that anthropogenic global warming is (1) occurring, and (2) crucial to quickly address (Harte & Harte, 2008). This urgent state is due to dramatic, human-caused atmospheric greenhouse gas increases from pre-industrial levels (about 260 yea ...
... importance of researchers finding ways to help people accept that anthropogenic global warming is (1) occurring, and (2) crucial to quickly address (Harte & Harte, 2008). This urgent state is due to dramatic, human-caused atmospheric greenhouse gas increases from pre-industrial levels (about 260 yea ...
SDSM-a decision support tool for the assessment of regional
... generating synthetic sequences of weather patterns using Monte Carlo techniques and resampling from observed data. The main appeal of circulation-based downscaling is that it is founded on sensible linkages between climate on the large scale and weather at the local scale. The technique is also vali ...
... generating synthetic sequences of weather patterns using Monte Carlo techniques and resampling from observed data. The main appeal of circulation-based downscaling is that it is founded on sensible linkages between climate on the large scale and weather at the local scale. The technique is also vali ...
from boom to bust? climate risk in the golden state
... »»California’s major crops, livestock, and dairy operations face distinct threats from climate-driven temperature variation across the state, which could have major repercussions on local and global markets. ...
... »»California’s major crops, livestock, and dairy operations face distinct threats from climate-driven temperature variation across the state, which could have major repercussions on local and global markets. ...