Climate Change and Coastal Human Settlements
... the Caribbean, with specific reference to Guyana, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticip ...
... the Caribbean, with specific reference to Guyana, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticip ...
National Capacity Self-Assessment
... Identification and submission of technology needs; Capacity building to assess technology needs, modalities to acquire and absorb them, design, evaluate and host projects; Capacity building for participation in systematic observation networks; and Preparation of programs to address climate change. ...
... Identification and submission of technology needs; Capacity building to assess technology needs, modalities to acquire and absorb them, design, evaluate and host projects; Capacity building for participation in systematic observation networks; and Preparation of programs to address climate change. ...
T M Global Climate Change, Human Security, and Democracy Overview of Core Issues
... security, and political security. The UNDP definition of environmental security can also be interpreted to include water security, climate security, and ecosystem (services) security. In turn, threats to human security threaten human rights. Climate change is already challenging the realization of a ...
... security, and political security. The UNDP definition of environmental security can also be interpreted to include water security, climate security, and ecosystem (services) security. In turn, threats to human security threaten human rights. Climate change is already challenging the realization of a ...
Independent Climate
... Do the indirect effects of climate change via the linkages with other indicators influence the indicator’s ability to signal SFM, regardless of which category was assigned in the independent climate-change ...
... Do the indirect effects of climate change via the linkages with other indicators influence the indicator’s ability to signal SFM, regardless of which category was assigned in the independent climate-change ...
No consensus on consensus
... The IPCC itself expends considerable effort in assessing uncertainty and levels of confidence in the scientific findings as described in the recent special issue in Climatic Change on Guidance for Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty and Confidence in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic ...
... The IPCC itself expends considerable effort in assessing uncertainty and levels of confidence in the scientific findings as described in the recent special issue in Climatic Change on Guidance for Characterizing and Communicating Uncertainty and Confidence in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic ...
Predicting species responses to climate change: demography and
... that survived to adulthood) with the current distribution of saplings (which bounds the possible extent of the future adult distribution). Young valley oaks also may be especially vulnerable to drought effects of climate change (Matzner et al., 2003; Tyler et al., 2006) exacerbated by ongoing anthro ...
... that survived to adulthood) with the current distribution of saplings (which bounds the possible extent of the future adult distribution). Young valley oaks also may be especially vulnerable to drought effects of climate change (Matzner et al., 2003; Tyler et al., 2006) exacerbated by ongoing anthro ...
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... As a result of UNFCC, the United States has published periodical greenhouse gas inventories of “anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.”38 However, this agreement is not legally binding on nations to meet their reducti ...
... As a result of UNFCC, the United States has published periodical greenhouse gas inventories of “anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol.”38 However, this agreement is not legally binding on nations to meet their reducti ...
Impact of large-scale environmental features changes on host
... Over the last half-century, changes in the weather have become the most complicated issue the world has to cope with. Global warming and environmental changes are not imminent but already manifest. Many ecosystems and ecological processes might be severely perturbed. Among these rising dangers is th ...
... Over the last half-century, changes in the weather have become the most complicated issue the world has to cope with. Global warming and environmental changes are not imminent but already manifest. Many ecosystems and ecological processes might be severely perturbed. Among these rising dangers is th ...
Climate Change, Energy and South Africa`s Foreign Policy
... climate change regime. As a result, Pretoria’s initial approach to the issue of climate change has been primarily passive, following wider international positions rather than assuming a proactive role in initiating policy responses. As the Kyoto Protocol nears the end of its first commitment period ...
... climate change regime. As a result, Pretoria’s initial approach to the issue of climate change has been primarily passive, following wider international positions rather than assuming a proactive role in initiating policy responses. As the Kyoto Protocol nears the end of its first commitment period ...
City of Thunder Bay Climate Adaptation Strategy - Climate
... the City moves forward into implementation and ongoing refinement of the Strategy including ongoing collaboration and partnerships, the need for staffing and resources, long-term governance, and emerging opportunities. The Climate Adaptation Strategy is intended to be a living document and will cont ...
... the City moves forward into implementation and ongoing refinement of the Strategy including ongoing collaboration and partnerships, the need for staffing and resources, long-term governance, and emerging opportunities. The Climate Adaptation Strategy is intended to be a living document and will cont ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... Over time the broader social impacts of climate change and their feedback effects received more attention. An early study in this regard has been the report brought out by the World Bank (2002) and presented at the 8th conference of the UNFCCC. It noted that climate change was making achievement of ...
... Over time the broader social impacts of climate change and their feedback effects received more attention. An early study in this regard has been the report brought out by the World Bank (2002) and presented at the 8th conference of the UNFCCC. It noted that climate change was making achievement of ...
Contending Modes of Climate Change Knowledge
... The dominant position is associated with those who have been most active in raising political awareness about climate change in the past decade, and who have promoted a substantial lowering of the emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and a transition to what has been termed a “low-carbon ...
... The dominant position is associated with those who have been most active in raising political awareness about climate change in the past decade, and who have promoted a substantial lowering of the emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and a transition to what has been termed a “low-carbon ...
Physiology and Ecology to Inform Climate Adaptation Strategies for
... vulnerable to stressors can help those involved in headstarting programs to identify vulnerable stages to temperature and other stressors, and better gauge the timing of release of young into the environment. ...
... vulnerable to stressors can help those involved in headstarting programs to identify vulnerable stages to temperature and other stressors, and better gauge the timing of release of young into the environment. ...
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... intensity in monsoon risks, the risk of flash flooding, erosion, and landslides will be increased. The adverse impacts of climate change and extreme events will definitely exacerbate the vulnerability, existing poverty and inequalities in least developed countries like Nepal. Within the country, poo ...
... intensity in monsoon risks, the risk of flash flooding, erosion, and landslides will be increased. The adverse impacts of climate change and extreme events will definitely exacerbate the vulnerability, existing poverty and inequalities in least developed countries like Nepal. Within the country, poo ...
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... for crop cultivation. However, cultivation in these forest areas would result in severe environmental consequences. Intensification of agriculture will be the most likely means to meet food needs for a world population of some nine billion people in 2050. The study asserts ...
... for crop cultivation. However, cultivation in these forest areas would result in severe environmental consequences. Intensification of agriculture will be the most likely means to meet food needs for a world population of some nine billion people in 2050. The study asserts ...
International Climate Policy, National Positions, and Their Domestic
... below a certain threshold of democracy environmental groups (ENGOs) can press democratic governments to pursue more stringent environmental policies, but that high democracies may not respond to strong environmental groups (Bernauer et al., 2013). On the business side, Böhmelt (2014) shows that firm ...
... below a certain threshold of democracy environmental groups (ENGOs) can press democratic governments to pursue more stringent environmental policies, but that high democracies may not respond to strong environmental groups (Bernauer et al., 2013). On the business side, Böhmelt (2014) shows that firm ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... Public Weather Services. The World Meteorological Organization has been instrumental in establishing and organizing Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) in eleven subregions of the world (see box above). The forums develop and issue regional seasonal climate outlooks, which are downscaled and use ...
... Public Weather Services. The World Meteorological Organization has been instrumental in establishing and organizing Regional Climate Outlook Forums (RCOFs) in eleven subregions of the world (see box above). The forums develop and issue regional seasonal climate outlooks, which are downscaled and use ...
Knowledge and perceptions about the health
... climate change and its impacts, with similar rates for males (76.7%) and females (78.6%). Of the 237 students who were aware of climate change and its impacts, 107 (45.5%) identified flooding as the main extreme event, 60 (25.3%) named drought and 61 (25.7%) students mentioned increased temperatures ...
... climate change and its impacts, with similar rates for males (76.7%) and females (78.6%). Of the 237 students who were aware of climate change and its impacts, 107 (45.5%) identified flooding as the main extreme event, 60 (25.3%) named drought and 61 (25.7%) students mentioned increased temperatures ...
Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review
... trend during the 20th century over India. In recent years, with the growing recognition of the possibility of global climate change, an increasing emphasis on world food security in general and its regional impacts in particular have come to forefront of the scientific community. Crop growth, develo ...
... trend during the 20th century over India. In recent years, with the growing recognition of the possibility of global climate change, an increasing emphasis on world food security in general and its regional impacts in particular have come to forefront of the scientific community. Crop growth, develo ...
From headwater tributaries to international river
... interannual and interdecadal variability. This is experienced locally and regionally in the headwater regions of the Nile and internationally through its effects on downstream Nile flows in Sudan and Egypt. Examples of climate variability are presented from areas in the basin where it exerts a strong ...
... interannual and interdecadal variability. This is experienced locally and regionally in the headwater regions of the Nile and internationally through its effects on downstream Nile flows in Sudan and Egypt. Examples of climate variability are presented from areas in the basin where it exerts a strong ...
Is it Colonial Déjà Vu? Indigenous Peoples and Climate Injustice
... of domination that concerns how one society inflicts burdensome anthropogenic environmental change on another society. More specifically, settler colonialism, in the U.S. context (but also others too), very specifically targets the ecologically mobile, adaptive systems of Indigenous peoples. Settler ...
... of domination that concerns how one society inflicts burdensome anthropogenic environmental change on another society. More specifically, settler colonialism, in the U.S. context (but also others too), very specifically targets the ecologically mobile, adaptive systems of Indigenous peoples. Settler ...
Project management
... Context and significance of the TNC Since the ratification of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 Georgia has achieved significant progress towards meeting its commitments to the Convention. Serious efforts have been made to set appropriate policy and legal frameworks. Sin ...
... Context and significance of the TNC Since the ratification of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 Georgia has achieved significant progress towards meeting its commitments to the Convention. Serious efforts have been made to set appropriate policy and legal frameworks. Sin ...
Public health and climate change in the Republic of Kiribati
... narrow strips of coral atolls rising no more than 2 meters above sea level. Global warming, climate change and rising sea levels seriously threaten the basis of our existence and we sometimes feel that our days are numbered (Tito, 2000:2). Four years later, Kribati’s then President Anote Tong, conti ...
... narrow strips of coral atolls rising no more than 2 meters above sea level. Global warming, climate change and rising sea levels seriously threaten the basis of our existence and we sometimes feel that our days are numbered (Tito, 2000:2). Four years later, Kribati’s then President Anote Tong, conti ...
Understanding Climate Variability : Implications for Water Resources
... Per EIS depletion schedule the total deliveries are projected to be 13.9 MaF by 2026 and 14.4 MaF by 2057. * One alternative with full initial storage (E) illustrates the effects of a full system. ...
... Per EIS depletion schedule the total deliveries are projected to be 13.9 MaF by 2026 and 14.4 MaF by 2057. * One alternative with full initial storage (E) illustrates the effects of a full system. ...