costs and benefits of climate change adaptation and mitigation
... against climate change) and climate mitigation (i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions). To support policy-making on adaptation and mitigation, several research questions have been formulated. In what may be described as a first step on the research agenda, this policy brief summarises the current k ...
... against climate change) and climate mitigation (i.e. reducing greenhouse gas emissions). To support policy-making on adaptation and mitigation, several research questions have been formulated. In what may be described as a first step on the research agenda, this policy brief summarises the current k ...
Resolution – very draft
... growth rates in two subpopulations of polar bears were related to sea ice declines. It is projected that given the current conservative estimates of sea ice loss projected by the IPCC (2007), two-thirds of the world’s polar bear population will be lost by the middle of the 21st century. Loss of sea ...
... growth rates in two subpopulations of polar bears were related to sea ice declines. It is projected that given the current conservative estimates of sea ice loss projected by the IPCC (2007), two-thirds of the world’s polar bear population will be lost by the middle of the 21st century. Loss of sea ...
Climate change and extreme weather events
... sea ice extent realistically. Consequently, the decrease in sea ice extent can be interpreted as the combination of greenhouse warming and natural variability. The probability that the magnitude of the observed 1953-98 trend (-190.000 km2 per 10 years) in sea ice extent is caused only by natural var ...
... sea ice extent realistically. Consequently, the decrease in sea ice extent can be interpreted as the combination of greenhouse warming and natural variability. The probability that the magnitude of the observed 1953-98 trend (-190.000 km2 per 10 years) in sea ice extent is caused only by natural var ...
A review of the consideration of climate change in the planning of
... et al., 2011). There are even fewer studies for the planning and design of new schemes that have taken into account the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation. This raises the question as to why this is the case? One of the reasons is that river flows in sub-Saharan Africa display high l ...
... et al., 2011). There are even fewer studies for the planning and design of new schemes that have taken into account the impacts of climate change on hydropower generation. This raises the question as to why this is the case? One of the reasons is that river flows in sub-Saharan Africa display high l ...
Climate Change Risk Management - American Meteorological Society
... For example, different experts who assess climate change risks often reach very different conclusions. Some experts think the consequences of climate change over the next several decades are most likely to be small—perhaps a few percent of GDP (Tol 2009). They tend to foresee some combination of sta ...
... For example, different experts who assess climate change risks often reach very different conclusions. Some experts think the consequences of climate change over the next several decades are most likely to be small—perhaps a few percent of GDP (Tol 2009). They tend to foresee some combination of sta ...
Partners for Resilience
... management and restoration (EMR) to significantly boost resilience: people’s ability to withstand shocks in their environment – and critical for helping them escape poverty. “What’s special about this programme is the inclusion of ecosystem management in real-time humanitarian DRR work in the face o ...
... management and restoration (EMR) to significantly boost resilience: people’s ability to withstand shocks in their environment – and critical for helping them escape poverty. “What’s special about this programme is the inclusion of ecosystem management in real-time humanitarian DRR work in the face o ...
Employment and labour market implications of climate change
... climate change even if emissions stopped today, albeit to a much lesser extent than otherwise. Adaptation to climate change in an effort to reduce its negative impacts is therefore inevitable. Most impacts in the short to medium term will come from increased variability of weather and more frequent ...
... climate change even if emissions stopped today, albeit to a much lesser extent than otherwise. Adaptation to climate change in an effort to reduce its negative impacts is therefore inevitable. Most impacts in the short to medium term will come from increased variability of weather and more frequent ...
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... global surface temperature9 (since 1850). The updated 100-year linear trend (1906 to 2005) of 0.74°C [0.56°C to 0.92°C] is therefore larger than the corresponding trend for 1901 to 2000 given in the TAR of 0.6°C [0.4°C to 0.8°C]. The linear warming trend over the last 50 years (0.13°C [0.10°C to 0.1 ...
... global surface temperature9 (since 1850). The updated 100-year linear trend (1906 to 2005) of 0.74°C [0.56°C to 0.92°C] is therefore larger than the corresponding trend for 1901 to 2000 given in the TAR of 0.6°C [0.4°C to 0.8°C]. The linear warming trend over the last 50 years (0.13°C [0.10°C to 0.1 ...
Work package No 2F: Ecosystems and Forests
... Ecosystems directly and indirectly provide various goods and services to humans; these range from regulating services such as climate regulation to food and fresh water provision and recreative values. Measuring these services in economic values is a challenge, since ecosystem services are not fully ...
... Ecosystems directly and indirectly provide various goods and services to humans; these range from regulating services such as climate regulation to food and fresh water provision and recreative values. Measuring these services in economic values is a challenge, since ecosystem services are not fully ...
Statement of witness James E. Hansen
... in response to climate change. The feedbacks can either amplify or diminish the initial climate change. The most powerful feedback is provided by water vapor. The atmosphere holds more water vapor as air becomes warmer, as is readily noticed by comparing summer and winter. Thus water vapor causes a ...
... in response to climate change. The feedbacks can either amplify or diminish the initial climate change. The most powerful feedback is provided by water vapor. The atmosphere holds more water vapor as air becomes warmer, as is readily noticed by comparing summer and winter. Thus water vapor causes a ...
Climate Change, Planning and Development in the Eastern
... rainfall events are likely to intensify across the entire region. Median projections show that a 1 in 100 year event could increase from between 31% and 36% across the region. However, high uncertainty is associated with any extreme rainfall projection due to the poor integration of features such as ...
... rainfall events are likely to intensify across the entire region. Median projections show that a 1 in 100 year event could increase from between 31% and 36% across the region. However, high uncertainty is associated with any extreme rainfall projection due to the poor integration of features such as ...
Compensation for "Meaningful Participation" in
... developing countries. Claussen and McNeilly w4x propose that a weighted consideration of ‘‘responsibility, standard of living, and opportunity’’ should be used to assign emissions permits to developing countries. Frankel w9x and Baumert et al. w2x suggest that developing countries select emissions t ...
... developing countries. Claussen and McNeilly w4x propose that a weighted consideration of ‘‘responsibility, standard of living, and opportunity’’ should be used to assign emissions permits to developing countries. Frankel w9x and Baumert et al. w2x suggest that developing countries select emissions t ...
Global and Mediterranean climate change: a short summary
... depending on the implementation of policies for the reduction of GHGs emissions. The observed changes, and those expected for the future, impact many sectors. As an example, it has been suggested that climate change (CC) impacts on health may be viewed as a form of involuntary exposure, which is alr ...
... depending on the implementation of policies for the reduction of GHGs emissions. The observed changes, and those expected for the future, impact many sectors. As an example, it has been suggested that climate change (CC) impacts on health may be viewed as a form of involuntary exposure, which is alr ...
Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children
... benefits 100 years in the future; we call this discounting the future. Underlying this approach is the assumption that future generations will be much better off than our own, just as we are much wealthier than our ancestors were. Would our descendants’ agree with this approach? Are there reasons to ...
... benefits 100 years in the future; we call this discounting the future. Underlying this approach is the assumption that future generations will be much better off than our own, just as we are much wealthier than our ancestors were. Would our descendants’ agree with this approach? Are there reasons to ...
as a PDF
... The examination of their vulnerability indicates that their high vulnerability can be attributed more either to human, social and economic indicators of sensitivity and/or low adaptive capacity of the communities. ...
... The examination of their vulnerability indicates that their high vulnerability can be attributed more either to human, social and economic indicators of sensitivity and/or low adaptive capacity of the communities. ...
The Mid-Atlantic Region and its climate: past, present
... by the 1960s. During this decade, the MAR was influenced by an anomalous, deep trough of continental polar air and a storm track southeast of its long-term mean position, with precipitation often falling off the Atlantic coast. This regime promoted a relatively cool, dry climate. The early 1970s saw ...
... by the 1960s. During this decade, the MAR was influenced by an anomalous, deep trough of continental polar air and a storm track southeast of its long-term mean position, with precipitation often falling off the Atlantic coast. This regime promoted a relatively cool, dry climate. The early 1970s saw ...
Quantifying Vulnerability to Climate Change: Implications for
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
... climate change, there are other possible explanations. The first is better coverage of extreme weather events, as registration of local weather disasters has improved. The second possible explanation is population growth, which has increased the number of people who are potentially subject to extrem ...
On the Chopping Block - Allegheny Highlands Climate Change
... and flooding, periodic drought, rain replacing snow, the loss of historic forests and changing weather patterns, extirpation of high-value sporting species like the brook trout – these impacts threaten the Highlands's distinctive outdoor recreation and hospitality industry. The Pennsylvania Climate ...
... and flooding, periodic drought, rain replacing snow, the loss of historic forests and changing weather patterns, extirpation of high-value sporting species like the brook trout – these impacts threaten the Highlands's distinctive outdoor recreation and hospitality industry. The Pennsylvania Climate ...
FINAL TEXT PAGES - Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
... the problem of estimating how human activities may alter the probability of occurrence of extreme events. The demonstration of human culpability in changing these risks is likely to have significant implications for the debate on policy responses to climate change. Summary of Detection and Attributi ...
... the problem of estimating how human activities may alter the probability of occurrence of extreme events. The demonstration of human culpability in changing these risks is likely to have significant implications for the debate on policy responses to climate change. Summary of Detection and Attributi ...
Agriculture and Climate: Short and Long-term Implications
... technological instruments such as GTO seeds, confined cattle and tillage might be important adaptation measures to climate changes that will be generated. When it comes to the short-term climate effects most of this vulnerability might be reduced from the use of techniques such as irrigation. The as ...
... technological instruments such as GTO seeds, confined cattle and tillage might be important adaptation measures to climate changes that will be generated. When it comes to the short-term climate effects most of this vulnerability might be reduced from the use of techniques such as irrigation. The as ...
Field Project 4—Integration of Climate Information from Multiple
... availability, and flood risks: Swiss Alps, Peruvian Andes, and US Cascades. These regions have been selected for several reasons. These regions all have significant glacial retreat and long historical records to document the physical and social processes of change, and all have readily available GIS ...
... availability, and flood risks: Swiss Alps, Peruvian Andes, and US Cascades. These regions have been selected for several reasons. These regions all have significant glacial retreat and long historical records to document the physical and social processes of change, and all have readily available GIS ...
Rafaela David Report - International Union Of Socialist Youth
... The IUSY APC Meeting focused on the topic “World without borders and Freedom for All”, a critical topic in the region where labor migration and human trafficking has led to various human rights abuses. Herein, there were workshops and sessions on: (1) Understanding Forced Migration/World without Bor ...
... The IUSY APC Meeting focused on the topic “World without borders and Freedom for All”, a critical topic in the region where labor migration and human trafficking has led to various human rights abuses. Herein, there were workshops and sessions on: (1) Understanding Forced Migration/World without Bor ...
Report on Fifth Assessment Report 6
... Sources and Climate Change Mitigation’ was launched. The IPCC Special Report on ‘Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’ was released in November 2011. These special reports also provide essential information for the AR5 (IPCC, 2014). The AR5 has some ...
... Sources and Climate Change Mitigation’ was launched. The IPCC Special Report on ‘Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’ was released in November 2011. These special reports also provide essential information for the AR5 (IPCC, 2014). The AR5 has some ...
Population, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development in
... “Currently, most of the environment policies do not seriously cater for population dynamics and even if they are included, policies usually take too long to be approved in Malawi, meaning that the original policy continues to be used even if there is need for change. The current policies should ther ...
... “Currently, most of the environment policies do not seriously cater for population dynamics and even if they are included, policies usually take too long to be approved in Malawi, meaning that the original policy continues to be used even if there is need for change. The current policies should ther ...
The EU`s Climate Leadership: Reconciling Ambition and - VU-dare
... 1998 (Coffey, Wilkinson and Haigh 1998; European Commission 1998a). Haigh (1999) speculates that the lack of commitment to form suggests lack of commitment to substance by the member states. The Commission has launched a strategy to improve the fuel efficiency of passenger cars to reduce CO2 emissio ...
... 1998 (Coffey, Wilkinson and Haigh 1998; European Commission 1998a). Haigh (1999) speculates that the lack of commitment to form suggests lack of commitment to substance by the member states. The Commission has launched a strategy to improve the fuel efficiency of passenger cars to reduce CO2 emissio ...