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 ...
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 ...
Regional Climate Messages for West Africa
... The region’s climate is mainly influenced by large scale seasonal atmospheric patterns and the warm waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Temperatures are relatively high throughout the year and the majority of the region’s rainfall occurs in the summer months (April to September), whilst some coas ...
... The region’s climate is mainly influenced by large scale seasonal atmospheric patterns and the warm waters of the tropical Atlantic Ocean. Temperatures are relatively high throughout the year and the majority of the region’s rainfall occurs in the summer months (April to September), whilst some coas ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the
... Higher evaporation rates would lead to less water for dams and catchments. Climate change reinforces the need to use water more efficiently. Demand for water would increase as temperatures and evaporation rates rise. The changes to climate would have significant effects on the region’s biodiversity. ...
... Higher evaporation rates would lead to less water for dams and catchments. Climate change reinforces the need to use water more efficiently. Demand for water would increase as temperatures and evaporation rates rise. The changes to climate would have significant effects on the region’s biodiversity. ...
Geology - Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
... common feature of the climate system (Brauer et al., 2008; Steffensen et al., 2008; Blockley et al., 2012). However, dating uncertainties for sediment archives of past environmental change are typically multi-centennial in scale. Therefore, it is still largely unknown if such shifts occurred synchro ...
... common feature of the climate system (Brauer et al., 2008; Steffensen et al., 2008; Blockley et al., 2012). However, dating uncertainties for sediment archives of past environmental change are typically multi-centennial in scale. Therefore, it is still largely unknown if such shifts occurred synchro ...
Papua New Guinea
... PNG can contribute to addressing the global mitigation gap by reducing deforestation and promoting forest conservation and sustainable management of its forests. The main forestry effort will be coordinated though the existing REDD+ initiative. However, PNG ‘s current economic development is seeing ...
... PNG can contribute to addressing the global mitigation gap by reducing deforestation and promoting forest conservation and sustainable management of its forests. The main forestry effort will be coordinated though the existing REDD+ initiative. However, PNG ‘s current economic development is seeing ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES A SUMMARY AND INTERPRETATION
... rebates for home insulation materials. Although many of these policies have other goals, there may be increased use of them as a means of reducing GHG emissions. Note that these policies will reduce GHG emissions at different rates and at different costs. In the presence of the nearly limitless pote ...
... rebates for home insulation materials. Although many of these policies have other goals, there may be increased use of them as a means of reducing GHG emissions. Note that these policies will reduce GHG emissions at different rates and at different costs. In the presence of the nearly limitless pote ...
Richard Ostfeld presentation
... over the twentieth century…suggests that the success or failure of our efforts against the parasite in the coming century are likely to be determined by factors other than climate change.” ...
... over the twentieth century…suggests that the success or failure of our efforts against the parasite in the coming century are likely to be determined by factors other than climate change.” ...
The climate of the Mediterranean region: research progress and
... and trend of precipitation in various areas of the Mediterranean region. Precipitation is a key variable in the Mediterranean region as its future decrease can be very critical for human activities, and, as if further exacerbated by increased temperatures, it can lead to more frequent droughts. Cort ...
... and trend of precipitation in various areas of the Mediterranean region. Precipitation is a key variable in the Mediterranean region as its future decrease can be very critical for human activities, and, as if further exacerbated by increased temperatures, it can lead to more frequent droughts. Cort ...
FFESCsynthesisJune7 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
... BC’s forests and rangelands and the communities that depend on them builds upon the framework laid down in the AR4 and earlier IPCC reports. This scientific foundation includes: (1) a set of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios based on alternative assumptions about future population grow ...
... BC’s forests and rangelands and the communities that depend on them builds upon the framework laid down in the AR4 and earlier IPCC reports. This scientific foundation includes: (1) a set of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios based on alternative assumptions about future population grow ...
An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... emissions in order to slow down the rate of climate change (climate change mitigation). Second, they can change their policies and programs to better deal with the projected impacts of a chan ...
... emissions in order to slow down the rate of climate change (climate change mitigation). Second, they can change their policies and programs to better deal with the projected impacts of a chan ...
Baltic Sea catchment
... Summary of BACC Results Baltic Area Climate Change Assessment • Presently a warming is going on in the Baltic Sea region. • No formal detection and attribution studies available. • BACC considers it plausible that this warming is at least partly related to anthropogenic factors. • So far, and in the ...
... Summary of BACC Results Baltic Area Climate Change Assessment • Presently a warming is going on in the Baltic Sea region. • No formal detection and attribution studies available. • BACC considers it plausible that this warming is at least partly related to anthropogenic factors. • So far, and in the ...
High impact, low probability (revised for Climatic Change)
... worked with fat tails (e.g. Roughgarden and Schneider 1999; Tol 1999; Tol 2003; Mastrandrea and Schneider 2004), this paper takes an alternative angle, looking more closely at the implications of a potential climate catastrophe for the standard welfare model. The results of the modelling are analyse ...
... worked with fat tails (e.g. Roughgarden and Schneider 1999; Tol 1999; Tol 2003; Mastrandrea and Schneider 2004), this paper takes an alternative angle, looking more closely at the implications of a potential climate catastrophe for the standard welfare model. The results of the modelling are analyse ...
Nota di lavoro 1998.010 - Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
... in 1992, has been signed by more than 150 nations. In Article 2 the FCCC states its objective to be the stabilization of “atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. In Article 4, the FCCC obligates the i ...
... in 1992, has been signed by more than 150 nations. In Article 2 the FCCC states its objective to be the stabilization of “atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system”. In Article 4, the FCCC obligates the i ...
nd-gain_technical_document_2015_do_not_print
... practitioners, and global development experts. The indicators included in ND-GAIN were chosen to fit within the structure described above and to meet the following criteria: ...
... practitioners, and global development experts. The indicators included in ND-GAIN were chosen to fit within the structure described above and to meet the following criteria: ...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Economics Working Paper Series
... the SCC can be used to inform regulatory decisions. We hope readers of this paper will help to fill the research gaps identified by the interagency group and summarized in this paper so that the next effort to revise these values retains its rigor while improving upon the methodology described herei ...
... the SCC can be used to inform regulatory decisions. We hope readers of this paper will help to fill the research gaps identified by the interagency group and summarized in this paper so that the next effort to revise these values retains its rigor while improving upon the methodology described herei ...
BCS331 Module 10
... strategies and elements for inclusion in a future international convention on climate. The IPCC produced a series of assessment reports pointing out that the Arctic was one of the regions experiencing the greatest degree of climate change. When the Arctic Council was created by the eight Arctic nati ...
... strategies and elements for inclusion in a future international convention on climate. The IPCC produced a series of assessment reports pointing out that the Arctic was one of the regions experiencing the greatest degree of climate change. When the Arctic Council was created by the eight Arctic nati ...
Enhancing the relevance of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for
... changes. Studies focusing on adaptation require scenarios that characterise the conditions, incentives or barriers that affect adaptation options and adaptive capacity. Here, different socioeconomic scenarios can be combined with different climate scenarios to estimate the effectiveness of adaptatio ...
... changes. Studies focusing on adaptation require scenarios that characterise the conditions, incentives or barriers that affect adaptation options and adaptive capacity. Here, different socioeconomic scenarios can be combined with different climate scenarios to estimate the effectiveness of adaptatio ...
This paper - Brookings Institution
... the same: is there sufficient political commitment to be able to see through a climate policy into reality, given all the costs that entails? Oversimplifying considerably, the U.S. system confronts these costs up front, such that if choice is made then distribution of costs is set. The Chinese syste ...
... the same: is there sufficient political commitment to be able to see through a climate policy into reality, given all the costs that entails? Oversimplifying considerably, the U.S. system confronts these costs up front, such that if choice is made then distribution of costs is set. The Chinese syste ...
Climate Change in Australia: Risks to Human Wellbeing and Health
... This paper focuses on the current and future impacts of human-induced climate change on human health, with particular reference to Australia. The possible overlaps and interactions with Indonesia are also addressed, including the inprinciple possibilities of shared adaptive responses. Before conduct ...
... This paper focuses on the current and future impacts of human-induced climate change on human health, with particular reference to Australia. The possible overlaps and interactions with Indonesia are also addressed, including the inprinciple possibilities of shared adaptive responses. Before conduct ...
- Acclimatise
... The First Climate Action Plan for a mountainous area in France, its effectiveness probably depends less on specific budget commitments than on the involvement of everyone to reduce their ecological footprint in both their personal life and their working life. Therefore we are all personally and coll ...
... The First Climate Action Plan for a mountainous area in France, its effectiveness probably depends less on specific budget commitments than on the involvement of everyone to reduce their ecological footprint in both their personal life and their working life. Therefore we are all personally and coll ...
7.6 adaptation
... concern that climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development, especially to non-Annex I Parties. Identifying which regions, populations and food production systems are at greatest risk from climate change can help in setting priorities for adaptation. This chapter focuses on the me ...
... concern that climate change is a significant threat to sustainable development, especially to non-Annex I Parties. Identifying which regions, populations and food production systems are at greatest risk from climate change can help in setting priorities for adaptation. This chapter focuses on the me ...
Journalistic Narratives of Success and Failure at
... or North American media had been considered. I have also chosen to include narratives from both television and print media, hoping to account for some of the variations in journalistic narratives inherent in different types of media. From a critical realist perspective it is not possible to perform ...
... or North American media had been considered. I have also chosen to include narratives from both television and print media, hoping to account for some of the variations in journalistic narratives inherent in different types of media. From a critical realist perspective it is not possible to perform ...
Climate Change Fishing Change Printout
... Climate Change Fishing Change Understanding Climate Change in Victoria's Fisheries ...
... Climate Change Fishing Change Understanding Climate Change in Victoria's Fisheries ...