Lebanon Country Report February - March 2013
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
... The ENPI CLIMA-South is implemented in a dynamic region, with rapidly changing social and political environments. At the same time, climate change is at a critical stage of the international negotiations in which new developments may be expected. Flexibility is therefore of the utmost importance and ...
Strongly increasing heat extremes in the Middle East and North
... an increasing number of warm days and high temperature extremes (Kuglitsch et al. 2010; Marofi et al. 2010; Efthymiadis et al. 2011; Donat et al. 2014; Simolo et al. 2014; Tanarhte et al. 2015). While rainfall trends in Mediterranean Europe are significant and predominantly negative, in the MENA the ...
... an increasing number of warm days and high temperature extremes (Kuglitsch et al. 2010; Marofi et al. 2010; Efthymiadis et al. 2011; Donat et al. 2014; Simolo et al. 2014; Tanarhte et al. 2015). While rainfall trends in Mediterranean Europe are significant and predominantly negative, in the MENA the ...
A Contingent Valuation Study Comparing Citizen`s WTP for Climate
... and advocate for action to address global climate change ...
... and advocate for action to address global climate change ...
UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
... The lack of any possibility of indigenous peoples directly accessing finance for capacity building and to support mitigation and adaptation actions based on their traditional knowledge and livelihoods was also underlined, together with the lack of commitment by Parties to support the second commitme ...
... The lack of any possibility of indigenous peoples directly accessing finance for capacity building and to support mitigation and adaptation actions based on their traditional knowledge and livelihoods was also underlined, together with the lack of commitment by Parties to support the second commitme ...
Research Project Final Report
... The executive summary must not exceed 2 sides in total of A4 and should be understandable to the intelligent non-scientist. It should cover the main objectives, methods and findings of the research, together with any other significant events and options for new work. The purpose of the project can b ...
... The executive summary must not exceed 2 sides in total of A4 and should be understandable to the intelligent non-scientist. It should cover the main objectives, methods and findings of the research, together with any other significant events and options for new work. The purpose of the project can b ...
Climate change and animal health in Africa
... precipitation for the 21st Century vary but, irrespective of this uncertainty, future annual warming is expected to be highest in the interior of the semi-arid regions of Saharan and central southern Africa, resulting in desertification. Future changes in rainfall are more uncertain (5, 16). Despite ...
... precipitation for the 21st Century vary but, irrespective of this uncertainty, future annual warming is expected to be highest in the interior of the semi-arid regions of Saharan and central southern Africa, resulting in desertification. Future changes in rainfall are more uncertain (5, 16). Despite ...
Polar Explorer / Antarctica Challenge Teacher Resource
... Many explorers attempted to be the first to the geographic South Pole, most notably Sir Ernest Shackleton who failed on more than one occasion. An expedition was led by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen on the ship Fram (the only wooden ship to make it to both polar r ...
... Many explorers attempted to be the first to the geographic South Pole, most notably Sir Ernest Shackleton who failed on more than one occasion. An expedition was led by Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen on the ship Fram (the only wooden ship to make it to both polar r ...
An Economic Analysis of Climate Adaptations to Hurricane Risk in St
... the expected benefits of these measures over the next few years.12 It might also be the case that individuals do not know what measures are cost-effective over a given period of time. This paper also evaluates the relative attractiveness of four alternative adaptation measures through benefit-cost a ...
... the expected benefits of these measures over the next few years.12 It might also be the case that individuals do not know what measures are cost-effective over a given period of time. This paper also evaluates the relative attractiveness of four alternative adaptation measures through benefit-cost a ...
Your opinion on climate change might not be as common as you think
... consensus effect1 (a tendency to overestimate how common one’s ‘own’ opinion is) and pluralistic ignorance2 (where most people privately reject an opinion, but assume incorrectly that most others accept it). We investigated these biases in people’s opinions about the existence and causes of climate ...
... consensus effect1 (a tendency to overestimate how common one’s ‘own’ opinion is) and pluralistic ignorance2 (where most people privately reject an opinion, but assume incorrectly that most others accept it). We investigated these biases in people’s opinions about the existence and causes of climate ...
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... and catastrophic hazards (Adger, et.al, 2003; Weitzman, 2008). As a result, the unforeseen effects of global climate change enter as a new element of uncertainty into farmers’ decisions on adaptation. Farmers alone may not be able to overcome this challenge through their own efforts. They need the a ...
... and catastrophic hazards (Adger, et.al, 2003; Weitzman, 2008). As a result, the unforeseen effects of global climate change enter as a new element of uncertainty into farmers’ decisions on adaptation. Farmers alone may not be able to overcome this challenge through their own efforts. They need the a ...
Local Adaptation Plan of Action District Multan
... energy, health and biodiversity, with a major impact on agricultural productivity. For a developing country like Pakistan, with its high population growth rate, over-reliance on the environment for its basic survival, poverty, lack of resources and inadequate planning, any natural disaster results i ...
... energy, health and biodiversity, with a major impact on agricultural productivity. For a developing country like Pakistan, with its high population growth rate, over-reliance on the environment for its basic survival, poverty, lack of resources and inadequate planning, any natural disaster results i ...
The Future of Freshwater - cpaws-bc
... The Flathead watershed contains largely intact and healthy aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic communities in the Castle watershed are more impacted by human activities but the watershed remains a valuable and functioning ecosystem biologically. Both watersheds contain high diversity of native species, incl ...
... The Flathead watershed contains largely intact and healthy aquatic ecosystems. Aquatic communities in the Castle watershed are more impacted by human activities but the watershed remains a valuable and functioning ecosystem biologically. Both watersheds contain high diversity of native species, incl ...
Day 3 - Oxfam New Zealand
... 1) Bauxite is a rock from which aluminium is made. It has to be dug up from the ground using big, oilpowered machines. 2) It is transported by fossil-fuel powered trucks to a processing plant. 3) Bauxite is made in to aluminium at the processing plant, which uses energy. 4) It is transported to the ...
... 1) Bauxite is a rock from which aluminium is made. It has to be dug up from the ground using big, oilpowered machines. 2) It is transported by fossil-fuel powered trucks to a processing plant. 3) Bauxite is made in to aluminium at the processing plant, which uses energy. 4) It is transported to the ...
TeCHnOLOGICAL PROGReSS WILL nOT
... change, and if, reductions, caps and restrictions are the path that we should be following at all. Indeed, there are some that argue that we need far more radical thinking, and that even if, “we had found cheap renewable energy technologies that could gradually replace all of the world’s coal plants ...
... change, and if, reductions, caps and restrictions are the path that we should be following at all. Indeed, there are some that argue that we need far more radical thinking, and that even if, “we had found cheap renewable energy technologies that could gradually replace all of the world’s coal plants ...
NCPP Presentation - ESGF-CoG
... • Clarify the needs of key users for climate information on regional scales, including regionally important phenomena • Explore “best available science,” for policy, planning, and decision making • Identify needs for applied research topics to address gaps • Note that NCPP isn't creating everything, ...
... • Clarify the needs of key users for climate information on regional scales, including regionally important phenomena • Explore “best available science,” for policy, planning, and decision making • Identify needs for applied research topics to address gaps • Note that NCPP isn't creating everything, ...
State of the climate 2012
... (www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Climate/Understanding/State-of-theClimate.aspx) highlighted a multi-decadal warming trend over Australia’s land and oceans, an increase in record hot days and decrease in record cold days across the country, a decrease in rainfall in southwest and southeast Australia, an incre ...
... (www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Climate/Understanding/State-of-theClimate.aspx) highlighted a multi-decadal warming trend over Australia’s land and oceans, an increase in record hot days and decrease in record cold days across the country, a decrease in rainfall in southwest and southeast Australia, an incre ...
Water requirements for clover and cotton under climate change
... Water requirements for the clover and cotton crops under both current climate and climate change conditions in 2040 was calculated using Basic Irrigation Scheduling (BISm) model. Hargreaves-Samani equation is used to calculate ETo in case of only temperature data are input. ECHAM5 model (Roeckner et ...
... Water requirements for the clover and cotton crops under both current climate and climate change conditions in 2040 was calculated using Basic Irrigation Scheduling (BISm) model. Hargreaves-Samani equation is used to calculate ETo in case of only temperature data are input. ECHAM5 model (Roeckner et ...
Volume 6, Number 1 - AGU Atmospheric Sciences Section
... Networks to study changes in temperature and precipitation under different climate scenarios. The project main objectives are outlined below: - to calibrate and run a downscaling model based on Artificial Neural Networks, applied to the Amazon region (Fig. 1), in order to obtain regional and local p ...
... Networks to study changes in temperature and precipitation under different climate scenarios. The project main objectives are outlined below: - to calibrate and run a downscaling model based on Artificial Neural Networks, applied to the Amazon region (Fig. 1), in order to obtain regional and local p ...
Meander Valley
... Agriculture and changing climate Projections of climate from Climate Futures for Tasmania were used to assess the impacts of a changing climate at two locations in the Meander Valley, with elevations of 179 m and 384 m. Temperature is projected to increase by an average range of 2.6 °C to 3.3 °C fr ...
... Agriculture and changing climate Projections of climate from Climate Futures for Tasmania were used to assess the impacts of a changing climate at two locations in the Meander Valley, with elevations of 179 m and 384 m. Temperature is projected to increase by an average range of 2.6 °C to 3.3 °C fr ...
A Strategy Towards Climate Change
... and development. Recent data from the Central Statistics Office shows that Dublin’s population has grown and will continue to rise towards 20301. With a growing population comes an increased responsibility to tackle the effects of climate change that are largely caused by human activity. We, the fou ...
... and development. Recent data from the Central Statistics Office shows that Dublin’s population has grown and will continue to rise towards 20301. With a growing population comes an increased responsibility to tackle the effects of climate change that are largely caused by human activity. We, the fou ...
Resurrection ecology and global climate change research in
... Abstract. The complex effects of global climate change on freshwater ecosystems limit our ability to predict biological responses in a standard way and may compromise ecosystem management with respect to potential changes. I present a theoretical framework that shows the usefulness of resurrection e ...
... Abstract. The complex effects of global climate change on freshwater ecosystems limit our ability to predict biological responses in a standard way and may compromise ecosystem management with respect to potential changes. I present a theoretical framework that shows the usefulness of resurrection e ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... progress has been made the phase-out of lead in gasoline, but little progress in climate change mitigation ...
... progress has been made the phase-out of lead in gasoline, but little progress in climate change mitigation ...
Climate Change Legislation in the 113th Congress
... issues (e.g., energy efficiency)1 but could have ancillary impacts on climate.2 In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish between direct and indirect climate change bills, because a specific bill or action may seek to achieve multiple objectives. This report focuses on legislative actions—includ ...
... issues (e.g., energy efficiency)1 but could have ancillary impacts on climate.2 In some cases, it is difficult to distinguish between direct and indirect climate change bills, because a specific bill or action may seek to achieve multiple objectives. This report focuses on legislative actions—includ ...
Climate Change and National Security
... droughts, heat waves, and storms. Each of these has potential consequences, direct and indirect, for national security. National security extends well beyond protecting the homeland against armed attack by other states, and indeed, beyond threats from people who purposefully seek to damage or destr ...
... droughts, heat waves, and storms. Each of these has potential consequences, direct and indirect, for national security. National security extends well beyond protecting the homeland against armed attack by other states, and indeed, beyond threats from people who purposefully seek to damage or destr ...
PDF - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change
... A. Economics of Climate Change L1.International environmental agreements: Post-Kyoto Climate Change Policy L2.Climate and energy policies in Spain: side effects and industry-level impacts L3.Investment under uncertainty: power utilities and climate policy ...
... A. Economics of Climate Change L1.International environmental agreements: Post-Kyoto Climate Change Policy L2.Climate and energy policies in Spain: side effects and industry-level impacts L3.Investment under uncertainty: power utilities and climate policy ...