Gunnison Basin Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment
... effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. In this report, we focus on exposure and sensitivity to describe vulnerability. Exposure is the character, magnitude, and rate of climatic change a species or system is likely to experience. Sensitivity is the degree to which a s ...
... effects of climate change, including climate variability and extremes. In this report, we focus on exposure and sensitivity to describe vulnerability. Exposure is the character, magnitude, and rate of climatic change a species or system is likely to experience. Sensitivity is the degree to which a s ...
Global Catastrophic Risks - The Global Priorities Project
... Justinian’ killed 25-33 million people come close to the nightmare scenar– between 13% and 17% of the world io on a number of occasions. Perhaps population at the time.1 The plague the narrowest escape came on 27th had trans-generational consequencOctober 1962. Two Russian B-59 subes: many historian ...
... Justinian’ killed 25-33 million people come close to the nightmare scenar– between 13% and 17% of the world io on a number of occasions. Perhaps population at the time.1 The plague the narrowest escape came on 27th had trans-generational consequencOctober 1962. Two Russian B-59 subes: many historian ...
Sunnyvale Climate Action Plan
... sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in Sunnyvale. This Climate Action Plan is intended to streamline future environment ...
... sustainable, healthy, and livable Sunnyvale. The strategies outlined in this Plan will not only reduce GHG emissions but will also provide energy, fuel, water, and monetary savings while improving the quality of life in Sunnyvale. This Climate Action Plan is intended to streamline future environment ...
OFFICIAL VIEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2007-2012:
... regional and national security, can provide some indication of the relationship between the environment and security. From a practical perspective, an analysis of environmental security can identify the environmental risks that pose an emerging security threat, not only globally and regionally, but ...
... regional and national security, can provide some indication of the relationship between the environment and security. From a practical perspective, an analysis of environmental security can identify the environmental risks that pose an emerging security threat, not only globally and regionally, but ...
English - Inter-Parliamentary Union
... climate change is undermining international efforts to fight poverty and is hindering attempts to honour commitments to achieve the MDGs and that ensuring environmental sustainability is therefore a major factor in the elimination of poverty, one of the unanimously agreed goals of the international ...
... climate change is undermining international efforts to fight poverty and is hindering attempts to honour commitments to achieve the MDGs and that ensuring environmental sustainability is therefore a major factor in the elimination of poverty, one of the unanimously agreed goals of the international ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
Vulnerability of Fiji`s mangroves and associated coral reefs to
... other literature on the state of knowledge of the vulnerability of Fijian mangroves and adjacent coral reefs to climate change. Information is reviewed on strategies or methodologies to adapt or increase the resilience and resistance of the region to impacts of climate change. The review has found t ...
... other literature on the state of knowledge of the vulnerability of Fijian mangroves and adjacent coral reefs to climate change. Information is reviewed on strategies or methodologies to adapt or increase the resilience and resistance of the region to impacts of climate change. The review has found t ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... commitment for action to respond to the climate change challenge. It underscored the need for the tourism sector to rapidly respond to climate change if it is to develop in a sustainable manner, which will require actions to: mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the tourism sector, derived especia ...
... commitment for action to respond to the climate change challenge. It underscored the need for the tourism sector to rapidly respond to climate change if it is to develop in a sustainable manner, which will require actions to: mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from the tourism sector, derived especia ...
investment and financial flows to address climate change
... meeting future mitigation, adaptation and technology needs. While it is important to acknowledge that solutions for improving investment and financial flows are complex, it is critical that some widely supported, relatively simple and actionable themes be developed around which the structure of the ...
... meeting future mitigation, adaptation and technology needs. While it is important to acknowledge that solutions for improving investment and financial flows are complex, it is critical that some widely supported, relatively simple and actionable themes be developed around which the structure of the ...
investment and financial flows to address climate change
... meeting future mitigation, adaptation and technology needs. While it is important to acknowledge that solutions for improving investment and financial flows are complex, it is critical that some widely supported, relatively simple and actionable themes be developed around which the structure of the ...
... meeting future mitigation, adaptation and technology needs. While it is important to acknowledge that solutions for improving investment and financial flows are complex, it is critical that some widely supported, relatively simple and actionable themes be developed around which the structure of the ...
Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios
... Trade-offs between ecosystem services continue and perhaps intensify. The gains in provisioning services, such as food supply and water, will come partly at the expense of losses of other services. Providing additional food to match increased demand will lead (with low to medium certainty) to furthe ...
... Trade-offs between ecosystem services continue and perhaps intensify. The gains in provisioning services, such as food supply and water, will come partly at the expense of losses of other services. Providing additional food to match increased demand will lead (with low to medium certainty) to furthe ...
Global Climate Change and Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
... communities is central to any consideration of the current health and future outlook for the Great Barrier Reef, and it is the subject of ongoing research by the authors. For this study, we needed to stand back from that level of detail while still producing a report that captures our current assess ...
... communities is central to any consideration of the current health and future outlook for the Great Barrier Reef, and it is the subject of ongoing research by the authors. For this study, we needed to stand back from that level of detail while still producing a report that captures our current assess ...
A stochastic reconstruction framework for analysis of water resource
... models were to exist, the uncertainties in future land use, human behavior, economy, governance, and other forcings make any quantification highly uncertain. Moreover, there are huge concerns about how the public and policy makers perceive the scientific outcomes from climate and hydrological models [ ...
... models were to exist, the uncertainties in future land use, human behavior, economy, governance, and other forcings make any quantification highly uncertain. Moreover, there are huge concerns about how the public and policy makers perceive the scientific outcomes from climate and hydrological models [ ...
Bill McKibben on NY Attorney General`s Exxon Investigation
... In just the last month, the German insurance giant Allianz made a commitment to dump its coal stocks ahead of COP21, major cities like Oslo, Munster, and Melbourne have endorsed divestment, and 9 UK universities have joined the campaign. “This movement is rapidly growing, and it’s because of two th ...
... In just the last month, the German insurance giant Allianz made a commitment to dump its coal stocks ahead of COP21, major cities like Oslo, Munster, and Melbourne have endorsed divestment, and 9 UK universities have joined the campaign. “This movement is rapidly growing, and it’s because of two th ...
Closing the “consensus gap” by communicating
... (Anderegget al., 2010; Carlton et al., 2015; Cook et al., 2013; Cook et al., 2016; Doran & Zimmermann, 2009; Oreskes, 2004; Stenhouse et al., 2014; Verheggen et al., 2014). This consensus is mirrored in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which have emphatically affirmed th ...
... (Anderegget al., 2010; Carlton et al., 2015; Cook et al., 2013; Cook et al., 2016; Doran & Zimmermann, 2009; Oreskes, 2004; Stenhouse et al., 2014; Verheggen et al., 2014). This consensus is mirrored in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which have emphatically affirmed th ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... heat waves [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, 2012; Smith 2011]. Of the latter, drought defined by the IPCC as a “prolonged absence or marked deficiency of precipitation”, is likely to have the most severe, immediate and long-term impact on terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., Weaver a ...
... heat waves [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, 2012; Smith 2011]. Of the latter, drought defined by the IPCC as a “prolonged absence or marked deficiency of precipitation”, is likely to have the most severe, immediate and long-term impact on terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., Weaver a ...
NC 4 - unfccc
... Change. This report summarises Australia’s domestic and international actions to meet its obligations under the Convention and its Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions target. Climate change is a serious global challenge that will require sustained action by all greenhouse gas emitting nations over many g ...
... Change. This report summarises Australia’s domestic and international actions to meet its obligations under the Convention and its Kyoto greenhouse gas emissions target. Climate change is a serious global challenge that will require sustained action by all greenhouse gas emitting nations over many g ...
a study of public understanding of and response to climate
... Prevalence of and reasons for energy-reduction action ..................................... 67 Theoretical perspectives relevant to energy conservation.................................. 68 Costs and benefits of energy conservation.......................................................... 69 Social a ...
... Prevalence of and reasons for energy-reduction action ..................................... 67 Theoretical perspectives relevant to energy conservation.................................. 68 Costs and benefits of energy conservation.......................................................... 69 Social a ...
you can - Allianz
... MD: Corporate responsibility is part of the job description of anybody who works at Allianz. That’s what’s exciting about our business – it’s directly connected with issues that involve us all. We’ll continue to be successful if we’re able to offer our clients product solutions for demographic chang ...
... MD: Corporate responsibility is part of the job description of anybody who works at Allianz. That’s what’s exciting about our business – it’s directly connected with issues that involve us all. We’ll continue to be successful if we’re able to offer our clients product solutions for demographic chang ...
climate change and the south african commercial forestry sector
... suitable area occurring when both temperature and rainfall are increased. The same pattern, although with greater fluctuations, is evident in the Eastern Cape. In Mpumalanga province, however, the climatically optimum area for A. mearnsii increases when the temperature is increased by 1°C and 2°C, p ...
... suitable area occurring when both temperature and rainfall are increased. The same pattern, although with greater fluctuations, is evident in the Eastern Cape. In Mpumalanga province, however, the climatically optimum area for A. mearnsii increases when the temperature is increased by 1°C and 2°C, p ...
lakshadweep action plan on climate change
... 3.3.2.2 LAPCC and National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency ................................................................... 104 3.3.2.3 LAPCC and National Mission on Sustainable Habitat .................................................................................. 106 3.3.2.4 LAPCC and ...
... 3.3.2.2 LAPCC and National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency ................................................................... 104 3.3.2.3 LAPCC and National Mission on Sustainable Habitat .................................................................................. 106 3.3.2.4 LAPCC and ...
US Senate Minority Report - US Senate Committee on Environment
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
US Senate Minority Report
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
US Senate Minority Report
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
... Over 650 dissenting scientists from around the globe challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 231-page U.S. Senate Minority Report -updated from 2007’s groundbreaking report of ov ...
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... droughts and storms, are already rising, including for rich countries. Adaptation to climate change – that is, taking steps to build resilience and minimise costs – is essential. It is no longer possible to prevent the climate change that will take place over the next two to three decades, but it is ...
... droughts and storms, are already rising, including for rich countries. Adaptation to climate change – that is, taking steps to build resilience and minimise costs – is essential. It is no longer possible to prevent the climate change that will take place over the next two to three decades, but it is ...