Mapping South African Farming
... conceptualizing vulnerability. One approach views vulnerability as the “end point,” in terms of the amount of (potential) damage caused to a system by a particular climate-related event or hazard. The second approach considers vulnerability as the “starting point,” i.e. as a state that exists within ...
... conceptualizing vulnerability. One approach views vulnerability as the “end point,” in terms of the amount of (potential) damage caused to a system by a particular climate-related event or hazard. The second approach considers vulnerability as the “starting point,” i.e. as a state that exists within ...
The colour of climate: changes in peat
... (Lowe and Walker, 1997) and analyses of these make it possible for the scientific community to interpret past climate changes and contribute to the understanding of Earth’s climate system. Although peatlands have long been used as records of past climate change, research on peatlands still receives r ...
... (Lowe and Walker, 1997) and analyses of these make it possible for the scientific community to interpret past climate changes and contribute to the understanding of Earth’s climate system. Although peatlands have long been used as records of past climate change, research on peatlands still receives r ...
Aalborg Universitet Climate for Change? Wejs, Anja
... The PhD thesis is the result of a three-year PhD fellowship at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University. The subject of the research is the institutional dynamics in the processes of integrating climate change into planning at the local level in Denmark. The thesis consists o ...
... The PhD thesis is the result of a three-year PhD fellowship at the Department of Development and Planning at Aalborg University. The subject of the research is the institutional dynamics in the processes of integrating climate change into planning at the local level in Denmark. The thesis consists o ...
A Global Response to HFCs through Fair and
... The ozone and climate regimes: relationships and responsibilities One argument against the introduction of HFC control schedules into the Montreal Protocol has been that HFCs are already included under the climate regime. This ignores the distinction of production and consumption controls under Mont ...
... The ozone and climate regimes: relationships and responsibilities One argument against the introduction of HFC control schedules into the Montreal Protocol has been that HFCs are already included under the climate regime. This ignores the distinction of production and consumption controls under Mont ...
Impactsof climate variability and change inthe Pacific Northwest University of Washington
... Climate is not a constant, and yet many aspects of human infrastructure and activities are planned with the assumption that it is constant. But what happens when climate produces a surprise? What if, furthermore, there are long-term changes in climate? Humans have altered the composition of Earth’s ...
... Climate is not a constant, and yet many aspects of human infrastructure and activities are planned with the assumption that it is constant. But what happens when climate produces a surprise? What if, furthermore, there are long-term changes in climate? Humans have altered the composition of Earth’s ...
RE-CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE: DISCOURSES OF THE EMERGING MOVEMENT FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
... Justice Now!, Climate Justice Action, Klimaforum, and the People’s Movement for Climate Change – solidified through civil society events and actions surrounding the annual Conferences of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali, Poznan, and Cope ...
... Justice Now!, Climate Justice Action, Klimaforum, and the People’s Movement for Climate Change – solidified through civil society events and actions surrounding the annual Conferences of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali, Poznan, and Cope ...
Historical Responsibility in the UNFCCC Mathias Friman
... to the sub category of historical responsibility. It means that undertaken discussions without formal agreement does not show up in the analysis, but on the other hand, the agreed texts ought to be what matters most when local implementation of agreements take place. In any case, this is the reason ...
... to the sub category of historical responsibility. It means that undertaken discussions without formal agreement does not show up in the analysis, but on the other hand, the agreed texts ought to be what matters most when local implementation of agreements take place. In any case, this is the reason ...
Local climate change adaptation planning A guide for
... The purpose of this document is to provide local and state government officials with guidance on the process of effectively considering climate change impacts in policy development and delivery, with an emphasis on place-based adaptation. The guide is an introduction to a suite of widely applicable ...
... The purpose of this document is to provide local and state government officials with guidance on the process of effectively considering climate change impacts in policy development and delivery, with an emphasis on place-based adaptation. The guide is an introduction to a suite of widely applicable ...
Climate Threatens TI - northwesterndebateinstitute2012
... subsidence, prevalent in many areas such as the Gulf Coast, the impacts will be felt tens of miles inland. More intense hurricanes packing higher wind speeds coming on shore on higher sea levels are a recipe for even greater disaster. Efforts to restore barrier islands to protect the mainland will b ...
... subsidence, prevalent in many areas such as the Gulf Coast, the impacts will be felt tens of miles inland. More intense hurricanes packing higher wind speeds coming on shore on higher sea levels are a recipe for even greater disaster. Efforts to restore barrier islands to protect the mainland will b ...
Chapter 30: The Ocean
... There is medium confidence that these changes will have both positive and negative implications depending on the particular HLSBS fishery and the time frame [Box CC-MB, Box 6-1, 6.4.1.2, 30.5.1, 30.6.2.1]. EUS, which support highly productive fisheries off equatorial Africa and South America, have w ...
... There is medium confidence that these changes will have both positive and negative implications depending on the particular HLSBS fishery and the time frame [Box CC-MB, Box 6-1, 6.4.1.2, 30.5.1, 30.6.2.1]. EUS, which support highly productive fisheries off equatorial Africa and South America, have w ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... It is impossible to use all 77 climate change scenarios for the impact analyses so instead we used a rather representative subset of climate scenarios. Most of the assessments were based on six different global climate change scenarios; however for some studies like the analysis of the forest carbon ...
... It is impossible to use all 77 climate change scenarios for the impact analyses so instead we used a rather representative subset of climate scenarios. Most of the assessments were based on six different global climate change scenarios; however for some studies like the analysis of the forest carbon ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... policy makers to evaluate the effectiveness of current policies or target actions to improve adaptive capacity. To address this shortfall and to facilitate more policy relevant outcomes, we undertook a SLA to determine the relative vulnerability of rural livelihoods across the Pacific to climate cha ...
... policy makers to evaluate the effectiveness of current policies or target actions to improve adaptive capacity. To address this shortfall and to facilitate more policy relevant outcomes, we undertook a SLA to determine the relative vulnerability of rural livelihoods across the Pacific to climate cha ...
Europe
... Climate change will increase the likelihood of systemic failures across European countries caused by extreme climate events affecting multiple sectors (medium confidence). {23.2.2.3, 23.2.3, 23.3-6, 23.9.1} Extreme weather events currently have significant impacts in Europe in multiple economic sect ...
... Climate change will increase the likelihood of systemic failures across European countries caused by extreme climate events affecting multiple sectors (medium confidence). {23.2.2.3, 23.2.3, 23.3-6, 23.9.1} Extreme weather events currently have significant impacts in Europe in multiple economic sect ...
Omitted Damages What`s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon.indd
... would have a significant effect on the SCC.6 These omissions include climate impacts on the following market sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (including pests, pathogens, and weeds, erosion, fires, and ocean acidification); ecosystem services (including biodiversity and habitat loss); health ...
... would have a significant effect on the SCC.6 These omissions include climate impacts on the following market sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (including pests, pathogens, and weeds, erosion, fires, and ocean acidification); ecosystem services (including biodiversity and habitat loss); health ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of ...
... The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... Dr Caroline Fish, Global Atmosphere Division, DEFRA, London, UK Dr Filippo Giorgi, The Abdus Salem International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Professor Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, UK Professor Robert Nicholls, Flood Hazard Research Cen ...
... Dr Caroline Fish, Global Atmosphere Division, DEFRA, London, UK Dr Filippo Giorgi, The Abdus Salem International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Professor Phil Jones, Climatic Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, UK Professor Robert Nicholls, Flood Hazard Research Cen ...
Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan
... thesis entitled: “Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut.” Submitted by: Darren Thomas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Natural Resources ...
... thesis entitled: “Development of a Coastal Community Climate Change Action Plan for Arviat, Nunavut.” Submitted by: Darren Thomas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, Master of Natural Resources ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
... and to determine the additional observations that are needed to foster understanding of climate processes and variability. In addition, advanced models, assimilations, prediction, and verification techniques need to be established to enable predictions of climate variability and change with quantifi ...
lcmexl978i.pdf
... (ECLAC) in Mexico City, as part of the Project “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America”. The opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ECLAC or of the Project’s partner institutions. The boundaries and names that app ...
... (ECLAC) in Mexico City, as part of the Project “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America”. The opinions expressed in this document are strictly those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of ECLAC or of the Project’s partner institutions. The boundaries and names that app ...
Climate Change Impacts on New York Wine Grape Growing Regions
... Table 1: Contiguous United States Annual Temperature and Precipitation ....................... 32 Table 2: Northeast United States Annual Temperature and Precipitation .......................... 35 Table 3: New York State Annual Temperature and Precipitation ...................................... 37 ...
... Table 1: Contiguous United States Annual Temperature and Precipitation ....................... 32 Table 2: Northeast United States Annual Temperature and Precipitation .......................... 35 Table 3: New York State Annual Temperature and Precipitation ...................................... 37 ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – Refining the Impacts for Ireland
... climate responses. This work seeks to employ such an ...
... climate responses. This work seeks to employ such an ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT: a
... (CIAO), there were no articles that were deemed helpful in answering our question. In this case, the search results were found to offer much macro-level policy analysis but very little engagement on the impact of those policies on end-users. This means that while there may well be much more nuanced ...
... (CIAO), there were no articles that were deemed helpful in answering our question. In this case, the search results were found to offer much macro-level policy analysis but very little engagement on the impact of those policies on end-users. This means that while there may well be much more nuanced ...
Global warming controversy
The global warming controversy concerns the public debate over whether global warming is occurring, how much has occurred in modern times, what has caused it, what its effects will be, whether any action should be taken to curb it, and if so what that action should be. In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases. No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view, though a few organizations with members in extractive industries hold non-committal positions. Disputes over the key scientific facts of global warming are now more prevalent in the popular media than in the scientific literature, where such issues are treated as resolved, and more in the United States than globally.Political and popular debate concerning the existence and cause of climate change includes the reasons for the increase seen in the instrumental temperature record, whether the warming trend exceeds normal climatic variations, and whether human activities have contributed significantly to it. Scientists have resolved many of these questions decisively in favour of the view that the current warming trend exists and is ongoing, that human activity is the primary cause, and that it is without precedent in at least 2000 years. Disputes that also reflect scientific debate include estimates of how responsive the climate system might be to any given level of greenhouse gases (climate sensitivity), and what the consequences of global warming will be.Global warming remains an issue of widespread political debate, often split along party political lines, especially in the United States. Many of the largely settled scientific issues, such as the human responsibility for global warming, remain the subject of politically or economically motivated attempts to downplay, dismiss or deny them – an ideological phenomenon categorised by academics and scientists as climate change denial. The sources of funding for those involved with climate science – both supporting and opposing mainstream scientific positions – have been questioned by both sides. There are debates about the best policy responses to the science, their cost-effectiveness and their urgency. Climate scientists, especially in the United States, have reported official and oil-industry pressure to censor or suppress their work and hide scientific data, with directives not to discuss the subject in public communications. Legal cases regarding global warming, its effects, and measures to reduce it have reached American courts. The fossil fuels lobby and free market think tanks have often been identified as overtly or covertly supporting efforts to undermine or discredit the scientific consensus on global warming.