Climate-Related Disasters in Asia and the Pacific
... The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and recently completed research and policy studies undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff, consultants, or resource persons. The series deals with key economic and development ...
... The ADB Economics Working Paper Series is a forum for stimulating discussion and eliciting feedback on ongoing and recently completed research and policy studies undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff, consultants, or resource persons. The series deals with key economic and development ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... and our data base enlarging, scientists have come up with many different scenarios as to how changes will play out over the next century. Timing is a case in point. Most estimates suggest a somewhat gradual timeline for change. However, there are some who fear that our current estimates fail to take ...
... and our data base enlarging, scientists have come up with many different scenarios as to how changes will play out over the next century. Timing is a case in point. Most estimates suggest a somewhat gradual timeline for change. However, there are some who fear that our current estimates fail to take ...
Establishing Links between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate
... progress on both DRR and CCA efforts, developing extensive experience on DRR and post-disaster response and creating national strategies and action plans to address climate change. Bangladesh has a comprehensive range of tools on DRR, both at the national and local levels. At the national level, the ...
... progress on both DRR and CCA efforts, developing extensive experience on DRR and post-disaster response and creating national strategies and action plans to address climate change. Bangladesh has a comprehensive range of tools on DRR, both at the national and local levels. At the national level, the ...
Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council
... ow should the United States respond to the challenges posed by climate change? This is the fundamental question addressed by America’s Climate Choices—a suite of activities requested by the U.S. Congress and conducted by the U.S. National Research Council. Book shelves and the internet are replete w ...
... ow should the United States respond to the challenges posed by climate change? This is the fundamental question addressed by America’s Climate Choices—a suite of activities requested by the U.S. Congress and conducted by the U.S. National Research Council. Book shelves and the internet are replete w ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation A Literature Review
... The following literature review seeks to capture and summarize current research in the field of climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector. While the review is mainly focused on peer reviewed scientific research, there are many examples of adaptation efforts within levels of government. The ...
... The following literature review seeks to capture and summarize current research in the field of climate change adaptation in the agriculture sector. While the review is mainly focused on peer reviewed scientific research, there are many examples of adaptation efforts within levels of government. The ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 3 Do Not Cite
... exposure and vulnerability of human beings against water related risks, and non-climatic drivers changing water management in terms of quantity and quality, as well as emissions and concentration of Green House Gases (GHGs) and Aerosol, that will lead to changes in precipitation, temperature, and se ...
... exposure and vulnerability of human beings against water related risks, and non-climatic drivers changing water management in terms of quantity and quality, as well as emissions and concentration of Green House Gases (GHGs) and Aerosol, that will lead to changes in precipitation, temperature, and se ...
Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... Moenjodaro, Harappa and others. The response could only be effective if it is based upon minute studies backed by exhaustive research on assessment and management of the impacts of Climate Change in the context of World Heritage. The experts from States Parties from various backgrounds ranging from ...
... Moenjodaro, Harappa and others. The response could only be effective if it is based upon minute studies backed by exhaustive research on assessment and management of the impacts of Climate Change in the context of World Heritage. The experts from States Parties from various backgrounds ranging from ...
Draft Discussion Paper Ilaria Carrozza ESCAP/FfD/04/2015
... The Asia-Pacific 1 is one of the most disaster-prone regions, and the possibility that climate change may exacerbate the frequency and severity of extreme weather events is a real threat to progress made towards sustainable development. In order to secure sustainable development gains and to build r ...
... The Asia-Pacific 1 is one of the most disaster-prone regions, and the possibility that climate change may exacerbate the frequency and severity of extreme weather events is a real threat to progress made towards sustainable development. In order to secure sustainable development gains and to build r ...
text - Tilburg University
... human right, for which a protection response would be forthcoming16. Before making any conclusions about the equity of these arguments, it is important to analyze what kind of impact climate change has on the people’s lives. According to the last report from the IPCC, humanity can expect the whole n ...
... human right, for which a protection response would be forthcoming16. Before making any conclusions about the equity of these arguments, it is important to analyze what kind of impact climate change has on the people’s lives. According to the last report from the IPCC, humanity can expect the whole n ...
Global Change Impacts on Australian Rangelands
... • There remain several methodological and other issues that need attention. At a fundamental level, the representation of climate change itself can vary the results. Whilst we have adopted approaches that appear to be fairly robust, further research is needed into downscaling climate change data. Th ...
... • There remain several methodological and other issues that need attention. At a fundamental level, the representation of climate change itself can vary the results. Whilst we have adopted approaches that appear to be fairly robust, further research is needed into downscaling climate change data. Th ...
Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report The Core Writing Team Rajendra K. Pachauri
... Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of current global warming. In addition, the SYR finds that the more human activities disrupt the climate, the greater the risks of severe, perva ...
... Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of current global warming. In addition, the SYR finds that the more human activities disrupt the climate, the greater the risks of severe, perva ...
The Long-Run Effects of Climate Change on Conflict
... for several decades in the United States. Similarly, Hsiang and Jina (2014) find that the occurrence of tropical cyclones reduces growth for at least two decades into the future. Since cyclones are believed to be increasing in frequency due to global warming, these estimates imply that global warmin ...
... for several decades in the United States. Similarly, Hsiang and Jina (2014) find that the occurrence of tropical cyclones reduces growth for at least two decades into the future. Since cyclones are believed to be increasing in frequency due to global warming, these estimates imply that global warmin ...
Spending adaptation money wisely: Working Paper 37 (opens in new window)
... The debate about climate change finance so far has been as much about trust as it has been about finance – or more accurately, about the lack of trust. The protracted Convention negotiations under the Bali Action Plan (agreed in December 2007) have devoted much time and energy to the discussion of p ...
... The debate about climate change finance so far has been as much about trust as it has been about finance – or more accurately, about the lack of trust. The protracted Convention negotiations under the Bali Action Plan (agreed in December 2007) have devoted much time and energy to the discussion of p ...
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti
... How the benefits of actions that cause climate change, and the accompanying consequences, will be distributed is one of the greatest ethical dilemmas we are facing today. Some people, social groups, or even countries, will “carry an unfair burden in suffering the negative consequences of climate cha ...
... How the benefits of actions that cause climate change, and the accompanying consequences, will be distributed is one of the greatest ethical dilemmas we are facing today. Some people, social groups, or even countries, will “carry an unfair burden in suffering the negative consequences of climate cha ...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Conservation
... next NPS Centennial Essay series appears, the Earth will be 2-4 degrees Celsius (4-11 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer, with some 0.25m higher sea levels, fewer plant and animal species, and perhaps two billion more human beings. The centennial of America's "best idea" is as good a time as any to think se ...
... next NPS Centennial Essay series appears, the Earth will be 2-4 degrees Celsius (4-11 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer, with some 0.25m higher sea levels, fewer plant and animal species, and perhaps two billion more human beings. The centennial of America's "best idea" is as good a time as any to think se ...
The economics of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean
... Impacts of climate change on the Latin American and Caribbean region assuming a 2.5°C temperature increase, second half of the twenty-first century.................................................... 23 Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080.................. ...
... Impacts of climate change on the Latin American and Caribbean region assuming a 2.5°C temperature increase, second half of the twenty-first century.................................................... 23 Latin America: the farm sector and the impacts of climate change, 2011 and 2080.................. ...
Climate extremes indices in the CMIP5 multimodel ensemble: Part 2
... set. The challenges involved in such an evaluation, given the temporal and spatial resolution of GCMs as well as the availability of suitable observational data sets, are also discussed. Part 2 of this study, which is presented here, focuses on the projected changes in the indices based on CMIP3 and ...
... set. The challenges involved in such an evaluation, given the temporal and spatial resolution of GCMs as well as the availability of suitable observational data sets, are also discussed. Part 2 of this study, which is presented here, focuses on the projected changes in the indices based on CMIP3 and ...
Climate Change and Conservation: A Primer for Assessing Impacts
... environment. Conservancy scientists, practitioners, and managers now find themselves wrestling with how to best adapt our conservation work to a changing climate. Not long ago, many environmental and conservation organizations were reluctant to focus on adaptation over concerns that they would ri ...
... environment. Conservancy scientists, practitioners, and managers now find themselves wrestling with how to best adapt our conservation work to a changing climate. Not long ago, many environmental and conservation organizations were reluctant to focus on adaptation over concerns that they would ri ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... 1.3.4 Controversies on global warming 1.4 Basic notions 1.4.1 Climate risk assessment and post normal science 1.4.2 Uncertainty as a social construct 1.5 Objective, research questions and outline of this thesis 1.6 References ...
... 1.3.4 Controversies on global warming 1.4 Basic notions 1.4.1 Climate risk assessment and post normal science 1.4.2 Uncertainty as a social construct 1.5 Objective, research questions and outline of this thesis 1.6 References ...
High-impact Sectors: the Challenge of Reporting on Climate Change
... Developing countries are expected to account for 75% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 25 years, with China alone already responsible for one third of the global total. If we accept the premise that reporting drives behaviour, the extent to which corporates in these emerging economic p ...
... Developing countries are expected to account for 75% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the next 25 years, with China alone already responsible for one third of the global total. If we accept the premise that reporting drives behaviour, the extent to which corporates in these emerging economic p ...
i Dissertation Topic: An assessment of the RDP settlements
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
... United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
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.