A Climate Modelling Primer - THIRD EDITION
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Why is socially-just climate change adaptation in sub
... In terms of locating papers and cases, we undertook some initial database searches to obtain literature on barriers and constraints to climate change adaptation, but only few empirical cases were retrieved from this search as many of them do not use barriers and constraints terminology. Instead, we ...
... In terms of locating papers and cases, we undertook some initial database searches to obtain literature on barriers and constraints to climate change adaptation, but only few empirical cases were retrieved from this search as many of them do not use barriers and constraints terminology. Instead, we ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, and needs of those affected must take center stage as an issue of global social justice. This volume brings together the final versions of papers ...
... poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, and needs of those affected must take center stage as an issue of global social justice. This volume brings together the final versions of papers ...
Full Report, Final Report, Abrupt Climate Change
... We are also grateful to all the reviewers who provided valuable comments during the public comment period. The draft manuscript, public review comments and responses by the authors can be found at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap34/default.php. ...
... We are also grateful to all the reviewers who provided valuable comments during the public comment period. The draft manuscript, public review comments and responses by the authors can be found at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/sap/sap34/default.php. ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... “It’s really hot this week; the climate must be warming!” “There haven’t been any major land-falling hurricanes in two years. I guess the climate isn’t changing.” What is flawed in these statements? They, like many people, confuse “weather” with “climate.” Keeping in mind the difference can help dec ...
... “It’s really hot this week; the climate must be warming!” “There haven’t been any major land-falling hurricanes in two years. I guess the climate isn’t changing.” What is flawed in these statements? They, like many people, confuse “weather” with “climate.” Keeping in mind the difference can help dec ...
The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A
... projected to warm between 1.1 and 6.4°C by 2100 (IPCC 2007b). The annual average temperature for 2010 will likely be higher than any other year since 1880. In the past decade alone, global surface temperature has increased by 0.8°C relative to the beginning of the 20th century with two-thirds of the ...
... projected to warm between 1.1 and 6.4°C by 2100 (IPCC 2007b). The annual average temperature for 2010 will likely be higher than any other year since 1880. In the past decade alone, global surface temperature has increased by 0.8°C relative to the beginning of the 20th century with two-thirds of the ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change
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... 1818 H Street NW Washington DC 20433 www.worldbank.org [email protected] All rights reserved. This paper has not undergone the review accorded to official World Bank publications. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessa ...
Adaptation to climate change in desert contexts
... scale; and uncertainty in measurement. In addition, there is uncertainty in predicting future adaptive capacity by using the current indicators. Moreover, the indicators do not discriminate between climate elements (such as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind) which have different individual ...
... scale; and uncertainty in measurement. In addition, there is uncertainty in predicting future adaptive capacity by using the current indicators. Moreover, the indicators do not discriminate between climate elements (such as temperature, rainfall, evaporation and wind) which have different individual ...
View online () - National Intelligence University
... such conflict might be prevented or mitigated and what role the international community can play in doing so. The author’s principal hypothesis at the outset is that climate change will increase the risk of violent intrastate conflicts, and that such conflicts will be a particular problem for fragil ...
... such conflict might be prevented or mitigated and what role the international community can play in doing so. The author’s principal hypothesis at the outset is that climate change will increase the risk of violent intrastate conflicts, and that such conflicts will be a particular problem for fragil ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... The objective of this research is to determine which underlying factors constitute the extent of climate change incorporation in SEA. First, a literature study serves to provide an analytical framework to assess the extent of climate change coverage in the SEA reports; the Environmental Statements ( ...
... The objective of this research is to determine which underlying factors constitute the extent of climate change incorporation in SEA. First, a literature study serves to provide an analytical framework to assess the extent of climate change coverage in the SEA reports; the Environmental Statements ( ...
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... resilience differ largely between cities, depending on the institutional and managerial capacities to decide on and implement policies, as well as on the economic wealth and the character of the social relations needed for the implementation process. The same holds true for the vulnerability and ada ...
... resilience differ largely between cities, depending on the institutional and managerial capacities to decide on and implement policies, as well as on the economic wealth and the character of the social relations needed for the implementation process. The same holds true for the vulnerability and ada ...
Curriculum Vitae - CHG - University of California, Santa Barbara
... USGS science pick - Evapotranspiration studies could help keep Africa’s Sahel green USGS Fact Sheet on Ethiopia trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3053 USGS science pick - Poor Spring Rain Projected in Africa USGS topline story – Helping to save lives in Africa Mali paper featured in Nature Clim ...
... USGS science pick - Evapotranspiration studies could help keep Africa’s Sahel green USGS Fact Sheet on Ethiopia trends and climate adaptation: FS 2012/3053 USGS science pick - Poor Spring Rain Projected in Africa USGS topline story – Helping to save lives in Africa Mali paper featured in Nature Clim ...
national adaptation strategy and plan of action on climate change for
... of Nigerians. It will retard the drive to ensure equity in the distribution of development benefits, particularly among women and men; and it will check the effort to promote sustainable livelihoods. In addition, climate change will likely lead to other changes such as ecosystem degradation and redu ...
... of Nigerians. It will retard the drive to ensure equity in the distribution of development benefits, particularly among women and men; and it will check the effort to promote sustainable livelihoods. In addition, climate change will likely lead to other changes such as ecosystem degradation and redu ...
Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from
... resilience differ largely between cities, depending on the institutional and managerial capacities to decide on and implement policies, as well as on the economic wealth and the character of the social relations needed for the implementation process. The same holds true for the vulnerability and ada ...
... resilience differ largely between cities, depending on the institutional and managerial capacities to decide on and implement policies, as well as on the economic wealth and the character of the social relations needed for the implementation process. The same holds true for the vulnerability and ada ...
THE SCHMIDT FAMILY FOUNDATION
... climate. These include journalists filming how most of today’s energy is really made and paid for – and by whom – and journalists working closely with scientists to accurately convey – in print and video – climate science in plain English. They include a LEED Platinum level science museum in San Fra ...
... climate. These include journalists filming how most of today’s energy is really made and paid for – and by whom – and journalists working closely with scientists to accurately convey – in print and video – climate science in plain English. They include a LEED Platinum level science museum in San Fra ...
Implications of climate change for Australia`s World Heritage properties
... significance, these sites are listed as World Heritage properties. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their values, are under threat from global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007) states that ‘global warming is unequivo ...
... significance, these sites are listed as World Heritage properties. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their values, are under threat from global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007) states that ‘global warming is unequivo ...
Global indirect aerosol effects: a review
... Boer et al., 2000). Here we illustrate that radiative forcings of other indirect aerosol effects exist and need to be considered in future transient simulations. A positive forcing is associated with a warming or energy gain of the Earth-atmosphere system while a negative forcing represents a coolin ...
... Boer et al., 2000). Here we illustrate that radiative forcings of other indirect aerosol effects exist and need to be considered in future transient simulations. A positive forcing is associated with a warming or energy gain of the Earth-atmosphere system while a negative forcing represents a coolin ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Pacific Islands and Hawaii. Funded by the FWS Landscape Conservation Collaborative, Pacific Islands Climate Change Collaborative (PICCC). 2011-present Successful Adaptation in the Coastal Environment. Understanding key dimensions and developing guidelines and metrics to measure effectiveness. The pr ...
... Pacific Islands and Hawaii. Funded by the FWS Landscape Conservation Collaborative, Pacific Islands Climate Change Collaborative (PICCC). 2011-present Successful Adaptation in the Coastal Environment. Understanding key dimensions and developing guidelines and metrics to measure effectiveness. The pr ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report
... and urgent action. The requirement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is well recognised, but this alone will not suffice: substantial changes to our climate are already unavoidable. Despite the magnitude of this challenge and the powerful evidence now available, there is still a lack of underst ...
... and urgent action. The requirement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is well recognised, but this alone will not suffice: substantial changes to our climate are already unavoidable. Despite the magnitude of this challenge and the powerful evidence now available, there is still a lack of underst ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution to climate change, by reducing its green house gas emissions as well as by helping the communities where tourism represents a major economic source to prepare for and adapt to ...
... stepped up its response to climate change. There is now a clear understanding that the industry can be part of the solution to climate change, by reducing its green house gas emissions as well as by helping the communities where tourism represents a major economic source to prepare for and adapt to ...
Emerging approaches for responding to climate change in African
... water security. Climate change impacts will be greatest where they interact with other shocks, stresses and vulnerabilities. Increasing demands are being placed on agriculture – food, economic development, reducing GHG emissions and providing other ecosystem services. While there is some consensus a ...
... water security. Climate change impacts will be greatest where they interact with other shocks, stresses and vulnerabilities. Increasing demands are being placed on agriculture – food, economic development, reducing GHG emissions and providing other ecosystem services. While there is some consensus a ...
Climate Change and Buildings in Nigeria: A Search for Mitigation
... the Tropical Rainforest Climate Region (TRC). Given that Nigeria is the seventh most populous country in the world, and most populous in Africa, makes any statistical findings from Nigeria relevant to the rest of the world. This sub-Saharan country is also faced with a huge yearly housing shortage o ...
... the Tropical Rainforest Climate Region (TRC). Given that Nigeria is the seventh most populous country in the world, and most populous in Africa, makes any statistical findings from Nigeria relevant to the rest of the world. This sub-Saharan country is also faced with a huge yearly housing shortage o ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... The Government of Zimbabwe regards climate change as one of the threats to the country and its people and is also of the view that climate change has the potential to undermine many of the positive developments made in its meeting the country’s development goals. Both climate change and policies to ...
... The Government of Zimbabwe regards climate change as one of the threats to the country and its people and is also of the view that climate change has the potential to undermine many of the positive developments made in its meeting the country’s development goals. Both climate change and policies to ...
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and
... climate trend modeling and geospatial mapping to evaluate how climate change is unfolding onthe-ground to influence local engagement around climate change response. In doing so, the key climatic and non-climatic drivers propelling initial conditions of vulnerability are identified as are the determi ...
... climate trend modeling and geospatial mapping to evaluate how climate change is unfolding onthe-ground to influence local engagement around climate change response. In doing so, the key climatic and non-climatic drivers propelling initial conditions of vulnerability are identified as are the determi ...
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.