- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Expected CPAP Outputs: The capacities to manage natural resources and to fight against land degradation are strengthened. Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: National Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: United Nations Development Programme ...
... Expected CPAP Outputs: The capacities to manage natural resources and to fight against land degradation are strengthened. Executing Entity/Implementing Partner: National Directorate of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture Implementing Entity/Responsible Partners: United Nations Development Programme ...
PDF - IPCC Working Group II
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
Climate Change and Aquatic Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - state of knowledge, risks and opportunities
... This paper covers all aquatic genetic resources for aquaculture, culture-based fisheries and capture fisheries, including those for the production of aquatic plants (microalgae, macroalgae and freshwater macrophytes; for human food and for industrial purposes) and fish (finfish and aquatic invertebr ...
... This paper covers all aquatic genetic resources for aquaculture, culture-based fisheries and capture fisheries, including those for the production of aquatic plants (microalgae, macroalgae and freshwater macrophytes; for human food and for industrial purposes) and fish (finfish and aquatic invertebr ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Droughts: According to the government of Uganda’s 2007 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), drought is the most prominent effect of climate change in Uganda. The NAPA suggests that the frequency of drought is on the increase with seven serious droughts experienced between 1991 and 2000 ( ...
... Droughts: According to the government of Uganda’s 2007 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), drought is the most prominent effect of climate change in Uganda. The NAPA suggests that the frequency of drought is on the increase with seven serious droughts experienced between 1991 and 2000 ( ...
Climate Change Mitigation and the Clean Development
... surface temperature has increased by 0.6 ± 0.2°C. The temperatures in the lowest eight kilometres of the atmosphere have risen by about 0.1°C per decade during the last forty years. This increase in the earth’s temperature is measured ...
... surface temperature has increased by 0.6 ± 0.2°C. The temperatures in the lowest eight kilometres of the atmosphere have risen by about 0.1°C per decade during the last forty years. This increase in the earth’s temperature is measured ...
Implications of global change for Important Bird Areas in South Africa
... least one of four criteria. It should hold (1) significant numbers of one or more species of global conservation concern, (2) significant populations of one or more restricted-range species (those with global distributions of < 50,000 km2), (3) a significant component of a group of species whose dis ...
... least one of four criteria. It should hold (1) significant numbers of one or more species of global conservation concern, (2) significant populations of one or more restricted-range species (those with global distributions of < 50,000 km2), (3) a significant component of a group of species whose dis ...
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... pattern of the plant community [31]. Therefore, the modeling of land use change is important with respect to the prediction of soil erosion. Most previous studies concerning soil loss have been based on the USLE/RUSLE [14,15]. It is one of the most commonly applied models to estimate soil erosion [3 ...
... pattern of the plant community [31]. Therefore, the modeling of land use change is important with respect to the prediction of soil erosion. Most previous studies concerning soil loss have been based on the USLE/RUSLE [14,15]. It is one of the most commonly applied models to estimate soil erosion [3 ...
Disaster Risk Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
... The PDNAs have provided momentum for a long-term dialogue with governments on DRR and an entry point to assess further investments. The first implemented activities also highlighted a number of lessons to be addressed: 1. Institutional aspects often require a long-term dialogue with the involved gov ...
... The PDNAs have provided momentum for a long-term dialogue with governments on DRR and an entry point to assess further investments. The first implemented activities also highlighted a number of lessons to be addressed: 1. Institutional aspects often require a long-term dialogue with the involved gov ...
Capacity Building Approach (Draft Version)
... look at integration at the State level Proposal submitted to NABARD for funding under the Adaptation Fund ...
... look at integration at the State level Proposal submitted to NABARD for funding under the Adaptation Fund ...
"Biochar: A Carbon-Negative Technology to Combat Climate Change an Enhance Global Soil Resources"
... – Biochar can reduce the need for fertilizer inputs, enhance crop productivity, soil quality – Biochar can improve water quality impacts of agriculture ...
... – Biochar can reduce the need for fertilizer inputs, enhance crop productivity, soil quality – Biochar can improve water quality impacts of agriculture ...
land use and climate changes and their impacts on runoff in the
... The Yarlung Zangbo River is the fifth longest river in China. The Yarlung Zangbo River basin (YZRB) is one of the highest river basins in the world with an average elevation of greater than 4600 m above sea-level. Because of its location in the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone, within which enormous transp ...
... The Yarlung Zangbo River is the fifth longest river in China. The Yarlung Zangbo River basin (YZRB) is one of the highest river basins in the world with an average elevation of greater than 4600 m above sea-level. Because of its location in the Yarlung Zangbo Suture Zone, within which enormous transp ...
Economic Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Impacts and
... Tourism is the largest sector of the economy in the Maldives, and it is critical to the country’s economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited fres ...
... Tourism is the largest sector of the economy in the Maldives, and it is critical to the country’s economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited fres ...
Protecting Health from Climate Change
... activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation patterns and extreme events are expected to increase a range of health risks, from the direct effects of heatwaves, floods and storms, to more suitable conditions for the transmission of important infectious diseases, to ...
... activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation patterns and extreme events are expected to increase a range of health risks, from the direct effects of heatwaves, floods and storms, to more suitable conditions for the transmission of important infectious diseases, to ...
Process-based simulation of seasonality and
... many regions, one of them being the Mediterranean basin (Giorgi et al., 2004; Giorgi 2006; Beniston et al., 2007; IPCC, 2007). It is thus expected that temperature is affecting short-term isoprenoid emission directly by enhancing biosynthesis and evaporation, but also indirectly by changing boundary ...
... many regions, one of them being the Mediterranean basin (Giorgi et al., 2004; Giorgi 2006; Beniston et al., 2007; IPCC, 2007). It is thus expected that temperature is affecting short-term isoprenoid emission directly by enhancing biosynthesis and evaporation, but also indirectly by changing boundary ...
challenges of hydrological analysis for water resources
... supervisor Prof. Dr. Kuniyoshi Takeuchi for his generous, enthusiastic and expert guidance through this study. While working with him, I was able to gain valuable knowledge of hydrology and disaster management. This precious knowledge greatly helped with my research work and it will be an asset for ...
... supervisor Prof. Dr. Kuniyoshi Takeuchi for his generous, enthusiastic and expert guidance through this study. While working with him, I was able to gain valuable knowledge of hydrology and disaster management. This precious knowledge greatly helped with my research work and it will be an asset for ...
AMIDST FRAGMENTATION AND COHERENCE: A
... However, natural and cultural characteristics of sites of outstanding universal value are quite often closely related, and climate change implications are similar in each category.10 This correlation may be acknowledged explicitly, as in the case of the Mount Emei Scenic Area in China and the Tongar ...
... However, natural and cultural characteristics of sites of outstanding universal value are quite often closely related, and climate change implications are similar in each category.10 This correlation may be acknowledged explicitly, as in the case of the Mount Emei Scenic Area in China and the Tongar ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... numerous communities in Newfoundland, but has received relatively little attention in Labrador. Adaptations include floodplain mapping and assessment of flood probabilities and magnitudes (future exposure), but also involve comprehensive land-use planning, restrictions on construction in floodplains ...
... numerous communities in Newfoundland, but has received relatively little attention in Labrador. Adaptations include floodplain mapping and assessment of flood probabilities and magnitudes (future exposure), but also involve comprehensive land-use planning, restrictions on construction in floodplains ...
A negative feedback between anthropogenic ozone pollution and
... to 0.89 nmol mol−1 d−1 in the present day. Figure 6 depicts the ozone loss rates by the different chemical families in the present-day scheme. As shown in Fig. 7, the ozonedriven increase in iodine emissions since PI times has resulted in a remarkable acceleration of ozone loss in the global MBL wit ...
... to 0.89 nmol mol−1 d−1 in the present day. Figure 6 depicts the ozone loss rates by the different chemical families in the present-day scheme. As shown in Fig. 7, the ozonedriven increase in iodine emissions since PI times has resulted in a remarkable acceleration of ozone loss in the global MBL wit ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... amelioration from the CO2 fertilisation effect of climate changes impacts on the growth of the coffee. Nevertheless, increasing mean and maximum temperatures and changing distribution of rainfall are expected, and undoubtedly will affect coffee production. In addition, coffee plantations are frequen ...
... amelioration from the CO2 fertilisation effect of climate changes impacts on the growth of the coffee. Nevertheless, increasing mean and maximum temperatures and changing distribution of rainfall are expected, and undoubtedly will affect coffee production. In addition, coffee plantations are frequen ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Aquatic
... to why these resources may be vulnerable. Knowing which resources may be most vulnerable facilitates setting priorities for management action, while understanding why provides a basis for developing appropriate ...
... to why these resources may be vulnerable. Knowing which resources may be most vulnerable facilitates setting priorities for management action, while understanding why provides a basis for developing appropriate ...
In Defense of the Clean Power Plan: Why Greenhouse Gas
... Arrhenius, who believed a warmer climate would benefit mankind.6 Arrhenius was far ahead of his time, but today, the world burns fossil fuels on a scale beyond his imagination. A recent estimate set global GHG emissions at a record forty billion tons in 2014.7 If current trends continue, scientists ...
... Arrhenius, who believed a warmer climate would benefit mankind.6 Arrhenius was far ahead of his time, but today, the world burns fossil fuels on a scale beyond his imagination. A recent estimate set global GHG emissions at a record forty billion tons in 2014.7 If current trends continue, scientists ...
time invariance and implications for bias correction
... generically referred to as time- and state-dependent biases [Buser et al., 2009; Ehret et al., 2012]. ...
... generically referred to as time- and state-dependent biases [Buser et al., 2009; Ehret et al., 2012]. ...
Climate Change and Buildings in Nigeria: A Search for Mitigation
... A sustainable design guide has a huge potential to enhance the sustainability of the built environment. This thesis investigates the potentials of a sustainable residential design guide and develops a framework for its actualization in the three climatic regions in Nigeria. These regions are; Highla ...
... A sustainable design guide has a huge potential to enhance the sustainability of the built environment. This thesis investigates the potentials of a sustainable residential design guide and develops a framework for its actualization in the three climatic regions in Nigeria. These regions are; Highla ...
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... concepts and approaches for adaptation and mitigation of climate change and disaster risk reduction ...
... concepts and approaches for adaptation and mitigation of climate change and disaster risk reduction ...