Integration_of_Inter..
... environment should be handled in a cooperative spirit by all countries, big and small, on an equal footing. Cooperation through multilateral or bilateral arrangements or other appropriate means is essential to effectively control, prevent, reduce and eliminate adverse environmental effects resulting ...
... environment should be handled in a cooperative spirit by all countries, big and small, on an equal footing. Cooperation through multilateral or bilateral arrangements or other appropriate means is essential to effectively control, prevent, reduce and eliminate adverse environmental effects resulting ...
Perceptions of Climate Change Adaptation from the Great Lakes
... source managers, conservation practitioners, planners, researchers, and others in the region. This article reports on two components of this survey: ~1! stakeholders’ concept of the definition of adaptation, and ~2! how they operationalize the concept in terms of describing adaptation actions. To pr ...
... source managers, conservation practitioners, planners, researchers, and others in the region. This article reports on two components of this survey: ~1! stakeholders’ concept of the definition of adaptation, and ~2! how they operationalize the concept in terms of describing adaptation actions. To pr ...
Developing and Implementing Climate Change Adaptation
... its effects” [12], is critical to minimize the risks associated with climate change impacts. Significant progress has been made in climate change adaptation in the U.S. in recent years, in multiple sectors, levels of government, and in the private sector [13–15]. At the federal level, adaptation pla ...
... its effects” [12], is critical to minimize the risks associated with climate change impacts. Significant progress has been made in climate change adaptation in the U.S. in recent years, in multiple sectors, levels of government, and in the private sector [13–15]. At the federal level, adaptation pla ...
What is this thing called `natural`? The nature
... Two highly topical international environmental regulatory frameworks concern climate change and biodiversity. The close connection between science and policy in these two areas implies a shift in the conceptual categories according to which people understand and value nature. Notably, notions of cli ...
... Two highly topical international environmental regulatory frameworks concern climate change and biodiversity. The close connection between science and policy in these two areas implies a shift in the conceptual categories according to which people understand and value nature. Notably, notions of cli ...
Climate Narratives: What is Modern about Traditional Ecological
... A number of features of the above narrative should be noted. The Inuit are communicating a blend of local knowledge and practice with the use of short stories (anecdotes), such as caribou hunters observing that some glacier-fed rivers no longer freeze over; the elder noticing that there was not enou ...
... A number of features of the above narrative should be noted. The Inuit are communicating a blend of local knowledge and practice with the use of short stories (anecdotes), such as caribou hunters observing that some glacier-fed rivers no longer freeze over; the elder noticing that there was not enou ...
Creating a Climate Smart DFID
... Larger offices will be encouraged to be leaders and aim for gold standard – as they may well have more potential for high impact outcomes Offices will rarely be starting from scratch. To reflect this offices can capture activities which are already going on such as, programmes under development for ...
... Larger offices will be encouraged to be leaders and aim for gold standard – as they may well have more potential for high impact outcomes Offices will rarely be starting from scratch. To reflect this offices can capture activities which are already going on such as, programmes under development for ...
Frontlines of Climate Change
... focus is on concrete stories that combine community observations with recent scientific discoveries to provide a vivid, up to date picture of how the NWT’s climate is changing and how it is already impacting people and the land in many ways. Aimed at decision makers and the general public, it is hop ...
... focus is on concrete stories that combine community observations with recent scientific discoveries to provide a vivid, up to date picture of how the NWT’s climate is changing and how it is already impacting people and the land in many ways. Aimed at decision makers and the general public, it is hop ...
2A.3 APPLICATION OF DIFFERENT WEATHER PATTERN
... outputs of the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). DMI used the HIRHAM4 RCM (Christensen et al., 1996) with 50 km horizontal resolution (the RCM has been developed jointly by DMI and the Max-Planck Institute in Hamburg), for which the boundary conditions were provided by the HadAM3H/HadCM3 (Rowel ...
... outputs of the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI). DMI used the HIRHAM4 RCM (Christensen et al., 1996) with 50 km horizontal resolution (the RCM has been developed jointly by DMI and the Max-Planck Institute in Hamburg), for which the boundary conditions were provided by the HadAM3H/HadCM3 (Rowel ...
Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
... changes are the result of anthropogenic activities . It is important to assess to the best of our ability to what extent such changes are natural and/or anthropogenic - as this will shape how society will deal with the issue. For example, if it were assumed that global change is a cyclical phenomena ...
India`s Megacities and Climate Change
... that arise from climate change. Regardless of whether climate change affects megacities like Delhi or Mumbai, the concerns of larger urban environmental problems related to water, waste, energy, housing, transportation will continue to pose more and more complex challenges. Thus we need to ask, what ...
... that arise from climate change. Regardless of whether climate change affects megacities like Delhi or Mumbai, the concerns of larger urban environmental problems related to water, waste, energy, housing, transportation will continue to pose more and more complex challenges. Thus we need to ask, what ...
(2007) Interactions between climate change and contaminants
... is now consensus in the science community that climate change is a global threat and a challenge for the 21st century. In this Review article our intention is to highlight an additional anthropogenic impact, i.e. contaminants, acting in concert with many of the changes listed above, and to express o ...
... is now consensus in the science community that climate change is a global threat and a challenge for the 21st century. In this Review article our intention is to highlight an additional anthropogenic impact, i.e. contaminants, acting in concert with many of the changes listed above, and to express o ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... The critical threshold at which a system will inescapably fall into one of these strange attractors is called the bifurcation point, or, as it is now often popularly referred to in climate change discourses, the ‘‘tipping point’’ (see Russill and Nyssa 2009). The nonlinearity of the Earth’s climate ...
... The critical threshold at which a system will inescapably fall into one of these strange attractors is called the bifurcation point, or, as it is now often popularly referred to in climate change discourses, the ‘‘tipping point’’ (see Russill and Nyssa 2009). The nonlinearity of the Earth’s climate ...
Community Adaptation Plan Port Antonio, Jamaica
... Climate change1 is affecting livelihoods in coastal communities throughout the Caribbean. Across the region, communities need to find ways of coping now and adapting in the future. Port Antonio in Portland Jamaica is no exception. This Community Adaptation Plan is a positive step by the residents of ...
... Climate change1 is affecting livelihoods in coastal communities throughout the Caribbean. Across the region, communities need to find ways of coping now and adapting in the future. Port Antonio in Portland Jamaica is no exception. This Community Adaptation Plan is a positive step by the residents of ...
Paths beyond Paris
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
paths beyond paris
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
Climate change projections of precipitation and
... water quality is deteriorating, and water supply and irrigation services are often rationed – with consequences for human health, agricultural productivity, and the environment. According to Roudi-Fahimi and Kent (2007), the MENA region’s population stood at 432 million in 2007, and is projected to ...
... water quality is deteriorating, and water supply and irrigation services are often rationed – with consequences for human health, agricultural productivity, and the environment. According to Roudi-Fahimi and Kent (2007), the MENA region’s population stood at 432 million in 2007, and is projected to ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... countries like Canada have disproportionately benefitted from the combustion of fossil fuels, whereas others who have contributed least to climate change will disproportionately feel its impacts. Despite this, at present, there is little interest at the federal and provincial government levels to re ...
... countries like Canada have disproportionately benefitted from the combustion of fossil fuels, whereas others who have contributed least to climate change will disproportionately feel its impacts. Despite this, at present, there is little interest at the federal and provincial government levels to re ...
HOW THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY IS
... Indonesia has destroyed over 28 million hectares of forest since 1990, largely in the name of land conversion for plantations. Yet the area of oil palm or pulp wood plantations established in this period was only 9 million hectares. This clearly implies that most of the companies obtained permits to ...
... Indonesia has destroyed over 28 million hectares of forest since 1990, largely in the name of land conversion for plantations. Yet the area of oil palm or pulp wood plantations established in this period was only 9 million hectares. This clearly implies that most of the companies obtained permits to ...
Lead time = 3
... (Top) Near-surface temperature multi-model ensemble-mean correlation from CMIP5 decadal initialised predictions (1960-2005); (bottom) correlation difference with the uninitialised predictions of 2-5 year (left) and 6-9 year (right) wrt ERSST and GHCN. ...
... (Top) Near-surface temperature multi-model ensemble-mean correlation from CMIP5 decadal initialised predictions (1960-2005); (bottom) correlation difference with the uninitialised predictions of 2-5 year (left) and 6-9 year (right) wrt ERSST and GHCN. ...
Climate change knowledge and social movement theory
... precepts or beliefs that empower those who share and identify with them. These matters of collective identity formation have been most influentially theorized and studied by Alain Touraine and Alberto Melucci and their students and colleagues (refer Refs 24–27). On the other hand, a social movement ...
... precepts or beliefs that empower those who share and identify with them. These matters of collective identity formation have been most influentially theorized and studied by Alain Touraine and Alberto Melucci and their students and colleagues (refer Refs 24–27). On the other hand, a social movement ...
Parmesan
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
... By far, most observations of climate-change responses have involved alterations of species’ phenologies. This is partly a result of the tight links between the seasons and agriculture: Planting and harvest dates (and associated climatic events such as day of last frost) have been well recorded, dati ...
Diabetes and Climate Change Report
... and survival of our planet and its ecosystems, and thus humans. There is now unequivocal evidence for humaninduced climate change. The process of industrialisation has led to widespread increases in the use of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide) into the atmosphe ...
... and survival of our planet and its ecosystems, and thus humans. There is now unequivocal evidence for humaninduced climate change. The process of industrialisation has led to widespread increases in the use of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide) into the atmosphe ...
pri climate change strategy project
... by calling for a minimum 60% reduction in global emissions by 2050 from 2010 levels (consistent with the IPCC range of a 40%-70% reduction). However, even if governments fail to reach an agreement at COP21 in Paris in December, the potential impacts of climate change on the economy and the global ca ...
... by calling for a minimum 60% reduction in global emissions by 2050 from 2010 levels (consistent with the IPCC range of a 40%-70% reduction). However, even if governments fail to reach an agreement at COP21 in Paris in December, the potential impacts of climate change on the economy and the global ca ...
Climate System Observations and Prediction Experiment (COPE)
... Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
... Developing a Coordinated Plan for Pan-WCRP Seasonal Prediction ...
- Bipartisan Policy Center
... Privately owned infrastructure, such as homes, businesses, and industrial facilities, are excluded from this analysis. Counting of public infrastructure is incomplete due to data limitations (for example, data are not available for many military installations due to security issues).The Trans-Alaska ...
... Privately owned infrastructure, such as homes, businesses, and industrial facilities, are excluded from this analysis. Counting of public infrastructure is incomplete due to data limitations (for example, data are not available for many military installations due to security issues).The Trans-Alaska ...