city-level climate change adaptation strategies: the case of quito
... Two main factors were responsible for putting this proactive adaptation approach on Quito’s agenda. First, existing disaster response strategies did not address the city’s increasing governance and development challenges sufficiently. Since the 1950s, Quito’s area had grown 20 times and its populati ...
... Two main factors were responsible for putting this proactive adaptation approach on Quito’s agenda. First, existing disaster response strategies did not address the city’s increasing governance and development challenges sufficiently. Since the 1950s, Quito’s area had grown 20 times and its populati ...
occasional paper 9 - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... representative weather/climate data from well maintained observation stations with long periods of data records. The weather and climate monitoring programs and equipment from these long-term stations also need to have remained relatively consistent over time. In fact, lack of long-term climate data ...
... representative weather/climate data from well maintained observation stations with long periods of data records. The weather and climate monitoring programs and equipment from these long-term stations also need to have remained relatively consistent over time. In fact, lack of long-term climate data ...
Climate change and the long-term viability of the World`s busiest
... The TCWR (Fig. 1) is critical to the economy of NWT, Canada, with over $500 million of goods per year transported to service diamond mines and other industries in the region (JVMC, Joint Venture Management Committee 2015). The winter road is critical for the development of new natural resources, mai ...
... The TCWR (Fig. 1) is critical to the economy of NWT, Canada, with over $500 million of goods per year transported to service diamond mines and other industries in the region (JVMC, Joint Venture Management Committee 2015). The winter road is critical for the development of new natural resources, mai ...
Climate-System Tipping Points and Extreme Weather Events
... like a sheer success story at a first glance, and yet it is not an untroubled narrative. For this carbonization of the world led to a multitude of negative externalities (as the economists would call them), not least the potential destabilization of the benign Holocene climate through the significan ...
... like a sheer success story at a first glance, and yet it is not an untroubled narrative. For this carbonization of the world led to a multitude of negative externalities (as the economists would call them), not least the potential destabilization of the benign Holocene climate through the significan ...
Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Indian Policy Planning
... recent years, literature has accumulated on the potentially large-scale impacts of climate change on India. India has emerged as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, with a high-dependence on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, water resources, natural ecosystems and forestr ...
... recent years, literature has accumulated on the potentially large-scale impacts of climate change on India. India has emerged as one of the most vulnerable countries in the world, with a high-dependence on climate sensitive sectors such as agriculture, water resources, natural ecosystems and forestr ...
Denman-Opening_Talk
... and intensely to these events. But how can we respond (rather than react) as a scientific community so as to help minimize the likelihood/risk of occurrence and/or severity of such events in the future? • These 'crises' & our personal, institutional and funding horizons lead us to focus on shorter t ...
... and intensely to these events. But how can we respond (rather than react) as a scientific community so as to help minimize the likelihood/risk of occurrence and/or severity of such events in the future? • These 'crises' & our personal, institutional and funding horizons lead us to focus on shorter t ...
36x48 Horizontal Poster
... We consider the climatological performance of select dynamically downscaled CMIP5 GCMs by applying the CPVM methodology to analyze trends in extreme daily temperature and precipitation. Here we show the results with WRF-ECHAM6. The trends in extremes depart from the average trends shown in Fig. 2, w ...
... We consider the climatological performance of select dynamically downscaled CMIP5 GCMs by applying the CPVM methodology to analyze trends in extreme daily temperature and precipitation. Here we show the results with WRF-ECHAM6. The trends in extremes depart from the average trends shown in Fig. 2, w ...
Living in an Uncertain World
... strongly argues for mitigation rather than adaptation (reinforcing and adding to other arguments, i.e. ethical ones). 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions markedly and eventually cease emissions. - We have to do this anyway as we do not ...
... strongly argues for mitigation rather than adaptation (reinforcing and adding to other arguments, i.e. ethical ones). 2. To limit global warming to 2C – in fact, to keep global warming below 5C – we must cut emissions markedly and eventually cease emissions. - We have to do this anyway as we do not ...
Increasing Mississippi river discharge throughout the 21st century
... (CCSM3), European Centre/Hamburg (ECHAM), and Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCMA)) under the SRES A2 and B1scenarios. The daily climate variables include minimum temperature, maximum temperature, and precipitation. To keep our simulations for the projected period (2011–2099) c ...
... (CCSM3), European Centre/Hamburg (ECHAM), and Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis (CCCMA)) under the SRES A2 and B1scenarios. The daily climate variables include minimum temperature, maximum temperature, and precipitation. To keep our simulations for the projected period (2011–2099) c ...
ADAPTATION FUND: status and issues
... in December 2007 to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing country Parties to the Kyoto Protocol that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. It is financed from the share of proceeds on the clean development mechanism project activities and ...
... in December 2007 to finance concrete adaptation projects and programmes in developing country Parties to the Kyoto Protocol that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. It is financed from the share of proceeds on the clean development mechanism project activities and ...
communicating climate change: closing the science
... interpersonal knowledge and trust of people with very different values, provide critical social support and affirmation, increase openness to different opinions and risk information, and thus to enable decision making, rather than obstruct it (Nagda 2006). In the end, communicators must temper their ...
... interpersonal knowledge and trust of people with very different values, provide critical social support and affirmation, increase openness to different opinions and risk information, and thus to enable decision making, rather than obstruct it (Nagda 2006). In the end, communicators must temper their ...
Report on climate change and migration scenario
... impact of climate change upon migration, both within countries and between countries. Of particular interest is the potential impact upon Europe, which includes the effect of climate change on European countries and the potential impact from displacement elsewhere in the world. The literature is rev ...
... impact of climate change upon migration, both within countries and between countries. Of particular interest is the potential impact upon Europe, which includes the effect of climate change on European countries and the potential impact from displacement elsewhere in the world. The literature is rev ...
Print this article - Nepal Journals Online
... management. Messerschmidt (1991) provided a framework for the study of IK (Indigenous Knowledge) and illustrates it with numerous examples from forestry research in Nepal. The framework is divided into two parts. First, he discusses the collection and understanding of basic IK. This part provides in ...
... management. Messerschmidt (1991) provided a framework for the study of IK (Indigenous Knowledge) and illustrates it with numerous examples from forestry research in Nepal. The framework is divided into two parts. First, he discusses the collection and understanding of basic IK. This part provides in ...
Neelin, 2011. Climate Change and Climate Modeling, Cambridge
... Chapter 2 Preview (Figure 2.16) Climatology of sea surface temperature for January (15 year average) ...
... Chapter 2 Preview (Figure 2.16) Climatology of sea surface temperature for January (15 year average) ...
NJCAA Natural Resources - New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance
... pace of climate change is outpacing past changes and will require the ability to adapt more abruptly and on a larger scale than in the past.6 However, climate change will have varying degrees of impacts on different ecosystems and on different features or species within those ecosystems.7 Species mo ...
... pace of climate change is outpacing past changes and will require the ability to adapt more abruptly and on a larger scale than in the past.6 However, climate change will have varying degrees of impacts on different ecosystems and on different features or species within those ecosystems.7 Species mo ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Brazil: Costs and
... research in the range of R$1 billion per year. Irrigation was also considered as an adaptation alternative, but with benefit-cost ratios generally lower. Energy. Extra capacity to generate between 162 TWh (25% of the domestic supply of electric energy in 2008) and 153 TWh per year (31% of the domest ...
... research in the range of R$1 billion per year. Irrigation was also considered as an adaptation alternative, but with benefit-cost ratios generally lower. Energy. Extra capacity to generate between 162 TWh (25% of the domestic supply of electric energy in 2008) and 153 TWh per year (31% of the domest ...
outreach materials for climate day partners
... Please join us to get our industry in gear to reverse climate change. All Climate Day events are free with your exhibit hall pass. Learn more and register here. Option 2: For Groups Attending Climate Day Climate change is the greatest threat our planet has ever faced but it’s also the greatest oppor ...
... Please join us to get our industry in gear to reverse climate change. All Climate Day events are free with your exhibit hall pass. Learn more and register here. Option 2: For Groups Attending Climate Day Climate change is the greatest threat our planet has ever faced but it’s also the greatest oppor ...
An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... face political constraints and obstructionism, climate initiatives adopted by local governments are emerging as an increasingly important response to political inaction and gridlock. Local officials a ...
... face political constraints and obstructionism, climate initiatives adopted by local governments are emerging as an increasingly important response to political inaction and gridlock. Local officials a ...
Rapid Climate Change Science Plan
... Similar change might occur in the future. Model results suggest that the humaninduced increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will lead to a significant reduction in THC strength in the Atlantic (e.g., Manabe and Stouffer, 1993; Wood et al., 1999). This in turn wi ...
... Similar change might occur in the future. Model results suggest that the humaninduced increase in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gases will lead to a significant reduction in THC strength in the Atlantic (e.g., Manabe and Stouffer, 1993; Wood et al., 1999). This in turn wi ...
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... unchecked by public policy, with the worst of the likely outcomes from uncertain climate impacts. An alternative, rapid stabilization case will be presented in the next chapter, along with a comparison of the costs of the two scenarios. The business-as-usual case is based on the high end of the “lik ...
... unchecked by public policy, with the worst of the likely outcomes from uncertain climate impacts. An alternative, rapid stabilization case will be presented in the next chapter, along with a comparison of the costs of the two scenarios. The business-as-usual case is based on the high end of the “lik ...
Evaluation of Climate Mitigation Potential for Yeniçağa Gölü (Bolu
... on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). It is not only a threat to the biodiversity of the world but it is expected to cause other global threats such as hunger, poverty, conflicts between states, displacements etc. Agricultural yields are expected to drop in most tropical and sub-tropical regions – and in ...
... on Climate Change (IPCC), 2007). It is not only a threat to the biodiversity of the world but it is expected to cause other global threats such as hunger, poverty, conflicts between states, displacements etc. Agricultural yields are expected to drop in most tropical and sub-tropical regions – and in ...
Understanding complexity in savannas: climate, biodiversity and
... range of adaptation strategies can reduce vulnerability to climate change by making communities better able to adjust to climatic variability, moderating potential damages and helping them cope with adverse consequences. For example, pastoral communities maintain wealth and their environmental buffe ...
... range of adaptation strategies can reduce vulnerability to climate change by making communities better able to adjust to climatic variability, moderating potential damages and helping them cope with adverse consequences. For example, pastoral communities maintain wealth and their environmental buffe ...
Climate Change Adaptation Guideline
... Several infrastructure related governments and private sector organizations have developed frameworks and initiatives to assess climate change risks, opportunities, adaptation measures and programs7. A small selection is described here and whilst these frameworks and measures vary from agency to age ...
... Several infrastructure related governments and private sector organizations have developed frameworks and initiatives to assess climate change risks, opportunities, adaptation measures and programs7. A small selection is described here and whilst these frameworks and measures vary from agency to age ...
African crops yield another catastrophe for the IPCC
... had come to totally different conclusions. Specifically designed to inform the IPCC's 2007 report, these predicted that by 2020 any changes were likely to be insignificant. The worst case they could come up with was that by 2080 climate change might decrease crop yields by "up to 30 per cent". Briti ...
... had come to totally different conclusions. Specifically designed to inform the IPCC's 2007 report, these predicted that by 2020 any changes were likely to be insignificant. The worst case they could come up with was that by 2080 climate change might decrease crop yields by "up to 30 per cent". Briti ...