Potential of semi-structural and non-structural adaptation
... 1993 and 1995 on the Meuse. ICPR (2002) provide ranges of damage reduction percentages for different flood damage mitigation measures. Kreibich et al. (2005) and Kreibich and Thieken (2009) provide data on the effectiveness of household flood-proofing measures in reducing flood damages in Dresden, G ...
... 1993 and 1995 on the Meuse. ICPR (2002) provide ranges of damage reduction percentages for different flood damage mitigation measures. Kreibich et al. (2005) and Kreibich and Thieken (2009) provide data on the effectiveness of household flood-proofing measures in reducing flood damages in Dresden, G ...
UN report: The coming financial climate
... Going forward, failure of the financial system to take adequate account of climate change could result in extensive damage to financial assets globally, may well threaten the stability of the financial system itself, and most importantly could impose irreversible damage to the underlying state of th ...
... Going forward, failure of the financial system to take adequate account of climate change could result in extensive damage to financial assets globally, may well threaten the stability of the financial system itself, and most importantly could impose irreversible damage to the underlying state of th ...
Biodiversity climate change impacts report card technical paper
... summer flows are significantly reduced. Nutrient loads, not least of nitrate, are likely to increase with increased winter rainfall; high nitrate levels are associated, at least in lakes, with reduced plant diversity. Levels, however are already widely above the critical band for reduction of divers ...
... summer flows are significantly reduced. Nutrient loads, not least of nitrate, are likely to increase with increased winter rainfall; high nitrate levels are associated, at least in lakes, with reduced plant diversity. Levels, however are already widely above the critical band for reduction of divers ...
Incorporating climate change into recovery planning for threatened
... This rapid climate change is likely to negatively impact global biodiversity (Thomas et al. 2004), including that found in Australia (Lindenmayer et al. 2010). Hardest hit will be those species considered already at risk of extinction due to existing threatening processes such as habitat loss, intro ...
... This rapid climate change is likely to negatively impact global biodiversity (Thomas et al. 2004), including that found in Australia (Lindenmayer et al. 2010). Hardest hit will be those species considered already at risk of extinction due to existing threatening processes such as habitat loss, intro ...
Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity
... applying idealized changes in precipitation amounts and intensity (Dabney et al., 2012, for example), thus providing results more akin to a sensitivity assessment than a full projection (see also Pruski and Nearing, 2002). Others have looked at changes in F , as estimated from monthly mean precipita ...
... applying idealized changes in precipitation amounts and intensity (Dabney et al., 2012, for example), thus providing results more akin to a sensitivity assessment than a full projection (see also Pruski and Nearing, 2002). Others have looked at changes in F , as estimated from monthly mean precipita ...
Unnatural disasters - International Fund for Animal Welfare
... Climate change is affecting animals around the world. Not only companion animals stranded after natural disasters, but also livestock and wildlife. Species of sea turtles, some old enough to have seen the dinosaurs come and go, are disappearing before our eyes. Stronger storms are eroding the sandy ...
... Climate change is affecting animals around the world. Not only companion animals stranded after natural disasters, but also livestock and wildlife. Species of sea turtles, some old enough to have seen the dinosaurs come and go, are disappearing before our eyes. Stronger storms are eroding the sandy ...
Clean Development Mechanism(CDM) The Basics - ACP
... United nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
... United nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
European summer temperatures since Roman times
... used in an ensemble composite-plus-scale (CPS) reconstruction of mean European summer land temperature for the past two millennia. Here we build upon these results and provide new estimates of European summer temperature variability over more than the past two millennia. We present: (i) annually-res ...
... used in an ensemble composite-plus-scale (CPS) reconstruction of mean European summer land temperature for the past two millennia. Here we build upon these results and provide new estimates of European summer temperature variability over more than the past two millennia. We present: (i) annually-res ...
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... changing timing of farm operations and changing the way irrigation [5,10], and changes to farm financial management such as diversifying sources of household income [5,10–12] and purchasing crop insurance [5]. The last two categories mainly involve farm-level decision-making by farmers and are calle ...
... changing timing of farm operations and changing the way irrigation [5,10], and changes to farm financial management such as diversifying sources of household income [5,10–12] and purchasing crop insurance [5]. The last two categories mainly involve farm-level decision-making by farmers and are calle ...
Lecture 3 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... constraints and drivers of climate policy at various levels of government and set forth some of the primary principles and normative theories guiding policy development. In this third and final Lecture, the focus is on the planners’ response, specifically the methods and tools planners can and shoul ...
... constraints and drivers of climate policy at various levels of government and set forth some of the primary principles and normative theories guiding policy development. In this third and final Lecture, the focus is on the planners’ response, specifically the methods and tools planners can and shoul ...
atmospheric phenomena and climate evaluating the effect of climatic
... quantitatively. Snow is known to be a good thermal insulant, therefore warming would be its major effect. Vegetation, in particular, the lowest moss-peat layer (often equated with organic layer) is a thermal insulant whose features change over time, which serves as efficient regulator of the changin ...
... quantitatively. Snow is known to be a good thermal insulant, therefore warming would be its major effect. Vegetation, in particular, the lowest moss-peat layer (often equated with organic layer) is a thermal insulant whose features change over time, which serves as efficient regulator of the changin ...
Low Carbon Development Strategies
... often difficult to link these projects to more strategic considerations at the national level. A shift from CDM activities towards NAMAs implies a move from a bottom-up to a more top-down process in which countries formulate the most appropriate mitigation actions within their LCDS framework. . The ...
... often difficult to link these projects to more strategic considerations at the national level. A shift from CDM activities towards NAMAs implies a move from a bottom-up to a more top-down process in which countries formulate the most appropriate mitigation actions within their LCDS framework. . The ...
Ambiguity and climate policy
... knowledge of the climate system is not very high quality, there would seem to be good reason to develop approaches to policy evaluation which account for uncertainty and not just risk, since these will either justify our reliance on existing methods, or provide appropriate tools for future work. Wh ...
... knowledge of the climate system is not very high quality, there would seem to be good reason to develop approaches to policy evaluation which account for uncertainty and not just risk, since these will either justify our reliance on existing methods, or provide appropriate tools for future work. Wh ...
An estimate of equilibrium sensitivity of global terrestrial carbon
... factors as discussed above: climate change and the CO2fertilization effects. This study mainly aims to estimate the equilibrium uptakes from these two factors using multicentury simulations for an idealized scenario (instantaneous doubling atmospheric CO2 with no dynamic change in vegetation). This ...
... factors as discussed above: climate change and the CO2fertilization effects. This study mainly aims to estimate the equilibrium uptakes from these two factors using multicentury simulations for an idealized scenario (instantaneous doubling atmospheric CO2 with no dynamic change in vegetation). This ...
Chicago`s Greenhouse Gas Emissions
... inventory of GHG emissions documents these activities and puts Chicago’s emissions inventory in context. A regional inventory also helps document real changes in emissions values, as opposed to shifts in emission sources from city to city. Finally, because many mitigation strategies require regional ...
... inventory of GHG emissions documents these activities and puts Chicago’s emissions inventory in context. A regional inventory also helps document real changes in emissions values, as opposed to shifts in emission sources from city to city. Finally, because many mitigation strategies require regional ...
Abatement vs. Adaptation and the Prospects for International
... policy response to climate change. The availability of adaptation – as a partial substitute for abatement – also has important implications for negotiations over an international agreement to reduce emissions. In particular, the threat point for any country in those negotiations depends on the viabi ...
... policy response to climate change. The availability of adaptation – as a partial substitute for abatement – also has important implications for negotiations over an international agreement to reduce emissions. In particular, the threat point for any country in those negotiations depends on the viabi ...
Climate change and marine plankton
... to tight coupling between environmental change and plankton dynamics. Third, plankton can show dramatic changes in distribution because they are free floating and Box 1. What is plankton? The word ‘plankton’ derives from the Greek ‘planktos’ meaning to ‘drift’ or ‘wander’ and is used to describe pas ...
... to tight coupling between environmental change and plankton dynamics. Third, plankton can show dramatic changes in distribution because they are free floating and Box 1. What is plankton? The word ‘plankton’ derives from the Greek ‘planktos’ meaning to ‘drift’ or ‘wander’ and is used to describe pas ...
Climate change and marine plankton Graeme C. Hays , Anthony J. Richardson
... to tight coupling between environmental change and plankton dynamics. Third, plankton can show dramatic changes in distribution because they are free floating and Box 1. What is plankton? The word ‘plankton’ derives from the Greek ‘planktos’ meaning to ‘drift’ or ‘wander’ and is used to describe pas ...
... to tight coupling between environmental change and plankton dynamics. Third, plankton can show dramatic changes in distribution because they are free floating and Box 1. What is plankton? The word ‘plankton’ derives from the Greek ‘planktos’ meaning to ‘drift’ or ‘wander’ and is used to describe pas ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... has agreed in principle to contain average global warming to within 2° C, many publications suggest the failure of tangible emissions reductions shows that global temperatures may reach 4° C or beyond, by 2100. It is clear that existing climate variability poses a challenge for many regions, sectors ...
... has agreed in principle to contain average global warming to within 2° C, many publications suggest the failure of tangible emissions reductions shows that global temperatures may reach 4° C or beyond, by 2100. It is clear that existing climate variability poses a challenge for many regions, sectors ...
Cambodia`s first national communication
... considerable economic losses and social and environmental impacts. Cambodia rarely suffers from extreme weather events such as typhoons or even severe storms because it is protected by the surrounding mountain ranges. Population. In 1990 and in 1994, the population of Cambodia was 8.60 and 9.87 mill ...
... considerable economic losses and social and environmental impacts. Cambodia rarely suffers from extreme weather events such as typhoons or even severe storms because it is protected by the surrounding mountain ranges. Population. In 1990 and in 1994, the population of Cambodia was 8.60 and 9.87 mill ...
Making agriculture in Africa climate-smart
... benefits from social, environmental and economic angles. It describes farming systems that are ‘capable of maintaining their productivity and usefulness to society indefinitely. Such systems must be resource conserving, socially supportive, commercially competitive, and environmentally sound’ (Ikerd ...
... benefits from social, environmental and economic angles. It describes farming systems that are ‘capable of maintaining their productivity and usefulness to society indefinitely. Such systems must be resource conserving, socially supportive, commercially competitive, and environmentally sound’ (Ikerd ...
A CARBON EMISSIONS TAX AS A MITIGATING STRATEGY FOR
... A tax is viewed as burdensome since there is “more to pay” in the opinion of the taxpayer. Carbon Emissions Tax should not be viewed in the same light. Government should see it as an investment in the future of the country and its people. The long-term benefit may outweigh the cost of this tax. Reve ...
... A tax is viewed as burdensome since there is “more to pay” in the opinion of the taxpayer. Carbon Emissions Tax should not be viewed in the same light. Government should see it as an investment in the future of the country and its people. The long-term benefit may outweigh the cost of this tax. Reve ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... climate change [20](ISS, 2010). Some countries in Southern Africa are already experiencing considerable water stress as a result of insufficient and unreliable rainfall that changes rainfall patterns or causes flooding. The [10]IPCC (2007) is confident that the overall net impact of climate change o ...
... climate change [20](ISS, 2010). Some countries in Southern Africa are already experiencing considerable water stress as a result of insufficient and unreliable rainfall that changes rainfall patterns or causes flooding. The [10]IPCC (2007) is confident that the overall net impact of climate change o ...
climate change: realities of relocation for alaska native villages
... Moved by the State: Perspectives on Relocation and Resettlement in the Circumpolar North (MOVE) is a project of the European Science Foundation and funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the US National Science Foundation, the Academy of Finland, and the Danish Res ...
... Moved by the State: Perspectives on Relocation and Resettlement in the Circumpolar North (MOVE) is a project of the European Science Foundation and funded by the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the US National Science Foundation, the Academy of Finland, and the Danish Res ...
A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species
... exists for the eastern fox population. Food sources in both regions differ from each other and vary from summer to winter, but reliable and ample winter time food sources are the most critical for fox population’s survival. A literature review on arctic foxes and their prey species in the face of cl ...
... exists for the eastern fox population. Food sources in both regions differ from each other and vary from summer to winter, but reliable and ample winter time food sources are the most critical for fox population’s survival. A literature review on arctic foxes and their prey species in the face of cl ...