Adaptation investments
... be allocated among developing countries in a transparent, efficient and equitable way. We propose an approach based on three criteria: the climate change impacts experienced in a country, a country’s adaptive capacity and its implementation capacity. Physical impact and adaptive capacity together de ...
... be allocated among developing countries in a transparent, efficient and equitable way. We propose an approach based on three criteria: the climate change impacts experienced in a country, a country’s adaptive capacity and its implementation capacity. Physical impact and adaptive capacity together de ...
climate change cluster
... Although the Alpine Space is exposed to largely comparable changes in climatic stimuli, the consequences will be different between regions, depending on specific climate sensitivities, vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities. Thus, the effects of climate change are distributed asymmetrically across ...
... Although the Alpine Space is exposed to largely comparable changes in climatic stimuli, the consequences will be different between regions, depending on specific climate sensitivities, vulnerabilities and adaptive capacities. Thus, the effects of climate change are distributed asymmetrically across ...
Risk of ruin paper - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries
... IPCC (2007) is a survey of existing literature – it deals with what is known and considered to be most likely to happen. For example sea level rises are projected to rise between 0.18 and 0.58m by 2099. IPCC (2007a) then goes on to say “Models used to date do not include uncertainties in climate-ca ...
... IPCC (2007) is a survey of existing literature – it deals with what is known and considered to be most likely to happen. For example sea level rises are projected to rise between 0.18 and 0.58m by 2099. IPCC (2007a) then goes on to say “Models used to date do not include uncertainties in climate-ca ...
6 Climate change impacts, adaptation measures and vulnerability
... magnitude will be smaller. The same characteristic can be seen when studying less distant future periods. Compared to the climate scenarios generated by the previous model (which was used to prepare the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report), the present summer temperature projections are as much as 1°C high ...
... magnitude will be smaller. The same characteristic can be seen when studying less distant future periods. Compared to the climate scenarios generated by the previous model (which was used to prepare the IPCC’s 4th Assessment Report), the present summer temperature projections are as much as 1°C high ...
Sea-level rise - Environmental Science Institute
... • Sea-level rise – life’s a beach, why worry? • Antarctica and sea-level rise • Getting out there • Science and policy – where next? Menu – human fingerprints on the last wilderness ...
... • Sea-level rise – life’s a beach, why worry? • Antarctica and sea-level rise • Getting out there • Science and policy – where next? Menu – human fingerprints on the last wilderness ...
Mediterranean climate
... Index to provide an indication of the forest fire risk under the future climate scenarios. Under both A2 and B2 scenarios, fire risk is shown to increase nearly everywhere in the Mediterranean region, especially in inland locations. The southern Mediterranean is at risk of forest fire all year round ...
... Index to provide an indication of the forest fire risk under the future climate scenarios. Under both A2 and B2 scenarios, fire risk is shown to increase nearly everywhere in the Mediterranean region, especially in inland locations. The southern Mediterranean is at risk of forest fire all year round ...
"Climate Agenda: Resilient, Prosperous, and Green
... The climate is changing. The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and they will intensify still further in the years ahead. Extreme weather now occurs more often than in the past, necessitating water control measures, for example, while plans to combat hot weather have to b ...
... The climate is changing. The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and they will intensify still further in the years ahead. Extreme weather now occurs more often than in the past, necessitating water control measures, for example, while plans to combat hot weather have to b ...
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... The IMPACT model was originally developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for projecting global food supply, food demand, and food security to 2020 and beyond.4 It analyzes 32 crop and livestock commodities in 281 regions of the world that together cover the earth’s land ...
... The IMPACT model was originally developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) for projecting global food supply, food demand, and food security to 2020 and beyond.4 It analyzes 32 crop and livestock commodities in 281 regions of the world that together cover the earth’s land ...
Preliminary Analysis of Climate Change in the Cariboo
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC, 2007) has presented clear evidence that the world’s climate is warming and projects future increases in global mean annual temperature of 1.1°C to 6.4°C during the 21st century, depending on levels of greenhouse g ...
... EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC, 2007) has presented clear evidence that the world’s climate is warming and projects future increases in global mean annual temperature of 1.1°C to 6.4°C during the 21st century, depending on levels of greenhouse g ...
Do Models Underestimate the Solar Contribution to Recent Climate
... (Rind 2002) indicates that in some periods (such as the eighteenth century) solar forcing was more likely to be important whereas in other periods (such as the nineteenth century) volcanism probably played a greater role, although another study indicates that volcanic forcing was generally dominant ...
... (Rind 2002) indicates that in some periods (such as the eighteenth century) solar forcing was more likely to be important whereas in other periods (such as the nineteenth century) volcanism probably played a greater role, although another study indicates that volcanic forcing was generally dominant ...
The Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
... The radiation absorbed by these gases is re-emitted in all directions, some back toward the surface leading to a net warming of the surface. Through what is widely, but inaccurately, referred to as the greenhouse effect, these so-called greenhouse gases trap heat in the near surface layers of the at ...
... The radiation absorbed by these gases is re-emitted in all directions, some back toward the surface leading to a net warming of the surface. Through what is widely, but inaccurately, referred to as the greenhouse effect, these so-called greenhouse gases trap heat in the near surface layers of the at ...
What California`s Coastal Managers Need to Plan for Climate Change
... conducts public interest research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects to benefit California’s electricity and natural gas ratepayers. The PIER Program strives to conduct the most promising public interest energy research by partnering with RD&D entities, including individuals, busines ...
... conducts public interest research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) projects to benefit California’s electricity and natural gas ratepayers. The PIER Program strives to conduct the most promising public interest energy research by partnering with RD&D entities, including individuals, busines ...
SoE 08 Part 4.1 Atmos - Commissioner for Environmental
... are currently dominating international, national and local policy debates around environmental sustainability. Those responses are important not only to address the problem of climate change but they are also relevant for adressing the associated atmospheric issues of stratospheric ozone depletion a ...
... are currently dominating international, national and local policy debates around environmental sustainability. Those responses are important not only to address the problem of climate change but they are also relevant for adressing the associated atmospheric issues of stratospheric ozone depletion a ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... hunger. The next five Goals are related to the consequences of acute paucity. From the beginning, WMO has been highly proactive in contributing to the achievement of these MDGs, often in partnership with other organizations, by providing appropriate weather, climate and water information, as well as ...
... hunger. The next five Goals are related to the consequences of acute paucity. From the beginning, WMO has been highly proactive in contributing to the achievement of these MDGs, often in partnership with other organizations, by providing appropriate weather, climate and water information, as well as ...
MAPPING CLIMATE CHANGE AND SECURITY IN NORTH AFRICA
... Potential Climate Change-Related Security Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Where Are the Vulnerable Areas in North Africa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Narratives of Climate Vulnerability in North Africa . . . . . . . ...
... Potential Climate Change-Related Security Consequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Where Are the Vulnerable Areas in North Africa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Narratives of Climate Vulnerability in North Africa . . . . . . . ...
Joint Comments to Army Corps of Engineers
... economic literature and, from 2009 through 2016, developed harmonized, transparent estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases for all federal agencies to use in their analyses. On March 28, 2017, Pre ...
... economic literature and, from 2009 through 2016, developed harmonized, transparent estimates of the social cost of greenhouse gases for all federal agencies to use in their analyses. On March 28, 2017, Pre ...
Successful adaptation to climate change across scales
... and changing the physical characteristics of impacts may only generate individual benefits if others collectively invest in these adaptations too. This may be the case in coastal communities where there may be a need for sea defences. In other cases, individual action will be adequate and specific pub ...
... and changing the physical characteristics of impacts may only generate individual benefits if others collectively invest in these adaptations too. This may be the case in coastal communities where there may be a need for sea defences. In other cases, individual action will be adequate and specific pub ...
Annex C: Simulated Changes in Vegetation Distribution under
... conditions. Increased WUE, examined in another review, averaged about 30-40% as indexed by reductions in leaf conductance to water vapor (Eamus, 1991). If such responses were maintained in forests over many decades, they would imply a substantial potential for increased storage of atmospheric carbon ...
... conditions. Increased WUE, examined in another review, averaged about 30-40% as indexed by reductions in leaf conductance to water vapor (Eamus, 1991). If such responses were maintained in forests over many decades, they would imply a substantial potential for increased storage of atmospheric carbon ...
Climate change in Australia | Monsoonal North cluster report
... statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and tec ...
... statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and tec ...
Mayors Adapt - EN Political Commitment
... integrate new knowledge and be adapted to changing conditions. This will ensure adaptation in time and at a lower cost. Identifying and mobilising financial resources Adaptation measures should not be considered as a cost but as an investment for the long-term liveability of local authorities. Inves ...
... integrate new knowledge and be adapted to changing conditions. This will ensure adaptation in time and at a lower cost. Identifying and mobilising financial resources Adaptation measures should not be considered as a cost but as an investment for the long-term liveability of local authorities. Inves ...
Bewertung der Risiken des Klimawandels für
... Forests have developed together with the naturally changing climate over the millennia. As climate shifted slowly, and the natural environment presented few barriers, species and communities could adapt and evolve more easily. Most EU forest management is aimed at developing forests that are well ad ...
... Forests have developed together with the naturally changing climate over the millennia. As climate shifted slowly, and the natural environment presented few barriers, species and communities could adapt and evolve more easily. Most EU forest management is aimed at developing forests that are well ad ...
corporate conquistadors - Corporate Europe Observatory
... after the process of hydraulic fracturing used to extract it). Natural gas is often touted as an ideal transition energy source (or “bridge fuel”) in the move towards renewable energy because it releases less carbon dioxide than coal and oil. However, the fracking extraction technique leaks methane ...
... after the process of hydraulic fracturing used to extract it). Natural gas is often touted as an ideal transition energy source (or “bridge fuel”) in the move towards renewable energy because it releases less carbon dioxide than coal and oil. However, the fracking extraction technique leaks methane ...
T - Climate Investment Funds
... Whereas weather refers to changes in the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time — for example whether Kingston today is warm or cool, wet or dry, cloudy or windy — climate refers to the average state of the weather over long periods of time ranging from months or seasons to years and ...
... Whereas weather refers to changes in the state of the atmosphere at a particular place and time — for example whether Kingston today is warm or cool, wet or dry, cloudy or windy — climate refers to the average state of the weather over long periods of time ranging from months or seasons to years and ...
The Adaptation Coalition Toolkit
... Roby Senderowitsch and Oscar Avalle. This report represents the culmination of an idea originally proposed by Estanislao Gacitua-Mario who passed away in early 2011. This Toolkit is dedicated to his memory. ...
... Roby Senderowitsch and Oscar Avalle. This report represents the culmination of an idea originally proposed by Estanislao Gacitua-Mario who passed away in early 2011. This Toolkit is dedicated to his memory. ...
In Pursuit of a Sustainable World
... Our commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction involves offering the best-possible value, and this has meant unavoidable reductions in staff numbers. This was not a decision we took easily. It is always sad to have to restructure in this way, but we do so in the knowledge that making these difficu ...
... Our commitment to ensuring customer satisfaction involves offering the best-possible value, and this has meant unavoidable reductions in staff numbers. This was not a decision we took easily. It is always sad to have to restructure in this way, but we do so in the knowledge that making these difficu ...
Fred Singer
Siegfried Fred Singer (born September 27, 1924) is an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia. Singer trained as an atmospheric physicist and is known for his work in space research, atmospheric pollution, rocket and satellite technology, his questioning of the link between UV-B and melanoma rates, and that between CFCs and stratospheric ozone loss, his public denial of the health risks of passive smoking, and as an advocate for climate change denial. He is the author or editor of several books including Global Effects of Environmental Pollution (1970), The Ocean in Human Affairs (1989), Global Climate Change (1989), The Greenhouse Debate Continued (1992), and Hot Talk, Cold Science (1997). He has also co-authored Unstoppable Global Warming: Every 1,500 Years (2007) with Dennis Avery, and Climate Change Reconsidered (2009) with Craig Idso.Singer has had a varied career, serving in the armed forces, government, and academia. He designed mines for the U.S. Navy during World War II, before obtaining his Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University in 1948 and working as a scientific liaison officer in the U.S. Embassy in London. He became a leading figure in early space research, was involved in the development of earth observation satellites, and in 1962 established the National Weather Bureau's Satellite Service Center. He was the founding dean of the University of Miami School of Environmental and Planetary Sciences in 1964, and held several government positions, including deputy assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, and chief scientist for the Department of Transportation. He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.In 1990 Singer founded the Science & Environmental Policy Project to advocate for climate change denial, and in 2006 was named by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as one of a minority of scientists said to be creating a stand-off on a consensus on climate change. Singer argues there is no evidence that global warming is attributable to human-caused increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and that humanity would benefit if temperatures do rise.He is an opponent of the Kyoto Protocol, and has claimed climate models as not based on reality, and not evidence. Singer has been accused of rejecting peer-reviewed and independently confirmed scientific evidence in his claims concerning public health and environmental issues.