Outcome of Paris Climate Negotiations
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
Effectively addressing climate risk through adaptation for
... cumulative expected losses by 2030 – Losses continue to increase (20%+) due to subsidence and asset base growth – $350 billion of loss represents ▫ A Katrina-like hurricane becomes a once in every generation event ▫ 7% of total capital investment for the Gulf Coast area; 3% of annual GDP ▫ This is e ...
... cumulative expected losses by 2030 – Losses continue to increase (20%+) due to subsidence and asset base growth – $350 billion of loss represents ▫ A Katrina-like hurricane becomes a once in every generation event ▫ 7% of total capital investment for the Gulf Coast area; 3% of annual GDP ▫ This is e ...
Media Attention for Climate Change around the World: Data
... might occur repeatedly over time (see Newig, 2004: 158). While issue attention is a basic characteristic of media coverage, it is also highly relevant, because it signals an issue’s perceived importance to the media’s audience and has effects on them (Hilgartner & Bosk, 1988). The at ...
... might occur repeatedly over time (see Newig, 2004: 158). While issue attention is a basic characteristic of media coverage, it is also highly relevant, because it signals an issue’s perceived importance to the media’s audience and has effects on them (Hilgartner & Bosk, 1988). The at ...
A Structural Land-Use Analysis of Agricultural Adaptation to Climate
... We show that most of the changes in land use are attributable to the impact of temperature, indicating that temperature is the climate factor to which land allocation, at current production technologies, does not provide efficient adaptation. An in-depth look into the bundles’ ...
... We show that most of the changes in land use are attributable to the impact of temperature, indicating that temperature is the climate factor to which land allocation, at current production technologies, does not provide efficient adaptation. An in-depth look into the bundles’ ...
Climate change and the Antarctic marine ecosystem: an essay on
... potentially introduces a greater level of ecosystem uncertainty, successful ecosystem outcomes potentially mean that management practices may need to be more conservative. A recent synthesis of Antarctic climate change (Turner et al. 2009a) summarizes some of the most important physical effects and ...
... potentially introduces a greater level of ecosystem uncertainty, successful ecosystem outcomes potentially mean that management practices may need to be more conservative. A recent synthesis of Antarctic climate change (Turner et al. 2009a) summarizes some of the most important physical effects and ...
on the front line of climate change and displacement
... he “Regional Workshop on Internal Displacement Caused by Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific” was held in Suva, Fiji from 4-6 May 2011 as a joint initiative of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, the Regional Office for the Pacific of the Office of the High Commission ...
... he “Regional Workshop on Internal Displacement Caused by Natural Disasters and Climate Change in the Pacific” was held in Suva, Fiji from 4-6 May 2011 as a joint initiative of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, the Regional Office for the Pacific of the Office of the High Commission ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts across multiple
... In this review we address the need to understand biological responses at the higher levels of organization, suggest ways by which we might link these changes to energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theor ...
... In this review we address the need to understand biological responses at the higher levels of organization, suggest ways by which we might link these changes to energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theor ...
Climate change and freshwater ecosystems: impacts
... In this review we address the need to understand biological responses at the higher levels of organization, suggest ways by which we might link these changes to energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theor ...
... In this review we address the need to understand biological responses at the higher levels of organization, suggest ways by which we might link these changes to energetic constraints imposed on individuals, and outline the potential for integrating these approaches to develop the more coherent theor ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... shifts may co-occur in contiguous areas, which may lead to large areas being affected; (2) synergy, in which the processes underlying regime shifts can be synergistic, which can lead to greater degrees of degradation than would occur from a single process; and (3) spreading, in which atmospheric tr ...
... shifts may co-occur in contiguous areas, which may lead to large areas being affected; (2) synergy, in which the processes underlying regime shifts can be synergistic, which can lead to greater degrees of degradation than would occur from a single process; and (3) spreading, in which atmospheric tr ...
CARIBSAVE Climate Change Risk Profile for Jamaica
... prevalence of more pests and diseases. Coffee and banana production have faced many extreme weather events during the past years, mainly hurricanes, which have destabilised the agricultural industry and caused declining productivity and crop damage. A significant contributing factor to vulnerability ...
... prevalence of more pests and diseases. Coffee and banana production have faced many extreme weather events during the past years, mainly hurricanes, which have destabilised the agricultural industry and caused declining productivity and crop damage. A significant contributing factor to vulnerability ...
MO House Testimony May 29 2014 Final
... supposed to be policy relevant but not policy prescriptive. IPCC assesses the effectiveness of policies but does not recommend that any particular policy or set of polices be adopted. Each Summary for Policymakers goes through two rounds of review, much like the chapter reviews described above, alt ...
... supposed to be policy relevant but not policy prescriptive. IPCC assesses the effectiveness of policies but does not recommend that any particular policy or set of polices be adopted. Each Summary for Policymakers goes through two rounds of review, much like the chapter reviews described above, alt ...
A Vulnerable Country in the Face of Climate Change
... Source: Sari, Maulidya, Butarbutar, Sari and Rusmantoro (2007), Figure 1, p. 2. As Table 1 and Figure 6 illustrate, Indonesia is the world’s third greatest emitter of greenhouse gases. The table and figure also depict that the main contributor to Indonesia’s high release of greenhouse gases is due t ...
... Source: Sari, Maulidya, Butarbutar, Sari and Rusmantoro (2007), Figure 1, p. 2. As Table 1 and Figure 6 illustrate, Indonesia is the world’s third greatest emitter of greenhouse gases. The table and figure also depict that the main contributor to Indonesia’s high release of greenhouse gases is due t ...
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... We show that most of the changes in land use are attributable to the impact of temperature, indicating that temperature is the climate factor to which land allocation, at current production technologies, does not provide efficient adaptation. An in-depth look into the bundles‟ technological attribut ...
... We show that most of the changes in land use are attributable to the impact of temperature, indicating that temperature is the climate factor to which land allocation, at current production technologies, does not provide efficient adaptation. An in-depth look into the bundles‟ technological attribut ...
Mapping institutional fragmentation in the climate governance
... look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international organizations, and in what way they form transnational relationships and institutions to further their interests. A single actor cannot be fragmented, instead fragmentation occurs in the interplay between actors hence we tal ...
... look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international organizations, and in what way they form transnational relationships and institutions to further their interests. A single actor cannot be fragmented, instead fragmentation occurs in the interplay between actors hence we tal ...
Frontlines of Climate Change
... None of the elders have seen this in their lifetime. We should be skating and skidooing out on the bay like we were doing last [October]. - Merven Gruben, Tuktoyaktuk 13 ...
... None of the elders have seen this in their lifetime. We should be skating and skidooing out on the bay like we were doing last [October]. - Merven Gruben, Tuktoyaktuk 13 ...
Predicting species responses to climate change: demography and
... Abstract Anticipating species movement under climate change is a major focus in conservation. Bioclimate models are one of the few predictive tools for adaptation planning, but are limited in accounting for (i) climatic tolerances in preadult life stages that are potentially more vulnerable to warmi ...
... Abstract Anticipating species movement under climate change is a major focus in conservation. Bioclimate models are one of the few predictive tools for adaptation planning, but are limited in accounting for (i) climatic tolerances in preadult life stages that are potentially more vulnerable to warmi ...
Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change on Urban Forests in the
... that both urban populations and air temperatures have increased in the cities of Puget Sound in recent decades. The link between the increases in urban temperature and urban population was more pronounced in the cities in the east side of the Cascades than those in the Puget Sound area. More extensi ...
... that both urban populations and air temperatures have increased in the cities of Puget Sound in recent decades. The link between the increases in urban temperature and urban population was more pronounced in the cities in the east side of the Cascades than those in the Puget Sound area. More extensi ...
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... GHG emissions of industrialized countries. The speed with which scientific knowledge of climate change has been translated into an international diplomatic consensus is remarkable, if not unprecedented. It is testimony to the authority of science to provide legitimacy for political action. However, ...
... GHG emissions of industrialized countries. The speed with which scientific knowledge of climate change has been translated into an international diplomatic consensus is remarkable, if not unprecedented. It is testimony to the authority of science to provide legitimacy for political action. However, ...
climate in change nature and society challanges for the barents
... tor. Still considerable changes, which may cause changes in biological diversity and make problems to commerce and infrastructure, will occur. As this climate issue indicates there are still they who believe that the climate changes are a result of sun storms, and that people do not have any influen ...
... tor. Still considerable changes, which may cause changes in biological diversity and make problems to commerce and infrastructure, will occur. As this climate issue indicates there are still they who believe that the climate changes are a result of sun storms, and that people do not have any influen ...
Use of spatial analogy in analysis and valuation of climate scenarios
... With the Climex method we can only use the temperature and the precipitation in same weight. To calculate the similarity for only for the temperature or for the precipitation we should have alter the calculation of CMI. We started to use a new λ parameter tp weightening the temperature and the preci ...
... With the Climex method we can only use the temperature and the precipitation in same weight. To calculate the similarity for only for the temperature or for the precipitation we should have alter the calculation of CMI. We started to use a new λ parameter tp weightening the temperature and the preci ...
What range of future scenarios should climate change policy be based on? -Modal falsificationism and its limitations
... So obviously, the IPCC has departed from pure modal inductivism in its 4AR. This allowed it to reiterate an only slightly modified scenario range compared to its previous reports. But has the IPCC entirely turned its back on modal inductivism? Not quite so, as being the result of a model simulation ...
... So obviously, the IPCC has departed from pure modal inductivism in its 4AR. This allowed it to reiterate an only slightly modified scenario range compared to its previous reports. But has the IPCC entirely turned its back on modal inductivism? Not quite so, as being the result of a model simulation ...
Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under
... climate change triggered any conflict and if this conflict led to major changes in land use and land cover, how strong would be the feedback of these land cover changes on climate change? If the feedback is strong, then any model that attempts to describe the nexus between climate change, land use, ...
... climate change triggered any conflict and if this conflict led to major changes in land use and land cover, how strong would be the feedback of these land cover changes on climate change? If the feedback is strong, then any model that attempts to describe the nexus between climate change, land use, ...
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... Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland b ...
... Department of Economics, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland b ...