Climate change adaptation strategies for marine turtles - Eco
... published non-anthropogenic threats to marine turtles, such as predation, disease, and prey availability could be altered by future climate change (Hamann, Limpus & Read, 2007). The magnitude and direction of such compounding effects are, however, very complex to predict with any confidence as yet. ...
... published non-anthropogenic threats to marine turtles, such as predation, disease, and prey availability could be altered by future climate change (Hamann, Limpus & Read, 2007). The magnitude and direction of such compounding effects are, however, very complex to predict with any confidence as yet. ...
Climate Change Workshop Proceedings
... federal government, the public health sector and non-governmental organizations presented evidencebased information on climate change and its implications. In their presentations, these experts considered the impact of climate change on human health and the importance of both adaptation and mitigati ...
... federal government, the public health sector and non-governmental organizations presented evidencebased information on climate change and its implications. In their presentations, these experts considered the impact of climate change on human health and the importance of both adaptation and mitigati ...
Interesting times: winners, losers, and system shifts under climate
... Since the release of the fourth assessment report by the IPCC (2007), there has been an increasing awareness of the topic, not only in scientific circles [where the number of papers referencing the topic has increased by 224% (web of knowledge search 26 May 2010)], but also among conservation-orient ...
... Since the release of the fourth assessment report by the IPCC (2007), there has been an increasing awareness of the topic, not only in scientific circles [where the number of papers referencing the topic has increased by 224% (web of knowledge search 26 May 2010)], but also among conservation-orient ...
1.1 Framework 1.1.1 Climate change
... phenomena that are chaotic on a small scale, can still lead to predictable averages on larger scales (also ...
... phenomena that are chaotic on a small scale, can still lead to predictable averages on larger scales (also ...
CLIMATE OF DISPLACEMENT, CLIMATE FOR PROTECTION
... One disaster displacement scenario is that caused by sudden onset disasters. Sudden onset disasters, such as floods and cyclones, can cause large-scale displacement, but depending on the effectiveness of recovery efforts the ensuing displacement need not be long-term. Areas may be designated as high ...
... One disaster displacement scenario is that caused by sudden onset disasters. Sudden onset disasters, such as floods and cyclones, can cause large-scale displacement, but depending on the effectiveness of recovery efforts the ensuing displacement need not be long-term. Areas may be designated as high ...
Climate Actions in EU and Globally
... • Climate Leaders is an EPA industry/government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies – Partner companies (numbering more than 200) commit to setting aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals and annually reporting progress to EPA • An important obj ...
... • Climate Leaders is an EPA industry/government partnership that works with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies – Partner companies (numbering more than 200) commit to setting aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals and annually reporting progress to EPA • An important obj ...
published
... very important and threatening, and to be taking action in response to it. In this study, environmental values are the strongest predictor of personal importance, belief, and action; experience is only a more salient influence in the case of perceived threat from climate change. (p. 365) ...
... very important and threatening, and to be taking action in response to it. In this study, environmental values are the strongest predictor of personal importance, belief, and action; experience is only a more salient influence in the case of perceived threat from climate change. (p. 365) ...
Climate Change Risk Management - American Meteorological Society
... As a public and policy issue, climate change boils down to four overarching issues: 1) climate is changing; 2) people are causing climate to change; 3) the societal consequences of climate change are highly uncertain but include the potential for serious impacts; and 4) there are numerous policy opt ...
... As a public and policy issue, climate change boils down to four overarching issues: 1) climate is changing; 2) people are causing climate to change; 3) the societal consequences of climate change are highly uncertain but include the potential for serious impacts; and 4) there are numerous policy opt ...
Here - Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
... essary prerequisite to ensure that the RCMs accurately portray present-day spatiotemporal climate variability, in particular along mountain ranges such as the Andes, where orography strongly affects seasonal distributions of precipitation. RCMs have been used successfully for climate change studies ...
... essary prerequisite to ensure that the RCMs accurately portray present-day spatiotemporal climate variability, in particular along mountain ranges such as the Andes, where orography strongly affects seasonal distributions of precipitation. RCMs have been used successfully for climate change studies ...
an inconvenient burden of proof? co2 nuisance plaintiffs will face
... on Climate Change (IPCC).24 The IPCC issued four reports from 1990 to 2007, each sounding an increased alarm and calling for policy makers world-wide to act to curb global CO2 emissions.25 A fifth report is now in preparation. B. Brief History of CO2 Litigation Litigation related to CO2 emissions ca ...
... on Climate Change (IPCC).24 The IPCC issued four reports from 1990 to 2007, each sounding an increased alarm and calling for policy makers world-wide to act to curb global CO2 emissions.25 A fifth report is now in preparation. B. Brief History of CO2 Litigation Litigation related to CO2 emissions ca ...
Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... Climate change poses risks and opportunities that are different for individual local areas. These opportunities and risks need to be clearly understood and impacts identified before climate responsive strategies can be devised. Local government, as the closest level of government to the community, i ...
... Climate change poses risks and opportunities that are different for individual local areas. These opportunities and risks need to be clearly understood and impacts identified before climate responsive strategies can be devised. Local government, as the closest level of government to the community, i ...
East Africa
... Using the Bayes theorem and making certain assumptions, it is possible to objectively assign weights to different climate models leading to a probability distribution of future climate change. These assumptions detailed by Tebaldi et al. (2005) relate to model bias, model independence, and the simil ...
... Using the Bayes theorem and making certain assumptions, it is possible to objectively assign weights to different climate models leading to a probability distribution of future climate change. These assumptions detailed by Tebaldi et al. (2005) relate to model bias, model independence, and the simil ...
Chapter 1 - Open Knowledge Repository
... poor countries becomes less greenhouse-gas-intensive. We must act now: country development decisions lock the world into a particular carbon intensity and determine future warming. Business-as-usual could lead to temperature increases of 5°C or more this century. And we must act together: postponing ...
... poor countries becomes less greenhouse-gas-intensive. We must act now: country development decisions lock the world into a particular carbon intensity and determine future warming. Business-as-usual could lead to temperature increases of 5°C or more this century. And we must act together: postponing ...
- White Rose Research Online
... net’ relationship is not certain to remain intact in the face of climate change; indeed, it ...
... net’ relationship is not certain to remain intact in the face of climate change; indeed, it ...
1. dia - The Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern
... Working Group 2 Report on the predicted impacts of climate change for the IPCC Fifth assessment, scheduled to be published in 2014. "The data now show that greenhouse gas emissions are accelerating much faster than we thought," says Field. "Over the last decade developing countries such as China and ...
... Working Group 2 Report on the predicted impacts of climate change for the IPCC Fifth assessment, scheduled to be published in 2014. "The data now show that greenhouse gas emissions are accelerating much faster than we thought," says Field. "Over the last decade developing countries such as China and ...
Financing an efficient adaptation programme to climate change: A
... (Singh, 2014). According to the Initial National Communication (INC) (2000), the rainfall and temperature are projected to rise between –1 and 32% and +0.6 and 3.4 °C in 60 years, respectively, and the sea level is expected to rise approximately 13–94 cm in 100 years in Malaysia. Excessive rainfall ...
... (Singh, 2014). According to the Initial National Communication (INC) (2000), the rainfall and temperature are projected to rise between –1 and 32% and +0.6 and 3.4 °C in 60 years, respectively, and the sea level is expected to rise approximately 13–94 cm in 100 years in Malaysia. Excessive rainfall ...
Events | Climate Action
... countries’ economies heavily depend on natural resources, and key sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries, will be disproportionately affected. Developing countries with more diversified economies are also vulnerable since a lack of financial resources, adequate technology and effective ...
... countries’ economies heavily depend on natural resources, and key sectors such as agriculture, forestry and fisheries, will be disproportionately affected. Developing countries with more diversified economies are also vulnerable since a lack of financial resources, adequate technology and effective ...
Clare Palmer, “Does Nature Matter? The Place of the Nonhuman in
... responsibilities with respect to animals and nature.”4 John Broome emphasizes that, independently of effects on humans, “damage to nature may well be one of the most harmful consequences of climate change.”5 The White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, an influential, collaboratively ...
... responsibilities with respect to animals and nature.”4 John Broome emphasizes that, independently of effects on humans, “damage to nature may well be one of the most harmful consequences of climate change.”5 The White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change, an influential, collaboratively ...
A framework for modelling fish and shellfish
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) models for regional ecosystems to select and estimate relevant environmental variables, (iii) evaluation of climate model scenarios and select IPCC models that appear to provide valid representations of forcing for the region of study, (iv) extraction ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) models for regional ecosystems to select and estimate relevant environmental variables, (iii) evaluation of climate model scenarios and select IPCC models that appear to provide valid representations of forcing for the region of study, (iv) extraction ...
The Rules of the Game
... change and environmental issues, we recommend the three sources above as your first port of call. Several very recent attitude surveys on climate change have also heavily influenced our principles and, where possible, we have added examples from real campaigns and direct learning from experience in ...
... change and environmental issues, we recommend the three sources above as your first port of call. Several very recent attitude surveys on climate change have also heavily influenced our principles and, where possible, we have added examples from real campaigns and direct learning from experience in ...
REDD Readiness Progress Fact Sheet COUNTRY
... • The VPA, hopefully will be signed in Law soon; • The VPA Support Unit has began its inception phase—September to December; ...
... • The VPA, hopefully will be signed in Law soon; • The VPA Support Unit has began its inception phase—September to December; ...
EOS CAR LA 2011 - Climate Action Reserve
... Protocol will have reduced net GWPweighted emissions from ODSs in 2010 by about 11 Gt CO2-eq yr-1, or 5-6 times the reduction target of the first commitment period (2008-2012) of the Kyoto ...
... Protocol will have reduced net GWPweighted emissions from ODSs in 2010 by about 11 Gt CO2-eq yr-1, or 5-6 times the reduction target of the first commitment period (2008-2012) of the Kyoto ...
Liberia presentation
... • The VPA, hopefully will be signed in Law soon; • The VPA Support Unit has began its inception phase—September to December; ...
... • The VPA, hopefully will be signed in Law soon; • The VPA Support Unit has began its inception phase—September to December; ...