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... of how we might effect a transition towards the level of climate resilience that society will require in future. In Ireland, how strategies of this kind will be developed, and by whom, is set out under the National Climate Change Adaptation Framework (NCCAF). The NCCAF mandates local authorities and ...
... of how we might effect a transition towards the level of climate resilience that society will require in future. In Ireland, how strategies of this kind will be developed, and by whom, is set out under the National Climate Change Adaptation Framework (NCCAF). The NCCAF mandates local authorities and ...
national adaptation strategy and plan of action on climate change for
... equity in the distribution of development benefits, particularly among women and men; and it will check the effort to promote sustainable livelihoods. In addition, climate change will likely lead to other changes such as ecosystem degradation and reduced availability of water and food. It is therefo ...
... equity in the distribution of development benefits, particularly among women and men; and it will check the effort to promote sustainable livelihoods. In addition, climate change will likely lead to other changes such as ecosystem degradation and reduced availability of water and food. It is therefo ...
Improving Societal Outcomes of Extreme Weather in a Changing
... by examining how these aspects interact across multiple spatial scales and timescales to create or reduce harm. Much of the current work in this area focuses on macroscale issues, such as national- and international-level disaster impacts, risk management strategies, and climate change mitigation an ...
... by examining how these aspects interact across multiple spatial scales and timescales to create or reduce harm. Much of the current work in this area focuses on macroscale issues, such as national- and international-level disaster impacts, risk management strategies, and climate change mitigation an ...
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Carpathian region
... The Carpathian region is a mountainous areas of outstanding natural beauty. The CARPIVIA project together with the CarpathCC project assessed the vulnerability of the Carpathian region to climate change in combination with other anthropogenic pressures. The conclusions presented below are discussed ...
... The Carpathian region is a mountainous areas of outstanding natural beauty. The CARPIVIA project together with the CarpathCC project assessed the vulnerability of the Carpathian region to climate change in combination with other anthropogenic pressures. The conclusions presented below are discussed ...
The anatomy of a climatic oscillation: vegetation change in eastern
... mean January and July temperatures (C), simulated by the GISS model (Rind, 1994), are used to represent the possible differences between four locations along an east–west transect (B). Red symbols (C) represent simulated conditions before the YDC and blue symbols represent simulated conditions durin ...
... mean January and July temperatures (C), simulated by the GISS model (Rind, 1994), are used to represent the possible differences between four locations along an east–west transect (B). Red symbols (C) represent simulated conditions before the YDC and blue symbols represent simulated conditions durin ...
Payne and Pates 2009 Wetlands Ecology and Management
... Establishing reliable chronologies for recent peat deposits has been a persistent challenge for peatland palaeoecologists (Turetsky et al., 2004) and is particularly ...
... Establishing reliable chronologies for recent peat deposits has been a persistent challenge for peatland palaeoecologists (Turetsky et al., 2004) and is particularly ...
Testing the Limits - University of Washington
... limits? This classic ecological question has fascinated scientists for centuries, and is even more relevant today, in the face of anthropogenic climate change. Unfortunately, despite decades of research, we still lack a full understanding of the ecological processes driving range limits. Of particul ...
... limits? This classic ecological question has fascinated scientists for centuries, and is even more relevant today, in the face of anthropogenic climate change. Unfortunately, despite decades of research, we still lack a full understanding of the ecological processes driving range limits. Of particul ...
DRAFT P W
... quality considerations. The second step of the methodology estimated the likely shortages (both magnitude and durations) resulting from these pumping disruptions, based on likely water district and project operator responses and available alternative water supplies. Finally, statewide economic impac ...
... quality considerations. The second step of the methodology estimated the likely shortages (both magnitude and durations) resulting from these pumping disruptions, based on likely water district and project operator responses and available alternative water supplies. Finally, statewide economic impac ...
Debating Climate Economics: The Stern Review vs
... first half of the 20th century.”4 American readers should remember that this was written in a country where World Wars I and II loomed considerably larger than in the US.5 An average global warming of 5o (all temperatures cited here are in degrees Celsius) would cause “a radical change in the physic ...
... first half of the 20th century.”4 American readers should remember that this was written in a country where World Wars I and II loomed considerably larger than in the US.5 An average global warming of 5o (all temperatures cited here are in degrees Celsius) would cause “a radical change in the physic ...
Climate change vulnerability in South East Queensland: a spatial
... Human settlements, infrastructure, unique ecosystems, and primary industries all face threats from more extreme weather events, increased temperatures and altered rainfall patterns as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Despite these risks and challenges, climate change may also bring so ...
... Human settlements, infrastructure, unique ecosystems, and primary industries all face threats from more extreme weather events, increased temperatures and altered rainfall patterns as a result of increased greenhouse gas emissions. Despite these risks and challenges, climate change may also bring so ...
Adaptive Capacity Benchmarking: Handbook and Tool Kit
... services that we are only beginning to understand. As society responds, we need to figure out how to maintain economic activity, provide essential services and meet basic human needs in a vastly changing energy economy. Organisations play a key role in such responses – whether government at local, r ...
... services that we are only beginning to understand. As society responds, we need to figure out how to maintain economic activity, provide essential services and meet basic human needs in a vastly changing energy economy. Organisations play a key role in such responses – whether government at local, r ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... How serious is the threat? How urgent is it? How should we prioritise our response, when we have so many other pressing, national objectives - from encouraging economic recovery to protecting our people around the world? These are all important questions, and we can only truly answer them if we asse ...
... How serious is the threat? How urgent is it? How should we prioritise our response, when we have so many other pressing, national objectives - from encouraging economic recovery to protecting our people around the world? These are all important questions, and we can only truly answer them if we asse ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... How serious is the threat? How urgent is it? How should we prioritise our response, when we have so many other pressing, national objectives - from encouraging economic recovery to protecting our people around the world? These are all important questions, and we can only truly answer them if we asse ...
... How serious is the threat? How urgent is it? How should we prioritise our response, when we have so many other pressing, national objectives - from encouraging economic recovery to protecting our people around the world? These are all important questions, and we can only truly answer them if we asse ...
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
... especially the role of local institutions, if adaptation to climate change is to help the most vulnerable social groups. Not only have existing institutions affected how rural residents responded to environmental challenges in the past, they are also the fundamental mediating mechanisms that will tr ...
... especially the role of local institutions, if adaptation to climate change is to help the most vulnerable social groups. Not only have existing institutions affected how rural residents responded to environmental challenges in the past, they are also the fundamental mediating mechanisms that will tr ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report. David Stainforth is acknowledged in the report as a key contributor
... required to achieve some aspects of nature conservation. For the purposes of this report, we will use the term ‘organisation’ to mean Government departments, authorities, companies and agencies, and ‘institutional arrangements’ to mean the legal, regulatory and administrative frameworks within which ...
... required to achieve some aspects of nature conservation. For the purposes of this report, we will use the term ‘organisation’ to mean Government departments, authorities, companies and agencies, and ‘institutional arrangements’ to mean the legal, regulatory and administrative frameworks within which ...
Egypt`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... Abstract The main objective of Egypt’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction is to increase the flexibility of the Egyptian community when dealing with the risks and disasters that might be caused by climate change and its impact on different sectors and acti ...
... Abstract The main objective of Egypt’s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction is to increase the flexibility of the Egyptian community when dealing with the risks and disasters that might be caused by climate change and its impact on different sectors and acti ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... adaptation, in light of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to extreme weather events and other adverse impacts of climate change. However, this policy was not presented to Parliament, and therefore Parliamentary engagement is missing. A particularly relevant aspect of the NCCP is its recommendation for t ...
... adaptation, in light of Pakistan’s high vulnerability to extreme weather events and other adverse impacts of climate change. However, this policy was not presented to Parliament, and therefore Parliamentary engagement is missing. A particularly relevant aspect of the NCCP is its recommendation for t ...
A georeferenced agent-based model to analyze the
... not match with the reality of ski area operations that require 30-100 cm of snow to open a ski run. A few studies create statistical relationships between the length of season and snow depth or other climatological parameters (Moen and Fredmand, 2007). One of the major limitations of these studies ...
... not match with the reality of ski area operations that require 30-100 cm of snow to open a ski run. A few studies create statistical relationships between the length of season and snow depth or other climatological parameters (Moen and Fredmand, 2007). One of the major limitations of these studies ...
14. impacts on the tourism sector
... outlining the features of these environments, is climate, in first place, which gives peculiarity and diversity to them. The result is the identification of four environments which constitute an initial tourist zoning system: the coastal area, the mountain area, the rural area and the urban area (Ló ...
... outlining the features of these environments, is climate, in first place, which gives peculiarity and diversity to them. The result is the identification of four environments which constitute an initial tourist zoning system: the coastal area, the mountain area, the rural area and the urban area (Ló ...
Climate Threatens TI - northwesterndebateinstitute2012
... transportation impacts mentioned most often in the literature included pavement damage; rail buckling; less lift and fuel efficiency for aircraft; and the implications of lower inland water levels, thawing permafrost, reduced ice cover on seaways, and an increase in vegetation. These are discussed i ...
... transportation impacts mentioned most often in the literature included pavement damage; rail buckling; less lift and fuel efficiency for aircraft; and the implications of lower inland water levels, thawing permafrost, reduced ice cover on seaways, and an increase in vegetation. These are discussed i ...
Climate Change Effects and Impacts Assessment
... New Zealand Ltd and Earthwise Consulting Ltd, in consultation with a range of people from local government organisations. It follows a specification prepared by the Ministry for the Environment. As explained in the report, developing projections of future climate changes is still subject to signific ...
... New Zealand Ltd and Earthwise Consulting Ltd, in consultation with a range of people from local government organisations. It follows a specification prepared by the Ministry for the Environment. As explained in the report, developing projections of future climate changes is still subject to signific ...
global climate change as seen by zoo and aquarium visitors
... figures to the key findings in Appendix A and the data tables displaying the results of all the survey items appear in Appendix B. Finally, an overview of our methodology is presented in Appendix C. ...
... figures to the key findings in Appendix A and the data tables displaying the results of all the survey items appear in Appendix B. Finally, an overview of our methodology is presented in Appendix C. ...
Climate Change
... The discourse on the impact of climate change (CC) has been on-going for a while. The actions, however, to act decisively to avert triggering the tipping point have been few and overall rather uncoordinated. The latter is not surprising given the many different interests that predominant in differen ...
... The discourse on the impact of climate change (CC) has been on-going for a while. The actions, however, to act decisively to avert triggering the tipping point have been few and overall rather uncoordinated. The latter is not surprising given the many different interests that predominant in differen ...
The Economic Impacts of Climate Change for Canada
... competing interests around one table to create consensus ideas and viable suggestions for sustainable development. The NRTEE focuses on sustaining Canada’s prosperity without borrowing resources from future generations or compromising their ability to live securely. The NRTEE is in the unique positi ...
... competing interests around one table to create consensus ideas and viable suggestions for sustainable development. The NRTEE focuses on sustaining Canada’s prosperity without borrowing resources from future generations or compromising their ability to live securely. The NRTEE is in the unique positi ...