POPRC-9/8: Guidance on how to assess the possible impact of
... proposed for listing. It is a systematically narrative review, which is science-based and aims to describe the state-of-the-art science using the weight-of-evidence approach. The review shall be nuanced, trying to get all aspects of relevance integrated in a balanced manner, including positive and n ...
... proposed for listing. It is a systematically narrative review, which is science-based and aims to describe the state-of-the-art science using the weight-of-evidence approach. The review shall be nuanced, trying to get all aspects of relevance integrated in a balanced manner, including positive and n ...
What is this thing called `natural`? The nature
... itself (Hajer and Fischer 1999: 2). The discourse of sustainable development recognizes the structural character of environmental problems, but it also assumes that the institutions of modern society can deal with them. It promotes further, not less, modernization, responding to criticism of contemp ...
... itself (Hajer and Fischer 1999: 2). The discourse of sustainable development recognizes the structural character of environmental problems, but it also assumes that the institutions of modern society can deal with them. It promotes further, not less, modernization, responding to criticism of contemp ...
Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and
... representative basket of crops that are likely to be affected by competition from agricultural imports, we evaluate sensitivity to international trade as a function of crop productivity and distance to major ports. Those regions that have low crop productivity and/or are very close to international ...
... representative basket of crops that are likely to be affected by competition from agricultural imports, we evaluate sensitivity to international trade as a function of crop productivity and distance to major ports. Those regions that have low crop productivity and/or are very close to international ...
The distributional impact of climate change on rich and poor countries
... by 2100. Global precipitation changes also vary by model. PCM predicts a 16 per cent increase, CCSR predicts an 8 per cent increase, and CGCM1 predicts a 6 per cent decrease in global precipitation by 2100. The distribution of population weighted temperature changes across continents varies as seen ...
... by 2100. Global precipitation changes also vary by model. PCM predicts a 16 per cent increase, CCSR predicts an 8 per cent increase, and CGCM1 predicts a 6 per cent decrease in global precipitation by 2100. The distribution of population weighted temperature changes across continents varies as seen ...
View/Open - Dora.dmu.ac.uk
... (Conference of the Parties 21) may see a significant increase in media attention. ...
... (Conference of the Parties 21) may see a significant increase in media attention. ...
The Way of Warming
... began about 30 years ago, is much more interesting because of the apparent effect it has had on the earth’s coldest areas. Greenhouse-effect science indicates that increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide will warm very dry air much more than moist air. This is because the greenhouse effect of ca ...
... began about 30 years ago, is much more interesting because of the apparent effect it has had on the earth’s coldest areas. Greenhouse-effect science indicates that increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide will warm very dry air much more than moist air. This is because the greenhouse effect of ca ...
Chapter 9. Establishing Common Ground: Finding Better Ways to
... pollution and other environmental problems beginning with Johnson’s leadership and continuing through subsequent administrations—both Republican and Democrat— reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions stands out as a resounding failure. So, where did we go wrong? And why do many people still b ...
... pollution and other environmental problems beginning with Johnson’s leadership and continuing through subsequent administrations—both Republican and Democrat— reducing CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions stands out as a resounding failure. So, where did we go wrong? And why do many people still b ...
Caritas Guidelines on Environmental Justice
... environment some priority, the Oceania member organisations spoke from their own national and regional experiences, and with a sense of urgency, from their local experience of the deterioration of the global environment. The Caritas Oceania initiative did not seek to introduce a new element to the s ...
... environment some priority, the Oceania member organisations spoke from their own national and regional experiences, and with a sense of urgency, from their local experience of the deterioration of the global environment. The Caritas Oceania initiative did not seek to introduce a new element to the s ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... In the past years, several campaigns on climate change present the issue as a major threat. The demand for a new and fairly positive vision has become very loud. New pictures of the future need to be drawn in the people’s heads. (Futerra 2011: 2-10) Communication has to focus to a higher extent on p ...
... In the past years, several campaigns on climate change present the issue as a major threat. The demand for a new and fairly positive vision has become very loud. New pictures of the future need to be drawn in the people’s heads. (Futerra 2011: 2-10) Communication has to focus to a higher extent on p ...
What do realists think about climate change?
... states go to war, and how states respond to potential threats. The threat of climate change, however, is relatively new. Climate change has become a major talking point on the international political agenda. Scientists have agreed that the burning of fossil fuels into the atmosphere and global defor ...
... states go to war, and how states respond to potential threats. The threat of climate change, however, is relatively new. Climate change has become a major talking point on the international political agenda. Scientists have agreed that the burning of fossil fuels into the atmosphere and global defor ...
Assimilating urban heat island effects into climate projections
... physics feedbacks but is more computationally intensive and susceptible to inheritance of GCM biases (Wood et al., 2004). Another limiting factor of the present study is the simplifying assumption of a stationary UHI effect over the historical period that is transferred to the future period through ...
... physics feedbacks but is more computationally intensive and susceptible to inheritance of GCM biases (Wood et al., 2004). Another limiting factor of the present study is the simplifying assumption of a stationary UHI effect over the historical period that is transferred to the future period through ...
KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... developed by SNV Corporate. The harmonised M&E framework contains harmonised outcomes, outputs, indicators and monitoring methods that all country themes apply. The below M&E framework is based on our theme-specific Theory of Change (ToC). For each result in the ToC we have defined indicators and me ...
... developed by SNV Corporate. The harmonised M&E framework contains harmonised outcomes, outputs, indicators and monitoring methods that all country themes apply. The below M&E framework is based on our theme-specific Theory of Change (ToC). For each result in the ToC we have defined indicators and me ...
Robustness of pattern scaled climate change scenarios for adaptation decision support
... The pattern scaling approach is currently used to generate projections of climate change [4, 27] and to quantify their impacts on, for instance, ecosystems [40, 42] and water resources [44, 38] , and the contribution of land use changes to climate change [16]. Within the framework of the Representat ...
... The pattern scaling approach is currently used to generate projections of climate change [4, 27] and to quantify their impacts on, for instance, ecosystems [40, 42] and water resources [44, 38] , and the contribution of land use changes to climate change [16]. Within the framework of the Representat ...
Global Warming — Scientific Facts, Problems and
... calibration between satellites; (b) drifts in satellite calibration; (c) orbital decay and drift and associated long-term changes in the time of day that the measurements are made at a particular location. Therefore it is not easy to evaluate correctly long-term trends in the satellite micro‐ wave-b ...
... calibration between satellites; (b) drifts in satellite calibration; (c) orbital decay and drift and associated long-term changes in the time of day that the measurements are made at a particular location. Therefore it is not easy to evaluate correctly long-term trends in the satellite micro‐ wave-b ...
3.47 MB - Asian Development Bank
... melting a century, their volume has decreased and therefore discharges will diminish all the time. It is self evident that the whole population of Central Asia will suffer from the climate change impacts in their daily life. Many national strategy papers on climate change ask questions, what the cha ...
... melting a century, their volume has decreased and therefore discharges will diminish all the time. It is self evident that the whole population of Central Asia will suffer from the climate change impacts in their daily life. Many national strategy papers on climate change ask questions, what the cha ...
Climate change and extreme weather events: can developing
... Section 2 reviews various vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) assessment strategies both currently practised and proposed. Section 3 discusses three case studies of extreme weather events drawn from different climatological and geographical contexts and the coping capacity and adaptation measures. Se ...
... Section 2 reviews various vulnerability and adaptation (V&A) assessment strategies both currently practised and proposed. Section 3 discusses three case studies of extreme weather events drawn from different climatological and geographical contexts and the coping capacity and adaptation measures. Se ...
Assessing the Crop Growing Period According to the Climate Change
... weather stations located inside (6 stations) and outside (5 stations) the study area (Figure 1). These data derive from a database of climate forecasts available on the Spanish State Meteorology Agency website (http://escenarios.aemet.es/), which collects data from different GCMs. However, only thre ...
... weather stations located inside (6 stations) and outside (5 stations) the study area (Figure 1). These data derive from a database of climate forecasts available on the Spanish State Meteorology Agency website (http://escenarios.aemet.es/), which collects data from different GCMs. However, only thre ...
Evo Morales, Climate Change and the Paradoxes of a Social
... For the activists that attended that People’s Climate Summit, and for their networks by extension, these demands may become a blueprint for the way forward. Tom Goldtooth, executive director of the Ind ...
... For the activists that attended that People’s Climate Summit, and for their networks by extension, these demands may become a blueprint for the way forward. Tom Goldtooth, executive director of the Ind ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... ecological sustainability and social justice, a focus on the specific issue of “global warming” began in some WCC member churches in the late 1980s. Scientific evidence had begun to point to a change in the atmospheric composition with potential serious climatic impacts. For instance, the Toronto Co ...
... ecological sustainability and social justice, a focus on the specific issue of “global warming” began in some WCC member churches in the late 1980s. Scientific evidence had begun to point to a change in the atmospheric composition with potential serious climatic impacts. For instance, the Toronto Co ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... way of life in their lifetime. Figure 1 shows that endorsement of these statements by the public has fluctuated considerably over this time period, in contrast to the monotonic increases in acceptance of these ideas among climate scientists over this same time period. Scientists and nonscientists no ...
... way of life in their lifetime. Figure 1 shows that endorsement of these statements by the public has fluctuated considerably over this time period, in contrast to the monotonic increases in acceptance of these ideas among climate scientists over this same time period. Scientists and nonscientists no ...
Water in Washington (PDF)
... These results are based on a simplified analysis using projections from IPCC 2007. 25 Seattle Public Utilities is currently updating their assessment using 40 new projections from the 2013 IPCC report. 24 The ski areas evaluated for Washington State were: Bluewood, Mt. Spokane, Mt. Baker, Crystal Mo ...
... These results are based on a simplified analysis using projections from IPCC 2007. 25 Seattle Public Utilities is currently updating their assessment using 40 new projections from the 2013 IPCC report. 24 The ski areas evaluated for Washington State were: Bluewood, Mt. Spokane, Mt. Baker, Crystal Mo ...
1.4 MB - about undp maldives
... within 100m of the coastline, on the ocean-ward side of the island. There is no systematic sorting, segregation or recycling, nor is there any established mechanism or system to deal with hazardous waste including POPs. It is extremely important that adaptation measures focused on coastal zone manag ...
... within 100m of the coastline, on the ocean-ward side of the island. There is no systematic sorting, segregation or recycling, nor is there any established mechanism or system to deal with hazardous waste including POPs. It is extremely important that adaptation measures focused on coastal zone manag ...
Reinforced Theistic Manifest Destiny theory
... e.g., anthropogenic) global warming more than Americans do, and humanity has accepted other difficult ideas that were heavily suppressed by political or economic powers— such as heliocentrism and the links between tobacco smoke and severe illnesses. Likewise, we predict that a mechanistic warming ex ...
... e.g., anthropogenic) global warming more than Americans do, and humanity has accepted other difficult ideas that were heavily suppressed by political or economic powers— such as heliocentrism and the links between tobacco smoke and severe illnesses. Likewise, we predict that a mechanistic warming ex ...
Demographic Amplification of Climate Change Experienced by the
... Finally, because human population size and distribution have been previously argued to be strongly associated with coastal zones and navigable rivers and only weakly with climate conditions [19] we included distance from waterway (calculated as the shortest distance between the centroid of each coun ...
... Finally, because human population size and distribution have been previously argued to be strongly associated with coastal zones and navigable rivers and only weakly with climate conditions [19] we included distance from waterway (calculated as the shortest distance between the centroid of each coun ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... way of life in their lifetime. Figure 1 shows that endorsement of these statements by the public has fluctuated considerably over this time period, in contrast to the monotonic increases in acceptance of these ideas among climate scientists over this same time period. Scientists and nonscientists no ...
... way of life in their lifetime. Figure 1 shows that endorsement of these statements by the public has fluctuated considerably over this time period, in contrast to the monotonic increases in acceptance of these ideas among climate scientists over this same time period. Scientists and nonscientists no ...