Coastal Hazards and Climate Change
... potential impacts and consequences of coastal hazards also increase. Managing this escalating risk over the coming decades now presents a significant challenge for planning authorities in New Zealand. Climate change will exacerbate existing coastal hazards Risk will be exacerbated in many places by ...
... potential impacts and consequences of coastal hazards also increase. Managing this escalating risk over the coming decades now presents a significant challenge for planning authorities in New Zealand. Climate change will exacerbate existing coastal hazards Risk will be exacerbated in many places by ...
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - EEG, TU-Wien
... also need this meeting to look at possible solutions. We in the UK have already committed ourselves to a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. We urge others to commit themselves to take comparable steps. But we should not underestimate the scale of the task. Since 1990, global emission ...
... also need this meeting to look at possible solutions. We in the UK have already committed ourselves to a 60% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. We urge others to commit themselves to take comparable steps. But we should not underestimate the scale of the task. Since 1990, global emission ...
Inuit Priorities for Canada`s Climate Strategy
... This report provides First Ministers and Canadian stakeholders with an overview of the diverse and growing needs Canadian Inuit face as we adapt to climate change in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland spanning four jurisdictions (the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut ...
... This report provides First Ministers and Canadian stakeholders with an overview of the diverse and growing needs Canadian Inuit face as we adapt to climate change in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland spanning four jurisdictions (the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut ...
Towards climate resilience in agriculture for Southeast Asia
... Bridging the gap between the application of research for development (R4D) outputs and their understanding by policymakers and decisionmakers is crucial to the achievement of development outcomes. This gap continues to plague the R4D community and those who are mandated to prepare the adaptation and ...
... Bridging the gap between the application of research for development (R4D) outputs and their understanding by policymakers and decisionmakers is crucial to the achievement of development outcomes. This gap continues to plague the R4D community and those who are mandated to prepare the adaptation and ...
Interaction of impacts of doubling CO2 and changing regional land
... ABSTRACT: The Community Climate System Model version 2.0.1 is running for 40 years under 355 ppm CO2 conditions, without and with natural and anthropogenic land-cover changes that are assumed in the inner core of four hydrothermally different, but similar-sized (≈3.27x106 km2 ) regions (Yukon, Ob, S ...
... ABSTRACT: The Community Climate System Model version 2.0.1 is running for 40 years under 355 ppm CO2 conditions, without and with natural and anthropogenic land-cover changes that are assumed in the inner core of four hydrothermally different, but similar-sized (≈3.27x106 km2 ) regions (Yukon, Ob, S ...
Camels and Climate Resilience: Adaptation in Northern Kenya
... (Bollig 1992). These historic cases provide some insights into the advantages and disadvantages of keeping camels, but the current case is different in that it is a response to opportunities and challenges that have emerged since the mid-1990s, and the way it is being heralded by policy-makers as an ...
... (Bollig 1992). These historic cases provide some insights into the advantages and disadvantages of keeping camels, but the current case is different in that it is a response to opportunities and challenges that have emerged since the mid-1990s, and the way it is being heralded by policy-makers as an ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Galápagos Islands
... working under a common agenda: the need to maintain and increase the resilience of Galápagos biodiversity. This agenda turned into a real commitment under the Declaration of Santa Cruz, signed by the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment, the Galápagos National Park Service, Conservation Internatio ...
... working under a common agenda: the need to maintain and increase the resilience of Galápagos biodiversity. This agenda turned into a real commitment under the Declaration of Santa Cruz, signed by the Ecuadorian Ministry of the Environment, the Galápagos National Park Service, Conservation Internatio ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... (16, 17), and scientific memoirs (18–20). Approval-plenary interpretations for the recent IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) range from assertions of politicization resulting in summaries by policymakers (17, 21, 22) to underscoring of the unique value added (9). Others have simultaneously called fo ...
... (16, 17), and scientific memoirs (18–20). Approval-plenary interpretations for the recent IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) range from assertions of politicization resulting in summaries by policymakers (17, 21, 22) to underscoring of the unique value added (9). Others have simultaneously called fo ...
Trends in Intense Precipitation in the Climate Record
... percentiles of rainy day events) for daily precipitation during the reference period. Then, exceedences (or precipitation totals for some analyses) above the threshold values were totaled and the climatological mean was calculated for the threshold based on the reference period. For each region, sea ...
... percentiles of rainy day events) for daily precipitation during the reference period. Then, exceedences (or precipitation totals for some analyses) above the threshold values were totaled and the climatological mean was calculated for the threshold based on the reference period. For each region, sea ...
Workstream I: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting
... 23. There is convergence among views of members that the GCF should promote strong country ownership in delivery of financial resources to developing countries through involvement of relevant national institutions and stakeholders in national planning, programmes and project identification, formulat ...
... 23. There is convergence among views of members that the GCF should promote strong country ownership in delivery of financial resources to developing countries through involvement of relevant national institutions and stakeholders in national planning, programmes and project identification, formulat ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
Review and Analysis of CAPA and LAPA
... Community Adaptation Plans of Action (CAPA) and Local Adaptation Plan of Actions (LAPA) are adaptation plans prepared at community and VDC level respectively and are considered good practice to ensure the bottom up planning process. This report reviews the adequacy and efficacy of these plans in ass ...
... Community Adaptation Plans of Action (CAPA) and Local Adaptation Plan of Actions (LAPA) are adaptation plans prepared at community and VDC level respectively and are considered good practice to ensure the bottom up planning process. This report reviews the adequacy and efficacy of these plans in ass ...
Scoping study: Modelling the interaction between mitigation and adaptation
... The earth is already committed to further warming in the next few decades, to which some adaptation will be required. A certain amount of warming cannot therefore be avoided via mitigation perhaps at least 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, risks of catastrophic climate change and more par ...
... The earth is already committed to further warming in the next few decades, to which some adaptation will be required. A certain amount of warming cannot therefore be avoided via mitigation perhaps at least 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, risks of catastrophic climate change and more par ...
Pius Yanda
... In 2010, Professor Yanda was nominated to serve as a member of the Joint Scientific Committee. The committee consists of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring organizations and representing climate-related disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological and cryos ...
... In 2010, Professor Yanda was nominated to serve as a member of the Joint Scientific Committee. The committee consists of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring organizations and representing climate-related disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological and cryos ...
Protected areas helping people cope with climate change
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecosystems
... 4.3. How will climate change affect ecosystem services and human well being over the next 50 to 100 years? ...................................................................................... 4-13 4.3.1. Marine fishery yields ........................................................................ ...
... 4.3. How will climate change affect ecosystem services and human well being over the next 50 to 100 years? ...................................................................................... 4-13 4.3.1. Marine fishery yields ........................................................................ ...
Protected areas helping peopel cope with climate change
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
... protected areas, especially those conserved by indigenous peoples, lose less forest than other management systems*. But these co-benefits for climate, biodiversity and society are often missed or ignored. This book clearly articulates for the first time how protected areas contribute significantly t ...
Climate change and human health RISKS AND RESPONSES Editors
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
Climate change and human health
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
A Climate Modelling Primer - THIRD EDITION
... Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor ...
... Designations used by companies to distinguish their products are often claimed as trademarks. All brand names and product names used in this book are trade names, service marks, trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. The Publisher is not associated with any product or vendor ...
Workshop Proceedings Report: South Asia Media Workshop
... ICIMOD, as a regional facilitator and broker of knowledge with a mountain perspective, is already supporting adaptation. It is contributing to its regional member countries through knowledge generation and uptake; downscaling and customising global knowledge; promoting communityled to transboundary ...
... ICIMOD, as a regional facilitator and broker of knowledge with a mountain perspective, is already supporting adaptation. It is contributing to its regional member countries through knowledge generation and uptake; downscaling and customising global knowledge; promoting communityled to transboundary ...
Building Climate Resilience in the Agriculture Sector of Asia and the
... Asian Development Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute. Building climate resilience in the agriculture sector in Asia and the Pacific. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2009. 1. Climate change. ...
... Asian Development Bank and International Food Policy Research Institute. Building climate resilience in the agriculture sector in Asia and the Pacific. Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2009. 1. Climate change. ...
Comparing Conceptualizations of Urban Climate Resilience in
... definitions and characteristics in the literature. It should be acknowledged that since urban resilience research and practice is rapidly evolving, new definitions have likely emerged since the research was completed. The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded ...
... definitions and characteristics in the literature. It should be acknowledged that since urban resilience research and practice is rapidly evolving, new definitions have likely emerged since the research was completed. The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded ...
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... restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans” (Public Law 105-57). The NWRS grew with early conservation movements in the United States and it has continued to be the leading federal ...
... restoration of the fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans” (Public Law 105-57). The NWRS grew with early conservation movements in the United States and it has continued to be the leading federal ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the
... of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a framework, tools, and practical advice for ensuring that the best available technical knowledge about climate change is used to inform these decisions and actions. Americ ...
... of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a framework, tools, and practical advice for ensuring that the best available technical knowledge about climate change is used to inform these decisions and actions. Americ ...