The City of Lewes Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Action
... temperatures are rising, glaciers are retreating, snowpack is disappearing, spring is arriving earlier, and seas are rising. These changes will exacerbate hazards that are known to threaten Lewes today. While these changes cannot be prevented, the effects of these events are dependent upon the c ...
... temperatures are rising, glaciers are retreating, snowpack is disappearing, spring is arriving earlier, and seas are rising. These changes will exacerbate hazards that are known to threaten Lewes today. While these changes cannot be prevented, the effects of these events are dependent upon the c ...
Economic Costs and Benefits of Climate Change Impacts and
... Tourism is the largest sector of the economy in the Maldives, and it is critical to the country’s economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited fres ...
... Tourism is the largest sector of the economy in the Maldives, and it is critical to the country’s economic future. However, tourism in the Maldives is at risk to climate and non-climate influences. Non-climate influences – such as land-use pressure and coastal erosion, waste management, limited fres ...
Climate Vulnerability Monitor
... the most recently published research and scientific knowledge, assimilating literally hundreds of studies and bodies of data into a common framework that makes its collective meaning clear. More research is plainly needed and will continuously enrich our understanding, but improving knowledge should ...
... the most recently published research and scientific knowledge, assimilating literally hundreds of studies and bodies of data into a common framework that makes its collective meaning clear. More research is plainly needed and will continuously enrich our understanding, but improving knowledge should ...
Climate Change Issues for the Cayman Islands
... Policy Specialist, de Romilly and de Romilly, and Ms. Judi Clarke, Outreach Specialist, ECACC Consultant. We look forward to continued collaboration as we move toward a National Climate Change Policy for the Cayman Islands. The Committee would also like to acknowledge Jeremy Olynik, Geographical Inf ...
... Policy Specialist, de Romilly and de Romilly, and Ms. Judi Clarke, Outreach Specialist, ECACC Consultant. We look forward to continued collaboration as we move toward a National Climate Change Policy for the Cayman Islands. The Committee would also like to acknowledge Jeremy Olynik, Geographical Inf ...
A Climate for Change
... is a breakthrough report for Croatia and the first of its kind following the new analysis released by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). More reports from other countries will follow in the coming years and will highlight the vulnerability of individual countries and the issues that t ...
... is a breakthrough report for Croatia and the first of its kind following the new analysis released by the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). More reports from other countries will follow in the coming years and will highlight the vulnerability of individual countries and the issues that t ...
Considering Vermont`s Future in a Changing Climate: The First
... events, such as heavy downpours, have become more frequent and/or intense. Across the state, there have already been significant changes in the length of the frost-free growing season and in the warmth of nighttime temperatures. These, and other changes, are part of the pattern of global climate cha ...
... events, such as heavy downpours, have become more frequent and/or intense. Across the state, there have already been significant changes in the length of the frost-free growing season and in the warmth of nighttime temperatures. These, and other changes, are part of the pattern of global climate cha ...
PDF
... The AD-WITCH model links adaptation, mitigation, and climate change damage within an integrated assessment model of the world economy, where the energy and climate system are carefully described. AD-WITCH builds on the WITCH model (Bosetti et al. 2006, Bosetti et al. 2009). It is an intertemporal, o ...
... The AD-WITCH model links adaptation, mitigation, and climate change damage within an integrated assessment model of the world economy, where the energy and climate system are carefully described. AD-WITCH builds on the WITCH model (Bosetti et al. 2006, Bosetti et al. 2009). It is an intertemporal, o ...
Climate-Smart Conservation - National Wildlife Federation
... Financial support for this publication was provided by the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Societ ...
... Financial support for this publication was provided by the National Park Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Societ ...
PDF
... The 5th Urban Research Symposium on Cities and Climate Change—Responding to an Urgent Agenda, held in Marseille in June 2009, sought to highlight how climate change and urbanization are converging to create one of the greatest challenges of our time. Responding to this challenge effectively and sust ...
... The 5th Urban Research Symposium on Cities and Climate Change—Responding to an Urgent Agenda, held in Marseille in June 2009, sought to highlight how climate change and urbanization are converging to create one of the greatest challenges of our time. Responding to this challenge effectively and sust ...
UNEP Regional Office for Africa
... The primary audiences for the Guidebook are policymakers, decision makers, practitioners from public and private sector, Civil Society Organizations, environment and climate change negotiators and experts. However, it is recognized that others will also make use of the report. The contents of the Gu ...
... The primary audiences for the Guidebook are policymakers, decision makers, practitioners from public and private sector, Civil Society Organizations, environment and climate change negotiators and experts. However, it is recognized that others will also make use of the report. The contents of the Gu ...
protected areas and climate change in canada
... Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and Canada’s national synthesis on climate change, From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, have clearly substantiated that climate change induced by human-generated greenhouse gas emissions is now implicated in a ...
... Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) and Canada’s national synthesis on climate change, From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007, have clearly substantiated that climate change induced by human-generated greenhouse gas emissions is now implicated in a ...
An Integrated Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline Circulation
... intercomparison studies show, models differ widely in this respect for reasons not fully understood (Rahmstorf et al., 2005). And second, future freshwater input is also highly uncertain, as it depends strongly both on precipitation and river runoff changes and on ice melting rates. Meltwater runoff ...
... intercomparison studies show, models differ widely in this respect for reasons not fully understood (Rahmstorf et al., 2005). And second, future freshwater input is also highly uncertain, as it depends strongly both on precipitation and river runoff changes and on ice melting rates. Meltwater runoff ...
Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia
... can often improve livelihoods, reduce poverty, meet labor force needs, bolster economies, and strengthen links between communities and countries. The onus is on decision makers in central and subnational governments to take action, and do so urgently since environmental change is already upon us. Th ...
... can often improve livelihoods, reduce poverty, meet labor force needs, bolster economies, and strengthen links between communities and countries. The onus is on decision makers in central and subnational governments to take action, and do so urgently since environmental change is already upon us. Th ...
Building Resilience for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Agriculture Sector
... types of insurance and ex-post payments, it was shown that the possibility of extreme climatic events significantly changes the decision environment and that government’s best response to this ambiguity is the implementation of “robust” policies, which may not be optimal under any given scenario, bu ...
... types of insurance and ex-post payments, it was shown that the possibility of extreme climatic events significantly changes the decision environment and that government’s best response to this ambiguity is the implementation of “robust” policies, which may not be optimal under any given scenario, bu ...
The Role of New Media in Protest Organisation
... of the use of social media by NGOs, it also becomes clear that the organisations are by far not exhausting all possibilities and often project the accustomed use of old media on new media. The following pages of the introduction present the development of the research question and sub questions and ...
... of the use of social media by NGOs, it also becomes clear that the organisations are by far not exhausting all possibilities and often project the accustomed use of old media on new media. The following pages of the introduction present the development of the research question and sub questions and ...
Preparing for an Uncertain Climate—Vol. I
... Options that fall into this group are near-term concerns because they will take a long time to complete, address ‘front-line” or urgent issues that need attention first in order to make better decisions later, can be approached through efforts already under way, are beneficial for reasons other than ...
... Options that fall into this group are near-term concerns because they will take a long time to complete, address ‘front-line” or urgent issues that need attention first in order to make better decisions later, can be approached through efforts already under way, are beneficial for reasons other than ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Montana`s Outdoor Economy
... precipitation will fall in the winter and significantly less precipitation will fall in the summer. This is especially true for western Montana where precipitation will be 5-10 percent lower in the summer and 10-15 percent higher in the winter. Because Montana is predicted to warm in the winter, les ...
... precipitation will fall in the winter and significantly less precipitation will fall in the summer. This is especially true for western Montana where precipitation will be 5-10 percent lower in the summer and 10-15 percent higher in the winter. Because Montana is predicted to warm in the winter, les ...
Vulnerability - Adaptación al cambio climático para el desarrollo
... ARTICLE IN PRESS H.-M. Füssel / Global Environmental Change 17 (2007) 155–167 ...
... ARTICLE IN PRESS H.-M. Füssel / Global Environmental Change 17 (2007) 155–167 ...
An Analysis of Adaptation as a Response to Climate Change
... The final part of this study describes specific adaptation proposals. These are consistent with the analysis carried out in the first part of the study, and build upon existing estimates of costs and benefits of specific adaptation strategies. ...
... The final part of this study describes specific adaptation proposals. These are consistent with the analysis carried out in the first part of the study, and build upon existing estimates of costs and benefits of specific adaptation strategies. ...
GAN workshop report - Climate Technology Centre & Network
... as the difference between implemented adaptation and a societally set goal. Estimating the adaptation gap is far more challenging than calculating the emissions gap, because 1) there is no globally agreed goal or metrics for adaptation, and 2) adaptation is a response to specific climate risks and i ...
... as the difference between implemented adaptation and a societally set goal. Estimating the adaptation gap is far more challenging than calculating the emissions gap, because 1) there is no globally agreed goal or metrics for adaptation, and 2) adaptation is a response to specific climate risks and i ...
PDF
... to enhance their investment in climate change adaptation strategies that has a long-term effect. Morealso, Government and non-governmental organizations should help the farmers in the area of provision and/ or facilitate the provision of input-based adaptation strategies in the study area. Again, in ...
... to enhance their investment in climate change adaptation strategies that has a long-term effect. Morealso, Government and non-governmental organizations should help the farmers in the area of provision and/ or facilitate the provision of input-based adaptation strategies in the study area. Again, in ...
climate change and african forest and wildlife resources
... increases in growing forests, a process that positively influences the level of green house gases in the atmosphere, which, in turn, may reduce global warming. In other words, the forests, by regulating the carbon cycle, play vital roles in climatic change and variability. Climate, on the other hand ...
... increases in growing forests, a process that positively influences the level of green house gases in the atmosphere, which, in turn, may reduce global warming. In other words, the forests, by regulating the carbon cycle, play vital roles in climatic change and variability. Climate, on the other hand ...