Assessing the Evidence: Environment, Climate
... 4) competition over scarce natural resources potentially leading to growing tensions and even conflict and, in turn, displacement. ...
... 4) competition over scarce natural resources potentially leading to growing tensions and even conflict and, in turn, displacement. ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... Attribute of concern: The valued attribute(s) of the vulnerable system that is/are threatened by its exposure to a hazard. Examples of attributes of concern include human lives and health, the existence, income and cultural identity of a community, and the biodiversity, carbon sequestration potenti ...
... Attribute of concern: The valued attribute(s) of the vulnerable system that is/are threatened by its exposure to a hazard. Examples of attributes of concern include human lives and health, the existence, income and cultural identity of a community, and the biodiversity, carbon sequestration potenti ...
East Midlands Sustainable Development Round Table The Potential
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
... Overall, we will have to live with some level of climate change and plan accordingly. In order to do this we will have to take climate change into account when planning our water resources, flood defences, industry, agriculture, housing and other developments and biodiversity. However, the priority ...
Macarthy, J.M. 12 - Newcastle University eTheses: Home
... Much of the climate change literature is replete with discussions about the potential impact of climate change on cities. Whilst urban planners are increasingly being urged to develop robust and clear strategies for dealing with the impacts, in reality there is very little knowledge about the way th ...
... Much of the climate change literature is replete with discussions about the potential impact of climate change on cities. Whilst urban planners are increasingly being urged to develop robust and clear strategies for dealing with the impacts, in reality there is very little knowledge about the way th ...
Environmental Change and Migration: State of the
... ferent environmental changes affect people’s lives and their propensity to move would be useful in increasing understanding of the interconnections between the environment and migration. Also needed is research on the forms of movement that are likely to be associated with different environmental c ...
... ferent environmental changes affect people’s lives and their propensity to move would be useful in increasing understanding of the interconnections between the environment and migration. Also needed is research on the forms of movement that are likely to be associated with different environmental c ...
Climate Change and Aspen
... All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the Aspen Global Change Institute. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of AGCI, of its directors, officers, staff; or of its sponsors, Although the res ...
... All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written permission of the Aspen Global Change Institute. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of AGCI, of its directors, officers, staff; or of its sponsors, Although the res ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point of view of conserving and sustainably using biodivers ...
... driver of biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosystem services. The Paris Agreement, which strengthened international support for limiting global warming, will enter into force on November 2016 and is a positive step, especially from the point of view of conserving and sustainably using biodivers ...
An Evidence Base Review of Public Attitudes to Climate Change
... Rather, more fundamental behavioural changes are required which alter people’s aspirations, motivations and ultimately their travel and lifestyle choices. With more or less coercive policies such as national road pricing being, at best, a long way off, there is an urgent need to understand and deliv ...
... Rather, more fundamental behavioural changes are required which alter people’s aspirations, motivations and ultimately their travel and lifestyle choices. With more or less coercive policies such as national road pricing being, at best, a long way off, there is an urgent need to understand and deliv ...
Working Paper 205 - Watkiss (opens in new window)
... incorporation of uncertainty in appraisal. This is an area that has also developed significantly in recent years. As the most common techniques used in economic appraisal have limitations in coping with this challenge, a suite of new decision support tools have emerged that advance decision-making u ...
... incorporation of uncertainty in appraisal. This is an area that has also developed significantly in recent years. As the most common techniques used in economic appraisal have limitations in coping with this challenge, a suite of new decision support tools have emerged that advance decision-making u ...
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... setting. To be able to better understand the role and importance of adapting, an economic assessment of the costs and benefits of adaptation, by making adaptation explicit in IAMs, is essential. In this context, de Bruin et al. (2009a) have introduced the concept of an “adaptation cost curve”, that ...
... setting. To be able to better understand the role and importance of adapting, an economic assessment of the costs and benefits of adaptation, by making adaptation explicit in IAMs, is essential. In this context, de Bruin et al. (2009a) have introduced the concept of an “adaptation cost curve”, that ...
Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... In response to a growing awareness of the potentially adverse effects of climate change and the particular vulnerability of developing countries to this process, a significant increase in adaptation action has been witnessed in recent years in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean ...
... In response to a growing awareness of the potentially adverse effects of climate change and the particular vulnerability of developing countries to this process, a significant increase in adaptation action has been witnessed in recent years in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean ...
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptations in Canadian Arctic
... warming projected for the future [1]. Across the Canadian North, Indigenous populations, who live in small isolated communities and depend to some degree on subsistence hunting and trapping, are believed to be particularly sensitive to these changes, with constrained access to hunting areas and enha ...
... warming projected for the future [1]. Across the Canadian North, Indigenous populations, who live in small isolated communities and depend to some degree on subsistence hunting and trapping, are believed to be particularly sensitive to these changes, with constrained access to hunting areas and enha ...
Turn Down the Heat - Open Knowledge Repository
... 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0. Under the Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial–NoDerivatives license, you are free to copy, distribute, and transmit this work, for noncommercial purposes only, under the following conditions: Attribution—Please cite the work as follows: W ...
... 3.0) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0. Under the Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial–NoDerivatives license, you are free to copy, distribute, and transmit this work, for noncommercial purposes only, under the following conditions: Attribution—Please cite the work as follows: W ...
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... necessary to assure reliable ski seasons every year. However, not all ski resorts will be able to offset or attenuate their vulnerability by means of snowmaking, either due to economic constraints or due to the severe environmental impacts related to this adaptation strategy. Moreover, a future risi ...
... necessary to assure reliable ski seasons every year. However, not all ski resorts will be able to offset or attenuate their vulnerability by means of snowmaking, either due to economic constraints or due to the severe environmental impacts related to this adaptation strategy. Moreover, a future risi ...
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... preindustrial era, due to increasing industrialization and global population. In 2012, air pollution, mostly in the form of atmospheric aerosols, was responsible for 7 million deaths (3.7 million from ambient air pollution, 3.3 million from indoor) worldwide (WHO, 2014). Due to efforts to reduce thi ...
... preindustrial era, due to increasing industrialization and global population. In 2012, air pollution, mostly in the form of atmospheric aerosols, was responsible for 7 million deaths (3.7 million from ambient air pollution, 3.3 million from indoor) worldwide (WHO, 2014). Due to efforts to reduce thi ...
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... Results show that the changes are significantly associated with anthropogenic activity. We also used logistic regression to test the relevant spatial variables involved in the urban expansion process. our study reveals that urban planning is a spatial decision-making process, which requires a multi- ...
... Results show that the changes are significantly associated with anthropogenic activity. We also used logistic regression to test the relevant spatial variables involved in the urban expansion process. our study reveals that urban planning is a spatial decision-making process, which requires a multi- ...
The rise and fall of the kyoto protocol: climate change as a political
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation
... about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming temperatures of the last several decades, and concluded that there is a need for far more extensive adaptation than is currently ...
... about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming temperatures of the last several decades, and concluded that there is a need for far more extensive adaptation than is currently ...
Religious engagement in the interface between ethics, policy and
... This dissertation is an explorative research paper with a central aim of exploring the potential for religious voice to become a leading moral authority within the international climate change arena. The thesis begins by reviewing the current climate change regime, noting that an ethical and/or mora ...
... This dissertation is an explorative research paper with a central aim of exploring the potential for religious voice to become a leading moral authority within the international climate change arena. The thesis begins by reviewing the current climate change regime, noting that an ethical and/or mora ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
... the magnitude of climate-change impacts and the relative weight society attaches to future costs and benefits relative to present ones. Moreover, the findings illuminate how risks of catastrophic climate change shape the mitigation-adaptation balance, and shed new light on how an international agreeme ...
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DESERTIFICATION
... major causes of desertification. The most commonly cited forms of unsustainable land use are over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices. Seventy percent of the world’s dry-lands (excluding hyper-arid deserts), or some 3,600 million hectares, are degraded. While drou ...
... major causes of desertification. The most commonly cited forms of unsustainable land use are over-cultivation, over-grazing, deforestation, and poor irrigation practices. Seventy percent of the world’s dry-lands (excluding hyper-arid deserts), or some 3,600 million hectares, are degraded. While drou ...