Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Cambodia
... country with regard to climate change risk. On the other hand, the passage of Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 has provided for the local government units (LGUs) to take the lead role in disaster risk reduction through their res ...
... country with regard to climate change risk. On the other hand, the passage of Republic Act 10121, otherwise known as the Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 has provided for the local government units (LGUs) to take the lead role in disaster risk reduction through their res ...
Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014
... opportunity to participate in this emerging area and to be an attractive location for business and innovative industry to prosper. This strategy considers how such opportunities may be realised and identifies potential areas for Council and community involvement, particularly in the generation of re ...
... opportunity to participate in this emerging area and to be an attractive location for business and innovative industry to prosper. This strategy considers how such opportunities may be realised and identifies potential areas for Council and community involvement, particularly in the generation of re ...
a PDF file of this report - The Messengers
... Over time and across cultures, birds have sent us signals about the health of our environment. The canary in the coal mine offered that most precious resource, time – a small window in which humans could escape toxic gases. Miners no longer use songbirds as early warning systems, but birds are our c ...
... Over time and across cultures, birds have sent us signals about the health of our environment. The canary in the coal mine offered that most precious resource, time – a small window in which humans could escape toxic gases. Miners no longer use songbirds as early warning systems, but birds are our c ...
Self-Governance and Peer Review in Science-for
... implied that the changes had been made in the interests of promoting a particular political agenda. Seitz said that Benjamin D. Santer, lead author of Chapter 8, would have to shoulder the responsibility for the “unauthorized” changes. Seitz was not present at the IPCC meetings. He did not contact S ...
... implied that the changes had been made in the interests of promoting a particular political agenda. Seitz said that Benjamin D. Santer, lead author of Chapter 8, would have to shoulder the responsibility for the “unauthorized” changes. Seitz was not present at the IPCC meetings. He did not contact S ...
Adaptation Research Programs and Funding
... For each area of foundational and applied research, an objective, timeframe and cost estimate has been developed. A modest program of $120 million over 20 years recognizes that there are opportunities to leverage this research through other programs. However, almost 50% of the research budget will b ...
... For each area of foundational and applied research, an objective, timeframe and cost estimate has been developed. A modest program of $120 million over 20 years recognizes that there are opportunities to leverage this research through other programs. However, almost 50% of the research budget will b ...
2014 DOE Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... increased global average air and ocean temperatures, decreased historical snow pack, rising global average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s m ...
... increased global average air and ocean temperatures, decreased historical snow pack, rising global average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s m ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
... available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with human health. In this case, these impacts are strongly dependant on local factors and do not easily le ...
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... throughout the year. The models also indicate that the wet areas of the country to become wetter and dry areas to become drier through time. Country can also experience severe climatic changes such as long dry spells associated with the El Niño (warm) and long wet spells. Sri Lanka is also highly vu ...
... throughout the year. The models also indicate that the wet areas of the country to become wetter and dry areas to become drier through time. Country can also experience severe climatic changes such as long dry spells associated with the El Niño (warm) and long wet spells. Sri Lanka is also highly vu ...
Report Workshop on Regional and National Climate
... Over 70% of the area of the GHA is classified as arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) and the GHA countries share pronounced climatic variability and trends. They are vulnerable to extreme climatic conditions due to their very high degree of rainfall variability both in space and time. Most of the hazar ...
... Over 70% of the area of the GHA is classified as arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) and the GHA countries share pronounced climatic variability and trends. They are vulnerable to extreme climatic conditions due to their very high degree of rainfall variability both in space and time. Most of the hazar ...
Center for Global Environmental Research
... The present volume of CGER’S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT series is the twelfth publication of research results achieved by the users of the supercomputer facilities at the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Our computer reso ...
... The present volume of CGER’S SUPERCOMPUTER MONOGRAPH REPORT series is the twelfth publication of research results achieved by the users of the supercomputer facilities at the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Our computer reso ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... • How many students have watched movies or documentaries about climate change? • How many students have read books or other research on the subject? • Are there any students who have gleaned all they know about climate change from newspapers, TV, and radio? 21 Hand out Worksheet 1.2: Climate chan ...
... • How many students have watched movies or documentaries about climate change? • How many students have read books or other research on the subject? • Are there any students who have gleaned all they know about climate change from newspapers, TV, and radio? 21 Hand out Worksheet 1.2: Climate chan ...
Working with Nature to Tackle Climate Change
... (and beyond) not only contribute successfully to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing sinks, and/or support societal adaptation, but also deliver a number of other benefits such as improved biodiversity conservation, livelihood opportunities or health and recreational benefits. This sugge ...
... (and beyond) not only contribute successfully to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing sinks, and/or support societal adaptation, but also deliver a number of other benefits such as improved biodiversity conservation, livelihood opportunities or health and recreational benefits. This sugge ...
Extreme Weather Events
... substantial portions of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, super-hurricanes, and devastating floods and droughts. Because rising temperatures were often predicted to cause changes in these and other environmental variables, “global warming” became the generic term to describe all resultant impac ...
... substantial portions of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, super-hurricanes, and devastating floods and droughts. Because rising temperatures were often predicted to cause changes in these and other environmental variables, “global warming” became the generic term to describe all resultant impac ...
Land Resources - Northern Research Station
... identifies changes in resource conditions that are now being observed and examines whether these changes can be attributed in whole or part to climate change. It also highlights changes in resource conditions that recent scientific studies suggest are most likely to occur in response to climate chan ...
... identifies changes in resource conditions that are now being observed and examines whether these changes can be attributed in whole or part to climate change. It also highlights changes in resource conditions that recent scientific studies suggest are most likely to occur in response to climate chan ...
DECC Adaptation Strategy for Climate Change Impacts on Biodiversity
... unique biodiversity. In addition many Aboriginal communities in NSW live in areas identified as particularly vulnerable to changes in climate. As a result, projected climatic changes may have a detrimental impact on Indigenous Australians’ cultural practices and values. The Department of Environment ...
... unique biodiversity. In addition many Aboriginal communities in NSW live in areas identified as particularly vulnerable to changes in climate. As a result, projected climatic changes may have a detrimental impact on Indigenous Australians’ cultural practices and values. The Department of Environment ...
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... B.A New Approach to Valuing Climate Change In this paper we propose an alternative strategy to estimate the effects of climate change. We use a county-level panel data file constructed from the Censuses of Agriculture to estimate the effect of weather on agricultural profits, conditional on county a ...
... B.A New Approach to Valuing Climate Change In this paper we propose an alternative strategy to estimate the effects of climate change. We use a county-level panel data file constructed from the Censuses of Agriculture to estimate the effect of weather on agricultural profits, conditional on county a ...
The Recent Trend and Variance Increase of the
... includes a warming of the surface temperature in midand high latitudes, a cooling in the high-latitude lower stratosphere, an increase in the strength of the westerlies in high latitudes, and a reduction in total column ozone [for a summary of these trends, including many additional references, see ...
... includes a warming of the surface temperature in midand high latitudes, a cooling in the high-latitude lower stratosphere, an increase in the strength of the westerlies in high latitudes, and a reduction in total column ozone [for a summary of these trends, including many additional references, see ...
Supplement
... analysis of the tropospheric ozone budget terms. Overall, the analysis is rigorous and the paper is well-written. I recommend the acceptance of this paper by ACP after the following comments have been addressed: Page 30647, Line 28: A reference to van Vuuren et al., (2011) would be appropriate here. ...
... analysis of the tropospheric ozone budget terms. Overall, the analysis is rigorous and the paper is well-written. I recommend the acceptance of this paper by ACP after the following comments have been addressed: Page 30647, Line 28: A reference to van Vuuren et al., (2011) would be appropriate here. ...
MCCA Regulations and Syllabus -Masters
... adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s environment. As a result of the anthropogenic climate change drivers, the global mean surface temperature is projected to increase between 1.5°C and 5.8° ...
... adaptation. It explores the fundamental changes caused by anthropogenic and natural activities that influence the alteration of the living earth’s environment. As a result of the anthropogenic climate change drivers, the global mean surface temperature is projected to increase between 1.5°C and 5.8° ...
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... buy or sell. In a situation of uncertainty about future yields, decisions on adaptation measures or risk management strategies are driven by individual expectations. Both for scientific analysis of decision-making under uncertainty and for practical purposes of supplying decision support, the way su ...
... buy or sell. In a situation of uncertainty about future yields, decisions on adaptation measures or risk management strategies are driven by individual expectations. Both for scientific analysis of decision-making under uncertainty and for practical purposes of supplying decision support, the way su ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect various definitions (found in literature) of the same terms and to clarify these key adaptation concep ...
... on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect various definitions (found in literature) of the same terms and to clarify these key adaptation concep ...
Climate Change and Its Causes - The Science and Public Policy
... Figure 4: Climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling in function of the feedbacks (from Knutti and Hegerl [5]). Note the large uncertainty: a CO2 doubling may cause a global warming from 1 oC to 10 oC at equilibrium. The figure on the left explains why there exists such a large error. The GHG warming theo ...
... Figure 4: Climate sensitivity to CO2 doubling in function of the feedbacks (from Knutti and Hegerl [5]). Note the large uncertainty: a CO2 doubling may cause a global warming from 1 oC to 10 oC at equilibrium. The figure on the left explains why there exists such a large error. The GHG warming theo ...