climate impacts and adaptation unit
... the state of climate science, climate change controversies, impacts of climate change and the available limiting and coping responses. In studying this unit, the core text acts as a guide to prompt independent study around a series of focus questions, aiming to create a climate literate student who ...
... the state of climate science, climate change controversies, impacts of climate change and the available limiting and coping responses. In studying this unit, the core text acts as a guide to prompt independent study around a series of focus questions, aiming to create a climate literate student who ...
climate change risks
... Whilst the City is actively working to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, some climate change is unavoidable and society will have to adapt to a new climate that is warmer, with less rainfall, different weather patterns and streamflows affecting water catchment areas and Perth’s water supply dams. ...
... Whilst the City is actively working to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, some climate change is unavoidable and society will have to adapt to a new climate that is warmer, with less rainfall, different weather patterns and streamflows affecting water catchment areas and Perth’s water supply dams. ...
Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude marine climate and ocean
... records, is variable spatially, which is indicative of the spatiotemporal variations in carbon fluxes and carbon sequestration in the global ocean (e.g., Grottoli and Eakin, 2007). The next logical step would be to use these data in carbon sequestration models (and data-model comparisons) to improve ...
... records, is variable spatially, which is indicative of the spatiotemporal variations in carbon fluxes and carbon sequestration in the global ocean (e.g., Grottoli and Eakin, 2007). The next logical step would be to use these data in carbon sequestration models (and data-model comparisons) to improve ...
Transformational adaptation
... concept of transformational adaptation and how cities in Alberta and elsewhere can take steps to enable this approach as part of their efforts to adapt to climate change. It is one of a series of papers prepared by the Prairie Climate Centre to provide the public and government officials with an ove ...
... concept of transformational adaptation and how cities in Alberta and elsewhere can take steps to enable this approach as part of their efforts to adapt to climate change. It is one of a series of papers prepared by the Prairie Climate Centre to provide the public and government officials with an ove ...
changing patterns of rain or power? how an idea of
... and methodological tools that show the power-laden processes of translating adaptation. It will do so by arguing for an ethnography of connectivity (see below), combined with a detailed ethnographic account of the ‘local’ context where the global idea ultimately is supposed to be implemented. Centra ...
... and methodological tools that show the power-laden processes of translating adaptation. It will do so by arguing for an ethnography of connectivity (see below), combined with a detailed ethnographic account of the ‘local’ context where the global idea ultimately is supposed to be implemented. Centra ...
McCaffery 2010
... mortality in western toad (Bufo boreas) populations, yet these populations have not declined. This increased premetamorphic mortality may not be sufficient to cause otherwise increasing populations to decline in the long term. Alternatively, it may be that conditions in short-term or laboratory-based ...
... mortality in western toad (Bufo boreas) populations, yet these populations have not declined. This increased premetamorphic mortality may not be sufficient to cause otherwise increasing populations to decline in the long term. Alternatively, it may be that conditions in short-term or laboratory-based ...
Mistreatment of the economic impacts of extreme events
... projection of future losses, leading to a dramatic overstatement of the future costs of catastrophes. Understanding this overstatement requires a detailed understanding of the studies cited in the Stern Review. In 2005, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) released a report on damages from extr ...
... projection of future losses, leading to a dramatic overstatement of the future costs of catastrophes. Understanding this overstatement requires a detailed understanding of the studies cited in the Stern Review. In 2005, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) released a report on damages from extr ...
Here - Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci.
... essary prerequisite to ensure that the RCMs accurately portray present-day spatiotemporal climate variability, in particular along mountain ranges such as the Andes, where orography strongly affects seasonal distributions of precipitation. RCMs have been used successfully for climate change studies ...
... essary prerequisite to ensure that the RCMs accurately portray present-day spatiotemporal climate variability, in particular along mountain ranges such as the Andes, where orography strongly affects seasonal distributions of precipitation. RCMs have been used successfully for climate change studies ...
Research Project Final Report
... published in peer reviewed journals. These included time series analysis (e.g. Beaugrand et al., 2003a), univariate and multivariate techniques (e.g. Edwards & Richardson, 2004), modelling (e.g. Lewis et al., 2006, Raitsos et al., 2006) to address the issues of anthropogenic, climate and natural eff ...
... published in peer reviewed journals. These included time series analysis (e.g. Beaugrand et al., 2003a), univariate and multivariate techniques (e.g. Edwards & Richardson, 2004), modelling (e.g. Lewis et al., 2006, Raitsos et al., 2006) to address the issues of anthropogenic, climate and natural eff ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... to the Facility. UNEP shall provide the STAP’s Secretariat and shall operate as the liaison between the Facility and the STAP.” (Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, 1994 and 2008) Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the Global Environment Facility ...
... to the Facility. UNEP shall provide the STAP’s Secretariat and shall operate as the liaison between the Facility and the STAP.” (Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility, 1994 and 2008) Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel to the Global Environment Facility ...
Climate Change, Adaptive Strategies and Rural Livelihoods in
... pends almost entirely on the rainy season, a situation that makes Africa particularly vulnerable to climate change. Increased droughts negatively affect food availability, as it happened in the horn of Africa and southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s [1,7]. Many regions are likely to be adverse ...
... pends almost entirely on the rainy season, a situation that makes Africa particularly vulnerable to climate change. Increased droughts negatively affect food availability, as it happened in the horn of Africa and southern Africa during the 1980s and 1990s [1,7]. Many regions are likely to be adverse ...
The Critical Role of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans
... Several research groups in Europe and North America are launching large-scale, long-term observation programs in the North Atlantic. WHOI itself launched pioneering ocean obser vatories in the Atlantic in 2001 and in the Arctic in 2002. The time is ripe and the players are poised to create an Atlant ...
... Several research groups in Europe and North America are launching large-scale, long-term observation programs in the North Atlantic. WHOI itself launched pioneering ocean obser vatories in the Atlantic in 2001 and in the Arctic in 2002. The time is ripe and the players are poised to create an Atlant ...
CCCI_Mongolia_Executive_Summary_20110411
... Ulaanbaatar city. The district has 434,4 ha of territory with a residential area, where are modern built up apartments in the south part, and traditional Ger areas in the north, which has been newly settled since 2000, due to the mass migration from rural areas after consequent dzud disasters occur ...
... Ulaanbaatar city. The district has 434,4 ha of territory with a residential area, where are modern built up apartments in the south part, and traditional Ger areas in the north, which has been newly settled since 2000, due to the mass migration from rural areas after consequent dzud disasters occur ...
The Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR
... General weaknesses in public finance management that affect environmental governance and limit the implementation of policy priorities. Limitations in the budget classification system Variability in budgetary allocation (proposed versus received) Variability in execution rates (agreed allocati ...
... General weaknesses in public finance management that affect environmental governance and limit the implementation of policy priorities. Limitations in the budget classification system Variability in budgetary allocation (proposed versus received) Variability in execution rates (agreed allocati ...
4. Influence of Climate Change on the Condition of the Catchment`s
... 3.1), outlining the drivers and pressures with a high influence on natural resource condition and the trend that influence will experience under climate change based on mid-century projections under a relatively high emissions pathway. Some pressures have a high level of influence only under climate ...
... 3.1), outlining the drivers and pressures with a high influence on natural resource condition and the trend that influence will experience under climate change based on mid-century projections under a relatively high emissions pathway. Some pressures have a high level of influence only under climate ...
climate change adaptation - India Environment Portal | News
... to the keyword template. In general for each search, we scanned the first 90–120 results after which we detected increasing repetition of citations and/or decreasing topic relevance. From this, we scrutinized @444 abstracts and selected 135 papers for in-depth analysis. The climate adaptation litera ...
... to the keyword template. In general for each search, we scanned the first 90–120 results after which we detected increasing repetition of citations and/or decreasing topic relevance. From this, we scrutinized @444 abstracts and selected 135 papers for in-depth analysis. The climate adaptation litera ...
Climate Change and Security. Two Scenarios for the Indian
... Along with a high degree of remoteness, particular small island states face a limited resource base. This has entailed poor infrastructure and development pressures on the marine environment and on natural ecosystems, mainly in coastal zones. Furthermore, the islands’ economies are characterised by ...
... Along with a high degree of remoteness, particular small island states face a limited resource base. This has entailed poor infrastructure and development pressures on the marine environment and on natural ecosystems, mainly in coastal zones. Furthermore, the islands’ economies are characterised by ...
