Charting A New Low-Carbon Route To Development
... Climate change is a defining challenge of our time. Science tells us that if immediate action is not taken to slow down - and reverse in a few years – the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, changes in our climate could have catastrophic consequences for the entire planet. We also know that the resu ...
... Climate change is a defining challenge of our time. Science tells us that if immediate action is not taken to slow down - and reverse in a few years – the growth of greenhouse gas emissions, changes in our climate could have catastrophic consequences for the entire planet. We also know that the resu ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... Over the past decade or more the national and international focus has predominantly been on strategies to reduce greenhouse emissions. There has been, in many countries and in the international negotiations on climate change, an unwillingness to devote serious attention to adaptation strategies. Som ...
... Over the past decade or more the national and international focus has predominantly been on strategies to reduce greenhouse emissions. There has been, in many countries and in the international negotiations on climate change, an unwillingness to devote serious attention to adaptation strategies. Som ...
Helping Biodiversity Adapt
... conservation in a changing climate is part of a conversation that natural resource managers, policy makers, and the broader Australian public are only just beginning to have. It is too soon to provide an established set of principles. Rather, this Guide aims to help progress this conversation, by of ...
... conservation in a changing climate is part of a conversation that natural resource managers, policy makers, and the broader Australian public are only just beginning to have. It is too soon to provide an established set of principles. Rather, this Guide aims to help progress this conversation, by of ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... coverage of the report and make use of the best available expertise, the report has been developed jointly between EEA, JRC and WHO. Global developments science and policy The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 4th Assessment report reconfirmed and strengthened earlier scientifi ...
... coverage of the report and make use of the best available expertise, the report has been developed jointly between EEA, JRC and WHO. Global developments science and policy The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its 4th Assessment report reconfirmed and strengthened earlier scientifi ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
FIRST-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 4 Do Not Cite
... footprint of the current distribution. For high-warming scenarios this rises to a fifth to a half. It is inferred that this will increase the risk of premature extinction for these species substantially, but the duration of the period until actual extinction occurs is unknown. [Figure 4-9, 4.3.2.5] ...
... footprint of the current distribution. For high-warming scenarios this rises to a fifth to a half. It is inferred that this will increase the risk of premature extinction for these species substantially, but the duration of the period until actual extinction occurs is unknown. [Figure 4-9, 4.3.2.5] ...
Volume 1 - Assessment Report - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
Understanding pUblic perception of climate change in
... name a few. The Royal Government of Cambodia fully recognises these impacts and has put climate change high on its policy agenda, as a crosscutting issue in the National Strategic Development Plan 2014-18 and through the launch of the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-23. To date, 15 key m ...
... name a few. The Royal Government of Cambodia fully recognises these impacts and has put climate change high on its policy agenda, as a crosscutting issue in the National Strategic Development Plan 2014-18 and through the launch of the Cambodia Climate Change Strategic Plan 2014-23. To date, 15 key m ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Of Mountain
... Equally, the majority of available research focuses on the adverse impacts of climate change and overlooks both the adaptation mechanisms adopted by the local people and the new opportunities presented. The enormous challenge for the region is to adapt to the impacts of climate change by integrating ...
... Equally, the majority of available research focuses on the adverse impacts of climate change and overlooks both the adaptation mechanisms adopted by the local people and the new opportunities presented. The enormous challenge for the region is to adapt to the impacts of climate change by integrating ...
Abbreviations and acronyms - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
English - Global Environment Facility
... in eligible recipient countries.” In particular, the Strategy defines “adaptation activities as those that minimize the adverse affects of climate change.” The strategy, consistent with Convention guidance, called for a staged process of GEF support: an initial stage to finance studies, assessments ...
... in eligible recipient countries.” In particular, the Strategy defines “adaptation activities as those that minimize the adverse affects of climate change.” The strategy, consistent with Convention guidance, called for a staged process of GEF support: an initial stage to finance studies, assessments ...
Climate Change and Buildings in Nigeria: A Search for Mitigation
... guide and develops a framework for its actualization in the three climatic regions in Nigeria. These regions are; Highland Climate Region (HCR), Tropical Savannah (TSC) and the Tropical Rainforest Climate Region (TRC). Given that Nigeria is the seventh most populous country in the world, and most po ...
... guide and develops a framework for its actualization in the three climatic regions in Nigeria. These regions are; Highland Climate Region (HCR), Tropical Savannah (TSC) and the Tropical Rainforest Climate Region (TRC). Given that Nigeria is the seventh most populous country in the world, and most po ...
Climate Change and Displacement for Indigenous Communities in
... The interaction between Saami and governments for reindeer herding is explored through analysis of some of the principle laws and regulations on reindeer husbandry. Even with climate change as a background over the past few decades, reindeer husbandry in Arctic Scandinavia has experienced far greate ...
... The interaction between Saami and governments for reindeer herding is explored through analysis of some of the principle laws and regulations on reindeer husbandry. Even with climate change as a background over the past few decades, reindeer husbandry in Arctic Scandinavia has experienced far greate ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Europe - Clima-net
... targets. Here, for the first time, it was agreed to address adaptation issues. A consultation process with stakeholders will be held in 2006 to discuss the EU role in climate change adaptation policies. The aim is to integrate adaptation into relevant European policy areas in order to identify good, ...
... targets. Here, for the first time, it was agreed to address adaptation issues. A consultation process with stakeholders will be held in 2006 to discuss the EU role in climate change adaptation policies. The aim is to integrate adaptation into relevant European policy areas in order to identify good, ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... the same time, both international legal frameworks and their associated institutions have gaps in their mandates that make it difficult for them to address the problem adequately. The existing refugee and climate change regimes in particular are ill-suited to handle this foreseeable migration. Any s ...
... the same time, both international legal frameworks and their associated institutions have gaps in their mandates that make it difficult for them to address the problem adequately. The existing refugee and climate change regimes in particular are ill-suited to handle this foreseeable migration. Any s ...
Improving runoff estimates from regional climate models: a
... of surface runoff over great extensions of land (Fekete et al., 1999), and it can be used to correct bias from RCMs. In light of this situation, it is essential to analyse several alternatives that will enable us to obtain simulated stream flow series and can be introduced in water resources models ...
... of surface runoff over great extensions of land (Fekete et al., 1999), and it can be used to correct bias from RCMs. In light of this situation, it is essential to analyse several alternatives that will enable us to obtain simulated stream flow series and can be introduced in water resources models ...
ities` action on climate change in South West England.
... decisions about investment and the future effectively embodied in the Treasury advice on discount rates for project assessment? Why were local authorities more likely to be talking (eventually) only about adaptation to climate change rather than mitigation? ...
... decisions about investment and the future effectively embodied in the Treasury advice on discount rates for project assessment? Why were local authorities more likely to be talking (eventually) only about adaptation to climate change rather than mitigation? ...
Climate Change: Adaptation for Queensland Issues Paper
... This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the resp ...
... This document has been prepared with all due diligence and care, based on the best available information at the time of publication. The department holds no responsibility for any errors or omissions within this document. Any decisions made by other parties based on this document are solely the resp ...