Financial engineering, including investment approaches for
... • Since 2006, 39 investment transactions have been committed using blended finance deploying concessional resources managed by IFC and including an IFC investment alongside. • 15 of these transactions have used guarantee instruments, 23 have used debt products, 1 project has used equity • A majority ...
... • Since 2006, 39 investment transactions have been committed using blended finance deploying concessional resources managed by IFC and including an IFC investment alongside. • 15 of these transactions have used guarantee instruments, 23 have used debt products, 1 project has used equity • A majority ...
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... organizers are very pleased to have you here today as a participant. ...
... organizers are very pleased to have you here today as a participant. ...
Letter from Bob Ward to Peter Lilley, 22 February 2013
... would be avoided mainly apply to the next century. The scientific evidence indicates that there are significant risks associated with unmitigated climate change during this century, and ‘business as usual’ threatens consequences in the following centuries that would be truly dire. Yet, you seem to h ...
... would be avoided mainly apply to the next century. The scientific evidence indicates that there are significant risks associated with unmitigated climate change during this century, and ‘business as usual’ threatens consequences in the following centuries that would be truly dire. Yet, you seem to h ...
Climate Change Unit Framework Enduring Understandings
... e. Based on evidence from tree rings, other natural records, and scientific observations made around the world, Earth's average temperature is now warmer than it has been for at least the past 1,300 years. Average temperatures have increased markedly in the past 50 years, especially in the North Pol ...
... e. Based on evidence from tree rings, other natural records, and scientific observations made around the world, Earth's average temperature is now warmer than it has been for at least the past 1,300 years. Average temperatures have increased markedly in the past 50 years, especially in the North Pol ...
Svalbard innmat
... policy makers and resulted in valuable input to our common knowledge base as well as our common understanding of research challenges and the need for policy measures. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants from the different countries, the Research Directorate General of the ...
... policy makers and resulted in valuable input to our common knowledge base as well as our common understanding of research challenges and the need for policy measures. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all participants from the different countries, the Research Directorate General of the ...
Becoming Refugias: Climate Change and a Change of Heart
... In the book of Numbers 35:9-15, Judaism reminds followers that God commands the people to create cities of refuge in the Promised Land. Devotees of Islam look to the Quran as a reminder to seek refuge in Allah and Allah’s words. Through meditation, Sufis find a sanctuary in the heart where they mee ...
... In the book of Numbers 35:9-15, Judaism reminds followers that God commands the people to create cities of refuge in the Promised Land. Devotees of Islam look to the Quran as a reminder to seek refuge in Allah and Allah’s words. Through meditation, Sufis find a sanctuary in the heart where they mee ...
The Global Climate Observing System, GCOS
... all components of the World Climate Programme. the assessment role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). the international policy development role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). To provide comprehensive, continuous climate and climat ...
... all components of the World Climate Programme. the assessment role of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). the international policy development role of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). To provide comprehensive, continuous climate and climat ...
GCOS – Global Climate Observing System
... To provide comprehensive, continuous climate and climate-related observations needed for: Climate system monitoring; Climate change detection and attribution; Operational climate prediction on seasonal-to-interannual timescales; Research to improve understanding, modeling and prediction of ...
... To provide comprehensive, continuous climate and climate-related observations needed for: Climate system monitoring; Climate change detection and attribution; Operational climate prediction on seasonal-to-interannual timescales; Research to improve understanding, modeling and prediction of ...
Knock, Knock: Where is the Evidence for Dangerous Human
... representing recovery from the earlier Little Ice Age (Figure 5). Warming, however, did not proceed monotonically. Instead, and as for all extended climate records of adequate resolution, the thermometer data display a multi-decadal rhythmicity with alternating periods of warming and cooling. Within ...
... representing recovery from the earlier Little Ice Age (Figure 5). Warming, however, did not proceed monotonically. Instead, and as for all extended climate records of adequate resolution, the thermometer data display a multi-decadal rhythmicity with alternating periods of warming and cooling. Within ...
UNDP-GEF Adaptation
... about climate change. There are three fundamental positions taken by the contrarians: ...
... about climate change. There are three fundamental positions taken by the contrarians: ...
DOC - World bank documents
... climate models, the precise extent of the vulnerability of rain-fed agriculture is not known and needs to be assessed. However, there is general consensus on increased variability in precipitation, which raises the risk of crop failure and loss of livelihoods in a region where the level of poverty i ...
... climate models, the precise extent of the vulnerability of rain-fed agriculture is not known and needs to be assessed. However, there is general consensus on increased variability in precipitation, which raises the risk of crop failure and loss of livelihoods in a region where the level of poverty i ...
Slide 1
... B. The effects of climate change will be minor except in poor, less developed countries, or in remote regions. C. Climate change will significantly affect many countries. D. The effects of climate change will be catastrophic around the world. ...
... B. The effects of climate change will be minor except in poor, less developed countries, or in remote regions. C. Climate change will significantly affect many countries. D. The effects of climate change will be catastrophic around the world. ...
Challenges for management of freshwater ecosystems
... Palaeolimnological studies - To employ sediment records to provide a temporally integrated, longer-term view of within lake changes than can be provided by monitoring data ...
... Palaeolimnological studies - To employ sediment records to provide a temporally integrated, longer-term view of within lake changes than can be provided by monitoring data ...
using big data, scenarios development, and game theory to monitor
... Participants were selected based on their Arctic knowledge, or expertise in planning, operations, and cold-weather systems. People with different backgrounds took part to ensure that many perspectives and variables were considered during the game. Many participants came from military and civilian op ...
... Participants were selected based on their Arctic knowledge, or expertise in planning, operations, and cold-weather systems. People with different backgrounds took part to ensure that many perspectives and variables were considered during the game. Many participants came from military and civilian op ...
Draft Resolution X - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
... to knowledge and awareness of the importance of the carbon sequestration and storage function of wetlands, including inter alia inland peatlands and coastal vegetated wetlands such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrass beds, through ‘wet-carbon’ and ‘blue carbon’ assessments made by UNEP, the World ...
... to knowledge and awareness of the importance of the carbon sequestration and storage function of wetlands, including inter alia inland peatlands and coastal vegetated wetlands such as mangroves, saltmarshes and seagrass beds, through ‘wet-carbon’ and ‘blue carbon’ assessments made by UNEP, the World ...
2. Observed climatology and sensitivity of runoff
... For this study, we employ the BCSD (Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling) technique, originally developed by Wood et al. (2002) for using global model forecast output for long-range streamflow forecasting. This technique was later adapted for use in studies examining the hydrologic impacts of ...
... For this study, we employ the BCSD (Bias Correction and Statistical Downscaling) technique, originally developed by Wood et al. (2002) for using global model forecast output for long-range streamflow forecasting. This technique was later adapted for use in studies examining the hydrologic impacts of ...
Jo-Ting Huang
... change adaptation (Eisenack and Hoffmann, 2012). • A wider definition benefits should be also considered, including social and environmental costs and benefits, for instance, job creation, institutional adaptive capacity or ecosystem services (UNFCCC, 2011). • First mover advantage addresses that in ...
... change adaptation (Eisenack and Hoffmann, 2012). • A wider definition benefits should be also considered, including social and environmental costs and benefits, for instance, job creation, institutional adaptive capacity or ecosystem services (UNFCCC, 2011). • First mover advantage addresses that in ...
Supplementary Material
... types of models that rigorously treat the global hydrological cycle and do not make assumption all suggest that water vapor concentrations will rise as warming occurs, and in an amount quite consistent with the early assumption that the relative humidity would remain constant (Ref. 11, Chapter 7). T ...
... types of models that rigorously treat the global hydrological cycle and do not make assumption all suggest that water vapor concentrations will rise as warming occurs, and in an amount quite consistent with the early assumption that the relative humidity would remain constant (Ref. 11, Chapter 7). T ...