Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies
... Fiji is extremely vulnerable to climate variability and change as well as natural disasters. Internationally there is a common consensus among climate scientists and policy makers that disasters that are weather and climate related are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Based on empiric mea ...
... Fiji is extremely vulnerable to climate variability and change as well as natural disasters. Internationally there is a common consensus among climate scientists and policy makers that disasters that are weather and climate related are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Based on empiric mea ...
ESCC Hub Research Plan Version 2 (2016)
... stored in a manner that is discoverable and accessible. ...
... stored in a manner that is discoverable and accessible. ...
Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Conservation
... next NPS Centennial Essay series appears, the Earth will be 2-4 degrees Celsius (4-11 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer, with some 0.25m higher sea levels, fewer plant and animal species, and perhaps two billion more human beings. The centennial of America's "best idea" is as good a time as any to think se ...
... next NPS Centennial Essay series appears, the Earth will be 2-4 degrees Celsius (4-11 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer, with some 0.25m higher sea levels, fewer plant and animal species, and perhaps two billion more human beings. The centennial of America's "best idea" is as good a time as any to think se ...
MTA Adaptations to Climate Change – A Categorical Imperative1
... Adaptation measures fall into different categories, and may follow distinct timelines and decision paths: first, a general adaptation policy needs to be adopted to guide the MTA leadership and MTA agencies in their adaptation efforts. It should include the mandate to develop a set of general perform ...
... Adaptation measures fall into different categories, and may follow distinct timelines and decision paths: first, a general adaptation policy needs to be adopted to guide the MTA leadership and MTA agencies in their adaptation efforts. It should include the mandate to develop a set of general perform ...
Climate Change Strategy 2009-2014
... of renewable energy or fuels, and in the provision of energy efficient goods, services and technology. The management of climate change risk and opportunity should be an integrated responsibility within all areas of Council decision making. Council’s governance arrangements will reflect its commitme ...
... of renewable energy or fuels, and in the provision of energy efficient goods, services and technology. The management of climate change risk and opportunity should be an integrated responsibility within all areas of Council decision making. Council’s governance arrangements will reflect its commitme ...
Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... Summary Science indicates that climate change is occurring1, and represents a global risk which demands an urgent multilateral response.2 The high uncertainty in the range of possible outcomes of climate change stresses the need for immediate strategic action. Whilst international efforts in respon ...
... Summary Science indicates that climate change is occurring1, and represents a global risk which demands an urgent multilateral response.2 The high uncertainty in the range of possible outcomes of climate change stresses the need for immediate strategic action. Whilst international efforts in respon ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
Noosa Climate Action Plan
... evolving to adapt to changing conditions. I commend this first piece of good work to you all. Michael Donovan Chair Noosa Biosphere Ltd. ...
... evolving to adapt to changing conditions. I commend this first piece of good work to you all. Michael Donovan Chair Noosa Biosphere Ltd. ...
The cost of inaction: Recognising the value at risk
... significant, the results also show that institutional investors are particularly at risk of lower probability but higher impact losses. Direct impacts vary geographically; economic sectors and asset classes that are concerned with physical assets or natural resources are the most vulnerable to clima ...
... significant, the results also show that institutional investors are particularly at risk of lower probability but higher impact losses. Direct impacts vary geographically; economic sectors and asset classes that are concerned with physical assets or natural resources are the most vulnerable to clima ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate of warming than the last 100 years. Mountain areas worldwide – i.e. areas over 1 000 m – have not warmed any more or less than lower-lying land areas over the last 35 years. However, the vertical structure of the atmospheric warming depend ...
... changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate of warming than the last 100 years. Mountain areas worldwide – i.e. areas over 1 000 m – have not warmed any more or less than lower-lying land areas over the last 35 years. However, the vertical structure of the atmospheric warming depend ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... Exposure of the Insurance Industry 4. Value of Assets – Part II • Indirect Effects of Climate Change, affecting the market value of the assets’ securities – As a result of more complex climate variations and its effects, increase of cost to doing business (COGS), resulting in increase of Assets’ lia ...
... Exposure of the Insurance Industry 4. Value of Assets – Part II • Indirect Effects of Climate Change, affecting the market value of the assets’ securities – As a result of more complex climate variations and its effects, increase of cost to doing business (COGS), resulting in increase of Assets’ lia ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A global concern - EDA
... changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate of warming than the last 100 years. Mountain areas worldwide – i.e. areas over 1 000 m – have not warmed any more or less than lower-lying land areas over the last 35 years. However, the vertical structure of the atmospheric warming depend ...
... changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate of warming than the last 100 years. Mountain areas worldwide – i.e. areas over 1 000 m – have not warmed any more or less than lower-lying land areas over the last 35 years. However, the vertical structure of the atmospheric warming depend ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the
... Africa, was undertaken in 2014-15 to advance understanding of climate change in semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. The RDS represents the first phase of a research effort under the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project. ASSAR is one of four consortia generating new knowledge of ...
... Africa, was undertaken in 2014-15 to advance understanding of climate change in semi-arid regions of Africa and Asia. The RDS represents the first phase of a research effort under the Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) project. ASSAR is one of four consortia generating new knowledge of ...
AAWG Conference Abstracts 2014
... considered. Amongst the climate change scientists, including those contributing to the IPCC assessment reports, women stand out as adding some of the most innovative and valuable research and understanding. This presentation will illustrate ways that women have contributed to climate change, while e ...
... considered. Amongst the climate change scientists, including those contributing to the IPCC assessment reports, women stand out as adding some of the most innovative and valuable research and understanding. This presentation will illustrate ways that women have contributed to climate change, while e ...
Experiment Earth?
... deployment as shown in the table above, should be assessed in terms of controllability; reversibility; effectiveness in terms of costs and benefits; timeliness; and potential for fair regulation. Recommendations for future public engagement on geoengineering research: 5. Continue to engage the publi ...
... deployment as shown in the table above, should be assessed in terms of controllability; reversibility; effectiveness in terms of costs and benefits; timeliness; and potential for fair regulation. Recommendations for future public engagement on geoengineering research: 5. Continue to engage the publi ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
... vulnerability in the short term, it would not necessarily guarantee a long-term strategy to respond to variability, or change, in climate. As a response and planning strategy, adaptation is characterised by its objective to adjust human systems to a different set of external parameters in a sustaina ...
... vulnerability in the short term, it would not necessarily guarantee a long-term strategy to respond to variability, or change, in climate. As a response and planning strategy, adaptation is characterised by its objective to adjust human systems to a different set of external parameters in a sustaina ...
Adaptation benefits and costs – measurement and
... For an economist, these two pieces of information have interesting implications for the stability of the current system of global climate governance. If, as an analytical exercise, one chooses to maximize the global benefits of emissions reductions, then two important first-order conditions that flo ...
... For an economist, these two pieces of information have interesting implications for the stability of the current system of global climate governance. If, as an analytical exercise, one chooses to maximize the global benefits of emissions reductions, then two important first-order conditions that flo ...
