Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... completed prior to 2009 that may have contributed to building local and national capacity to adapt. The review only identifies those actions currently underway; it does not offer judgment of the effectiveness of the actions taking place. In addition, reflecting the desk-based nature of the review, ...
... completed prior to 2009 that may have contributed to building local and national capacity to adapt. The review only identifies those actions currently underway; it does not offer judgment of the effectiveness of the actions taking place. In addition, reflecting the desk-based nature of the review, ...
The rise and fall of the kyoto protocol: climate change as a political
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
... Title: The Rise and Fall of the Kyoto Protocol – Climate Change as a political process Abstract: This research focuses on climate change as a political process: it describes the Kyoto Protocol, its origins and ratification process in the international climate-diplomatic arena, as well as the climate ...
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... levels of support for climate change policy, their emotional responses, and personal and image associations with climate change. In addition, four workshops (total N = 52) were undertaken in December 2010 and March 2011. These workshops were designed to elicit implicit associations and attendant emo ...
... levels of support for climate change policy, their emotional responses, and personal and image associations with climate change. In addition, four workshops (total N = 52) were undertaken in December 2010 and March 2011. These workshops were designed to elicit implicit associations and attendant emo ...
Master Thesis - Erasmus University Thesis Repository
... In other words, the very language scientists employ plays into scientific uncertainty as a salient theme in media coverage. (Weingart et al, 2000, Zehr, 2000) Therefore, scientific findings usually require translation into more colloquial terms in order to be comprehensible. Like any other dimensio ...
... In other words, the very language scientists employ plays into scientific uncertainty as a salient theme in media coverage. (Weingart et al, 2000, Zehr, 2000) Therefore, scientific findings usually require translation into more colloquial terms in order to be comprehensible. Like any other dimensio ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
... remains as a major selection criteria despite the common opinion of a growing importance of cultural and nature-based tourism (Leidner, 2004). Multiple elements can explain the North to South flow of tourists that characterizes the European tourism industry, including the accessibility, infrastructu ...
... remains as a major selection criteria despite the common opinion of a growing importance of cultural and nature-based tourism (Leidner, 2004). Multiple elements can explain the North to South flow of tourists that characterizes the European tourism industry, including the accessibility, infrastructu ...
Update on Climate Geoengineering in Relation to the
... explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also raised concerns over their potential impacts on biodiversity and other environmental consequences, as well as the ...
... explored as a potential additional means to limit the magnitude of climate change. Such techniques have generated much discussions on their actual effectiveness and safety, and have also raised concerns over their potential impacts on biodiversity and other environmental consequences, as well as the ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... require that development planners – and the donors who assist with development – give special urgency to the task of helping to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change. The changes are many and already underway. They include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered pre ...
... require that development planners – and the donors who assist with development – give special urgency to the task of helping to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change. The changes are many and already underway. They include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered pre ...
TowARD ReSiLienCe
... change risk in the main sectors of developmental and humanitarian intervention: food security; livelihoods; natural resource management; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); education; health; and protection. It provides guidance on how to apply the principles for effective programming and advocacy ...
... change risk in the main sectors of developmental and humanitarian intervention: food security; livelihoods; natural resource management; water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH); education; health; and protection. It provides guidance on how to apply the principles for effective programming and advocacy ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... The tourism industry has a key role to play in confronting the challenges of climate change. The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to cli ...
... The tourism industry has a key role to play in confronting the challenges of climate change. The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to cli ...
Climate Change in the Midwest - Climate Adaptation Knowledge
... report. In particular, the eight NCA regions, as well as the Coastal and the Ocean biogeographical regions, were asked to contribute technical input reports highlighting past climate trends, projected climate change, and impacts to specific sectors in their regions. Each region established its own p ...
... report. In particular, the eight NCA regions, as well as the Coastal and the Ocean biogeographical regions, were asked to contribute technical input reports highlighting past climate trends, projected climate change, and impacts to specific sectors in their regions. Each region established its own p ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, ...
... The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, ...
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation
... eading scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change published their fourth assessment of the state of knowledge about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming t ...
... eading scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change published their fourth assessment of the state of knowledge about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming t ...
South Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... biased toward identification of large-scale projects funded by international development assistance organizations, and those projects about which information is available online. As such, small-scale projects that meet the review’s definition of adaptation action, particularly those occurring at the ...
... biased toward identification of large-scale projects funded by international development assistance organizations, and those projects about which information is available online. As such, small-scale projects that meet the review’s definition of adaptation action, particularly those occurring at the ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...
... We are experiencing the initial impacts of climate change today. The increase in the earth’s average temperature, the decrease in snow and ice cover, the rising sea level, changes in water supply and the loss of biodiversity are effects of climate change that will increasingly impact the future of o ...