Reasonably foreseeable futures
... As the most significant piece of federal legislation guiding environmental analysis and decision-making, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearly has a role to play in how projects with a federal nexus prepare for climate change. Since climate change is one of the most important environm ...
... As the most significant piece of federal legislation guiding environmental analysis and decision-making, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) clearly has a role to play in how projects with a federal nexus prepare for climate change. Since climate change is one of the most important environm ...
climate change adaptation, planning, and the law
... protests. Interestingly, public concern about climate change also began to emerge in the late ‘60s. As early as the 1890s, scientists had concluded that emissions of carbon would eventually lead to global warming, but it was not until an initiative of the Nixon administration in 1969 to establish a ...
... protests. Interestingly, public concern about climate change also began to emerge in the late ‘60s. As early as the 1890s, scientists had concluded that emissions of carbon would eventually lead to global warming, but it was not until an initiative of the Nixon administration in 1969 to establish a ...
CSC Report_Laura Roth_geändert 07.04
... differing political, historical, institutional and societal backgrounds influence the adaptation processes and determine the choice and effectiveness of various adaptation measures. In order to facilitate the development and implementation of adaptation measures in future, possibilities are develope ...
... differing political, historical, institutional and societal backgrounds influence the adaptation processes and determine the choice and effectiveness of various adaptation measures. In order to facilitate the development and implementation of adaptation measures in future, possibilities are develope ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation A Literature Review
... towards climate adaptation. Communities are not yet at the adaptation implementation stage. Adaptation on a farm level is occurring mostly due to non-climate conditions (economic, political, etc) pressures. In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a ...
... towards climate adaptation. Communities are not yet at the adaptation implementation stage. Adaptation on a farm level is occurring mostly due to non-climate conditions (economic, political, etc) pressures. In a report released in 2010, Ontario’s Expert Panel on Climate Change Adaptation developed a ...
The Effects of Climate Change and Urbanization on
... hydrological cycle. This is of particular concern for highly urbanized basins, which are considered more vulnerable to changes in climate. Because the majority of previous studies have addressed the influences of either climate or urban land cover changes on runoff, there is a lack of research inves ...
... hydrological cycle. This is of particular concern for highly urbanized basins, which are considered more vulnerable to changes in climate. Because the majority of previous studies have addressed the influences of either climate or urban land cover changes on runoff, there is a lack of research inves ...
2.1 Causes of Vulnerability Associated with Climate Change
... In its decision VIII/5 B, paragraph 6, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) noted the specific vulnerabilities of indigenous and local communities to the impacts of climate change and the accelerated threats to traditional knowledge, innovations and pra ...
... In its decision VIII/5 B, paragraph 6, the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) noted the specific vulnerabilities of indigenous and local communities to the impacts of climate change and the accelerated threats to traditional knowledge, innovations and pra ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... Resilience thus implies the ability of a social or ecological system to ‘absorb changes […] and still persist’ (Holling 1973: 27). However, beyond this general consensus resilience can refer to different conceptions. The ‘father’ of the resilience concept, C. S. Holling (1973), was eager to distingu ...
... Resilience thus implies the ability of a social or ecological system to ‘absorb changes […] and still persist’ (Holling 1973: 27). However, beyond this general consensus resilience can refer to different conceptions. The ‘father’ of the resilience concept, C. S. Holling (1973), was eager to distingu ...
Chapter 3: Natural Resources - Ressources naturelles Canada
... events such as permafrost degradation, sea level rise, and plant species migration. Climate change will also present new opportunities for the natural resource sectors, particularly in relation to northern economic development. Consideration of multiple stressors is critical to understanding adaptat ...
... events such as permafrost degradation, sea level rise, and plant species migration. Climate change will also present new opportunities for the natural resource sectors, particularly in relation to northern economic development. Consideration of multiple stressors is critical to understanding adaptat ...
ICPDR Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change
... Guidance document No. 24. River Basin Management in a Changing Climate. Technical Report, Nr. 40. 8 European Commission (2012): A Blueprint to Safeguard Europe‘s Water Resources. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/blueprint/index_en.htm: [Accessed 21.01.2013] 9 UNECE (2009): Guidance on water a ...
... Guidance document No. 24. River Basin Management in a Changing Climate. Technical Report, Nr. 40. 8 European Commission (2012): A Blueprint to Safeguard Europe‘s Water Resources. http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/blueprint/index_en.htm: [Accessed 21.01.2013] 9 UNECE (2009): Guidance on water a ...
Vivid Economics
... vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities is not the same as adopting a science-first approach to adaptation (Ranger et al. 2010). A science-first ...
... vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities is not the same as adopting a science-first approach to adaptation (Ranger et al. 2010). A science-first ...
Summary Report CwD Project Profile 2012
... are being hardest hit because they are more dependent on their climate-sensitive natural resources and ecosystems, such as agriculture and fishing; they live in fragile areas that have greater exposure to climate hazards and are less able to respond to climate change because of limited human, financ ...
... are being hardest hit because they are more dependent on their climate-sensitive natural resources and ecosystems, such as agriculture and fishing; they live in fragile areas that have greater exposure to climate hazards and are less able to respond to climate change because of limited human, financ ...
Climate Change Scenarios + cov.
... what is causing all these changes? “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities mainly brought about through changes in the atmospheric composition due to the increase in emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols” ( ...
... what is causing all these changes? “There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is attributable to human activities mainly brought about through changes in the atmospheric composition due to the increase in emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols” ( ...
gcos regional action plan for central asia
... The climate of the coastal regions is directly influenced by the prevailing ocean circulation. In the northern part of Russia, the climate to a large extent depends on the water structure and circulation of the Arctic Ocean, where two current systems prevail: the Trans-Arctic current that starts in ...
... The climate of the coastal regions is directly influenced by the prevailing ocean circulation. In the northern part of Russia, the climate to a large extent depends on the water structure and circulation of the Arctic Ocean, where two current systems prevail: the Trans-Arctic current that starts in ...
Course on review of higher tiers non
... such as emissions of different gases, climate change outcomes, and costs (especially for specific countries or sectors); Investigate the potential for extending the multi-gas strategy to short-lived pollutant emissions. Recommendations to the Scoping of IPCC AR5: Assessment of metrics to be incl ...
... such as emissions of different gases, climate change outcomes, and costs (especially for specific countries or sectors); Investigate the potential for extending the multi-gas strategy to short-lived pollutant emissions. Recommendations to the Scoping of IPCC AR5: Assessment of metrics to be incl ...
Climate variability and change: adaptation to drought in Bangladesh
... vulnerable to a range of natural hazards with increasing climate variability and climate change expected to aggravate the situation further by causing more frequent and intense droughts and increasing temperatures. General Circulation Model (GCM) data project an average temperature increase in Bangl ...
... vulnerable to a range of natural hazards with increasing climate variability and climate change expected to aggravate the situation further by causing more frequent and intense droughts and increasing temperatures. General Circulation Model (GCM) data project an average temperature increase in Bangl ...
ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
... ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A ...
... ADAPTATION OPTIONS IN AGRICULTURE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: A ...
CBDAMPIC
... effects of climate change. The project has indirectly and directly contributed to the direction that adaptation is now taking in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and funding through the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It has also contributed to the i ...
... effects of climate change. The project has indirectly and directly contributed to the direction that adaptation is now taking in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations and funding through the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It has also contributed to the i ...
India - Met Office
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
... changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date and impartial information, based on the best cli ...
By Harsimranjit Singh Brar (L-2014-A-32-M)
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges being faced by global community in 21st century. Air temperature near the earth surface rose by 0.74° C from 1906 to 2005 and it is estimated to increase as much as 6.4° C on average during the 21st century (Anonymous 2007a). Climate change refers to ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges being faced by global community in 21st century. Air temperature near the earth surface rose by 0.74° C from 1906 to 2005 and it is estimated to increase as much as 6.4° C on average during the 21st century (Anonymous 2007a). Climate change refers to ...