National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
... current and future missions caused by projected climate change. The next Quadrennial Defense Review should examine the capabilities of the U.S. military to respond to the consequences of climate change, in particular, preparedness for natural disasters from extreme weather events, pandemic disease e ...
... current and future missions caused by projected climate change. The next Quadrennial Defense Review should examine the capabilities of the U.S. military to respond to the consequences of climate change, in particular, preparedness for natural disasters from extreme weather events, pandemic disease e ...
Handbook for Local Elected Officials on Climate Change
... Now that you have an idea of what your community is facing with respect to the impacts of a changing Canadian climate, it is easy to see why adapting to climate change must be an essential part of your community’s future. Staff from across all municipal departments should be involved in your adaptat ...
... Now that you have an idea of what your community is facing with respect to the impacts of a changing Canadian climate, it is easy to see why adapting to climate change must be an essential part of your community’s future. Staff from across all municipal departments should be involved in your adaptat ...
Evolving Comparative Advantage and the Impact of
... change will have no effects on living standards. The two islands are unaffected by climate change for two reasons. First, fields can change what they produce. Second, islands can change what they export and import. In a counterfactual scenario in which fields can change what they produce but islands ...
... change will have no effects on living standards. The two islands are unaffected by climate change for two reasons. First, fields can change what they produce. Second, islands can change what they export and import. In a counterfactual scenario in which fields can change what they produce but islands ...
Technological Challenges Nigeria
... Climate change impacts depend on a range of the climate parameters' changes and on the country's social, cultural, geographical and economic backgrounds. The location and size of, and the characteristics relief in Nigeria especially Enugu state give rise to a variety of climates ranging from tropica ...
... Climate change impacts depend on a range of the climate parameters' changes and on the country's social, cultural, geographical and economic backgrounds. The location and size of, and the characteristics relief in Nigeria especially Enugu state give rise to a variety of climates ranging from tropica ...
Impacts of climate change on Australia`s World Heritage properties
... Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Because of their universal significance, these 17 sites are listed as World Heritage sites. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their unique val ...
... Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as possessing characteristics considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. Because of their universal significance, these 17 sites are listed as World Heritage sites. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their unique val ...
Quantitative Assessment of Climate Carrying Capacity for Cities: A
... concept of current climate natural capacity was used to evaluate the degree to which all climate elements deviate from the basic climatic value. If a particular climate element should deviate significantly from the basic value, then the climate carrying capacity for that year would inevitably be res ...
... concept of current climate natural capacity was used to evaluate the degree to which all climate elements deviate from the basic climatic value. If a particular climate element should deviate significantly from the basic value, then the climate carrying capacity for that year would inevitably be res ...
i SMALL HOLDER FARMERS` PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE
... adaptive knowledge from which to draw and survive in high-stress ecological and socio-economic conditions. Thus, the human responses are critical to understand and estimate its effects on production and food supply for ease of adaptation. Accounting these adaptations and adjustments is necessary for ...
... adaptive knowledge from which to draw and survive in high-stress ecological and socio-economic conditions. Thus, the human responses are critical to understand and estimate its effects on production and food supply for ease of adaptation. Accounting these adaptations and adjustments is necessary for ...
- Wiley Online Library
... Succulent CAM tissues allow plants to maintain water homeostasis and facilitate a carbon acquisition strategy of ‘drought avoidance’ (Borland et al., 2011, 2014). This is distinct from ‘drought tolerance’, which is typically observed in arid and semi-arid C3 and C4 plants that show the capacity to e ...
... Succulent CAM tissues allow plants to maintain water homeostasis and facilitate a carbon acquisition strategy of ‘drought avoidance’ (Borland et al., 2011, 2014). This is distinct from ‘drought tolerance’, which is typically observed in arid and semi-arid C3 and C4 plants that show the capacity to e ...
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change
... and distribution of exploited species and assemblages (Perry et al. 2005; Lehodey et al. 2006; Dulvy et al. 2008) and increases in the frequency and severity of extreme events, such as floods and storms, which affect fishing operations and infrastructure (Adger et al. 2005b). Indirect effects includ ...
... and distribution of exploited species and assemblages (Perry et al. 2005; Lehodey et al. 2006; Dulvy et al. 2008) and increases in the frequency and severity of extreme events, such as floods and storms, which affect fishing operations and infrastructure (Adger et al. 2005b). Indirect effects includ ...
report on adaptation challenges in pacific island countries
... wave heights of recent cyclones have exceeded even climate change model projections. With the climate trend for the Pacific pointing to more extreme conditions and increased climate variability in future, Pacific Island countries have little choice but to develop comprehensive risk management plans ...
... wave heights of recent cyclones have exceeded even climate change model projections. With the climate trend for the Pacific pointing to more extreme conditions and increased climate variability in future, Pacific Island countries have little choice but to develop comprehensive risk management plans ...
3 Climate change and the Law of the Sea Convention
... attribution make a claim for damages difficult to construct, and on the other, that the United States of America is not a party to the Convention. Despite the novelty and delicacies of the topic, much has already been written and it would only foment controversy or confusion to attempt to address al ...
... attribution make a claim for damages difficult to construct, and on the other, that the United States of America is not a party to the Convention. Despite the novelty and delicacies of the topic, much has already been written and it would only foment controversy or confusion to attempt to address al ...
1 Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches in Climate Change and
... GHG emissions reduction, the UNFCCC divides the world into Annex I countries14 and developing countries, legally binding only Annex I countries to reducing their GHG emissions by a certain deadline.15 Why so? Because seen retrospectively, rich countries have been the major polluters; they are respon ...
... GHG emissions reduction, the UNFCCC divides the world into Annex I countries14 and developing countries, legally binding only Annex I countries to reducing their GHG emissions by a certain deadline.15 Why so? Because seen retrospectively, rich countries have been the major polluters; they are respon ...
report of governing council meeting
... implementation of IOC programs, and thus by joining PICES, Mexico would not only benefit its own scientific programs but also contribute to those of IOC in which Mexico has already played an important part. To follow this development, Ing. Bernal has been invited to participate in PICES XI as an obs ...
... implementation of IOC programs, and thus by joining PICES, Mexico would not only benefit its own scientific programs but also contribute to those of IOC in which Mexico has already played an important part. To follow this development, Ing. Bernal has been invited to participate in PICES XI as an obs ...
the Report - ULI Europe
... any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher. ...
... any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher. ...
Agriculture and Climate Change in Kenya: Climate Chaos, Policy
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
... critical sectors of interest. However, there are concerns about whether policy goals may be achieved amidst the actors’ many and diverging interests. This paper sets out to map how these debates are starting to take place in practice, and poses the following questions: what are the arguments, who is ...
Case study: Guatemala - CIAT-DAPA
... 2.1 Introduction of the research area .................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Introduction of "the case"................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 General pr ...
... 2.1 Introduction of the research area .................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Introduction of "the case"................................................................................................................ 9 2.3 General pr ...
Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a
... Aim Climate change in the 21st century will affect tree growth in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, although complex climate–growth relationships make it difficult to identify how radial growth will respond across different species distributions. We used a novel method to examine potent ...
... Aim Climate change in the 21st century will affect tree growth in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, although complex climate–growth relationships make it difficult to identify how radial growth will respond across different species distributions. We used a novel method to examine potent ...
Monitoring programs sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Natural
... Changing temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are modifying habitats and jeopardizing the survival of many species throughout the world (Reid et al. 2005, Rockström et al. 2009, Cardinale et al. 2012). Scientists also anticipate that novel ecosystems will emerge as asynchronies between m ...
... Changing temperatures and changing precipitation patterns are modifying habitats and jeopardizing the survival of many species throughout the world (Reid et al. 2005, Rockström et al. 2009, Cardinale et al. 2012). Scientists also anticipate that novel ecosystems will emerge as asynchronies between m ...
National Park Service
... make informed decisions with least regrets for future outcomes. In 2010, the National Park Service national and Alaska Regional offices released climate change response strategies for the National Park System and the Alaska Region, respectively (NPS 2010a, NPS 2010b). Scenario planning was identifie ...
... make informed decisions with least regrets for future outcomes. In 2010, the National Park Service national and Alaska Regional offices released climate change response strategies for the National Park System and the Alaska Region, respectively (NPS 2010a, NPS 2010b). Scenario planning was identifie ...
Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
... Archaeological evidence indicates that pastoralism in Africa developed about 6000 years ago in direct response to long-term climate change and variability, and spread throughout northern Africa as a means of coping with an increasingly unpredictable and arid climate3. Current climate changes are pre ...
INTEGRATING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION INTO
... International Development (USAID) environment and renewable natural resources programming. Indeed, this focus is congressionally mandated under the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA). More recently, addressing global climate change has become a USAID imperative across all development sectors. Although man ...
... International Development (USAID) environment and renewable natural resources programming. Indeed, this focus is congressionally mandated under the Foreign Assistance Act (FAA). More recently, addressing global climate change has become a USAID imperative across all development sectors. Although man ...
ALBEDO ENHANCEMENT BY STRATOSPHERIC SULFUR
... et al., 2003a,b), air pollution regulations, in combination with continued growing emissions of CO2 , may bring the world closer than is realized to the danger described by Schneider (1996): “Supposing, a currently envisioned low probability but high consequence outcome really started to unfold in t ...
... et al., 2003a,b), air pollution regulations, in combination with continued growing emissions of CO2 , may bring the world closer than is realized to the danger described by Schneider (1996): “Supposing, a currently envisioned low probability but high consequence outcome really started to unfold in t ...