Climate change adaptation in Norway
... More frequent and more severe extreme weather events, such as heat waves, storms and flooding, can be a severe test for society, as Norway has experienced several times in recent years. Figures for insurance claims show that stormwater is already causing a great deal of damage, and this is increasin ...
... More frequent and more severe extreme weather events, such as heat waves, storms and flooding, can be a severe test for society, as Norway has experienced several times in recent years. Figures for insurance claims show that stormwater is already causing a great deal of damage, and this is increasin ...
SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND
... Advice and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The main remit of this report is to provide an update on the potential impacts of geoengineering techniques on biodiversity together with an account of regulatory developments. An interim update was provided to the Subsidiary Body at ...
... Advice and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The main remit of this report is to provide an update on the potential impacts of geoengineering techniques on biodiversity together with an account of regulatory developments. An interim update was provided to the Subsidiary Body at ...
English
... Advice and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The main remit of this report is to provide an update on the potential impacts of geoengineering techniques on biodiversity together with an account of regulatory developments. An interim update was provided to the Subsidiary Body at ...
... Advice and the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties. The main remit of this report is to provide an update on the potential impacts of geoengineering techniques on biodiversity together with an account of regulatory developments. An interim update was provided to the Subsidiary Body at ...
Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from
... Adaptation to many of the impacts from climate change can be achieved within traditional urban policies, like those connected to risk prevention in relation to extreme events, as well as to physical planning principles, which can mitigate negative impacts from sea level rise, flood risk, and urban h ...
... Adaptation to many of the impacts from climate change can be achieved within traditional urban policies, like those connected to risk prevention in relation to extreme events, as well as to physical planning principles, which can mitigate negative impacts from sea level rise, flood risk, and urban h ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... Across these grasslands, MAP (1982–2012 time period) varied by >threefold and mean growing season precipitation (GSP; April–September for SGS, HPG, HAYS and KNZ, April–October for SBK and SBL) varied by >fourfold (Table 1). We focused much of our analysis on GSP because it accounts for 66–79 % of MA ...
... Across these grasslands, MAP (1982–2012 time period) varied by >threefold and mean growing season precipitation (GSP; April–September for SGS, HPG, HAYS and KNZ, April–October for SBK and SBL) varied by >fourfold (Table 1). We focused much of our analysis on GSP because it accounts for 66–79 % of MA ...
Emerging approaches for responding to climate change in African
... water security. Climate change impacts will be greatest where they interact with other shocks, stresses and vulnerabilities. Increasing demands are being placed on agriculture – food, economic development, reducing GHG emissions and providing other ecosystem services. While there is some consensus a ...
... water security. Climate change impacts will be greatest where they interact with other shocks, stresses and vulnerabilities. Increasing demands are being placed on agriculture – food, economic development, reducing GHG emissions and providing other ecosystem services. While there is some consensus a ...
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change
... adaptive capacity, which are partly linked to the evolution of these concepts in different scientific disciplines. This study uses participatory approaches to assess vulnerability to climate variability in a watershed in Kenya. The purpose of this research is to use the vulnerability assessment as t ...
... adaptive capacity, which are partly linked to the evolution of these concepts in different scientific disciplines. This study uses participatory approaches to assess vulnerability to climate variability in a watershed in Kenya. The purpose of this research is to use the vulnerability assessment as t ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... Communities. In addition, the references are listed Regionally within Newfoundland and Labrador in the following section. The Conclusion summarizes the research which is available on a regional basis throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, and indicates suggestions concerning future research needs. Te ...
... Communities. In addition, the references are listed Regionally within Newfoundland and Labrador in the following section. The Conclusion summarizes the research which is available on a regional basis throughout Newfoundland and Labrador, and indicates suggestions concerning future research needs. Te ...
Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools
... 2. There is limted guidance available on how to select the most appropriate approaches for a given location.1 ...
... 2. There is limted guidance available on how to select the most appropriate approaches for a given location.1 ...
Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant increase in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including Central Asia. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, but enhance ...
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant increase in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including Central Asia. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, but enhance ...
G. NAPA Team - Global Environment Facility
... impacts of climate change. Climate change and its direct and indirect effects are amongst the key environmental and development issues that the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is seriously addressing. The GoB is very much aware and concerned about environmental degradation and global warming and thei ...
... impacts of climate change. Climate change and its direct and indirect effects are amongst the key environmental and development issues that the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) is seriously addressing. The GoB is very much aware and concerned about environmental degradation and global warming and thei ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... thinking into all key socio-economic sectors in order to bring about an integrated response across all sectors. ...
... thinking into all key socio-economic sectors in order to bring about an integrated response across all sectors. ...
Adaptation to climate change: the attitude and behaviour of rice
... officer interviews generated insights into the research context and supplemented the questionnaire design. A structured questionnaire was used to interview 600 randomly chosen rice farmers in the three selected provinces in the Mekong Delta. Those provinces were identified as highly, moderately, and ...
... officer interviews generated insights into the research context and supplemented the questionnaire design. A structured questionnaire was used to interview 600 randomly chosen rice farmers in the three selected provinces in the Mekong Delta. Those provinces were identified as highly, moderately, and ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Project partially funded by CalEPA and CEC (with J. Tribbia, A.L. Luers). Climate Change Impacts on Human Health in California Metropolitan Areas (with Larry Kalkstein, Scott Sheridan, Katharine Hayhoe and Norman Miller) Community response to coastal erosion and flooding, National Flood Insurance Pr ...
... Project partially funded by CalEPA and CEC (with J. Tribbia, A.L. Luers). Climate Change Impacts on Human Health in California Metropolitan Areas (with Larry Kalkstein, Scott Sheridan, Katharine Hayhoe and Norman Miller) Community response to coastal erosion and flooding, National Flood Insurance Pr ...
COM SEC(2009)
... allow a further review of the action framework with respect to the operational objectives defined in chapter 3. The analysis is based on the 2008 EEA/JRC/WHO report on Climate Change Impacts5, and on a list of other reports and papers quoted in footnotes or detailed in an appendix, together with a g ...
... allow a further review of the action framework with respect to the operational objectives defined in chapter 3. The analysis is based on the 2008 EEA/JRC/WHO report on Climate Change Impacts5, and on a list of other reports and papers quoted in footnotes or detailed in an appendix, together with a g ...
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and
... advisor was essential in nurturing an undeveloped idea into a tangible scientific enterprise. As my mentor, professor and friend, I thank him for his patience and collaboration. In addition, the assembly of fellow committee members made for a stellar team of mountain experts and Himalayan gurus. Whi ...
... advisor was essential in nurturing an undeveloped idea into a tangible scientific enterprise. As my mentor, professor and friend, I thank him for his patience and collaboration. In addition, the assembly of fellow committee members made for a stellar team of mountain experts and Himalayan gurus. Whi ...
IFinland`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... in the latter part of 2003. The work was coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and representatives from the Ministry of Traffic and Communications, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finni ...
... in the latter part of 2003. The work was coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and representatives from the Ministry of Traffic and Communications, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of the Environment, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finni ...
R Cook Master Thesis 2010
... Climate change policy and law are among the fastest moving areas of international law.13 The pace and number of international negotiations combined with the complexity of the problem is challenging for international law. It calls for legal flexibility, fairness and a reflection on the ethical dimens ...
... Climate change policy and law are among the fastest moving areas of international law.13 The pace and number of international negotiations combined with the complexity of the problem is challenging for international law. It calls for legal flexibility, fairness and a reflection on the ethical dimens ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... Table 6.2. Performance of Dutch EIA impact and system monitoring compared to other international EIA systems. Adapted from: Wood (2003). ........................................................................................... 69 Table A.3. Keywords searched for in the Environmental Statements. .. ...
... Table 6.2. Performance of Dutch EIA impact and system monitoring compared to other international EIA systems. Adapted from: Wood (2003). ........................................................................................... 69 Table A.3. Keywords searched for in the Environmental Statements. .. ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Coffee Production
... The overall objective of the initiative for coffee & climate (c&c) is to support coffee farmers in building their resilience to climate change. A key output of the initiative is the c&c approach, a five-step process that introduces climate change adaptation at the farm level and supports actors in p ...
... The overall objective of the initiative for coffee & climate (c&c) is to support coffee farmers in building their resilience to climate change. A key output of the initiative is the c&c approach, a five-step process that introduces climate change adaptation at the farm level and supports actors in p ...
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
... Vulnerable groups in general have lower institutional access than do those who are more powerful or better off. Before external support for greater adaptive capacity is made available, therefore, an analysis of the nature of institutional linkages and access for different social groups becomes criti ...
... Vulnerable groups in general have lower institutional access than do those who are more powerful or better off. Before external support for greater adaptive capacity is made available, therefore, an analysis of the nature of institutional linkages and access for different social groups becomes criti ...
