Chapter 8: Cross-cutting issues
... The first CCRA undertook a detailed and systematic mapping exercise to identify how particular risks create cascading impacts across different sectors. For example, a flood can cause direct damages to buildings, but also have knock-on effects on people’s mental health, on business continuity and on ...
... The first CCRA undertook a detailed and systematic mapping exercise to identify how particular risks create cascading impacts across different sectors. For example, a flood can cause direct damages to buildings, but also have knock-on effects on people’s mental health, on business continuity and on ...
Gender and CO2 info_accepted
... change context. The results will be useful for any program that aims to use information to aid in reducing individual climate change impacts, in particular those that apply segmentation. 2. BACKGROUND 2. 1 Theoretical Considerations Knowledge and concern do not translate directly into action. This i ...
... change context. The results will be useful for any program that aims to use information to aid in reducing individual climate change impacts, in particular those that apply segmentation. 2. BACKGROUND 2. 1 Theoretical Considerations Knowledge and concern do not translate directly into action. This i ...
the greater mekong and climate change
... • Strengthen existing governance structures and ensure participation of all stakeholders in preparing for climate change • Act now to use existing knowledge to address climate change • Include mitigation in adaptation strategies • Ensure adequate resources are available for adaptation initiatives ...
... • Strengthen existing governance structures and ensure participation of all stakeholders in preparing for climate change • Act now to use existing knowledge to address climate change • Include mitigation in adaptation strategies • Ensure adequate resources are available for adaptation initiatives ...
Author`s personal copy - Santa Clara University
... the coefficient of the regression line between observed and simulated streamflows, b. This function allows accounting for the discrepancy in the magnitude of two signals (captured by b) as well as their dynamics (captured by R2). ϕ is calculated by: ...
... the coefficient of the regression line between observed and simulated streamflows, b. This function allows accounting for the discrepancy in the magnitude of two signals (captured by b) as well as their dynamics (captured by R2). ϕ is calculated by: ...
- Adaptation Learning Mechanism
... and cope from the adverse effects of climate change. Poor women are more vulnerable, since they have the lowest incomes and depend on income from relatives or small income generating activities. In floods, the poor are usually displaced due to the temporary nature of their homes. They are also more ...
... and cope from the adverse effects of climate change. Poor women are more vulnerable, since they have the lowest incomes and depend on income from relatives or small income generating activities. In floods, the poor are usually displaced due to the temporary nature of their homes. They are also more ...
Making the Connection: Population Dynamics and Climate
... and rising emissions of greenhouse gases. While there are natural sources of many such emissions, it is the growing magnitude of emissions from human activities that is causing the buildup of these heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. Reduced to the simplest logic, if the world's human population ...
... and rising emissions of greenhouse gases. While there are natural sources of many such emissions, it is the growing magnitude of emissions from human activities that is causing the buildup of these heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere. Reduced to the simplest logic, if the world's human population ...
Climate Adaptation in Asia: Knowledge Gaps and Research
... This is a summary of a longer report that has been commissioned by DFID (UK) and IDRC (Canada). These two donor agencies are considering support for a programme of applied research on climate adaptation in Asia. In preparation for that programme, they have commissioned a study of climate change adap ...
... This is a summary of a longer report that has been commissioned by DFID (UK) and IDRC (Canada). These two donor agencies are considering support for a programme of applied research on climate adaptation in Asia. In preparation for that programme, they have commissioned a study of climate change adap ...
Consumer behaviour and demand response of tourists to climate
... five winters would have very little natural snow’’. The survey, which identified significant negative demand reponses, was repeated by Pickering, Castley, and Burtt (2010), and its main scenario was also used in Switzerland (Behringer, Buerki, & Fuhrer, 2000). Unbehaun, Probstl, and Haider (2008) al ...
... five winters would have very little natural snow’’. The survey, which identified significant negative demand reponses, was repeated by Pickering, Castley, and Burtt (2010), and its main scenario was also used in Switzerland (Behringer, Buerki, & Fuhrer, 2000). Unbehaun, Probstl, and Haider (2008) al ...
Climate change in Australia | Central Slopes cluster report
... projection statements in a brief format. There is also the Australian climate change projections Technical Report, which describes the underlying scientific basis for the climate change projections. Box 1 describes all supporting products. This report provides the most up to date, comprehensive and ...
... projection statements in a brief format. There is also the Australian climate change projections Technical Report, which describes the underlying scientific basis for the climate change projections. Box 1 describes all supporting products. This report provides the most up to date, comprehensive and ...
Climate Impact Research in the BSR: State of the Art
... gulf, is also rapidly disappearing. A year from now another 25 to 30 square miles of delta marsh - an area the size of Manhattan - will have vanished. An acre disappears every 24 minutes. Each loss gives a storm surge a clearer path to wash over the delta and pour into the bowl, trapping one million ...
... gulf, is also rapidly disappearing. A year from now another 25 to 30 square miles of delta marsh - an area the size of Manhattan - will have vanished. An acre disappears every 24 minutes. Each loss gives a storm surge a clearer path to wash over the delta and pour into the bowl, trapping one million ...
Assessing knowledge of social representations of climate change
... The importance of tourism in the world economy, and the undeniable links which exist between tourism and atmospheric elements, suggest that climate change should be considered in all its aspects [3]. Accordingly, it is worth noting that weather and climate are important elements of many of the touri ...
... The importance of tourism in the world economy, and the undeniable links which exist between tourism and atmospheric elements, suggest that climate change should be considered in all its aspects [3]. Accordingly, it is worth noting that weather and climate are important elements of many of the touri ...
Risks of Climate Change with Respect to the Singapore
... increasingly warmer, the amount of ice on the earth is decreasing over the oceans, and the sea level has risen. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average increase in global temperature (combined land and surface) between the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period was ...
... increasingly warmer, the amount of ice on the earth is decreasing over the oceans, and the sea level has risen. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average increase in global temperature (combined land and surface) between the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period was ...
Audubon`s Birds and Climate Change Report
... described by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This core set of analyses will serve as the backbone for informing bird conservation in North America through planning tools for land managers, reports focused on species of conservation concern, and peer-reviewed publications addres ...
... described by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This core set of analyses will serve as the backbone for informing bird conservation in North America through planning tools for land managers, reports focused on species of conservation concern, and peer-reviewed publications addres ...
Background Report on ICTs and Climate Change
... areas of definitions and developed agreed methodologies and appropriate tools to measure the impact of ICTs on climate change and to support the development of appropriate international standards 8 . The Focus Group successfully completed its work in March, and TSAG, at its meeting in April 2009, es ...
... areas of definitions and developed agreed methodologies and appropriate tools to measure the impact of ICTs on climate change and to support the development of appropriate international standards 8 . The Focus Group successfully completed its work in March, and TSAG, at its meeting in April 2009, es ...
Public health and climate change in the Republic of Kiribati
... effects that can cause irreparable damage if no corrective action is taken immediately. Coming from a small island state like Kiribati, which is made up of narrow strips of coral atolls rising no more than 2 meters above sea level. Global warming, climate change and rising sea levels seriously threa ...
... effects that can cause irreparable damage if no corrective action is taken immediately. Coming from a small island state like Kiribati, which is made up of narrow strips of coral atolls rising no more than 2 meters above sea level. Global warming, climate change and rising sea levels seriously threa ...
Tuvalu and Climate Change in the Sydney Morning
... underpinnings in concerns about profligacy. Adger et al. (2001) also identify an established discourse of denial that is somewhat influential in questioning climate change knowledge by appealing to apparent inconsistencies in empirical evidence. This denial discourse posits that either climate chang ...
... underpinnings in concerns about profligacy. Adger et al. (2001) also identify an established discourse of denial that is somewhat influential in questioning climate change knowledge by appealing to apparent inconsistencies in empirical evidence. This denial discourse posits that either climate chang ...
Low-carbon resilient development in the least developed countries
... Many terms are being used in the current climate debate to describe bringing together adaptation and mitigation or adaptation, mitigation and development policy agendas. This has been supported by decisions at the UNFCCC that seek to incorporate a joint approach to mitigation and adaptation from the ...
... Many terms are being used in the current climate debate to describe bringing together adaptation and mitigation or adaptation, mitigation and development policy agendas. This has been supported by decisions at the UNFCCC that seek to incorporate a joint approach to mitigation and adaptation from the ...