Financing climate change - Department of Environmental Affairs
... Although the independent research and findings contained in this publication do not necessarily represent the views, opinions and/or position of Government, the department believes that this research is an important addition to the evolving climate change discourse. Hence, the department is happy to ...
... Although the independent research and findings contained in this publication do not necessarily represent the views, opinions and/or position of Government, the department believes that this research is an important addition to the evolving climate change discourse. Hence, the department is happy to ...
The impact of climate change on domestic and international tourism
... Goessling & Hall (2006) list five major weaknesses of current models, of which HTM is one, in predicting tourism flows. These points serve as caveats to the results presented below. 1. Data are weak. Particularly, data are not homogenous, different types of travel are grouped together, and the data ...
... Goessling & Hall (2006) list five major weaknesses of current models, of which HTM is one, in predicting tourism flows. These points serve as caveats to the results presented below. 1. Data are weak. Particularly, data are not homogenous, different types of travel are grouped together, and the data ...
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas
... rivers – the Amu Darya, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus, Irrawaddy, Salween, Tarim, Yangtze and Yellow – which collectively provide water for about 1.3 billion people (Schild 2008; Xu et al. 2009). However, these mountains are facing numerous environmental and anthropogenic stresses. Various studies sugg ...
... rivers – the Amu Darya, Brahmaputra, Ganges, Indus, Irrawaddy, Salween, Tarim, Yangtze and Yellow – which collectively provide water for about 1.3 billion people (Schild 2008; Xu et al. 2009). However, these mountains are facing numerous environmental and anthropogenic stresses. Various studies sugg ...
Department of Defense Natural Resources Program Fall 2015
... How do I know what is most Alison and Peter study the impacts of important? And, perhaps even climate change on the desert ecosystem in more importantly in a tight fiscal the Sonoran Desert, AZ. environment, how can I argue effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these que ...
... How do I know what is most Alison and Peter study the impacts of important? And, perhaps even climate change on the desert ecosystem in more importantly in a tight fiscal the Sonoran Desert, AZ. environment, how can I argue effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these que ...
Climate Change Risk Assessment
... a form of resilience. Another example of resilience is the development of well-designed emergency response plans, which can increase resilience by quickly providing information and travel alternatives when highway facilities are closed and by facilitating rapid restoration of damaged facilities. By ...
... a form of resilience. Another example of resilience is the development of well-designed emergency response plans, which can increase resilience by quickly providing information and travel alternatives when highway facilities are closed and by facilitating rapid restoration of damaged facilities. By ...
FACING UNCERTAINTY: the value of climate information for
... vulnerable people as well as threatening development more broadly. However, climate change also presents opportunities which are rarely recognized and taken advantage of. This is because climate change is not just about hazards and risks, but changes can also be positive, for example areas that were ...
... vulnerable people as well as threatening development more broadly. However, climate change also presents opportunities which are rarely recognized and taken advantage of. This is because climate change is not just about hazards and risks, but changes can also be positive, for example areas that were ...
Africa Talks Climate
... The links between environmental degradation, political tension and conflict have been highlighted for many years.12 Environmental degradation reduces the supply of food and fresh water, and resources such as land. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate conflict in Africa, and in some cases is alr ...
... The links between environmental degradation, political tension and conflict have been highlighted for many years.12 Environmental degradation reduces the supply of food and fresh water, and resources such as land. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate conflict in Africa, and in some cases is alr ...
Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index
... Climate Change 2011; PwC 2013; London Assembly 2015). A Foresight report by the UK Government Office for Science states that “the consequences for the UK of climate change occurring in other parts of the world could be as important as climate change directly affecting these shores” (Foresight Intern ...
... Climate Change 2011; PwC 2013; London Assembly 2015). A Foresight report by the UK Government Office for Science states that “the consequences for the UK of climate change occurring in other parts of the world could be as important as climate change directly affecting these shores” (Foresight Intern ...
Insights from the ocean carbon cycle
... North Atlantic Oscillation [Collins et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011; Timmermann et al., 2007; Christensen et al., 2013], which has implications for biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems [Keller et al., 2012]. For ENSO, there is some evidence from reconstructions that the (late) twentieth century ENSO v ...
... North Atlantic Oscillation [Collins et al., 2010; Li et al., 2011; Timmermann et al., 2007; Christensen et al., 2013], which has implications for biogeochemical cycles and ecosystems [Keller et al., 2012]. For ENSO, there is some evidence from reconstructions that the (late) twentieth century ENSO v ...
Assets and Adaptation - Overseas Development Institute
... pro-poor adaptation needs to incorporate these concerns, and must go further than plain adaptation. At a minimum, adaptation benefits need to outweigh the adaptation costs for poor people. They need to see net benefits. But to be pro-poor, adaptation needs to do more than this. Considering their lim ...
... pro-poor adaptation needs to incorporate these concerns, and must go further than plain adaptation. At a minimum, adaptation benefits need to outweigh the adaptation costs for poor people. They need to see net benefits. But to be pro-poor, adaptation needs to do more than this. Considering their lim ...
Challenges to adaptation - National Center for Atmospheric Research
... this framing (O’Brien et al. 2007; Füssel 2009; Parry et al. 2007). The outcome approach is seen in the many impact assessments that provide largely broad scale, scenario-driven estimates of the extent to which adaptation might reduce the adverse impacts of climate change (Smit and Wandel 2006; Füss ...
... this framing (O’Brien et al. 2007; Füssel 2009; Parry et al. 2007). The outcome approach is seen in the many impact assessments that provide largely broad scale, scenario-driven estimates of the extent to which adaptation might reduce the adverse impacts of climate change (Smit and Wandel 2006; Füss ...
26112015-Pielke-Jr-VWN presentation
... recent events in a particular way without providing supporting information. This suggestion, that the losses in 2004 and 2005 draw Pielke's results into question, needs to be supported with a reference or a solid in chapter assessment. What does Pielke think about this?” Francis Zwiers, Canadian Cen ...
... recent events in a particular way without providing supporting information. This suggestion, that the losses in 2004 and 2005 draw Pielke's results into question, needs to be supported with a reference or a solid in chapter assessment. What does Pielke think about this?” Francis Zwiers, Canadian Cen ...
Climate change impacts on the livestock sector
... Economic damage estimates are then derived for these impacts under a business as usual scenario, which assumes that animal numbers remain stable and that autonomous adaptation does not occur. While there is potential for under-estimating autonomous adaptation, and therefore over-estimating damage co ...
... Economic damage estimates are then derived for these impacts under a business as usual scenario, which assumes that animal numbers remain stable and that autonomous adaptation does not occur. While there is potential for under-estimating autonomous adaptation, and therefore over-estimating damage co ...
Cultural and Economic Factors That Influence Brazilian Public
... climate change threaten not only the natural world, but also the human systems that we have established (IPCC 2014, 4). The devastating effects of climate change will not be confined to those regions of the world that have contributed the most to this problem. Already, every continent and ocean has ...
... climate change threaten not only the natural world, but also the human systems that we have established (IPCC 2014, 4). The devastating effects of climate change will not be confined to those regions of the world that have contributed the most to this problem. Already, every continent and ocean has ...
report 2009 final - Inter
... In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, agencies targeted the climate change negotiations as well as international and regional conferences and raised awareness with Geneva-based Permanent Missions. The agencies coordinated their advocacy work th ...
... In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009, agencies targeted the climate change negotiations as well as international and regional conferences and raised awareness with Geneva-based Permanent Missions. The agencies coordinated their advocacy work th ...
Conference Proceeding
... out their ideas and research work before publication and get feedback and comments from their peer group. A Working Paper is a pre-publication forum and is not intended to be a formal research paper. Working Papers cover all major areas of rural management and development. The series began in 1990, ...
... out their ideas and research work before publication and get feedback and comments from their peer group. A Working Paper is a pre-publication forum and is not intended to be a formal research paper. Working Papers cover all major areas of rural management and development. The series began in 1990, ...
NAP-GSP Support to Developing Countries
... development of a new project concept focused on coordination, climate information, and the economics of adaptation modelling. A stakeholder workshop in March 2015; followed by a sensitization workshop for decision-makers. Stocktaking report prepared; it will be used by the Government to assess the i ...
... development of a new project concept focused on coordination, climate information, and the economics of adaptation modelling. A stakeholder workshop in March 2015; followed by a sensitization workshop for decision-makers. Stocktaking report prepared; it will be used by the Government to assess the i ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... concepts available that still gives enough room to include issue‐specific dynamics. Moreover, it provides starting points for an extension beyond the analytic arena of international rela‐ tions, which is essential for the analysis of climate governance. Generally, regional powers are ...
... concepts available that still gives enough room to include issue‐specific dynamics. Moreover, it provides starting points for an extension beyond the analytic arena of international rela‐ tions, which is essential for the analysis of climate governance. Generally, regional powers are ...
Socio-structural and psychological foundations of climate change
... has stated that climate change is the central challenge of our time (Ki-moon, 2009), and a report by the American Psychological Association stated that climate change is a pressing issue facing our planet and its inhabitants (Swim et al., 2009). Such worrying views about climate change are not limit ...
... has stated that climate change is the central challenge of our time (Ki-moon, 2009), and a report by the American Psychological Association stated that climate change is a pressing issue facing our planet and its inhabitants (Swim et al., 2009). Such worrying views about climate change are not limit ...