Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
... posed to a system may be viewed as a function of the nature of the hazard faced and system’s vulnerability (Brooks, 2003). The vulnerability of a system to climate change will be inversely related to the capacity of that system to respond and adapt to change over time; a description of a system’s vu ...
... posed to a system may be viewed as a function of the nature of the hazard faced and system’s vulnerability (Brooks, 2003). The vulnerability of a system to climate change will be inversely related to the capacity of that system to respond and adapt to change over time; a description of a system’s vu ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... Most agencies are in formative stages of their assessments and strategic planning. Some agencies are embarking on more detailed analyses and limited implementation actions. Overall, few examples are apparent of day-to-day agency decisions or actions that are different as a result of their adaptation ...
... Most agencies are in formative stages of their assessments and strategic planning. Some agencies are embarking on more detailed analyses and limited implementation actions. Overall, few examples are apparent of day-to-day agency decisions or actions that are different as a result of their adaptation ...
Full Report - A New Climate for Peace
... But even seemingly stable states can be pushed towards fragility if the pressure is high enough or the shock is too great for systems to manage peacefully. Peace and security are paramount for all of us. We all share the risks — and thus we share the responsibility for tackling them. A New Climate f ...
... But even seemingly stable states can be pushed towards fragility if the pressure is high enough or the shock is too great for systems to manage peacefully. Peace and security are paramount for all of us. We all share the risks — and thus we share the responsibility for tackling them. A New Climate f ...
“Fakery 2: Fake science, fakexperts, funny finances
... newsletters and personal attacks on scientists. It is fake “advocacy science” designed to confuse non-scientists, often for financial and/or ideological reasons. Modern anti-science was Merchants of Doubt created by the tobacco industry in the 1950s and then used against climate science, often by th ...
... newsletters and personal attacks on scientists. It is fake “advocacy science” designed to confuse non-scientists, often for financial and/or ideological reasons. Modern anti-science was Merchants of Doubt created by the tobacco industry in the 1950s and then used against climate science, often by th ...
KNMI`14: Climate Change scenarios for the 21st Century – A
... projection tools that can be expected to give a realistic response to these external forcings. These conditional foresights can be identified as “scenarios”. In the Netherlands a strong tradition in constructing climate change scenarios has developed over the past decades (Können 2001; Van den Hurk ...
... projection tools that can be expected to give a realistic response to these external forcings. These conditional foresights can be identified as “scenarios”. In the Netherlands a strong tradition in constructing climate change scenarios has developed over the past decades (Können 2001; Van den Hurk ...
PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE: An Implementation Guide
... intensity of extreme weather events, including heat waves, heavy rain and snow storms, and drought. The global climate has changed over long periods of time as a result of natural causes. However, more recent and rapid climate change is being attributed to human activities, such as burning fossil fu ...
... intensity of extreme weather events, including heat waves, heavy rain and snow storms, and drought. The global climate has changed over long periods of time as a result of natural causes. However, more recent and rapid climate change is being attributed to human activities, such as burning fossil fu ...
Omitted Damages What`s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon.indd
... change impacts. This report focuses primarily on omitted damages due to the likelihood that their inclusion would have a significant effect on the SCC.6 These omissions include climate impacts on the following market sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (including pests, pathogens, and weeds, ...
... change impacts. This report focuses primarily on omitted damages due to the likelihood that their inclusion would have a significant effect on the SCC.6 These omissions include climate impacts on the following market sectors: agriculture, forestry, and fisheries (including pests, pathogens, and weeds, ...
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
... copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any o ...
... copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any o ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... distributed around the world. Rather, evidence shows that they disproportionately affect the poorest populations in developing countries. Adaptation to the effects of climate change is therefore not only urgent, but also indispensable if the human development needs of the world’s poor are to be met, ...
... distributed around the world. Rather, evidence shows that they disproportionately affect the poorest populations in developing countries. Adaptation to the effects of climate change is therefore not only urgent, but also indispensable if the human development needs of the world’s poor are to be met, ...
Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Children in
... HIV and AIDS, management of scarce natural resources and rapid urbanisation will each interact with climate change. The results of those interactions will affect how far the effects of climate change are transmitted to children and households at the local level. With this in mind, an effective respo ...
... HIV and AIDS, management of scarce natural resources and rapid urbanisation will each interact with climate change. The results of those interactions will affect how far the effects of climate change are transmitted to children and households at the local level. With this in mind, an effective respo ...
National Research Council Report
... (The full Statement of Task appears in Appendix A.) Normally, a technical issue such as surface temperature reconstructions might not generate widespread attention, but this case brings interesting lessons about how science works and how science, especially climate science, is communicated to policy ...
... (The full Statement of Task appears in Appendix A.) Normally, a technical issue such as surface temperature reconstructions might not generate widespread attention, but this case brings interesting lessons about how science works and how science, especially climate science, is communicated to policy ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... IPCC chair, provides explanations and proposes revisions in real time to address government comments raised from the floor. Hundreds of individuals participate in IPCC SPM approval plenaries, which are intense, diversely interpreted experiences. Anecdotes and perspectives on IPCC governmental approv ...
... IPCC chair, provides explanations and proposes revisions in real time to address government comments raised from the floor. Hundreds of individuals participate in IPCC SPM approval plenaries, which are intense, diversely interpreted experiences. Anecdotes and perspectives on IPCC governmental approv ...
NERC impact report 2015
... in the UK and across the planet. We aspire to escape poverty and improve our living standards. Achieving this while living within the Earth’s limits is the great challenge of the 21st century. NERC funds the science that is vital for meeting this challenge. We work in partnership with business, gove ...
... in the UK and across the planet. We aspire to escape poverty and improve our living standards. Achieving this while living within the Earth’s limits is the great challenge of the 21st century. NERC funds the science that is vital for meeting this challenge. We work in partnership with business, gove ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... to deal with the time scales involved. While climate change predictions of necessity cover the long term, the tourism industry tends to have much shorter time horizons, even in the context of physical investment in infrastructure. It was felt that, in order to engage the attention of the tourism ind ...
... to deal with the time scales involved. While climate change predictions of necessity cover the long term, the tourism industry tends to have much shorter time horizons, even in the context of physical investment in infrastructure. It was felt that, in order to engage the attention of the tourism ind ...
Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
... 1.2 Objectives, audience, scope of this report........................................................................... 2 2. Approaches and concepts of adaptation 2.1 Framework for adaptation .................................................................................................... 3 2.2 ...
... 1.2 Objectives, audience, scope of this report........................................................................... 2 2. Approaches and concepts of adaptation 2.1 Framework for adaptation .................................................................................................... 3 2.2 ...
Review and recommendations for climate change vulnerability
... begin by defining and discussing climate change vulnerability assessment concepts and approaches and then examine major methods by which such assessments are conducted. Finally, we review and synthesize the information presented in vulnerability assessments conducted for the southwestern United Stat ...
... begin by defining and discussing climate change vulnerability assessment concepts and approaches and then examine major methods by which such assessments are conducted. Finally, we review and synthesize the information presented in vulnerability assessments conducted for the southwestern United Stat ...