Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... Southern Oscillation, the latter of which is the main cause of regional droughts. Over the last 50 years, temperature increases of about 0.2° to 0.3°C per decade have been observed, along with an increase in heavy rainfall events. Some areas have seen important reductions or increases in average pre ...
... Southern Oscillation, the latter of which is the main cause of regional droughts. Over the last 50 years, temperature increases of about 0.2° to 0.3°C per decade have been observed, along with an increase in heavy rainfall events. Some areas have seen important reductions or increases in average pre ...
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... damages remain positive. This form of market-driven adaptation works well if markets function properly, which is not always the case. Finally, some forms of damage and their distributional implications cannot be addressed by markets (e.g. some biodiversity losses). Hence, policy-driven, or planned a ...
... damages remain positive. This form of market-driven adaptation works well if markets function properly, which is not always the case. Finally, some forms of damage and their distributional implications cannot be addressed by markets (e.g. some biodiversity losses). Hence, policy-driven, or planned a ...
Mirrored at GFMC Archive - The Global Fire Monitoring Center
... GRF Davos Planet@Risk, Volume 3, Number 1, Special Issue on the 5th IDRC Davos 2014, March 2015 tinents, but also over temperate and boreal zones (Andreae and Merlet, 2001). Smoke aerosols perturb regional and global radiation budgets through their lightscaering effects and influences on cloud micro ...
... GRF Davos Planet@Risk, Volume 3, Number 1, Special Issue on the 5th IDRC Davos 2014, March 2015 tinents, but also over temperate and boreal zones (Andreae and Merlet, 2001). Smoke aerosols perturb regional and global radiation budgets through their lightscaering effects and influences on cloud micro ...
Full Report, Final Report, Abrupt Climate Change
... and this report provides considerably greater detail and insight on these issues than did the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4). New paleoclimatic reconstructions have been developed that provide greater understanding of patterns and mechanisms of pas ...
... and this report provides considerably greater detail and insight on these issues than did the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4). New paleoclimatic reconstructions have been developed that provide greater understanding of patterns and mechanisms of pas ...
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... One main argument for studying socio-ecological systems is to advance the understanding of the dynamic interrelationship between various human and environmental factors, including impacts and responses to environmental changes. The surrounding environment, and how it changes over time, influences an ...
... One main argument for studying socio-ecological systems is to advance the understanding of the dynamic interrelationship between various human and environmental factors, including impacts and responses to environmental changes. The surrounding environment, and how it changes over time, influences an ...
The Impacts of Climate Change on London
... The launch event was very successful, attracting a large number of people from a wide range of sectors. Many individuals attended who had not previously been involved in the Climate Impacts study but recognised that climate change is an issue that will become increasingly important in the years to c ...
... The launch event was very successful, attracting a large number of people from a wide range of sectors. Many individuals attended who had not previously been involved in the Climate Impacts study but recognised that climate change is an issue that will become increasingly important in the years to c ...
An Integrated Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline Circulation
... runoff from North America is missing, as is the potentially increasing precipitation over the northern Atlantic ocean. Thus the observed trends, if they are the result of the global warming that has occurred over the historical period, make it conceivable that the much larger warming expected in fut ...
... runoff from North America is missing, as is the potentially increasing precipitation over the northern Atlantic ocean. Thus the observed trends, if they are the result of the global warming that has occurred over the historical period, make it conceivable that the much larger warming expected in fut ...
Turn Down the Heat - Open Knowledge Repository
... 6.4 The percentage of impacts under a 4 to 5.6°C warming avoided by limiting warming to just over 2°C by 2100 for population exposed to increased water stress (water availability below 1000 m³ per capita) 6.5 Fraction of land surface at risk of severe ecosystem change as a function of global mea ...
... 6.4 The percentage of impacts under a 4 to 5.6°C warming avoided by limiting warming to just over 2°C by 2100 for population exposed to increased water stress (water availability below 1000 m³ per capita) 6.5 Fraction of land surface at risk of severe ecosystem change as a function of global mea ...
An Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
... interviews, and risk-based assessment (New York City Panel on Climate Change [NPCC] 2010) to identify and where possible to assign costs of key sectoral vulnerabilities and adaptation options for climate change in New York State. The study draws conceptually from the general framework of cost benefi ...
... interviews, and risk-based assessment (New York City Panel on Climate Change [NPCC] 2010) to identify and where possible to assign costs of key sectoral vulnerabilities and adaptation options for climate change in New York State. The study draws conceptually from the general framework of cost benefi ...
1-Thesis Synthesis
... our already strained social organisation. Without a concerted effort to overcome ignorance about the extent and consequences of climate change, inappropriate adaptation will increase social inequalities, especially regarding access to resources. ...
... our already strained social organisation. Without a concerted effort to overcome ignorance about the extent and consequences of climate change, inappropriate adaptation will increase social inequalities, especially regarding access to resources. ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, ...
... The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... our already strained social organisation. Without a concerted effort to overcome ignorance about the extent and consequences of climate change, inappropriate adaptation will increase social inequalities, especially regarding access to resources. ...
... our already strained social organisation. Without a concerted effort to overcome ignorance about the extent and consequences of climate change, inappropriate adaptation will increase social inequalities, especially regarding access to resources. ...
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation
... eading scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change published their fourth assessment of the state of knowledge about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming t ...
... eading scientists on the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change published their fourth assessment of the state of knowledge about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming t ...
Climate Proofing: A Risk-based Approach to Adaptation
... are reduced to acceptable levels through long-lasting and environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable changes implemented at one or more of the following stages in the project cycle: planning, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning. Climate variability – Variati ...
... are reduced to acceptable levels through long-lasting and environmentally sound, economically viable, and socially acceptable changes implemented at one or more of the following stages in the project cycle: planning, design, construction, operation, and decommissioning. Climate variability – Variati ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... The tourism industry has a key role to play in confronting the challenges of climate change. The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to cli ...
... The tourism industry has a key role to play in confronting the challenges of climate change. The spectacular growth of tourism provides both a challenge and an opportunity. The tourist community itself has responded to this challenge over the past few years and visibly stepped up its response to cli ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND TOURISM
... to the European Grand Tour in the 20th century and the development of the first coastal resorts in Europe and America, people have been traveling for recreation, culture, religion or health. These first phases of the tourism sector were, however, very limited in scale and distribution, and only acce ...
... to the European Grand Tour in the 20th century and the development of the first coastal resorts in Europe and America, people have been traveling for recreation, culture, religion or health. These first phases of the tourism sector were, however, very limited in scale and distribution, and only acce ...
South Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... biased toward identification of large-scale projects funded by international development assistance organizations, and those projects about which information is available online. As such, small-scale projects that meet the review’s definition of adaptation action, particularly those occurring at the ...
... biased toward identification of large-scale projects funded by international development assistance organizations, and those projects about which information is available online. As such, small-scale projects that meet the review’s definition of adaptation action, particularly those occurring at the ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... Weathering the Storm is among the first global reviews of adaptation efforts to date and, as such, takes a relatively early step in understanding how adaptation and development can best support one another. There is much left to learn. The report also represents the World Resources Institute’s first ...
... Weathering the Storm is among the first global reviews of adaptation efforts to date and, as such, takes a relatively early step in understanding how adaptation and development can best support one another. There is much left to learn. The report also represents the World Resources Institute’s first ...
Impact Assessment Part 2 - European Commission
... Therefore, Europe must prepare to face more significant consequences of climate change. Mitigation on its own will not be enough to address the climate problem. Two important clarifications must be added: i/ even if greenhouse gas emissions were to stop now, the earth's climate will continue to chan ...
... Therefore, Europe must prepare to face more significant consequences of climate change. Mitigation on its own will not be enough to address the climate problem. Two important clarifications must be added: i/ even if greenhouse gas emissions were to stop now, the earth's climate will continue to chan ...
Turkey`s National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and
... gases caused by human activities result in global climate change. Even worse is that we will continue to experience for hundreds of years, the effects of climate change caused by human - induced greenhouse gases and that remain in the atmosphere for long years. The impacts of these changes occurring ...
... gases caused by human activities result in global climate change. Even worse is that we will continue to experience for hundreds of years, the effects of climate change caused by human - induced greenhouse gases and that remain in the atmosphere for long years. The impacts of these changes occurring ...
Draft Environmental Impact Statement
... proposed action. We also recognize the difficulties and uncertainties involved in such an impact analysis. Accordingly, NHTSA has reviewed existing credible scientific evidence which is relevant to this analysis and summarized it in this DEIS consistent with Council on Environmental Quality regulati ...
... proposed action. We also recognize the difficulties and uncertainties involved in such an impact analysis. Accordingly, NHTSA has reviewed existing credible scientific evidence which is relevant to this analysis and summarized it in this DEIS consistent with Council on Environmental Quality regulati ...
An Evidence Base Review of Public Attitudes to Climate Change
... demand for air travel comprises a strong recommendation for further research. Self evidently, the conclusions in this summary pertain almost exclusively to private surface passenger transport. The main findings for each of the three objectives were as follows: 1. There is only a weak link between k ...
... demand for air travel comprises a strong recommendation for further research. Self evidently, the conclusions in this summary pertain almost exclusively to private surface passenger transport. The main findings for each of the three objectives were as follows: 1. There is only a weak link between k ...