Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... such the process and conversations involved are as valuable as the identification of management actions. The CAF is divided into seven parts that are explored, discussed and ultimately assessed. The results of each assessment are summarised in a table format. The CAF offers a ‘holistic’ look at the ...
... such the process and conversations involved are as valuable as the identification of management actions. The CAF is divided into seven parts that are explored, discussed and ultimately assessed. The results of each assessment are summarised in a table format. The CAF offers a ‘holistic’ look at the ...
- 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 ...
Climate change - Time to act
... sources of energy must succeed. It is equally clear that the global climate goals can only be achieved if there is a global transition as regards transport, with new approaches to mobility and urban development being pursued. Forest protection, marine conservation and preserving biodiversity – safeg ...
... sources of energy must succeed. It is equally clear that the global climate goals can only be achieved if there is a global transition as regards transport, with new approaches to mobility and urban development being pursued. Forest protection, marine conservation and preserving biodiversity – safeg ...
The implications of climate change scenario selection for future
... across the projections can be attributed to the effect of emissions pathways. The simulated evolution of future temperature is strongly influenced by emissions, but temperature has a smaller influence than precipitation on flow. Period change statistics (i.e., the change in flow from one 30-yr perio ...
... across the projections can be attributed to the effect of emissions pathways. The simulated evolution of future temperature is strongly influenced by emissions, but temperature has a smaller influence than precipitation on flow. Period change statistics (i.e., the change in flow from one 30-yr perio ...
states and cities as actors in global climate regulation: unitary vs
... reentry into serious international climate negotiations, which is prerequisite for developing an effective post-Kyoto system of global climate regulation.18 These initiatives have provided a catalyst for domestic public attention and support and enhanced the likelihood that Congress will at last act ...
... reentry into serious international climate negotiations, which is prerequisite for developing an effective post-Kyoto system of global climate regulation.18 These initiatives have provided a catalyst for domestic public attention and support and enhanced the likelihood that Congress will at last act ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Commodities
... Agricultural commodities are any agricultural products which are traded internationally in response to demand. Climate change will have a profound impact on agricultural commodities including on their production and their productivity with consequences to both food supply and food security and many ...
... Agricultural commodities are any agricultural products which are traded internationally in response to demand. Climate change will have a profound impact on agricultural commodities including on their production and their productivity with consequences to both food supply and food security and many ...
Approaches for generating climate change scenarios for use in
... research which supports a picture of a warming world with significant changes in regional climate systems. For instance, an increase in the area of the globe affected by drought under enhanced greenhouse gas conditions is likely, despite much variation between regions and across climate change scena ...
... research which supports a picture of a warming world with significant changes in regional climate systems. For instance, an increase in the area of the globe affected by drought under enhanced greenhouse gas conditions is likely, despite much variation between regions and across climate change scena ...
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... Since anthropogenic climate change first emerged on the public agenda in the midto-late 1980s, public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. This paper synthesizes what is known, presumed, and still unknow ...
... Since anthropogenic climate change first emerged on the public agenda in the midto-late 1980s, public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. This paper synthesizes what is known, presumed, and still unknow ...
Effects of Climate Change in Amphibians and Reptiles
... organisms at population and community levels. As an example Carey & Bryant (1995) found that the individual growth rate, reproductive effort, and life span could change, with a parallel change in the activity patterns, microhabitat use, and thermoregulation. 2.1.2 Reproductive biology and phenology ...
... organisms at population and community levels. As an example Carey & Bryant (1995) found that the individual growth rate, reproductive effort, and life span could change, with a parallel change in the activity patterns, microhabitat use, and thermoregulation. 2.1.2 Reproductive biology and phenology ...
Communicating climate change: history, challenges, process and
... Since anthropogenic climate change first emerged on the public agenda in the midto-late 1980s, public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. This paper synthesizes what is known, presumed, and still unknow ...
... Since anthropogenic climate change first emerged on the public agenda in the midto-late 1980s, public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. This paper synthesizes what is known, presumed, and still unknow ...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate
... Lorenzoni et al. (2007) define engagement as a “personal state of connection” with an issue (in their analysis, climate change) – not just knowing about the issue or being part of policy processes, but actually caring and being motivated and able to take action. That distinction may help explain the ...
... Lorenzoni et al. (2007) define engagement as a “personal state of connection” with an issue (in their analysis, climate change) – not just knowing about the issue or being part of policy processes, but actually caring and being motivated and able to take action. That distinction may help explain the ...
European atmosphere in 2050, a regional
... their costs and their impact on air quality have been successfully implemented over the past decades to investigate relatively short time periods (Cohan and Napelenok, 2011). In Europe, the GAINS (Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies) modelling framework (Amann et al., 2011; A ...
... their costs and their impact on air quality have been successfully implemented over the past decades to investigate relatively short time periods (Cohan and Napelenok, 2011). In Europe, the GAINS (Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies) modelling framework (Amann et al., 2011; A ...
Can sense-making tools inform adaptation policy?
... multiple interacting factors (Folke et al. 2002, Diamond 2005). It is difficult to capture these dynamics a priori, let alone affect them through policy (Adger et al. 2007). ...
... multiple interacting factors (Folke et al. 2002, Diamond 2005). It is difficult to capture these dynamics a priori, let alone affect them through policy (Adger et al. 2007). ...
Feeling the Heat - Development and Peace
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing our world today. The people who are doing least to cause it are suffering the most. Those with the power to address it, including our leaders here in Canada, have so far failed us. Canadians have one of the highest carbon footprints in the worl ...
A fractal climate response function can simulate global average
... 2. Data and methods Temperature and forcing data were mostly obtained from public repositories, as detailed in Appendix 1. All computations in this study concern globally averaged temperatures. For the fits to temperatures in the past millennium, the reconstructions of Moberg et al (2005) and Mann e ...
... 2. Data and methods Temperature and forcing data were mostly obtained from public repositories, as detailed in Appendix 1. All computations in this study concern globally averaged temperatures. For the fits to temperatures in the past millennium, the reconstructions of Moberg et al (2005) and Mann e ...
Climate Impact Research in the BSR: State of the Art
... right track, it would drive a sea surge that would drown New Orleans under twenty feet of water. "As the water recedes", says Walter Maestri, a local emergency management director, "we expect to find a lot of dead bodies". New Orleans is a disaster waiting to happen. The city lies below sea level, i ...
... right track, it would drive a sea surge that would drown New Orleans under twenty feet of water. "As the water recedes", says Walter Maestri, a local emergency management director, "we expect to find a lot of dead bodies". New Orleans is a disaster waiting to happen. The city lies below sea level, i ...
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... of Ethiopia have adapted to climate change. Results from the multinomial logit model indicate that the level of education, gender, age, and wealth of the head of household, access to extension and credit, information on climate, social capital, agroecological settings, and temperature influence farm ...
... of Ethiopia have adapted to climate change. Results from the multinomial logit model indicate that the level of education, gender, age, and wealth of the head of household, access to extension and credit, information on climate, social capital, agroecological settings, and temperature influence farm ...
Impacts of climate change on Australia`s World Heritage properties
... listed as World Heritage sites. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their unique values, are under threat from global climate change. The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that ‘global warming is unequivocal’ and is due largely to an ...
... listed as World Heritage sites. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their unique values, are under threat from global climate change. The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report states that ‘global warming is unequivocal’ and is due largely to an ...
Increasing the influence of LDC climate diplomacy
... Addressing a special session of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) — the dialogue initiated by President Barak Obama in 2009 to facilitate discussion among the world’s largest economies — Kerry stated: “[L]ast year, I invited many of you and your counterparts to join me for a spec ...
... Addressing a special session of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) — the dialogue initiated by President Barak Obama in 2009 to facilitate discussion among the world’s largest economies — Kerry stated: “[L]ast year, I invited many of you and your counterparts to join me for a spec ...
Future Climate, Hydrology, Vegetation, and Wildfire Projections for
... will take many decades even with drastic emissions reductions.4 Reducing emissions is vital to prevent the Earth’s climate system from reaching certain tipping points that will lead to sudden and irrev ...
... will take many decades even with drastic emissions reductions.4 Reducing emissions is vital to prevent the Earth’s climate system from reaching certain tipping points that will lead to sudden and irrev ...
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, ...
perspectives on climate change - Canadian Institute of Planners
... feel the impacts of climate change should be included in planning reports. It appears that the demand for including climate change impacts in planning decisions arises from planners themselves, as only 38% in the most recent survey indicated that concerns about climate change impacts are driven by ...
... feel the impacts of climate change should be included in planning reports. It appears that the demand for including climate change impacts in planning decisions arises from planners themselves, as only 38% in the most recent survey indicated that concerns about climate change impacts are driven by ...
Climate-induced migration and displacement: closing the policy gap
... move because they have no real alternative than to leave their homes to seek safety and protection. Those that are forced to move often lose property and other assets, and these extreme events can push people into poverty while also limiting opportunities to escape from poverty (Shepherd et al., 201 ...
... move because they have no real alternative than to leave their homes to seek safety and protection. Those that are forced to move often lose property and other assets, and these extreme events can push people into poverty while also limiting opportunities to escape from poverty (Shepherd et al., 201 ...
Tree growth and climate in the Pacific Northwest, North America: a
... Growth environments were defined by actual evapotranspiration (AET), climatic water deficit (DEF) and snow-water equivalent (SWE). We examined changes in these variables under different warming scenarios to assess how growth environments will change during the 21st century. By plotting each species ...
... Growth environments were defined by actual evapotranspiration (AET), climatic water deficit (DEF) and snow-water equivalent (SWE). We examined changes in these variables under different warming scenarios to assess how growth environments will change during the 21st century. By plotting each species ...