Migration as a sustainable adaptation strategy
... 69 percent given a +3-meter inundation depth and by 14 percent given a +1-meter inundation depth.”4 Migration can result from sudden disasters that push large populations on the road or on the sea at once. It can also be caused by slow-onset environmental degradations that gradually reduce economic ...
... 69 percent given a +3-meter inundation depth and by 14 percent given a +1-meter inundation depth.”4 Migration can result from sudden disasters that push large populations on the road or on the sea at once. It can also be caused by slow-onset environmental degradations that gradually reduce economic ...
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... security in Niger. We distinguish between (i) exposure to climatic disruptions, (ii) biophysical sensitivity to such disruptions, (iii) household adaptive capacity in terms of farmers’ ability to prepare and adjust to the resulting stress, and, finally, (iv) system-level adaptive capacity that serve ...
... security in Niger. We distinguish between (i) exposure to climatic disruptions, (ii) biophysical sensitivity to such disruptions, (iii) household adaptive capacity in terms of farmers’ ability to prepare and adjust to the resulting stress, and, finally, (iv) system-level adaptive capacity that serve ...
CSA Sourcebook Module 13: Mainstreaming CSA into national policies and programmes
... and policy frameworks Agriculture is an essential driver of economic growth, particularly in rural areas and least developed countries. At the national level, boosting agricultural production stimulates overall economic growth and development, particularly in countries with high economic dependence ...
... and policy frameworks Agriculture is an essential driver of economic growth, particularly in rural areas and least developed countries. At the national level, boosting agricultural production stimulates overall economic growth and development, particularly in countries with high economic dependence ...
The Changing Earth-Life System—Critical Information for
... Over more than a decade, the sedimentary geology and paleobiology (SGP) science community foresaw and has continued to focus on a key issue identified by the 2009 Geovision report: “…the challenge posed by the current scope and pace of human-induced change cannot be fully understood by only studying ...
... Over more than a decade, the sedimentary geology and paleobiology (SGP) science community foresaw and has continued to focus on a key issue identified by the 2009 Geovision report: “…the challenge posed by the current scope and pace of human-induced change cannot be fully understood by only studying ...
Warm Words II
... importantly for the public, and indeed for all of us, they provide sense-making devices: ways of talking and ways of thinking that can be drawn on in specific situations to make our case, explain our own actions, predict what might happen next and so on. In the uncertain and contrary field of climat ...
... importantly for the public, and indeed for all of us, they provide sense-making devices: ways of talking and ways of thinking that can be drawn on in specific situations to make our case, explain our own actions, predict what might happen next and so on. In the uncertain and contrary field of climat ...
Barry - Climate change publications
... Lake ice cover as a temperature index for monitoring climate perturbations. F. Tramoni, R.G. Barry and J. Key, Zeitschrift f. Gletscherkunde and Glazialgeologie 21: 43-49. Freeze-up and break-up of lakes as an index of temperature changes during the transition seasons: A case study for Finland. M.A. ...
... Lake ice cover as a temperature index for monitoring climate perturbations. F. Tramoni, R.G. Barry and J. Key, Zeitschrift f. Gletscherkunde and Glazialgeologie 21: 43-49. Freeze-up and break-up of lakes as an index of temperature changes during the transition seasons: A case study for Finland. M.A. ...
Mountain Tourism and Climate Change
... estimates. Indeed, the world has recently experienced debilitating effects of hurricanes, floods and wildfires at scales not anticipated before. These events have also exposed the vulnerability of even the most resourceful nations like the USA. Fourthly, immediate benefits may be gained from better ...
... estimates. Indeed, the world has recently experienced debilitating effects of hurricanes, floods and wildfires at scales not anticipated before. These events have also exposed the vulnerability of even the most resourceful nations like the USA. Fourthly, immediate benefits may be gained from better ...
Slide 1
... 6. Operation of historically-uninterrupted stations and observing systems should be maintained. Long homogenious records are valuable 7. High priority for additional observations should be focused on datapoor regions, poorly-observed parameters, regions sensitive to change, and key measurements with ...
... 6. Operation of historically-uninterrupted stations and observing systems should be maintained. Long homogenious records are valuable 7. High priority for additional observations should be focused on datapoor regions, poorly-observed parameters, regions sensitive to change, and key measurements with ...
Deep uncertainty in long-term hurricane risk: scenario generation and implications for future climate experiments: Working Paper 51 (556 kB) (opens in new window)
... The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment of the risks from climate change and on the appropriate responses, to inform decision-making in the private and publ ...
... The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment of the risks from climate change and on the appropriate responses, to inform decision-making in the private and publ ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORTHERN AFRICA
... earlier (Claussen et al., 1999). The vegetation fraction in the Sahara at 6 ky BP reaches 0.71 in CLIMBER-2.1 and 0.52 in CLIMBER-2.3. In the CO2 sensitivity experiments, the model reveals only marginal changes in Saharan vegetation cover (see Figure 5a) during the first 220 to 250 years of simulati ...
... earlier (Claussen et al., 1999). The vegetation fraction in the Sahara at 6 ky BP reaches 0.71 in CLIMBER-2.1 and 0.52 in CLIMBER-2.3. In the CO2 sensitivity experiments, the model reveals only marginal changes in Saharan vegetation cover (see Figure 5a) during the first 220 to 250 years of simulati ...
2012 Annual Report on the Monitoring of
... and regions for both aquatic macroinvertebrates, which include aquatic insects, snails and other aquatic invertebrates, and freshwater algae, both diatoms and soft-bodied forms like blue-green algae. The process of collecting macroinvertebrates and determining water quality conditions is referred to ...
... and regions for both aquatic macroinvertebrates, which include aquatic insects, snails and other aquatic invertebrates, and freshwater algae, both diatoms and soft-bodied forms like blue-green algae. The process of collecting macroinvertebrates and determining water quality conditions is referred to ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and... Emily M. Cody, Jennie C. Stephens, James P. Bagrow,
... prominent in public discourse and the media. Disruptive extreme weather events, including hurricanes, focus public attention in new and different ways, offering a unique window of opportunity to analyze how a focusing event influences public opinion. Simultaneously shaping and reflecting public disc ...
... prominent in public discourse and the media. Disruptive extreme weather events, including hurricanes, focus public attention in new and different ways, offering a unique window of opportunity to analyze how a focusing event influences public opinion. Simultaneously shaping and reflecting public disc ...
Document
... California Adaptation Objectives • Reduce per capita water use by 20% by 2020 • Avoid significant new building in areas vulnerable to – Erosion – Flooding – Fire STRATUS CONSULTING ...
... California Adaptation Objectives • Reduce per capita water use by 20% by 2020 • Avoid significant new building in areas vulnerable to – Erosion – Flooding – Fire STRATUS CONSULTING ...
Community-based Climate Change Action Grants
... rather than as a global climate trend. But there is little doubt about the importance of these issues locally or the fact that climate change is emerging as a higher priority as awareness builds. In some areas of the Pacific Region, adaptation is occurring at the extreme end, with communities needin ...
... rather than as a global climate trend. But there is little doubt about the importance of these issues locally or the fact that climate change is emerging as a higher priority as awareness builds. In some areas of the Pacific Region, adaptation is occurring at the extreme end, with communities needin ...
- Friends of the Earth International
... resources, while social capital has not been invested in building indigenous knowledge, technology and infrastructure, much less in adap�ng to climate change. Governments’ approach to’ development’ has followed the tradi�on of economic liberalisa�on: Planning, design and implementa�on of development ...
... resources, while social capital has not been invested in building indigenous knowledge, technology and infrastructure, much less in adap�ng to climate change. Governments’ approach to’ development’ has followed the tradi�on of economic liberalisa�on: Planning, design and implementa�on of development ...
Explaining Public Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policies
... from carbon tax to international carbon trading scheme, the other policy sets included policies which were not only impractical but also stretched assumptions about the respondents‟ knowledge to give a meaningful response. Solutions such as „Putting more dust in the atmosphere‟ or „Reducing air poll ...
... from carbon tax to international carbon trading scheme, the other policy sets included policies which were not only impractical but also stretched assumptions about the respondents‟ knowledge to give a meaningful response. Solutions such as „Putting more dust in the atmosphere‟ or „Reducing air poll ...
External link to publication
... 2.1. A framework for understanding climate risk and the state of knowledge ............................................ 9 2.2. Stylised facts on the economic impacts of climate change .................................................................. 11 2.3. Economic vulnerability of Sweden to cli ...
... 2.1. A framework for understanding climate risk and the state of knowledge ............................................ 9 2.2. Stylised facts on the economic impacts of climate change .................................................................. 11 2.3. Economic vulnerability of Sweden to cli ...
Independent Climate
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
... Ayres, M. P., & Lombardero, M. J. (2000). Assessing the consequences of global change for disturbance from herbivores and pathogens. Science of the Total Environment, 262, 263-286. doi: 10.1016/S00489697(00)00528-3 Barrow, P., Maxwell, B., & Gachon, P. (2004). Climate variability and change in Canad ...
Bringing the Copenhagen Global Climate Change Negotiations to Conclusion J
... emissions target) could be removed from the ETS and also have their reduction quotas increased to 130% of the original target. However, these penalties seem of little consequence to a country not intending to seriously cut emissions in the first place. As the situation has evolved from 2002 on, only ...
... emissions target) could be removed from the ETS and also have their reduction quotas increased to 130% of the original target. However, these penalties seem of little consequence to a country not intending to seriously cut emissions in the first place. As the situation has evolved from 2002 on, only ...
CHAPTER 13
... Northwest exhibited large gains in yields for most crops in the 2030 and 2090 timeframes for both of the two major climate scenarios used in this Assessment, Hadley and Canadian. Crop production changes in other regions varied, some positive and some negative, depending on the climate scenario and t ...
... Northwest exhibited large gains in yields for most crops in the 2030 and 2090 timeframes for both of the two major climate scenarios used in this Assessment, Hadley and Canadian. Crop production changes in other regions varied, some positive and some negative, depending on the climate scenario and t ...
The Economics of Climate Change Impacts and Policy
... The topic of cities and climate change has recently become an active area of research. Relevant activities include the Tyndall Centre in the UK2 with their project “Engineering Cities: how can cities grow while reducing vulnerability and emissions?” and the German Potsdam Institute for Climate (PIK) ...
... The topic of cities and climate change has recently become an active area of research. Relevant activities include the Tyndall Centre in the UK2 with their project “Engineering Cities: how can cities grow while reducing vulnerability and emissions?” and the German Potsdam Institute for Climate (PIK) ...
Geotourism and Climate Change Paradoxes and Promises
... because of the extent to which they influence the relative accessibility and attractiveness of a given location (UNWTOUNEP-WMO, 2008). Climate change influences the seasonality of a tourism location or attraction because of the extent to which access is economically and geographically feasible in a ...
... because of the extent to which they influence the relative accessibility and attractiveness of a given location (UNWTOUNEP-WMO, 2008). Climate change influences the seasonality of a tourism location or attraction because of the extent to which access is economically and geographically feasible in a ...
Setting a long-term climate objective
... Members of the International Taskforce on Climate Change agreed at their meeting in Windsor UK in March 2004 that the Taskforce should make a recommendation on a global, long-term objective to guide action on climate change. The case for doing so is persuasive. Each of the countries that have ratifi ...
... Members of the International Taskforce on Climate Change agreed at their meeting in Windsor UK in March 2004 that the Taskforce should make a recommendation on a global, long-term objective to guide action on climate change. The case for doing so is persuasive. Each of the countries that have ratifi ...
Explaining Media and Congressional Attention to Global Climate
... important works on agenda setting, Jones and Baumgartner argue, like Kingdon, that relevant information surrounding an issue (including problem indicators and information feedback) is important to decision makers' attention but, so too, is the significant event that provides sudden information shock ...
... important works on agenda setting, Jones and Baumgartner argue, like Kingdon, that relevant information surrounding an issue (including problem indicators and information feedback) is important to decision makers' attention but, so too, is the significant event that provides sudden information shock ...
Comparative biology of different plant pathogens to estimate effects
... correctly, to increase crop productivity in northern Europe (Barnes et al. 2010), with new arable crops and new tender vegetable and fruit crops potentially able to be grown outdoors on a wide scale. Climate change is a gradual and long-term phenomenon but it is necessary to identify potential threa ...
... correctly, to increase crop productivity in northern Europe (Barnes et al. 2010), with new arable crops and new tender vegetable and fruit crops potentially able to be grown outdoors on a wide scale. Climate change is a gradual and long-term phenomenon but it is necessary to identify potential threa ...