- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Links to land degradation risk: The in afore laid out argument becomes even more significant when examined in the context of land degradation risk and the unsustainable management of natural resources, including biodiversity. Severe climates in northern Namibia lead inevitable to pressure on the lan ...
... Links to land degradation risk: The in afore laid out argument becomes even more significant when examined in the context of land degradation risk and the unsustainable management of natural resources, including biodiversity. Severe climates in northern Namibia lead inevitable to pressure on the lan ...
Global Warming
... This site brings together information about federally funded research on global warming, changing ecosystems, the carbon cycle, the water cycle, and much more. It contains links to hundreds of U.S. and international science organizations. Global Warming yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content ...
... This site brings together information about federally funded research on global warming, changing ecosystems, the carbon cycle, the water cycle, and much more. It contains links to hundreds of U.S. and international science organizations. Global Warming yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content ...
NRCan/CIP Projects and Initiatives on climate
... consistent approach, nor are there extensive resources and tools to help municipalities assess their vulnerabilities to climate change. London (U.K.) and Halifax have published detailed investigations into the range of risks that climate change poses for their communities. Halifax is well along in p ...
... consistent approach, nor are there extensive resources and tools to help municipalities assess their vulnerabilities to climate change. London (U.K.) and Halifax have published detailed investigations into the range of risks that climate change poses for their communities. Halifax is well along in p ...
A climate change report card for water Working Technical Paper 9
... answer questions raised by policy makers, agencies and governments, and leads to evidence based decisions. The final section of this review considers the confidence in the science. ...
... answer questions raised by policy makers, agencies and governments, and leads to evidence based decisions. The final section of this review considers the confidence in the science. ...
paths beyond paris
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
Here - Lawrence Torcello
... not enough that one researcher endorse a particular conclusion, for scientific findings must be confirmed repeatedly by other scientists (if they are to gain traction in the broader scientific community). Part of what scientists do is to test conclusions, examining and when warranted rejecting them, ...
... not enough that one researcher endorse a particular conclusion, for scientific findings must be confirmed repeatedly by other scientists (if they are to gain traction in the broader scientific community). Part of what scientists do is to test conclusions, examining and when warranted rejecting them, ...
Paths beyond Paris
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
... Over twenty years have passed since governments within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began to discuss the impending climate crisis. Year after year, we witness the talks moving further away from identifying the root causes of climate change while the increasing i ...
Official PDF , 34 pages
... make the country more climate resilient and less vulnerable to natural disasters.10 This paper is an attempt to narrow the knowledge gap by providing itemized estimates of adaptation cost for roads, railways, embankments and drainage infrastructure to intensified monsoon flood in a changing climate ...
... make the country more climate resilient and less vulnerable to natural disasters.10 This paper is an attempt to narrow the knowledge gap by providing itemized estimates of adaptation cost for roads, railways, embankments and drainage infrastructure to intensified monsoon flood in a changing climate ...
The Australian Aerosol and Climate Research Program: A
... significant (net negative) contribution by aerosol to global climate forcing, with this forcing being highly uncertain. Reduction of the uncertainty in the aerosol forcing estimate is required to correspondingly improve projections of future climate. The review of “Future Climate Change Research and ...
... significant (net negative) contribution by aerosol to global climate forcing, with this forcing being highly uncertain. Reduction of the uncertainty in the aerosol forcing estimate is required to correspondingly improve projections of future climate. The review of “Future Climate Change Research and ...
Modeling Climate Change Impacts on Viti Levu (Fiji) and Aitutaki
... the first-order, island-specific models that have been developed over the last several years. The innovations relate to the development and incorporation of: sea-level scenario generator; human dimensions components; socio-economic baseline scenario generator; capacity for multi-scale (island, commu ...
... the first-order, island-specific models that have been developed over the last several years. The innovations relate to the development and incorporation of: sea-level scenario generator; human dimensions components; socio-economic baseline scenario generator; capacity for multi-scale (island, commu ...
Kenya National Adaptation Plan 2015-2030
... The NAP provides a background of Kenya’s national circumstances, including socio-economic circumstances; and future climate scenarios that the country needs to consider in decision making, planning and budgetary processes. A vulnerability analysis is also presented against the identified hazards in ...
... The NAP provides a background of Kenya’s national circumstances, including socio-economic circumstances; and future climate scenarios that the country needs to consider in decision making, planning and budgetary processes. A vulnerability analysis is also presented against the identified hazards in ...
Development of a Methodology and a Tool for the Assessment of Vulnerability of Roadways to Flood Induced Damage
... cyclones, are likely to continue to increase in this century (7). Evidence from three recent hurricanes, Katrina, Irene and Sandy, in the US supports the research findings very strongly; the resulting floods would affect much of the coast and millions of citizens. As projected by the IPCC, rising se ...
... cyclones, are likely to continue to increase in this century (7). Evidence from three recent hurricanes, Katrina, Irene and Sandy, in the US supports the research findings very strongly; the resulting floods would affect much of the coast and millions of citizens. As projected by the IPCC, rising se ...
- Eionet Forum
... pressure data set. Climate Res., 14, 71–73. Andersson, C., Langner, J., and Bergström, R., 2007, Interannual variationand trends in air pollution over Europe due to Climate variability during 1958-2001 simulated with a regional CTM coupled to the ERA40 reanalysis, Tellus, 59B, 77-98 Bengtsson, L., K ...
... pressure data set. Climate Res., 14, 71–73. Andersson, C., Langner, J., and Bergström, R., 2007, Interannual variationand trends in air pollution over Europe due to Climate variability during 1958-2001 simulated with a regional CTM coupled to the ERA40 reanalysis, Tellus, 59B, 77-98 Bengtsson, L., K ...
Adapting to change – forming new habits
... coming 30 years and (b) will also assist with other key sectors in the Region that were not specifically addressed in this Plan (because their vulnerability was assessed as being lower), such as tourism, broadacre cropping and management of open space and public realm. Implementing adaptation option ...
... coming 30 years and (b) will also assist with other key sectors in the Region that were not specifically addressed in this Plan (because their vulnerability was assessed as being lower), such as tourism, broadacre cropping and management of open space and public realm. Implementing adaptation option ...
Western Cape Climate Change Response Strategy 2014
... for more effective interaction between provincial and national government and will ensure that there is alignment between national flagship programmes and provincial focus areas, enabling the provincial programmes to contribute to national targets. This also allows for access to national and interna ...
... for more effective interaction between provincial and national government and will ensure that there is alignment between national flagship programmes and provincial focus areas, enabling the provincial programmes to contribute to national targets. This also allows for access to national and interna ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
... people who are making decisions about the management and use of land and resources that are likely to be affected by changing climate conditions. This process will be ongoing to ensure continued evaluation of existing and emerging stakeholder needs for information, products, and services. This coast ...
Expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change (opens in new window)
... The analysis concludes that complex systems, such as communities, societies or social-ecological systems, involve multiple facets (physical, social, cultural, economic, institutional and environmental) which require a holistic perspective. Integrating various socio-economic and environmental factors ...
... The analysis concludes that complex systems, such as communities, societies or social-ecological systems, involve multiple facets (physical, social, cultural, economic, institutional and environmental) which require a holistic perspective. Integrating various socio-economic and environmental factors ...
THE COST OF DELAYING ACTION TO STEM CLIMATE CHANGE
... instead, the delayed policy is to achieve the same climate target as the non-delayed policy. Taking meaningful steps now sends a signal to the market that reduces long-run costs of meeting the target. Part of this signal is that new carbon-intensive polluting facilities will be seen as bad investmen ...
... instead, the delayed policy is to achieve the same climate target as the non-delayed policy. Taking meaningful steps now sends a signal to the market that reduces long-run costs of meeting the target. Part of this signal is that new carbon-intensive polluting facilities will be seen as bad investmen ...
Climate Change and California`s Local Public Health Agencies
... survey was to assess how large of a threat to public health climate change is perceived to be by local health officials, how prepared they believe they are to manage the risks, and what type of information and resources are likely to be needed to help their agencies cope with the risks. This survey ...
... survey was to assess how large of a threat to public health climate change is perceived to be by local health officials, how prepared they believe they are to manage the risks, and what type of information and resources are likely to be needed to help their agencies cope with the risks. This survey ...
Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first
... atmospheric component has a horizontal T42 resolution (approximately 280 km transform grid) and 30 layers in the vertical direction, with the top at 0.4 hPa. Longwave radiation is calculated by a multi-parameter random model formulated by Shibata and Aoki (1989), which explicitly addresses absorptio ...
... atmospheric component has a horizontal T42 resolution (approximately 280 km transform grid) and 30 layers in the vertical direction, with the top at 0.4 hPa. Longwave radiation is calculated by a multi-parameter random model formulated by Shibata and Aoki (1989), which explicitly addresses absorptio ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES THE PERCEPTION AND VALUATION
... there is also substantial disagreement about the economic and broader social consequences. Differing sides in the policy debate have used this massive uncertainty as a rationale for aggressive policy action or policy inaction, depending in part on whether they interpret the uncertainty as posing a ...
... there is also substantial disagreement about the economic and broader social consequences. Differing sides in the policy debate have used this massive uncertainty as a rationale for aggressive policy action or policy inaction, depending in part on whether they interpret the uncertainty as posing a ...
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... Table 1: Climate change and other international agreements ratified by Tanzania .................6 Table 2: Adaptation strategy for the agricultural sector, Tanzania .........................................11 Figure 2: Tanzanian GHG emissions by sector in 1990 ...................................... ...
... Table 1: Climate change and other international agreements ratified by Tanzania .................6 Table 2: Adaptation strategy for the agricultural sector, Tanzania .........................................11 Figure 2: Tanzanian GHG emissions by sector in 1990 ...................................... ...
Distinguishing the relative impacts of climate change and human
... may increase stream discharge but reduce its variance due to the decreasing surface runoff and increasing baseflow (e.g., Tomer et al., 2005; Schilling, 2004). Moreover, water utilization for agricultural and industrial development can also lead to significant change in the water cycle and affect the ...
... may increase stream discharge but reduce its variance due to the decreasing surface runoff and increasing baseflow (e.g., Tomer et al., 2005; Schilling, 2004). Moreover, water utilization for agricultural and industrial development can also lead to significant change in the water cycle and affect the ...
International Perspectives on Disaster Management and
... Yokohama conference in 1994 put socioeconomic aspects as component of effective disaster prevention into perspective. It was recognized that social factors, such as cultural tradition, religious values, economic standing, and trust in political accountability are essential in the determination of so ...
... Yokohama conference in 1994 put socioeconomic aspects as component of effective disaster prevention into perspective. It was recognized that social factors, such as cultural tradition, religious values, economic standing, and trust in political accountability are essential in the determination of so ...
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... interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models of ecosystems and economics systems. The modeling of coupled ecological and ...
... interactions, links and feedbacks. Models are necessary in order to understand the issues involved and to derive e¢ cient policies. It is clear that, in order to attain these objectives, these models should be coupled models of ecosystems and economics systems. The modeling of coupled ecological and ...