Adaptation strategy for climate-proofing biodiversity
... ecosystems and biodiversity are already visible and are expected to increase. Some species will decline in number or possibly even disappear from the Netherlands; other species, though, will be able to become established. Habitat conditions and species compositions will be in a constant state of flu ...
... ecosystems and biodiversity are already visible and are expected to increase. Some species will decline in number or possibly even disappear from the Netherlands; other species, though, will be able to become established. Habitat conditions and species compositions will be in a constant state of flu ...
Climate change science and the climate change scare Contents
... are not warmed by the greenhouse effect but by the fact that their glass prevents cool air from blowing in and warm air from blowing out.) Measurement of Temperature. Temperatures past and present are measured by three methods. The first is by thermometer. Reliable thermometers were developed in the ...
... are not warmed by the greenhouse effect but by the fact that their glass prevents cool air from blowing in and warm air from blowing out.) Measurement of Temperature. Temperatures past and present are measured by three methods. The first is by thermometer. Reliable thermometers were developed in the ...
Climate Change and the Skiing Industry: Impacts and Potential
... not traffic to and from the country for the purpose of skiing. Hence, the percentage indicating the share of skiing related traffic is likely to be much higher. 2.2.3 Impacts of buildings and infrastructure The number of hotels in Switzerland was around 6300 in 1993. Although this number has fallen ...
... not traffic to and from the country for the purpose of skiing. Hence, the percentage indicating the share of skiing related traffic is likely to be much higher. 2.2.3 Impacts of buildings and infrastructure The number of hotels in Switzerland was around 6300 in 1993. Although this number has fallen ...
Socio-Economic Impacts of Climate Change in
... his summary provides the key findings of a DFID funded scoping study on the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Afghanistan. The report has been written to feed into the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) process facilitated by UNEP and the Afghan National Environmental Protectio ...
... his summary provides the key findings of a DFID funded scoping study on the socio-economic impacts of climate change in Afghanistan. The report has been written to feed into the National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) process facilitated by UNEP and the Afghan National Environmental Protectio ...
Quest - Academy of Science of South Africa
... that, unless it breaks, means that we will be importing maize and other staple foods very soon. It will also mean that many people will lose their livelihoods and others their jobs. Livestock are dying and crops are failing. The next good rain in these areas of the country is predicted for March 201 ...
... that, unless it breaks, means that we will be importing maize and other staple foods very soon. It will also mean that many people will lose their livelihoods and others their jobs. Livestock are dying and crops are failing. The next good rain in these areas of the country is predicted for March 201 ...
This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for examining the
... The within-country inequality with regard to the impact of climate change received, as of now, even less attention. The discussion of impact was focused initially on its physical side, i.e. on the impact on nature. With time, the social impact received attention, and evidence was presented regarding ...
... The within-country inequality with regard to the impact of climate change received, as of now, even less attention. The discussion of impact was focused initially on its physical side, i.e. on the impact on nature. With time, the social impact received attention, and evidence was presented regarding ...
... international agreement, may propose strategies for dealing with all four issues addressed in the game (resource scarcity, migration, disasters, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions), or it may be more limited. The players will dictate the content of the agreement. As with all other war games a ...
Waterborne transport, ports and waterways: A review of
... few studies are available on maritime impacts compared to continental impacts due to shorter data series and fewer human consequences. Coastal issues, port vulnerability and low lying coastal areas are better documented and studied as well as hydrologic evolution of some large river basins. Thus imp ...
... few studies are available on maritime impacts compared to continental impacts due to shorter data series and fewer human consequences. Coastal issues, port vulnerability and low lying coastal areas are better documented and studied as well as hydrologic evolution of some large river basins. Thus imp ...
Ethics as the grounding of a new paradigm of ecological
... New Zealand will face significant adaptive requirements to cope with these shifts in climate and there will need to be a consequent readjustment in expectations of frequency of extreme events.” (p2) New Zealand’s changing climate and oceans: The impact of human activity and implications for the futu ...
... New Zealand will face significant adaptive requirements to cope with these shifts in climate and there will need to be a consequent readjustment in expectations of frequency of extreme events.” (p2) New Zealand’s changing climate and oceans: The impact of human activity and implications for the futu ...
Development and Climate Change: A Strategic Framework for the
... a scale not seen before. Mitigating and adapting to climate change increases the cost of development. The required economic adjustments to global climate policies, including actions by other countries, may increase prices for energy, food, and other commodities, and change trade balances. Adaptation ...
... a scale not seen before. Mitigating and adapting to climate change increases the cost of development. The required economic adjustments to global climate policies, including actions by other countries, may increase prices for energy, food, and other commodities, and change trade balances. Adaptation ...
Climate Resilient Development - EDA
... Today uncertainties associated with climate variability poses great risks to the economic development all over the world. India has reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry for its livelihood. Any adverse ...
... Today uncertainties associated with climate variability poses great risks to the economic development all over the world. India has reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry for its livelihood. Any adverse ...
The IPCC`s Fifth Assessment Report
... of exposed societies, communities or systems (in terms of livelihoods, infrastructure, ecosystem services and governance systems). Effective measures to adapt to climate change and reduce the risks associated with climate change can address all three aspects of risk: hazard, vulnerability and exposu ...
... of exposed societies, communities or systems (in terms of livelihoods, infrastructure, ecosystem services and governance systems). Effective measures to adapt to climate change and reduce the risks associated with climate change can address all three aspects of risk: hazard, vulnerability and exposu ...
Is co-producing science for adaptation decision
... respond to it differently as well. This can create risks for scientists and the field more broadly. If scientists respond too strongly to user needs there is the risk of antagonizing peers and creating disagreements over whether climate science is being farther than it’s ready to go. If scientists d ...
... respond to it differently as well. This can create risks for scientists and the field more broadly. If scientists respond too strongly to user needs there is the risk of antagonizing peers and creating disagreements over whether climate science is being farther than it’s ready to go. If scientists d ...
... Questions we will discuss include: How effective and efficient are the policies being proposed and adopted? How do national actions affect international action, and vice-versa? Can current institutions deal with a problem as enormous, complex, long-term, uncertain, and multi-faceted as climate chang ...
Natural Variability, Anthropogenic Climate Change, and Impacts on
... The coastal states’ strongly seasonal precipitation regime derives from the annual cycle of atmospheric circulation over the North Pacific. In late spring, North Pacific storminess subsides and shifts poleward so that conditions along the West Coast are relatively dry throughout summer and early fal ...
... The coastal states’ strongly seasonal precipitation regime derives from the annual cycle of atmospheric circulation over the North Pacific. In late spring, North Pacific storminess subsides and shifts poleward so that conditions along the West Coast are relatively dry throughout summer and early fal ...
Diurnal temperature range as an index of global
... 10 years). For observations and transient model experiments, standard deviations are calculated for the period 1901– 2000. For the control runs, we use 100-year samples, taken at 50-year intervals, to estimate the mean standard deviation. Error estimates are taken from the 5 – 95% confidence interva ...
... 10 years). For observations and transient model experiments, standard deviations are calculated for the period 1901– 2000. For the control runs, we use 100-year samples, taken at 50-year intervals, to estimate the mean standard deviation. Error estimates are taken from the 5 – 95% confidence interva ...
Characterising half a degree difference: A review of methods for
... Since the establishment of the UNFCCC in 1992,26 policy-makers have been debating what level of climate change constitutes dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Over time, a 2 C increase in global mean annual surface temperature relative to preindustrial emerged as a benchma ...
... Since the establishment of the UNFCCC in 1992,26 policy-makers have been debating what level of climate change constitutes dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Over time, a 2 C increase in global mean annual surface temperature relative to preindustrial emerged as a benchma ...
- International Studies Association
... development, the Agenda for Sustainable Development also lists “more frequent and intense natural disasters” and “forced displacement of people” among concerns that threaten “to reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades” (United Nations General Assembly, 2015: 14). Climate chan ...
... development, the Agenda for Sustainable Development also lists “more frequent and intense natural disasters” and “forced displacement of people” among concerns that threaten “to reverse much of the development progress made in recent decades” (United Nations General Assembly, 2015: 14). Climate chan ...
Ethics and Global Climate Change* Stephen M
... that “the greenhouse effect” as such is a problem; in fact, the reverse is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation wh ...
... that “the greenhouse effect” as such is a problem; in fact, the reverse is true: without some greenhouse effect, the Earth would be much less hospitable for life as we know it. The real problem is the enhanced, human-induced, greenhouse effect. Second, it is not the greenhouse effect in isolation wh ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... of vehicles and of most other transport-related measures. In contrast, other important agencies, such as the Federal Environmental and Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (‘RosTekhNadzor’) have no explicit roles. The government’s drawing on a host of its departments can facilitate synergies a ...
... of vehicles and of most other transport-related measures. In contrast, other important agencies, such as the Federal Environmental and Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (‘RosTekhNadzor’) have no explicit roles. The government’s drawing on a host of its departments can facilitate synergies a ...
The Role of Protected Areas in Regard to Climate Change
... Georgia ratified the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 and in October 1999 accessed the Kyoto Protocol (KP) to the UNFCCC, as a non-Annex I Party. In 1997-1999 Georgia prepared and submitted the Initial National Communication (INC) to UNFCCC. While preparing the INC a few ...
... Georgia ratified the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994 and in October 1999 accessed the Kyoto Protocol (KP) to the UNFCCC, as a non-Annex I Party. In 1997-1999 Georgia prepared and submitted the Initial National Communication (INC) to UNFCCC. While preparing the INC a few ...
Climate change regional review: Russia
... of vehicles and of most other transport-related measures. In contrast, other important agencies, such as the Federal Environmental and Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (‘RosTekhNadzor’) have no explicit roles. The government’s drawing on a host of its departments can facilitate synergies a ...
... of vehicles and of most other transport-related measures. In contrast, other important agencies, such as the Federal Environmental and Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service (‘RosTekhNadzor’) have no explicit roles. The government’s drawing on a host of its departments can facilitate synergies a ...
Climate Change, Public Health and Health Inequalities
... The following are some of the anticipated or likely increased threats to health and wellbeing in the British Isles as a result of climate change. These have been predicted based on current evidence and modeling. They are grouped under three main headings in terms of the anticipated or predicted impa ...
... The following are some of the anticipated or likely increased threats to health and wellbeing in the British Isles as a result of climate change. These have been predicted based on current evidence and modeling. They are grouped under three main headings in terms of the anticipated or predicted impa ...
Catastrophe modelling and climate change
... risk transfer mechanisms, exposure and aggregate management, portfolio optimisation, pricing, reinsurance decision-making and capital setting. The models help to quantify our understanding of the natural world. Climate change trends may be implicitly built into catastrophe models, given the heavy us ...
... risk transfer mechanisms, exposure and aggregate management, portfolio optimisation, pricing, reinsurance decision-making and capital setting. The models help to quantify our understanding of the natural world. Climate change trends may be implicitly built into catastrophe models, given the heavy us ...
The Cost of Climate Change: What We`ll Pay if
... failures cause individuals and businesses to underinvest in cost-effective energy efficiency and emerging lowcarbon technologies. Price signals alone will not adequately drive these investments, which are already profitable at current energy prices. Therefore, while a mandatory cap on emissions is e ...
... failures cause individuals and businesses to underinvest in cost-effective energy efficiency and emerging lowcarbon technologies. Price signals alone will not adequately drive these investments, which are already profitable at current energy prices. Therefore, while a mandatory cap on emissions is e ...