REVIEW SUMMARY Multiple Dimensions of Climate Change and
... increases in total area with given climatic conditions; and the velocity at which climate moves across space and time. Such climate change metrics have been applied to a variety of questions. For example, when coupled with climate hindcasts, they have been used to examine the role of historical clim ...
... increases in total area with given climatic conditions; and the velocity at which climate moves across space and time. Such climate change metrics have been applied to a variety of questions. For example, when coupled with climate hindcasts, they have been used to examine the role of historical clim ...
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 ...
Smallholder Farmers` Perception of Climate Change and Variability
... Nigeria is already experiencing a range of climate changes including more frequent heavy rainfall events, erratic rainfall, and unpredictable onset/retreat of rain and increasing air temperature. The impacts from these changes are already threatening ecosystems, food production, livelihoods and infr ...
... Nigeria is already experiencing a range of climate changes including more frequent heavy rainfall events, erratic rainfall, and unpredictable onset/retreat of rain and increasing air temperature. The impacts from these changes are already threatening ecosystems, food production, livelihoods and infr ...
Redalyc.Climate Change and the Caribbean: Review and Response
... action equivalent to the shift necessitating it.’ – Climate Studies Group at Mona 2011 ...
... action equivalent to the shift necessitating it.’ – Climate Studies Group at Mona 2011 ...
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... reduction, climate change policy and poverty reduction more closely. At the same time there is a growing risk of further inaction if no political agreement can be found. Earlier this year, state governments and international disaster risk communities got together in Sendai, Japan, to sanction a new ...
... reduction, climate change policy and poverty reduction more closely. At the same time there is a growing risk of further inaction if no political agreement can be found. Earlier this year, state governments and international disaster risk communities got together in Sendai, Japan, to sanction a new ...
Programme Booklet
... These lectures will review various aspects of climate. We begin with a description of various examples of past climate with descriptions of the likely physical causes. These will include the cycles of major glaciation of the past 2 million years, the Eocene warm period, and the temperate climate of ...
... These lectures will review various aspects of climate. We begin with a description of various examples of past climate with descriptions of the likely physical causes. These will include the cycles of major glaciation of the past 2 million years, the Eocene warm period, and the temperate climate of ...
Superannuation Trustees and Climate Change Report
... climate change will affect investments; and ■■ law and policy development: transparent, certain policy, as well as the anticipation of this policy, will be the key driver of the transition to a low carbon economy. Each of these elements presents uncertainty to investments. However, climate change an ...
... climate change will affect investments; and ■■ law and policy development: transparent, certain policy, as well as the anticipation of this policy, will be the key driver of the transition to a low carbon economy. Each of these elements presents uncertainty to investments. However, climate change an ...
Impacts of climate change on the worldTs most exceptional ecoregions
... goods and services are vital for human well-being, yet despite increases in conservation activity, the loss of biodiversity continues (1, 2). Although habitat degradation, fragmentation, and destruction, overexploitation, and invasive species have driven recent biodiversity loss, climate change is p ...
... goods and services are vital for human well-being, yet despite increases in conservation activity, the loss of biodiversity continues (1, 2). Although habitat degradation, fragmentation, and destruction, overexploitation, and invasive species have driven recent biodiversity loss, climate change is p ...
What to Do about Climate Change Executive Summary by Indur M. Goklany
... policies, people would employ existing technologies to protect themselves from economic or bodily harm even in a “business-asusual” world. Yet the study for water stress doesn’t allow for any adaptation. And even where the FTA studies allow for some adaptation, they limit the range of available tech ...
... policies, people would employ existing technologies to protect themselves from economic or bodily harm even in a “business-asusual” world. Yet the study for water stress doesn’t allow for any adaptation. And even where the FTA studies allow for some adaptation, they limit the range of available tech ...
Enhancing the resilience of inland fisheries and
... in these dryland contexts; to review how these production systems and their associated livelihoods are affected by, and adapted to, climate variability; and to propose how their resilience might be maintained and enhanced in the face of projected climate change. The paper proceeds by defining key co ...
... in these dryland contexts; to review how these production systems and their associated livelihoods are affected by, and adapted to, climate variability; and to propose how their resilience might be maintained and enhanced in the face of projected climate change. The paper proceeds by defining key co ...
Climate Risk and Business
... actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability to climate change. For instance, adaptation can include increasing a port’s ...
... actions that can be taken to reduce vulnerability to climate change. For instance, adaptation can include increasing a port’s ...
Houston, Texas, 9th February 2005
... scheme. In the US, this could happen through the Climate Stewardship Act, proposed by Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman. This could provide a path for US re-entry into a global climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol's first phase ends in 2012, but will ...
... scheme. In the US, this could happen through the Climate Stewardship Act, proposed by Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic Senator Joseph Lieberman. This could provide a path for US re-entry into a global climate change agreement after the Kyoto Protocol's first phase ends in 2012, but will ...
National Park Service
... by radical shifts in seasonal stream flow and associated hydrology. General findings included the need for increased traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in planning; increased co-management, cooperation at local level, place-based education and valuebased planning; risk assessment and increased m ...
... by radical shifts in seasonal stream flow and associated hydrology. General findings included the need for increased traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) in planning; increased co-management, cooperation at local level, place-based education and valuebased planning; risk assessment and increased m ...
Assessing knowledge of social representations of climate change
... awareness and action, identifying different tourist profiles according to these variables and calling for governmental intervention to bring about a change in environmental attitudes among tourists. In an exploratory study, Becken [31] analysed how tourists and tourism experts perceived climate chan ...
... awareness and action, identifying different tourist profiles according to these variables and calling for governmental intervention to bring about a change in environmental attitudes among tourists. In an exploratory study, Becken [31] analysed how tourists and tourism experts perceived climate chan ...
Environmentally Induced Population Displacements
... In the case of SIS in particular, relocation and resettlement policies have been discussed (Adger et al. 2007). However, the need for avoiding simplistic assumptions remains (Mortreux & Barnett 2008). Coastal flooding from storm surges and excess precipitation, by contrast, is generally a less predi ...
... In the case of SIS in particular, relocation and resettlement policies have been discussed (Adger et al. 2007). However, the need for avoiding simplistic assumptions remains (Mortreux & Barnett 2008). Coastal flooding from storm surges and excess precipitation, by contrast, is generally a less predi ...
FACING UNCERTAINTY: the value of climate information for
... advantage of. This is because climate change is not just about hazards and risks, but changes can also be positive, for example areas that were too cold for most common crops to be grown now getting warm enough to grow more. It is for people to explore what opportunities the change brings. A major c ...
... advantage of. This is because climate change is not just about hazards and risks, but changes can also be positive, for example areas that were too cold for most common crops to be grown now getting warm enough to grow more. It is for people to explore what opportunities the change brings. A major c ...
climate and construction - Development Alternatives
... building materials, and technology etc. may not be suitable keeping in mind the various impacts like rising sea levels, increased occurrence of severe weather events, increasing natural disasters, severe water shortages, etc. Also, building materials choices are important in sustainable design becau ...
... building materials, and technology etc. may not be suitable keeping in mind the various impacts like rising sea levels, increased occurrence of severe weather events, increasing natural disasters, severe water shortages, etc. Also, building materials choices are important in sustainable design becau ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society.” In reality, none of Holdren’s dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion ...
... even be possible to require pregnant single women to marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for adoption, depending on the society.” In reality, none of Holdren’s dire warnings have come to pass (though they did help to inspire campaigns of forced sterilization and abortion ...
How will Climate Change Affect the Water Cycle?
... events, the decrease in snow accumulation will contribute to a widespread increase in the frequency and size of winter flood events. Impacts on water users and ecosystems vary, but generally point to in ...
... events, the decrease in snow accumulation will contribute to a widespread increase in the frequency and size of winter flood events. Impacts on water users and ecosystems vary, but generally point to in ...
Institutional Arrangements for Adaptation Fund: World Bank
... World Bank Poverty Agenda • According to OECD Study, 20% to 50% of ODA is subject to climate risk • Whatever the mitigation efforts, we are already committed to significant climate change • Current climate variability and climate change are significant threats to development Climate disasters are ...
... World Bank Poverty Agenda • According to OECD Study, 20% to 50% of ODA is subject to climate risk • Whatever the mitigation efforts, we are already committed to significant climate change • Current climate variability and climate change are significant threats to development Climate disasters are ...
Targets for global climate policy An overview
... growth rate of per capita consumption, and the elasticity of marginal utility of consumption. Estimates also differ with regard to projections of CO2 emissions, the carbon cycle, the rate of warming, and so on. Different studies may calibrate a different curve to the same benchmark estimate of the t ...
... growth rate of per capita consumption, and the elasticity of marginal utility of consumption. Estimates also differ with regard to projections of CO2 emissions, the carbon cycle, the rate of warming, and so on. Different studies may calibrate a different curve to the same benchmark estimate of the t ...
Knowledge and perceptions about the health
... throughout the world. Accelerating demographic, social, economic, environmental and ecological changes as a result of increasing globalization and the inability of many developing countries and their populations to make the necessary adaption changes to mitigate the effect of climate change [5,6] re ...
... throughout the world. Accelerating demographic, social, economic, environmental and ecological changes as a result of increasing globalization and the inability of many developing countries and their populations to make the necessary adaption changes to mitigate the effect of climate change [5,6] re ...
i SMALL HOLDER FARMERS` PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE
... much in air pollution, there is a need to take serious attention to reduce the amount of pollution or by paying the covering cost (Kate, 2007). Kikula, et al., (2003). argued that, the forest resources not only reduce the heat in atmosphere and preserve water and soil, but also they provide the cons ...
... much in air pollution, there is a need to take serious attention to reduce the amount of pollution or by paying the covering cost (Kate, 2007). Kikula, et al., (2003). argued that, the forest resources not only reduce the heat in atmosphere and preserve water and soil, but also they provide the cons ...
climate change and emissions pathways
... emissions pathway depends on uncertainty in our understanding and modeling of the climate system. Thus, any stabilization level for greenhouse gases can produce a distribution of possible temperature increases, some of which may exceed a given threshold for DAI, some of which may not. Analysis of st ...
... emissions pathway depends on uncertainty in our understanding and modeling of the climate system. Thus, any stabilization level for greenhouse gases can produce a distribution of possible temperature increases, some of which may exceed a given threshold for DAI, some of which may not. Analysis of st ...