acadia national park in peril - Rocky Mountain Climate Organization
... Acadia National Park draws more than two million moderate rate until mid-century, then declining – the average of the 16 models is for Acadia to be people a year, making it a mainstay of Maine's 3.8°F hotter by 2040-2059 and 5.3°F hotter by economy. Visitation to the park generates nearly $160 milli ...
... Acadia National Park draws more than two million moderate rate until mid-century, then declining – the average of the 16 models is for Acadia to be people a year, making it a mainstay of Maine's 3.8°F hotter by 2040-2059 and 5.3°F hotter by economy. Visitation to the park generates nearly $160 milli ...
Climate Change Policymaking in Germany and the USA
... scope of possibility for national climate change policy outcome, as the complicated decisionmaking process involves competing interests of political, economic and social stakeholder groups. The distribution of power and influence between domestic actors can limit the government’s ability to implemen ...
... scope of possibility for national climate change policy outcome, as the complicated decisionmaking process involves competing interests of political, economic and social stakeholder groups. The distribution of power and influence between domestic actors can limit the government’s ability to implemen ...
Climate Change: Law, Policy, and Business
... WELCOME! Nearly all climate scientists believe that human activities are warming the planet1, and many warn that climate change will devastate human communities here and abroad, and cripple the ecological systems upon which human life depends. Some market analysts predict that trading in carbon will ...
... WELCOME! Nearly all climate scientists believe that human activities are warming the planet1, and many warn that climate change will devastate human communities here and abroad, and cripple the ecological systems upon which human life depends. Some market analysts predict that trading in carbon will ...
Re-Investigating Climate Change
... and “environmental conscience” when presenting these matters (without proper distinction between “Environmental Damage” and “Climate Change”). Most people have at least some awareness of the effects of their lifestyle on the environment, though these effects are often hidden – except when large numb ...
... and “environmental conscience” when presenting these matters (without proper distinction between “Environmental Damage” and “Climate Change”). Most people have at least some awareness of the effects of their lifestyle on the environment, though these effects are often hidden – except when large numb ...
Read More... - Greater Sudbury Climate Change Consortium
... workshop on June 5, 2009. The session was facilitated by Dr.Liette Vasseur, VicePresident of Research, Brock University, and a former member of the NDCA General Board. Participants at the session included NDCA members and staff, and senior staff from various departments within the City of Greater Su ...
... workshop on June 5, 2009. The session was facilitated by Dr.Liette Vasseur, VicePresident of Research, Brock University, and a former member of the NDCA General Board. Participants at the session included NDCA members and staff, and senior staff from various departments within the City of Greater Su ...
Viet Nam Urban Development Policies/Strategies toward adaptation for climate change
... The international corporation to implemented pilot projects (such as the Government of Denmark, Japan, France, the Netherlands, Norway, ADB, WB ....) such as: building disaster warning systems, flood ,; research solutions to climate change adaptation and water management; Reduce greenhouse gas emiss ...
... The international corporation to implemented pilot projects (such as the Government of Denmark, Japan, France, the Netherlands, Norway, ADB, WB ....) such as: building disaster warning systems, flood ,; research solutions to climate change adaptation and water management; Reduce greenhouse gas emiss ...
Does adaptation to climate change provide food security? A micro-perspective from Ethiopia: Working Paper 19 (334 kB) (opens in new window)
... rain-fed agriculture, sub-Saharan Africa’s development prospects have been closely associated with climate. For instance, the World Bank reported that droughts and floods have reduced Ethiopia’s economic growth by more than a third. Climate change is projected to further reduce food production (Rose ...
... rain-fed agriculture, sub-Saharan Africa’s development prospects have been closely associated with climate. For instance, the World Bank reported that droughts and floods have reduced Ethiopia’s economic growth by more than a third. Climate change is projected to further reduce food production (Rose ...
Perceptions of Climate Change Adaptation from the Great Lakes
... define key terms, and what they value ~Moser and Ekstrom, 2010!. In natural resource management and conservation fields, climate change is well recognized as having significant consequences for the maintenance of biodiversity, ecological systems, and ecosystem services ~Bardsley and Sweeney, 2010; ...
... define key terms, and what they value ~Moser and Ekstrom, 2010!. In natural resource management and conservation fields, climate change is well recognized as having significant consequences for the maintenance of biodiversity, ecological systems, and ecosystem services ~Bardsley and Sweeney, 2010; ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
PDF - unu-wider - United Nations University
... per cent in 1973-75 to 23 per cent in 1979-81, it has declined since the mid-1980s (Table 1). The international community has called for measures for climate change adaptation to be incorporated into national development plans (World Bank 2010). Climate change adaptation is defined by IPCC (2001) as ...
... per cent in 1973-75 to 23 per cent in 1979-81, it has declined since the mid-1980s (Table 1). The international community has called for measures for climate change adaptation to be incorporated into national development plans (World Bank 2010). Climate change adaptation is defined by IPCC (2001) as ...
4.3 Approach to CLIMATE CHANGE Scenario Development
... scales ranging from the sub-continental scale to country level to provincial level. Although it is likely that temperatures will rise in most regions of the world,2 changes at the regional scale in many other key variables, such as precipitation, are uncertain for most regions. Even if the direction ...
... scales ranging from the sub-continental scale to country level to provincial level. Although it is likely that temperatures will rise in most regions of the world,2 changes at the regional scale in many other key variables, such as precipitation, are uncertain for most regions. Even if the direction ...
Climate Change in the African Small Island Developing States: From
... gross national income stands at $3,6303 according to data provided by that country’s Government in 2013, has achieved significant development progress since its independence in 1975. Since 2012, the Government has been elaborating an economic transformation plan to spur further development. ...
... gross national income stands at $3,6303 according to data provided by that country’s Government in 2013, has achieved significant development progress since its independence in 1975. Since 2012, the Government has been elaborating an economic transformation plan to spur further development. ...
Climate change impacts on the livestock sector
... concern for future research, however, process based modelling techniques offer the potential for increased predictive power. Despite the lack of more specific climate-epidemiology modelling, some existing evidence suggests that episodes of certain diseases can lead to significant economic impacts wi ...
... concern for future research, however, process based modelling techniques offer the potential for increased predictive power. Despite the lack of more specific climate-epidemiology modelling, some existing evidence suggests that episodes of certain diseases can lead to significant economic impacts wi ...
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... There are a number of cost-benefit models that calculate the so-called ‗social cost of carbon‘, which generally refers to the expected present value damage of a (metric) tonne of CO2 emissions along a particular path (e.g. business-as-usual). Examples include Nordhaus and Boyer (1999), Cline (1992), ...
... There are a number of cost-benefit models that calculate the so-called ‗social cost of carbon‘, which generally refers to the expected present value damage of a (metric) tonne of CO2 emissions along a particular path (e.g. business-as-usual). Examples include Nordhaus and Boyer (1999), Cline (1992), ...
The Science Isn`t Settled
... implementing a particular action will be extremely slow to occur. If the action involves only one country, the effect on global climate may be undetectable, even after a century. Policies that produce worthwhile emissions reductions will certainly require international cooperation over a long period. ...
... implementing a particular action will be extremely slow to occur. If the action involves only one country, the effect on global climate may be undetectable, even after a century. Policies that produce worthwhile emissions reductions will certainly require international cooperation over a long period. ...
will continue to rise
... (F) if no actions are taken to reduce the growth of greenhouse-gas emissions. However, warming could be much less or much greater than that median level, depending on the growth of emissions and the response of the climate system to those emissions. The uncertainties surrounding the extent of climat ...
... (F) if no actions are taken to reduce the growth of greenhouse-gas emissions. However, warming could be much less or much greater than that median level, depending on the growth of emissions and the response of the climate system to those emissions. The uncertainties surrounding the extent of climat ...
Climate change and European forests: What do we know, what are
... et al., 2013). In contrast, the majority of published model simulations of climate change impacts indicate increasing productivity and larger carbon stocks compared to the baseline climate (Reyer, 2013). There could be several explanations for such deviations between observations and simulations. Fo ...
... et al., 2013). In contrast, the majority of published model simulations of climate change impacts indicate increasing productivity and larger carbon stocks compared to the baseline climate (Reyer, 2013). There could be several explanations for such deviations between observations and simulations. Fo ...
the state of climate change adaptation in Canada`s protected areas
... Indeed, as fixed assets established to conserve samples of ecosystems and species, protected areas worldwide are vulnerable to the shifting ecological matrix induced by climate change. It is conceivable that the synergistic effects of climate change and other incompatible land-use practices could r ...
... Indeed, as fixed assets established to conserve samples of ecosystems and species, protected areas worldwide are vulnerable to the shifting ecological matrix induced by climate change. It is conceivable that the synergistic effects of climate change and other incompatible land-use practices could r ...
Climate change impacts, adaptive capacity, and
... analysed climate change impacts separately for different bioclimatic regions/forest types. The bioclimatic map of Europe was used as reference classification (Rivas-Martı́nez et al., 2004); the top level hierarchy of this bioclimatic classification are four macrobioclimates delimited by means of curre ...
... analysed climate change impacts separately for different bioclimatic regions/forest types. The bioclimatic map of Europe was used as reference classification (Rivas-Martı́nez et al., 2004); the top level hierarchy of this bioclimatic classification are four macrobioclimates delimited by means of curre ...
The Vulnerability of Biodiversity to Rapid Climate Change
... Over recent decades, conservation biologists and land stewards have become increasingly aware of the need to incorporate rapid changes in climate as a threat to biodiversity in conservation planning and practice. This chapter (1) generalizes future outlooks for climate and discusses uncertainties in ...
... Over recent decades, conservation biologists and land stewards have become increasingly aware of the need to incorporate rapid changes in climate as a threat to biodiversity in conservation planning and practice. This chapter (1) generalizes future outlooks for climate and discusses uncertainties in ...
Sahelian climate
... Afica has been identified as a “hot spot” where the land-atmosphere coupling could play an important role, through the recycling of precipitation and the modulation of dry and moist static energy (Douville et al, 2007). There is a growing concern on the future climate of West Africa, as the anthropo ...
... Afica has been identified as a “hot spot” where the land-atmosphere coupling could play an important role, through the recycling of precipitation and the modulation of dry and moist static energy (Douville et al, 2007). There is a growing concern on the future climate of West Africa, as the anthropo ...
Climate change implications for the glaciers of the Hindu Kush
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
... balance data available and the variation in glaciological conditions. Other non-climatic drivers such as deposition of dust and soot may also play a role, with some evidence that this may already be having an effect on some Tibetan glaciers (Xu et al., 2009). There are relatively few studies that ai ...
Transcript
... Perhaps the best defence against bias is scientists’ own scepticism. Many different groups work on climate data using slightly different homogenisation methods and all are subjected to searching scrutiny ...
... Perhaps the best defence against bias is scientists’ own scepticism. Many different groups work on climate data using slightly different homogenisation methods and all are subjected to searching scrutiny ...
2014 Norwich Conference on Earth System Governance Parallel
... Transnational Adaptation Governance: Scope, institutionalisation and function Johannes Stripple, Adis Dzebo ...
... Transnational Adaptation Governance: Scope, institutionalisation and function Johannes Stripple, Adis Dzebo ...
Future Impacts of Climate Change across Europe
... were not available when this paper was finalised; however, the respective organisations and authors were contacted with requests for preliminary findings. The bulk of the final findings from the CECILIA and CLAVIER projects (except those cited in other research reports), as well as a number of paper ...
... were not available when this paper was finalised; however, the respective organisations and authors were contacted with requests for preliminary findings. The bulk of the final findings from the CECILIA and CLAVIER projects (except those cited in other research reports), as well as a number of paper ...