How much disease could climate change cause?
... effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, and will be slow and difficult (perhaps impossible) to reverse. Many therefore would judge that there is already sufficient motivation to act, both to mitiga ...
... effect on global population health. Climate change is likely to affect not only health but also many aspects of ecological and social systems, and will be slow and difficult (perhaps impossible) to reverse. Many therefore would judge that there is already sufficient motivation to act, both to mitiga ...
Climate, Weather and Plants
... Non‐urban modification Modification by buildings and urban areas ...
... Non‐urban modification Modification by buildings and urban areas ...
open access
... demonstrate the context specificity of societal efforts to adapt ecosystems to climate change and involve applications of diverse scientific tools (e.g., scenario analyses, downscaled climate projections, ecological and connectivity models) tailored to specific planning and management situations (al ...
... demonstrate the context specificity of societal efforts to adapt ecosystems to climate change and involve applications of diverse scientific tools (e.g., scenario analyses, downscaled climate projections, ecological and connectivity models) tailored to specific planning and management situations (al ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... quality; skyrocketing energy bills; and costly damage to homes and infrastructure, some Midwestern city officials and community advocates are taking steps to improve their cities’ resilience to the effects of climate change. For example, cities such as Ann Arbor, Michigan; Chicago; Cleveland; St. Pa ...
... quality; skyrocketing energy bills; and costly damage to homes and infrastructure, some Midwestern city officials and community advocates are taking steps to improve their cities’ resilience to the effects of climate change. For example, cities such as Ann Arbor, Michigan; Chicago; Cleveland; St. Pa ...
Freshwater biodiversity versus anthropogenic climate
... Water in a Changing World (WWDR3) is a joint effort of the 26 United Nations agencies and entities that make up UN-Water, working in partnership with governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders. The United Nations’ flagship report on water, the WWDR ...
... Water in a Changing World (WWDR3) is a joint effort of the 26 United Nations agencies and entities that make up UN-Water, working in partnership with governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders. The United Nations’ flagship report on water, the WWDR ...
Livestock and climate change
... Vector-borne diseases could be affected by: (i) the expansion of vector populations into cooler areas (in higher altitude areas: malaria and livestock tick-borne diseases) or into more temperate zones (such as bluetongue disease in northern Europe); and (ii) changes in rainfall pattern during wetter ...
... Vector-borne diseases could be affected by: (i) the expansion of vector populations into cooler areas (in higher altitude areas: malaria and livestock tick-borne diseases) or into more temperate zones (such as bluetongue disease in northern Europe); and (ii) changes in rainfall pattern during wetter ...
9 Holocene rapid land-cover changes – evidence and theory
... system in West Africa. The basic concept of such a stability analysis is outlined by Scheffer et al. (2001). They showed that, generally speaking, a system can reveal different stability characteristics. The system could change gradually, or even linearly, when external conditions change (see Figure ...
... system in West Africa. The basic concept of such a stability analysis is outlined by Scheffer et al. (2001). They showed that, generally speaking, a system can reveal different stability characteristics. The system could change gradually, or even linearly, when external conditions change (see Figure ...
Three Ways to Understand State Actors in International Negotiations
... social learning, such as policy diffusion. • Regimes act as agents of internal realignments by creating new constituencies or shifting the balance of power among groups within and across state borders. Together, these three perspectives, by emphasizing different actors at different levels of analysi ...
... social learning, such as policy diffusion. • Regimes act as agents of internal realignments by creating new constituencies or shifting the balance of power among groups within and across state borders. Together, these three perspectives, by emphasizing different actors at different levels of analysi ...
13_02 Unstable Climates
... relatively long period comprising at least three consecutive 10-year periods’. ...
... relatively long period comprising at least three consecutive 10-year periods’. ...
IMPACT2C – Policy Brief 3
... before the middle of this century. The analysis indicates that under the RCP4.5 stabilisation scenario, the 2°C goal will be exceeded before 2050, while under the high emission scenario (RCP8.5) it will be exceeded in the next 25-30 years, at around 2040. However, these are central (mean) estimates, ...
... before the middle of this century. The analysis indicates that under the RCP4.5 stabilisation scenario, the 2°C goal will be exceeded before 2050, while under the high emission scenario (RCP8.5) it will be exceeded in the next 25-30 years, at around 2040. However, these are central (mean) estimates, ...
Global Climate Risk Index 2016
... and losses of more than USD 2.97 trillion (in PPP) were incurred as a direct result of over 15 000 extreme weather events. The 2014 New Climate Economy Report forewarns of similar disasters that will occur if no action towards limiting global warming to 2°C (compared to pre-industrial times) is take ...
... and losses of more than USD 2.97 trillion (in PPP) were incurred as a direct result of over 15 000 extreme weather events. The 2014 New Climate Economy Report forewarns of similar disasters that will occur if no action towards limiting global warming to 2°C (compared to pre-industrial times) is take ...
A look at the Cuban experience of protection against climate change
... and policies of the Cuban State and people with regard to climate change. Specific areas of interest were prioritized, including: identifying current and future risks attributable to climate change, protecting lives from climate change hazards and reducing the impacts of climate change on agricultur ...
... and policies of the Cuban State and people with regard to climate change. Specific areas of interest were prioritized, including: identifying current and future risks attributable to climate change, protecting lives from climate change hazards and reducing the impacts of climate change on agricultur ...
Hedonic Pricing of Climate Change Impacts to
... This paper uses the hedonic price approach, one of the methods to measure non-market benefits, to estimate the amenity value of climate to households in Great Britain. Economic theory states that perfectly mobile individuals would locate where they can maximize their net benefits and living in clima ...
... This paper uses the hedonic price approach, one of the methods to measure non-market benefits, to estimate the amenity value of climate to households in Great Britain. Economic theory states that perfectly mobile individuals would locate where they can maximize their net benefits and living in clima ...
The ecological citizen and climate change
... reducing an individual’s footprint in a developed country does not necessarily enable access of an individual in a developing country to any resources. In this case, even when focusing on bringing about structural change, it would be extremely difficult to effect ...
... reducing an individual’s footprint in a developed country does not necessarily enable access of an individual in a developing country to any resources. In this case, even when focusing on bringing about structural change, it would be extremely difficult to effect ...
A question of survival
... targets over time to bring them into line with a global carbon budget that ensures a high probability of keeping the temperature rise well below 2°C,27 Australia and New Zealand’s INDCs place them behind comparable countries, such as the UK, Germany and the United States, and they have been widely c ...
... targets over time to bring them into line with a global carbon budget that ensures a high probability of keeping the temperature rise well below 2°C,27 Australia and New Zealand’s INDCs place them behind comparable countries, such as the UK, Germany and the United States, and they have been widely c ...
the american council on science and health presents
... authors of The Global Burden of Disease Study projected that malaria, the 11th most common cause of death in 1990, would be the 29th most common cause in the year 2020. Recently, concern has been raised that future climate change due to human actions will complicate the control of malaria and other ...
... authors of The Global Burden of Disease Study projected that malaria, the 11th most common cause of death in 1990, would be the 29th most common cause in the year 2020. Recently, concern has been raised that future climate change due to human actions will complicate the control of malaria and other ...
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... Governments has been very poor, with only Amuwo Odofin and Eti-Osa Local Government Councils of Lagos State participating in COP15 for the first time and only Amuwo Odofin in COP16. Thus, the necessity to scale up awareness, response, commitment, and action, especially on how to combat climate chang ...
... Governments has been very poor, with only Amuwo Odofin and Eti-Osa Local Government Councils of Lagos State participating in COP15 for the first time and only Amuwo Odofin in COP16. Thus, the necessity to scale up awareness, response, commitment, and action, especially on how to combat climate chang ...
A look at the Cuban experience of protection against
... and policies of the Cuban State and people with regard to climate change. Specific areas of interest were prioritized, including: identifying current and future risks attributable to climate change, protecting lives from climate change hazards and reducing the impacts of climate change on agricultur ...
... and policies of the Cuban State and people with regard to climate change. Specific areas of interest were prioritized, including: identifying current and future risks attributable to climate change, protecting lives from climate change hazards and reducing the impacts of climate change on agricultur ...
Climate Change and Social Protection in Bangladesh: Are Existing
... scope and frequency of such disasters in Bangladesh (BDI, 2010; Rahman and Mallick, 2007). To address this looming threat, the government has established programmes geared towards expanding its risk-reduction measures, rather than focusing exclusively on postdisaster response. Vulnerability in the c ...
... scope and frequency of such disasters in Bangladesh (BDI, 2010; Rahman and Mallick, 2007). To address this looming threat, the government has established programmes geared towards expanding its risk-reduction measures, rather than focusing exclusively on postdisaster response. Vulnerability in the c ...
Final Programme
... The complexity of climate change means that appropriate approaches, methods and tools to communicate the problem and its various ramifications are urgently needed. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) clearly addresses the importance of climate change commu ...
... The complexity of climate change means that appropriate approaches, methods and tools to communicate the problem and its various ramifications are urgently needed. Article 6 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) clearly addresses the importance of climate change commu ...
Rapid Climate Change Report
... of climate change is far from certain and not completely understood. However, the experts writing in this report suggest that there is sufficient probability of change occurring within our lifetime to demand our attention now. Take UK flood risk for example: the Association of British Insurers calcu ...
... of climate change is far from certain and not completely understood. However, the experts writing in this report suggest that there is sufficient probability of change occurring within our lifetime to demand our attention now. Take UK flood risk for example: the Association of British Insurers calcu ...
sea-level rise
... wave dynamics and exacerbate erosion in nearby zones (Appeaning Addo and Labri, 2009). This will pose an important challenge for international adaptation responses along contiguous coastlines under threat, as was illustrated in this report’s Ghana country study. As mentioned earlier, unsustainable r ...
... wave dynamics and exacerbate erosion in nearby zones (Appeaning Addo and Labri, 2009). This will pose an important challenge for international adaptation responses along contiguous coastlines under threat, as was illustrated in this report’s Ghana country study. As mentioned earlier, unsustainable r ...
Climate Change Risk Management - American Meteorological Society
... By reducing emissions, mitigation reduces society’s future contributions to greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Ultimately, this can help reduce the amount that climate will change and thereby increase the potential that societal impacts will remain manageable. Approaches to reducing em ...
... By reducing emissions, mitigation reduces society’s future contributions to greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Ultimately, this can help reduce the amount that climate will change and thereby increase the potential that societal impacts will remain manageable. Approaches to reducing em ...
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Berlin – AFOK
... A general interest for the growing city The world‘s climate is changing. The effects are also felt in Berlin. They will accelerate, as we stand at the beginning of a profound change. For our growing city, this represents a major challenge. We must find ways to further strengthen Berlin not only as a ...
... A general interest for the growing city The world‘s climate is changing. The effects are also felt in Berlin. They will accelerate, as we stand at the beginning of a profound change. For our growing city, this represents a major challenge. We must find ways to further strengthen Berlin not only as a ...
Climate counseling – new governance in Swedish agriculture
... characterized by knowledge exchange and voluntarism, the dissemination of text and predominantly talk is central. Subsequently, we understand AE as a discursive activity (Hardy et al., 2000) albeit recognizing that there are non-discursive dimensions, e.g., contextual economic factors, use of techni ...
... characterized by knowledge exchange and voluntarism, the dissemination of text and predominantly talk is central. Subsequently, we understand AE as a discursive activity (Hardy et al., 2000) albeit recognizing that there are non-discursive dimensions, e.g., contextual economic factors, use of techni ...