Evaluation of FAO's contribution to climate change adaptation and mitigation - Management Response
... especially strengthen its partnerships and collaboration with other UN organizations, such as the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). ...
... especially strengthen its partnerships and collaboration with other UN organizations, such as the United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD). ...
DISCUSSION PAPER: Cross Cutting Climate Change
... components for mapping sustainable pathways for future development, and helps to ensure progress in one goal area does not undermine another or future sustainability overall. It is also important to recognize that it is not a given that all responses to climate change will be sustainable or automati ...
... components for mapping sustainable pathways for future development, and helps to ensure progress in one goal area does not undermine another or future sustainability overall. It is also important to recognize that it is not a given that all responses to climate change will be sustainable or automati ...
The impact of high-end climate change on agricultural welfare
... sensitive to climate change (2). Even a small increase of 1° to 2°C in GMT can have significant negative effects on crop yields, especially in the tropics (3–5). In many developing regions, agriculture is of major importance for national economic performance, for example, as expressed by its share i ...
... sensitive to climate change (2). Even a small increase of 1° to 2°C in GMT can have significant negative effects on crop yields, especially in the tropics (3–5). In many developing regions, agriculture is of major importance for national economic performance, for example, as expressed by its share i ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... Webber is a PhD candidate in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia. Her research explores the management and governance of issues related to climate change adaptation and global poverty, examining coalitions of scientists, policy-makers, resource managers and internationa ...
... Webber is a PhD candidate in the department of geography at the University of British Columbia. Her research explores the management and governance of issues related to climate change adaptation and global poverty, examining coalitions of scientists, policy-makers, resource managers and internationa ...
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... Where the resources could have been used for other socially beneficial purposes such as education or the health sector, an opportunity cost will be incurred by the community. Similarly, leaving adaptation measures too late can also incur costs due to pain and damage inflicted on people and property. ...
... Where the resources could have been used for other socially beneficial purposes such as education or the health sector, an opportunity cost will be incurred by the community. Similarly, leaving adaptation measures too late can also incur costs due to pain and damage inflicted on people and property. ...
Toward a conceptual synthesis for climate change responses
... Climate change studies generally have not reported results in the context of multiple, alternate hypotheses, and consequently the range of possible responses is far from evenly sampled. For example, the most frequently documented responses to climate change are acclimatization, e.g. plasticity of ph ...
... Climate change studies generally have not reported results in the context of multiple, alternate hypotheses, and consequently the range of possible responses is far from evenly sampled. For example, the most frequently documented responses to climate change are acclimatization, e.g. plasticity of ph ...
Interactive effects of multiple climate change variables on trophic
... research is needed on this topic. Despite the small number of studies, our analysis revealed a broad range of reactions to interacting climate change variables by trophic response variables that have thus far been widely overlooked. Our analysis suggests that trophic relationships between organisms ...
... research is needed on this topic. Despite the small number of studies, our analysis revealed a broad range of reactions to interacting climate change variables by trophic response variables that have thus far been widely overlooked. Our analysis suggests that trophic relationships between organisms ...
Is it Ethical to Use a Single Probability Density Function?
... Ethical reasoning is required because climate change will affect many people in current and future generations. Quantitative analysis is required to understand how today’s actions might influence those potential consequences. But the character of many climate-related decisions – in particular deep u ...
... Ethical reasoning is required because climate change will affect many people in current and future generations. Quantitative analysis is required to understand how today’s actions might influence those potential consequences. But the character of many climate-related decisions – in particular deep u ...
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... resources for adaptation to climate change.”10 The subsequent meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 39) invited the Commission “to continue and strengthen its work on climate change and genetic resources.”11 Objectives and key elements of the Roadmap 13. The proposed Roadmap has two o ...
... resources for adaptation to climate change.”10 The subsequent meeting of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 39) invited the Commission “to continue and strengthen its work on climate change and genetic resources.”11 Objectives and key elements of the Roadmap 13. The proposed Roadmap has two o ...
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... There have been many studies that have addressed adaptation to climate change; however, few of them explicitly attempt to separate the concept of adaptation from that of development (see Markandya and Watkiss, 2009). In fact, to give an exact definition of adaptation rather than confuse adaptation w ...
... There have been many studies that have addressed adaptation to climate change; however, few of them explicitly attempt to separate the concept of adaptation from that of development (see Markandya and Watkiss, 2009). In fact, to give an exact definition of adaptation rather than confuse adaptation w ...
APPENDIX 1 - Curriculum Education and Training Program in
... A coupled human-environment systems framework will be presented as a basis for an overview of the nature and causes of vulnerability of human systems to climate change. The module will address issues of climate change-related impacts on agriculture, water resources, livelihoods, human settlements, c ...
... A coupled human-environment systems framework will be presented as a basis for an overview of the nature and causes of vulnerability of human systems to climate change. The module will address issues of climate change-related impacts on agriculture, water resources, livelihoods, human settlements, c ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... outcomes are sensitive to isolated extreme events (e.g. heavy rainfall, high temperatures) but are not likely to be signi¢cantly a¡ected by long-term, incremental climate change, unless these same meteorological extremes also change in frequency or character. ENSO is a strong determinant of interann ...
... outcomes are sensitive to isolated extreme events (e.g. heavy rainfall, high temperatures) but are not likely to be signi¢cantly a¡ected by long-term, incremental climate change, unless these same meteorological extremes also change in frequency or character. ENSO is a strong determinant of interann ...
Climate Change and Poverty in Mozambique
... It is, therefore, no wonder that Country Office (CO) staff draw strong linkages between climate change, their mission and activities – especially those concerned with food security, natural resource (including forest, soil and water) management, and humanitarian response to emergencies. Staff recomm ...
... It is, therefore, no wonder that Country Office (CO) staff draw strong linkages between climate change, their mission and activities – especially those concerned with food security, natural resource (including forest, soil and water) management, and humanitarian response to emergencies. Staff recomm ...
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... adaptations were commonly associated with events such as floods, droughts, or heatwaves. Changes in the predictability of precipitation, as well as increased seasonal variability were reported as particularly important for water, agriculture, and forestry management. The most dominant stimulus motiv ...
... adaptations were commonly associated with events such as floods, droughts, or heatwaves. Changes in the predictability of precipitation, as well as increased seasonal variability were reported as particularly important for water, agriculture, and forestry management. The most dominant stimulus motiv ...
Climate Hype Exposed
... The IPCC was launched in 1988 during a 20-year period of planetary warming, at the urging of activists opposed to hydrocarbon energy, economic growth, and capitalism. It was originally charged with assessing possible human influences on global warming and potential risks of human-induced warming. Bu ...
... The IPCC was launched in 1988 during a 20-year period of planetary warming, at the urging of activists opposed to hydrocarbon energy, economic growth, and capitalism. It was originally charged with assessing possible human influences on global warming and potential risks of human-induced warming. Bu ...
Systems thinking methodology in researching the
... In addition, it is important to note that the levels of climate change impacts on livestock production likely depend on the mental models of the key stakeholders. Their beliefs, attitudes and perceptions on climate change will impact the industry both in short term and long term. There are four main ...
... In addition, it is important to note that the levels of climate change impacts on livestock production likely depend on the mental models of the key stakeholders. Their beliefs, attitudes and perceptions on climate change will impact the industry both in short term and long term. There are four main ...
McCaffery 2010
... be that population dynamics are partly driven by intermittent pulses of recruitment that were not captured in our 9-year study. As such, we cannot discern whether a warming climate will actually lead to a viable population in the long term. However, this caveat does not change the result that we obs ...
... be that population dynamics are partly driven by intermittent pulses of recruitment that were not captured in our 9-year study. As such, we cannot discern whether a warming climate will actually lead to a viable population in the long term. However, this caveat does not change the result that we obs ...
Climate Change and Water in Africa: Analysis of Knowledge Gaps
... 2005). Dry regime, rainfall less than 400 mm year‐1, covers 41% of the continent. The intermediate regime, between 400 and 1000 mm year‐1, covers 25% of the continent. Mean annual rainfall ranges from less than 1 mm year‐1 in parts of the Sahara to over 5000 mm year‐1 in some are ...
... 2005). Dry regime, rainfall less than 400 mm year‐1, covers 41% of the continent. The intermediate regime, between 400 and 1000 mm year‐1, covers 25% of the continent. Mean annual rainfall ranges from less than 1 mm year‐1 in parts of the Sahara to over 5000 mm year‐1 in some are ...
Chapter 5
... (SLR) at between 0.2 m and 2 m by 2100. The impact of rising sea levels will, apart from the built environment and human populations, also affect environmental systems. The economic impacts of a sea level rise were studied from two standpoints: first in view of the long-term impact of gradual SLR, a ...
... (SLR) at between 0.2 m and 2 m by 2100. The impact of rising sea levels will, apart from the built environment and human populations, also affect environmental systems. The economic impacts of a sea level rise were studied from two standpoints: first in view of the long-term impact of gradual SLR, a ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... The most direct lineage for the WCC Climate Change work comes from the work of the former WCC Church in Society which convened a pivotal consultation in Budapest in 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
... The most direct lineage for the WCC Climate Change work comes from the work of the former WCC Church in Society which convened a pivotal consultation in Budapest in 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
Biodiversity in the Eastern Himalayas
... Mountains are home to some of the world’s most threatened and endemic species, as well as to some of the poorest people, who are dependent on the biological resources. Realising the importance of mountains as ecosystems of crucial significance, the Convention on Biological Diversity specifically dev ...
... Mountains are home to some of the world’s most threatened and endemic species, as well as to some of the poorest people, who are dependent on the biological resources. Realising the importance of mountains as ecosystems of crucial significance, the Convention on Biological Diversity specifically dev ...
Comment by: Patrick J. Michaels and Paul C. Knappenberger
... During the public comment period associated with new regulations such as this one which incorporate the SCC, a distinction should be made between domestic costs/benefits and foreign cost/benefits—and numerical calculations of each provided—such that the public can judge for itself the value of the r ...
... During the public comment period associated with new regulations such as this one which incorporate the SCC, a distinction should be made between domestic costs/benefits and foreign cost/benefits—and numerical calculations of each provided—such that the public can judge for itself the value of the r ...
An ecohydrological sketch of climate change impacts on water and
... more easily at enhanced atmospheric CO2 -levels (De Boer et al., 2011; Kruijt et al., 2008). Finally, in practice current transient models do not account for the fact that vegetation may respond to increased drought by changes in vegetation cover and in rooting depth (Knapp et al., 2008b; Moore and ...
... more easily at enhanced atmospheric CO2 -levels (De Boer et al., 2011; Kruijt et al., 2008). Finally, in practice current transient models do not account for the fact that vegetation may respond to increased drought by changes in vegetation cover and in rooting depth (Knapp et al., 2008b; Moore and ...
A Focus on Climate During the Past 100 Years
... Probably the most important time period for assessing climate variability and understanding the underlying processes is the past 100 years. First, with respect to climate trends, this period marks the changeover of a climate system driven by natural forcings to a climate system in which anthropogeni ...
... Probably the most important time period for assessing climate variability and understanding the underlying processes is the past 100 years. First, with respect to climate trends, this period marks the changeover of a climate system driven by natural forcings to a climate system in which anthropogeni ...
The climate of the United Kingdom and recent trends
... that anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases caused most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century.” ...
... that anthropogenic greenhouse gas increases caused most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century.” ...