Enhancing Climate Change Mitigation Efforts
... Clearly, there are signs of progress towards closing an ideological divide between developed and developing nations that even three years ago seemed unbridgeable. Yet, as Connie Hedegaard acknowledged post-Copenhagen, progress is far from ideal: I want to be very clear about this: Kyoto alone will n ...
... Clearly, there are signs of progress towards closing an ideological divide between developed and developing nations that even three years ago seemed unbridgeable. Yet, as Connie Hedegaard acknowledged post-Copenhagen, progress is far from ideal: I want to be very clear about this: Kyoto alone will n ...
Climate Risk Assessment for Water Resources
... Climate change has emerged as one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. Consequently, a plethora of studies has appeared which focus on adaptation measures for responding to the climate change threat. A cursory review of much of the adaptation literature shows, however, that most of ...
... Climate change has emerged as one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. Consequently, a plethora of studies has appeared which focus on adaptation measures for responding to the climate change threat. A cursory review of much of the adaptation literature shows, however, that most of ...
THE ACHILLES` HEELS OF THE EARTH SYSTEM
... below will demonstrate, changes are now occurring in Earth System functioning that appear rapid even from the perspective of one human lifetime. Such changes are especially significant, because they may prove difficult or impossible for human societies to adapt to. From a more technical perspective ...
... below will demonstrate, changes are now occurring in Earth System functioning that appear rapid even from the perspective of one human lifetime. Such changes are especially significant, because they may prove difficult or impossible for human societies to adapt to. From a more technical perspective ...
Climate Trends in the Casco Bay Region
... 2014). These climate stressors do not operate in isolation. Compounding their impacts are factors such as population growth, habitat fragmentation and destruction, and resource depletion that can further tax ecosystems and species. This document summarizes current scientific evidence of these trends ...
... 2014). These climate stressors do not operate in isolation. Compounding their impacts are factors such as population growth, habitat fragmentation and destruction, and resource depletion that can further tax ecosystems and species. This document summarizes current scientific evidence of these trends ...
3B.9 THE U.S. GLOBAL CLIMATE OBSERVING SYSTEM (GCOS
... The U.S. has been involved with GCOS since its inception. Since 1992, a considerable amount of work has been done by various federal agencies. In particular, federal agencies have supported the international GCOS Steering Committee, and the work of the GCOS data, space, and science panels, as they h ...
... The U.S. has been involved with GCOS since its inception. Since 1992, a considerable amount of work has been done by various federal agencies. In particular, federal agencies have supported the international GCOS Steering Committee, and the work of the GCOS data, space, and science panels, as they h ...
2. Low Carbon Cities – The National Context
... bleaching; and an increase in the areas Figure 1: The 2005 National Climate Change affected by vector-borne diseases, including Conference branding malaria. It was also clearly stated that, in all of these circumstances, it was the poor who would be worst affected. The Conference agreed that climate ...
... bleaching; and an increase in the areas Figure 1: The 2005 National Climate Change affected by vector-borne diseases, including Conference branding malaria. It was also clearly stated that, in all of these circumstances, it was the poor who would be worst affected. The Conference agreed that climate ...
Articulating Climate Justice in Copenhagen: Antagonism, the
... the KlimaForum. The streets became a site of engagement for people making their way around the city to official events and demonstrations. Our collective participation in the mobilisations in Copenhagen is part of longer engagement with the diverse trajectories of climate justice politics and alterg ...
... the KlimaForum. The streets became a site of engagement for people making their way around the city to official events and demonstrations. Our collective participation in the mobilisations in Copenhagen is part of longer engagement with the diverse trajectories of climate justice politics and alterg ...
Urbanization and Climate Change in Small iSland developing StateS
... constraints in their pursuit of sustainable development due to their ecological fragility and economic vulnerability. Ecologically, most of them are coastal entities with small and dispersed (in the case of archipelagic states) land areas. They generally possess a rich diversity of highly-endemic fl ...
... constraints in their pursuit of sustainable development due to their ecological fragility and economic vulnerability. Ecologically, most of them are coastal entities with small and dispersed (in the case of archipelagic states) land areas. They generally possess a rich diversity of highly-endemic fl ...
A fair climate deal in Paris means adequate finance to deliver INDCs
... in Warsaw, Poland, parties to the UNFCCC agreed to use these documents to set out their proposed individual efforts and plans — above and beyond their current activities — to achieving their collective objective of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would pre ...
... in Warsaw, Poland, parties to the UNFCCC agreed to use these documents to set out their proposed individual efforts and plans — above and beyond their current activities — to achieving their collective objective of stabilising greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would pre ...
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... might unfold. These stories portray both the positive and negative consequences of a future 30-40 years away and include economic, cultural, and ecological elements (Peterson et al. 2002). A real strength of this process is that, because the stories are developed by individuals who are familiar ...
... might unfold. These stories portray both the positive and negative consequences of a future 30-40 years away and include economic, cultural, and ecological elements (Peterson et al. 2002). A real strength of this process is that, because the stories are developed by individuals who are familiar ...
10584_2014_1078_MOESM1_ESM
... Used as a proxy for public attitudes on climate change to assess whether there is a relationship between perceived levels of risk from climate change and adaptation action at the national level. Data derived from a global survey about perceived personal threats from climate change. Individuals who r ...
... Used as a proxy for public attitudes on climate change to assess whether there is a relationship between perceived levels of risk from climate change and adaptation action at the national level. Data derived from a global survey about perceived personal threats from climate change. Individuals who r ...
- Wiley Online Library
... It is well known that interactions among individuals need to be accounted for when extrapolating stressor effects from the individual level (i.e., intrinsic toxicant sensitivity) to the population level [30,31]. In natural populations, density-dependent processes such as competition for food can mit ...
... It is well known that interactions among individuals need to be accounted for when extrapolating stressor effects from the individual level (i.e., intrinsic toxicant sensitivity) to the population level [30,31]. In natural populations, density-dependent processes such as competition for food can mit ...
Climate Change in Turkmenistan - Grand Valley State University
... increasing pressures caused by the global climate change on livelihoods deteriorate the human vulnerability to the on-going desertification processes and natural climatic variability. The impacts of climate change in desert countries, such as Turkmenistan, are likely to lead to still larger populati ...
... increasing pressures caused by the global climate change on livelihoods deteriorate the human vulnerability to the on-going desertification processes and natural climatic variability. The impacts of climate change in desert countries, such as Turkmenistan, are likely to lead to still larger populati ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... assessments of system characteristics. To inform risk management, expert risk perception is rather supplemented by “internal” value judgements. Thus, expert risk conceptualisation regarding complex and uncertain issues such as climate change is based on both disciplinary knowledge and individual bel ...
... assessments of system characteristics. To inform risk management, expert risk perception is rather supplemented by “internal” value judgements. Thus, expert risk conceptualisation regarding complex and uncertain issues such as climate change is based on both disciplinary knowledge and individual bel ...
Final Report Appendix 2d - climate change
... extensively. In order to be able to advise the federal government in a timely manner before important environmental decisions are made, the Environmental Council issues statements and comments in which it ...
... extensively. In order to be able to advise the federal government in a timely manner before important environmental decisions are made, the Environmental Council issues statements and comments in which it ...
Tuesday 1 December Wednesday 2 December
... Alliance Villes Emploi side event: Mobilizing Territories to Support Trends in Employment and Skills Related to the Energy Transition (Climate Generations Areas, Room 3) ...
... Alliance Villes Emploi side event: Mobilizing Territories to Support Trends in Employment and Skills Related to the Energy Transition (Climate Generations Areas, Room 3) ...
The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics
... makes it difficult for governments to assess where their national interests lie. For many, then, the most rational line to take may seem the wait-and-see approach. And even if some emitters were to undertake major mitigation measures, they could not be certain that other emitter ...
... makes it difficult for governments to assess where their national interests lie. For many, then, the most rational line to take may seem the wait-and-see approach. And even if some emitters were to undertake major mitigation measures, they could not be certain that other emitter ...
Hansen1998-ClimateForcings-in-the-IndustrialEra.p+
... 20, 21). The global distribution of organic aerosols is not well known, but field studies find them to be a large portion of total aerosol amount (22). Fig. 3B shows an estimated global distribution of anthropogenic organic aerosols (20), with the aerosols in Eurasia and North America based on fossi ...
... 20, 21). The global distribution of organic aerosols is not well known, but field studies find them to be a large portion of total aerosol amount (22). Fig. 3B shows an estimated global distribution of anthropogenic organic aerosols (20), with the aerosols in Eurasia and North America based on fossi ...
A Bottom Up, Resource- Based Perspective To Deal With Climate Variability and Change
... limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have regional climate impacts much greater than would be predicted from TOA radiative forcing. Also, it diagnoses only ...
... limitations, which have come increasingly to light over the past decade. The concept is inadequate for some forcing agents, such as absorbing aerosols and land-use changes, that may have regional climate impacts much greater than would be predicted from TOA radiative forcing. Also, it diagnoses only ...
Assessing the adequacy of current fisheries
... are predicted to occur in the oceans (Behrenfeld et al., 2006; IPCC, 2007). Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on both target and non-target marine stocks worldwide, with the concomitant need for management strategies capable of sustaining future fishing. Fisheries scientists and ...
... are predicted to occur in the oceans (Behrenfeld et al., 2006; IPCC, 2007). Climate change is likely to have a significant impact on both target and non-target marine stocks worldwide, with the concomitant need for management strategies capable of sustaining future fishing. Fisheries scientists and ...
Success factors for communicating climate change
... In the past years, several campaigns on climate change present the issue as a major threat. The demand for a new and fairly positive vision has become very loud. New pictures of the future need to be drawn in the people’s heads. (Futerra 2011: 2-10) Communication has to focus to a higher extent on p ...
... In the past years, several campaigns on climate change present the issue as a major threat. The demand for a new and fairly positive vision has become very loud. New pictures of the future need to be drawn in the people’s heads. (Futerra 2011: 2-10) Communication has to focus to a higher extent on p ...
Implications for policymakers: Climate change, biodiversity
... range of future ecological changes – are likely to require less detailed information to implement and be more efficient than highly specific and targeted strategies. For a given situation, a targeted strategy may be more effective, but where detailed information about future change is lacking and pr ...
... range of future ecological changes – are likely to require less detailed information to implement and be more efficient than highly specific and targeted strategies. For a given situation, a targeted strategy may be more effective, but where detailed information about future change is lacking and pr ...
Simulated dynamics of net primary productivity
... takes place in almost any climate and area of the world, from intensive production systems to those where the animals graze freely. However, it is estimated that livestock, especially meat production worldwide, will increase by double by 2050 (FAO, 2006), thus increasing the environmental impact of ...
... takes place in almost any climate and area of the world, from intensive production systems to those where the animals graze freely. However, it is estimated that livestock, especially meat production worldwide, will increase by double by 2050 (FAO, 2006), thus increasing the environmental impact of ...
Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome
... Previous studies have identified summer temperatures as an important driver of vegetation change1,13,14,26 , but the role of soil moisture is less often examined. A recent synthesis of two decades of ecological monitoring (the International Tundra Experiment Network) showed that increased shrub abun ...
... Previous studies have identified summer temperatures as an important driver of vegetation change1,13,14,26 , but the role of soil moisture is less often examined. A recent synthesis of two decades of ecological monitoring (the International Tundra Experiment Network) showed that increased shrub abun ...