Climate Changes, Impacts and Implications for New Zealand to
... • Salience which deals with the relevance of the assessment to the needs of decision-makers; and • Legitimacy that reflects the perceptions that the production of information and technology has been respectful of stakeholders’ divergent values and beliefs, unbiased in its conduct, and fair in its ...
... • Salience which deals with the relevance of the assessment to the needs of decision-makers; and • Legitimacy that reflects the perceptions that the production of information and technology has been respectful of stakeholders’ divergent values and beliefs, unbiased in its conduct, and fair in its ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change: Concepts, Issues
... It has become common knowledge that the poor are likely to be hit hardest by climate change, and that capacity to respond to climate change is lowest in developing countries and among the poorest people in those countries. It seems clear that vulnerability to climate change is closely related to pov ...
... It has become common knowledge that the poor are likely to be hit hardest by climate change, and that capacity to respond to climate change is lowest in developing countries and among the poorest people in those countries. It seems clear that vulnerability to climate change is closely related to pov ...
Multi-hazard assessment in Europe under climate change
... uncertainty) and S values the percentage of area subject to significant changes (5 % level). The frequency analysis is complemented with the corresponding variations in Expected Annual Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the base ...
... uncertainty) and S values the percentage of area subject to significant changes (5 % level). The frequency analysis is complemented with the corresponding variations in Expected Annual Fraction Exposed (EAFE) shown in Fig. 2 both in terms of its magnitude and relative change with respect to the base ...
Management Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change Annex
... This project is being undertaken within the framework of the Convention on Climate Change. The overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is to manage climate change through “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that ...
... This project is being undertaken within the framework of the Convention on Climate Change. The overall objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) is to manage climate change through “stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that ...
Air Pollution and Climate Change - European Commission
... Air Pollution and Climate Change Issue 24 ...
... Air Pollution and Climate Change Issue 24 ...
Climatic change in mountain regions: a review of
... simulation for the limited time span of the selected time window over a given geographical area. The nested modeling approach represents a trade-off between decadal- or century-scale, high resolution simulations that are today unattainable, even with currently-available computational resources, and ...
... simulation for the limited time span of the selected time window over a given geographical area. The nested modeling approach represents a trade-off between decadal- or century-scale, high resolution simulations that are today unattainable, even with currently-available computational resources, and ...
Petition of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Science and
... readings “do not track well with those of the air temperature just above the water … even if both are measured on the same buoy over 20 years.” Id. Satellite and balloon data do not suffer from these problems. Moreover, the fact that balloon and satellite data correlate extremely well with one anoth ...
... readings “do not track well with those of the air temperature just above the water … even if both are measured on the same buoy over 20 years.” Id. Satellite and balloon data do not suffer from these problems. Moreover, the fact that balloon and satellite data correlate extremely well with one anoth ...
Fairness on the Day after Tomorrow: Justice, Reciprocity and Global
... which social activity produces relative or absolute benefits or burdens that would not exist if the social activity did not take place’ (Beitz, 1999, p. 131). The concept of fair reciprocity is, moreover, frequently invoked in discussions of climate change by policy-makers, negotiators and activists ...
... which social activity produces relative or absolute benefits or burdens that would not exist if the social activity did not take place’ (Beitz, 1999, p. 131). The concept of fair reciprocity is, moreover, frequently invoked in discussions of climate change by policy-makers, negotiators and activists ...
wetland news - Association of State Wetland Managers
... sustain the state’s rich wildlife and fishery resources. Wetland adaptation planning and implementation can not only protect and conserve wetlands but deliver ecosystem services that have high economic and social value as part of the state’s overall climate change adaptation strategy. The concept of ...
... sustain the state’s rich wildlife and fishery resources. Wetland adaptation planning and implementation can not only protect and conserve wetlands but deliver ecosystem services that have high economic and social value as part of the state’s overall climate change adaptation strategy. The concept of ...
Dietz et al. 2007. Support for CC Policy
... the political dynamics of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. The efforts of conservatives and some industrial sectors, such as the fossil fuel industry, to shape elite and media debate about climate change are well documented. These efforts contribute to the resulting media cov ...
... the political dynamics of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. The efforts of conservatives and some industrial sectors, such as the fossil fuel industry, to shape elite and media debate about climate change are well documented. These efforts contribute to the resulting media cov ...
Building a world-class community of climate innovators - Climate-KIC
... third industrial revolution – towards a sustainable economy based on renewable energy. If we continue with business as usual, earth will be warming by up to 4˚C by the end of this century – far more than the two degrees above pre-industrial levels that, according to most climate researchers, would ...
... third industrial revolution – towards a sustainable economy based on renewable energy. If we continue with business as usual, earth will be warming by up to 4˚C by the end of this century – far more than the two degrees above pre-industrial levels that, according to most climate researchers, would ...
Establishment of an ecosystem transect to address climate change
... could disrupt the process. A practical constraint may be that differences in cultural norms, drivers and reward systems limits the effectiveness of research-policy partnerships (Kinzig et al. 2003; Kueffer et al. 2012). Impediments to effective partnerships include the two sectors operating within d ...
... could disrupt the process. A practical constraint may be that differences in cultural norms, drivers and reward systems limits the effectiveness of research-policy partnerships (Kinzig et al. 2003; Kueffer et al. 2012). Impediments to effective partnerships include the two sectors operating within d ...
MeetingReport-CC_and_Displacement
... states, to draw-up plans to address displacement-related aspects of climate change. In this context it was noted that human rights law provided a useful framework, given that planning was a key human rights duty provided for under international law. b) Be Wary of the Dangers of Poor Resettlement - ...
... states, to draw-up plans to address displacement-related aspects of climate change. In this context it was noted that human rights law provided a useful framework, given that planning was a key human rights duty provided for under international law. b) Be Wary of the Dangers of Poor Resettlement - ...
Climate change, phenological shifts, eco
... underlying eco-evolutionary processes and to translate them into a set of equations. Hence, models will include correlations, which may help to fill black boxes and identify important causal relationships to direct future mechanistic studies. We want to stress that, while this cyclic process does no ...
... underlying eco-evolutionary processes and to translate them into a set of equations. Hence, models will include correlations, which may help to fill black boxes and identify important causal relationships to direct future mechanistic studies. We want to stress that, while this cyclic process does no ...
paper
... the compilation of polling data over multiple years and therefore cannot account for changes in public opinion over time. An alternative approach, multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP), also involves compiling data from multiple national surveys, but incorporates demographic, geographic ...
... the compilation of polling data over multiple years and therefore cannot account for changes in public opinion over time. An alternative approach, multilevel regression and poststratification (MRP), also involves compiling data from multiple national surveys, but incorporates demographic, geographic ...
Global Climate Risk Index 2015
... The Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index is an analysis based on one of the most reliable data sets available on the impacts of extreme weather events and associated socio-economic data. The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2015 is the 10th edition of the annual analysis. Its aim is to contextualize ...
... The Germanwatch Global Climate Risk Index is an analysis based on one of the most reliable data sets available on the impacts of extreme weather events and associated socio-economic data. The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2015 is the 10th edition of the annual analysis. Its aim is to contextualize ...
Building Resilience and Reducing Emissions
... LAC’s indigenous population comprises more than 600 ethnicities and is estimated at 40 million. The majority live in the Andes and Mesoamerica, smaller populations are dispersed in other eco-zones in LAC, and there are lower population densities among the tribal peoples throughout the Amazon Region ...
... LAC’s indigenous population comprises more than 600 ethnicities and is estimated at 40 million. The majority live in the Andes and Mesoamerica, smaller populations are dispersed in other eco-zones in LAC, and there are lower population densities among the tribal peoples throughout the Amazon Region ...
The Effects of Climate Change on the Full Enjoyment of Human Rights
... of climate change on future under-nutrition in five regions in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in 2050 using the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A2 (this translates into a temperature increase of 2°C-5.4°C temperature change in the period from 2090-2099)18 suggests “an increase in mod ...
... of climate change on future under-nutrition in five regions in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa in 2050 using the Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) A2 (this translates into a temperature increase of 2°C-5.4°C temperature change in the period from 2090-2099)18 suggests “an increase in mod ...
Climate Justice in Rural Southeastern United States: A Review of
... responding to an issue [16]. This review frames climate justice within the Southeastern U.S. in respect to recognition justice. To date, issues of equity and climate justice have been more fully investigated at the country-to-country level than at smaller sub-national levels [17]. Concern regarding ...
... responding to an issue [16]. This review frames climate justice within the Southeastern U.S. in respect to recognition justice. To date, issues of equity and climate justice have been more fully investigated at the country-to-country level than at smaller sub-national levels [17]. Concern regarding ...
Beyond generic adaptive capacity: exploring the adaptation space of
... the indicators suggested by Smit et al. (2001). This assumption is based on an international comparison in which Sweden has been identified as a country with very limited vulnerability to climate change due to its high adaptive capacity (Yohe et al. 2006b, a). The Stockholm region, and by extension ...
... the indicators suggested by Smit et al. (2001). This assumption is based on an international comparison in which Sweden has been identified as a country with very limited vulnerability to climate change due to its high adaptive capacity (Yohe et al. 2006b, a). The Stockholm region, and by extension ...
K3 Climate Change Review - Hawke`s Bay Regional Council
... is often taken as representative, being in many ways in the mid-range for greenhouse gas concentrations and for global mean temperature changes. The A1B scenario remains plausible, but in light of recent emissions, A1B may be conservative in terms of the magnitude of climate change by the end of the ...
... is often taken as representative, being in many ways in the mid-range for greenhouse gas concentrations and for global mean temperature changes. The A1B scenario remains plausible, but in light of recent emissions, A1B may be conservative in terms of the magnitude of climate change by the end of the ...
- Wiley Online Library
... he concept of large-scale environmental engineering is not new and a number of ideas have been proposed over the last century (see Ref 1 for a historical perspective). The idea to engineer the environment to specifically counter anthropogenic climate change can be traced back at least to the 1960s w ...
... he concept of large-scale environmental engineering is not new and a number of ideas have been proposed over the last century (see Ref 1 for a historical perspective). The idea to engineer the environment to specifically counter anthropogenic climate change can be traced back at least to the 1960s w ...
Equivalence and Issue Framing Effects
... interaction between the equivalence and issue frames in this policy area. This is done first through an analysis of the frames within the media which reveals that climate change was framed primarily in terms of (1) its costs and harms, (2) the costs of addressing or mitigating its effects, or (3) as ...
... interaction between the equivalence and issue frames in this policy area. This is done first through an analysis of the frames within the media which reveals that climate change was framed primarily in terms of (1) its costs and harms, (2) the costs of addressing or mitigating its effects, or (3) as ...
Death by Degrees: New York - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... Temperatures over landmasses likely will be higher (1). Revisions in local temperature projections for New York are not yet available, but it is reasonable to expect further increases. With the potential of climate change, New York is at risk for a number of reasons including significant increases i ...
... Temperatures over landmasses likely will be higher (1). Revisions in local temperature projections for New York are not yet available, but it is reasonable to expect further increases. With the potential of climate change, New York is at risk for a number of reasons including significant increases i ...
Republic of the Marshall Islands
... The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) believes that climate change is real and is the greatest threat to our low lying atolls and people. Negative effects are already taking place and these will gravely undermine our efforts towards sustainable development and threaten our survival and the sove ...
... The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) believes that climate change is real and is the greatest threat to our low lying atolls and people. Negative effects are already taking place and these will gravely undermine our efforts towards sustainable development and threaten our survival and the sove ...