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Adaptive Capacity Benchmarking: Handbook and Tool Kit
... climate change. We call these response levels (RLs) rather than stages because we don’t want to imply that in moving on it is necessary to leave each stage behind. Instead, the idea is to consolidate each level before learning to respond from the next one up. We see very few signs of an organisation ...
... climate change. We call these response levels (RLs) rather than stages because we don’t want to imply that in moving on it is necessary to leave each stage behind. Instead, the idea is to consolidate each level before learning to respond from the next one up. We see very few signs of an organisation ...
doc - Eldis
... Climate change refers to the increasingly erratic weather patterns, rising sea levels and extreme events that may be attributed to human activity and the greenhouse gas (GHG)4 emissions that have created global warming. It is often viewed as a purely scientific and technical phenomenon, and yet clim ...
... Climate change refers to the increasingly erratic weather patterns, rising sea levels and extreme events that may be attributed to human activity and the greenhouse gas (GHG)4 emissions that have created global warming. It is often viewed as a purely scientific and technical phenomenon, and yet clim ...
Full Report - Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
... total volume of cereals produced in SSA, while millet accounted for 10.8% (See Appendix 1).27 This somewhat greater reliance on sorghum than millet is also reflected by the larger area of land devoted to sorghum production: sorghum accounts for 18.4% of total cereal area harvested on average in SSA ...
... total volume of cereals produced in SSA, while millet accounted for 10.8% (See Appendix 1).27 This somewhat greater reliance on sorghum than millet is also reflected by the larger area of land devoted to sorghum production: sorghum accounts for 18.4% of total cereal area harvested on average in SSA ...
Strategy 3 of the National Strategy on Climate Change
... NGOs has provided helpful technical supports. It is hoped that this report will prove useful to the national and international community and increase general awareness of climate change among interested readers. This report describes Thailand’s inventory status for the year 2000 and up to the year 2 ...
... NGOs has provided helpful technical supports. It is hoped that this report will prove useful to the national and international community and increase general awareness of climate change among interested readers. This report describes Thailand’s inventory status for the year 2000 and up to the year 2 ...
Climate Change and Natural Resources Conflicts in Africa
... Africa is among the most likely vulnerable regions of the world that are to be negatively impacted by climate change. The continent’s vulnerability to climate change arises from a combination of many factors, including extreme poverty, high rate of population increase, frequent natural disasters suc ...
... Africa is among the most likely vulnerable regions of the world that are to be negatively impacted by climate change. The continent’s vulnerability to climate change arises from a combination of many factors, including extreme poverty, high rate of population increase, frequent natural disasters suc ...
Egypt`s National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate
... Reports) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The third national communication report is currently underway. Egypt also decided to develop a national strategy, which addresses this phenomenon at two levels according to the type of sectors affected and those affec ...
... Reports) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The third national communication report is currently underway. Egypt also decided to develop a national strategy, which addresses this phenomenon at two levels according to the type of sectors affected and those affec ...
Technical Summary
... Climate change is shifting patterns of risks and opportunities in a complex and changing world. The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) acknowledges the complexity of climate change and of the world in which it is unfolding. It recognizes that impacts of climate ...
... Climate change is shifting patterns of risks and opportunities in a complex and changing world. The Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) acknowledges the complexity of climate change and of the world in which it is unfolding. It recognizes that impacts of climate ...
Chapter 1: The climate of the Eastern
... human (anthropogenic) activity. This is commonly referred to as the ‘anthropogenic component of climate change’ or simply ‘anthropogenic global warming’. In fact, this period is often described, quite accurately, as the ‘anthropocene’ a term originally coined by Eugene F. Stoermer and later populari ...
... human (anthropogenic) activity. This is commonly referred to as the ‘anthropogenic component of climate change’ or simply ‘anthropogenic global warming’. In fact, this period is often described, quite accurately, as the ‘anthropocene’ a term originally coined by Eugene F. Stoermer and later populari ...
Rethinking Development in a Carbon
... Expectations are mounting as the ongoing climate negotiations approach their culmination in Copenhagen in December 2009. The road travelled has been a learning process: many insights have been gained during the gradual establishment of the international system to address the daunting problems of cli ...
... Expectations are mounting as the ongoing climate negotiations approach their culmination in Copenhagen in December 2009. The road travelled has been a learning process: many insights have been gained during the gradual establishment of the international system to address the daunting problems of cli ...
PDF free file avaible - Bioversity International
... these processes may affect a cultivated species like maize, in which the tracking of environmental conditions depends on human decisions and which, from a population genetics perspective, shows a meta-population structure (21) remains to be studied. Already however, there is evidence of greater loca ...
... these processes may affect a cultivated species like maize, in which the tracking of environmental conditions depends on human decisions and which, from a population genetics perspective, shows a meta-population structure (21) remains to be studied. Already however, there is evidence of greater loca ...
The Global “Disappearing Act”: How Island States Can Maintain
... addresses the actions of other states that contribute to rising temperatures and rising sea levels in an attempt to slow or stop this process. 21 This Note discusses the impact of climate change and rising sea levels, and how these rising sea levels will eventually displace thousands of citizens of ...
... addresses the actions of other states that contribute to rising temperatures and rising sea levels in an attempt to slow or stop this process. 21 This Note discusses the impact of climate change and rising sea levels, and how these rising sea levels will eventually displace thousands of citizens of ...
Climate change and its impacts on Kazakhstan`s human development
... Chapter Two, “Climate change, risks and mitigation”, is dedicated to the mitigation of climate change effects in Kazakhstan. This chapter shows the possible effects on the environment of Kazakhstan, the economy and its separate sectors and indicates the main risks and problem sectors which may suffe ...
... Chapter Two, “Climate change, risks and mitigation”, is dedicated to the mitigation of climate change effects in Kazakhstan. This chapter shows the possible effects on the environment of Kazakhstan, the economy and its separate sectors and indicates the main risks and problem sectors which may suffe ...
TAMK - University of Applied Sciences Tampere, Finland
... 2007b: 36). Observed global warming has already a strong influence on ecosystems, peoples‟ livelihoods and development of nations, and these effects are expected to intensify, if anthropogenic emissions and therefore global warming continues. The historical responsibility of countries that have deve ...
... 2007b: 36). Observed global warming has already a strong influence on ecosystems, peoples‟ livelihoods and development of nations, and these effects are expected to intensify, if anthropogenic emissions and therefore global warming continues. The historical responsibility of countries that have deve ...
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Nature’s Prophet:
... understanding of what was really important.” These experts could also “speak as proxies for the masses in a way that gave the public a voice in the political conversation.” 28 Lippmann viewed his role to be both a policy advisor and a teacher. As an advisor, he wrote not just for the interested publ ...
... understanding of what was really important.” These experts could also “speak as proxies for the masses in a way that gave the public a voice in the political conversation.” 28 Lippmann viewed his role to be both a policy advisor and a teacher. As an advisor, he wrote not just for the interested publ ...
Socio-Economic Implications of Climate Change for Bangladesh
... the full range of strategies by which the people and organisations in Bangladesh could, or would, adapt to climate and sea-level change (including fluctuations and extremes). It is this capacity for human response that largely determines the extent of vulnerability and resilience to environmental ch ...
... the full range of strategies by which the people and organisations in Bangladesh could, or would, adapt to climate and sea-level change (including fluctuations and extremes). It is this capacity for human response that largely determines the extent of vulnerability and resilience to environmental ch ...
14. impacts on the tourism sector
... In Spain, the coastal tourism area has been very important since the beginning of mass tourism, and it must be kept in mind that the coast is the environment that houses the biggest offer and the biggest movement of tourists, and which therefore shows the greatest effects of the transformation and r ...
... In Spain, the coastal tourism area has been very important since the beginning of mass tourism, and it must be kept in mind that the coast is the environment that houses the biggest offer and the biggest movement of tourists, and which therefore shows the greatest effects of the transformation and r ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... there remain considerable uncertainties about the magnitude of the impact of many effects of a changing global climate - for example, the extent of rises in temperatures, changes in precipitation, and the extent and location of extreme events, floods and droughts. Scientific studies into climate cha ...
... there remain considerable uncertainties about the magnitude of the impact of many effects of a changing global climate - for example, the extent of rises in temperatures, changes in precipitation, and the extent and location of extreme events, floods and droughts. Scientific studies into climate cha ...
Chapter 18: Inter-Relationships Between Adaptation and
... immediate localised benefits of adaptation and the longer-term global benefits of mitigation requires information on the actions’ costs and benefits over time. Integrated assessment models provide approximate estimates of relative costs and benefits at highly aggregated levels, but only a few models ...
... immediate localised benefits of adaptation and the longer-term global benefits of mitigation requires information on the actions’ costs and benefits over time. Integrated assessment models provide approximate estimates of relative costs and benefits at highly aggregated levels, but only a few models ...
CLIMATE CHANGE – Refining the Impacts for Ireland
... The EPA STRIVE Programme addresses the need for research in Ireland to inform policymakers and other stakeholders on a range of questions in relation to environmental protection. These reports are intended as contributions to the necessary debate on the protection of the environment. ...
... The EPA STRIVE Programme addresses the need for research in Ireland to inform policymakers and other stakeholders on a range of questions in relation to environmental protection. These reports are intended as contributions to the necessary debate on the protection of the environment. ...
climate change under nepa: avoiding cursory consideration of
... NEPA documentation.15 As a result, the latest efforts to require consideration of climate change in NEPA documents have merely resulted in more paperwork without any meaningful consideration of climate change. A proposal to construct a new coal-fired power plant in Nevada illustrates the ineffective ...
... NEPA documentation.15 As a result, the latest efforts to require consideration of climate change in NEPA documents have merely resulted in more paperwork without any meaningful consideration of climate change. A proposal to construct a new coal-fired power plant in Nevada illustrates the ineffective ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... length scale of variation of (δ qs /qs ) is larger than that of qs . In addition, the Laplacian term is noisy and difficult to calculate reliably because of the need to estimate second-order derivatives and the eddy diffusivity. For these reasons we have not retained the Laplacian term in our deriva ...
... length scale of variation of (δ qs /qs ) is larger than that of qs . In addition, the Laplacian term is noisy and difficult to calculate reliably because of the need to estimate second-order derivatives and the eddy diffusivity. For these reasons we have not retained the Laplacian term in our deriva ...
Endangered Quino checkerspot butterfly and climate change: Short
... activities are likely more vulnerable to global warming due to decreased resistance and resilience (Parmesan and Galbraith 2004; Parmesan et al. 2013). In these circumstances, the conservation community is increasingly concerned with how to manage biodiversity. Global warming is fundamentally differ ...
... activities are likely more vulnerable to global warming due to decreased resistance and resilience (Parmesan and Galbraith 2004; Parmesan et al. 2013). In these circumstances, the conservation community is increasingly concerned with how to manage biodiversity. Global warming is fundamentally differ ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... the full spectrum of vulnerability- and impacts-based approaches. Investment in institutions and decision-making processes that embody principles of good governance will provide a solid foundation for identifying adaptation priorities, making fair trade-offs and building resilience. While more atten ...
... the full spectrum of vulnerability- and impacts-based approaches. Investment in institutions and decision-making processes that embody principles of good governance will provide a solid foundation for identifying adaptation priorities, making fair trade-offs and building resilience. While more atten ...
C i T Climate n Wash Technic e Chan hingto cal Sum ge Imp n State
... Washington State. By mid-century, Washington is likely to regularly experience average annual temperatures that exceed the warmest conditions observed in the 20th century. Washington is also expected to experience more heat waves and more severe heavy rainfall events, despite relatively small change ...
... Washington State. By mid-century, Washington is likely to regularly experience average annual temperatures that exceed the warmest conditions observed in the 20th century. Washington is also expected to experience more heat waves and more severe heavy rainfall events, despite relatively small change ...
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Revies
... resources toward climate change and disaster risk management activities. One effort includes a Change Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) to examine how public and private climate change and disaster risk management-related expenditures are integrated into national budgetary processe ...
... resources toward climate change and disaster risk management activities. One effort includes a Change Public Expenditure and Institutional Review (CPEIR) to examine how public and private climate change and disaster risk management-related expenditures are integrated into national budgetary processe ...