1. Active engagement
... For example, Gabonese senators underlined their country's commitment to the fight against climate disruption within the framework of the France-Central Africa group. They also pointed out that Gabon has taken several measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of its strategic plan "Gabon em ...
... For example, Gabonese senators underlined their country's commitment to the fight against climate disruption within the framework of the France-Central Africa group. They also pointed out that Gabon has taken several measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of its strategic plan "Gabon em ...
Adaptation Planning and Climate Impact Assessments: Learning From NEPA’s Flaws
... statements. This is a key issue for adaptation because of the relative crudeness of regional downscaling of climate models. Fortunately, more sophisticated methodologies for analyzing risk are becoming available. • The outdated triggering mechanism for EIS preparation. Existing environmental assess ...
... statements. This is a key issue for adaptation because of the relative crudeness of regional downscaling of climate models. Fortunately, more sophisticated methodologies for analyzing risk are becoming available. • The outdated triggering mechanism for EIS preparation. Existing environmental assess ...
climate impacts and adaptation unit
... would increase their energy consumption; the world’s population is expected to increase by, perhaps, a further two billion during the first half of the century; and parts of the developed world are still struggling to decouple economic growth from growth in energy consumption, having invested huge a ...
... would increase their energy consumption; the world’s population is expected to increase by, perhaps, a further two billion during the first half of the century; and parts of the developed world are still struggling to decouple economic growth from growth in energy consumption, having invested huge a ...
climate impacts and adaptation unit
... would increase their energy consumption; the world’s population is expected to increase by, perhaps, a further two billion during the first half of the century; and parts of the developed world are still struggling to decouple economic growth from growth in energy consumption, having invested huge a ...
... would increase their energy consumption; the world’s population is expected to increase by, perhaps, a further two billion during the first half of the century; and parts of the developed world are still struggling to decouple economic growth from growth in energy consumption, having invested huge a ...
Cultural Circuits of Climate Change in U.K. Broadsheet Newspapers
... from different forms of social relations play a fundamental role in constructing risks as well as the procedural rationalities through which those risks are addressed (Dake, 1992; Adams, 1995). But in the emphasis on typologies of risk in culture theory, equally important questions about how risks a ...
... from different forms of social relations play a fundamental role in constructing risks as well as the procedural rationalities through which those risks are addressed (Dake, 1992; Adams, 1995). But in the emphasis on typologies of risk in culture theory, equally important questions about how risks a ...
Analysis of Existing Weather and Climate Information for Malawi
... Information Platform. Projected changes using data from 20 Malawi meteorological stations under the CMIP-5 shows the range of projected future changes across 10 different statisticallydownscaled CMIP5 GCMs for two different RCP pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5), deriving anomalies relative to the histo ...
... Information Platform. Projected changes using data from 20 Malawi meteorological stations under the CMIP-5 shows the range of projected future changes across 10 different statisticallydownscaled CMIP5 GCMs for two different RCP pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5), deriving anomalies relative to the histo ...
Estimating the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture in
... for many poor countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, understanding farmers’ responses to climatic variation is crucial in designing appropriate coping strategies to climate change. When evaluating the impacts of climate change on agriculture, two approaches have becom ...
... for many poor countries that are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, understanding farmers’ responses to climatic variation is crucial in designing appropriate coping strategies to climate change. When evaluating the impacts of climate change on agriculture, two approaches have becom ...
ʻAimalama: E Mauliauhonua – Readapting to Ancestral Knowledge
... The community individuals that came to the symposium included kūpuna,5 government resource managers,6 managers of private land, NGOs, traditional farmers, traditional fishermen, traditional healers, traditional celestial navigators, Hawaiian business owners, fishpond managers, scientists, and educat ...
... The community individuals that came to the symposium included kūpuna,5 government resource managers,6 managers of private land, NGOs, traditional farmers, traditional fishermen, traditional healers, traditional celestial navigators, Hawaiian business owners, fishpond managers, scientists, and educat ...
Working Paper No 4 Kyoto Protocol Dilemma: Better to have a weak
... Looking back at the history of UNFCC, it is clear that the U.S also actively involve in proposing some of the Kyoto Mechanism such as the trading mechanism that descended from the succeed of Montreal Protocol. However, since they can not ratify the Kyoto, given the above reasons, hence they have the ...
... Looking back at the history of UNFCC, it is clear that the U.S also actively involve in proposing some of the Kyoto Mechanism such as the trading mechanism that descended from the succeed of Montreal Protocol. However, since they can not ratify the Kyoto, given the above reasons, hence they have the ...
Climate Change Policy: What Do the Models Tell Us?†
... (or care) that their policy decisions reflect the values of voters. As a policy parameter, the rate of time preference might be positive, zero, or even negative.10 The problem is that if we can’t pin down δ, an IAM can’t tell us much; any given IAM will give a wide range of values for the SCC, depen ...
... (or care) that their policy decisions reflect the values of voters. As a policy parameter, the rate of time preference might be positive, zero, or even negative.10 The problem is that if we can’t pin down δ, an IAM can’t tell us much; any given IAM will give a wide range of values for the SCC, depen ...
insight - Green Climate Fund
... The shift towards greater urbanization is a major trend around the planet. Currently, around half of the earth’s population live in cities. This figure is set to grow rapidly, so that by 2050 it is anticipated that 66% of the planet’s population will be living in an urban environment. This demograp ...
... The shift towards greater urbanization is a major trend around the planet. Currently, around half of the earth’s population live in cities. This figure is set to grow rapidly, so that by 2050 it is anticipated that 66% of the planet’s population will be living in an urban environment. This demograp ...
Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report
... These losses also represent a significant annual impact of ~2-3 percent on the region’s GDP. Also, losses amount to ~7 percent of the region’s capital investment – implying that the region spends about ~7% of its invested capital each year on rebuilding infrastructure – rather than on capital invest ...
... These losses also represent a significant annual impact of ~2-3 percent on the region’s GDP. Also, losses amount to ~7 percent of the region’s capital investment – implying that the region spends about ~7% of its invested capital each year on rebuilding infrastructure – rather than on capital invest ...
Global Responsibilities: Ethics, Public Health, and Global
... What is required, overall, is a new paradigm in the way people think about disease. Rather than a view that sees humanity's relationship to the microbes as a historically linear one, tending over the centuries toward ever-decreasing risk to humans, a far more challenging perspective must be sought, ...
... What is required, overall, is a new paradigm in the way people think about disease. Rather than a view that sees humanity's relationship to the microbes as a historically linear one, tending over the centuries toward ever-decreasing risk to humans, a far more challenging perspective must be sought, ...
Ecosystem Responses to Global Climate Change: Moving Beyond
... climate change and its effects on ecosystems are ongoing. However, both approaches often provide conservative estimates of the effects of climate change on ecosystems, because they do not consider the interplay and feedback among higher trophic levels in ecosystems, which may have a large effect on ...
... climate change and its effects on ecosystems are ongoing. However, both approaches often provide conservative estimates of the effects of climate change on ecosystems, because they do not consider the interplay and feedback among higher trophic levels in ecosystems, which may have a large effect on ...
CEQ Draft Guidance on Consideration of the
... does not reach the level of specificity the petition requested Generally requires consideration for actions causing direct annual emissions exceeding 25,000 metric tons Does not apply to land and resource management actions. Focus on cumulative effects Goes both ways – analysis must assess impact of ...
... does not reach the level of specificity the petition requested Generally requires consideration for actions causing direct annual emissions exceeding 25,000 metric tons Does not apply to land and resource management actions. Focus on cumulative effects Goes both ways – analysis must assess impact of ...
Climate Change Science
... humidity). Weather changes in the short term (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly). Climate is average weather and occurs over long time frames (e.g. 30 years). A common confusion between weather and climate arises when scientists are asked how they can predict climate 50 years from now when they cannot pre ...
... humidity). Weather changes in the short term (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly). Climate is average weather and occurs over long time frames (e.g. 30 years). A common confusion between weather and climate arises when scientists are asked how they can predict climate 50 years from now when they cannot pre ...
Thirty years ago, half the developing world lived in extreme poverty
... threatened by inundation. Even our best efforts are unlikely to stabilize temperatures at anything less than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures, warming that will require substantial adaptation. High-income countries can and must reduce their carbon footprints. They cannot continue to fill up an ...
... threatened by inundation. Even our best efforts are unlikely to stabilize temperatures at anything less than 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures, warming that will require substantial adaptation. High-income countries can and must reduce their carbon footprints. They cannot continue to fill up an ...
City of North Vancouver Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... The effects of climate change are already evident in the City of North Vancouver, with measurable changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. Without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. The City h ...
... The effects of climate change are already evident in the City of North Vancouver, with measurable changes in temperature, precipitation, and extreme events in recent decades. Without adequate planning and adaptation these changes will have extensive impacts on the liveability of the City. The City h ...
CRS Report for Congress Climate Change: Federal Expenditures for Science and Technology
... improve the capability to understand climate systems and/or predict climatic change and variability. Energy use has been one major focus of efforts related to possible climate change because carbon dioxide, the major “greenhouse gas,” is added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. All thos ...
... improve the capability to understand climate systems and/or predict climatic change and variability. Energy use has been one major focus of efforts related to possible climate change because carbon dioxide, the major “greenhouse gas,” is added to the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. All thos ...
Cities and Climate Change: Adaptation in London, UK - UN
... The number of people and assets in the flood risk areas can be analysed to determine who and what is at risk. This analysis shows that there are 1.25 million people, 481,180 properties, 441 schools, 75 underground stations and 49 railway stations located in areas of tidal and fluvial flood risk.4 A ...
... The number of people and assets in the flood risk areas can be analysed to determine who and what is at risk. This analysis shows that there are 1.25 million people, 481,180 properties, 441 schools, 75 underground stations and 49 railway stations located in areas of tidal and fluvial flood risk.4 A ...
The Challenge of Climate Change Adaptation:
... programs to protect forests and wetlands. The goals include making systems more robust, so that they can cope with a broader range of events, and more resilient, so they can respond quickly to events and recover readily from events beyond their capacity to control. National governments have already ...
... programs to protect forests and wetlands. The goals include making systems more robust, so that they can cope with a broader range of events, and more resilient, so they can respond quickly to events and recover readily from events beyond their capacity to control. National governments have already ...
Adaptation to the infectious disease impacts of climate change
... distribution, including demographics, socioeconomic development, land use, urbanization, technology, and the political and health care context (Suk and Semenza 2011; Weiss and McMichael 2004). The options identified can then be evaluated for their significance, benefits and effectiveness, costs, and ...
... distribution, including demographics, socioeconomic development, land use, urbanization, technology, and the political and health care context (Suk and Semenza 2011; Weiss and McMichael 2004). The options identified can then be evaluated for their significance, benefits and effectiveness, costs, and ...
Regional Modelling of Vegetation Distributions
... 2. Climate, terrain and soil data of an appropriate scale and resolution. 3. An appropriate modelling method for the objectives 4. Careful data selection for training/fitting including an appropriate range of environments and vegetation types 5. Careful verification and awareness of the model’s lim ...
... 2. Climate, terrain and soil data of an appropriate scale and resolution. 3. An appropriate modelling method for the objectives 4. Careful data selection for training/fitting including an appropriate range of environments and vegetation types 5. Careful verification and awareness of the model’s lim ...
LOCAL PRODUCT IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE Repackaging CPC …
... NWS is committed to provide the best quality climate observation that can be used in local climate change assessments. Besides the raw data, available local and regional climate change products include: – Range of climate variability for climatology period and full records – Current rate of trends i ...
... NWS is committed to provide the best quality climate observation that can be used in local climate change assessments. Besides the raw data, available local and regional climate change products include: – Range of climate variability for climatology period and full records – Current rate of trends i ...
Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate?
... updrafts are slightly stronger over the U.S. but only 1/2 as frequent there as over Africa. Updrafts over the more maritime Amazon ‘‘green ocean’’ [Williams et al., 2002] are 1 –2 m s1 weaker than over Africa. South Asian updraft speeds (auxiliary material Figure S1) are too strong, due to the ov ...
... updrafts are slightly stronger over the U.S. but only 1/2 as frequent there as over Africa. Updrafts over the more maritime Amazon ‘‘green ocean’’ [Williams et al., 2002] are 1 –2 m s1 weaker than over Africa. South Asian updraft speeds (auxiliary material Figure S1) are too strong, due to the ov ...