Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring
... in the scientific literature on climate change perception as they potentially hold innovative knowledge skills that they can bring to their hosting country. To address this gap, we investigate the different knowledge dimensions and structures underlying the perception of climate change among Italian ...
... in the scientific literature on climate change perception as they potentially hold innovative knowledge skills that they can bring to their hosting country. To address this gap, we investigate the different knowledge dimensions and structures underlying the perception of climate change among Italian ...
CONVENTION ON - the Economics Web Institute
... ecosystem connectivity and resilience across the sea and landscape thereby maintaining essential ecosystem services and supporting biodiversity–based livelihoods in the face of climate change; Ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation (j) Recognizing that ecosystems can be managed to limit climate c ...
... ecosystem connectivity and resilience across the sea and landscape thereby maintaining essential ecosystem services and supporting biodiversity–based livelihoods in the face of climate change; Ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation (j) Recognizing that ecosystems can be managed to limit climate c ...
What Role Do Property Rights Play In Climate Change?
... change in the early 1990s: that climate change could be solved, and damage avoided, through the reduction of carbon emissions. Adaptation to the effects of climate change was off the agenda. To address it in any level of detail was to admit defeat. But progress on mitigation has been too slow and cl ...
... change in the early 1990s: that climate change could be solved, and damage avoided, through the reduction of carbon emissions. Adaptation to the effects of climate change was off the agenda. To address it in any level of detail was to admit defeat. But progress on mitigation has been too slow and cl ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... plans will be necessary to adapt to climate change, and will have to be site-specific. For example, whether infrastructure is at ground level, underground or elevated changes the impact of flooding.2 Flooding can come from a variety of sources, including storm surge in coastal communities, riverine ...
... plans will be necessary to adapt to climate change, and will have to be site-specific. For example, whether infrastructure is at ground level, underground or elevated changes the impact of flooding.2 Flooding can come from a variety of sources, including storm surge in coastal communities, riverine ...
Climate Information and Early Warning Systems for
... municipalities as well other role players. – building and enhancing capacity as well as accountability of provincial and local municipalities in preventing and responding to disasters. – to improve to the general resilience of the communities and infrastructure to reduce risk (NDMC, 2006). • A techn ...
... municipalities as well other role players. – building and enhancing capacity as well as accountability of provincial and local municipalities in preventing and responding to disasters. – to improve to the general resilience of the communities and infrastructure to reduce risk (NDMC, 2006). • A techn ...
Expert Opinion on Climate Change and Threats
... “Compared to other people who publish in the top quartile of environmental science journals, how would you rate your level of knowledge about climate change, biotic responses to climate change, and invasive species?” We also asked how many of the respondents’ publications to date (single or multiple ...
... “Compared to other people who publish in the top quartile of environmental science journals, how would you rate your level of knowledge about climate change, biotic responses to climate change, and invasive species?” We also asked how many of the respondents’ publications to date (single or multiple ...
Limitations of integrated assessment models of climate change
... by failing to reflect the socially determined, path-dependent nature of technical change and ignoring the potential savings from reduced energy utilization and other opportunities for innovation. A better approach to climate policy, drawing on recent research on the economics of uncertainty, would r ...
... by failing to reflect the socially determined, path-dependent nature of technical change and ignoring the potential savings from reduced energy utilization and other opportunities for innovation. A better approach to climate policy, drawing on recent research on the economics of uncertainty, would r ...
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... Now, however, I want to address another, less talked-about, aspect of what climate change will require. This aspect is generally referred to as adaptation; that means coping with those climate change effects that we cannot, or will not, prevent. The greatest need is to help vulnerable communities an ...
... Now, however, I want to address another, less talked-about, aspect of what climate change will require. This aspect is generally referred to as adaptation; that means coping with those climate change effects that we cannot, or will not, prevent. The greatest need is to help vulnerable communities an ...
Ruti et al. BAMS - Med
... significantly impact on African Monsoon variability and strength (Fontaine et al., 2009). The RCSMs are more reliable than GCMs in simulating the SST small scale spatial features (Figure 3). Especially in winter, the RCSMs are able to better reproduce the SST pattern despite the fact that different ...
... significantly impact on African Monsoon variability and strength (Fontaine et al., 2009). The RCSMs are more reliable than GCMs in simulating the SST small scale spatial features (Figure 3). Especially in winter, the RCSMs are able to better reproduce the SST pattern despite the fact that different ...
High Mountain Glacial Watershed Program Newsletter #3 Fall 2012
... These insights often agree with the formal, academic research results regarding changes in the high mountains. Changing freshwater supplies and emerging, glacier-related threats such as like glacial lake outburst floods are commonly discussed. However, the community perspective also provides a new u ...
... These insights often agree with the formal, academic research results regarding changes in the high mountains. Changing freshwater supplies and emerging, glacier-related threats such as like glacial lake outburst floods are commonly discussed. However, the community perspective also provides a new u ...
Climate Threat to the Planet
... Most of the IPCC models that had a realistic sensitivity of 3C for doubled CO2 used a net forcing of about 2 W/m2. Conceivably there is a sub-conscious preference for a forcing that yields a surface warming similar to that observed. Now, if the climate model response function is too slow, what does ...
... Most of the IPCC models that had a realistic sensitivity of 3C for doubled CO2 used a net forcing of about 2 W/m2. Conceivably there is a sub-conscious preference for a forcing that yields a surface warming similar to that observed. Now, if the climate model response function is too slow, what does ...
Infiltrating the Frozen Fortress: the importance of the cryosphere to
... multidisciplinary perspective is essential in order to achieve a full-picture understanding of how to protect and preserve these valuable ecosystems (Heywood, Price, and Petch 1994). Mountains are valued for their natural beauty, but they are not spectators in physical cycles. They are intimately i ...
... multidisciplinary perspective is essential in order to achieve a full-picture understanding of how to protect and preserve these valuable ecosystems (Heywood, Price, and Petch 1994). Mountains are valued for their natural beauty, but they are not spectators in physical cycles. They are intimately i ...
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... Ricardian approach assumes that in a perfectly competitive market, value of land reflects present value of future streams of profits (or rent) earned from it. Ceteris paribus, a farmer maximises profits by allocating land in declining order of its fertility and climate. The approach is similar to th ...
... Ricardian approach assumes that in a perfectly competitive market, value of land reflects present value of future streams of profits (or rent) earned from it. Ceteris paribus, a farmer maximises profits by allocating land in declining order of its fertility and climate. The approach is similar to th ...
Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change
... commitment to promoting policy coherence for development (PCD). There is a strong legal basis for PCD, which includes the May 2005 Council Conclusions7 and Article 208 in the Lisbon Treaty.8 PCD means ensuring that the external impacts of other EU policies – or national policies – do not undermine ...
... commitment to promoting policy coherence for development (PCD). There is a strong legal basis for PCD, which includes the May 2005 Council Conclusions7 and Article 208 in the Lisbon Treaty.8 PCD means ensuring that the external impacts of other EU policies – or national policies – do not undermine ...
`Global Climate Change`.
... warming trend at the surface appears to continue. In some cases, causal relationships between seasonal and inter annual climate changes and present-day severe weather events are beginning to be recognized and even predicted, because of an improved ability to observe the El Nino and La Nina phenomena ...
... warming trend at the surface appears to continue. In some cases, causal relationships between seasonal and inter annual climate changes and present-day severe weather events are beginning to be recognized and even predicted, because of an improved ability to observe the El Nino and La Nina phenomena ...
GCOS Status and Plans
... We know what needs to be measured to monitor climate change and we have identified dedicated networks and measuring systems. ...
... We know what needs to be measured to monitor climate change and we have identified dedicated networks and measuring systems. ...
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
... use of modeling to evaluate different management options; and adaptive management that incorporates ongoing learning, assessment, and management adjustments to new information and knowledge. In some circumstances, complexities can be untangled by evaluating the intersecting components of complexitie ...
... use of modeling to evaluate different management options; and adaptive management that incorporates ongoing learning, assessment, and management adjustments to new information and knowledge. In some circumstances, complexities can be untangled by evaluating the intersecting components of complexitie ...
Indicator and data needs - Eionet Forum
... Regarding currently available data and indicators on WSD, in particular the Water Exploitation Index (WEI) is relevant, available at national scale (10). The spatial and temporal detail of the WEI is currently being improved by the EEA, encouraging countries to provide data at river basin-scale and ...
... Regarding currently available data and indicators on WSD, in particular the Water Exploitation Index (WEI) is relevant, available at national scale (10). The spatial and temporal detail of the WEI is currently being improved by the EEA, encouraging countries to provide data at river basin-scale and ...
Climate Change and Health
... threat and a major opportunity for planetary health and health equity. This document is the first in a series of three Position Statements by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) on climate change and health. It addresses the health impacts of climate change relevant to the RACP’s wor ...
... threat and a major opportunity for planetary health and health equity. This document is the first in a series of three Position Statements by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) on climate change and health. It addresses the health impacts of climate change relevant to the RACP’s wor ...
2015 METEOROLOGY RESOURCE LINKS ALL LINKS ACTIVE AS
... http://heatisland.lbl.gov/coolscience/cool-science-urban-heat-islands Cool Science page describing the Heat Island Effect and comparative satellite images to illustrate it. http://www.climate.gov/teaching/resources/urban-heat-islands NOAA discussion of heat islands which also includes an interactive ...
... http://heatisland.lbl.gov/coolscience/cool-science-urban-heat-islands Cool Science page describing the Heat Island Effect and comparative satellite images to illustrate it. http://www.climate.gov/teaching/resources/urban-heat-islands NOAA discussion of heat islands which also includes an interactive ...
Curriculum Vitae
... Public & International Affairs, Princeton University Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy of the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University Associated Faculty of: Princeton Environmental Institute Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences Program Princeton Institute for Internatio ...
... Public & International Affairs, Princeton University Director, Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy of the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University Associated Faculty of: Princeton Environmental Institute Atmosphere and Ocean Sciences Program Princeton Institute for Internatio ...
Training Needs Assessment of Relevant Stakeholders
... Familiarity with national-regional policy linkages …with regard to policy design and implementation related to trade, food security and climate change ...
... Familiarity with national-regional policy linkages …with regard to policy design and implementation related to trade, food security and climate change ...
Sustainable coastal planning for urban growth and climate change
... adaptive management to enhance our understanding of and capacity to respond to climate change and ocean acidification’ (Obama, 2010). A particular focus of this agenda is a regional approach to coastal management ‘these regional plans will enable a more integrated, comprehensive, ecosystem-based, ...
... adaptive management to enhance our understanding of and capacity to respond to climate change and ocean acidification’ (Obama, 2010). A particular focus of this agenda is a regional approach to coastal management ‘these regional plans will enable a more integrated, comprehensive, ecosystem-based, ...
Poverty and Climate Change
... Encouraging a ministry with a broad mandate, such as planning or finance, to be fully involved in mainstreaming adaptation, especially in countries where major climate impacts are expected. Combining approaches at the government and institutional level with bottom-up approaches rooted in regional, n ...
... Encouraging a ministry with a broad mandate, such as planning or finance, to be fully involved in mainstreaming adaptation, especially in countries where major climate impacts are expected. Combining approaches at the government and institutional level with bottom-up approaches rooted in regional, n ...