Preserving the Ocean Circulation
... greenhouse gas concentrations [Manabe and Stouffer, 1993, Wood et al., 1999, Schmittner and Stocker, 1999, Rahmstorf and Ganopolski, 1999]. An important link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the ocean circulation is the density of the surface waters in regions like the North Atl ...
... greenhouse gas concentrations [Manabe and Stouffer, 1993, Wood et al., 1999, Schmittner and Stocker, 1999, Rahmstorf and Ganopolski, 1999]. An important link between atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations and the ocean circulation is the density of the surface waters in regions like the North Atl ...
Environment and Climate Change Assessment
... Reducing environmental degradation and improving resilience to climate change can have mutually reinforcing benefits for sustainability if effectively managed. Adaptation planning to improve resilience should contribute to ecological sustainability—acknowledging that long-term resilience is built on ...
... Reducing environmental degradation and improving resilience to climate change can have mutually reinforcing benefits for sustainability if effectively managed. Adaptation planning to improve resilience should contribute to ecological sustainability—acknowledging that long-term resilience is built on ...
Guidelines for Responding to the Effects of Climate Change in
... of knowledge about many essential aspects of our complex ecosystem, raises many questions and demands hypotheses about the possible response of systems for which we do not yet have a full understanding. Accordingly, some of the popular debate remains somewhat pessimistic, with the tendency to emphas ...
... of knowledge about many essential aspects of our complex ecosystem, raises many questions and demands hypotheses about the possible response of systems for which we do not yet have a full understanding. Accordingly, some of the popular debate remains somewhat pessimistic, with the tendency to emphas ...
Climate Change in Park City: An Assessment of Climate, Snowpack
... have analyzed the effects of potential climate change on ski areas and winter tourism, and all of the studies have projected negative consequences for the industry (Galloway, 1988; König, 1998; Hennessy et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2003, 2007, 2008; Scott and Jones, 2005; AGCI, 2006; Climate Impacts ...
... have analyzed the effects of potential climate change on ski areas and winter tourism, and all of the studies have projected negative consequences for the industry (Galloway, 1988; König, 1998; Hennessy et al., 2003; Scott et al., 2003, 2007, 2008; Scott and Jones, 2005; AGCI, 2006; Climate Impacts ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 5
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
Common Concern and Global Public Goods: Evidence, Bits and
... has come a long way. The review and assessment of the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) amounts to one of the most comprehensive efforts at bridging gaps between scientific research and informed policy making.1 Eq ...
... has come a long way. The review and assessment of the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) amounts to one of the most comprehensive efforts at bridging gaps between scientific research and informed policy making.1 Eq ...
disaster related human mobility within relevant pacific regional laws
... span across all sectors and geographic scales, for example, from the development of national government policy on climate change to the ability of communities to maintain subsistence livelihoods. The consequences of climate change may also lead to migration, displacement, and planned relocation – is ...
... span across all sectors and geographic scales, for example, from the development of national government policy on climate change to the ability of communities to maintain subsistence livelihoods. The consequences of climate change may also lead to migration, displacement, and planned relocation – is ...
The Role of Local Institutions in Adaptation to Climate Change
... and communal pooling. Partnerships between private and civil society institutions are relatively uncommon and need greater encouragement. They tend to be more closely associated with exchange and storage based adaptation practices. Mobility, although often neglected in the literature on adaptation ...
... and communal pooling. Partnerships between private and civil society institutions are relatively uncommon and need greater encouragement. They tend to be more closely associated with exchange and storage based adaptation practices. Mobility, although often neglected in the literature on adaptation ...
Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for
... Increase in global mean temperature since 1900 (i.e., mean global warming) is used as the common metric against which impacts are measured. This metric is closely related to greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations but is more relevant for impact assessments. Some general caveats apply to all of the reas ...
... Increase in global mean temperature since 1900 (i.e., mean global warming) is used as the common metric against which impacts are measured. This metric is closely related to greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations but is more relevant for impact assessments. Some general caveats apply to all of the reas ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... other GEF focal areas. This will enable the GEF to realize, to the fullest extent possible, both the adaptation and global environmental benefits delivered through other GEF focal areas. The strategy reaffirms the need to identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of women and marginalized grou ...
... other GEF focal areas. This will enable the GEF to realize, to the fullest extent possible, both the adaptation and global environmental benefits delivered through other GEF focal areas. The strategy reaffirms the need to identify and address the unique vulnerabilities of women and marginalized grou ...
Climate Change Associated Sediment Yield Changes on the Rio
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
... spring melting of the snowpack. These changes may not only impact surface water flows, but the interaction between surface water and ground water as well. Warmer temperatures are anticipated to both drive up evaporation rates and increase the length of the growing season, contributing to lower overa ...
Surviving climate change in small islands
... land masses, small islands are typically land-resource constrained. This means that there are limited places for people to live, space for infrastructure, areas for waste disposal, agricultural production, industrial development, etc. Many small islands are already at risk from many environmental ha ...
... land masses, small islands are typically land-resource constrained. This means that there are limited places for people to live, space for infrastructure, areas for waste disposal, agricultural production, industrial development, etc. Many small islands are already at risk from many environmental ha ...
Who`s holding us back?
... politicians and mislead the public. We expose the web of influence that sees these companies pit our leaders and entire countries against each other to hold back action on the climate. There is however, a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Despite the massive odds against it, renewable energy has doubl ...
... politicians and mislead the public. We expose the web of influence that sees these companies pit our leaders and entire countries against each other to hold back action on the climate. There is however, a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Despite the massive odds against it, renewable energy has doubl ...
Infection, Disease, and Biosocial Processes at the End of
... demonstrated that violence was a part of life in the ancient city and that the prevalence of violent injury increased through time with the strains of ecological and social change in the Late Harappan period [1]. The data indicated strong differences in the risk for violent injury among different bu ...
... demonstrated that violence was a part of life in the ancient city and that the prevalence of violent injury increased through time with the strains of ecological and social change in the Late Harappan period [1]. The data indicated strong differences in the risk for violent injury among different bu ...
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... climate change, and found that the most vulnerable tended to be least-developed countries, where the capacity to adapt may be most limited (Allison et al., 2009). This finding emphasizes the fact that not only will livelihoods and national economies need to cope with immediate changes and trade-offs ...
... climate change, and found that the most vulnerable tended to be least-developed countries, where the capacity to adapt may be most limited (Allison et al., 2009). This finding emphasizes the fact that not only will livelihoods and national economies need to cope with immediate changes and trade-offs ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION OF NATURE
... hectares of land in trust for public benefits. Land trusts will benefit by expanding their partnerships with local, provincial and federal agencies and protected area strategies to ensure that the areas and ecosystems will continue to provide benefits to society. It is now imperative that land use p ...
... hectares of land in trust for public benefits. Land trusts will benefit by expanding their partnerships with local, provincial and federal agencies and protected area strategies to ensure that the areas and ecosystems will continue to provide benefits to society. It is now imperative that land use p ...
7 Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales
... extremes. Experience in disaster risk management includes both bottom-up and top-down approaches, but most often has developed from disasters considered first as local issues, then at the national level, and only at the international level where needs exceed national capacity, especially in terms of ...
... extremes. Experience in disaster risk management includes both bottom-up and top-down approaches, but most often has developed from disasters considered first as local issues, then at the national level, and only at the international level where needs exceed national capacity, especially in terms of ...
Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region`s
... The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Pacific face serious threats from climate change, particularly due to sea-level rise. Addressing these threats will require a wide array of adaptation measures, at a cost that far exceeds many countries’ financial capacities. At the same time, governm ...
... The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the Pacific face serious threats from climate change, particularly due to sea-level rise. Addressing these threats will require a wide array of adaptation measures, at a cost that far exceeds many countries’ financial capacities. At the same time, governm ...
WaterfoWl and WetlandS amid Climate Change
... paper synthesizes new conservation and research approaches to provide a series of science-based recommendations concerning the impacts of climate change and variability upon wetland ecosystems and waterfowl and acknowledges the important role that wetlands play in the carbon cycle. We describe how t ...
... paper synthesizes new conservation and research approaches to provide a series of science-based recommendations concerning the impacts of climate change and variability upon wetland ecosystems and waterfowl and acknowledges the important role that wetlands play in the carbon cycle. We describe how t ...
a prediction market for climate outcomes
... intertwined with a variety of economic and professional interests, such that virtually no one can make an assertion about climate change without being accused of having some interest—economic, professional, or psychic—in convincing others. In prediction markets, it is simply too costly to sustain a ...
... intertwined with a variety of economic and professional interests, such that virtually no one can make an assertion about climate change without being accused of having some interest—economic, professional, or psychic—in convincing others. In prediction markets, it is simply too costly to sustain a ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... From the perspective of a single country’s delegation, success can be regarded as the value contained by a treaty for the state it represents, which can be measured by the distance between the negotiated outcome and a party’s original position. As Milner (1992, p. 468) notes, underlying this charact ...
... From the perspective of a single country’s delegation, success can be regarded as the value contained by a treaty for the state it represents, which can be measured by the distance between the negotiated outcome and a party’s original position. As Milner (1992, p. 468) notes, underlying this charact ...
Draft Final Report - South Tyneside Council
... resilience planning issues and develops local multi-agency plans and arrangements. These multi-agency settings play a key role in enhancing flood response planning in South Tyneside. 23. The Council participates in a wide range of regular multi-agency emergency exercises that are coordinated through ...
... resilience planning issues and develops local multi-agency plans and arrangements. These multi-agency settings play a key role in enhancing flood response planning in South Tyneside. 23. The Council participates in a wide range of regular multi-agency emergency exercises that are coordinated through ...
Coastal Councils and Planning for Climate Change
... dismay and potential legal liability. However, it is often difficult for local councils to decide how to proceed in responding to the threats posed by climate change. As the NSW Coastline Management Manual 1990 states, “natural" fluctuations in world climate make it difficult to identify and define ...
... dismay and potential legal liability. However, it is often difficult for local councils to decide how to proceed in responding to the threats posed by climate change. As the NSW Coastline Management Manual 1990 states, “natural" fluctuations in world climate make it difficult to identify and define ...
Climate Change and Resource Depletion:The Challenges for Actuarie
... Are actuarial risk models sufficiently robust to incorporate the new and changing environment? The authors also believe that there is a potentially important role for actuaries in contributing to the policy response to climate change and other sustainability issues, and understanding the potential r ...
... Are actuarial risk models sufficiently robust to incorporate the new and changing environment? The authors also believe that there is a potentially important role for actuaries in contributing to the policy response to climate change and other sustainability issues, and understanding the potential r ...
Assessment of Climate Hazards, Traditional Early
... source of livelihood in most African countries. Change in climate is undeniable fact as temperature in the globe is rising and climate variability is common all over the world. To mitigate effect of climate change or adapt to the change, the community need information on climate elements and early w ...
... source of livelihood in most African countries. Change in climate is undeniable fact as temperature in the globe is rising and climate variability is common all over the world. To mitigate effect of climate change or adapt to the change, the community need information on climate elements and early w ...