Adaptation Research Programs and Funding
... The fourteen recommendations in Special Report 290 range from inventorying transportation infrastructure to recognizing the consequences of climate change, to better communication, coordination, and exchange of information with other agencies such as National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administra ...
... The fourteen recommendations in Special Report 290 range from inventorying transportation infrastructure to recognizing the consequences of climate change, to better communication, coordination, and exchange of information with other agencies such as National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administra ...
Accounting for Health Impacts of Climate Change
... climate change will significantly challenge the public health community at the global, national, and local levels. While all populations are vulnerable to climate-induced health risks, the most vulnerable remain those in low-income groups with little adaptive capacity, among which the elderly, child ...
... climate change will significantly challenge the public health community at the global, national, and local levels. While all populations are vulnerable to climate-induced health risks, the most vulnerable remain those in low-income groups with little adaptive capacity, among which the elderly, child ...
Documentation of Research on Climate change and water
... health, water and food security. Notwithstanding these efforts to identify all institutions and researchers working on climate change and water in SADC, it is important to note that the results presented in this paper could be limited in that they may exclude work especially of community based organ ...
... health, water and food security. Notwithstanding these efforts to identify all institutions and researchers working on climate change and water in SADC, it is important to note that the results presented in this paper could be limited in that they may exclude work especially of community based organ ...
Chapter 4: Food Production
... increasing use of riparian buffer zones, controlled tile drainage and controlling livestock access to natural surface waters (AAFC, 2011). Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture decreased by 2.6% between 1990 and 2007, largely due to changes in land use (AAFC, 2011). New or modified technologies ...
... increasing use of riparian buffer zones, controlled tile drainage and controlling livestock access to natural surface waters (AAFC, 2011). Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture decreased by 2.6% between 1990 and 2007, largely due to changes in land use (AAFC, 2011). New or modified technologies ...
here - OHCHR
... affected by the increase in natural disasters and climate change. Changes in the environment and climate also have an impact on human mobility. As a matter of fact, a comprehensive human rights-based approach that puts people first and treats them as rights-holder – especially the elderly, children, ...
... affected by the increase in natural disasters and climate change. Changes in the environment and climate also have an impact on human mobility. As a matter of fact, a comprehensive human rights-based approach that puts people first and treats them as rights-holder – especially the elderly, children, ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... empirical models were used for local climate change projections (Bergant et al, 2005, 2006) of future climate simulation results performed by four GCMs. The GCMs are: Australian CSIRO/Mk2 developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Gordon & O’Farrel, 199 ...
... empirical models were used for local climate change projections (Bergant et al, 2005, 2006) of future climate simulation results performed by four GCMs. The GCMs are: Australian CSIRO/Mk2 developed by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Gordon & O’Farrel, 199 ...
English
... It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change will have a profound influence on the agroecological conditions under which farmers and rural populations need to develop their livelihood strategies, manage their natural resources and achieve food security. Climate change can be regarded as bei ...
... It is becoming increasingly clear that climate change will have a profound influence on the agroecological conditions under which farmers and rural populations need to develop their livelihood strategies, manage their natural resources and achieve food security. Climate change can be regarded as bei ...
Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made
... sensitivity, we first make a remark about climate models and then briefly summarize Earth's recent climate history to provide specificity to the concept of climate feedbacks. Climate models, based on physical laws that describe the structure and dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, as well as proce ...
... sensitivity, we first make a remark about climate models and then briefly summarize Earth's recent climate history to provide specificity to the concept of climate feedbacks. Climate models, based on physical laws that describe the structure and dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean, as well as proce ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change
... Some of these examples may be surprising. Climate change is farreaching, potentially increasing the intensity of everything from nonpoint source pollution to natural hazards, such as hurricanes and flooding. Our intention is that this publication help expand thinking about existing programs and proj ...
... Some of these examples may be surprising. Climate change is farreaching, potentially increasing the intensity of everything from nonpoint source pollution to natural hazards, such as hurricanes and flooding. Our intention is that this publication help expand thinking about existing programs and proj ...
Regional Summaries - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... Uncertainty is particularly large for East Africa due to concerns about whether the GCM models adequately capture the dynamics of the rainy seasons in that region and because higher resolution regional climate models do not seem to reproduce, but rather contradict, the increase in precipitation seen ...
... Uncertainty is particularly large for East Africa due to concerns about whether the GCM models adequately capture the dynamics of the rainy seasons in that region and because higher resolution regional climate models do not seem to reproduce, but rather contradict, the increase in precipitation seen ...
Seminar paper
... good, namely the control of GHG emissions. On the one hand, reducing GHG emissions is costly because new technologies have to be developed and adopted to replace fossil fuel consumption. On the other hand, lower emissions reduce concentrations and the associated negative economic impacts of climate ...
... good, namely the control of GHG emissions. On the one hand, reducing GHG emissions is costly because new technologies have to be developed and adopted to replace fossil fuel consumption. On the other hand, lower emissions reduce concentrations and the associated negative economic impacts of climate ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... The EVI climate change sub-index values produced by SOPAC, indicates the environmental risks likely to result from climate change. In this study, we have used these values to rank the relative biophysical vulnerability of PICs to climate change. Although the ranking indicated a hierarchy of vulnerab ...
... The EVI climate change sub-index values produced by SOPAC, indicates the environmental risks likely to result from climate change. In this study, we have used these values to rank the relative biophysical vulnerability of PICs to climate change. Although the ranking indicated a hierarchy of vulnerab ...
The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of Science
... does not necessarily imply disbelief in either that knowledge or the phenomena it represents. Given its vital role in helping to make sense of environmental problems such as climate change, there simply can be no question of doing without science. Rather, the challenge is how to understand and live ...
... does not necessarily imply disbelief in either that knowledge or the phenomena it represents. Given its vital role in helping to make sense of environmental problems such as climate change, there simply can be no question of doing without science. Rather, the challenge is how to understand and live ...
Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in
... Introduction This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been inte ...
... Introduction This directory includes information on potential sources of funding for projects that seek to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in agriculture in low-income countries. To meet food security needs as well as commitments to reducing GHG emissions, a number of countries have been inte ...
international legal implications of climate change for the polar
... not an issue which can be addressed regionally is slowly beginning to change. There are (at least) three areas where action can and should be undertaken by polar states: mitigating and minimising local greenhouse gas emissions; developing appropriate regional adaptation strategies; and representing ...
... not an issue which can be addressed regionally is slowly beginning to change. There are (at least) three areas where action can and should be undertaken by polar states: mitigating and minimising local greenhouse gas emissions; developing appropriate regional adaptation strategies; and representing ...
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... people intent to protect themselves from the threat (in this case reduce the occurrence of maladaptation and adopt adaptation measures). In the coping appraisal, people evaluate their perceived ability to undertake adaptation measures (perceived self-efficacy; [22,24], as well as the perceived effec ...
... people intent to protect themselves from the threat (in this case reduce the occurrence of maladaptation and adopt adaptation measures). In the coping appraisal, people evaluate their perceived ability to undertake adaptation measures (perceived self-efficacy; [22,24], as well as the perceived effec ...
Climate change : quantifying the health impact at national
... the size and distribution of health risks can therefore be an important tool in identifying which actions will be most effective in adapting to climate change. They may also provide an incentive to cooperate at the international level to reduce our impacts on the global climate. Climate change is un ...
... the size and distribution of health risks can therefore be an important tool in identifying which actions will be most effective in adapting to climate change. They may also provide an incentive to cooperate at the international level to reduce our impacts on the global climate. Climate change is un ...
Perceptions and Awareness of Climate Change in Andros Island the
... This research looks specifically at Blue Holes as indicators of environmental and cultural change for Androsians. The underlying purpose of this project is twofold: 1) conduct research into how Androsians perceive the threat of Climate Change; and 2) increase awareness by providing educational oppor ...
... This research looks specifically at Blue Holes as indicators of environmental and cultural change for Androsians. The underlying purpose of this project is twofold: 1) conduct research into how Androsians perceive the threat of Climate Change; and 2) increase awareness by providing educational oppor ...
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
... that this is absolutely the worst of all. Virtually every sentence can be contested or does not represent a complete survey of a relevant literature… …There is an overwhelming amount of misleading material in the CCSP’s “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.” It is immediately obvious ...
... that this is absolutely the worst of all. Virtually every sentence can be contested or does not represent a complete survey of a relevant literature… …There is an overwhelming amount of misleading material in the CCSP’s “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.” It is immediately obvious ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Policy Processes in
... willing to do its part, but being the casualty of a problem not of its making, it would require assistance to combat the effects of climate change. 6 The second viewpoint is that climate change processes in Ghana are driven less by an independent assessment of the problem than by international clima ...
... willing to do its part, but being the casualty of a problem not of its making, it would require assistance to combat the effects of climate change. 6 The second viewpoint is that climate change processes in Ghana are driven less by an independent assessment of the problem than by international clima ...
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... information is lost regarding how net farm revenue might respond to varying degrees of adoption. For example, the benefits of irrigation would depend greatly on the extent to which it was used, rather than simply whether it was adopted or not. Secondly, even though adaptation is inherently a time-se ...
... information is lost regarding how net farm revenue might respond to varying degrees of adoption. For example, the benefits of irrigation would depend greatly on the extent to which it was used, rather than simply whether it was adopted or not. Secondly, even though adaptation is inherently a time-se ...
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, we have provided the following note in the footnote: “Information as cited in [secondary source ...
... wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, we have provided the following note in the footnote: “Information as cited in [secondary source ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts
... system. Yet, the interconnected avenues through which climate extremes drive ecological and physiological processes and alter the carbon balance are poorly understood. Here, we review the literature on carbon cycle relevant responses of ecosystems to extreme climatic events. Given that impacts of cl ...
... system. Yet, the interconnected avenues through which climate extremes drive ecological and physiological processes and alter the carbon balance are poorly understood. Here, we review the literature on carbon cycle relevant responses of ecosystems to extreme climatic events. Given that impacts of cl ...
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies
... The impact of climate change and natural disasters represent a major challenge to sustainable development, food security and poverty reduction in the Republic of Fiji. Fiji‟s people and its environment have been historically exposed to several risks such as cyclones and changes of rainfall patterns ...
... The impact of climate change and natural disasters represent a major challenge to sustainable development, food security and poverty reduction in the Republic of Fiji. Fiji‟s people and its environment have been historically exposed to several risks such as cyclones and changes of rainfall patterns ...
Particulate air pollution from wildfires in the Western US under
... (present day and future), together with emission factors for carbonaceous species (Andreae and Merlet 2001). The transport and lifetime of PM2.5 is calculated online in GEOS-Chem using GEOS-5 meteorology. Output from GEOS-Chem consisted of 24-hour averages of PM2.5 during the fire season (May-Octobe ...
... (present day and future), together with emission factors for carbonaceous species (Andreae and Merlet 2001). The transport and lifetime of PM2.5 is calculated online in GEOS-Chem using GEOS-5 meteorology. Output from GEOS-Chem consisted of 24-hour averages of PM2.5 during the fire season (May-Octobe ...