Climate change and challenges for conservation
... Box 1: Biodiversity and climate change Biodiversity is more than just species diversity. It is the sum of all organisms on Earth, their relative abundances, their genetic and phenotypic variation and the communities, ecosystems and biomes of which they form part 6,47. Biodiversity loss is more than ...
... Box 1: Biodiversity and climate change Biodiversity is more than just species diversity. It is the sum of all organisms on Earth, their relative abundances, their genetic and phenotypic variation and the communities, ecosystems and biomes of which they form part 6,47. Biodiversity loss is more than ...
climate change adaptation plan
... The Department invests billions of dollars every year in housing, infrastructure, and services in communities across America. As the National Climate Assessment recently documented, climate-related risk is rapidly increasing. These risks are compounded where there is aging infrastructure and as our ...
... The Department invests billions of dollars every year in housing, infrastructure, and services in communities across America. As the National Climate Assessment recently documented, climate-related risk is rapidly increasing. These risks are compounded where there is aging infrastructure and as our ...
Is Climate Change a Moral Issue? Effects of Egoism and Altruism on
... Family Foundation (2000) showed that 64% of Americans considered the protection of the environment to be a moral issue. Others too have argued that the phenomenon of climate change is an ethical problem (Broome, 2008; Davidson, 2008; Jamieson, 2009). In line with this, several studies have reported ...
... Family Foundation (2000) showed that 64% of Americans considered the protection of the environment to be a moral issue. Others too have argued that the phenomenon of climate change is an ethical problem (Broome, 2008; Davidson, 2008; Jamieson, 2009). In line with this, several studies have reported ...
climate change and insurance law
... two concepts, which are often ambiguous. It is not sure that they are always used in the same meanings. « Adaptation » of what ? Of behaviours ? Then, whose behaviours, the insurer’s or the insured’s ? Or adaptation of contract terms ? « Mitigation » of what ? Of gas emissions ? Of the losses result ...
... two concepts, which are often ambiguous. It is not sure that they are always used in the same meanings. « Adaptation » of what ? Of behaviours ? Then, whose behaviours, the insurer’s or the insured’s ? Or adaptation of contract terms ? « Mitigation » of what ? Of gas emissions ? Of the losses result ...
A Complex Constellation: Displacement, Climate Change and Arctic
... governments to protect them from an increasingly unstable environment – or perhaps for other less altruistic reasons? “Change is a fact of life for Arctic peoples generally, and they have a rich history of culturally adaptive responses to deal with it.”2 One of those culturally adaptive responses – ...
... governments to protect them from an increasingly unstable environment – or perhaps for other less altruistic reasons? “Change is a fact of life for Arctic peoples generally, and they have a rich history of culturally adaptive responses to deal with it.”2 One of those culturally adaptive responses – ...
Modeling Impacts of Climate Change on Giant Panda Habitat
... quarter, and wettest quarter had permutation importance of less than 3.0%. Average temperatures for the year, the wettest quarter, and the driest quarter were also less than 3.0%, along with slope and aspect. Less than half of the current giant panda distribution is projected to be suitable by 2080 ...
... quarter, and wettest quarter had permutation importance of less than 3.0%. Average temperatures for the year, the wettest quarter, and the driest quarter were also less than 3.0%, along with slope and aspect. Less than half of the current giant panda distribution is projected to be suitable by 2080 ...
Robust institutional arrangements for national mitigation efforts
... “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each ...
... “Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought. A theory however elegant and economical must be rejected or revised if it is untrue; likewise laws and institutions no matter how efficient and well-arranged must be reformed or abolished if they are unjust. Each ...
Adaptation Strategy and Mitigation of Biological Resources
... variability today and the next should be used as one important variable in determining the basics of national planning development of short, medium and long term as well. Tackling climate change requires effective management of climate variability, and at the same time, anticipating its impact of lo ...
... variability today and the next should be used as one important variable in determining the basics of national planning development of short, medium and long term as well. Tackling climate change requires effective management of climate variability, and at the same time, anticipating its impact of lo ...
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... Reliability of rainfall, particularly at critical phases of crop development, can explain much of the variation in agricultural potential in tropical regions. However, relatively few studies have been made of the combined effects of possible changes in temperature and rainfall on crop yields, and th ...
... Reliability of rainfall, particularly at critical phases of crop development, can explain much of the variation in agricultural potential in tropical regions. However, relatively few studies have been made of the combined effects of possible changes in temperature and rainfall on crop yields, and th ...
Latest version - Broads Authority
... Climate science We notice changes in our day-to-day weather, and short-term variations in our climate such as the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally ar ...
... Climate science We notice changes in our day-to-day weather, and short-term variations in our climate such as the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally ar ...
“Human Rights and Climate Change”. At its 7th session the
... Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environmental Defenders Office (NSW) is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law and has an active program of casework, scientific education and advice, education and law reform. EDO is committed to climate justice ...
... Torres Strait Islander peoples. The Environmental Defenders Office (NSW) is a not-for-profit community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law and has an active program of casework, scientific education and advice, education and law reform. EDO is committed to climate justice ...
Robust Adaptation to Climate Change in the Water Sector in
... under the range of likely future conditions. It is flexible ...
... under the range of likely future conditions. It is flexible ...
climate change, disasters, and human mobility in south asia and
... variable intensity and periodicity in rainfall patterns and monsoon seasons. These effects have been shown to threaten human settlements, infrastructure, resource availability and livelihoods, especially agrarian, small/ marginal households. Such movements occur within a complex set of drivers, such ...
... variable intensity and periodicity in rainfall patterns and monsoon seasons. These effects have been shown to threaten human settlements, infrastructure, resource availability and livelihoods, especially agrarian, small/ marginal households. Such movements occur within a complex set of drivers, such ...
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... livestock production a vital concern in the world particularly in developing countries where many rural households depend on livestock for their livelihoods. This paper therefore looks at both the direct and indirect effects of climate change to livestock production. Adjustments will be necessary in ...
... livestock production a vital concern in the world particularly in developing countries where many rural households depend on livestock for their livelihoods. This paper therefore looks at both the direct and indirect effects of climate change to livestock production. Adjustments will be necessary in ...
2015. Adapting to change in the Crown of the Continent
... and organizations in a more systematic and intentional way across the landscape. They wanted more than discussion, they wanted tangible on-the-ground impact. Sustaining the Crown’s social and ecological fabric will require the ability to adapt and be resilient to stressors such as climate and land u ...
... and organizations in a more systematic and intentional way across the landscape. They wanted more than discussion, they wanted tangible on-the-ground impact. Sustaining the Crown’s social and ecological fabric will require the ability to adapt and be resilient to stressors such as climate and land u ...
2. Scope of a possible GMES Climate Change Contribution
... also apply to forward-looking studies. However, there will be limitations on some of the aspects, due to limitations in both global and downscaled regional climate change models. There are various causes of uncertainties including incomplete understanding of the physical, chemical and biological pro ...
... also apply to forward-looking studies. However, there will be limitations on some of the aspects, due to limitations in both global and downscaled regional climate change models. There are various causes of uncertainties including incomplete understanding of the physical, chemical and biological pro ...
Response of hydrological processes to land
... water-flow pathways in the terrestrial hydrological cycle (Chhabra et al., 2006). The linear warming trend over the ...
... water-flow pathways in the terrestrial hydrological cycle (Chhabra et al., 2006). The linear warming trend over the ...
English - Plan International
... pronounced negative effects on food, water and energy, with two distinctive features – gender and geographic inequality, where men, women and children are disproportionately affected and where some areas are more vulnerable and hit much harder than others. The study also revealed that the effects of ...
... pronounced negative effects on food, water and energy, with two distinctive features – gender and geographic inequality, where men, women and children are disproportionately affected and where some areas are more vulnerable and hit much harder than others. The study also revealed that the effects of ...
GCC Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool v1.0
... additional probing questions to follow up on what has been said, 8) tactfully challenge participants to rethink if their responses are contradictory or not supported by the evidence. Action planning can be an important part of the process. The action plan should be directly tied to the shared climat ...
... additional probing questions to follow up on what has been said, 8) tactfully challenge participants to rethink if their responses are contradictory or not supported by the evidence. Action planning can be an important part of the process. The action plan should be directly tied to the shared climat ...
Landscaping climate change: a mapping technique for
... apparently participatory act, which (on the next pages) becomes a place to order educational material and more information. Most participatory spaces on the web may allow many to post messages and request information and many to read both, but they seem to refer and keep only to themselves. Similar ...
... apparently participatory act, which (on the next pages) becomes a place to order educational material and more information. Most participatory spaces on the web may allow many to post messages and request information and many to read both, but they seem to refer and keep only to themselves. Similar ...
Civil Society Guide to Healthy Rivers and Climate
... ecosystems. For instance, the river’s estuary, where fresh water mixes with the ocean saltwater, is one of the most biologically productive parts of the river – and of the planet. Most of the world’s fish catch comes from species that depend for at least part of their life cycle on estuarine habitat ...
... ecosystems. For instance, the river’s estuary, where fresh water mixes with the ocean saltwater, is one of the most biologically productive parts of the river – and of the planet. Most of the world’s fish catch comes from species that depend for at least part of their life cycle on estuarine habitat ...
Key Steps: Mitigation
... How to scope a sector Determine specific subsectors that will be included e.g. within agriculture: crop cultivation, livestock, fishing ...
... How to scope a sector Determine specific subsectors that will be included e.g. within agriculture: crop cultivation, livestock, fishing ...
Migration, displacement, and the environment
... definition, and often do not cross international borders.17 Similarly, while environmental and climate change may be a driver of displacement, in many cases it is only one driver among many that may compel an individual or family to flee their home. The Wilson Centre argues that the label of ‘climat ...
... definition, and often do not cross international borders.17 Similarly, while environmental and climate change may be a driver of displacement, in many cases it is only one driver among many that may compel an individual or family to flee their home. The Wilson Centre argues that the label of ‘climat ...
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... among countries and broad-based participation of at least major economies is required for any coalition to be environmentally effective. However, stable coalitions are generally small and might well not address satisfactorily the environmental problem, especially when they deal with a global externa ...
... among countries and broad-based participation of at least major economies is required for any coalition to be environmentally effective. However, stable coalitions are generally small and might well not address satisfactorily the environmental problem, especially when they deal with a global externa ...
We Stand as One: Children, Young People and Climate Change
... gases don’t take real action to address the problem? This report shows that young people in developing countries like the Philippines, want young people and governments in developed nations like Australia to take the action necessary to mitigate human-made climate change. The people of Australia mus ...
... gases don’t take real action to address the problem? This report shows that young people in developing countries like the Philippines, want young people and governments in developed nations like Australia to take the action necessary to mitigate human-made climate change. The people of Australia mus ...