Protected Areas: Buffering nature against climate change
... large numbers of species through negative synergies between climate change and the loss and fragmentation of habitats from extensive human modification and use of lands and waters. This is the global conservation challenge confronting countries today and is especially critical to those countries tha ...
... large numbers of species through negative synergies between climate change and the loss and fragmentation of habitats from extensive human modification and use of lands and waters. This is the global conservation challenge confronting countries today and is especially critical to those countries tha ...
climate change and water quality in the great lakes region
... Figure 2.1: Departures from the long-term mean for area-average mean temperature in oC, 1900-1994 for the United States........................................................................5 Figure 2-2: Departures from the 1961-1990 mean of area-average mean temperature (oC), 1900-1999 for souther ...
... Figure 2.1: Departures from the long-term mean for area-average mean temperature in oC, 1900-1994 for the United States........................................................................5 Figure 2-2: Departures from the 1961-1990 mean of area-average mean temperature (oC), 1900-1999 for souther ...
Proceedings from The 50th Societas Ethica Annual Conference
... institutional reforms that are possible to carry out in fact. If the first objective is the most important one, it is also crucial to make sure that fair solutions to climate change can be implemented in the non-ideal circumstances of the real world, especially in situations of partial compliance or ...
... institutional reforms that are possible to carry out in fact. If the first objective is the most important one, it is also crucial to make sure that fair solutions to climate change can be implemented in the non-ideal circumstances of the real world, especially in situations of partial compliance or ...
Volume 1 - Assessment Report - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage ...
... change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage ...
Relevant Science What do we know about the potential impacts of
... 280 parts per million (ppm). Currently, the concentration is 385 ppm, or 38% higher than preindustrial, which has caused a 0.7°C increase in global mean temperature. At this current, level of temperature increase, impacts are measurable significant and comprehensive (See summary from Intergovernment ...
... 280 parts per million (ppm). Currently, the concentration is 385 ppm, or 38% higher than preindustrial, which has caused a 0.7°C increase in global mean temperature. At this current, level of temperature increase, impacts are measurable significant and comprehensive (See summary from Intergovernment ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in
... change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage ...
... change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage ...
Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... was a consensus that the primary issue relates to travellers' consumption of transport services, notably road and air transport. In the former case, there is clear evidence from major tourism destinations such as France, that the use of road transport by travellers contributes significantly to green ...
... was a consensus that the primary issue relates to travellers' consumption of transport services, notably road and air transport. In the former case, there is clear evidence from major tourism destinations such as France, that the use of road transport by travellers contributes significantly to green ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Of Mountain
... Equally, the majority of available research focuses on the adverse impacts of climate change and overlooks both the adaptation mechanisms adopted by the local people and the new opportunities presented. The enormous challenge for the region is to adapt to the impacts of climate change by integrating ...
... Equally, the majority of available research focuses on the adverse impacts of climate change and overlooks both the adaptation mechanisms adopted by the local people and the new opportunities presented. The enormous challenge for the region is to adapt to the impacts of climate change by integrating ...
Climate Factsheets - Public Interest Research Centre
... relatively patchy coverage.31 We can’t change history, instantly move, or buy more weather stations to get better coverage. Attempts to deal with this problem vary:32 GISTEMP assumes the temperature anomaly in an area without many weather stations (most notably the Arctic) is the same as the nearest ...
... relatively patchy coverage.31 We can’t change history, instantly move, or buy more weather stations to get better coverage. Attempts to deal with this problem vary:32 GISTEMP assumes the temperature anomaly in an area without many weather stations (most notably the Arctic) is the same as the nearest ...
Abbreviations and acronyms - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage ...
... change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological hazards as well. Agencies in the region see considerable convergence between CCA and DRM and encourage ...
a guidebook on climate scenarios
... reality is forcing decision-makers to evaluate the potential impacts, risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities that climate change presents. The development of adaptation plans and actions to adjust to this new reality requires decision-makers to increase their understanding of available climate inf ...
... reality is forcing decision-makers to evaluate the potential impacts, risks, vulnerabilities and opportunities that climate change presents. The development of adaptation plans and actions to adjust to this new reality requires decision-makers to increase their understanding of available climate inf ...
Omitted Damages What`s Missing from the Social Cost of Carbon.indd
... mostly the result of the approximately 54 percent increase in the federal government’s central 2015 SCC estimate from 2010 to 2013. Because the 2013 IWG used the same methodology to estimate the global SCC as the 2010 IWG (IWG 2013),5 all changes in the SCC estimates are the result of updates to the ...
... mostly the result of the approximately 54 percent increase in the federal government’s central 2015 SCC estimate from 2010 to 2013. Because the 2013 IWG used the same methodology to estimate the global SCC as the 2010 IWG (IWG 2013),5 all changes in the SCC estimates are the result of updates to the ...
Situation Analysis on Climate Change - 400 Bad Request
... This situation analysis will proceed first by giving a background on the GBM region, including relevant demographic, geographic, hydrological and social statistics; relevant information in these areas will also be given for India’s GBM states. In terms of geography/demography, the ratio of the GBM f ...
... This situation analysis will proceed first by giving a background on the GBM region, including relevant demographic, geographic, hydrological and social statistics; relevant information in these areas will also be given for India’s GBM states. In terms of geography/demography, the ratio of the GBM f ...
united - Stockholm Convention
... A brief scientific evaluation of the current literature on climate change and persistent organic pollutants can be found in the report on the impacts of climate change and persistent organic pollutants (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/26).The key findings of the report include: (a) Climate change could affect p ...
... A brief scientific evaluation of the current literature on climate change and persistent organic pollutants can be found in the report on the impacts of climate change and persistent organic pollutants (UNEP/POPS/COP.5/INF/26).The key findings of the report include: (a) Climate change could affect p ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... discourse as paradigm of cultural sociology. It thus pays tribute to the understanding of culture as an independent variable in the analysis of social phenomena. It shows how narrative analysis can benefit from cultural sociology’s understanding of culture. This model is applied to the discourse abo ...
... discourse as paradigm of cultural sociology. It thus pays tribute to the understanding of culture as an independent variable in the analysis of social phenomena. It shows how narrative analysis can benefit from cultural sociology’s understanding of culture. This model is applied to the discourse abo ...
Helping Biodiversity Adapt
... be viewed at national, regional and local scales, and explain their interpretation. 3. Provide examples of how this information can be used, with a particular focus on strategic planning and implementation phases in a way that links with climate-ready principles and strategic goals. ...
... be viewed at national, regional and local scales, and explain their interpretation. 3. Provide examples of how this information can be used, with a particular focus on strategic planning and implementation phases in a way that links with climate-ready principles and strategic goals. ...
Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Children in
... their vulnerability is multidimensional, shaped largely by the physical, social, and emotional changes that take place over the course of childhood. These changes are intensified by children’s heightened sensitivity to negative or high-impact events during the early stages of development and by thei ...
... their vulnerability is multidimensional, shaped largely by the physical, social, and emotional changes that take place over the course of childhood. These changes are intensified by children’s heightened sensitivity to negative or high-impact events during the early stages of development and by thei ...
Ch4 Pre-release version - Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
... Increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are very likely to have a larger effect on climate in the Arctic than anywhere else on the globe. Physically based, global coupled atmosphere-land-ocean climate models are used to project possible future climate change. Given a change i ...
Climate Change and Biodiversity
... At the global level, human activities have caused and will continue to cause a loss in biodiversity1 through, inter alia, land-use and land-cover change; soil and water pollution and degradation (including desertification), and air pollution; diversion of water to intensively managed ecosystems and ...
... At the global level, human activities have caused and will continue to cause a loss in biodiversity1 through, inter alia, land-use and land-cover change; soil and water pollution and degradation (including desertification), and air pollution; diversion of water to intensively managed ecosystems and ...
Promoting Climate Resilient Infrastructure in
... to international trade, Vietnam has taken great strides to overcoming economic and human poverty. It is now well on its way to achieving middle-income status. The national poverty rate declined from 58% in 1993 to 16% in 2008, and rural poverty declined from 64% to 20% over the same period2. Despite ...
... to international trade, Vietnam has taken great strides to overcoming economic and human poverty. It is now well on its way to achieving middle-income status. The national poverty rate declined from 58% in 1993 to 16% in 2008, and rural poverty declined from 64% to 20% over the same period2. Despite ...
Synthesis of Climate Change Knowledge and Planning Practices
... scale useful for NRM planning has been very patchy. For example, studies of sea level rise have been carried out for the Torres Strait Islands (Green et al., 2009) but not for other NRM regions within the Wet Tropics Cluster yet. Tourism, agriculture, mining, fisheries, urban development, Indigenous ...
... scale useful for NRM planning has been very patchy. For example, studies of sea level rise have been carried out for the Torres Strait Islands (Green et al., 2009) but not for other NRM regions within the Wet Tropics Cluster yet. Tourism, agriculture, mining, fisheries, urban development, Indigenous ...
Future Climate Change: Modeling and Scenarios
... general circulation models (AOGCMs) are widely acknowledged as the principal, and most promising rapidly developing tools for simulating the response of the global climate system to increasing GHG concentrations. In its Third Assessment Report, the IPCC (2001) concluded that state-of-the-art AOGCMs ...
... general circulation models (AOGCMs) are widely acknowledged as the principal, and most promising rapidly developing tools for simulating the response of the global climate system to increasing GHG concentrations. In its Third Assessment Report, the IPCC (2001) concluded that state-of-the-art AOGCMs ...
