Government of Nepal Ministry of Population and Environment
... development and improving the country’s economy; its development agenda is constrained given that it is one of the most vulnerable countries to the adverse impacts of climate change. 1. Nepal’s vulnerability to climate change Nepal's mountainous and challenging topography and socio-economic conditio ...
... development and improving the country’s economy; its development agenda is constrained given that it is one of the most vulnerable countries to the adverse impacts of climate change. 1. Nepal’s vulnerability to climate change Nepal's mountainous and challenging topography and socio-economic conditio ...
Trends in Extreme Weather and Climate Events: Issues Related to
... Projections of statistical aspects of weather and climate extremes can be derived from climate models representing possible future climate states. Some of the recent models have reproduced results previously reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second Assessment Report, s ...
... Projections of statistical aspects of weather and climate extremes can be derived from climate models representing possible future climate states. Some of the recent models have reproduced results previously reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Second Assessment Report, s ...
NOAA 31st Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop Boulder, Colorado October 25 2006
... What attribution questions are of high relevance to decision makers, e.g., in water resources planning, agriculture, energy, and policy making for sustainable development? ...
... What attribution questions are of high relevance to decision makers, e.g., in water resources planning, agriculture, energy, and policy making for sustainable development? ...
Water Climate Change Impacts
... Global average temperature increased over the 20th century, with the greatest warming in northern latitudes. Globally, 2015 was the hottest year on record, over 1°C warmer than the pre-industrial average. Global sea level is rising at about 3 mm every year. Across northern Europe rainfall increased ...
... Global average temperature increased over the 20th century, with the greatest warming in northern latitudes. Globally, 2015 was the hottest year on record, over 1°C warmer than the pre-industrial average. Global sea level is rising at about 3 mm every year. Across northern Europe rainfall increased ...
Burbank - Climate Change: Operational and Land Use Strategies
... eco-driving and incentives for more efficient logistic organization, including point of use pricing for roads. “ • “More integrated transport and spatial planning policies might contain demand for motorized transport.” • Mode shifts … cannot … form the corner-stone of effective CO2 abatement policy ...
... eco-driving and incentives for more efficient logistic organization, including point of use pricing for roads. “ • “More integrated transport and spatial planning policies might contain demand for motorized transport.” • Mode shifts … cannot … form the corner-stone of effective CO2 abatement policy ...
CONVENTION ON - the Economics Web Institute
... biodiversity and climate change, in the absence of science based, global, transparent and effective control and regulatory mechanisms for geo-engineering, and in accordance with the precautionary approach and Article 14 of the Convention, that no climate-related geo-engineering activities2 that may ...
... biodiversity and climate change, in the absence of science based, global, transparent and effective control and regulatory mechanisms for geo-engineering, and in accordance with the precautionary approach and Article 14 of the Convention, that no climate-related geo-engineering activities2 that may ...
Adapting to climate change: A perspective from evolutionary
... change on biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in species’ ranges should be modelled and how additional biological mechanisms might be incorporated to improve their utility. Nonetheless, 2 areas stand out as relatively underappreciated: the importanc ...
... change on biodiversity. A large and often contentious literature has developed about how changes in species’ ranges should be modelled and how additional biological mechanisms might be incorporated to improve their utility. Nonetheless, 2 areas stand out as relatively underappreciated: the importanc ...
Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable
... and stability in our world today. We now have powerful evidence that our warming world could roll back decades of development gains and seriously threaten future development prospects, forcing millions more people to live in poverty.4 Recognising this, the international community has committed to li ...
... and stability in our world today. We now have powerful evidence that our warming world could roll back decades of development gains and seriously threaten future development prospects, forcing millions more people to live in poverty.4 Recognising this, the international community has committed to li ...
Draft Note to the meeting of the Programme Committee on 28
... sustainable development. The international efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate changes therefore requires a multi-sectorial approach. At the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009, COP15, a non-binding agreement was reached which included provisions for further “accelerated” financing for both mitig ...
... sustainable development. The international efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate changes therefore requires a multi-sectorial approach. At the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009, COP15, a non-binding agreement was reached which included provisions for further “accelerated” financing for both mitig ...
Communicating Climate Change through ICT
... take their expected or perceived need for knowledge, their interpretative frames and their preconceptions or previous knowledge into account when communicating climate change [6,18]. This means that there is a need to tailor communication to the target audiences. Many attempts have been made to segm ...
... take their expected or perceived need for knowledge, their interpretative frames and their preconceptions or previous knowledge into account when communicating climate change [6,18]. This means that there is a need to tailor communication to the target audiences. Many attempts have been made to segm ...
Communicating the risks of global warming
... about global warming, yet view it as less important than nearly all other national or environmental issues. What explains this paradox? Additionally, why do some Americans see climate change as an urgent, immediate danger, while others view it as a gradual, incremental problem, or not a problem at a ...
... about global warming, yet view it as less important than nearly all other national or environmental issues. What explains this paradox? Additionally, why do some Americans see climate change as an urgent, immediate danger, while others view it as a gradual, incremental problem, or not a problem at a ...
chapter eight climate change, northern subsistence and land based
... also cuts across resource types: wildlife, fisheries, forest resources and water. The area covered is vast, although indigenous populations in the Canadian North are small and no one lives entirely off the land. The issues discussed here may be applicable to some non-aboriginal populations elsewhere ...
... also cuts across resource types: wildlife, fisheries, forest resources and water. The area covered is vast, although indigenous populations in the Canadian North are small and no one lives entirely off the land. The issues discussed here may be applicable to some non-aboriginal populations elsewhere ...
All Climate Change is Local: Understanding and Predicting the
... rapid evolutionary responses to climate change within some populations, although the extent to which evolution can prevent localized extinctions remains unclear.10 Importantly, there are likely to be “winners” and “losers” in organismal responses to climate change, depending on how close organisms a ...
... rapid evolutionary responses to climate change within some populations, although the extent to which evolution can prevent localized extinctions remains unclear.10 Importantly, there are likely to be “winners” and “losers” in organismal responses to climate change, depending on how close organisms a ...
Climate Change is a Geographic Problem
... datasets in detail, which are combined for the comprehensive study and analysis of spatial problems. This methodology parallels the well-known scientific method and includes a research-focused, iterative process for examining diverse datasets and uncovering potential solutions. GIS augments the anal ...
... datasets in detail, which are combined for the comprehensive study and analysis of spatial problems. This methodology parallels the well-known scientific method and includes a research-focused, iterative process for examining diverse datasets and uncovering potential solutions. GIS augments the anal ...
An NPS Framework for Addressing Climate Change with Cultural
... The organization of concepts in Table 2, hereafter termed the “concept framework,” is a starting point for guiding our collective action. For the broadest level of collective action, encompassing NPS and its partners, once work is underway in at least a majority of topics within the framework (both ...
... The organization of concepts in Table 2, hereafter termed the “concept framework,” is a starting point for guiding our collective action. For the broadest level of collective action, encompassing NPS and its partners, once work is underway in at least a majority of topics within the framework (both ...
Paris Agreement in practice: what next for Africa and developing
... a profound impact on the lives of millions of Africans and on the economic development of the continent more generally. In recent years, there has been renewed optimism on the prospect of harnessing Africa’s natural resources to realise social, economic and political transformation and deliver susta ...
... a profound impact on the lives of millions of Africans and on the economic development of the continent more generally. In recent years, there has been renewed optimism on the prospect of harnessing Africa’s natural resources to realise social, economic and political transformation and deliver susta ...
DAY 1 - UAF SNAP
... Climate change is already occurring in Alaska. We can no longer manage for old goals and priorities that assume a static climate. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are necessary. The role of SNAP (the Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning) is to connect planners and other individuals wi ...
... Climate change is already occurring in Alaska. We can no longer manage for old goals and priorities that assume a static climate. Collaboration and knowledge sharing are necessary. The role of SNAP (the Scenarios Network for Alaska and Arctic Planning) is to connect planners and other individuals wi ...
rapid climate change
... measures. Many estimates of future change are based on forecasts from climate models that predict gradual climate responses, more or less proportional to the steadily increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. However, ice and sediment core records reveal that in the past climate has changed abruptly ...
... measures. Many estimates of future change are based on forecasts from climate models that predict gradual climate responses, more or less proportional to the steadily increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. However, ice and sediment core records reveal that in the past climate has changed abruptly ...
Analysis of perception and adaptation to climate change in the Nile
... competes agricultural land. Given the fact that the Nile Basin in Ethiopia is considered very rich in water resources (FAO, 1997), poor irrigation potential can most probably be associated with the inability of farmers to use the already existing water due to technological incapability. Farmers in E ...
... competes agricultural land. Given the fact that the Nile Basin in Ethiopia is considered very rich in water resources (FAO, 1997), poor irrigation potential can most probably be associated with the inability of farmers to use the already existing water due to technological incapability. Farmers in E ...
Ground surface temperature scenarios in complex high
... Received 28 April 2006; revised 1 September 2006; accepted 8 February 2007; published 21 June 2007. ...
... Received 28 April 2006; revised 1 September 2006; accepted 8 February 2007; published 21 June 2007. ...
Climate Change
... Gases in the earth’s atmosphere trap some of the sun’s energy that would otherwise be radiated back into space. This is called the greenhouse effect. This process keeps the earth at a temperature suitable for life. Climate change results from an enhanced greenhouse effect. Increased levels of greenh ...
... Gases in the earth’s atmosphere trap some of the sun’s energy that would otherwise be radiated back into space. This is called the greenhouse effect. This process keeps the earth at a temperature suitable for life. Climate change results from an enhanced greenhouse effect. Increased levels of greenh ...
1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... Goulden, M., O’Brien, K., Ruitenbeek, J., and Tompkins, E.L. (2011). Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change. WIREs Climate Change, 2(5): Sept/Oct 2011. Eriksen, S. Aldunce, P., Bahinipati, C., Martins, R. Molefe, J. Nhemachena, C., O’Brien, K., Olorunfemi, F. Park, J., and Uls ...
... Goulden, M., O’Brien, K., Ruitenbeek, J., and Tompkins, E.L. (2011). Resilience implications of policy responses to climate change. WIREs Climate Change, 2(5): Sept/Oct 2011. Eriksen, S. Aldunce, P., Bahinipati, C., Martins, R. Molefe, J. Nhemachena, C., O’Brien, K., Olorunfemi, F. Park, J., and Uls ...
rapid climate change - BADC
... measures. Many estimates of future change are based on forecasts from climate models that predict gradual climate responses, more or less proportional to the steadily increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. However, ice and sediment core records reveal that in the past climate has changed abruptly ...
... measures. Many estimates of future change are based on forecasts from climate models that predict gradual climate responses, more or less proportional to the steadily increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. However, ice and sediment core records reveal that in the past climate has changed abruptly ...
Del Protocolo de Kioto a la Cumbre de Copenhague : cobertura del
... journalistic norms of balance can generate a bias at public opinion as they try to give the same coverage to both sides of «Climate Change»; those which trust the anthropogenic origin and those sceptics, although this point of view hardly have scientific support (Boykoff and Boykoff, 2004). Our purp ...
... journalistic norms of balance can generate a bias at public opinion as they try to give the same coverage to both sides of «Climate Change»; those which trust the anthropogenic origin and those sceptics, although this point of view hardly have scientific support (Boykoff and Boykoff, 2004). Our purp ...