Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... Livelihoods of indigenous peoples in the Arctic have been altered by climate change, through impacts on food security and traditional and cultural values (medium confidence). There is emerging evidence of climate change impacts on livelihoods of indigenous people in other regions. {18.4.6, Box 18-5, ...
... Livelihoods of indigenous peoples in the Arctic have been altered by climate change, through impacts on food security and traditional and cultural values (medium confidence). There is emerging evidence of climate change impacts on livelihoods of indigenous people in other regions. {18.4.6, Box 18-5, ...
ities` action on climate change in South West England.
... In order to answer some of these questions it seemed appropriate to investigate what local authorities in my own part of the UK were doing to respond to the then government’s policy on climate change mitigation to deliver the reductions in greenhouse emissions required by the Climate Change Act 200 ...
... In order to answer some of these questions it seemed appropriate to investigate what local authorities in my own part of the UK were doing to respond to the then government’s policy on climate change mitigation to deliver the reductions in greenhouse emissions required by the Climate Change Act 200 ...
The Macroeconomics of Climate Change Final Report, May 2013
... this end, the report suggests a framework for understanding the macroeconomics of climate change and provides a checklist of issues that future studies could aim to cover. The literature on the macroeconomics of climate change is reviewed with a focus on bottom-up, sector-specific studies, Integrate ...
... this end, the report suggests a framework for understanding the macroeconomics of climate change and provides a checklist of issues that future studies could aim to cover. The literature on the macroeconomics of climate change is reviewed with a focus on bottom-up, sector-specific studies, Integrate ...
Developing and Applying Scenarios
... have been constructed. However, most of these scenarios do not address climate change issues explicitly; they focus instead on other issues—for example, food security and carbon cycling. Large improvements have been made since the Second Assessment Report (SAR) in defining current and historic land- ...
... have been constructed. However, most of these scenarios do not address climate change issues explicitly; they focus instead on other issues—for example, food security and carbon cycling. Large improvements have been made since the Second Assessment Report (SAR) in defining current and historic land- ...
The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific
... The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific The Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank are highly vulnerable to the predicted effects of climate change, including higher sea levels, intense storm surges and cyclones, erratic rainfall patterns, and major temperature fluc ...
... The Economics of Climate Change in the Pacific The Pacific developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank are highly vulnerable to the predicted effects of climate change, including higher sea levels, intense storm surges and cyclones, erratic rainfall patterns, and major temperature fluc ...
Climate Satellites Affirmative - NDI - 2011
... temperature, because the increased area of open water has its largest impact on surface air temperature in the cool seasons. Further, we suggest that the stability of sea level during the Holocene is a consequence of the fact that global temperature remained just below the level required to initiate ...
... temperature, because the increased area of open water has its largest impact on surface air temperature in the cool seasons. Further, we suggest that the stability of sea level during the Holocene is a consequence of the fact that global temperature remained just below the level required to initiate ...
Regional Climate Information – Evaluation and Projections
... for the range of models and scenarios considered). In contrast, the warming will be less than the global mean in south and Southeast Asia in June-July-August (JJA), and in southern South America in winter. • It is likely that: precipitation will increase over northern midlatitude regions in winter a ...
... for the range of models and scenarios considered). In contrast, the warming will be less than the global mean in south and Southeast Asia in June-July-August (JJA), and in southern South America in winter. • It is likely that: precipitation will increase over northern midlatitude regions in winter a ...
Climate Adaptation Outlook
... inundation. On the other hand, there has been progress in reducing risks in some areas with where impacts on livelihoods are more immediate — for example through increased capacity to manage risks to activities that depend on water resources. In many cases (such as natural ecosystems) risks are know ...
... inundation. On the other hand, there has been progress in reducing risks in some areas with where impacts on livelihoods are more immediate — for example through increased capacity to manage risks to activities that depend on water resources. In many cases (such as natural ecosystems) risks are know ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... 2007b). What is unique about current global climate change, relative to historical changes, is the causal role of human activity (also called anthropogenic forcing) and the current and projected dramatic changes in climate across the globe. Our primary aim in our report is to engage members of the p ...
... 2007b). What is unique about current global climate change, relative to historical changes, is the causal role of human activity (also called anthropogenic forcing) and the current and projected dramatic changes in climate across the globe. Our primary aim in our report is to engage members of the p ...
Psychology and Global Climate Change
... 2007b). What is unique about current global climate change, relative to historical changes, is the causal role of human activity (also called anthropogenic forcing) and the current and projected dramatic changes in climate across the globe. Our primary aim in our report is to engage members of the p ...
... 2007b). What is unique about current global climate change, relative to historical changes, is the causal role of human activity (also called anthropogenic forcing) and the current and projected dramatic changes in climate across the globe. Our primary aim in our report is to engage members of the p ...
Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics
... messages represent our syntheses of expected threats and impacts based on expert opinion but also substantiated by published sources. Each key message is followed by a brief explanation of the underlying scientific support with a small number of key citations to the relevant literature. In most case ...
... messages represent our syntheses of expected threats and impacts based on expert opinion but also substantiated by published sources. Each key message is followed by a brief explanation of the underlying scientific support with a small number of key citations to the relevant literature. In most case ...
Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
... tasks and outcomes. Inherent to the process is the intention of adaptive management. The method of managing adaptively is appropriate for this context in dealing with uncertainty in climate change as well as the importance of tracking, monitoring and evaluating adaptive measures designed to reduce c ...
... tasks and outcomes. Inherent to the process is the intention of adaptive management. The method of managing adaptively is appropriate for this context in dealing with uncertainty in climate change as well as the importance of tracking, monitoring and evaluating adaptive measures designed to reduce c ...
The Global “Disappearing Act”: How Island States Can Maintain
... International law does not adequately address this problem, and it needs to develop in a way that not only ensures the continued existence of these states, but also addresses the actions of other states that contribute to climate change in an attempt to slow or stop this process. Much of the existin ...
... International law does not adequately address this problem, and it needs to develop in a way that not only ensures the continued existence of these states, but also addresses the actions of other states that contribute to climate change in an attempt to slow or stop this process. Much of the existin ...
What are the next steps? - Environmental Law Institute
... This publication is part of a project to strengthen legal capacities in Mexico, to analyze and propose alternatives that facilitate climate change mitigation and the transition to a low carbon economy. It started as an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat). I ...
... This publication is part of a project to strengthen legal capacities in Mexico, to analyze and propose alternatives that facilitate climate change mitigation and the transition to a low carbon economy. It started as an initiative of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat). I ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Synthesis Report
... natural resources and shift comparative advantage between nations, with implications for interstate rivalry and the balance of power. • Cross-cutting risks relating to the capacity of communities, businesses, infrastructure providers and national and local government across the UK to act early and e ...
... natural resources and shift comparative advantage between nations, with implications for interstate rivalry and the balance of power. • Cross-cutting risks relating to the capacity of communities, businesses, infrastructure providers and national and local government across the UK to act early and e ...
CLIVAR Research Foci Development Team ENSO in a changing
... Over the past few years, new promising methods have emerged which can improve ENSO simulations -- for example by bridging ENSO theoretical frameworks and CGCM simulations. Examples include the development of indices that can be used to assess the stability of ENSO in CGCMs, and intermediate models t ...
... Over the past few years, new promising methods have emerged which can improve ENSO simulations -- for example by bridging ENSO theoretical frameworks and CGCM simulations. Examples include the development of indices that can be used to assess the stability of ENSO in CGCMs, and intermediate models t ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Do Not Cite
... Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the Asian region (high confidence) [24.3]. Increasing trends in annual mean temperatures and numbers of warm days, and a decreasing trend in cold days, have been observed across most of the Asian region, including t ...
... Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the Asian region (high confidence) [24.3]. Increasing trends in annual mean temperatures and numbers of warm days, and a decreasing trend in cold days, have been observed across most of the Asian region, including t ...
RE-CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE: DISCOURSES OF THE EMERGING MOVEMENT FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
... developed. Known as climate justice, this grassroots movement strives to insert questions of social equity into the climate change debate (Tokar 2010; Newell and Paterson 2010; Pettit 2004; Ott, Sterk, and Watanabe 2008; Roberts and Parks 2009). In particular, social equity issues surrounding differ ...
... developed. Known as climate justice, this grassroots movement strives to insert questions of social equity into the climate change debate (Tokar 2010; Newell and Paterson 2010; Pettit 2004; Ott, Sterk, and Watanabe 2008; Roberts and Parks 2009). In particular, social equity issues surrounding differ ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... unfounded alarmism nor dismissed by blue-eyed ignorance, but approached with precaution. Essentially a multi-cause and multi-effect phenomenon, climate change is severe, transnational, and evolving. The 2007 Nobel peace prize co-laureate United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estim ...
... unfounded alarmism nor dismissed by blue-eyed ignorance, but approached with precaution. Essentially a multi-cause and multi-effect phenomenon, climate change is severe, transnational, and evolving. The 2007 Nobel peace prize co-laureate United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estim ...
A Warm Response, Our Climate Change Challenge
... will not be felt until well after the time for meaningful decision-making has long passed. Whilst no one household, city, county, region or nation alone can resolve it, we should be in no doubt that our individual contribution is important. As a County Council we have recognised that climate change ...
... will not be felt until well after the time for meaningful decision-making has long passed. Whilst no one household, city, county, region or nation alone can resolve it, we should be in no doubt that our individual contribution is important. As a County Council we have recognised that climate change ...
Facing an uncertain future : how forests and people can adapt to
... (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, many carbon markets reward tropical forestry activities, and the inclusion of avoided tropical deforestation in a future international agreement is being discussed. While tropical forests are an important component of mitigation science and policy, their role in adaptati ...
... (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, many carbon markets reward tropical forestry activities, and the inclusion of avoided tropical deforestation in a future international agreement is being discussed. While tropical forests are an important component of mitigation science and policy, their role in adaptati ...
Coastal flooding and wetland loss in the 21st century: changes
... The flood model predicts that about 10 million people/year experienced coastal flooding due to surges in 1990. The incidence of flooding will change without sea-level rise, but these changes are strongly controlled by assumptions on protection. Assuming that defence standards improve with growth in GDP ...
... The flood model predicts that about 10 million people/year experienced coastal flooding due to surges in 1990. The incidence of flooding will change without sea-level rise, but these changes are strongly controlled by assumptions on protection. Assuming that defence standards improve with growth in GDP ...
GDI 12 – Warming Core
... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/feb/19/frontpagenews.climatechange) KA A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies of Greenland and Antarctica have fo ...
... http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/feb/19/frontpagenews.climatechange) KA A critical meltdown of ice sheets and severe sea level rise could be inevitable because of global warming, the world's scientists are preparing to warn their governments. New studies of Greenland and Antarctica have fo ...
Europe
... Sea level rise and increases in extreme rainfall are projected to further increase coastal and river flood risk in Europe and, without adaptive measures, will substantially increase flood damages (people affected and economic losses) (high confidence). {23.3.1, 23.5.1} Adaptation can prevent most of ...
... Sea level rise and increases in extreme rainfall are projected to further increase coastal and river flood risk in Europe and, without adaptive measures, will substantially increase flood damages (people affected and economic losses) (high confidence). {23.3.1, 23.5.1} Adaptation can prevent most of ...