- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... adaptation activities that are being implemented at national, sub-national, regional and local levels within the Arctic region. The primary means to collect information for this project was by a written survey using a template that included a mix of open-ended and multiple choice questions. The info ...
... adaptation activities that are being implemented at national, sub-national, regional and local levels within the Arctic region. The primary means to collect information for this project was by a written survey using a template that included a mix of open-ended and multiple choice questions. The info ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A global concern - EDA
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
... warming has not been spatially uniform. The continents have warmed faster than the oceans and higher latitudes have warmed faster than lower ones. The Arctic has warmed especially fast (Figure 1.1). Rates of temperature increase have also changed over time. The last 50 years have seen a higher rate ...
The Gap of Climate Adaptation Development of the Spatial Planning
... consider three interconnected pieces of the puzzle: the actors (not on. a static but often wide-ranging and dynamic set over time), the each stage. The barriers may impe context in whichseeming they act, and theis object uponbe which they act we heat larger tolerance). Those limits that can overcome ...
... consider three interconnected pieces of the puzzle: the actors (not on. a static but often wide-ranging and dynamic set over time), the each stage. The barriers may impe context in whichseeming they act, and theis object uponbe which they act we heat larger tolerance). Those limits that can overcome ...
Nature Communications Review Integrating Pliocene Geological
... collection project that has grown in size and scope over the past 25 years (BOX 1). PRISM is, until now, the only synoptic reconstruction of the Pliocene. Data are produced from a global distribution of localities, but work is concentrated on a focused stratigraphic interval. Considerable work by ot ...
... collection project that has grown in size and scope over the past 25 years (BOX 1). PRISM is, until now, the only synoptic reconstruction of the Pliocene. Data are produced from a global distribution of localities, but work is concentrated on a focused stratigraphic interval. Considerable work by ot ...
Climate Finance Study Group
... effectiveness of carbon pricing mechanisms. Systematically aligning price signals with the carbon content of energy, taking account of any other policy objectives, is a potentially important way towards cost-effective mitigation of GHG emissions. Shifting the balance of incentives towards lower-carb ...
... effectiveness of carbon pricing mechanisms. Systematically aligning price signals with the carbon content of energy, taking account of any other policy objectives, is a potentially important way towards cost-effective mitigation of GHG emissions. Shifting the balance of incentives towards lower-carb ...
Longterm climate forcings to assess vulnerability in North Africa dry
... range. Then, SDM was used to estimate its potential distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21,000 BP) and the Middle Holocene (Mid-Holocene; 6,000 BP). Model predictions for past scenarios were compared with Quaternary palaeorecords to evaluate their accuracy. Finally, we forecasted chan ...
... range. Then, SDM was used to estimate its potential distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM; 21,000 BP) and the Middle Holocene (Mid-Holocene; 6,000 BP). Model predictions for past scenarios were compared with Quaternary palaeorecords to evaluate their accuracy. Finally, we forecasted chan ...
Chapter 10
... Asia in 2020s and 5 to 30% decrease in 2050s compared with 1990 levels without CO2 effects (medium confidence) [10.4.1.1]. Freshwater availability in Central, South, East and South-East Asia, particularly in large river basins such as Changjiang, is likely to decrease due to climate change, along wi ...
... Asia in 2020s and 5 to 30% decrease in 2050s compared with 1990 levels without CO2 effects (medium confidence) [10.4.1.1]. Freshwater availability in Central, South, East and South-East Asia, particularly in large river basins such as Changjiang, is likely to decrease due to climate change, along wi ...
RPS-Report template (standard) - University of Technology Sydney
... local communities we represent, we need to plan ahead, taking on board scientific and technical considerations and ensuring the assets and infrastructure we are responsible for are protected now and into the future. This toolkit and case studies are important and innovative examples we can all learn ...
... local communities we represent, we need to plan ahead, taking on board scientific and technical considerations and ensuring the assets and infrastructure we are responsible for are protected now and into the future. This toolkit and case studies are important and innovative examples we can all learn ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... Climate change is inherently unfair. The countries and communities that are most at risk from its impacts, and are least able to adapt, are those that have contributed least to the problem. If poorer nations pursue economic growth by the same means from which the industrialised nations have benefitt ...
... Climate change is inherently unfair. The countries and communities that are most at risk from its impacts, and are least able to adapt, are those that have contributed least to the problem. If poorer nations pursue economic growth by the same means from which the industrialised nations have benefitt ...
Climate Change Fact Sheet Series
... change in climate will probably be too great to allow many ecosystems to suitably adapt, and the rate of species extinction will most likely increase. In addition to impacts on wildlife and species biodiversity, human agriculture, forestry, water resources and health will all be affected. Such impac ...
... change in climate will probably be too great to allow many ecosystems to suitably adapt, and the rate of species extinction will most likely increase. In addition to impacts on wildlife and species biodiversity, human agriculture, forestry, water resources and health will all be affected. Such impac ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... capital investment and risk assessment firms. We will use the workshop to revise and refine the taxonomy and define an appropriate set of analytical needs. The result will form the basis of the research agenda for years two and three, during which, in collaboration with several experts from the indu ...
... capital investment and risk assessment firms. We will use the workshop to revise and refine the taxonomy and define an appropriate set of analytical needs. The result will form the basis of the research agenda for years two and three, during which, in collaboration with several experts from the indu ...
Background Report: Integrated Ecological Impact Assessment
... the future. We find ourselves in the worrying predicament of having to make critical decisions that can dramatically alter the future state of our region, while not yet really seeing the scope of predicted impacts – though the MPB epidemic should give us a glimmer of the future potential impacts. Th ...
... the future. We find ourselves in the worrying predicament of having to make critical decisions that can dramatically alter the future state of our region, while not yet really seeing the scope of predicted impacts – though the MPB epidemic should give us a glimmer of the future potential impacts. Th ...
From Davos to Copenhagen and Beyond
... IPCCix concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would impede the ability of many developing nations to make progress on sustainable development by mid‐century and become a security risk that would steadily intensify, particularly under greater wa ...
... IPCCix concluded, with very high confidence, that climate change would impede the ability of many developing nations to make progress on sustainable development by mid‐century and become a security risk that would steadily intensify, particularly under greater wa ...
Population and climate change scoping paper
... 2. Although the principle cause of climate change is consumption in developed countries, those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are those living in the developing world. Rapid population growth has a negative Impact on the ability of communities and countries to adapt to climate chan ...
... 2. Although the principle cause of climate change is consumption in developed countries, those most vulnerable to the effects of climate change are those living in the developing world. Rapid population growth has a negative Impact on the ability of communities and countries to adapt to climate chan ...
View PDF - Hofstra Law
... climate change public opinion have analyzed data from only one year, or two years at best.12 Several past studies have traded a national focus for a more limited geographical scope.13 While these surveys allow researchers greater flexibility to pursue theoretically significant regional variation (fo ...
... climate change public opinion have analyzed data from only one year, or two years at best.12 Several past studies have traded a national focus for a more limited geographical scope.13 While these surveys allow researchers greater flexibility to pursue theoretically significant regional variation (fo ...
Observed and Projected Ecological Response to Climate Change in
... resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, curr ...
... resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Report Series is used to disseminate high-priority, curr ...
Chapter 12
... domestic product (GDP) per capita based on market exchange rate) ranges from US$1,760 in Moldova to US$55,500 in Luxembourg (World Bank, 2005). The EU25 cover 60% of the total European population, but only 17% of the total European land area and 36% of its agricultural area. In 2003, the European Un ...
... domestic product (GDP) per capita based on market exchange rate) ranges from US$1,760 in Moldova to US$55,500 in Luxembourg (World Bank, 2005). The EU25 cover 60% of the total European population, but only 17% of the total European land area and 36% of its agricultural area. In 2003, the European Un ...
MIGRATION AS AN ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE 1
... Discussions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have included the issue of compensation for countries that may be forced to migrate elsewhere, such as small-island states confronted by rising sea levels. The focus of this paper is on the ways in which changes in environme ...
... Discussions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have included the issue of compensation for countries that may be forced to migrate elsewhere, such as small-island states confronted by rising sea levels. The focus of this paper is on the ways in which changes in environme ...
Guidelines for Responding to the Effects of Climate Change in
... of knowledge about many essential aspects of our complex ecosystem, raises many questions and demands hypotheses about the possible response of systems for which we do not yet have a full understanding. Accordingly, some of the popular debate remains somewhat pessimistic, with the tendency to emphas ...
... of knowledge about many essential aspects of our complex ecosystem, raises many questions and demands hypotheses about the possible response of systems for which we do not yet have a full understanding. Accordingly, some of the popular debate remains somewhat pessimistic, with the tendency to emphas ...
Background Paper
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
... South Asia faces a wide variety of natural hazards and experiences numerous disasters annually that have been steadily increasing in number over recent decades.16 The annual monsoon season, with its associated storms and cyclones, produces the most significant hazards in the region. In fact, of the ...
Center for Global Environmental Research
... facilities at the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Our computer resources have been used by the collaborative research group at NIES, the Center for Climate System Research (CCSR) at the University of Tokyo, and the Frontier ...
... facilities at the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER) of the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Our computer resources have been used by the collaborative research group at NIES, the Center for Climate System Research (CCSR) at the University of Tokyo, and the Frontier ...