Vulnerability Index to climate change in the Latin
... intrusion and greater susceptibility to storm surge. The consequences of these physical impacts are determined not only by a country’s exposure to the variations, but also by the underlying sensitivity of a population to these impacts and the institutional capacity to implement effective adaptation. ...
... intrusion and greater susceptibility to storm surge. The consequences of these physical impacts are determined not only by a country’s exposure to the variations, but also by the underlying sensitivity of a population to these impacts and the institutional capacity to implement effective adaptation. ...
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... Caribbean illustrated the uncertainty for which the region should be prepared, but over which it may have little influence. The workshop should help to strengthen approaches and interventions to ensure a more safe and secure future, despite the changing climate. Mr Jerome Thomas, FAO Representative ...
... Caribbean illustrated the uncertainty for which the region should be prepared, but over which it may have little influence. The workshop should help to strengthen approaches and interventions to ensure a more safe and secure future, despite the changing climate. Mr Jerome Thomas, FAO Representative ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... require that development planners – and the donors who assist with development – give special urgency to the task of helping to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change. The changes are many and already underway. They include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered pre ...
... require that development planners – and the donors who assist with development – give special urgency to the task of helping to build resiliency against the impacts of climate change. The changes are many and already underway. They include rising sea level, increasingly intense cyclones, altered pre ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Marine and
... climate change effects on marine and coastal ecosystems in the geographic extent of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service funded this report to help inform members of the newly established NPLCC as they assess priorities and begin operations. ...
... climate change effects on marine and coastal ecosystems in the geographic extent of the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative (NPLCC). The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service funded this report to help inform members of the newly established NPLCC as they assess priorities and begin operations. ...
Bill McKibben on NY Attorney General`s Exxon Investigation
... against corporate influence at the UN Climate Talks, and the drive to get cultural institutions to cut their ties with fossil fuel companies. “One of the most dynamic and creative wings of the divestment movement is the push to end oil sponsorship of museums, galleries and theatres,” said J ess Wo ...
... against corporate influence at the UN Climate Talks, and the drive to get cultural institutions to cut their ties with fossil fuel companies. “One of the most dynamic and creative wings of the divestment movement is the push to end oil sponsorship of museums, galleries and theatres,” said J ess Wo ...
Climate Models: An Assessment of Strengths and Limitations
... evolved very slowly. The lower limit has been nearly unchanged over time, with very few recent models below 2°. Difficulties in simulating Earth’s clouds and their response to climate change are the fundamental reasons preventing a reduction in this range in model-generated climate sensitivity. Othe ...
... evolved very slowly. The lower limit has been nearly unchanged over time, with very few recent models below 2°. Difficulties in simulating Earth’s clouds and their response to climate change are the fundamental reasons preventing a reduction in this range in model-generated climate sensitivity. Othe ...
Impact Assessment Part 2 - European Commission
... 2020, they are not adequate to reduce emissions to a level consistent with the 2°C target, and therefore lead to a gap. Therefore, Europe must prepare to face more significant consequences of climate change. Mitigation on its own will not be enough to address the climate problem. Two important clari ...
... 2020, they are not adequate to reduce emissions to a level consistent with the 2°C target, and therefore lead to a gap. Therefore, Europe must prepare to face more significant consequences of climate change. Mitigation on its own will not be enough to address the climate problem. Two important clari ...
Climate change - Citizens` Climate Lobby
... If many Americans fail to hear alarm bells, it may be due to the fact that a well-‐ orchestrated campaign has been waged to create the illusion that there is significant disagreement in the scienti ...
... If many Americans fail to hear alarm bells, it may be due to the fact that a well-‐ orchestrated campaign has been waged to create the illusion that there is significant disagreement in the scienti ...
TowARD ReSiLienCe
... unpredictable extreme weather events. People have always adapted to climate variabilityG through a variety of means including, for example, planting late-transplant rice or switching to other, fastergrowing crops. However climate change is pushing at-risk populations beyond their capacityG to cope a ...
... unpredictable extreme weather events. People have always adapted to climate variabilityG through a variety of means including, for example, planting late-transplant rice or switching to other, fastergrowing crops. However climate change is pushing at-risk populations beyond their capacityG to cope a ...
H1. Epistemic community influence on policymaking is probable if
... respect are the UN, NGOs, business actors, civil society actors, and of course, scientists. With respect to complicated issues such as these, surrounded by a thick fog of uncertainty, experts and professionals from various disciplines who form a community based on their beliefs and expertise are oft ...
... respect are the UN, NGOs, business actors, civil society actors, and of course, scientists. With respect to complicated issues such as these, surrounded by a thick fog of uncertainty, experts and professionals from various disciplines who form a community based on their beliefs and expertise are oft ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, and needs of those affected must take center stage as an issue of global social justice. This volume brings together the final versions of papers that were presented first at an international workshop on the social dimensi ...
... people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, and needs of those affected must take center stage as an issue of global social justice. This volume brings together the final versions of papers that were presented first at an international workshop on the social dimensi ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... that will increasingly impact the future of our planet. While the exact economic and social consequences of extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the co ...
... that will increasingly impact the future of our planet. While the exact economic and social consequences of extreme weather events like heat waves, droughts, intense rains, storms and flooding cannot be predicted today, natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina in 2005 demonstrate how dramatic the co ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
... Twenty-four planning areas in nine sectors that the city can influence were assessed to determine their vulnerability and risk with regard to climate change. The assessments revealed that air quality, water quality, and energy assurance are the most vulnerable, at-risk planning areas in the City of ...
... Twenty-four planning areas in nine sectors that the city can influence were assessed to determine their vulnerability and risk with regard to climate change. The assessments revealed that air quality, water quality, and energy assurance are the most vulnerable, at-risk planning areas in the City of ...
Deep South National Science Challenge Engagement Strategy
... This will be delivered by focusing on six objectives: 1. Ensuring that DSC research responds to the needs of New Zealanders 2. Strengthening channels with key audiences and sectors with regard to DSC-related climate change research to build sector-specific interest in, and capacity to understan ...
... This will be delivered by focusing on six objectives: 1. Ensuring that DSC research responds to the needs of New Zealanders 2. Strengthening channels with key audiences and sectors with regard to DSC-related climate change research to build sector-specific interest in, and capacity to understan ...
Final Consultants Report
... 2. Climate change impacts for GMS and individual countries The future climate of the GMS is likely to be warmer and wetter with more frequent extreme weather events. Models of the regional climate of the region to the end of this century summarised in Chapter 4 of this report suggest that the climat ...
... 2. Climate change impacts for GMS and individual countries The future climate of the GMS is likely to be warmer and wetter with more frequent extreme weather events. Models of the regional climate of the region to the end of this century summarised in Chapter 4 of this report suggest that the climat ...
Selected Tools to Evaluate Water Monitoring Networks for Climate
... The impacts of a changing climate are evident in every region of Canada. Planned adaptation to climate change (the result of deliberate policy decisions based on an awareness of changing conditions) requires decision-makers to understand the degree to which a system is susceptible to and able to cop ...
... The impacts of a changing climate are evident in every region of Canada. Planned adaptation to climate change (the result of deliberate policy decisions based on an awareness of changing conditions) requires decision-makers to understand the degree to which a system is susceptible to and able to cop ...
Chapters X and XI: Appendices and Bibliography
... threshold that a growing number of political leaders have stated their intention to avoid.3171 At the high end, scenario A1FI results in even higher climate forcing by 2100 than A2 or A1B.3172 Mid-2000s global emissions of CO2 exceeded even the A1FI scenario.3173 Downscaled Climate Models Note: Whil ...
... threshold that a growing number of political leaders have stated their intention to avoid.3171 At the high end, scenario A1FI results in even higher climate forcing by 2100 than A2 or A1B.3172 Mid-2000s global emissions of CO2 exceeded even the A1FI scenario.3173 Downscaled Climate Models Note: Whil ...
Colorado Climate Preparedness Project Final Report
... • Adaptation efforts need flexibility across agencies in order to be successful. Such flexibility must be supported from the governor’s office. • Water supply impacts are somewhat known, cut across multiple sectors and could provide a focus for a statewide impacts and vulnerability assessment. • ...
... • Adaptation efforts need flexibility across agencies in order to be successful. Such flexibility must be supported from the governor’s office. • Water supply impacts are somewhat known, cut across multiple sectors and could provide a focus for a statewide impacts and vulnerability assessment. • ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 1660s. The warming over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters. Hot summer days with daytime tem ...
... of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 1660s. The warming over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters. Hot summer days with daytime tem ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... Adjacent communities may be exposed to a particular climate-related hazard to the same degree, but differences in their available human and economic resources may result in great differences in sensitivity, and hence in vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Change should not be seen as an independent ...
... Adjacent communities may be exposed to a particular climate-related hazard to the same degree, but differences in their available human and economic resources may result in great differences in sensitivity, and hence in vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Change should not be seen as an independent ...
The Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture, Land Resources,
... • What factors influencing agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States are sensitive to climate and climate change? • How could changes in climate exacerbate or ameliorate stresses on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity? What are t ...
... • What factors influencing agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States are sensitive to climate and climate change? • How could changes in climate exacerbate or ameliorate stresses on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity? What are t ...
Coastal Ecosystems Responses to Climate Change
... Terrestrially derived sediments and nutrients also play a significant role in all coastal ecosystems considered here. Furthermore, marine inputs (e.g. salts) have considerable influence on estuarine, terrestrial and freshwater coastal ecosystems. Australian coastal ecosystems provide a wide range of ...
... Terrestrially derived sediments and nutrients also play a significant role in all coastal ecosystems considered here. Furthermore, marine inputs (e.g. salts) have considerable influence on estuarine, terrestrial and freshwater coastal ecosystems. Australian coastal ecosystems provide a wide range of ...
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... This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university. ...
... This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university. ...
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... elements of both scenario sets are being combined. For the other case studies (Hungary, Iberia and central Asia – referred to as EU-external), no existing scenario sets were identified that were sufficiently similar to the SSPs to be used as a starting point. Existing scenarios were either simply no ...
... elements of both scenario sets are being combined. For the other case studies (Hungary, Iberia and central Asia – referred to as EU-external), no existing scenario sets were identified that were sufficiently similar to the SSPs to be used as a starting point. Existing scenarios were either simply no ...