Case Study: Climate Change Resilience of Melbourne
... In response to climate change risks, local councils in the metropolitan Melbourne area have taken proactive measures in identifying and monitoring climate change impacts and planning for climate change adaptation. All councils, which have undertaken climate change adaptation planning, have implement ...
... In response to climate change risks, local councils in the metropolitan Melbourne area have taken proactive measures in identifying and monitoring climate change impacts and planning for climate change adaptation. All councils, which have undertaken climate change adaptation planning, have implement ...
Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Changes in Egypt
... comprises only 0.08%. Total groundwater plus treated groundwater is 20.65 billion m3 year−1 (28% of available water resources), but it cannot be added to Egypt’s share of water as it is a reused source (CAPMAS 2009). Awareness and concern for problems related to environmental quality are growing at ...
... comprises only 0.08%. Total groundwater plus treated groundwater is 20.65 billion m3 year−1 (28% of available water resources), but it cannot be added to Egypt’s share of water as it is a reused source (CAPMAS 2009). Awareness and concern for problems related to environmental quality are growing at ...
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
... Anaís Medeiros Passos is a 6th semester student of International Relations at Universidade Federaldo Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She is also a member of the Strategy and International Relations Center (NERINT) at the same university. She took part in the 6th and 7th edition of UFRGSMUN and this is he ...
... Anaís Medeiros Passos is a 6th semester student of International Relations at Universidade Federaldo Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). She is also a member of the Strategy and International Relations Center (NERINT) at the same university. She took part in the 6th and 7th edition of UFRGSMUN and this is he ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... paper is based on an analysis of three country studies conducted by national research teams in eight research sites in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique for ACCRA. It describes the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework developed for this project, its application during the research, and the evidence ...
... paper is based on an analysis of three country studies conducted by national research teams in eight research sites in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique for ACCRA. It describes the Local Adaptive Capacity (LAC) framework developed for this project, its application during the research, and the evidence ...
Climate Change Adaptation Actions for Local
... also influenced the global hydrological cycle. Precipitation in some regions of the world has increased significantly while more intense and longer droughts have been observed since the 1970s in other regions (IPCC, 2007). Since 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided ...
... also influenced the global hydrological cycle. Precipitation in some regions of the world has increased significantly while more intense and longer droughts have been observed since the 1970s in other regions (IPCC, 2007). Since 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided ...
Community Climate Petition to the House of Representatives
... years to assess the effectiveness of its own policies to tackle climate change. In June 2017, the Australian Government will launch a review into its Emissions Reduction Fund, the scheme that pays polluters to cut some of their greenhouse gas emissions. In 2018, the Australian Government must also r ...
... years to assess the effectiveness of its own policies to tackle climate change. In June 2017, the Australian Government will launch a review into its Emissions Reduction Fund, the scheme that pays polluters to cut some of their greenhouse gas emissions. In 2018, the Australian Government must also r ...
Climate Extremes Communications Guidebook
... in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally. WWF’s unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, involves action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that me ...
... in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally. WWF’s unique way of working combines global reach with a foundation in science, involves action at every level from local to global, and ensures the delivery of innovative solutions that me ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... Since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities have been causing greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere to rapidly increase. These gases help control the earth’s temperature to make it habitable. However, as the graphic below explains, increased levels of GHGs have caused a ...
... Since the start of the industrial revolution, human activities have been causing greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere to rapidly increase. These gases help control the earth’s temperature to make it habitable. However, as the graphic below explains, increased levels of GHGs have caused a ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Plant Growth, Ecosystem Services
... biodiversity and ecosystem function (Lepetz et al., 2009). Climate change is a result from emission of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, & N2O, etc.) in the past century that will cause atmospheric warming (IPCC, 2007). The effects have become particularly obvious over the last 30 years in the natura ...
... biodiversity and ecosystem function (Lepetz et al., 2009). Climate change is a result from emission of greenhouse gases (e.g. CO2, CH4, & N2O, etc.) in the past century that will cause atmospheric warming (IPCC, 2007). The effects have become particularly obvious over the last 30 years in the natura ...
What California`s Coastal Managers Need to Plan for Climate Change
... often preoccupied with the responsibilities of their jobs and tend not to have the time or inclination to search for information from scientific sources (even if it may be relevant to their work), researchers are typically driven to publish results in scientific and professional journals that oft ...
... often preoccupied with the responsibilities of their jobs and tend not to have the time or inclination to search for information from scientific sources (even if it may be relevant to their work), researchers are typically driven to publish results in scientific and professional journals that oft ...
CSKT Climate Change Strategic Plan
... precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the atmosphere’s composition and land surface. ...
... precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period of time (decades or longer). Climate change may result from natural factors and processes and from human activities that change the atmosphere’s composition and land surface. ...
Accessing and Using Climate Data and Information in Fragile, Data
... Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and short-lived, such as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes; they can also be larger-scale storms such as tropical cyclones or prolonged dry and sunny weather. Climate is often described ...
... Weather systems are patterns of weather that can vary in duration and spatial extent. They can be very localized and short-lived, such as severe thunderstorms and tornadoes; they can also be larger-scale storms such as tropical cyclones or prolonged dry and sunny weather. Climate is often described ...
Adapting bridge infrastructure to climate change: institutionalizing resilience in intergovernmental transportation planning
... lists a number of specific strategies for integrating climate change adaptation into current US policy, all of which fall into one of five main categories: research; planning; design standards; project delivery and the environmental review process; and funding, performance, and accountability (Cambr ...
... lists a number of specific strategies for integrating climate change adaptation into current US policy, all of which fall into one of five main categories: research; planning; design standards; project delivery and the environmental review process; and funding, performance, and accountability (Cambr ...
The Missing Science from the Draft National Assessment on Climate Change
... current and future impacts of climate change in the United States, but to confuse the reader by a loose handling of normal climate events (made seemingly more frequent, intense and damaging simply by our growing population, population movements, and wealth) presented as climate change events. Additi ...
... current and future impacts of climate change in the United States, but to confuse the reader by a loose handling of normal climate events (made seemingly more frequent, intense and damaging simply by our growing population, population movements, and wealth) presented as climate change events. Additi ...
TSRA Climate Change Strategy-2014-2018
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, with impacts already being observed in societies and ecosystems around the world. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid 20th centuryi. The extent of the predicted effects of climate ...
... Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, with impacts already being observed in societies and ecosystems around the world. It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid 20th centuryi. The extent of the predicted effects of climate ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect various definitions (found in literature) of the same terms and to clarify these key adaptation concep ...
... on key adaptation concepts and terms that have entered the UNFCCC lexicon such as ‘adaptation’, ‘vulnerability’, ‘adverse effect’, ‘adaptive capacity’, and others. The aim of the task is to collect various definitions (found in literature) of the same terms and to clarify these key adaptation concep ...
PART VI Burden Sharing and Development
... crops (wheat, rice and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, with higher emissions pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an effect that suggests plants can improve photosynthesis and productivity with higher ...
... crops (wheat, rice and maize) in tropical and temperate regions, with higher emissions pathways worsening the impacts (Porter et al. 2014). Under the most optimistic climate scenario – and with CO2 fertilization (an effect that suggests plants can improve photosynthesis and productivity with higher ...
Cities and climate change - Urban Climate Change Research Network
... 4. Limited monitoring and evaluation of policies The evaluation of mitigation policies requires emission inventories. Yet there is as yet no generally agreed methodology at the city level (Kern et al., 2005). Methodologies differ, depending on whether they are production or consumption based and on ...
... 4. Limited monitoring and evaluation of policies The evaluation of mitigation policies requires emission inventories. Yet there is as yet no generally agreed methodology at the city level (Kern et al., 2005). Methodologies differ, depending on whether they are production or consumption based and on ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and
... this context to simulate vegetation distribution under several equilibrium climate change scenarios (VEMAP 1995; Neilson and others 1998; Neilson and Drapek 1998). The resulting vegetation maps have then been used by biogeochemistry models to determine the carbon budget estimates. The equilibrium mo ...
... this context to simulate vegetation distribution under several equilibrium climate change scenarios (VEMAP 1995; Neilson and others 1998; Neilson and Drapek 1998). The resulting vegetation maps have then been used by biogeochemistry models to determine the carbon budget estimates. The equilibrium mo ...
Forests synchronize their growth in contrasting Eurasian regions in
... (SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3), indicating that the increasing synchrony in tree growth is a widespread ecological phenomenon, although regionally dependent. Synchrony estimates could be sensitive to the number of available chronologies, a number that has decreased progressively in the most recent ...
... (SI Appendix, Tables S2 and S3), indicating that the increasing synchrony in tree growth is a widespread ecological phenomenon, although regionally dependent. Synchrony estimates could be sensitive to the number of available chronologies, a number that has decreased progressively in the most recent ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Low‐Income Countries
... Castleman for his thoughtful comments on an earlier version of this paper, and we thank Xin Qin, Aaron Elrod, and especially Jonathan Rothbaum for their excellent research assistance. ...
... Castleman for his thoughtful comments on an earlier version of this paper, and we thank Xin Qin, Aaron Elrod, and especially Jonathan Rothbaum for their excellent research assistance. ...