Monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation and
... Climate change is one of the most important global issues, with broad and far reaching ecological, social, economic, and political impact. Uganda is already experiencing impacts of climate variability and climate change manifested through change of weather patterns and resultant disasters including ...
... Climate change is one of the most important global issues, with broad and far reaching ecological, social, economic, and political impact. Uganda is already experiencing impacts of climate variability and climate change manifested through change of weather patterns and resultant disasters including ...
Impacts of climate change on Australian marine life
... The timing of events in an animal’s life, such as when it lays eggs, migrates, or shows peaks in abundance. As these events may be sensitive to climate, phenology studies provide evidence of climate impacts on biology. Piscivorous Fish eating. Resilience Refers to the amount of disturbance or stress ...
... The timing of events in an animal’s life, such as when it lays eggs, migrates, or shows peaks in abundance. As these events may be sensitive to climate, phenology studies provide evidence of climate impacts on biology. Piscivorous Fish eating. Resilience Refers to the amount of disturbance or stress ...
Risks of Climate Change with Respect to the Singapore
... has risen. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average increase in global temperature (combined land and surface) between the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period was 0.78 ◦ C (0.72 to 0.85). But should we prepare for such a relatively small change? The importance is ...
... has risen. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the average increase in global temperature (combined land and surface) between the 1850–1900 period and the 2003–2012 period was 0.78 ◦ C (0.72 to 0.85). But should we prepare for such a relatively small change? The importance is ...
Department of Defense Natural Resources Program Fall 2015
... How do I know what is most Alison and Peter study the impacts of important? And, perhaps even climate change on the desert ecosystem in more importantly in a tight fiscal the Sonoran Desert, AZ. environment, how can I argue effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these que ...
... How do I know what is most Alison and Peter study the impacts of important? And, perhaps even climate change on the desert ecosystem in more importantly in a tight fiscal the Sonoran Desert, AZ. environment, how can I argue effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these que ...
The Economic Impact of Climate Change on Cash Crop Farms in
... The impact of climate change and the resulting variation in climate can have a serious impact on the agricultural industry. Defined as a change in the state of the climate, climate change can be continually identified by shifts in the mean or variability of temperature and precipitation (Chen 2011). ...
... The impact of climate change and the resulting variation in climate can have a serious impact on the agricultural industry. Defined as a change in the state of the climate, climate change can be continually identified by shifts in the mean or variability of temperature and precipitation (Chen 2011). ...
Guidelines for Use of Climate Scenarios Developed from Statistical
... broader questions about downscaling approaches, whether statistical downscaling or regional modelling. For example, is high-resolution information really needed for the application? Is the effort involved in producing high-resolution climate information appropriate in the context of all of the uncer ...
... broader questions about downscaling approaches, whether statistical downscaling or regional modelling. For example, is high-resolution information really needed for the application? Is the effort involved in producing high-resolution climate information appropriate in the context of all of the uncer ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... the threats of climate change (and has emphasized planning more than action). For example, all 45 NAPAs filed through the end of 2010 have focused on steps that might be taken at the national level to adapt to climate change and on priority adaptation projects within the jurisdictional boundaries of ...
... the threats of climate change (and has emphasized planning more than action). For example, all 45 NAPAs filed through the end of 2010 have focused on steps that might be taken at the national level to adapt to climate change and on priority adaptation projects within the jurisdictional boundaries of ...
Analyzing Urban Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change: A
... Janus-faced character: On the one hand, cities contribute more than two-thirds of the world’s global GHG emissions; on the other hand, cities are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. For example, cities which are located in delta areas are vulnerable to natural disasters such as ...
... Janus-faced character: On the one hand, cities contribute more than two-thirds of the world’s global GHG emissions; on the other hand, cities are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. For example, cities which are located in delta areas are vulnerable to natural disasters such as ...
The implications of climate change for the water environment in
... This paper reviews the implications of climate change for the water environment and its management in England. There is a large literature, but most studies have looked at flow volumes or nutrients and none have considered explicitly the implications of climate change for the delivery of water manag ...
... This paper reviews the implications of climate change for the water environment and its management in England. There is a large literature, but most studies have looked at flow volumes or nutrients and none have considered explicitly the implications of climate change for the delivery of water manag ...
Investing in a Time of Climate Change
... provide a baseline measure with which to assess and adjust, as appropriate, the various measures employed to address carbon risk (e.g. assess the extent to which carbon intensity of the equity portfolio is reducing over time). Over time, NYSCRF could consider to what extent the results of the carbon ...
... provide a baseline measure with which to assess and adjust, as appropriate, the various measures employed to address carbon risk (e.g. assess the extent to which carbon intensity of the equity portfolio is reducing over time). Over time, NYSCRF could consider to what extent the results of the carbon ...
Enhancing the relevance of Shared Socioeconomic Pathways for
... The process could be enhanced by addressing the question of how to bridge the scales between the global and the regional, local, and sectoral interests of the IAV community. The literature provides numerous and diverse examples of approaches for bridging across scales, but such methods can introduce ...
... The process could be enhanced by addressing the question of how to bridge the scales between the global and the regional, local, and sectoral interests of the IAV community. The literature provides numerous and diverse examples of approaches for bridging across scales, but such methods can introduce ...
Mitigation of What and by What? Adaptation by Whom and
... technologies will have a customer base formed by those who are likely to be most vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, the extent to which we change (or can change) current patterns of consumption and production will be a reflection of the technologies available to make that change, the willingnes ...
... technologies will have a customer base formed by those who are likely to be most vulnerable to climate change. Moreover, the extent to which we change (or can change) current patterns of consumption and production will be a reflection of the technologies available to make that change, the willingnes ...
DHM - MIS - Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment
... quality, water quality, limnology, snow hydrology, glaciology, wind and solar energy. DHM provides general and aviation weather forecasts, forecasting and early warning of hydro-meteorological hazards; and contributes to the global exchange of meteorological data on a regular basis as a member of th ...
... quality, water quality, limnology, snow hydrology, glaciology, wind and solar energy. DHM provides general and aviation weather forecasts, forecasting and early warning of hydro-meteorological hazards; and contributes to the global exchange of meteorological data on a regular basis as a member of th ...
now - Melton Borough Council
... winters to become wetter and summers to become drier. The insurance industry has warned that premiums could rise as flood prone properties become more difficult to protect, and some properties may be unable to obtain insurance against flood altogether. Climate change effects could mean that extreme ...
... winters to become wetter and summers to become drier. The insurance industry has warned that premiums could rise as flood prone properties become more difficult to protect, and some properties may be unable to obtain insurance against flood altogether. Climate change effects could mean that extreme ...
climate variability - NCAR Research Applications Laboratory
... Variability is a fundamental characteristic of the water resources of the Western U.S.. Water availability varies geographically, and streamflows fluctuate on daily, seasonal, annual, and decadal time scales. Runoff depends on climatic processes that, to some extent, follow regular seasonal patterns ...
... Variability is a fundamental characteristic of the water resources of the Western U.S.. Water availability varies geographically, and streamflows fluctuate on daily, seasonal, annual, and decadal time scales. Runoff depends on climatic processes that, to some extent, follow regular seasonal patterns ...
Cognitive and affective risk judgements related to climate change
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
... attention in the last decades. The attention is motivated by claims that GCC will cause enormous worldwide problems in the future, and that it constitutes a challenge for humanity to mitigate or adapt to (United Nations’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC], 2007a, 2007b). Attention is ...
Inuit population
... and the ecosystems on which they depend more time to adapt. Indeed, “dangerous” climate change may already be occurring in Canada’s Arctic regions, or will happen soon, thereby compelling Parties to the FCCC to act immediately through mitigation to avoid “dangerous anthropogenic interference with th ...
... and the ecosystems on which they depend more time to adapt. Indeed, “dangerous” climate change may already be occurring in Canada’s Arctic regions, or will happen soon, thereby compelling Parties to the FCCC to act immediately through mitigation to avoid “dangerous anthropogenic interference with th ...
Will the Paris agreement save the world?
... way forward to achieve emissions reductions. First, the pre-conference national pledges for climate action are predicated on a goal of 2 degree warming and while the agreement includes a commitment to update pledges and make them more progressive, the text is vague on the overall ambition and it doe ...
... way forward to achieve emissions reductions. First, the pre-conference national pledges for climate action are predicated on a goal of 2 degree warming and while the agreement includes a commitment to update pledges and make them more progressive, the text is vague on the overall ambition and it doe ...
Adapting To Climate Change In Pacific Island Countries: The
... Those actions or activities that people, individually or in groups, take in order to accommodate, cope with or benefit from the effects of climate change (Campbell and de Wet 1999, p. v). ...
... Those actions or activities that people, individually or in groups, take in order to accommodate, cope with or benefit from the effects of climate change (Campbell and de Wet 1999, p. v). ...
International Climate Policy, National Positions, and Their Domestic
... One of few broad studies that systematically investigates the democracy–civil society “tension” in the literature is the aforecited Bernauer, Böhmelt and Koubi (2013). The authors propose an argument according to which we should observe a negative relationship when interacting indicators of democrac ...
... One of few broad studies that systematically investigates the democracy–civil society “tension” in the literature is the aforecited Bernauer, Böhmelt and Koubi (2013). The authors propose an argument according to which we should observe a negative relationship when interacting indicators of democrac ...
A semiparametric multivariate, multisite weather generator with
... the performance of a system over a range of plausible climate changes to identify harmful climate states that could cause the system to fail. As the literature on this topic is relatively young, limited tools have been investigated for the production of altered climate time series over which to cond ...
... the performance of a system over a range of plausible climate changes to identify harmful climate states that could cause the system to fail. As the literature on this topic is relatively young, limited tools have been investigated for the production of altered climate time series over which to cond ...
Climate Risk and Business
... of which a significant portion relates to materials and export of goods produced in the country. Hence, the impacts of climate change on ports will have much wider socio-economic ramifications. This study analyzes climate related risks and opportunities facing IFC’s client, Muelles el Bosque, and pr ...
... of which a significant portion relates to materials and export of goods produced in the country. Hence, the impacts of climate change on ports will have much wider socio-economic ramifications. This study analyzes climate related risks and opportunities facing IFC’s client, Muelles el Bosque, and pr ...
- Parliament of Vanuatu
... and efficient work of this Act and must advise the Minister and the Director General on all matters relating to this Act. Clause 5 empowers the Director to delegate his or her functions to an officer of the Department or to an authorised officer appointed under clause 6. Clause 6 enables the Directo ...
... and efficient work of this Act and must advise the Minister and the Director General on all matters relating to this Act. Clause 5 empowers the Director to delegate his or her functions to an officer of the Department or to an authorised officer appointed under clause 6. Clause 6 enables the Directo ...