- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... to explore new directions and areas. The method is most appropriate when the research objective is to comprehend how individuals perceive of a particular program or project. The interview process also facilitates a more targeted discussion on a given topic, and can provide insightful knowledge relat ...
... to explore new directions and areas. The method is most appropriate when the research objective is to comprehend how individuals perceive of a particular program or project. The interview process also facilitates a more targeted discussion on a given topic, and can provide insightful knowledge relat ...
1. COUNTRY PROFILE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
... problems, suggests key priority actions to be undertaken in the area of Disaster Risk Management and addresses adverse impacts of climate change. The document provides an outline of current weather conditions in Burkina Faso, long and medium term trends and establishes linkages with major disaster r ...
... problems, suggests key priority actions to be undertaken in the area of Disaster Risk Management and addresses adverse impacts of climate change. The document provides an outline of current weather conditions in Burkina Faso, long and medium term trends and establishes linkages with major disaster r ...
Pastoralism as a tool for mitigating climate change
... both drought and flood: changes to which pastoralism, more than any other rural land use system, has traditionally been well adapted. Are pastoralists truly at risk from Climate Change? Opinions over what the future holds in store for the world’s pastoralists are polarised, with some experts conside ...
... both drought and flood: changes to which pastoralism, more than any other rural land use system, has traditionally been well adapted. Are pastoralists truly at risk from Climate Change? Opinions over what the future holds in store for the world’s pastoralists are polarised, with some experts conside ...
The physical concept of climate forcing
... focuses on explaining to an interdisciplinary audience the physical interpretation of the concept, including its limitations. It also examines new developments, such as polluter-based emission scenarios, energy budget approaches, and climate impacts other than temperature change. 2010 John Wiley & ...
... focuses on explaining to an interdisciplinary audience the physical interpretation of the concept, including its limitations. It also examines new developments, such as polluter-based emission scenarios, energy budget approaches, and climate impacts other than temperature change. 2010 John Wiley & ...
4_4_Human_health_revised_checked - Eionet Forum
... surges (see Subsection Error! Reference source not found.) have impacts on human health (Kirch et al., 2005; Confalonieri et al., 2007; EEA, 2011a). However, human vulnerability to extreme weather events is determined by a complex set of factors. Evidence suggests that globally, climate change has ...
... surges (see Subsection Error! Reference source not found.) have impacts on human health (Kirch et al., 2005; Confalonieri et al., 2007; EEA, 2011a). However, human vulnerability to extreme weather events is determined by a complex set of factors. Evidence suggests that globally, climate change has ...
The Second Annual Report
... Commission for Wales1 marked its fifth anniversary. Over the past five years, the Commission has played a key role in addressing the challenges of climate change in Wales as a cross-sector, cross-party body, providing advice to Government, building consensus for action and independently reviewing prog ...
... Commission for Wales1 marked its fifth anniversary. Over the past five years, the Commission has played a key role in addressing the challenges of climate change in Wales as a cross-sector, cross-party body, providing advice to Government, building consensus for action and independently reviewing prog ...
Nooksack Indian Tribe: Rivers and Glaciers - UO Blogs
... watershed, and impacts to glaciers will alter the flow rates, water temperature, and seasonality of flow in the Nooksack River and other rivers. In particular, climate change will likely further reduce late summer flows and increase water temperatures at a time that is most critical to the survival ...
... watershed, and impacts to glaciers will alter the flow rates, water temperature, and seasonality of flow in the Nooksack River and other rivers. In particular, climate change will likely further reduce late summer flows and increase water temperatures at a time that is most critical to the survival ...
European Journal of Legal Studies
... consensus. This raises the following interesting questions: What does consensus mean in international law? Are the Cancún decisions legally binding agreements? Usually, if the agreement is adopted as a treaty—as opposed to a political agreement—it is legally binding. A politically binding agreement, ...
... consensus. This raises the following interesting questions: What does consensus mean in international law? Are the Cancún decisions legally binding agreements? Usually, if the agreement is adopted as a treaty—as opposed to a political agreement—it is legally binding. A politically binding agreement, ...
Adapting to climate change in England
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society today – both for the international community and the UK. The debate about the causes is over: we now know that the planet has warmed largely due to human activity. Even with concerted international action now, we are committed to contin ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing society today – both for the international community and the UK. The debate about the causes is over: we now know that the planet has warmed largely due to human activity. Even with concerted international action now, we are committed to contin ...
Farming in a Changing Climate
... have a part to play in preparing for challenges – both risks and opportunities – from future climatic and weather conditions. In Canada, indications are that climate change is already having an effect on farming, thereby increasing the need for research and programs to assist adaptive decision makin ...
... have a part to play in preparing for challenges – both risks and opportunities – from future climatic and weather conditions. In Canada, indications are that climate change is already having an effect on farming, thereby increasing the need for research and programs to assist adaptive decision makin ...
KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
... and causing other changes in climate. Emissions are projected to rise significantly over the next few decades leading to significant increase in global temperatures with profound risks for the natural environment and human society worldwide. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental ...
... and causing other changes in climate. Emissions are projected to rise significantly over the next few decades leading to significant increase in global temperatures with profound risks for the natural environment and human society worldwide. According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental ...
COLIN POLSKY - Florida Center for Environmental Studies
... 2012-24. URL: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/news/workingpapers.cfm . 2. Polsky, C. and P. Panday, 2009. “Book Review: Climate change and globalization in the Arctic: an integrated approach to vulnerability assessment.” Polar Research (28):473-4. 3. Tuler, S., Webler, T., Polsky, C. 2009. A ...
... 2012-24. URL: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/marsh/news/workingpapers.cfm . 2. Polsky, C. and P. Panday, 2009. “Book Review: Climate change and globalization in the Arctic: an integrated approach to vulnerability assessment.” Polar Research (28):473-4. 3. Tuler, S., Webler, T., Polsky, C. 2009. A ...
DISCUSSION PAPER: Cross Cutting Climate Change
... concrete targets that should be embedded in the respective goal area to ensure it is climate smart. The research shows that climate change is to a varying degree relevant to different goal areas. In general goals such as income poverty or health don’t point as directly to action on climate change as ...
... concrete targets that should be embedded in the respective goal area to ensure it is climate smart. The research shows that climate change is to a varying degree relevant to different goal areas. In general goals such as income poverty or health don’t point as directly to action on climate change as ...
Climate Change and Internal Displacement
... vulnerable states, potentially threatening global economic stability.11 Climate change also intensifies both sudden-onset and slow-onset disasters, both of which cause displacement. Sudden-onset disasters such as cyclones and floods are expected to become both more intense and more unpredictable as ...
... vulnerable states, potentially threatening global economic stability.11 Climate change also intensifies both sudden-onset and slow-onset disasters, both of which cause displacement. Sudden-onset disasters such as cyclones and floods are expected to become both more intense and more unpredictable as ...
The Climate Deception Dossiers - Union of Concerned Scientists
... scientific data had confirmed humans’ role in climate change (Figure 2). It was also in 1988 that the United Nations formed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. Congress introduced the National Energy Policy Act of 1988 in an effort to reduce emissions of heat-trapping g ...
... scientific data had confirmed humans’ role in climate change (Figure 2). It was also in 1988 that the United Nations formed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the U.S. Congress introduced the National Energy Policy Act of 1988 in an effort to reduce emissions of heat-trapping g ...
Climates of change: human dimensions of Holocene
... of dune mobilisation during the late Holocene (Shulmeister and Lees, 1995). General agreement exists between the palaeo-ENSO results and the model scenario shown. Other smaller scale climatic factors such as drought and frost frequency may also have varied throughout the Holocene. These factors have ...
... of dune mobilisation during the late Holocene (Shulmeister and Lees, 1995). General agreement exists between the palaeo-ENSO results and the model scenario shown. Other smaller scale climatic factors such as drought and frost frequency may also have varied throughout the Holocene. These factors have ...
The Spatial Dimensions of Climate Change at the Mega
... mega-urban regions to the current impacts of extreme weather events and the predicted impacts of climate change with which they are likely to be confronted in the future (MONRE 2005). With more than half of Vietnam’s population now living in low elevation zones, coastal urban settlements are becomin ...
... mega-urban regions to the current impacts of extreme weather events and the predicted impacts of climate change with which they are likely to be confronted in the future (MONRE 2005). With more than half of Vietnam’s population now living in low elevation zones, coastal urban settlements are becomin ...
Global Warming Greenhouse effect Heat lost to
... Examine and use evidence to justify whether the causes of climate change are caused by Aspire: TYPE humans or natural factors. ...
... Examine and use evidence to justify whether the causes of climate change are caused by Aspire: TYPE humans or natural factors. ...
Reducing the Future to Climate: a Story of Climate Determinism and
... nations 22. And to emphasise the message and the mood, the New Economics Foundation and its partners have wound up the climate clock which is now ticking, second-by-second, until 1 December 2016 when human fate is handed over to the winds, ocean currents and drifting icefloes of a de-stabilised glob ...
... nations 22. And to emphasise the message and the mood, the New Economics Foundation and its partners have wound up the climate clock which is now ticking, second-by-second, until 1 December 2016 when human fate is handed over to the winds, ocean currents and drifting icefloes of a de-stabilised glob ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the component terms, a ...
... mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative forcing and its range are also shown. These require summing asymmetric uncertainty estimates from the component terms, a ...
Uncertainty in science and its role in climate policy
... Tennekes [13]). That said, it is not at all clear how one is to extract probabilities from computer simulations of any kind, much less from those that extrapolate an entire planet to regimes which have never been observed. The diversity of our current climate models, or of any set of models to be de ...
... Tennekes [13]). That said, it is not at all clear how one is to extract probabilities from computer simulations of any kind, much less from those that extrapolate an entire planet to regimes which have never been observed. The diversity of our current climate models, or of any set of models to be de ...
Climate Change and National Park Wildlife: A Survival
... National parks can play an important role in these strategies, preserving healthy ecosystems and their wildlife, in part by helping them to adapt to new climatic conditions. But some challenges must be addressed before the parks can fully step into this role. Right now, no national plan exists to ma ...
... National parks can play an important role in these strategies, preserving healthy ecosystems and their wildlife, in part by helping them to adapt to new climatic conditions. But some challenges must be addressed before the parks can fully step into this role. Right now, no national plan exists to ma ...
Mapping institutional fragmentation in the climate governance
... in different issue areas. While states remain the locus of attention for most scholars, an emerging trend is to look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international organizations, and in what way they form transnational relationships and institutions to further their interests ...
... in different issue areas. While states remain the locus of attention for most scholars, an emerging trend is to look at non-state actors such as NGOs, companies, cities, and international organizations, and in what way they form transnational relationships and institutions to further their interests ...