Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... The present Strategy forms the basis for programming resources under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of clim ...
... The present Strategy forms the basis for programming resources under the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of clim ...
Climate Change and Switzerland 2050
... are not reduced considerably within the coming decades, the consequences of warming may turn out to be much more severe in the second half of the century than those presented in this report. The report assumes a warming of approximately 2 °C (with a range of uncertainty between 1 and 4 °C) in autumn ...
... are not reduced considerably within the coming decades, the consequences of warming may turn out to be much more severe in the second half of the century than those presented in this report. The report assumes a warming of approximately 2 °C (with a range of uncertainty between 1 and 4 °C) in autumn ...
World Bank Document
... approach, vulnerability is a residual of climate change impacts after adaptation; therefore, it is the net impact of climate change (Ribot, 1995; Clark et al, 2000; Luers, 2003). Most index vulnerability assessments have applied the “endpoint” approach looking at historic climatic variability, witho ...
... approach, vulnerability is a residual of climate change impacts after adaptation; therefore, it is the net impact of climate change (Ribot, 1995; Clark et al, 2000; Luers, 2003). Most index vulnerability assessments have applied the “endpoint” approach looking at historic climatic variability, witho ...
AN ASSESSMEN T OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated cli ...
... Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually take place incrementally over millennia. Over the past century, there has been an anomalous increase in global temperature, giving rise to accelerated cli ...
Climate Change and Natural Resources Conflicts in Africa
... CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFLICTS IN AFRICA ...
... CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL RESOURCES CONFLICTS IN AFRICA ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
Equator Principles and Climate Change Issues
... on the other hand, economic activities, in particular infrastructure project financing, are one of the main drivers of current increases in atmospheric greenhouses gas (GHG) concentrations. Accordingly, based on the principles of shareholder, stakeholder, and institutional theories, a number of fina ...
... on the other hand, economic activities, in particular infrastructure project financing, are one of the main drivers of current increases in atmospheric greenhouses gas (GHG) concentrations. Accordingly, based on the principles of shareholder, stakeholder, and institutional theories, a number of fina ...
chapter 1 - UNDPCC.org
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
... Research on Farming Systems Change to Enable Adaptation to Climate Change ...
climate change and water quality in the great lakes region
... Biological productivity is expected to increase with moderate temperature increases. Zoogeographical boundaries move in a changing climate. Introduction of invasive species could be exacerbated. Existing community structures and interactions may change. A changing climate is expected to lead to redu ...
... Biological productivity is expected to increase with moderate temperature increases. Zoogeographical boundaries move in a changing climate. Introduction of invasive species could be exacerbated. Existing community structures and interactions may change. A changing climate is expected to lead to redu ...
Full Report - A New Climate for Peace
... most vulnerable groups within those countries — are the most threatened. In places affected by fragility and conflict, people face especially challenging obstacles to successful adaptation. If they fail to adapt to the effects of climate change, the risk of instability will increase, trapping them i ...
... most vulnerable groups within those countries — are the most threatened. In places affected by fragility and conflict, people face especially challenging obstacles to successful adaptation. If they fail to adapt to the effects of climate change, the risk of instability will increase, trapping them i ...
the User Guide
... consistent set of synthetic climate projections data across Australia for use in biophysical models, which maintain ‘weather-like’ properties and also account for uncertainties and biases in climate change projections, as well as different methods of downscaling. Since July 2012, the CCSP has been d ...
... consistent set of synthetic climate projections data across Australia for use in biophysical models, which maintain ‘weather-like’ properties and also account for uncertainties and biases in climate change projections, as well as different methods of downscaling. Since July 2012, the CCSP has been d ...
Impactsof climate variability and change inthe Pacific Northwest University of Washington
... mild winter and spring of 1997—98 saw an early snow melt, which strained regional water supplies during the summer and fall months. An especially warm and dry summer, coupled with the early melt, led to exceptionally low flows and high temperatures in many Northwest streams. These conditions in turn ...
... mild winter and spring of 1997—98 saw an early snow melt, which strained regional water supplies during the summer and fall months. An especially warm and dry summer, coupled with the early melt, led to exceptionally low flows and high temperatures in many Northwest streams. These conditions in turn ...
Risky business: Engaging the public on sea level rise
... The rate of SLR in the region is about a quarter of a centimeter a year (Boon et al., 2010), among the highest on the Atlantic Coast, and appears to be accelerating (Sallenger et al., 2012). This contributes to the severity of storm surges, inland extension of the coastal floodplain, and future perma ...
... The rate of SLR in the region is about a quarter of a centimeter a year (Boon et al., 2010), among the highest on the Atlantic Coast, and appears to be accelerating (Sallenger et al., 2012). This contributes to the severity of storm surges, inland extension of the coastal floodplain, and future perma ...
Transformational adaptation
... rebuilding to risk management and proactive action. With the approaching United Nations Climate Change Conference, due to be held in Paris, France, later this year, there is a global opportunity space for critical reflection of current practice and proactive, evidence-based dialogue and knowledge ex ...
... rebuilding to risk management and proactive action. With the approaching United Nations Climate Change Conference, due to be held in Paris, France, later this year, there is a global opportunity space for critical reflection of current practice and proactive, evidence-based dialogue and knowledge ex ...
Geoengineering Governance
... reduce GHG emissions or to find other means of countering climate change.23 Meanwhile, cessation of aerosol release after such a program had been in place for some time could cause far more rapid climate change than would have occurred in the absence of any initial geoengineering efforts.24 Furtherm ...
... reduce GHG emissions or to find other means of countering climate change.23 Meanwhile, cessation of aerosol release after such a program had been in place for some time could cause far more rapid climate change than would have occurred in the absence of any initial geoengineering efforts.24 Furtherm ...
Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Revies
... Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating and refining polic ...
... Fiji is on the front lines of climate change. Increased droughts, floods and extreme events such as cyclones affect every sector of Fiji’s economy and impact employment levels, the availability of natural resources and resilience to disasters. As such, Fiji is proactively creating and refining polic ...
Fluvial responses to climate and sea-level change
... Posamentier & Vail, 1988; Posamentier et al., 1988) provided a potential unifying framework for much of sedimentary geology, especially coastal and marine strata, but their application to continental deposits has been controversial. At a basic level, global change and sequencestratigraphic research ...
... Posamentier & Vail, 1988; Posamentier et al., 1988) provided a potential unifying framework for much of sedimentary geology, especially coastal and marine strata, but their application to continental deposits has been controversial. At a basic level, global change and sequencestratigraphic research ...
Volume 1 - Assessment Report - Caribbean Regional Fisheries
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... 1.4.1 Climate risk assessment and post normal science 1.4.2 Uncertainty as a social construct 1.5 Objective, research questions and outline of this thesis 1.6 References ...
... 1.4.1 Climate risk assessment and post normal science 1.4.2 Uncertainty as a social construct 1.5 Objective, research questions and outline of this thesis 1.6 References ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture in the CARICOM region are extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and variability, and to several hazards that typically result in disasters. The concern is with hydro-meteorological and geological hazards while acknowledging interaction with technological haz ...
Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?
... for a given location depends not only on its (monetary and non-monetary) costs and benefits, but also on the level of uncertainty surrounding the hazard risk to be reduced. If uncertainty is high, an approach involving large investments or one that results in a situation that would be very costly to ...
... for a given location depends not only on its (monetary and non-monetary) costs and benefits, but also on the level of uncertainty surrounding the hazard risk to be reduced. If uncertainty is high, an approach involving large investments or one that results in a situation that would be very costly to ...
egypt third national communication
... Climate change is now considered as one of the greatest challenges not only to the national and regional governments but also to the global community. The international scientific community has proven that global warming of the climatic system is unequivocal. As a result of global climatic disorder ...
... Climate change is now considered as one of the greatest challenges not only to the national and regional governments but also to the global community. The international scientific community has proven that global warming of the climatic system is unequivocal. As a result of global climatic disorder ...