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... latest developments of international climate change negotiations, additional warming cannot be excluded. To some extent, short-term and medium-term temperature increases are already predetermined, as well as the associated damages. The Fourth Assessment Report (Solomon et al. 2007, Parry et al. 2007 ...
... latest developments of international climate change negotiations, additional warming cannot be excluded. To some extent, short-term and medium-term temperature increases are already predetermined, as well as the associated damages. The Fourth Assessment Report (Solomon et al. 2007, Parry et al. 2007 ...
A Changing Arctic Climate Science and Policy in the
... Water and Environmental Studies in Linköping. This environment has shaped the translation of my vague ideas and interests into this dissertation about the role of science and policy in framing Arctic climate change. Together with the other parts of the Tema Institute, it provided the theoretical and ...
... Water and Environmental Studies in Linköping. This environment has shaped the translation of my vague ideas and interests into this dissertation about the role of science and policy in framing Arctic climate change. Together with the other parts of the Tema Institute, it provided the theoretical and ...
Mirrored at GFMC Archive - The Global Fire Monitoring Center
... user community.³ From the outset, the GFMC was positioned under the auspices of the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) in the 1990s. Aer the phase-out of the IDNDR, its successor arrangement, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (U ...
... user community.³ From the outset, the GFMC was positioned under the auspices of the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) in the 1990s. Aer the phase-out of the IDNDR, its successor arrangement, the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (U ...
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... Also risk perception can limit adaptation, as individuals may not feel a sense of urgency (risk suppression), especially when simultaneously threatened by other risks. Other reasons for adaptation limitation in this sense are external factors such as pollution, conflict and disease which make ecosys ...
... Also risk perception can limit adaptation, as individuals may not feel a sense of urgency (risk suppression), especially when simultaneously threatened by other risks. Other reasons for adaptation limitation in this sense are external factors such as pollution, conflict and disease which make ecosys ...
A C I
... several issues that need to be recognised and clarified to make such an agreement effective. The paper assumes that an agreement on adaptation will concern and serve all Parties, both Annex I and non-Annex I countries. First, the paper examines the current state of play on adaptation at the internat ...
... several issues that need to be recognised and clarified to make such an agreement effective. The paper assumes that an agreement on adaptation will concern and serve all Parties, both Annex I and non-Annex I countries. First, the paper examines the current state of play on adaptation at the internat ...
Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study
... like heat and cold, will increase 125% by the year 2030. • An estimated 12.5% of Colorado residents currently live in poverty, potentially making them less able to adapt to climate variability and climate change. • Only 20% of Colorado’s wildland-urban interface (WUI) is currently developed, with t ...
... like heat and cold, will increase 125% by the year 2030. • An estimated 12.5% of Colorado residents currently live in poverty, potentially making them less able to adapt to climate variability and climate change. • Only 20% of Colorado’s wildland-urban interface (WUI) is currently developed, with t ...
Vulnerability ofPaci c Island agriculture and forestry to climate change
... Island countries and territories (PICTs). These sectors underpin the livelihoods of a significant proportion of the region’s population and also account for an important share of export earnings for many countries. It is essential therefore to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the ag ...
... Island countries and territories (PICTs). These sectors underpin the livelihoods of a significant proportion of the region’s population and also account for an important share of export earnings for many countries. It is essential therefore to assess the potential impacts of climate change on the ag ...
The effectiveness of climate finance: a review of the Adaptation Fund
... fund, particularly in with respect to the private sector, recognising the diversity of ways in which investment and implementation capacities may be harnessed in support of low carbon climate resilient development. Recognising the central importance of finance for (9) innovation to global efforts to ...
... fund, particularly in with respect to the private sector, recognising the diversity of ways in which investment and implementation capacities may be harnessed in support of low carbon climate resilient development. Recognising the central importance of finance for (9) innovation to global efforts to ...
Coastal Hazards and Climate Change
... The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment, 2007 concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. The Fourth Assessment also showed that it is likely that anthropogenic ...
... The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment, 2007 concluded that most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. The Fourth Assessment also showed that it is likely that anthropogenic ...
Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change - EEG, TU-Wien
... MINISTERIAL ADDRESS BY Rt Hon MARGARET BECKETT, MP ...
... MINISTERIAL ADDRESS BY Rt Hon MARGARET BECKETT, MP ...
Workshop Proceedings Report: South Asia Media Workshop
... is rising relative to supply, and this is going to be a point of contention, resulting in social conflicts. This could also have adverse impact on the food security situation of the region. For planning and decision making to tackle these myriad challenges, data are needed. The Intergovernmental Pan ...
... is rising relative to supply, and this is going to be a point of contention, resulting in social conflicts. This could also have adverse impact on the food security situation of the region. For planning and decision making to tackle these myriad challenges, data are needed. The Intergovernmental Pan ...
Application for CMIP6-Endorsed MIPs
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
... experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation will be distributed for community use via the ESGF infrastructure. Other Model Intercomparison Projects (MIPs) will build on the CMIP DECK experiments and the CMIP6 Historical Simulation and augment them to address a broad range of scientific questions ...
Climate Change Adaptation: Outcomes from the Great Barrier Reef
... activities under the Action Plan. They present just some of more than 250 projects and activities that make up the first five years of our adaptation work in the Great Barrier Reef region. They capture the breadth and spirit of the Great Barrier Reef community and the shared commitment to doing our ...
... activities under the Action Plan. They present just some of more than 250 projects and activities that make up the first five years of our adaptation work in the Great Barrier Reef region. They capture the breadth and spirit of the Great Barrier Reef community and the shared commitment to doing our ...
Scoping study: Modelling the interaction between mitigation and adaptation
... be required. A certain amount of warming cannot therefore be avoided via mitigation perhaps at least 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, risks of catastrophic climate change and more particularly dangerous climate change impacts become significant with larger increases in temperature. Since ...
... be required. A certain amount of warming cannot therefore be avoided via mitigation perhaps at least 1.5C above pre-industrial levels. Meanwhile, risks of catastrophic climate change and more particularly dangerous climate change impacts become significant with larger increases in temperature. Since ...
Climate change and human health
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
Towards climate resilience in agriculture for Southeast Asia
... challenges specific to Southeast Asia, the solutions may come from, or already have been tested elsewhere. It is for this reason that these papers have been included. Of all the challenges presented by climate change, one of the biggest is uncertainty. The lack of certainty about how climate change ...
... challenges specific to Southeast Asia, the solutions may come from, or already have been tested elsewhere. It is for this reason that these papers have been included. Of all the challenges presented by climate change, one of the biggest is uncertainty. The lack of certainty about how climate change ...
Climate change and human health RISKS AND RESPONSES Editors
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
... warmest since instrumental records began in the nineteenth century, and contained 9 of the 10 warmest years ever recorded. The causes of this change are increasingly well understood. The Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, published in 2001, goes further than it ...
IFC Climate Implementation Plan (April 2016)
... finance. In addition, incorporation of a “climate carve out” in significant SME credit lines can boost climate investment without the need for dedicated lines. This strategy can also be used for corporate loans and investment funds. Urban Infrastructure: In addition to green buildings, targeting inv ...
... finance. In addition, incorporation of a “climate carve out” in significant SME credit lines can boost climate investment without the need for dedicated lines. This strategy can also be used for corporate loans and investment funds. Urban Infrastructure: In addition to green buildings, targeting inv ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... report is complete (2). Government reviewers provide written comments on the SPM draft. Addressing these government review comments, the SPM scientist author team then revises the draft in advance of an in-person government-approval plenary session. In the plenary session, IPCC member governments ap ...
... report is complete (2). Government reviewers provide written comments on the SPM draft. Addressing these government review comments, the SPM scientist author team then revises the draft in advance of an in-person government-approval plenary session. In the plenary session, IPCC member governments ap ...
Workstream I: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
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... conceptualize viable adaptation approaches. Climate change challenges the concept of baseline, which is a fundamental assumption in wildlife management and conservation (Arcese & Sinclair 1997; Davis 2000). Some adaptation options, like translocation, are incongruent with historic ecological conditi ...
... conceptualize viable adaptation approaches. Climate change challenges the concept of baseline, which is a fundamental assumption in wildlife management and conservation (Arcese & Sinclair 1997; Davis 2000). Some adaptation options, like translocation, are incongruent with historic ecological conditi ...
The Role of New Media in Protest Organisation
... in London in advance of the United Nations Climate Summit in December 2009. Apart from traditional channels, the organisation relied on new and social media channels, such as Facebook and Twitter, to promote the protest march and rally protesters. This raises the question of how these new media chan ...
... in London in advance of the United Nations Climate Summit in December 2009. Apart from traditional channels, the organisation relied on new and social media channels, such as Facebook and Twitter, to promote the protest march and rally protesters. This raises the question of how these new media chan ...
Inuit Priorities for Canada`s Climate Strategy
... and growing needs Canadian Inuit face as we adapt to climate change in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland spanning four jurisdictions (the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik in Québec, and Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador) that together encompass 50 percent o ...
... and growing needs Canadian Inuit face as we adapt to climate change in Inuit Nunangat, the Inuit homeland spanning four jurisdictions (the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik in Québec, and Nunatsiavut in northern Labrador) that together encompass 50 percent o ...