tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... deep gender gaps are leading to unequal food and nutrition security around the world, the gender roles and norms surrounding food and farming differ vastly from country to country. Building resilience in agricultural livelihoods only works when all people engaged in smallholder farming have fair acc ...
... deep gender gaps are leading to unequal food and nutrition security around the world, the gender roles and norms surrounding food and farming differ vastly from country to country. Building resilience in agricultural livelihoods only works when all people engaged in smallholder farming have fair acc ...
The effects of climate change in the Netherlands
... beginning of 2005, the State Secretary for the Environment posed a number of pertinent questions to the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency; for example, what effects have been observed, what could be expected in the foreseeable future (within several decades) and what factors need to be taken ...
... beginning of 2005, the State Secretary for the Environment posed a number of pertinent questions to the Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency; for example, what effects have been observed, what could be expected in the foreseeable future (within several decades) and what factors need to be taken ...
tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... deep gender gaps are leading to unequal food and nutrition security around the world, the gender roles and norms surrounding food and farming differ vastly from country to country. Building resilience in agricultural livelihoods only works when all people engaged in smallholder farming have fair acc ...
... deep gender gaps are leading to unequal food and nutrition security around the world, the gender roles and norms surrounding food and farming differ vastly from country to country. Building resilience in agricultural livelihoods only works when all people engaged in smallholder farming have fair acc ...
CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION OF NATURE
... political response has focused on mitigating human impacts to reduce emissions and expanding on technological solutions. However the protection of natural ecosystems that counter climate change is equally as important. This report analyses the role and values that natural ecosystems play to mitigate ...
... political response has focused on mitigating human impacts to reduce emissions and expanding on technological solutions. However the protection of natural ecosystems that counter climate change is equally as important. This report analyses the role and values that natural ecosystems play to mitigate ...
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... Bassi, A.M., J.S. Yudken and M. Ruth. 2009. Climate Policy Impacts on the Competitiveness of Energy-intensive Manufacturing Sectors, Energy Policy, Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 3052–3060. Ibarrarán, M.E., M. Ruth, S. Ahmad and M. London. 2009. Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Performance a ...
... Bassi, A.M., J.S. Yudken and M. Ruth. 2009. Climate Policy Impacts on the Competitiveness of Energy-intensive Manufacturing Sectors, Energy Policy, Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 3052–3060. Ibarrarán, M.E., M. Ruth, S. Ahmad and M. London. 2009. Climate Change and Natural Disasters: Macroeconomic Performance a ...
Working Paper 192 - Waldinger (opens in new window)
... those moving for environmental reasons, for example environmental or climate refugee and environmental or climate migrant. Broadly speaking, the term ‘environmental refugee’ is used for people who “are compelled to flee by sudden, drastic environmental change that cannot be reversed,” (Keane 2004: 2 ...
... those moving for environmental reasons, for example environmental or climate refugee and environmental or climate migrant. Broadly speaking, the term ‘environmental refugee’ is used for people who “are compelled to flee by sudden, drastic environmental change that cannot be reversed,” (Keane 2004: 2 ...
REPORTS A CLIMATIC DRIVER FOR ABRUPT MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION D
... yet the observed changes in these taxa were synchronous and equivalent in magnitude and rate (Fig. 3). We suggest that mid-Holocene climate change, rather than a biological agent, was the primary driver of both the hemlock decline in the inland region and the decline of oak and increase of beech at ...
... yet the observed changes in these taxa were synchronous and equivalent in magnitude and rate (Fig. 3). We suggest that mid-Holocene climate change, rather than a biological agent, was the primary driver of both the hemlock decline in the inland region and the decline of oak and increase of beech at ...
the commander in chief`s authority to combat climate change
... that will increase geo-instability as rising sea levels threaten several small developing island-states in the Pacific. Additionally, there will likely be an increase in demand for international military humanitarian assistance and in disaster response requests. 11 Climate change is also melting pol ...
... that will increase geo-instability as rising sea levels threaten several small developing island-states in the Pacific. Additionally, there will likely be an increase in demand for international military humanitarian assistance and in disaster response requests. 11 Climate change is also melting pol ...
Identifying adaptation options
... Decision-making framework (Willows and Connell, 2003) and Measuring Progress (West and Gawith, 2005), by providing further information on the range of adaptation options available, including practical examples. It also updates this information using recent advances in the scientific literature and p ...
... Decision-making framework (Willows and Connell, 2003) and Measuring Progress (West and Gawith, 2005), by providing further information on the range of adaptation options available, including practical examples. It also updates this information using recent advances in the scientific literature and p ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... project-related GHG emissions. In Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,27 the Ninth Circuit ruled that the impact of GHG emissions on climate change is “precisely the kind of cumulative impact[] analysis that NEPA requires agencies to conduct.”28 Although ...
... project-related GHG emissions. In Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,27 the Ninth Circuit ruled that the impact of GHG emissions on climate change is “precisely the kind of cumulative impact[] analysis that NEPA requires agencies to conduct.”28 Although ...
Southern Africa Climate Change Framework
... land and desertification. It therefore follows that programmatic emphasis should be placed on adaptation actions to address the impacts of climate change on these sectors. This was indeed recognized by the SADC Experts Group when they met in Nairobi from the 27th to the 29th of March 2010. ...
... land and desertification. It therefore follows that programmatic emphasis should be placed on adaptation actions to address the impacts of climate change on these sectors. This was indeed recognized by the SADC Experts Group when they met in Nairobi from the 27th to the 29th of March 2010. ...
The Value of Linking Mitigation and Adaptation: A Case Study of
... mitigation discourse has been a wariness of prioritizing adaptation, and this penetrates mitigation advocacy rhetoric, because as articulated by Kjellen (2006), adaptation raises (at this stage theoretical) concerns that ‘‘some countries might consider their national costs of adaptation to be so muc ...
... mitigation discourse has been a wariness of prioritizing adaptation, and this penetrates mitigation advocacy rhetoric, because as articulated by Kjellen (2006), adaptation raises (at this stage theoretical) concerns that ‘‘some countries might consider their national costs of adaptation to be so muc ...
Center for Global Environmental Research
... This Monograph Report presents the results obtained between 2000 to 2006 from the joint NIES/CCSR/FRCGC research program entitled “Climate Change Experiments with a High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model (CGCM)”. The Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC) ...
... This Monograph Report presents the results obtained between 2000 to 2006 from the joint NIES/CCSR/FRCGC research program entitled “Climate Change Experiments with a High-Resolution Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean General Circulation Model (CGCM)”. The Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC) ...
Australia and New Zealand
... and agriculture, changed natural ecosystems, reduced seasonal snow cover, and glacier shrinkage [11.2.1, 11.2.3]. ...
... and agriculture, changed natural ecosystems, reduced seasonal snow cover, and glacier shrinkage [11.2.1, 11.2.3]. ...
Assessment of Health and Climate Preparedness (PDF)
... Extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall events, floods, tornadoes, and severe erosion, can cause eventrelated morbidity and mortality from injuries, drowning, and infectious diseases, as well as impact people’s mental health. People who are displaced from their homes and/or have property dest ...
... Extreme weather events, such as heavy rainfall events, floods, tornadoes, and severe erosion, can cause eventrelated morbidity and mortality from injuries, drowning, and infectious diseases, as well as impact people’s mental health. People who are displaced from their homes and/or have property dest ...
Civil Society Guide to Healthy Rivers and Climate
... over comparable time periods. (UNFCCC) Climate mitigation: Actions to limit the magnitude and/ or rate of long-term climate change. It usually involves the reduction in manmade greenhouse gas emissions. Climate model: A numerical representation of the climate system based on its physical, chemical a ...
... over comparable time periods. (UNFCCC) Climate mitigation: Actions to limit the magnitude and/ or rate of long-term climate change. It usually involves the reduction in manmade greenhouse gas emissions. Climate model: A numerical representation of the climate system based on its physical, chemical a ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Context for the research project Coastal areas are likely to be more vulnerable to climate change than inland areas because, in addition to changes in flooding, temperature and precipitation, they will also be affected by a rise in sea level and wave heights. Both direct effects (such as accelerated ...
... Context for the research project Coastal areas are likely to be more vulnerable to climate change than inland areas because, in addition to changes in flooding, temperature and precipitation, they will also be affected by a rise in sea level and wave heights. Both direct effects (such as accelerated ...
Component:
... leadership of MARD. Concern has been voiced over its quality; for instance, it does not adequately take account of climate change. Although policy is set at the central level, action is coordinated and taken at local levels. Institutions that provide scientific and climate/ weather related informati ...
... leadership of MARD. Concern has been voiced over its quality; for instance, it does not adequately take account of climate change. Although policy is set at the central level, action is coordinated and taken at local levels. Institutions that provide scientific and climate/ weather related informati ...
Special Report on Divestment at the University of
... extracted and burned without further warming the Earth’s climate beyond acceptable limits, there is the significant risk that these companies’ stocks are overvalued. In other words, there is a risk that a “carbon bubble” has developed, making investments in these companies potentially overvalued and ...
... extracted and burned without further warming the Earth’s climate beyond acceptable limits, there is the significant risk that these companies’ stocks are overvalued. In other words, there is a risk that a “carbon bubble” has developed, making investments in these companies potentially overvalued and ...
MIGRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE: AN OVERVIEW 1
... second argument is about the political framework in which such migration flows should take place and the manner in which to treat the people who move in connection with environmental factors. This implies a discussion of the possible protection to be granted to those in a situation of vulnerability ...
... second argument is about the political framework in which such migration flows should take place and the manner in which to treat the people who move in connection with environmental factors. This implies a discussion of the possible protection to be granted to those in a situation of vulnerability ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A Global Concern
... local users in mountain regions – by “downscaling” results from global climate models to the local scale – is difficult for providers of climate services. Yet there is a need for this type of local data because mountain regions host diverse economic activities such as agriculture, mining and tourism ...
... local users in mountain regions – by “downscaling” results from global climate models to the local scale – is difficult for providers of climate services. Yet there is a need for this type of local data because mountain regions host diverse economic activities such as agriculture, mining and tourism ...
How trees and people can co-adapt to climate change
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
... Climate changes, especially increased variability, affect landscapes, human livelihoods and trees in many ways. They are the consequence of a wider set of global change issues, including population increase, more consumption per capita and trade globalisation. Both people and trees can adapt to chan ...
Mountains and Climate Change: A global concern - EDA
... local users in mountain regions – by “downscaling” results from global climate models to the local scale – is difficult for providers of climate services. Yet there is a need for this type of local data because mountain regions host diverse economic activities such as agriculture, mining and tourism ...
... local users in mountain regions – by “downscaling” results from global climate models to the local scale – is difficult for providers of climate services. Yet there is a need for this type of local data because mountain regions host diverse economic activities such as agriculture, mining and tourism ...