North America
... events. Especially vulnerable groups include indigenous peoples and those who are socially or economically disadvantaged. Traditions and institutions in North America have encouraged a decentralised response framework where adaptation tends to be reactive, unevenly distributed, and focused on coping ...
... events. Especially vulnerable groups include indigenous peoples and those who are socially or economically disadvantaged. Traditions and institutions in North America have encouraged a decentralised response framework where adaptation tends to be reactive, unevenly distributed, and focused on coping ...
Mexico`s Climate Change Mid-Century Strategy
... Strategy to the UNFCCC. Mexico’s mid-century climate change strategy provides the vision, principles, goals, and main lines of action to build a climate resilient society transition towards a low emissions development. This is in line with the global goal of holding the increase in the global averag ...
... Strategy to the UNFCCC. Mexico’s mid-century climate change strategy provides the vision, principles, goals, and main lines of action to build a climate resilient society transition towards a low emissions development. This is in line with the global goal of holding the increase in the global averag ...
Africa and Climate: Report
... A number of options are identified to address African resource and capacity gaps in the areas of observations, research and model development, prediction activities, and of the delivery of climate services. All are parts of a continuous chain that provides benefits to sustainable development only in ...
... A number of options are identified to address African resource and capacity gaps in the areas of observations, research and model development, prediction activities, and of the delivery of climate services. All are parts of a continuous chain that provides benefits to sustainable development only in ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... Also, part of the MARN mandate is to generate all the public policies related to the basin hydrographic, coastal zones, oceans and marine resources, therefore in 2008 the Ministry also elaborated the National Policy for the Integrated Management of Marine Coastal Zones which was approved by the Pres ...
... Also, part of the MARN mandate is to generate all the public policies related to the basin hydrographic, coastal zones, oceans and marine resources, therefore in 2008 the Ministry also elaborated the National Policy for the Integrated Management of Marine Coastal Zones which was approved by the Pres ...
Summary for Policymakers
... hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. Impacts are also referred to as consequences and outcomes. The impacts of climate change on geophysical systems, including floods, droughts, and sea level rise, are a subset of imp ...
... hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. Impacts are also referred to as consequences and outcomes. The impacts of climate change on geophysical systems, including floods, droughts, and sea level rise, are a subset of imp ...
Sweden facing climate change - Government Offices of Sweden
... Sweden will become warmer and wetter The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that global warming so far has been 0.7 degrees over the last 100 years. The rate of warming in the last 50 years has been almost double that in the whole 100-year period, and it is very like ...
... Sweden will become warmer and wetter The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that global warming so far has been 0.7 degrees over the last 100 years. The rate of warming in the last 50 years has been almost double that in the whole 100-year period, and it is very like ...
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... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
... methods in Section 3. Discussion of estimation procedure and analysis of empirical results can be found in Section 4. Concluding remarks are contained in Section 5. 2. Conceptual Framework PMT was originally introduced by Rogers in 1975, as an important theory in social cognitive of protective behav ...
Great Barrier Reef - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
... one of the most supported scientific ideas, receiving the attention of thousands of scientists who have defined it, argued for and against it, and have built up one of the most significant bodies of scientific evidence ever established. Publication of the fourth assessment report by the Intergovernm ...
Annex D – EEA contributors and resource planning
... In a few cases, new indicators may be added to reflect increased policy concern and/or improvements in the information base. The overall aim is arriving at a reasonably comprehensive but concise set of indicators that score sufficiently high regarding policy relevance on the one hand and data qualit ...
... In a few cases, new indicators may be added to reflect increased policy concern and/or improvements in the information base. The overall aim is arriving at a reasonably comprehensive but concise set of indicators that score sufficiently high regarding policy relevance on the one hand and data qualit ...
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) publication: Rising to the Urgent
... The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office received your (FOIA) request, dated February 22, 2017 and assigned it control number FWS-201700465. Please cite this number in any future communications with our office regarding your request. You requested th ...
... The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) office received your (FOIA) request, dated February 22, 2017 and assigned it control number FWS-201700465. Please cite this number in any future communications with our office regarding your request. You requested th ...
Polish National Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change
... phenomena, taking place in the last few decades, tend to deepen and therefore they have become a matter of interest to governments and the international community. The results of scientific research clearly indicate that phenomena caused by climate change are a threat to the social and economic deve ...
... phenomena, taking place in the last few decades, tend to deepen and therefore they have become a matter of interest to governments and the international community. The results of scientific research clearly indicate that phenomena caused by climate change are a threat to the social and economic deve ...
Climate Change and the Urban Environment
... Climate change should be a material consideration in all future planning decisions in all public agencies dealing with urban planning and infrastructure development. Any future urban development (such as an infrastructure project) needs to demonstrate not only that it is appropriate under its own te ...
... Climate change should be a material consideration in all future planning decisions in all public agencies dealing with urban planning and infrastructure development. Any future urban development (such as an infrastructure project) needs to demonstrate not only that it is appropriate under its own te ...
Ecological controls on net ecosystem productivity of a seasonally dry
... Rochette, 1994), thereby simulating the precipitation-driven pulses that characterize C emissions in seasonally dry ecosystems (Huxman et al., 2004). CO2 and energy fluxes modelled with these algorithms in ecosys were tested against those from continuous EC measurements recorded over an annual grassl ...
... Rochette, 1994), thereby simulating the precipitation-driven pulses that characterize C emissions in seasonally dry ecosystems (Huxman et al., 2004). CO2 and energy fluxes modelled with these algorithms in ecosys were tested against those from continuous EC measurements recorded over an annual grassl ...
climate change in the courts
... climate regulation in the United States, primarily stemming from the landmark 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmen ...
... climate regulation in the United States, primarily stemming from the landmark 2007 decision of the Supreme Court in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency. 5 Subsequent GHG emissions regulations have elicited numerous challenges, mostly by industry groups and states, but also by environmen ...
GCF - The Basics
... funding from large investors in the financial sector, as part of a pilot programme that could include a foreign exchange facility to manage investor risk or see the GCF participating in investment funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency. US$200 million is allocated for another pilot program ...
... funding from large investors in the financial sector, as part of a pilot programme that could include a foreign exchange facility to manage investor risk or see the GCF participating in investment funds for renewable energy and energy efficiency. US$200 million is allocated for another pilot program ...
The importance of glacier and forest change in hydrological climate
... case study catchments. Moreover, the case study catchments evenly cover an altitudinal range from 1000 to 2600 m a.s.l. (Fig. 1b). Catchments located within this range are specifically sensitive to changes in temperature, which was demonstrated by Köplin et al. (2012). Since the land cover scenario ...
... case study catchments. Moreover, the case study catchments evenly cover an altitudinal range from 1000 to 2600 m a.s.l. (Fig. 1b). Catchments located within this range are specifically sensitive to changes in temperature, which was demonstrated by Köplin et al. (2012). Since the land cover scenario ...
- Macquarie University ResearchOnline
... LGM and MH, based on the application of common methods. The palaeoceanographic community has recently completed a global reconstruction of LGM sea surface temperatures (MARGO Project Members 2009), which supersedes the widely used CLIMAP data set developed in the 1980s. Terrestrial environments are ...
... LGM and MH, based on the application of common methods. The palaeoceanographic community has recently completed a global reconstruction of LGM sea surface temperatures (MARGO Project Members 2009), which supersedes the widely used CLIMAP data set developed in the 1980s. Terrestrial environments are ...
Project management
... 2.1 Project outcome The project will enable Georgia to prepare and submit its TNC to the UNFCCC and meet the country’s obligations under the Convention. This project outcome will be achieved through a series of activities including updating development in the national circumstances, conducting the n ...
... 2.1 Project outcome The project will enable Georgia to prepare and submit its TNC to the UNFCCC and meet the country’s obligations under the Convention. This project outcome will be achieved through a series of activities including updating development in the national circumstances, conducting the n ...
Extreme Weather Events
... even cooled. Previously, under global warming, if temperatures plateaued or fell the jig was up. With climate change it no longer mattered if temperature observations failed to match model projections. Regardless of whether global temperatures warmed or cooled, the new terminology implied that risin ...
... even cooled. Previously, under global warming, if temperatures plateaued or fell the jig was up. With climate change it no longer mattered if temperature observations failed to match model projections. Regardless of whether global temperatures warmed or cooled, the new terminology implied that risin ...
Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Climate
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report published in early 2007 confirmed that global climate change is already happening. The report found that communities who live in marginal lands and whose livelihoods are highly dependent on natural resources are among the ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report published in early 2007 confirmed that global climate change is already happening. The report found that communities who live in marginal lands and whose livelihoods are highly dependent on natural resources are among the ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... – the first report from the UK’s Working Group on Climate change and Development – created a united call for action from environment and development groups, identifying ...
... – the first report from the UK’s Working Group on Climate change and Development – created a united call for action from environment and development groups, identifying ...
does adaptation to climate change provide food security?
... As mentioned earlier, our focus on the productivity of food crops (and not on land values) is motivated by its implications for the achievement of food security. Moreover, using productivity seems particularly appropriate in the Ethiopian context. A key assumption of the Ricardian approach is that l ...
... As mentioned earlier, our focus on the productivity of food crops (and not on land values) is motivated by its implications for the achievement of food security. Moreover, using productivity seems particularly appropriate in the Ethiopian context. A key assumption of the Ricardian approach is that l ...