Ecosystem-based Approaches to Adaptation
... the climate vulnerable poor. The more access these people have to a range of such assets, the greater their resilience will be. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) found that approximately 60% of the ecosystem services examined had been degraded or used unsustainably, including fresh water, c ...
... the climate vulnerable poor. The more access these people have to a range of such assets, the greater their resilience will be. The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (2005) found that approximately 60% of the ecosystem services examined had been degraded or used unsustainably, including fresh water, c ...
Guide to Climate Change Risk Assessment for NSW
... and executive support Communication is a key element of climate change risk assessment. The process should involve a wide cross-section of the council through the risk assessment team. As for any significant project, executive support is required. Commitment and support from the general manager, dir ...
... and executive support Communication is a key element of climate change risk assessment. The process should involve a wide cross-section of the council through the risk assessment team. As for any significant project, executive support is required. Commitment and support from the general manager, dir ...
1 SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA RESOLUTION
... scientific findings (by 40%, 60% and 80% in 2030, 2040 and 2050 respectively, as compared to the emissions level of 1990); 2) reduce vulnerability related to crude oil price peaks and other energy security problems; 3) make use of sustainable growth and long-term jobs (related to new low-carbon tech ...
... scientific findings (by 40%, 60% and 80% in 2030, 2040 and 2050 respectively, as compared to the emissions level of 1990); 2) reduce vulnerability related to crude oil price peaks and other energy security problems; 3) make use of sustainable growth and long-term jobs (related to new low-carbon tech ...
Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... explores the complex interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments on two critical issues. First, the Article addresses the question as to whether FDI can be a tool in the struggle against climate change.8 Second, it investigates the parallel question as to whether regulatory measu ...
... explores the complex interplay between climate change and foreign direct investments on two critical issues. First, the Article addresses the question as to whether FDI can be a tool in the struggle against climate change.8 Second, it investigates the parallel question as to whether regulatory measu ...
The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project
... A further key contribution of D&A studies to the findings of the IPCC AR5 was through the use of observationally constrained climate projections to inform the assessed range of near-term warming (Stott and Jones, 2012; Gillett et al., 2012; Stott et al., 2013; see also Shiogama, et al., 2016). This ...
... A further key contribution of D&A studies to the findings of the IPCC AR5 was through the use of observationally constrained climate projections to inform the assessed range of near-term warming (Stott and Jones, 2012; Gillett et al., 2012; Stott et al., 2013; see also Shiogama, et al., 2016). This ...
Climate change hits home
... between 5 and 20 percent of global GDP.3 In California, climate mitigation through Assembly Bill 32 is projected to have a net positive economic impact, increasing gross state product, personal income (including $4 billion in fuel savings by 2020) and job creation. But if no actions are taken, clima ...
... between 5 and 20 percent of global GDP.3 In California, climate mitigation through Assembly Bill 32 is projected to have a net positive economic impact, increasing gross state product, personal income (including $4 billion in fuel savings by 2020) and job creation. But if no actions are taken, clima ...
Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming – the Harvard Forest Project
... Long-Term Questions for Study: How long is the growing season in our schoolyard? How might the length of the growing season relate to climate? ...
... Long-Term Questions for Study: How long is the growing season in our schoolyard? How might the length of the growing season relate to climate? ...
Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... Ocean temperatures are also rising, changing the range of suitable habitat for many commercially important fish and shellfish species. Native American communities are observing a range shift in their traditional foods gathered from the forests (Lynn et al., 2013), which may lead to negative health a ...
... Ocean temperatures are also rising, changing the range of suitable habitat for many commercially important fish and shellfish species. Native American communities are observing a range shift in their traditional foods gathered from the forests (Lynn et al., 2013), which may lead to negative health a ...
Chapter 3 RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION
... making evacuation and disaster relief plans, to the relocation of coastal and island communities. Adaptation measures can involve local, national, or international efforts and can include changes in behavior, infrastructure, governance, technology, management, and a wide range of policies. While ada ...
... making evacuation and disaster relief plans, to the relocation of coastal and island communities. Adaptation measures can involve local, national, or international efforts and can include changes in behavior, infrastructure, governance, technology, management, and a wide range of policies. While ada ...
Net primary production of terrestrial ecosystems in China
... changes in moisture availability, PET is potential evapotranspiration and EET is the estimated evapotranspiration. The flux PET is calculated as a function of mean air temperature and solar radiation (Jensen and Haise, 1963). The flux EET is equal to PET in wet months but is modeled as a function of ...
... changes in moisture availability, PET is potential evapotranspiration and EET is the estimated evapotranspiration. The flux PET is calculated as a function of mean air temperature and solar radiation (Jensen and Haise, 1963). The flux EET is equal to PET in wet months but is modeled as a function of ...
unilateral climate regulation - Harvard Environmental Law Review
... regulations would actually exacerbate incentives to free-ride in connected reVL4W-P2DM. And Canada announced that it would withdraw from the Protocol, because it considered the targets impossible to meet. Ian Austen, Canada Announces Exit From Kyoto Climate Treaty, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 12, 2011), http:/ ...
... regulations would actually exacerbate incentives to free-ride in connected reVL4W-P2DM. And Canada announced that it would withdraw from the Protocol, because it considered the targets impossible to meet. Ian Austen, Canada Announces Exit From Kyoto Climate Treaty, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 12, 2011), http:/ ...
Seager and Battisti, 2007
... ended with a second abrupt warming, that occurred over only a decade or so, that shifted temperatures back to those of the Holocene and of today. The idea that the climate system goes through such abrupt shifts did not take the climate research community by storm but dribbled into acceptance in the ...
... ended with a second abrupt warming, that occurred over only a decade or so, that shifted temperatures back to those of the Holocene and of today. The idea that the climate system goes through such abrupt shifts did not take the climate research community by storm but dribbled into acceptance in the ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: South Korea
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
BSR Creating an Action Agenda for Private
... insights, and issue expertise in support of sustained business action on climate change. Business and society face unprecedented risks as a consequence of climate-related impacts, including increases in temperature and sea level, increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, th ...
... insights, and issue expertise in support of sustained business action on climate change. Business and society face unprecedented risks as a consequence of climate-related impacts, including increases in temperature and sea level, increases in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, th ...
What is Climate Change and How it will effect Bangladesh?
... these greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, has increased by over 30% and is now at a higher concentration in the atmosphere than it has been for many thousands of years. Chemical analysis of the carbon demonstrates that this increase is due largely to the burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas‟ (H ...
... these greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, has increased by over 30% and is now at a higher concentration in the atmosphere than it has been for many thousands of years. Chemical analysis of the carbon demonstrates that this increase is due largely to the burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas‟ (H ...
Climate change in the Arctic: current and future
... current adaptive capacity). This involves (1) identification of climatic conditions that represent risks to community members; (2) characterisation of how communities manage and experience these risks; and (3) identification of those processes and conditions that influence exposure to climatic risks ...
... current adaptive capacity). This involves (1) identification of climatic conditions that represent risks to community members; (2) characterisation of how communities manage and experience these risks; and (3) identification of those processes and conditions that influence exposure to climatic risks ...
Year of presentation
... researchers”. The main idea was incorporate collaborators in specific areas of the researches lines, however during the first year the research team was in a consolidation process so only a few “other researchers” were hired. In total, this item reached 84% of the original budget. The difference was ...
... researchers”. The main idea was incorporate collaborators in specific areas of the researches lines, however during the first year the research team was in a consolidation process so only a few “other researchers” were hired. In total, this item reached 84% of the original budget. The difference was ...
Federal Decision-Making on the Uncertain Impacts of Climate Change
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
... associated with the information currently available for decisions that can have either minor or significant climate implications. The paper draws a clear distinction between policies with incremental climate effects and those with larger impacts that are designed to manage climate change. The pap ...
Climate change - The Open University
... We have also identified as Proprietary other material included in the content which is not subject to Creative Commons Licence. These are OU logos, trading names and may extend to certain photographic and video images and sound recordings and any other material as may be brought to your attention. U ...
... We have also identified as Proprietary other material included in the content which is not subject to Creative Commons Licence. These are OU logos, trading names and may extend to certain photographic and video images and sound recordings and any other material as may be brought to your attention. U ...
What is Climate Change and How it will effect
... these greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, has increased by over 30% and is now at a higher concentration in the atmosphere than it has been for many thousands of years. Chemical analysis of the carbon demonstrates that this increase is due largely to the burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas’ (H ...
... these greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, has increased by over 30% and is now at a higher concentration in the atmosphere than it has been for many thousands of years. Chemical analysis of the carbon demonstrates that this increase is due largely to the burning of fossil fuels - coal, oil and gas’ (H ...
Climate Risk Management for Financial Institutions
... that in order to stay below 2 degrees Celsius, 80% of the world’s known carbon reserves will have to remain unburned. In order to remain below 2 degrees Celsius, we would need to ensure that we do not breach this carbon budget. There is therefore a significant risk that the value currently attribute ...
... that in order to stay below 2 degrees Celsius, 80% of the world’s known carbon reserves will have to remain unburned. In order to remain below 2 degrees Celsius, we would need to ensure that we do not breach this carbon budget. There is therefore a significant risk that the value currently attribute ...
Summary of Climate Change Effects on Major Habitat Types in
... wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, we have provided the following note in the footnote: “Information as cited in [secondary source ...
... wish to return to the primary sources utilized in those synthesis reports for more information. In cases where we accepted the interpretation of primary information as it was stated in a secondary source, we have provided the following note in the footnote: “Information as cited in [secondary source ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts: Egypt
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
... everyone understand how their environment has changed, and plan for future, is improving all the time. But there is still a long way to go. These reports – led by the Met Office Hadley Centre in collaboration with many institutes and scientists around the world – aim to provide useful, up to date an ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... The difference is probably related to the fact that IS92 emission scenarios, proposed by IPCC in 1995, were more optimistic that SRES scenarios proposed in 2001. This can be seen also in global temperature change projections based on IS92 emission scenarios w ...
... The difference is probably related to the fact that IS92 emission scenarios, proposed by IPCC in 1995, were more optimistic that SRES scenarios proposed in 2001. This can be seen also in global temperature change projections based on IS92 emission scenarios w ...