Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Cambodia
... Philippine Climate Change Commission which currently provides policy directions for the country’s response to climate change. It also provided the impetus for the adoption of the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (NFSCC) in 2010, which was eventually translated into the National Climate ...
... Philippine Climate Change Commission which currently provides policy directions for the country’s response to climate change. It also provided the impetus for the adoption of the National Framework Strategy on Climate Change (NFSCC) in 2010, which was eventually translated into the National Climate ...
Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to
... from the alteration of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases by the burning of fossil fuels and change of land use. Volcanic eruptions and variations in solar activity are the major processes causing natural climate change over the same timescales. The consensus view, as expressed by the In ...
... from the alteration of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases by the burning of fossil fuels and change of land use. Volcanic eruptions and variations in solar activity are the major processes causing natural climate change over the same timescales. The consensus view, as expressed by the In ...
Climate Change Financing - SÜDWIND
... important for reasons of effectiveness and efficiency. This is particularly true for adaptation measures, where activities that focus rather on vulnerability issues and activities that have a stronger focus on the impacts of climate change and adaptation are situated along a continuum. Therefore, it ...
... important for reasons of effectiveness and efficiency. This is particularly true for adaptation measures, where activities that focus rather on vulnerability issues and activities that have a stronger focus on the impacts of climate change and adaptation are situated along a continuum. Therefore, it ...
Fossil Fuel Divestment: Implications For The Future Of Sustainability
... the modern fossil fuel economy. We offer conceptual approaches and practical directions for reorienting sustainability within HEIs to prioritise the intergenerational equity of its students and recognise climate change as a social justice issue. Fully integrating sustainability into the core busines ...
... the modern fossil fuel economy. We offer conceptual approaches and practical directions for reorienting sustainability within HEIs to prioritise the intergenerational equity of its students and recognise climate change as a social justice issue. Fully integrating sustainability into the core busines ...
Monroe County Climate Action Plan
... and investments that will eventually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare us for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We clearly have the most to lose. If sea-level rise is not curtailed by immediate reductions in greenhouse gases, the Florida Keys may eventually become unlivable. ...
... and investments that will eventually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare us for the unavoidable impacts of climate change. We clearly have the most to lose. If sea-level rise is not curtailed by immediate reductions in greenhouse gases, the Florida Keys may eventually become unlivable. ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... Without yet invoking any normative account of responsibility, this causal analysis reveals that those expected to suffer the most damaging effects of global climate change are among the least responsible for causing it. Such an empirical observation invites obvious normative evaluation, constructing ...
... Without yet invoking any normative account of responsibility, this causal analysis reveals that those expected to suffer the most damaging effects of global climate change are among the least responsible for causing it. Such an empirical observation invites obvious normative evaluation, constructing ...
Climate change and communicable diseases in the EU
... This handbook was developed as an aid for European Union (EU) Member States to assess and manage changes in the risk of infectious disease transmission posed by climate change. The handbook draws on current scientific knowledge as well as experiences and best practices from previous national risk, v ...
... This handbook was developed as an aid for European Union (EU) Member States to assess and manage changes in the risk of infectious disease transmission posed by climate change. The handbook draws on current scientific knowledge as well as experiences and best practices from previous national risk, v ...
Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
... temperature increased by +6.4 ◦ C and rainfall decreased by 20 percent annually, stream flow increased by 5.7 percent. Legesse et al. (2003) used the PRMS model and found that, in a tropical catchment in Ethiopia, a decrease in rainfall of 10 percent led to a reduction in stream flow of 30 percent, ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... The increase of GHGs since pre-industrial time has created a positive radiative forcing, leading inevitably to an increase in the Earth’s surface temperature. Since the Industrial Revolution, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 has risen from its preindustrial value of around 280 parts per million ...
... The increase of GHGs since pre-industrial time has created a positive radiative forcing, leading inevitably to an increase in the Earth’s surface temperature. Since the Industrial Revolution, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 has risen from its preindustrial value of around 280 parts per million ...
National Capacity Self Assessment
... basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and governance. Egypt’s additional Needs Regarding UNFCCC activities and other capacity dimensions The needs may include, but are not limited to, the following proposed points: ...
... basic stuff for planning, evaluation, reporting, learning, accountability, transparency and governance. Egypt’s additional Needs Regarding UNFCCC activities and other capacity dimensions The needs may include, but are not limited to, the following proposed points: ...
Visual Images and the Rhetoric of Environmental Advocacy
... August 18th, 2007, Greenpeace activists ironically posed nude in the Alps to illustrate the effects of climate change on a warming and melting glacier. Likewise, but in the reverse, activists in 2009 recreated a beach scene in the center of Budapest and played dead in front of the Prime Minister’s o ...
... August 18th, 2007, Greenpeace activists ironically posed nude in the Alps to illustrate the effects of climate change on a warming and melting glacier. Likewise, but in the reverse, activists in 2009 recreated a beach scene in the center of Budapest and played dead in front of the Prime Minister’s o ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Tasmania
... a high benefit in areas with low water supply issues. In contrast, there are also many adaptation actions that inevitably involve costly infrastructure measures, such as construction of water storage reservoirs or coastal protection works like sea walls6. Timely, appropriate action to manage climate ...
... a high benefit in areas with low water supply issues. In contrast, there are also many adaptation actions that inevitably involve costly infrastructure measures, such as construction of water storage reservoirs or coastal protection works like sea walls6. Timely, appropriate action to manage climate ...
Climate change in Australia | Southern and South
... periods: the near future 2020–2039 (herein referred to as 2030) and late in the century 2080–2099 (herein referred to as 2090). The spread of model results are presented as the range between the 10th and 90th percentile in the CMIP5 ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attr ...
... periods: the near future 2020–2039 (herein referred to as 2030) and late in the century 2080–2099 (herein referred to as 2090). The spread of model results are presented as the range between the 10th and 90th percentile in the CMIP5 ensemble output. For each time period, the model spread can be attr ...
Working Paper
... Articles appearing in this publication may be freely quoted and reproduced provided the source is acknowledged. No use of this publication may be made for resale or other commercial purposes. © 2014 CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS Working Paper ...
... Articles appearing in this publication may be freely quoted and reproduced provided the source is acknowledged. No use of this publication may be made for resale or other commercial purposes. © 2014 CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS Working Paper ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... people’s innate dislike of feeling deceived. A similar strategy could be effective in climate and health communications, given new evidence that the fossil fuel industry has also used money, influence, and deception for decades to sow doubt about climate science and impede healthy climate soluti ...
... people’s innate dislike of feeling deceived. A similar strategy could be effective in climate and health communications, given new evidence that the fossil fuel industry has also used money, influence, and deception for decades to sow doubt about climate science and impede healthy climate soluti ...
... The Earth’s climate is changing in dramatic fashion, according to a nearly universal consensus among scientists, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have already reached dangerous levels. ¹ This month representatives from over 192 countries will attend the United Nations Climate Change co ...
Rapport (Engels)
... and heavy rains are occurring more often. Climate change is already affecting economic activities throughout the world. In the future, the impacts on society, the economy and the environment will only increase. So there is a high demand for good statistics that can support the measurement and analys ...
... and heavy rains are occurring more often. Climate change is already affecting economic activities throughout the world. In the future, the impacts on society, the economy and the environment will only increase. So there is a high demand for good statistics that can support the measurement and analys ...
Báo cáo đánh giá tính tổn thương BĐKH trong hoạt động
... 21st century, sea levels rise about 75cm in comparison with 1980 to 1999 period. Monitoring data at stations along the marine coast of Vietnam shows the rate of sea level rise in Vietnam. The average level is now about 3mm/year during 1993-2008 period, that is equivalent with the global average sea ...
... 21st century, sea levels rise about 75cm in comparison with 1980 to 1999 period. Monitoring data at stations along the marine coast of Vietnam shows the rate of sea level rise in Vietnam. The average level is now about 3mm/year during 1993-2008 period, that is equivalent with the global average sea ...
Everybody`s Movement: Environmental Justice and Climate Change
... The Earth’s climate is changing in dramatic fashion, according to a nearly universal consensus among scientists, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have already reached dangerous levels. ¹ This month representatives from over 192 countries will attend the United Nations Climate Change co ...
... The Earth’s climate is changing in dramatic fashion, according to a nearly universal consensus among scientists, and concentrations of carbon in the atmosphere have already reached dangerous levels. ¹ This month representatives from over 192 countries will attend the United Nations Climate Change co ...
to read the report
... The impact of the divestment movement needs to be evaluated in comparison with alternative approaches such as shareholder engagement. Universities and foundations that have refused to divest, such as the Welcome Trust and the Gates Foundation and Harvard University, often argued that active sharehol ...
... The impact of the divestment movement needs to be evaluated in comparison with alternative approaches such as shareholder engagement. Universities and foundations that have refused to divest, such as the Welcome Trust and the Gates Foundation and Harvard University, often argued that active sharehol ...
SimCLIM 2013 Data Manual 1 November 2013 Prepared By:
... SimCLIM software system. Climatic data may come from miscellaneous sources and may have different characteristics: for example, spatial resolutions, data formations and time spans. According to specific cases, these data are post-processed, standardized, and then are maintained by CLIMsystems for in ...
... SimCLIM software system. Climatic data may come from miscellaneous sources and may have different characteristics: for example, spatial resolutions, data formations and time spans. According to specific cases, these data are post-processed, standardized, and then are maintained by CLIMsystems for in ...
Innovations LIVE - Inter-American Development Bank
... better tomorrow. That is the underlying philosophy the IDB has adopted, and the work on climate is no exception. We recognize that for climate action, three main building blocks have change the way we do things. New technology, changing financing schemes and generating policy frameworks that allows ...
... better tomorrow. That is the underlying philosophy the IDB has adopted, and the work on climate is no exception. We recognize that for climate action, three main building blocks have change the way we do things. New technology, changing financing schemes and generating policy frameworks that allows ...
Resilient Midwestern Cities - Neighborhood Solutions Inc.
... including limited night and weekend service.34 Public transit improvements not only strengthen low-income communities and contribute to social justice but also dovetail with climate efforts through air quality benefits and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, insofar as private cars create more a ...
... including limited night and weekend service.34 Public transit improvements not only strengthen low-income communities and contribute to social justice but also dovetail with climate efforts through air quality benefits and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, insofar as private cars create more a ...