Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... 6. The UK climate has also changed over the same period, and many of these changes are consistent with the warming of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 16 ...
... 6. The UK climate has also changed over the same period, and many of these changes are consistent with the warming of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 16 ...
Adaptation to Climate Change with a Focus on Rural Areas
... forestry, biodiversity, water resources, coastal zone management, and disaster risk management. Government of India has taken several steps to address climate change and reduce the vulnerability of rural populations to adverse impacts of climate change through implementation of National Missions and ...
... forestry, biodiversity, water resources, coastal zone management, and disaster risk management. Government of India has taken several steps to address climate change and reduce the vulnerability of rural populations to adverse impacts of climate change through implementation of National Missions and ...
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... A small set of existing global scenarios was evaluated for their usefulness within IMPRESSIONS. We opted for a small set only, given the strong preference, also expressed in the Description of Work of IMPRESSIONS, for the RCP x SSP scenarios. An evaluation against other existing global scenarios was ...
... A small set of existing global scenarios was evaluated for their usefulness within IMPRESSIONS. We opted for a small set only, given the strong preference, also expressed in the Description of Work of IMPRESSIONS, for the RCP x SSP scenarios. An evaluation against other existing global scenarios was ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Pacific Islands and Hawaii. Funded by the FWS Landscape Conservation Collaborative, Pacific Islands Climate Change Collaborative (PICCC). 2011-present Successful Adaptation in the Coastal Environment. Understanding key dimensions and developing guidelines and metrics to measure effectiveness. The pr ...
... Pacific Islands and Hawaii. Funded by the FWS Landscape Conservation Collaborative, Pacific Islands Climate Change Collaborative (PICCC). 2011-present Successful Adaptation in the Coastal Environment. Understanding key dimensions and developing guidelines and metrics to measure effectiveness. The pr ...
global climate change as seen by zoo and aquarium visitors
... Reaching 175 million visitors annually [2], institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) are well positioned to play an important role in climate change education. Zoo and aquarium visits have been demonstrated to strengthen visitors’ connections to nature, reinforce visito ...
... Reaching 175 million visitors annually [2], institutions accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) are well positioned to play an important role in climate change education. Zoo and aquarium visits have been demonstrated to strengthen visitors’ connections to nature, reinforce visito ...
Scanning the Conservation Horizon
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
Scanning the Conservation Horizon
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
... various aspects of climate projections and vulnerability assessments, we provide specific guidance on understanding, addressing, and documenting uncertainty. Finally, climate change is not occurring in a vacuum, and assessments must be carried out in the context of existing stresses on our species a ...
Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools
... needed and proven success. Such assessment could be based on the criteria developed in this review and would need to include a user perspective, interviewing users of different approaches and an outcome perspective evaluating of the outputs of the applied methods and tools. ...
... needed and proven success. Such assessment could be based on the criteria developed in this review and would need to include a user perspective, interviewing users of different approaches and an outcome perspective evaluating of the outputs of the applied methods and tools. ...
River Basin Management in a changing climate
... wetting. At a regional scale, the patterns of potential changes can be rather diverse. These changes will most likely become significant in the second half of this century. ...
... wetting. At a regional scale, the patterns of potential changes can be rather diverse. These changes will most likely become significant in the second half of this century. ...
Climate Change and Water Quality in the Great Lakes Basin
... There is, however, a lack of specific research about the impacts of climate change on several beneficial uses. Therefore, impacts were assessed indirectly from associated literature. The Uncertainty of Climate Change and Impacts Most of the climate change impacts presented above are developed from i ...
... There is, however, a lack of specific research about the impacts of climate change on several beneficial uses. Therefore, impacts were assessed indirectly from associated literature. The Uncertainty of Climate Change and Impacts Most of the climate change impacts presented above are developed from i ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinomish Office of Planning & Community Development, in partnership with the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG), and with further scientific assistance from Skagit River System C ...
... first milestone of the project. It represents the work of a multidisciplinary team led by staff of the Swinomish Office of Planning & Community Development, in partnership with the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group (CIG), and with further scientific assistance from Skagit River System C ...
Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation
... as medium- and long-term adaptation is a proactive response, it requires development of institutional arrangements and methodologies for gathering, storing, managing, and utilizing basic information on the target regions and sectors. Discussions about global warming tend to focus on mitigation strat ...
... as medium- and long-term adaptation is a proactive response, it requires development of institutional arrangements and methodologies for gathering, storing, managing, and utilizing basic information on the target regions and sectors. Discussions about global warming tend to focus on mitigation strat ...
Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
... and damage, and data improvements, the imperative to adapt to more extreme weather and climate change is steadily being recognized by private sector organizations across the world. As proof, 90% of companies in the Standard & Poor’s Global 100 market index have identified present or future business ...
... and damage, and data improvements, the imperative to adapt to more extreme weather and climate change is steadily being recognized by private sector organizations across the world. As proof, 90% of companies in the Standard & Poor’s Global 100 market index have identified present or future business ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in the Tourism Sector
... This publication, combined with a comprehensive series of international and regional seminars, is designed to provide a pragmatic platform to strengthen the capacity of professionals to understand and respond effectively to the global challenges of climate change in tourism destinations. It is a cri ...
... This publication, combined with a comprehensive series of international and regional seminars, is designed to provide a pragmatic platform to strengthen the capacity of professionals to understand and respond effectively to the global challenges of climate change in tourism destinations. It is a cri ...
An Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
... interviews, and risk-based assessment (New York City Panel on Climate Change [NPCC] 2010) to identify and where possible to assign costs of key sectoral vulnerabilities and adaptation options for climate change in New York State. The study draws conceptually from the general framework of cost benefi ...
... interviews, and risk-based assessment (New York City Panel on Climate Change [NPCC] 2010) to identify and where possible to assign costs of key sectoral vulnerabilities and adaptation options for climate change in New York State. The study draws conceptually from the general framework of cost benefi ...
Understanding Earth`s Deep Past: Lessons for Our Climate Future
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
... of short- and long-term processes and feedbacks that govern the global climate system. Perhaps more importantly, these studies have also revealed the potential for positive feedbacks that typically operate on century to millennial timescales but may become operative on much shorter, human timescales ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... climate effects, it is critical that adaptation efforts be designed to reach the poorest communities to safeguard their development efforts. Likewise, development must foster adaptation if it is to succeed under a changing climate. That the poor are the people least responsible for global warming ma ...
... climate effects, it is critical that adaptation efforts be designed to reach the poorest communities to safeguard their development efforts. Likewise, development must foster adaptation if it is to succeed under a changing climate. That the poor are the people least responsible for global warming ma ...
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... Mitigation and adaptation can be complements in the unlikely occurrence that mitigation influences the marginal adaptation costs. Complementarity may arise also because of catastrophic events when mitigation, as a mean to reducing the risk of the catastrophe, also helps adaptation to occur. Linear ...
... Mitigation and adaptation can be complements in the unlikely occurrence that mitigation influences the marginal adaptation costs. Complementarity may arise also because of catastrophic events when mitigation, as a mean to reducing the risk of the catastrophe, also helps adaptation to occur. Linear ...
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... how the effects of climate change might lead to future violent conflicts, and assesses the best way to prevent these conflicts. In his research, Plowman reviews the environmental security literature and applies events from Darfur to climate change models. This research suggests that climate change i ...
... how the effects of climate change might lead to future violent conflicts, and assesses the best way to prevent these conflicts. In his research, Plowman reviews the environmental security literature and applies events from Darfur to climate change models. This research suggests that climate change i ...
Societal Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change and Monsoon
... sustainable livelihoods and sustainable development. Even the gradual climate change will significantly affect the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, as well as key issues like poverty and equity24. There is a felt need for combining disaster reduction, natura ...
... sustainable livelihoods and sustainable development. Even the gradual climate change will significantly affect the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of sustainable development, as well as key issues like poverty and equity24. There is a felt need for combining disaster reduction, natura ...
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... Carbon neutral: Commonly accepted terminology for something (e.g. an organisation or product) which has zero net emissions. (2) Carbon literacy: General knowledge or awareness of the concepts, causes, and the effects of atmospheric pollution or greenhouse gases. (2) Climate: Average weather and its ...
... Carbon neutral: Commonly accepted terminology for something (e.g. an organisation or product) which has zero net emissions. (2) Carbon literacy: General knowledge or awareness of the concepts, causes, and the effects of atmospheric pollution or greenhouse gases. (2) Climate: Average weather and its ...
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... 1. Climate-related geoengineering is here defined as a deliberate intervention in the planetary environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is the same as used in CBD (2012)1, and is used here without prejudice to any definit ...
... 1. Climate-related geoengineering is here defined as a deliberate intervention in the planetary environment of a nature and scale intended to counteract anthropogenic climate change and its impacts. This definition is the same as used in CBD (2012)1, and is used here without prejudice to any definit ...