Climate Change and Fairtrade: Why Is It Time to Make the Links?
... have also been affected in Windward Islands due to an increased number of hurricanes occurring in the last couple of years. In a similar case, tea plantations in North East India were severely damaged by a typhoon that hit the country this year – concurrently, droughts took place in Central India. A ...
... have also been affected in Windward Islands due to an increased number of hurricanes occurring in the last couple of years. In a similar case, tea plantations in North East India were severely damaged by a typhoon that hit the country this year – concurrently, droughts took place in Central India. A ...
TCC_activities
... To assist Climate Services of NMHSs in the Asia-Pacific region with the aim of Mitigating climate-related disasters and Contributing to the sustainable development in the region ...
... To assist Climate Services of NMHSs in the Asia-Pacific region with the aim of Mitigating climate-related disasters and Contributing to the sustainable development in the region ...
2: A Primer on Climate Change
... years, with the five globally averaged warmest years occurring in the 1980s. . The size of this warming is broadly consistent with predictions of climate models, but it is also of the same magnitude as natural climate variability. Thus, the observed temperature increase could be largely due to natur ...
... years, with the five globally averaged warmest years occurring in the 1980s. . The size of this warming is broadly consistent with predictions of climate models, but it is also of the same magnitude as natural climate variability. Thus, the observed temperature increase could be largely due to natur ...
Crop yield simulation
... provided information on inputs used by these farmers and their outputs. The questionnaire also captured socio economic characteristics of the households such as household vulnerability, adaptation strategies to climate variability if any, their perception and attitudes to climate change and how it i ...
... provided information on inputs used by these farmers and their outputs. The questionnaire also captured socio economic characteristics of the households such as household vulnerability, adaptation strategies to climate variability if any, their perception and attitudes to climate change and how it i ...
DOC - Climate Change Authority
... The taskforce will propose possible post-2020 targets for Australia to take to the Paris Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, when all countries will be expected to sign off on their post-2020 contributions. The taskforce has released an ...
... The taskforce will propose possible post-2020 targets for Australia to take to the Paris Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015, when all countries will be expected to sign off on their post-2020 contributions. The taskforce has released an ...
Session 1: what is climate change?
... staying at their tables and learners passing around a pen or pencil to take turns to write on a piece of paper. At the end of the race, ask learners to sit down. Count the number of answers for each team. Feedback the range of ideas focusing on any themes which emerge. Congratulate learners on how m ...
... staying at their tables and learners passing around a pen or pencil to take turns to write on a piece of paper. At the end of the race, ask learners to sit down. Count the number of answers for each team. Feedback the range of ideas focusing on any themes which emerge. Congratulate learners on how m ...
Climate Change packet
... ice cover, rising sea level and warmer oceans, and alterations to precipitation intensity and patterns. Scientists debate some of the exact mechanisms, how the mechanisms interact in making predictive models, and extent of the effects of global climate change on humans. The debate continues over how ...
... ice cover, rising sea level and warmer oceans, and alterations to precipitation intensity and patterns. Scientists debate some of the exact mechanisms, how the mechanisms interact in making predictive models, and extent of the effects of global climate change on humans. The debate continues over how ...
Intended National Determined Contribution (INDC)
... expected to grow from 34.8 million people in 2014 to 93.4 million people in the 2040s. In terms of capacity, as a Least Developed Country, Uganda has a low per capita income of United States dollars 584, coming from economic development that depends largely on natural resource. Uganda has diverse s ...
... expected to grow from 34.8 million people in 2014 to 93.4 million people in the 2040s. In terms of capacity, as a Least Developed Country, Uganda has a low per capita income of United States dollars 584, coming from economic development that depends largely on natural resource. Uganda has diverse s ...
Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the Production and Processing of
... With the help of the material flow analysis, the material flows and environmental burdens which arise from the demand for products and services can be determined. To this end, all essential manufacture and distribution activities up to the source (extraction of resources) are quantitatively re-trace ...
... With the help of the material flow analysis, the material flows and environmental burdens which arise from the demand for products and services can be determined. To this end, all essential manufacture and distribution activities up to the source (extraction of resources) are quantitatively re-trace ...
Land Use in Computable General Equilibrium Models: An Overview*
... CLUE are for China (Verburg et al., 1999) and for tropical South America (Wassenaar et al., 2007). The latter model works at the impressive spatial resolution of 3x3 km. SALU and IMAGE are examples of rule-based models. For instance, demand-driven expansion of agricultural production is met on the ...
... CLUE are for China (Verburg et al., 1999) and for tropical South America (Wassenaar et al., 2007). The latter model works at the impressive spatial resolution of 3x3 km. SALU and IMAGE are examples of rule-based models. For instance, demand-driven expansion of agricultural production is met on the ...
352,98 kB - Statutární město Liberec
... Local and regional authorities, in all socio-economic situations and geographical locations, stand at the frontline of reducing the vulnerability of their territory to the various impacts of climate change. Although emission reduction efforts are already underway, adaptation remains therefore a nece ...
... Local and regional authorities, in all socio-economic situations and geographical locations, stand at the frontline of reducing the vulnerability of their territory to the various impacts of climate change. Although emission reduction efforts are already underway, adaptation remains therefore a nece ...
MAKING SENSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL DISASTERS
... physical and biological systems, more than 89% are consistent with the direction of change expected as a response to warming.”8 The IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to “assess on a comprehensive, objective, op ...
... physical and biological systems, more than 89% are consistent with the direction of change expected as a response to warming.”8 The IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to “assess on a comprehensive, objective, op ...
Nordic action on climate change
... Green Climate Fund, as well as market-based mechanisms that can stimulate cost-effective emission reductions. There have inevitably been fears that such ambitious policies could lead to “carbon leakage” in the private sector, if industries chose to shift location to countries with less stringent cli ...
... Green Climate Fund, as well as market-based mechanisms that can stimulate cost-effective emission reductions. There have inevitably been fears that such ambitious policies could lead to “carbon leakage” in the private sector, if industries chose to shift location to countries with less stringent cli ...
Impact of Climate Change on Food Security and Its Mitigation Using
... to agricultural production. Continuous increase in greenhouse gas emissions causes global warming which leads to melting of glaciers, unpredictable rainfall patterns, and extreme weather conditions. This could have a negative effect on global food security. Food insecurity and hunger could affect hu ...
... to agricultural production. Continuous increase in greenhouse gas emissions causes global warming which leads to melting of glaciers, unpredictable rainfall patterns, and extreme weather conditions. This could have a negative effect on global food security. Food insecurity and hunger could affect hu ...
How the United Nations System Supports Ambitious Action
... This brochure has been jointly written and produced by some 40 United Nations (UN) specialized agencies, funds, programmes and other bodies that coordinate their respective activities on climate change. The brochure has one simple purpose: to show Governments and the public how the diverse entities ...
... This brochure has been jointly written and produced by some 40 United Nations (UN) specialized agencies, funds, programmes and other bodies that coordinate their respective activities on climate change. The brochure has one simple purpose: to show Governments and the public how the diverse entities ...
climate change: challenges Facing india`s Poor
... they are emitted. Particulate emissions constitute the second group; they do not disperse as quickly and their impacts on the climate are mainly felt in their region of origin. Thus, the climatic impacts of south Asian particulate emissions are felt mainly in south Asia. This distinction is crucial ...
... they are emitted. Particulate emissions constitute the second group; they do not disperse as quickly and their impacts on the climate are mainly felt in their region of origin. Thus, the climatic impacts of south Asian particulate emissions are felt mainly in south Asia. This distinction is crucial ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... logical framework for understanding space, eg Euclidean geometry, Newtonian physics, climatology, political theory, economic theory; and lived space encompasses emotions, imagination, culture and so forth. In 2006, Harvey reaffirmed his own theorisation of spatio-temporality, and put it together wit ...
... logical framework for understanding space, eg Euclidean geometry, Newtonian physics, climatology, political theory, economic theory; and lived space encompasses emotions, imagination, culture and so forth. In 2006, Harvey reaffirmed his own theorisation of spatio-temporality, and put it together wit ...
Methane from food production might be the next wildcard in climate
... past 20 years, likely driven to large extent by food production, according to the Global Methane Budget released today. Methane is currently contributing less to global warming than carbon dioxide (CO₂), but it is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Since 2014, methane concentrations in the atmosphere h ...
... past 20 years, likely driven to large extent by food production, according to the Global Methane Budget released today. Methane is currently contributing less to global warming than carbon dioxide (CO₂), but it is a very powerful greenhouse gas. Since 2014, methane concentrations in the atmosphere h ...
The oil industry and climate change: strategies
... politicised and biased. In June 1996, for instance, the George Marshall Institute 10 , the API, and the GCC personally attacked an IPCC lead author, Dr. Benjamin Santer. An op-ed article by Dr. F. Seitz in the Wall Street Journal, charged Santer with having made unauthorised and politically inspired ...
... politicised and biased. In June 1996, for instance, the George Marshall Institute 10 , the API, and the GCC personally attacked an IPCC lead author, Dr. Benjamin Santer. An op-ed article by Dr. F. Seitz in the Wall Street Journal, charged Santer with having made unauthorised and politically inspired ...
Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate: high-res (2 MB) (opens in new window)
... risen. Global average surface temperature has increased by 0.85°C since 1880, and by about 0.6°C to 0.7°C since 1950. The IPCC report notes that the rate of increase in global average surface temperature has fluctuated over the past century and, for instance, was about 0.05°C per decade between 1998 ...
... risen. Global average surface temperature has increased by 0.85°C since 1880, and by about 0.6°C to 0.7°C since 1950. The IPCC report notes that the rate of increase in global average surface temperature has fluctuated over the past century and, for instance, was about 0.05°C per decade between 1998 ...
How the UN System Supports Ambitious Action on Climate Change
... Under the auspices of UN-Energy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs have worked with the Energy Commission of Ghana to explore policy options for increasing the use of low-carbon energy. The study used the IAEA energy planni ...
... Under the auspices of UN-Energy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs have worked with the Energy Commission of Ghana to explore policy options for increasing the use of low-carbon energy. The study used the IAEA energy planni ...
Elizabeth G. Ferris
... Kyoto Protocol was to bind signing nations together in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 baselines. While the exact percentage of emissions that must be cut varies country by country, the average reduction is around 5% of 1990 emission levels by 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expir ...
... Kyoto Protocol was to bind signing nations together in an effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 baselines. While the exact percentage of emissions that must be cut varies country by country, the average reduction is around 5% of 1990 emission levels by 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol expir ...
Climate change - ACT Government
... ELA 20 acts for an environmentally sustainable future examine issues of sustainability of the natural, built or social environment, extending from local to global perspectives (e.g. investigate arguments and studies about climate change and its effects; generate probable, possible and preferred fu ...
... ELA 20 acts for an environmentally sustainable future examine issues of sustainability of the natural, built or social environment, extending from local to global perspectives (e.g. investigate arguments and studies about climate change and its effects; generate probable, possible and preferred fu ...
Topic: This module considers how climate affects our lives and
... Assign a project where each students interviews 2 or 3 older community members, using the Climate Change Survey – Sample Questions Handout as a guide. The class may choose the questions they want to include in their interviews from the handout, and add others they want answered as well. You may want ...
... Assign a project where each students interviews 2 or 3 older community members, using the Climate Change Survey – Sample Questions Handout as a guide. The class may choose the questions they want to include in their interviews from the handout, and add others they want answered as well. You may want ...
Adaptation without borders? - Stockholm Environment Institute
... impacts: one commissioned by the UK Department for Business (Foresight International Dimensions of Climate Change 2011), and another commissioned by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (PwC 2013). The latter, which aimed to “fill the gaps” in the CCRA, addressed five themes – b ...
... impacts: one commissioned by the UK Department for Business (Foresight International Dimensions of Climate Change 2011), and another commissioned by the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (PwC 2013). The latter, which aimed to “fill the gaps” in the CCRA, addressed five themes – b ...
2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as the Copenhagen Summit, was held at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, between 7 and 18 December. The conference included the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 5th Meeting of the Parties (MOP 5) to the Kyoto Protocol. According to the Bali Road Map, a framework for climate change mitigation beyond 2012 was to be agreed there.On Friday 18 December, the final day of the conference, international media reported that the climate talks were ""in disarray"". Media also reported that in lieu of a summit collapse, only a ""weak political statement"" was anticipated at the conclusion of the conference. The Copenhagen Accord was drafted by the United States, China, India, Brazil and South Africa on 18 December, and judged a ""meaningful agreement"" by the United States government. It was ""taken note of"", but not ""adopted"", in a debate of all the participating countries the next day, and it was not passed unanimously. The document recognised that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of the present day and that actions should be taken to keep any temperature increases to below 2 °C. The document is not legally binding and does not contain any legally binding commitments for reducing CO2 emissions.In January 2014, documents leaked by Edward Snowden and published by Dagbladet Information revealed that the US government negotiators were in receipt of information during the conference that was being obtained by spying against other conference delegations. The US National Security Agency provided US delegates with advance details other delegations' positions, including the Danish plan to ""rescue"" the talks should they flounder. Members of the Danish negotiating team said that both the US and Chinese delegations were ""peculiarly well-informed"" about closed-door discussions: ""They simply sat back, just as we had feared they would if they knew about our document.""