1-Thesis Synthesis
... Biohistory is a field of study that reflects the history of civilisation in terms of the interplay between natural and cultural processes (Boyden, 1992: 3). As biohistory explains the world without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding hu ...
... Biohistory is a field of study that reflects the history of civilisation in terms of the interplay between natural and cultural processes (Boyden, 1992: 3). As biohistory explains the world without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding hu ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... Biohistory is a field of study that reflects the history of civilisation in terms of the interplay between natural and cultural processes (Boyden, 1992: 3). As biohistory explains the world without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding hu ...
... Biohistory is a field of study that reflects the history of civilisation in terms of the interplay between natural and cultural processes (Boyden, 1992: 3). As biohistory explains the world without constraining itself to natural or social science methodology, it is a useful tool for understanding hu ...
South Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... of a diverse array of efforts initiated by multiple actors within numerous jurisdictions has the potential to create confusion, lead to duplication of effort and limit the potential for sharing good practice guidance based on past efforts. Enhanced coordination among expanding networks of adaptation ...
... of a diverse array of efforts initiated by multiple actors within numerous jurisdictions has the potential to create confusion, lead to duplication of effort and limit the potential for sharing good practice guidance based on past efforts. Enhanced coordination among expanding networks of adaptation ...
Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... In response to a growing awareness of the potentially adverse effects of climate change and the particular vulnerability of developing countries to this process, a significant increase in adaptation action has been witnessed in recent years in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean ...
... In response to a growing awareness of the potentially adverse effects of climate change and the particular vulnerability of developing countries to this process, a significant increase in adaptation action has been witnessed in recent years in Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean ...
PERCEPTIONS OF MAPLE PRODUCERS TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE
... al., 2006), and the existence of a written business plan (Rue & Ibrahim, 1998). In order to provide a comprehensive understanding of business adaptability, this study examines these factors as well as business adaptability (Fig. 1). ...
... al., 2006), and the existence of a written business plan (Rue & Ibrahim, 1998). In order to provide a comprehensive understanding of business adaptability, this study examines these factors as well as business adaptability (Fig. 1). ...
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and
... This research would never had transpired without the dedicated energies of local Ladakhi villagers. In particular, I would like to thank Tninlas Norboo and his family for allowing my husband and myself to share their home and life with them. They provided perspective into the ways of Himalayan mount ...
... This research would never had transpired without the dedicated energies of local Ladakhi villagers. In particular, I would like to thank Tninlas Norboo and his family for allowing my husband and myself to share their home and life with them. They provided perspective into the ways of Himalayan mount ...
Climate Change and Water Quality in the Great Lakes Basin
... greenhouse gases. Both mitigation and adaptation actions are required as a balanced response to climate change. Mitigation measures are geared to reduce emissions and increase sinks of greenhouse gases, while adaptation actions seek to increase resilience by reducing risks and taking advantage of op ...
... greenhouse gases. Both mitigation and adaptation actions are required as a balanced response to climate change. Mitigation measures are geared to reduce emissions and increase sinks of greenhouse gases, while adaptation actions seek to increase resilience by reducing risks and taking advantage of op ...
GAN workshop report - Climate Technology Centre & Network
... actions on the ground. This is a result of many barriers including separations between scientific and political practices, competing demands for resources (financial and environmental), and prioritization of other objectives. Out of this scenario arises a need to mobilize and streamline knowledge ge ...
... actions on the ground. This is a result of many barriers including separations between scientific and political practices, competing demands for resources (financial and environmental), and prioritization of other objectives. Out of this scenario arises a need to mobilize and streamline knowledge ge ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... specifically during blossoming and fructification. Scientific literature is varying concerning marginal temperatures for Arabica. Marcelo Camargo from the Agronomic Institute of the University of Campinas in Brazil (IAC) states that mean temperatures above 23°C hinder the development and ripening of ...
... specifically during blossoming and fructification. Scientific literature is varying concerning marginal temperatures for Arabica. Marcelo Camargo from the Agronomic Institute of the University of Campinas in Brazil (IAC) states that mean temperatures above 23°C hinder the development and ripening of ...
A Climate Risk Management Approach to Disaster
... events have increased dramatically in recent years. While many of the emerging patterns of disaster risk are associated with natural hazards that show no tendency to increases in magnitude and recurrence, human interventions in the natural environment are ...
... events have increased dramatically in recent years. While many of the emerging patterns of disaster risk are associated with natural hazards that show no tendency to increases in magnitude and recurrence, human interventions in the natural environment are ...
Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation.
... • Summer temperatures are projected to warm slightly more than winter temperatures. Typical summer temperatures by 2050 are projected under RCP 4.5 to be similar to the hottest summers that have occurred in past 100 years. • Climate model projections show less agreement regarding future precipitati ...
... • Summer temperatures are projected to warm slightly more than winter temperatures. Typical summer temperatures by 2050 are projected under RCP 4.5 to be similar to the hottest summers that have occurred in past 100 years. • Climate model projections show less agreement regarding future precipitati ...
Climate-Induced Population Movement: The Issue
... analyses the relevant sections of international law, and gives an overview of the possible approaches and solutions to the issue discussed in the academic literature and political debates. The second publication (Chapter 2), “Revisiting Planned Relocation as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: The ...
... analyses the relevant sections of international law, and gives an overview of the possible approaches and solutions to the issue discussed in the academic literature and political debates. The second publication (Chapter 2), “Revisiting Planned Relocation as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy: The ...
Vulnerability Index to climate change in the Latin
... capabilities needed to secure alternative livelihoods once disconnected from their land and social support networks. ...
... capabilities needed to secure alternative livelihoods once disconnected from their land and social support networks. ...
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... more comprehensive economic development policies, and those aimed at increasing urban sustainability, on the wake of Agenda 21 initiatives, making evident the potentialities and responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of t ...
... more comprehensive economic development policies, and those aimed at increasing urban sustainability, on the wake of Agenda 21 initiatives, making evident the potentialities and responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of t ...
View online () - National Intelligence University
... such conflict might be prevented or mitigated and what role the international community can play in doing so. The author’s principal hypothesis at the outset is that climate change will increase the risk of violent intrastate conflicts, and that such conflicts will be a particular problem for fragil ...
... such conflict might be prevented or mitigated and what role the international community can play in doing so. The author’s principal hypothesis at the outset is that climate change will increase the risk of violent intrastate conflicts, and that such conflicts will be a particular problem for fragil ...
Conceptualizing urban adaptation to climate change. Findings from
... more comprehensive economic development policies, and those aimed at increasing urban sustainability, on the wake of Agenda 21 initiatives, making evident the potentialities and responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of t ...
... more comprehensive economic development policies, and those aimed at increasing urban sustainability, on the wake of Agenda 21 initiatives, making evident the potentialities and responsibilities of urban areas for the reduction and mitigation of global environmental impacts. Since the beginning of t ...
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation
... National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, on its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized ...
... National Academy of Sciences by its congressional charter to be an adviser to the federal government and, on its own initiative, to identify issues of medical care, research, and education. Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg is president of the Institute of Medicine. The National Research Council was organized ...
Workstream I: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
Working Paper 205 - Watkiss (opens in new window)
... making under uncertainty and iterative adaptive management. The second area of review has explored the types of adaptation interventions that are being recommended at national, sector and local level, and their potential analysis in economic appraisal. This also finds a change in recent years, which ...
... making under uncertainty and iterative adaptive management. The second area of review has explored the types of adaptation interventions that are being recommended at national, sector and local level, and their potential analysis in economic appraisal. This also finds a change in recent years, which ...
Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools
... decades. For developing countries, the task is particularly daunting. The process of adapting to new conditions, stresses and natural hazards that result from climate change will require additional interventions. Although most communities have some ability to respond to changes and extreme climatic ...
... decades. For developing countries, the task is particularly daunting. The process of adapting to new conditions, stresses and natural hazards that result from climate change will require additional interventions. Although most communities have some ability to respond to changes and extreme climatic ...
Societal Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change and Monsoon
... societies dependent on natural resources that are sensitive to climate change. Risks of global warming and environmental changes are already clearly visible in agriculture8-10, forestry11, fisheries12,13,14, water resources15,16 tropical soils17, a variety of plants and animals18-20 and other compon ...
... societies dependent on natural resources that are sensitive to climate change. Risks of global warming and environmental changes are already clearly visible in agriculture8-10, forestry11, fisheries12,13,14, water resources15,16 tropical soils17, a variety of plants and animals18-20 and other compon ...
Climate Change and Aspen
... communities as the canary in the coal mine for global warming. Aspen’s goal: to aggressively reduce its contribution to global warming, and to engage other communities to send a clear message on the importance of this issue. Data for the past 50 years collected at Aspen’s weather station, and compil ...
... communities as the canary in the coal mine for global warming. Aspen’s goal: to aggressively reduce its contribution to global warming, and to engage other communities to send a clear message on the importance of this issue. Data for the past 50 years collected at Aspen’s weather station, and compil ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change
... Jaffee, Robin Mearns, and Anne Kuriakose (World Bank), Gordon Hughes (consultant) with contributions from Huynh Thuy (consultants); Tingju Zhu and Zhe Guo (IFPRI); Le Heng Nam, Nguyen Thuy Hang, Ha Le Thanh, and Thuy Dung (Institute of Water Resources Planning); Do Duc Dung (Southern Institute of Wat ...
... Jaffee, Robin Mearns, and Anne Kuriakose (World Bank), Gordon Hughes (consultant) with contributions from Huynh Thuy (consultants); Tingju Zhu and Zhe Guo (IFPRI); Le Heng Nam, Nguyen Thuy Hang, Ha Le Thanh, and Thuy Dung (Institute of Water Resources Planning); Do Duc Dung (Southern Institute of Wat ...
US CLIVAR Science Plan
... research activities, and they comprise a way forward for advancing US CLIVAR’s science goals. US CLIVAR management structure facilitates close collaboration between the climate science community and the funding agencies that sponsor climate research. It consists of: a Scientific Steering Committee ( ...
... research activities, and they comprise a way forward for advancing US CLIVAR’s science goals. US CLIVAR management structure facilitates close collaboration between the climate science community and the funding agencies that sponsor climate research. It consists of: a Scientific Steering Committee ( ...
Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential
... will be needed for many particular sectors and locations. Any emission reductions will progressively reduce the likelihood of impacts at the high end of the existing large range of emissions scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order ...
... will be needed for many particular sectors and locations. Any emission reductions will progressively reduce the likelihood of impacts at the high end of the existing large range of emissions scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order ...
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.""