Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation into Catchment
... be the optimal way to deal with future surprises, or unknowable risks (Tompkins & Adger, 2003). Resilience is thus a goal (or aspiration) for management of ecosystems, as well as an attribute of the system itself. It can be investigated at different levels, such as individual, community, organisatio ...
... be the optimal way to deal with future surprises, or unknowable risks (Tompkins & Adger, 2003). Resilience is thus a goal (or aspiration) for management of ecosystems, as well as an attribute of the system itself. It can be investigated at different levels, such as individual, community, organisatio ...
Module: Introduction
... - to ensure that the entire world population, that will increase from 7 to 10 billion people by 2050, will have access to cheap energy, and - to guarantee that this happens in an environmentally sustainable way, limiting the increase of temperature to below 2°C. OUR STRATEGY Consistent with this vis ...
... - to ensure that the entire world population, that will increase from 7 to 10 billion people by 2050, will have access to cheap energy, and - to guarantee that this happens in an environmentally sustainable way, limiting the increase of temperature to below 2°C. OUR STRATEGY Consistent with this vis ...
Process-based modelling of biogenic monoterpene emissions
... can be derived directly from the emission capacity by calculation of photosynthesis and hence J at standard conditions. This derivation assumes that either there is no storage of monoterpenes, or the storage pool is in a steady state. Although this assumption might be invalid for individual cases on ...
... can be derived directly from the emission capacity by calculation of photosynthesis and hence J at standard conditions. This derivation assumes that either there is no storage of monoterpenes, or the storage pool is in a steady state. Although this assumption might be invalid for individual cases on ...
Successful adaptation to climate change across scales
... ability of others to meet their adaptation goals. Crucially, an action that is successful for one individual, organisation or level of government may not be classed as successful by another. Success therefore depends on scale of implementation and the criteria used to evaluate it at each scale. This ...
... ability of others to meet their adaptation goals. Crucially, an action that is successful for one individual, organisation or level of government may not be classed as successful by another. Success therefore depends on scale of implementation and the criteria used to evaluate it at each scale. This ...
Climate Change Youth Guide to Action
... Production of the TakingITGlobal Climate Change Youth Guide to Action was funded by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. Special thanks to our partner, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, for their invaluable contributions to the project. You can download this guide at www.climate.takingitglob ...
... Production of the TakingITGlobal Climate Change Youth Guide to Action was funded by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation. Special thanks to our partner, the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition, for their invaluable contributions to the project. You can download this guide at www.climate.takingitglob ...
decision 3/CP.19
... Decides, in the context of its determination to adopt a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties at its twenty-first session (December 2015) and for it to come into effect and be implemented from 2020: (a) To request the ...
... Decides, in the context of its determination to adopt a protocol, another legal instrument or an agreed outcome with legal force under the Convention applicable to all Parties at its twenty-first session (December 2015) and for it to come into effect and be implemented from 2020: (a) To request the ...
mitigating climate change in the tea sector
... for their livelihood. Africa’s farmers are among the most vulnerable to climate change, despite having the world’s lowest rate of greenhouse gas emissions per person. Higher temperatures, variations in rainfall patterns and more frequently occurring extreme climate events are threatening food securi ...
... for their livelihood. Africa’s farmers are among the most vulnerable to climate change, despite having the world’s lowest rate of greenhouse gas emissions per person. Higher temperatures, variations in rainfall patterns and more frequently occurring extreme climate events are threatening food securi ...
adapt to climate change
... widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea levels all point directly to a warmer planet. There is overwhelming evidence that humans are contributing to global warming. Most of the observed increase in temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely to be due to the obser ...
... widespread melting of snow and ice and rising global average sea levels all point directly to a warmer planet. There is overwhelming evidence that humans are contributing to global warming. Most of the observed increase in temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely to be due to the obser ...
Innovation in the realm of institutional complexity
... the average temperature in most parts of the world (IPCC 2014). The increased temperature leads to changes in precipitation – some areas of the world face major increase in precipitation, while other areas face major decrease in precipitation. In the Northern hemisphere, the climate is becoming warm ...
... the average temperature in most parts of the world (IPCC 2014). The increased temperature leads to changes in precipitation – some areas of the world face major increase in precipitation, while other areas face major decrease in precipitation. In the Northern hemisphere, the climate is becoming warm ...
Climate change and the natural heritage
... drier summers, wetter winters, sea-level rise, and an increased risk of flooding, will all affect our lives. There is a global need to take action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible, but changes in climate will not be completely eliminated by these actions. We need also to ...
... drier summers, wetter winters, sea-level rise, and an increased risk of flooding, will all affect our lives. There is a global need to take action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions which are responsible, but changes in climate will not be completely eliminated by these actions. We need also to ...
Cambodia`s first national communication
... Communication. With this support Cambodia was able to determine its GHG inventory, identify potential actions on how to minimize GHG emissions, assess the vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in priority sectors and prepare a national action plan for effective response measures to climate ...
... Communication. With this support Cambodia was able to determine its GHG inventory, identify potential actions on how to minimize GHG emissions, assess the vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in priority sectors and prepare a national action plan for effective response measures to climate ...
How does CDP & the Climate Disclosure Standards Board drive change?
... “We are a group of companies and investors sharing a concern that financial markets do not yet take sufficient account of climate-related corporate performance, risks and opportunities relevant to future shareholder value because of a lack of comprehensive and comparable information in “mainstream” ...
... “We are a group of companies and investors sharing a concern that financial markets do not yet take sufficient account of climate-related corporate performance, risks and opportunities relevant to future shareholder value because of a lack of comprehensive and comparable information in “mainstream” ...
Coastal Climate Change Report
... Source: Australian Government (2011), Climate Change Risks to Coastal Buildings and Infrastructure: A Supplement to the First Pass National Assessment MANAGING COASTAL CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS 8 October 2011 ...
... Source: Australian Government (2011), Climate Change Risks to Coastal Buildings and Infrastructure: A Supplement to the First Pass National Assessment MANAGING COASTAL CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS 8 October 2011 ...
Guide to Considering Climate Change in Project Development in
... global value of 0.2 degrees centigrade per decade. For the next two decades, a warming trend of about 0.2 degrees centigrade is projected for a range of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission scenarios. Even if the concentration of all greenhouse gases and aerosols is kept constant at year ...
... global value of 0.2 degrees centigrade per decade. For the next two decades, a warming trend of about 0.2 degrees centigrade is projected for a range of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission scenarios. Even if the concentration of all greenhouse gases and aerosols is kept constant at year ...
4.3 Approach to CLIMATE CHANGE Scenario Development
... make sense now. Climate change scenarios are scenarios of plausible changes in climate. They are used to understand what the consequences of climate change can be. Scenarios can also be used to provide inputs for change impacts, vulnerability assessment and identify and evaluate adaptation strategie ...
... make sense now. Climate change scenarios are scenarios of plausible changes in climate. They are used to understand what the consequences of climate change can be. Scenarios can also be used to provide inputs for change impacts, vulnerability assessment and identify and evaluate adaptation strategie ...
Salick BygKonchar_Tibetan Agriculture and Climate
... protected from cold and severe weather, but which can now be grown throughout the Mekong (Lancang) river valley. This local adaptation is most recently being dominated by government purchase of grapes and wine production, taking the added value from locals and increasing the market to the point wher ...
... protected from cold and severe weather, but which can now be grown throughout the Mekong (Lancang) river valley. This local adaptation is most recently being dominated by government purchase of grapes and wine production, taking the added value from locals and increasing the market to the point wher ...
Climate Change and Invasive Alien Species
... Adaptive strategies need to involve international co-operation and include research and development on monitoring, prediction, outbreak triggers, risk assessment and management strategies. Such approaches need to be developed at the regional scale CABI’s farmer field schools encourage uptake of indi ...
... Adaptive strategies need to involve international co-operation and include research and development on monitoring, prediction, outbreak triggers, risk assessment and management strategies. Such approaches need to be developed at the regional scale CABI’s farmer field schools encourage uptake of indi ...
Catastrophe modelling and climate change
... Atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide are higher than at any time during the last 800,000 years. The main causes for this are the combustion of fossil fuels and changes in land use. Since pre-industrial times atmospheric CO2 concentrations have in ...
... Atmospheric levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide are higher than at any time during the last 800,000 years. The main causes for this are the combustion of fossil fuels and changes in land use. Since pre-industrial times atmospheric CO2 concentrations have in ...
Telling the Weather Story - Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction
... catastrophic events. This is a concern given that the IPCC has concluded that it is very likely that extreme weather such as hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will become more frequent over the next 50 years. The frequency with which Canada experiences events such as heavy rain ...
... catastrophic events. This is a concern given that the IPCC has concluded that it is very likely that extreme weather such as hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will become more frequent over the next 50 years. The frequency with which Canada experiences events such as heavy rain ...
Telling the Weather Story - IBC Public Assets
... catastrophic events. This is a concern given that the IPCC has concluded that it is very likely that extreme weather such as hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will become more frequent over the next 50 years. The frequency with which Canada experiences events such as heavy rain ...
... catastrophic events. This is a concern given that the IPCC has concluded that it is very likely that extreme weather such as hot extremes, heat waves and heavy precipitation events will become more frequent over the next 50 years. The frequency with which Canada experiences events such as heavy rain ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... ¾ i) Ozone was responsible for one-third to one-half of the observed warming trend in the Arctic during winter and spring [Drew Shindell]. ¾ ii) The new interpretations reveal methane emissions may account for a third of the climate warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases between the 1750s and toda ...
... ¾ i) Ozone was responsible for one-third to one-half of the observed warming trend in the Arctic during winter and spring [Drew Shindell]. ¾ ii) The new interpretations reveal methane emissions may account for a third of the climate warming from well-mixed greenhouse gases between the 1750s and toda ...
internists (american college of physicians)
... illnesses—will be disproportionately affected. Climate change is happening now, and its effects are expected to worsen over the next century. Anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions must be substantially curbed to hold the global average temperature increase to “well below” 2 °C (3.6 ° ...
... illnesses—will be disproportionately affected. Climate change is happening now, and its effects are expected to worsen over the next century. Anthropogenic (human-caused) greenhouse gas emissions must be substantially curbed to hold the global average temperature increase to “well below” 2 °C (3.6 ° ...
National adaptation is also a global concern
... in polar seas), which will have in turn consequences on the industry (profitability, jobs, etc.), markets and prices in several countries, and then on international competitiveness. The more the current panorama of international agreements will be challenged, the more climate change will question fo ...
... in polar seas), which will have in turn consequences on the industry (profitability, jobs, etc.), markets and prices in several countries, and then on international competitiveness. The more the current panorama of international agreements will be challenged, the more climate change will question fo ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... With or without technical training in the sciences, interpreters in Yosemite frequently address a number of scientific topics, including climate change, in response to questions from visitors about the topic, and often as part of their formal programs. In this capacity, they must represent the Natio ...
... With or without technical training in the sciences, interpreters in Yosemite frequently address a number of scientific topics, including climate change, in response to questions from visitors about the topic, and often as part of their formal programs. In this capacity, they must represent the Natio ...
Implementation of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in
... the onus on developed countries to lead the way, whoever it is implied that each party makes contribution to the common cause. The Convention requires from the parties enhanced actions on adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Among specific actions required are the inventory of greenhouse gas ...
... the onus on developed countries to lead the way, whoever it is implied that each party makes contribution to the common cause. The Convention requires from the parties enhanced actions on adaptation and mitigation of climate change. Among specific actions required are the inventory of greenhouse gas ...
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.""