Poverty and Climate Change
... strategies of the poor. Traditional risk sharing mechanisms, such as asset pooling and kinship, could be complemented by micro-insurance approaches, and infrastructure design and investment, both for private and public use, should take into account the potential impacts of climate change. ...
... strategies of the poor. Traditional risk sharing mechanisms, such as asset pooling and kinship, could be complemented by micro-insurance approaches, and infrastructure design and investment, both for private and public use, should take into account the potential impacts of climate change. ...
Energy and the Protection of the Atmosphere
... ecosystems. The extraction, conversion and combustion of fossil fuels, and to a lesser degree land-use changes and agriculture, lead to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases that are altering the radiative balance of the atmosphere, possibly causing climate change. Human activities have incr ...
... ecosystems. The extraction, conversion and combustion of fossil fuels, and to a lesser degree land-use changes and agriculture, lead to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases that are altering the radiative balance of the atmosphere, possibly causing climate change. Human activities have incr ...
Chinese and Russian policies on climate change
... Since the conclusion of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol negotiations, the Chinese government has been steadily increasing measures for the reduction of its greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Meanwhile, the Russian government has been extremely hesitant to even acknowledge humanity’s role in climate change. T ...
... Since the conclusion of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol negotiations, the Chinese government has been steadily increasing measures for the reduction of its greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. Meanwhile, the Russian government has been extremely hesitant to even acknowledge humanity’s role in climate change. T ...
Assessing global biome exposure to climate change through the
... (an estimate of climate-related risks) were calculated on 14 biomes and 766 ecoregions. Results Our results suggest that most of the Earth’s biomes will probably undergo changes beyond the mH recorded levels of community turnover and range shifts because the magnitude of climate anomalies expected i ...
... (an estimate of climate-related risks) were calculated on 14 biomes and 766 ecoregions. Results Our results suggest that most of the Earth’s biomes will probably undergo changes beyond the mH recorded levels of community turnover and range shifts because the magnitude of climate anomalies expected i ...
Adaptation Planning In New York City
... future timeslice simulation and its baseline simulation; mean precipitation is based on the ratio of ...
... future timeslice simulation and its baseline simulation; mean precipitation is based on the ratio of ...
NEPA, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND PUBLIC LANDS DECISION MAKING
... change. The difficulty stems predominantly from the global scale and the perceived uncertainty of climate change. Though scientists generally agree that anthropogenic climate change is real, substantial uncertainty exists about the primary driver of climate change—future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
... change. The difficulty stems predominantly from the global scale and the perceived uncertainty of climate change. Though scientists generally agree that anthropogenic climate change is real, substantial uncertainty exists about the primary driver of climate change—future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissio ...
The role of private investment in increasing climate friendly technologies in developing
... markets, particularly formalized and regulated market expansion within the USA. However, it is critical that these new markets provide policy mechanisms linking with developing markets, including foreign investment in low-carbon technology.6 To date, the largest contribution to the carbon market rem ...
... markets, particularly formalized and regulated market expansion within the USA. However, it is critical that these new markets provide policy mechanisms linking with developing markets, including foreign investment in low-carbon technology.6 To date, the largest contribution to the carbon market rem ...
Procedural Rights as a Crucial Tool to Combat Climate Change
... freedom of expression and the right to seek and receive information, the right to participate in decision-making and the right of access to justice. States must address climate change through a transparent process of giving the public full and complete information during the early stages ofdecision- ...
... freedom of expression and the right to seek and receive information, the right to participate in decision-making and the right of access to justice. States must address climate change through a transparent process of giving the public full and complete information during the early stages ofdecision- ...
Weathering the Storm: the impact of climate change
... have heard that our city will also be exposed to more frequent and severe problems with overheating and flooding from rainfall. Not only does this directly impact business operations, but the insurance sector too faces rising costs, which may make commercial business cover prohibitively expensive if ...
... have heard that our city will also be exposed to more frequent and severe problems with overheating and flooding from rainfall. Not only does this directly impact business operations, but the insurance sector too faces rising costs, which may make commercial business cover prohibitively expensive if ...
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... There are two kinds of reasons that the discount rate can be important for climate policy. Different types of investments lead to different profiles of future benefits, the comparison of which depends on the discount rate. Therefore, the allocation of a given level of investment depends on the discoun ...
... There are two kinds of reasons that the discount rate can be important for climate policy. Different types of investments lead to different profiles of future benefits, the comparison of which depends on the discount rate. Therefore, the allocation of a given level of investment depends on the discoun ...
Needs Assessment: Cayman Islands
... Background and Purpose Introduction This report forms one of a suite of 16 individual needs assessments of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) produced as part of the process of developing a DFID/FCO led cross HMG programme design to address climate change by promoting low carbon climate resilient d ...
... Background and Purpose Introduction This report forms one of a suite of 16 individual needs assessments of the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) produced as part of the process of developing a DFID/FCO led cross HMG programme design to address climate change by promoting low carbon climate resilient d ...
Ecosystem-based adaptation: An approach for building
... Global climate change is already adversely impacting the world’s ecosystems and the people that depend on them. Impacts are escalating as temperature and precipitation patterns change and extreme weather events and related conditions increase in frequency and intensity. Climate change directly threa ...
... Global climate change is already adversely impacting the world’s ecosystems and the people that depend on them. Impacts are escalating as temperature and precipitation patterns change and extreme weather events and related conditions increase in frequency and intensity. Climate change directly threa ...
James Hurrell*1, Gerald A. Meehl1, David Bader2
... interactions. Significant increases to computing resources to facilitate explicit simulation of smaller-scale processes and their interactions with the larger scale will be essential. b. Value of testing models on all time scales A paradigm has long been that it is not essential to get all of the d ...
... interactions. Significant increases to computing resources to facilitate explicit simulation of smaller-scale processes and their interactions with the larger scale will be essential. b. Value of testing models on all time scales A paradigm has long been that it is not essential to get all of the d ...
Understanding patterns of resilient economic development. Rwanda
... educational development, also singalled improved adaptive capacity in addition to the creation of training programmes for far mers on climate resilience. This was complemented by efforts to institutionalise DRRM though establishing food stores, early warning systems, support programmes for climate-s ...
... educational development, also singalled improved adaptive capacity in addition to the creation of training programmes for far mers on climate resilience. This was complemented by efforts to institutionalise DRRM though establishing food stores, early warning systems, support programmes for climate-s ...
Climate Change and its Implications for the Nile Region
... This chapter aims to inform readers of the seriousness of the threat posed by climate change to the basin, and hopes to provide guidance on what the basin countries need to do to minimize negative impacts of climate change. This chapter starts with a discussion on the long-term changes associated wi ...
... This chapter aims to inform readers of the seriousness of the threat posed by climate change to the basin, and hopes to provide guidance on what the basin countries need to do to minimize negative impacts of climate change. This chapter starts with a discussion on the long-term changes associated wi ...
Establishment of an ecosystem transect to address climate change
... could disrupt the process. A practical constraint may be that differences in cultural norms, drivers and reward systems limits the effectiveness of research-policy partnerships (Kinzig et al. 2003; Kueffer et al. 2012). Impediments to effective partnerships include the two sectors operating within d ...
... could disrupt the process. A practical constraint may be that differences in cultural norms, drivers and reward systems limits the effectiveness of research-policy partnerships (Kinzig et al. 2003; Kueffer et al. 2012). Impediments to effective partnerships include the two sectors operating within d ...
Climate-induced migration and displacement: closing the policy gap
... recurrent extreme rainfall events is also often used as a coping strategy, reducing disaster impacts and displacement (Milan, 2015: 23; New Climate for Peace, 2015). Structural inequalities, including gender inequality, impede the mobility of some, and force the displacement of others (Bettini and G ...
... recurrent extreme rainfall events is also often used as a coping strategy, reducing disaster impacts and displacement (Milan, 2015: 23; New Climate for Peace, 2015). Structural inequalities, including gender inequality, impede the mobility of some, and force the displacement of others (Bettini and G ...
Aalborg Universitet
... decline in rainfall and extreme weather patterns such as heavy rains, cyclones and droughts are becoming more frequent throughout the continent especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (IFAD, 2010). Agricultural production relies mainly on rainfall and will be severely compromised in many African countries ...
... decline in rainfall and extreme weather patterns such as heavy rains, cyclones and droughts are becoming more frequent throughout the continent especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (IFAD, 2010). Agricultural production relies mainly on rainfall and will be severely compromised in many African countries ...
Climate Change in the African Small Island Developing States: From
... The African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, and Seychelles. In its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored that small island States will continue to ...
... The African Small Island Developing States (SIDS) comprise Cabo Verde, the Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe, and Seychelles. In its Fifth Assessment Report, published in 2014, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change underscored that small island States will continue to ...
Philosophy of Climate Science Part I: Observing
... the climate is the finite distribution over time of the climate variables arising under a certain regime of varying external conditions ( given the initial states). Spelling out in detail what a regime of varying external conditions amounts to is not easy, but a reasonable requirement is that the me ...
... the climate is the finite distribution over time of the climate variables arising under a certain regime of varying external conditions ( given the initial states). Spelling out in detail what a regime of varying external conditions amounts to is not easy, but a reasonable requirement is that the me ...
Fifth National Report of the Government of the Federal
... Bioenergy............................................................................................... 119 ...
... Bioenergy............................................................................................... 119 ...
View/Open
... (IEA, 2013). Biomass use in coal plants is bound to increase as more countries will need to rely on its assumed neutrality to meet their CO2 emission reduction targets (IEA, 2009). In Europe, countries originally agreed to a binding target requiring 20% of total energy to come from renewable source ...
... (IEA, 2013). Biomass use in coal plants is bound to increase as more countries will need to rely on its assumed neutrality to meet their CO2 emission reduction targets (IEA, 2009). In Europe, countries originally agreed to a binding target requiring 20% of total energy to come from renewable source ...
