Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks
... Muddled terminology has thus characterized the past two and a half decades of research on ‘catastrophic’, ‘singular’, ‘abrupt’, or ‘tipping’ impacts of climate change. We distinguish between tipping elements, tipping points, and climate-economic shocks. We apply the Lentonian definition of tipping e ...
... Muddled terminology has thus characterized the past two and a half decades of research on ‘catastrophic’, ‘singular’, ‘abrupt’, or ‘tipping’ impacts of climate change. We distinguish between tipping elements, tipping points, and climate-economic shocks. We apply the Lentonian definition of tipping e ...
Global Climate Change: National Security Implications
... still more controversial area. Social scientists are not in agreement here. To be sure many—and possibly the preponderance—of social scientists think that such things as poverty and resource shortages lead to conflict, make post-conflict reconciliation harder, and provide a breeding ground for, if n ...
... still more controversial area. Social scientists are not in agreement here. To be sure many—and possibly the preponderance—of social scientists think that such things as poverty and resource shortages lead to conflict, make post-conflict reconciliation harder, and provide a breeding ground for, if n ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... Climate change is changing the contexts in which development takes place by changing the nature and intensity of climate-related risks, and through the impacts of evolving climate-related risks on people’s vulnerability. Current development interventions that fail to address climate change, and curr ...
... Climate change is changing the contexts in which development takes place by changing the nature and intensity of climate-related risks, and through the impacts of evolving climate-related risks on people’s vulnerability. Current development interventions that fail to address climate change, and curr ...
Australia`s Farming Future Final Market Research Report
... process is critical to their synthesis of information and communications, their receptiveness to new ideas and who they are most influenced by in terms of trusted sources. Primary producers use a range of sources to triangulate and validate what they have been told making it important to communicate ...
... process is critical to their synthesis of information and communications, their receptiveness to new ideas and who they are most influenced by in terms of trusted sources. Primary producers use a range of sources to triangulate and validate what they have been told making it important to communicate ...
Final Market Research Report - Department of Agriculture and Water
... process is critical to their synthesis of information and communications, their receptiveness to new ideas and who they are most influenced by in terms of trusted sources. Primary producers use a range of sources to triangulate and validate what they have been told making it important to communicate ...
... process is critical to their synthesis of information and communications, their receptiveness to new ideas and who they are most influenced by in terms of trusted sources. Primary producers use a range of sources to triangulate and validate what they have been told making it important to communicate ...
In The Greenhouse
... addition to greenhouse kits and structures we have all the greenhouse supplies equipment and plastic coverings you might need to start or stock your greenhouse, activity 12 teacher guide what is a greenhouse - what is a greenhouse greenhouse covers prevent heat losses from convection air movement ca ...
... addition to greenhouse kits and structures we have all the greenhouse supplies equipment and plastic coverings you might need to start or stock your greenhouse, activity 12 teacher guide what is a greenhouse - what is a greenhouse greenhouse covers prevent heat losses from convection air movement ca ...
Climate change science and Victoria
... general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific ...
... general statements based on scientific research. The reader is advised and needs to be aware that such information may be incomplete or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... options. The threat from climate change should be explicitly factored into planning and actions undertaken under a range of existing initiatives such as the National Heritage Trust, world heritage management and the National Reserve System, and the preparation of recovery and threat abatement plans ...
... options. The threat from climate change should be explicitly factored into planning and actions undertaken under a range of existing initiatives such as the National Heritage Trust, world heritage management and the National Reserve System, and the preparation of recovery and threat abatement plans ...
Framework Programme on Climate Change Adaptation
... projected to reach 9.1 billion by 2050. Looking ahead, FAO recognizes that these two challenges must be addressed together. Climate change adaptation, a must for the agricultural sectors, will require substantial technical and financial investments in order to achieve food and nutrition security, par ...
... projected to reach 9.1 billion by 2050. Looking ahead, FAO recognizes that these two challenges must be addressed together. Climate change adaptation, a must for the agricultural sectors, will require substantial technical and financial investments in order to achieve food and nutrition security, par ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Higher-than-average deprivation in Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish coastal areas can be identified in the data, but the correlation between coastal areas and high deprivation levels is less evident than in England. For example, in Wales several of the 20 per cent most deprived wards are located i ...
... Higher-than-average deprivation in Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish coastal areas can be identified in the data, but the correlation between coastal areas and high deprivation levels is less evident than in England. For example, in Wales several of the 20 per cent most deprived wards are located i ...
Impact of Global Warming on Insurance Lawyers and Their Clients
... no, how do you account for climate change in your risk management? Describe your company’s process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that they could affect your business, including financial implications. Summarize the current or anticipated risks that climate cha ...
... no, how do you account for climate change in your risk management? Describe your company’s process for identifying climate change-related risks and assessing the degree that they could affect your business, including financial implications. Summarize the current or anticipated risks that climate cha ...
Contrasting the direct radiative effect and direct radiative forcing of
... various anthropogenic forcing mechanisms on the Earth’s energy budget. The aerosol DRF reflects both the change in primary aerosol emissions from anthropogenic activity and the impacts of the changing chemical environment (due to anthropogenic emissions) on secondary aerosol formation. The radiative ...
... various anthropogenic forcing mechanisms on the Earth’s energy budget. The aerosol DRF reflects both the change in primary aerosol emissions from anthropogenic activity and the impacts of the changing chemical environment (due to anthropogenic emissions) on secondary aerosol formation. The radiative ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi
... adaptation embedded in development activities. The project works at multiple scales, but with a central focus on advancing adaptive livelihoods for vulnerable groups. As part of the ASSAR project, the East Africa team’s work concentrates especially on dryland zones of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Thi ...
... adaptation embedded in development activities. The project works at multiple scales, but with a central focus on advancing adaptive livelihoods for vulnerable groups. As part of the ASSAR project, the East Africa team’s work concentrates especially on dryland zones of Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Thi ...
Yukon Climate Change Indicators and Key
... clear statement about the overall global context still leaves us needing much more information to understand the situation at a regional level. This report seeks to assess our state of knowledge for climate change in Yukon. Climate change is both complex and dynamic. It affects most sectors of our n ...
... clear statement about the overall global context still leaves us needing much more information to understand the situation at a regional level. This report seeks to assess our state of knowledge for climate change in Yukon. Climate change is both complex and dynamic. It affects most sectors of our n ...
Impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological
... Available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tqem.20276 Alley, R. B., J. Marotzke, et al. (2003). "Abrupt climate change." Science 299: 2005-2010 DOI: 10.1126/science.1081056 Available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/299/5615/2005.abstract Large, abrupt, and widespread climate changes with major ...
... Available at: http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tqem.20276 Alley, R. B., J. Marotzke, et al. (2003). "Abrupt climate change." Science 299: 2005-2010 DOI: 10.1126/science.1081056 Available at: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/299/5615/2005.abstract Large, abrupt, and widespread climate changes with major ...
Climate Change and Population Movement in Pacific Island Countries
... increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing the world to become warmer. The increases are the result of emissions of gases from industrial and agricultural processes and energy use, and they have increased considerably in recent decades. In addition to warming tempera ...
... increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing the world to become warmer. The increases are the result of emissions of gases from industrial and agricultural processes and energy use, and they have increased considerably in recent decades. In addition to warming tempera ...
Urban Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience
... Since 2011, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific has been helping countries in the region develop climate change adaptation projects and build capacities to access related finance in a sustainable way. One of the ways USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific does this is by designing and implementing standalone capacity buildi ...
... Since 2011, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific has been helping countries in the region develop climate change adaptation projects and build capacities to access related finance in a sustainable way. One of the ways USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific does this is by designing and implementing standalone capacity buildi ...
Urban Climate Change Adaptation and - East
... Since 2011, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific has been helping countries in the region develop climate change adaptation projects and build capacities to access related finance in a sustainable way. One of the ways USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific does this is by designing and implementing standalone capacity buildi ...
... Since 2011, USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific has been helping countries in the region develop climate change adaptation projects and build capacities to access related finance in a sustainable way. One of the ways USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific does this is by designing and implementing standalone capacity buildi ...
Republic of Maldives
... need for long-term adaptation to climate change. Since the commencement of sea wall construction around the capital Male' in September 1988 the government has implemented several projects aimed at adaptation to environmental threats. ...
... need for long-term adaptation to climate change. Since the commencement of sea wall construction around the capital Male' in September 1988 the government has implemented several projects aimed at adaptation to environmental threats. ...
Results compilation 2B - Charles Sturt University
... There was also evidence that these value conflicts shaped landholder responses to remnant vegetation programs. There was some evidence of landholders ploughing native grasslands ahead of the introduction of the „ten year‟ regulations to ensure they didn‟t lose the potential to use areas for producti ...
... There was also evidence that these value conflicts shaped landholder responses to remnant vegetation programs. There was some evidence of landholders ploughing native grasslands ahead of the introduction of the „ten year‟ regulations to ensure they didn‟t lose the potential to use areas for producti ...
Global Policy Making on Climate Refugees
... international organizations and business companies are also important policy actors (Held & McGrew 2003:12, Reinecke 1998:52, Soroos 1986:78-87). Policy procedures are another challenge since they are not as specified on the global level as they are within states. For each new global policy process ...
... international organizations and business companies are also important policy actors (Held & McGrew 2003:12, Reinecke 1998:52, Soroos 1986:78-87). Policy procedures are another challenge since they are not as specified on the global level as they are within states. For each new global policy process ...
Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health
... our planet.These changes reflect the overload of several of the Earth’s biophysical and ecological systems caused by the combined impact of growing human population and economic activities. Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, bu ...
... our planet.These changes reflect the overload of several of the Earth’s biophysical and ecological systems caused by the combined impact of growing human population and economic activities. Environmental changes are now affecting the whole planet and disrupting earth’s life-supporting mechanisms, bu ...
Specialist Advice and literature review to support the Ad Hoc
... stabilize greenhouse gases „at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system’. It then asserts that „Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change‟. Moreover, Article 4 includes as a co ...
... stabilize greenhouse gases „at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system’. It then asserts that „Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change‟. Moreover, Article 4 includes as a co ...
China in the International Politics of Climate Change
... How does one explain how decision-makers arrive at certain foreign policy decisions? There are several different approaches to this question. Here I will make use of three alternative explanatory models; the unitary rational actor model (URA), the domestic politics model (DP) and the social learning ...
... How does one explain how decision-makers arrive at certain foreign policy decisions? There are several different approaches to this question. Here I will make use of three alternative explanatory models; the unitary rational actor model (URA), the domestic politics model (DP) and the social learning ...