South Asia Disaster Report 2010 UNISDR
... each shift in development policy, disaster risk is distributed socially and spatially with development. Development choices have implications on the society and natural environment of a country and the region which determine risk accumulation and vulnerability to disasters. South Asia represents a u ...
... each shift in development policy, disaster risk is distributed socially and spatially with development. Development choices have implications on the society and natural environment of a country and the region which determine risk accumulation and vulnerability to disasters. South Asia represents a u ...
The Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia: A
... Compared to developed countries, the region’s emissions on a per capita basis are relatively low. But they are considerably higher than the global average. In 2000, the region’s major sources of emissions were the land-use change and forestry sector at 75%, energy sector at 15%, and the agricultural ...
... Compared to developed countries, the region’s emissions on a per capita basis are relatively low. But they are considerably higher than the global average. In 2000, the region’s major sources of emissions were the land-use change and forestry sector at 75%, energy sector at 15%, and the agricultural ...
The Longest Conflict - Centre for Policy Development
... and abroad. As we enter this conflict we currently do so with at least one eye shut. The Australian Government is to release a new Defence White Paper in late 2015 or early 2016. On current expectations, it will pay only passing and piecemeal consideration to climate change. The 2014 Defence Issues ...
... and abroad. As we enter this conflict we currently do so with at least one eye shut. The Australian Government is to release a new Defence White Paper in late 2015 or early 2016. On current expectations, it will pay only passing and piecemeal consideration to climate change. The 2014 Defence Issues ...
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... findings—Schlenker and Lobell (2010) measure the relationship between weather and observed countrylevel crop yields, predicting median yield losses of 8% for cassava and 22% for maize between now and 2050. Given the inertia in the climate system, some degree of climate change can be expected to set ...
... findings—Schlenker and Lobell (2010) measure the relationship between weather and observed countrylevel crop yields, predicting median yield losses of 8% for cassava and 22% for maize between now and 2050. Given the inertia in the climate system, some degree of climate change can be expected to set ...
Expect Above Average Temperatures: Identifying the Economic
... I abstract from constraints. One could also model a1 as affecting constraints on a2 . The results would be qualitatively similar to those we will obtain below. ...
... I abstract from constraints. One could also model a1 as affecting constraints on a2 . The results would be qualitatively similar to those we will obtain below. ...
GEOPOLITICAL IDENTITY OF CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL
... The origin of international climate politics is dated to the end of 1970s (Virtanen & Rohweder 2011) but the politics of climate change did not truly strengthen until after the climate and development conference Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Summit accepted the United Nations Fram ...
... The origin of international climate politics is dated to the end of 1970s (Virtanen & Rohweder 2011) but the politics of climate change did not truly strengthen until after the climate and development conference Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. The Summit accepted the United Nations Fram ...
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... The next question is how revenue generated from carbon taxes should be returned to the American people. The Alaska Permanent Fund, which pays out an annual dividend to all residents, and was first introduced by a Republican governor in a state known for its libertarian tendencies, provides a useful ...
... The next question is how revenue generated from carbon taxes should be returned to the American people. The Alaska Permanent Fund, which pays out an annual dividend to all residents, and was first introduced by a Republican governor in a state known for its libertarian tendencies, provides a useful ...
Climate change leadership: A study of climate change
... company is subject to a number of factors, including the nature of its business, the impact of local and international legislation, and the company’s ability to respond to climate change. South Africa is not isolated from climate change risks. Its mining sector is vulnerable to climate change becaus ...
... company is subject to a number of factors, including the nature of its business, the impact of local and international legislation, and the company’s ability to respond to climate change. South Africa is not isolated from climate change risks. Its mining sector is vulnerable to climate change becaus ...
an analysis of factors affecting climate change adaptation strategies
... Climate change has resulted in several effects which include floods, droughts and shifts in marginal agriculture systems leading to a reduction in agriculture output which has led to food insecurity in the country. Following some analysis, adaptation has been suggested as the way to combat the effec ...
... Climate change has resulted in several effects which include floods, droughts and shifts in marginal agriculture systems leading to a reduction in agriculture output which has led to food insecurity in the country. Following some analysis, adaptation has been suggested as the way to combat the effec ...
RPS-Report template (standard) - University of Technology Sydney
... This guidance manual has been prepared by Dr Jane Inglis and Stella Whittaker from RPS, Andrew Dimitriadis from the City of Canada Bay Council (CCBC), and Stefanie Pillora from The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank ...
... This guidance manual has been prepared by Dr Jane Inglis and Stella Whittaker from RPS, Andrew Dimitriadis from the City of Canada Bay Council (CCBC), and Stefanie Pillora from The Australian Centre of Excellence for Local Government (ACELG). The authors would like to take this opportunity to thank ...
Report
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that has strongly influenced public policy and scientific research in recent years. Climate change is caused by an increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water, and methane and is predicted to cause significant changes in temperature, p ...
... Climate change is a global phenomenon that has strongly influenced public policy and scientific research in recent years. Climate change is caused by an increase in atmospheric greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water, and methane and is predicted to cause significant changes in temperature, p ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Vulnerability
... food insecurity and poverty affecting one-quarter of the world’s population is a sad indictment of the failure to respond adequately in a time of unprecedented scientific progress and economic development. There is no way we can meet food security and poverty concerns without first addressing the is ...
... food insecurity and poverty affecting one-quarter of the world’s population is a sad indictment of the failure to respond adequately in a time of unprecedented scientific progress and economic development. There is no way we can meet food security and poverty concerns without first addressing the is ...
Biodiversity and Climate Change in Ireland
... climate change is having and will continue to have a huge bearing on biodiversity in Ireland. A knowledge review will also help inform the second National Biodiversity Plan (NBP) currently in development on the effects of climate change, invasive species and biosecurity, and in so doing will contrib ...
... climate change is having and will continue to have a huge bearing on biodiversity in Ireland. A knowledge review will also help inform the second National Biodiversity Plan (NBP) currently in development on the effects of climate change, invasive species and biosecurity, and in so doing will contrib ...
A Climate Risk Report - Blue Mountains City Council
... strains on BMCC’s ability to provide other adaptive measures to support their community (for example, the advocacy for, and provision of, infrastructure for non-car based transport options). Many of the impacts or associated actions are likely to significantly increase, especially in relation to mai ...
... strains on BMCC’s ability to provide other adaptive measures to support their community (for example, the advocacy for, and provision of, infrastructure for non-car based transport options). Many of the impacts or associated actions are likely to significantly increase, especially in relation to mai ...
Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region`s
... funding with a wider range of sectors, than Micronesian countries. It is beyond the scope of this paper to explore the reasons for this pattern, but it is a question worth considering, as it might offer useful lessons that could help all Pacific Island countries in future efforts to access climate f ...
... funding with a wider range of sectors, than Micronesian countries. It is beyond the scope of this paper to explore the reasons for this pattern, but it is a question worth considering, as it might offer useful lessons that could help all Pacific Island countries in future efforts to access climate f ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... The average annual global temperature warmed by about 0.76oC over the last century (IPCC, 2007a), but average warming across Canada was more than double the world average (Environment Canada, 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there hav ...
... The average annual global temperature warmed by about 0.76oC over the last century (IPCC, 2007a), but average warming across Canada was more than double the world average (Environment Canada, 2011). In the last 63 years, the average temperature in Canada has increased about 1.6oC, although there hav ...
Can Social Protection Increase Resilience to Climate Change?
... to the impacts of climate change. This gap in understanding is addressed in this working paper through a case study of the conditional cash transfer programme Oportunidades in two rural communities in Yucatan, Mexico, a region highly exposed to hurricanes and droughts. Qualitative and quantitative d ...
... to the impacts of climate change. This gap in understanding is addressed in this working paper through a case study of the conditional cash transfer programme Oportunidades in two rural communities in Yucatan, Mexico, a region highly exposed to hurricanes and droughts. Qualitative and quantitative d ...
Climate Change in Zimbabwe - Konrad-Adenauer
... Natural region III: Low rainfall (500–750 mm per year), with midseason dry spells and high temperatures. This is a semi-intensive farming region suitable for field crops such as maize, soya, tobacco and cotton as well as livestock. Natural region IV: Low rainfall (450–650 mm per year) with severe dr ...
... Natural region III: Low rainfall (500–750 mm per year), with midseason dry spells and high temperatures. This is a semi-intensive farming region suitable for field crops such as maize, soya, tobacco and cotton as well as livestock. Natural region IV: Low rainfall (450–650 mm per year) with severe dr ...
City of Tshwane Vulnerability Assessment to Climate Change
... Figure 6: Social vulnerability in Region 3 .............................................................................................. 19 Figure 7: Region 4 depicting the vulnerability of the communities ...................................................... 20 Figure 8: Region 5, depicting vulne ...
... Figure 6: Social vulnerability in Region 3 .............................................................................................. 19 Figure 7: Region 4 depicting the vulnerability of the communities ...................................................... 20 Figure 8: Region 5, depicting vulne ...
here - OHCHR
... rights issues that arise within the context of climate change, and which will focus on both the content of the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States and how they can and already are being applied in some of the world’s climate displacement hotspots. The process leading up to the ...
... rights issues that arise within the context of climate change, and which will focus on both the content of the Peninsula Principles on Climate Displacement Within States and how they can and already are being applied in some of the world’s climate displacement hotspots. The process leading up to the ...
Permafrost-and-Climate
... IPCC (2007) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Pr ...
... IPCC (2007) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.)]. Cambridge University Pr ...
Climate Change Adaptation: What Federal Agencies are Doing
... There is a growing consensus that regardless of our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, significant climate change is unavoidable. Although climate mitigation remains critical, we must also be thinking about and planning for ways to limit the adverse impacts from unavoidable changes in our ...
... There is a growing consensus that regardless of our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, significant climate change is unavoidable. Although climate mitigation remains critical, we must also be thinking about and planning for ways to limit the adverse impacts from unavoidable changes in our ...
Come Rain or Shine - Integrating Climate Risk Management into
... Africa is especially vulnerable. This is clear from the effects of current climate variability and weather extremes – such as floods, droughts and storms – which severely affect economic performance (AfDB, 2003; G8, 2005; Stern et al., 2006; IPCC, 2007b). The poor pay the highest price, because thei ...
... Africa is especially vulnerable. This is clear from the effects of current climate variability and weather extremes – such as floods, droughts and storms – which severely affect economic performance (AfDB, 2003; G8, 2005; Stern et al., 2006; IPCC, 2007b). The poor pay the highest price, because thei ...
Taxes, targets, and the social cost of carbon
... Must a poor country reduce its emissions as much as a rich one? Must a country (rich or poor) with very low per capita emissions reduce future emissions as much as a country with high per capital emissions? What should be the overall target for emission reductions, given uncertainty over timing and ...
... Must a poor country reduce its emissions as much as a rich one? Must a country (rich or poor) with very low per capita emissions reduce future emissions as much as a country with high per capital emissions? What should be the overall target for emission reductions, given uncertainty over timing and ...