Climate change as a major risk management challenge: Prepared by
... 4. The insurance industry is prepared to help counter climate risks through active cooperation in implementing building codes or similar means which encourage the use of sustainable practices. Further, insurers offer to work closely with policy-makers on communicating to customers their climate risk ...
... 4. The insurance industry is prepared to help counter climate risks through active cooperation in implementing building codes or similar means which encourage the use of sustainable practices. Further, insurers offer to work closely with policy-makers on communicating to customers their climate risk ...
Carbon emissions due to deforestation for the steel industry LETTERS
... and 2007 (Fig. 2 and Supplementary Table 3). Therefore, significant national emissions could have been avoided if native charcoal use had been eliminated. This has been recognized in some Brazilian states, where legal use of native charcoal is gradually being phased out (Supplementary Discussion 5). ...
... and 2007 (Fig. 2 and Supplementary Table 3). Therefore, significant national emissions could have been avoided if native charcoal use had been eliminated. This has been recognized in some Brazilian states, where legal use of native charcoal is gradually being phased out (Supplementary Discussion 5). ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0203e/i0203e00.pdf
... harvesting linked with global ecosystem processes. Aquaculture complements and increasingly adds to supply, and, though more similar to agriculture in its interactions, has important links with capture fisheries. ...
... harvesting linked with global ecosystem processes. Aquaculture complements and increasingly adds to supply, and, though more similar to agriculture in its interactions, has important links with capture fisheries. ...
georgia - Climate Forum East
... 3.1.1 Overview of the healthcare sector.................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.2 Overview of national health trends..................................... ...
... 3.1.1 Overview of the healthcare sector.................................................................................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.2 Overview of national health trends..................................... ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... would enhance countries’ understanding of climate change impacts, their specific vulnerabilities, and ability to cope with and adapt to climate change. COP 11 adopted a detailed five-year programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change that will assist Parties to the UNF ...
... would enhance countries’ understanding of climate change impacts, their specific vulnerabilities, and ability to cope with and adapt to climate change. COP 11 adopted a detailed five-year programme of work on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change that will assist Parties to the UNF ...
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... gas (GHG) emissions [IPCC (2007)]. Many prominent studies on the welfare effects of climate change come up with significant cost estimates for the global economy.1 The majority of researchers also agree that there is considerable uncertainty about the magnitude of damages. This uncertainty rapidly i ...
... gas (GHG) emissions [IPCC (2007)]. Many prominent studies on the welfare effects of climate change come up with significant cost estimates for the global economy.1 The majority of researchers also agree that there is considerable uncertainty about the magnitude of damages. This uncertainty rapidly i ...
Climate change and communicable diseases in the EU
... in the risk of infectious disease transmission posed by climate change. The handbook draws on current scientific knowledge as well as experiences and best practices from previous national risk, vulnerability and adaptation assessments (see definitions in Textbox 5, Chapter 4). The primary aim of thi ...
... in the risk of infectious disease transmission posed by climate change. The handbook draws on current scientific knowledge as well as experiences and best practices from previous national risk, vulnerability and adaptation assessments (see definitions in Textbox 5, Chapter 4). The primary aim of thi ...
Working paper: Preference Attainment: Why are some Countries
... From the perspective of a single country’s delegation, success can be regarded as the value contained by a treaty for the state it represents, which can be measured by the distance between the negotiated outcome and a party’s original position. As Milner (1992, p. 468) notes, underlying this charact ...
... From the perspective of a single country’s delegation, success can be regarded as the value contained by a treaty for the state it represents, which can be measured by the distance between the negotiated outcome and a party’s original position. As Milner (1992, p. 468) notes, underlying this charact ...
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... provide answers? When the first versions of these chapters were prepared, in June 2009, cereal prices had fallen by 30 percent from their peaks of spring 2008. Nevertheless, they were still well above averages for the pre-surge period. Chapter 5 reports price projections only for total agriculture t ...
... provide answers? When the first versions of these chapters were prepared, in June 2009, cereal prices had fallen by 30 percent from their peaks of spring 2008. Nevertheless, they were still well above averages for the pre-surge period. Chapter 5 reports price projections only for total agriculture t ...
Ethnographic Perspectives on Resilience To Climate Variability in
... environment and development policymaking. Two key areas discussed were the need for better integration of climate change adaptation policies across other government departments, as well as for better outreach of adaptation information and planning to local communities. Pacific Island delegates repor ...
... environment and development policymaking. Two key areas discussed were the need for better integration of climate change adaptation policies across other government departments, as well as for better outreach of adaptation information and planning to local communities. Pacific Island delegates repor ...
Victorian climate change adaptation plan
... August 2011, allocated $5.67 million to 57 projects across three funding streams: regional grants, partnership grants and individual grants for resource-constrained councils. The Partnership provides a strengthened platform for local government adaptation, using the model of the Accord. Accord proje ...
... August 2011, allocated $5.67 million to 57 projects across three funding streams: regional grants, partnership grants and individual grants for resource-constrained councils. The Partnership provides a strengthened platform for local government adaptation, using the model of the Accord. Accord proje ...
Expert meeting on assessing the risk of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change (opens in new window)
... risk assessment, ranging from qualitative and participatory methodologies to quantitative modelling approaches taking not solely into account a pure economic damage and loss assessment approach but rather a wide consideration of social, environmental and physical risk factors (e.g. International Fed ...
... risk assessment, ranging from qualitative and participatory methodologies to quantitative modelling approaches taking not solely into account a pure economic damage and loss assessment approach but rather a wide consideration of social, environmental and physical risk factors (e.g. International Fed ...
Climate Change and Health Communications
... in our energy, transportation, building, and agriculture systems is required on an urgent timeline. Communicating that urgency is a major challenge. o Overwhelming: The magnitude of the problem (and the changes required to address it adequately) can seem overwhelming, so it is challenging for man ...
... in our energy, transportation, building, and agriculture systems is required on an urgent timeline. Communicating that urgency is a major challenge. o Overwhelming: The magnitude of the problem (and the changes required to address it adequately) can seem overwhelming, so it is challenging for man ...
Conceptualising Climate Change Governance
... has already begun (e.g. Storbjörk 2007; Lemos and Agarwal 2006: 315). Within this, private households need to contribute as well as local authorities and businesses (cf. Hecht 2009: 162; Ostrom 2010: 27ff). Beyond that, non-governmental organisation (NGO) stakeholders play an important role by commu ...
... has already begun (e.g. Storbjörk 2007; Lemos and Agarwal 2006: 315). Within this, private households need to contribute as well as local authorities and businesses (cf. Hecht 2009: 162; Ostrom 2010: 27ff). Beyond that, non-governmental organisation (NGO) stakeholders play an important role by commu ...
S1501174_en.pdf
... This publication was based on analysis between 2008 and 2015 within the framework of “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America Initiative”, coordinated between the Ministries of Environment, Treasury or Finance, their Ministerial Councils and Executive Secretariats of the Central American ...
... This publication was based on analysis between 2008 and 2015 within the framework of “The Economics of Climate Change in Central America Initiative”, coordinated between the Ministries of Environment, Treasury or Finance, their Ministerial Councils and Executive Secretariats of the Central American ...
Chapter 3 RESPONDING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTATION
... climate change, necessary to reduce human suffering as much as possible while we find ways to reduce long-term climate change. Some commentators, however, promote adaptation as an alternative to mitigation, arguing that the costs of adaptation are lower than mitigation and that the costs of mitigati ...
... climate change, necessary to reduce human suffering as much as possible while we find ways to reduce long-term climate change. Some commentators, however, promote adaptation as an alternative to mitigation, arguing that the costs of adaptation are lower than mitigation and that the costs of mitigati ...
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Engaging
... cases where electricity is not generated from renewable energy sources, adaptation measures lead to further increases in GHG emissions. Similarly, low-carbon technologies such as nuclear power plants require large amounts of water for cooling and as a result create stress on a climate-sensitive reso ...
... cases where electricity is not generated from renewable energy sources, adaptation measures lead to further increases in GHG emissions. Similarly, low-carbon technologies such as nuclear power plants require large amounts of water for cooling and as a result create stress on a climate-sensitive reso ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 10: Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture
... the scale at which adaptation planning is to take place; and the availability of data. Thus Allison et al., (2009) described the vulnerability of national economies through climate change potential impacts arising in their fisheries (see Box 10.3), while Bell et al., (2011) focused on the vulnerabil ...
... the scale at which adaptation planning is to take place; and the availability of data. Thus Allison et al., (2009) described the vulnerability of national economies through climate change potential impacts arising in their fisheries (see Box 10.3), while Bell et al., (2011) focused on the vulnerabil ...
Tropospheric adjustment induces a cloud component in
... N -intercept is the forcing F , following the prescription F = lim∆T →0 N . Forcings such as stratospheric adjustment to CO2 and the indirect forcing by aerosols are effects which develop quickly (over months or less) after the forcing agent is added. Consequently if means over long enough periods a ...
... N -intercept is the forcing F , following the prescription F = lim∆T →0 N . Forcings such as stratospheric adjustment to CO2 and the indirect forcing by aerosols are effects which develop quickly (over months or less) after the forcing agent is added. Consequently if means over long enough periods a ...
Switzerland`s Sixth National Communication and First
... Changes in climate leave visible signs on the environment and society, sometimes with dramatic consequences for territories already affected by an unfavorable climate. By committing to reducing its emissions of greenhouse gases below the 1990 level and taking national and international action in the ...
... Changes in climate leave visible signs on the environment and society, sometimes with dramatic consequences for territories already affected by an unfavorable climate. By committing to reducing its emissions of greenhouse gases below the 1990 level and taking national and international action in the ...
IPCC WGI AR5 Chapter Template
... of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010 (high confidence), with only about 1% stored in the atmosphere. On a global scale, the ocean warming is largest near the surface, and the upper 75 m warmed by 0.11 [0.09 to 0.13] °C per decade over the period 1971 to 2010. It is virtually certain that ...
... of the energy accumulated between 1971 and 2010 (high confidence), with only about 1% stored in the atmosphere. On a global scale, the ocean warming is largest near the surface, and the upper 75 m warmed by 0.11 [0.09 to 0.13] °C per decade over the period 1971 to 2010. It is virtually certain that ...
National Climate Change Adaptation Framework
... the adaptation planning process now. Information dissemination systems are being further developed to inform all levels of decision-making. The second phase involves the development and implementation of sectoral and local adaptation action plans which will form part of the comprehensive national re ...
... the adaptation planning process now. Information dissemination systems are being further developed to inform all levels of decision-making. The second phase involves the development and implementation of sectoral and local adaptation action plans which will form part of the comprehensive national re ...
European cities adapt to climate change
... funding. This allows gaining interest from external parties to provide funding on adaptation. It was also observed that some adaptation measures are likely to increase a city’s income from taxes: for example, the investment in green infrastructure can increase property value, and in turn the municip ...
... funding. This allows gaining interest from external parties to provide funding on adaptation. It was also observed that some adaptation measures are likely to increase a city’s income from taxes: for example, the investment in green infrastructure can increase property value, and in turn the municip ...
Can actuaries really afford to ignore climate
... foresee significant affordability issues for home owners in areas at risk from natural perils. We are concerned that a number of potential changes in climate systems could have a significant and relatively sudden impact on claims costs. As home insurance policies usually only offer cover for one y ...
... foresee significant affordability issues for home owners in areas at risk from natural perils. We are concerned that a number of potential changes in climate systems could have a significant and relatively sudden impact on claims costs. As home insurance policies usually only offer cover for one y ...