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... adaptation already taking place? Who is adapting, to what, and how? Does adaptation differ between and within nations, regions, sectors? Are adaptations consistent with the risks posed by climate change? We have snapshots on these questions. IPCC AR4 provides selected examples of adaptation in pract ...
... adaptation already taking place? Who is adapting, to what, and how? Does adaptation differ between and within nations, regions, sectors? Are adaptations consistent with the risks posed by climate change? We have snapshots on these questions. IPCC AR4 provides selected examples of adaptation in pract ...
attachment-1311-CRGE Facility TERMS OF REFERENCE
... (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 5. Over 60 Green Economy initiatives have been identified for their potential to ensure that Ethiopia’s 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels do not exceed the current 150 megatonne CO2 equivalent. This avoids about ...
... (COP 17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). 5. Over 60 Green Economy initiatives have been identified for their potential to ensure that Ethiopia’s 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emission levels do not exceed the current 150 megatonne CO2 equivalent. This avoids about ...
Working Group I Fifth Assessment Report
... increased the number of observations of the Earth’s climate by orders of magnitude. Tools to analyse and process these data have been developed or enhanced to cope with this large increase in information, and more climate proxy data have been acquired to improve our knowledge of past changes in clim ...
... increased the number of observations of the Earth’s climate by orders of magnitude. Tools to analyse and process these data have been developed or enhanced to cope with this large increase in information, and more climate proxy data have been acquired to improve our knowledge of past changes in clim ...
Technological Challenges Nigeria
... Global warning and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperature. Natural events and human activities are believed to contribute to an increase in average global temperature. This is caused primarily by increase in greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide which is problem to huma ...
... Global warning and climate change refer to an increase in average global temperature. Natural events and human activities are believed to contribute to an increase in average global temperature. This is caused primarily by increase in greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide which is problem to huma ...
Proposed NSF Center on Climate Decision Making Carnegie Mellon
... 2 we will not develop long detailed stories about how those prices might be shaped by future technology and by developments in the US, Europe, the Middle East and the Former Soviet Union but will simply truncate the causal chain, posit a range of possible future oil prices, and work from there. Late ...
... 2 we will not develop long detailed stories about how those prices might be shaped by future technology and by developments in the US, Europe, the Middle East and the Former Soviet Union but will simply truncate the causal chain, posit a range of possible future oil prices, and work from there. Late ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa
... The European Security Strategy notes that climate change will aggravate competition for natural resources, and likely increase conflict and migratory movements in various regions (EU, 2003). Meanwhile, climate change has become a core foreign policy priority of many governments,2 including the new a ...
... The European Security Strategy notes that climate change will aggravate competition for natural resources, and likely increase conflict and migratory movements in various regions (EU, 2003). Meanwhile, climate change has become a core foreign policy priority of many governments,2 including the new a ...
Full Congressional testimonials
... years, I have been exploring these issues as they relate to climate science in a series of blog posts1 and several publications.2 My perspective is summarized below. Science is a process for understanding how nature works. The scientific process can be summarized as: ask a question or pose a hypoth ...
... years, I have been exploring these issues as they relate to climate science in a series of blog posts1 and several publications.2 My perspective is summarized below. Science is a process for understanding how nature works. The scientific process can be summarized as: ask a question or pose a hypoth ...
Zero poverty, zero emissions - Overseas Development Institute
... The eradication of extreme poverty is the minimum ethical floor of the global development agenda. With projections suggesting eradication is possible by 2030, the goal of ‘zero extreme poverty1 by 2030’ is a compelling objective. It has become a central target underpinning the Sustainable Developmen ...
... The eradication of extreme poverty is the minimum ethical floor of the global development agenda. With projections suggesting eradication is possible by 2030, the goal of ‘zero extreme poverty1 by 2030’ is a compelling objective. It has become a central target underpinning the Sustainable Developmen ...
Building on the Montreal Protocol`s Success and Facing
... During the past three decades governments, international agencies, and NGOs have developed increasingly effective approaches to transboundary environmental problems. From the traditional, insular stance by which a nation rejected interference in its policies, in the environmental field governments h ...
... During the past three decades governments, international agencies, and NGOs have developed increasingly effective approaches to transboundary environmental problems. From the traditional, insular stance by which a nation rejected interference in its policies, in the environmental field governments h ...
climate science
... years, I have been exploring these issues as they relate to climate science in a series of blog posts1 and several publications.2 My perspective is summarized below. Science is a process for understanding how nature works. The scientific process can be summarized as: ask a question or pose a hypoth ...
... years, I have been exploring these issues as they relate to climate science in a series of blog posts1 and several publications.2 My perspective is summarized below. Science is a process for understanding how nature works. The scientific process can be summarized as: ask a question or pose a hypoth ...
Biosphere feedbacks and climate change
... concentrations of CO2 have occurred in the distant geological past, 400 ppm is a higher concentration than the Earth has experienced since the Pliocene, about three million years ago1. The two other long-lived natural GHGs, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), have also increased to levels unprece ...
... concentrations of CO2 have occurred in the distant geological past, 400 ppm is a higher concentration than the Earth has experienced since the Pliocene, about three million years ago1. The two other long-lived natural GHGs, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), have also increased to levels unprece ...
PDF 4.2MB - Strong Growth, Low Pollution
... The Government is committed to taking action in a fair and effective way. Pricing carbon through a market mechanism provides incentives for emission reductions to occur where they are cheapest. As the Productivity Commission found, when firms and consumers make the decisions, rather than governments ...
... The Government is committed to taking action in a fair and effective way. Pricing carbon through a market mechanism provides incentives for emission reductions to occur where they are cheapest. As the Productivity Commission found, when firms and consumers make the decisions, rather than governments ...
i SMALL HOLDER FARMERS` PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE
... physical dimension. It is therefore assumed that, these communities have an inborn adaptive knowledge from which to draw and survive in high-stress ecological and socio-economic conditions. Thus, the human responses are critical to understand and estimate its effects on production and food supply fo ...
... physical dimension. It is therefore assumed that, these communities have an inborn adaptive knowledge from which to draw and survive in high-stress ecological and socio-economic conditions. Thus, the human responses are critical to understand and estimate its effects on production and food supply fo ...
ities` action on climate change in South West England.
... movements and community groups have been, not only in catalyzing individual efforts and community projects but as contributors to resource saving and carbon reduction action through local government? (Laughton 2003). ...
... movements and community groups have been, not only in catalyzing individual efforts and community projects but as contributors to resource saving and carbon reduction action through local government? (Laughton 2003). ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
... temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
Security implications of climate change in the Sahel region
... impacts are a development concern and investment in development is the best instrument for promoting peace and security. Development strategies dealing sustainably with vulnerability to climate change should be based on an analysis of interactions between all vectors of change: climate change, popul ...
... impacts are a development concern and investment in development is the best instrument for promoting peace and security. Development strategies dealing sustainably with vulnerability to climate change should be based on an analysis of interactions between all vectors of change: climate change, popul ...
North Africa: The Impact of Climate Change to
... climate change. Any shift in the interest of other regions in importing natural gas and oil from North Africa, conversely, may make these North African countries considerably more vulnerable. However, there is no indication now that Europe and other importing regions will stop importing from North A ...
... climate change. Any shift in the interest of other regions in importing natural gas and oil from North Africa, conversely, may make these North African countries considerably more vulnerable. However, there is no indication now that Europe and other importing regions will stop importing from North A ...
Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century
... Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) quantified aviation’s RF contribution for 2005 based upon 2000 operations data. Aviation has grown strongly over the past years, despite world-changing events in the early 2000s; the average annual passenger traffic ...
... Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) quantified aviation’s RF contribution for 2005 based upon 2000 operations data. Aviation has grown strongly over the past years, despite world-changing events in the early 2000s; the average annual passenger traffic ...
Migration, Environment and Climate Change
... be considered as a subset of the mainstream literature in both fields. The Glossary is divided into two parts: The first section focusing on more mobility-related terms, whereas the second links to more environmental and climate change terminology relevant in the context of mobility. ...
... be considered as a subset of the mainstream literature in both fields. The Glossary is divided into two parts: The first section focusing on more mobility-related terms, whereas the second links to more environmental and climate change terminology relevant in the context of mobility. ...
“Migration with Dignity”: Towards a New
... (IPCC) first warned that the “gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration”.1 Successive reports have since then repeatedly confirmed that “the impacts of anthropogenic climate change are expected to lead to large-scale population displacements and migrations in the coming decad ...
... (IPCC) first warned that the “gravest effects of climate change may be those on human migration”.1 Successive reports have since then repeatedly confirmed that “the impacts of anthropogenic climate change are expected to lead to large-scale population displacements and migrations in the coming decad ...
The psychology of climate change communication - UvA-DARE
... not. Why not? Somehow, and despite a lot of media attention following the release of An Inconvenient Truth, messages about climate change and what people need to do to help prevent it seem to have fallen on deaf ears. There are many theories about why awareness of climate change does not inspire the ...
... not. Why not? Somehow, and despite a lot of media attention following the release of An Inconvenient Truth, messages about climate change and what people need to do to help prevent it seem to have fallen on deaf ears. There are many theories about why awareness of climate change does not inspire the ...
Stop Trashing the Climate
... To say it would be “very beneficial” is probably an understatement. It turns out that we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to shutting down one-fifth of the nation’s coal-fired power plants by making practical and achievable changes to America’s waste management system. Ind ...
... To say it would be “very beneficial” is probably an understatement. It turns out that we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equivalent to shutting down one-fifth of the nation’s coal-fired power plants by making practical and achievable changes to America’s waste management system. Ind ...
Uncertainty, scepticism and attitudes towards climate change
... In both groups, attitudes towards climate change became significantly more sceptical after reading the editorials, but we observed no evidence of attitude polarisation – that is, the attitudes of these two groups did not diverge. The results are the first application of the well-established assimila ...
... In both groups, attitudes towards climate change became significantly more sceptical after reading the editorials, but we observed no evidence of attitude polarisation – that is, the attitudes of these two groups did not diverge. The results are the first application of the well-established assimila ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... magnitude of the consequences if these events occur. Therefore, high risk can result not only from high probability outcomes, but also from low probability outcomes with very severe consequences. This makes it important to assess the full range of possible outcomes, from low probability 'tail outcom ...
... magnitude of the consequences if these events occur. Therefore, high risk can result not only from high probability outcomes, but also from low probability outcomes with very severe consequences. This makes it important to assess the full range of possible outcomes, from low probability 'tail outcom ...