GCC Institutional Capacity Assessment Tool v1.0
... If evidence does not back up the organization’s selected score, it is the responsibility of the facilitator(s) to suggest that a different score better reflects the current reality. Evidence collected through this process can enable an independent review of the organization’s capacity (e.g., an exte ...
... If evidence does not back up the organization’s selected score, it is the responsibility of the facilitator(s) to suggest that a different score better reflects the current reality. Evidence collected through this process can enable an independent review of the organization’s capacity (e.g., an exte ...
Background Paper Nansen Initiative South Asian Regional
... Meetings will be consolidated and discussed at a global inter-governmental meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss cross-border disaster-displacement and other forms of mobility in disaster contexts. The Nansen Initiative does not seek to develop new legal standards, but rather to discuss and buil ...
... Meetings will be consolidated and discussed at a global inter-governmental meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss cross-border disaster-displacement and other forms of mobility in disaster contexts. The Nansen Initiative does not seek to develop new legal standards, but rather to discuss and buil ...
Background Paper
... Meetings will be consolidated and discussed at a global inter-governmental meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss cross-border disaster-displacement and other forms of mobility in disaster contexts. The Nansen Initiative does not seek to develop new legal standards, but rather to discuss and buil ...
... Meetings will be consolidated and discussed at a global inter-governmental meeting in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss cross-border disaster-displacement and other forms of mobility in disaster contexts. The Nansen Initiative does not seek to develop new legal standards, but rather to discuss and buil ...
Use of general circulation model output in the creation of climate
... 1985; White, 1985); Ramanathan, 1988; Houghton et al., 1990). These all suggest that the effects of greenhouse warming will become dominant over the natural variability of climate, including the effects of volcanic eruptions, E1 Nifio/Southern Oscillations (ENSOs), internal atmospheric and oceanic c ...
... 1985; White, 1985); Ramanathan, 1988; Houghton et al., 1990). These all suggest that the effects of greenhouse warming will become dominant over the natural variability of climate, including the effects of volcanic eruptions, E1 Nifio/Southern Oscillations (ENSOs), internal atmospheric and oceanic c ...
SUB-COMPONENT STUDY: PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE
... complex topography, as are the vectors (e.g. mosquitoes and sand flies) that contribute to some diseases, like dengue or zika, in various parts of the country. Many diseasecausing vectors require specific meteorological and habitat conditions at various stages of their life cycle. For example, ambie ...
... complex topography, as are the vectors (e.g. mosquitoes and sand flies) that contribute to some diseases, like dengue or zika, in various parts of the country. Many diseasecausing vectors require specific meteorological and habitat conditions at various stages of their life cycle. For example, ambie ...
Climate Change Adaptation Planning: A Handbook for Small
... locally, while the long-term benefits are global, even though there may be some local savings. The costs of adaptation actions are borne locally as well, but the benefits accrue locally also. ...
... locally, while the long-term benefits are global, even though there may be some local savings. The costs of adaptation actions are borne locally as well, but the benefits accrue locally also. ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Policy Processes in
... a response from each country, and particularly from sub-Saharan countries that have been shown to be potentially worst affected by climate change.5 Ghana is willing to do its part, but being the casualty of a problem not of its making, it would require assistance to combat the effects of climate cha ...
... a response from each country, and particularly from sub-Saharan countries that have been shown to be potentially worst affected by climate change.5 Ghana is willing to do its part, but being the casualty of a problem not of its making, it would require assistance to combat the effects of climate cha ...
Rewarding Energy Innovation to Achieve Climate Stabilization
... Meeting the climate policy challenge will require policymakers to expand their policy toolkit. Spurring technological innovation requires something more ambitious, and yet more simple, than the traditional tools deployed most often today. If the goal is to spur needed innovation of the sort that mig ...
... Meeting the climate policy challenge will require policymakers to expand their policy toolkit. Spurring technological innovation requires something more ambitious, and yet more simple, than the traditional tools deployed most often today. If the goal is to spur needed innovation of the sort that mig ...
chile`s second biennial update report on climate change
... within their own services to this country effort. We believe we have achieved greater cross-cutting collaboration in the construction and results of the inventory as a whole, as well as the sectorial inventories that compose it, facilitating the use of its results as an instrument to support sectori ...
... within their own services to this country effort. We believe we have achieved greater cross-cutting collaboration in the construction and results of the inventory as a whole, as well as the sectorial inventories that compose it, facilitating the use of its results as an instrument to support sectori ...
Accessing and Using Climate Data and Information in Fragile, Data
... International Institute for Sustainable Development The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, and management of natural a ...
... International Institute for Sustainable Development The International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, and management of natural a ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... Academics who research climate change out of curiosity but find less than alarming things are ignored, unless they rise to prominence in which case they are harassed and smeared. The hounding of Lennart Bengtsson is a recent example. Bengtsson is a gentle 79 year old. He has won many awards in a lo ...
... Academics who research climate change out of curiosity but find less than alarming things are ignored, unless they rise to prominence in which case they are harassed and smeared. The hounding of Lennart Bengtsson is a recent example. Bengtsson is a gentle 79 year old. He has won many awards in a lo ...
Hydrological Climate Change Impact Assessment at Small and
... There is, however, a need to consider hydrological impacts in other cases besides the medium-sized rural basin. On the one hand, there is the very local scale associated with e.g., single fields or urban blocks. In this case, hydrological (and hydraulic) processes are governed by the local climate w ...
... There is, however, a need to consider hydrological impacts in other cases besides the medium-sized rural basin. On the one hand, there is the very local scale associated with e.g., single fields or urban blocks. In this case, hydrological (and hydraulic) processes are governed by the local climate w ...
An Economic Analysis of Climate Adaptations to Hurricane Risk in St
... to withstand hurricanes. However, these measures can have high up-front costs and there is evidence from the literature that many homeowners are unlikely to invest in them because they underestimate the likelihood of future disasters and only consider the expected benefits of these measures over the ...
... to withstand hurricanes. However, these measures can have high up-front costs and there is evidence from the literature that many homeowners are unlikely to invest in them because they underestimate the likelihood of future disasters and only consider the expected benefits of these measures over the ...
Author`s personal copy - Hochschule für nachhaltige Entwicklung
... planet is seeing multiple major processes of change (Kunstler 2005). It is important to be aware of the complex synergies and non-linear changes both in environmental and in social systems (or socio-ecological systems), and ‘‘multiple stresses in social systems can lead to runaway political chain-re ...
... planet is seeing multiple major processes of change (Kunstler 2005). It is important to be aware of the complex synergies and non-linear changes both in environmental and in social systems (or socio-ecological systems), and ‘‘multiple stresses in social systems can lead to runaway political chain-re ...
What are the next steps? - Environmental Law Institute
... means moving forward. Mexico’s future greenhouse gas emissions and capacities to adapt to and cope with the impacts of climate change are dependent on the further development of a legal framework around climate change. With this in mind, this publication seeks to answer the following questions: What ...
... means moving forward. Mexico’s future greenhouse gas emissions and capacities to adapt to and cope with the impacts of climate change are dependent on the further development of a legal framework around climate change. With this in mind, this publication seeks to answer the following questions: What ...
Implications of Climate Change for Development
... those migrating to cities live in poor conditions – often on marginal land – and are particularly vulnerable because of their limited access clean water, sanitation, and location in flood-prone areas.19 In Latin America, for example, where urbanisation has gone far further than in Africa or Asia, mo ...
... those migrating to cities live in poor conditions – often on marginal land – and are particularly vulnerable because of their limited access clean water, sanitation, and location in flood-prone areas.19 In Latin America, for example, where urbanisation has gone far further than in Africa or Asia, mo ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A guidance document
... and delivers a range of other social and environmental services that are critical to sustainable development (FAOa, 2012). Currently 870 million people, mostly in developing countries, remain chronically undernourished (FAOb, 2012). In a world in which the global demand for food and food security is ...
... and delivers a range of other social and environmental services that are critical to sustainable development (FAOa, 2012). Currently 870 million people, mostly in developing countries, remain chronically undernourished (FAOb, 2012). In a world in which the global demand for food and food security is ...
anthropology and climate change - North Atlantic Biocultural
... of unprecedented change. Climate change is also about the relocations of human, animal, and plant populations to adjust to change and to cope with its implications. Such relocations, both actual and projected, entail a loss of intimate human-environment relationships that not only ground and substan ...
... of unprecedented change. Climate change is also about the relocations of human, animal, and plant populations to adjust to change and to cope with its implications. Such relocations, both actual and projected, entail a loss of intimate human-environment relationships that not only ground and substan ...
Project Document - Deliverable Description
... Change Master Plan for 2012-2050 has been drafted and is currently under public consultation process. With the vision of having framework and approaches to adapt to climate change and enhance climate resilience, to apply appropriate and efficient technologies to sustain national competitiveness and ...
... Change Master Plan for 2012-2050 has been drafted and is currently under public consultation process. With the vision of having framework and approaches to adapt to climate change and enhance climate resilience, to apply appropriate and efficient technologies to sustain national competitiveness and ...
The Economic Climate: Establishing Expert Consensus on the
... suffer from one or more problems: reduced variance due to uniformity or censorship (from using deliberation and consensus building); respondent bias (from using informal, open web surveys); and/or small sample size. This survey attempts to avoid these pitfalls and shed light on the consensus views o ...
... suffer from one or more problems: reduced variance due to uniformity or censorship (from using deliberation and consensus building); respondent bias (from using informal, open web surveys); and/or small sample size. This survey attempts to avoid these pitfalls and shed light on the consensus views o ...
Quantifying Carbon Cycle Feedbacks
... concentration and climate. This paper demonstrates how carbon cycle feedback can be expressed in formally similar ways to climate feedback, and thus compares their magnitudes. The carbon cycle gives rise to two climate feedback terms: the concentration–carbon feedback, resulting from the uptake of c ...
... concentration and climate. This paper demonstrates how carbon cycle feedback can be expressed in formally similar ways to climate feedback, and thus compares their magnitudes. The carbon cycle gives rise to two climate feedback terms: the concentration–carbon feedback, resulting from the uptake of c ...
NC 4 - unfccc
... emissions associated with agriculture are a significant component of the inventory. ...
... emissions associated with agriculture are a significant component of the inventory. ...
97% Consensus? No! Global Warming Math
... Anderegg et al (2010) reviewed lists of various climate declarations and IPCC participants and created a division of those “Convinced” or “Unconvinced” by the evidence (IPCC AR4 2007 declaration) [above Figure 7]. They found 66% were “CE – Convinced by the Evidence” – but this does not describe to w ...
... Anderegg et al (2010) reviewed lists of various climate declarations and IPCC participants and created a division of those “Convinced” or “Unconvinced” by the evidence (IPCC AR4 2007 declaration) [above Figure 7]. They found 66% were “CE – Convinced by the Evidence” – but this does not describe to w ...
Linköping University Postprint Technology obscuring equity
... prelude to intense negotiations leading to the creation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM is one of three instruments designed to contribute to the Kyoto Protocol’s ambitions of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the North, in the first commitment period, to at least on average 5% ...
... prelude to intense negotiations leading to the creation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM is one of three instruments designed to contribute to the Kyoto Protocol’s ambitions of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the North, in the first commitment period, to at least on average 5% ...