Working Paper 9: Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier for Human
... level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accused of dramatizing the anthropogenic (man-made) causes as well as the potential effects of globa ...
... level of coordinated action required to solve it, this statement seems only adequate. After the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) published its first assessment report in 1990, it was accused of dramatizing the anthropogenic (man-made) causes as well as the potential effects of globa ...
a guide for tribal leaders on us climate change programs
... engagement and contacts for each agency. In addition to its immediate value to tribes and their partners, this information will provide important groundwork for research on understanding and improving the tribal consultation processes in the context of climate change. ...
... engagement and contacts for each agency. In addition to its immediate value to tribes and their partners, this information will provide important groundwork for research on understanding and improving the tribal consultation processes in the context of climate change. ...
Environmental Social Movements And Their Influence on the EU
... Organizations acting in favor of natural environment ...
... Organizations acting in favor of natural environment ...
- Eionet Forum
... UNFCCC, 2007. Decision -/CP.13, Bali Action Plan Van Vuuren, D., Den Elzen, M., Lucas, P. ,,Eickhout, B. Strengers, B.,Van Ruijven, B. , Wonink, S. , Van den Houdt, R. (2007) Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at low levels. An assessment of reduction strategies and costs. Climatic Change 81: ...
... UNFCCC, 2007. Decision -/CP.13, Bali Action Plan Van Vuuren, D., Den Elzen, M., Lucas, P. ,,Eickhout, B. Strengers, B.,Van Ruijven, B. , Wonink, S. , Van den Houdt, R. (2007) Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at low levels. An assessment of reduction strategies and costs. Climatic Change 81: ...
Interannual variability and expected regional climate change over
... change signal, a term that is entering common use. In our study, we concentrate on interannual variability, leaving aside model error and assuming a single GHG emissions scenario. Deser et al. (2010) asked themselves a similar question but instead of wondering about the number of years needed to obt ...
... change signal, a term that is entering common use. In our study, we concentrate on interannual variability, leaving aside model error and assuming a single GHG emissions scenario. Deser et al. (2010) asked themselves a similar question but instead of wondering about the number of years needed to obt ...
Reports of Phase 2 Activity, January 2005
... decrease. In December 1996, almost a decade after water managers had adopted the scenario of gradual winter rainfall decline, a water sector workshop concluded that a significant step decrease of south-west rainfall had actually occurred in the early to mid 1970s and had reduced rainfall to levels n ...
... decrease. In December 1996, almost a decade after water managers had adopted the scenario of gradual winter rainfall decline, a water sector workshop concluded that a significant step decrease of south-west rainfall had actually occurred in the early to mid 1970s and had reduced rainfall to levels n ...
Cities and Climate Change: An Urgent Agenda
... and supported by Cities Alliance, is discussed here. The URA lays out a comprehensive methodology for cities to assess both increasing risk from climate change, along with their already full agenda of current disaster risk reduction efforts and improved provision of basic services, especially to the ...
... and supported by Cities Alliance, is discussed here. The URA lays out a comprehensive methodology for cities to assess both increasing risk from climate change, along with their already full agenda of current disaster risk reduction efforts and improved provision of basic services, especially to the ...
Vector-Borne Diseases: Impact of Climate
... In order to achieve information about the probability, e.g. for the intensification of the hydrological cycle over Europe, several models from different European climate research institutes are used, such as it was done in the EU project PRUDENCE (prudence.dmi.dk). Following the climate change scena ...
... In order to achieve information about the probability, e.g. for the intensification of the hydrological cycle over Europe, several models from different European climate research institutes are used, such as it was done in the EU project PRUDENCE (prudence.dmi.dk). Following the climate change scena ...
FAQs - A Convention For Persons Displaced By Climate Change
... preventive in nature and less focused on the remedial actions that are needed in a refugee context. Finally, although the UNFCCC has an initiative to help states with adaptation to climate change, that ...
... preventive in nature and less focused on the remedial actions that are needed in a refugee context. Finally, although the UNFCCC has an initiative to help states with adaptation to climate change, that ...
A Question of Equilibrium
... feedbacks in order to have a proper Earth-System model, but this takes time and resources…. As a consequence this is an important part of the £11m per annum research contract that Defra funds at the Hadley Centre.” Some feedback analysis is also being undertaken at the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
... feedbacks in order to have a proper Earth-System model, but this takes time and resources…. As a consequence this is an important part of the £11m per annum research contract that Defra funds at the Hadley Centre.” Some feedback analysis is also being undertaken at the Potsdam Institute for Climate ...
Suitability of European climate for the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes
... supplementary material. We retained the later scenario as a standard to mask the areas that would be unsuitable for the mosquito for two of the following mapping methods (this is consistent with results shown in [3,15,22– 24]). For a more detailed discussion about the overwintering of A. albopictus, ...
... supplementary material. We retained the later scenario as a standard to mask the areas that would be unsuitable for the mosquito for two of the following mapping methods (this is consistent with results shown in [3,15,22– 24]). For a more detailed discussion about the overwintering of A. albopictus, ...
chisoro elizabeth - Midlands State University
... the effects are more pronounced in rural areas since there is dependency on natural resources or environment in addition to climate change sensitive practices like agriculture and livestock rearing. Ultimately this results in plummeting agricultural production which in the end paves way for poverty. ...
... the effects are more pronounced in rural areas since there is dependency on natural resources or environment in addition to climate change sensitive practices like agriculture and livestock rearing. Ultimately this results in plummeting agricultural production which in the end paves way for poverty. ...
Terrain NRM Comments on the Draft National Wildlife Corridors
... is no process identified for how Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge will be taken into account when designing and prioritising corridors and it cannot always be assumed that ecological corridors always follow cultural pathways. A much clearer discussion of the overall processes and mecha ...
... is no process identified for how Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge will be taken into account when designing and prioritising corridors and it cannot always be assumed that ecological corridors always follow cultural pathways. A much clearer discussion of the overall processes and mecha ...
Analyzing Urban Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change: A
... Janus-faced character: On the one hand, cities contribute more than two-thirds of the world’s global GHG emissions; on the other hand, cities are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. For example, cities which are located in delta areas are vulnerable to natural disasters such as ...
... Janus-faced character: On the one hand, cities contribute more than two-thirds of the world’s global GHG emissions; on the other hand, cities are especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. For example, cities which are located in delta areas are vulnerable to natural disasters such as ...
public energy - New York University Law Review
... Boulder, Co.), Sept. 2014, at S1, S18 (“[T]he occurrence of extreme five-day rainfall over northeast Colorado during September 2013 was not made more likely, or more intense, by the effects of climate change.”), with Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd, Attribution of Climate ...
... Boulder, Co.), Sept. 2014, at S1, S18 (“[T]he occurrence of extreme five-day rainfall over northeast Colorado during September 2013 was not made more likely, or more intense, by the effects of climate change.”), with Kevin E. Trenberth, John T. Fasullo & Theodore G. Shepherd, Attribution of Climate ...
climate change adaptation: a collective action
... of the need to develop policies that will allow adaptation to minimize the adverse effects of climate change. Climate change adaptation is designed to increase the resilience of natural and human ecosystems to the threats posed by a changing environment. Although an extensive literature concerning t ...
... of the need to develop policies that will allow adaptation to minimize the adverse effects of climate change. Climate change adaptation is designed to increase the resilience of natural and human ecosystems to the threats posed by a changing environment. Although an extensive literature concerning t ...
Climate change and labour: The need for a “just transition”
... its impact on average temperature, precipitations and sea levels, it will endanger the livelihood of hundreds of millions and impose increasing costs on our societies if nothing is done. Indeed, the economic costs of inaction have been estimated at something between 5 and 20 per cent of global GDP b ...
... its impact on average temperature, precipitations and sea levels, it will endanger the livelihood of hundreds of millions and impose increasing costs on our societies if nothing is done. Indeed, the economic costs of inaction have been estimated at something between 5 and 20 per cent of global GDP b ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... Local government is responsible for a range of functions that may be affected by climate. These include natural hazards and resource management, land-use planning, building control, and the provision of infrastructure such as stormwater drainage and water supply. Climate-related risks are not new to ...
... Local government is responsible for a range of functions that may be affected by climate. These include natural hazards and resource management, land-use planning, building control, and the provision of infrastructure such as stormwater drainage and water supply. Climate-related risks are not new to ...
Climate Change - The Consumer Goods Forum
... of key commodities and (2) to begin phasing out hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) in new refrigeration installations by 2015. As you can read in this booklet, the companies that make up the CGF have made a start on implementing solutions to climate change. The CGF also helps our member companies to amplify ...
... of key commodities and (2) to begin phasing out hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) in new refrigeration installations by 2015. As you can read in this booklet, the companies that make up the CGF have made a start on implementing solutions to climate change. The CGF also helps our member companies to amplify ...
Climate Adaptation Plan for the Territories of the Yakama Nation
... our losses and bemoan our future. We will work with other tribes, and we will learn together. We must learn how to adapt, as we have done for many thousands of years on these lands which have always been our home. We cannot know and anticipate at this time all changes to come—but we can start. Conta ...
... our losses and bemoan our future. We will work with other tribes, and we will learn together. We must learn how to adapt, as we have done for many thousands of years on these lands which have always been our home. We cannot know and anticipate at this time all changes to come—but we can start. Conta ...
Planning for climate change impacts on hydropower in the Far North
... al., 2011; Wada et al., 2011). These characteristics of northern systems may impact the long-term risk associated with hydropower projects through changes to in-stream flow, increased sedimentation, and vulnerability to hazards such as glacial burst flooding and seismic activity related to changes i ...
... al., 2011; Wada et al., 2011). These characteristics of northern systems may impact the long-term risk associated with hydropower projects through changes to in-stream flow, increased sedimentation, and vulnerability to hazards such as glacial burst flooding and seismic activity related to changes i ...
Climate Change Adaptation Position Paper
... Adapting to future climate change is an important concept both on a national and global scale. Both ecosystems and society will need to adapt to the new climatic conditions that global warming will inevitably bring. Society will face significant challenges in adapting to global warming. This is part ...
... Adapting to future climate change is an important concept both on a national and global scale. Both ecosystems and society will need to adapt to the new climatic conditions that global warming will inevitably bring. Society will face significant challenges in adapting to global warming. This is part ...
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... infrastructure, loss of physical and human capital, and undoubtedly result in a substantial setback in terms of economic growth. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2013), the cost of extreme weather events has risen from about $20bn per event in 1980s to almost $90bn in 20 ...
... infrastructure, loss of physical and human capital, and undoubtedly result in a substantial setback in terms of economic growth. According to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (2013), the cost of extreme weather events has risen from about $20bn per event in 1980s to almost $90bn in 20 ...
Charting A New Low-Carbon Route To Development
... public development practitioner at the sub-national level, as well as domestic and international experts involved in assisting with regional development, who wish to examine and understand the instruments available for regional and local governments to become engaged in climate change mitigation and ...
... public development practitioner at the sub-national level, as well as domestic and international experts involved in assisting with regional development, who wish to examine and understand the instruments available for regional and local governments to become engaged in climate change mitigation and ...