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... We work with young people because we want to support them in leading fulfilling lives, help them prepare for their future, and for them to believe that they can make a difference in the world. The best way to make this difference is by encouraging young people to embrace long-term behaviour change. ...
... We work with young people because we want to support them in leading fulfilling lives, help them prepare for their future, and for them to believe that they can make a difference in the world. The best way to make this difference is by encouraging young people to embrace long-term behaviour change. ...
Global action on climate change in agriculture: Linkages to food security, markets and trade policies in developing countries
... change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global agricultural adaptation while harnessing its signifi ...
... change adaptation and mitigation. The report offers some answers and concrete proposals – while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global agricultural adaptation while harnessing its signifi ...
A preliminary assessment of the impact of climate change on non-life insurance demand in the BRICS economies: Working Paper 63 (379 kB) (opens in new window)
... by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and has five inter-linked research programmes: ...
... by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council and has five inter-linked research programmes: ...
Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change Adaptation and
... As outlined in Principle 28, internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to a durable solution, but often need assistance. A durable solution is reached when IDPs no longer have specific assistance and protection needs linked to their displacement. This can be achieved through: • sustainable ...
... As outlined in Principle 28, internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to a durable solution, but often need assistance. A durable solution is reached when IDPs no longer have specific assistance and protection needs linked to their displacement. This can be achieved through: • sustainable ...
Potential Effects of Proposed Climate Change Policies on PJM’s Energy Market
... analyses; rather it is primarily designed to provide a depiction of near-term impacts in 2013 on the PJM wholesale power market and the associated possible impact on consumer electric bills during the first years under a climate change policy. Nor is this study intended to suggest or propose policy, ...
... analyses; rather it is primarily designed to provide a depiction of near-term impacts in 2013 on the PJM wholesale power market and the associated possible impact on consumer electric bills during the first years under a climate change policy. Nor is this study intended to suggest or propose policy, ...
Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation
... As outlined in Principle 28, internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to a durable solution, but often need assistance. A durable solution is reached when IDPs no longer have specific assistance and protection needs linked to their displacement. This can be achieved through: • sustainable ...
... As outlined in Principle 28, internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to a durable solution, but often need assistance. A durable solution is reached when IDPs no longer have specific assistance and protection needs linked to their displacement. This can be achieved through: • sustainable ...
Environment and Development Challenges: The Imperative to Act 20
... poverty and natural resources - a world that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, where the challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity and social inequity have been successfully addressed. This is an achievable dream, but the current system is deeply flawed and our ...
... poverty and natural resources - a world that is environmentally, socially and economically sustainable, where the challenges such as climate change, loss of biodiversity and social inequity have been successfully addressed. This is an achievable dream, but the current system is deeply flawed and our ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF MONTSERRAT
... The A2 scenario is of a more divided world. It envisages that by the year 2100 the population would have reached 15 billion, with generally slow economic and technological development. It predicts slightly higher GHG emissions than other scenarios. The B2 scenario is of a world more divided but more ...
... The A2 scenario is of a more divided world. It envisages that by the year 2100 the population would have reached 15 billion, with generally slow economic and technological development. It predicts slightly higher GHG emissions than other scenarios. The B2 scenario is of a world more divided but more ...
(Un)Natural Disasters: Communicating Linkages Between Extreme
... In Australia, the summer of 2013 was the hottest on record. The sustained high temperatures were linked to bushfires in the country’s southeast and severe flooding in its northeast. Conditions were so severe it was dubbed “the angry summer” (Steffen, 2013). According to a scientific analysis, the re ...
... In Australia, the summer of 2013 was the hottest on record. The sustained high temperatures were linked to bushfires in the country’s southeast and severe flooding in its northeast. Conditions were so severe it was dubbed “the angry summer” (Steffen, 2013). According to a scientific analysis, the re ...
Migration and Climate Change - Development Research Centre on
... migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition does not make the figure any more accurate. While the scientific argument for climate change is increasingly confident, the consequences of climate change for human population ...
... migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition does not make the figure any more accurate. While the scientific argument for climate change is increasingly confident, the consequences of climate change for human population ...
WORKING GROUP III CONTRIBUTION TO THE IPCC FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT (AR5)
... Chapter 2 will provide a discussion of the methods used for integrated risk and uncertainty assessments of climate change response policies. Although this issue is a cross-cutting method across working groups (see section 3.1), the basic concept should be laid out in the respective WG contributions ...
... Chapter 2 will provide a discussion of the methods used for integrated risk and uncertainty assessments of climate change response policies. Although this issue is a cross-cutting method across working groups (see section 3.1), the basic concept should be laid out in the respective WG contributions ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa - The Africa
... include conflict over resources such as land, water, and food. There is also a great risk posed by increased desertification and migratory pressures. The EU also recognised that while its conflict prevention capacities have been greatly enhanced, there is a “need to improve analysis and early-warnin ...
... include conflict over resources such as land, water, and food. There is also a great risk posed by increased desertification and migratory pressures. The EU also recognised that while its conflict prevention capacities have been greatly enhanced, there is a “need to improve analysis and early-warnin ...
The EU Climate Change Strategy under the Lens of Multi
... Governments have increasingly been acknowledging the challenge of climate change and progressively addressing it in their national policies. In discourse and practice, the European Union has engaged itself with ambition in the project of tackling climate change. Over the last decade its attention ha ...
... Governments have increasingly been acknowledging the challenge of climate change and progressively addressing it in their national policies. In discourse and practice, the European Union has engaged itself with ambition in the project of tackling climate change. Over the last decade its attention ha ...
Oregon`s Biodiversity in a Changing Climate
... Climatic changes affect the Earth’s physical systems that in part structure ecosystems, communities, and biodiversity. The most studied physical systems with respect to climate change include hydrological systems, coastal processes, and the cryosphere (ice and snow). Even with no change in precipita ...
... Climatic changes affect the Earth’s physical systems that in part structure ecosystems, communities, and biodiversity. The most studied physical systems with respect to climate change include hydrological systems, coastal processes, and the cryosphere (ice and snow). Even with no change in precipita ...
Finland`s Fifth National Communication under the
... adaptation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 6.2.4 Impacts on industries, infrastructure and human well-being, and the related adaptation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 6.2.5 Impacts of climate change in Finnish Lapland, and the related ad ...
... adaptation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 6.2.4 Impacts on industries, infrastructure and human well-being, and the related adaptation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 6.2.5 Impacts of climate change in Finnish Lapland, and the related ad ...
National Security Accelerating Risks of Climate Change
... Regarding these threats, the 9/11 Commission found “The most important failure was one of imagination. We do not believe leaders understood the gravity of the threat. The … danger … was not a major topic for ...
... Regarding these threats, the 9/11 Commission found “The most important failure was one of imagination. We do not believe leaders understood the gravity of the threat. The … danger … was not a major topic for ...
Presentation CO2
... • Now, after 4 years we have learned a few things: – We will remain to be dependant on fossil fuels for a long time – Change from coal to gas has not happened • Due to high gas prices and lack of long time confidence – Building new efficient coal - yes • Several large plants have been built and at l ...
... • Now, after 4 years we have learned a few things: – We will remain to be dependant on fossil fuels for a long time – Change from coal to gas has not happened • Due to high gas prices and lack of long time confidence – Building new efficient coal - yes • Several large plants have been built and at l ...
Migration and Climate - International Institute for Sustainable
... migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition does not make the figure any more accurate. While the scientific argument for climate change is increasingly confident, the consequences of climate change for human population ...
... migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition does not make the figure any more accurate. While the scientific argument for climate change is increasingly confident, the consequences of climate change for human population ...
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... Modernisation of agriculture in India over the past few decades, notwithstanding the benefits, has brought a variety of economic, environmental, and social problems, including food availability, ecosystem integrity and in many cases, disruption of rural livelihoods. The push towards commercial agric ...
... Modernisation of agriculture in India over the past few decades, notwithstanding the benefits, has brought a variety of economic, environmental, and social problems, including food availability, ecosystem integrity and in many cases, disruption of rural livelihoods. The push towards commercial agric ...
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... attention to climate as a determining factor in agricultural underdevelopment or human health. Lambert (1975) attempts to demonstrate the linkages between climate change and the growth of civilizations. In its most extreme form, climatic determinism is exhibited in the more popular literature. One o ...
... attention to climate as a determining factor in agricultural underdevelopment or human health. Lambert (1975) attempts to demonstrate the linkages between climate change and the growth of civilizations. In its most extreme form, climatic determinism is exhibited in the more popular literature. One o ...
Making agriculture in Africa climate-smart
... well as multidisciplinary and multisectoral mechanisms and their interdependence. This makes it increasingly difficult to tease them apart (Neely and Dixon, 2006). Some of the “labels” currently used relate to practices at farm level (for instance, sustainable intensification), whereas some others r ...
... well as multidisciplinary and multisectoral mechanisms and their interdependence. This makes it increasingly difficult to tease them apart (Neely and Dixon, 2006). Some of the “labels” currently used relate to practices at farm level (for instance, sustainable intensification), whereas some others r ...
Transformative Learning and Engagement with Climate
... barriers can limit the success of such strategies in changing perceptions and behaviours (Wibeck 2013; Moser and Ekstrom 2010; Adger et al. 2009; Lorenzoni et al. 2007). This study uses transformative learning theory to examine social barriers to learning and engagement with climate change adaptatio ...
... barriers can limit the success of such strategies in changing perceptions and behaviours (Wibeck 2013; Moser and Ekstrom 2010; Adger et al. 2009; Lorenzoni et al. 2007). This study uses transformative learning theory to examine social barriers to learning and engagement with climate change adaptatio ...
Future changes of the atmospheric composition and the impact of
... causing changes in the water vapour concentrations, can influence the future CO trends. Additionally they showed that climate change subtly impacts the future development of various trace gases, e.g., NO , due to a climate change x induced increase of tropospheric OH and concluded that increasing em ...
... causing changes in the water vapour concentrations, can influence the future CO trends. Additionally they showed that climate change subtly impacts the future development of various trace gases, e.g., NO , due to a climate change x induced increase of tropospheric OH and concluded that increasing em ...
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... nature of interactions and a potential nonlinear response pattern among the biophysical factors, there is a weak linkage between policy actions over time and the climate change likely to be avoided (Jacoby, 2004, Webster et al., 2003). Some studies have attempted to estimate the value of the benefit ...
... nature of interactions and a potential nonlinear response pattern among the biophysical factors, there is a weak linkage between policy actions over time and the climate change likely to be avoided (Jacoby, 2004, Webster et al., 2003). Some studies have attempted to estimate the value of the benefit ...