It`s a Matter of Trust: American Judgments of the
... made significant strides recently, perhaps best exemplified by the September 2014 People’s Climate March. The event mobilized over 300,000 people in New York City and saw endorsement by over 1500 organizations. Even though the march represents the largest street-mobilization of individuals around clim ...
... made significant strides recently, perhaps best exemplified by the September 2014 People’s Climate March. The event mobilized over 300,000 people in New York City and saw endorsement by over 1500 organizations. Even though the march represents the largest street-mobilization of individuals around clim ...
Successful adaptation to climate change across scales
... the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change encourages governments to adapt to climate change, and the Delhi Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, issued at the Eighth Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2002, stated that adap ...
... the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change encourages governments to adapt to climate change, and the Delhi Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, issued at the Eighth Conference of the Parties of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in 2002, stated that adap ...
4. Operational features of the programme
... periods. In this context, achieving a cleaner environment and meeting the higher standards of EU will take time. Towards the aim of creating a livable environment and taking into account the social and economic conditions of our country, comprehensive studies are needed for implementation of the EU ...
... periods. In this context, achieving a cleaner environment and meeting the higher standards of EU will take time. Towards the aim of creating a livable environment and taking into account the social and economic conditions of our country, comprehensive studies are needed for implementation of the EU ...
Disaster Response and Management Veld Fires
... • Floods are a worldwide problem, which in many countries like South Africa result in loss of life and extensive damage to infrastructure and production. • Flood Management Plan – has been developed to address flood risks and management in the sector. The Plan is to be presented to DAFF management b ...
... • Floods are a worldwide problem, which in many countries like South Africa result in loss of life and extensive damage to infrastructure and production. • Flood Management Plan – has been developed to address flood risks and management in the sector. The Plan is to be presented to DAFF management b ...
Climate change and the greenhouse effect
... multidisciplinary, complex and controversial topic, however one with which students need to be familiar. When students leave school science they require an understanding of both the natural and the enhanced greenhouse effect and how this relates to climate change. This knowledge empowers them to mak ...
... multidisciplinary, complex and controversial topic, however one with which students need to be familiar. When students leave school science they require an understanding of both the natural and the enhanced greenhouse effect and how this relates to climate change. This knowledge empowers them to mak ...
Climate change in Australia | Monsoonal North cluster report
... The global climate model (GCM) simulations presented here represent the full range of emission scenarios, as defined by the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) used by the IPCC, with a particular focus on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The former represents a pathway consistent with low-level emissions ...
... The global climate model (GCM) simulations presented here represent the full range of emission scenarios, as defined by the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) used by the IPCC, with a particular focus on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5. The former represents a pathway consistent with low-level emissions ...
Philippine N ational Grassroots C onferenc e on Climate C hange
... communities: to find ways on how to adequately educate and inform communities about the issue, to document how the impacts of climate change are being concretely experienced at the grassroots levels, and to propose ...
... communities: to find ways on how to adequately educate and inform communities about the issue, to document how the impacts of climate change are being concretely experienced at the grassroots levels, and to propose ...
perspectives on climate change - Canadian Institute of Planners
... change since 2007. Part of this dialogue comprised a series of benchmarking surveys and focus groups. Since March 2008, CIP has conducted four benchmarking surveys. To augment the survey data, focus groups were held in every Affiliate between the second and third survey. These surveys and the suppor ...
... change since 2007. Part of this dialogue comprised a series of benchmarking surveys and focus groups. Since March 2008, CIP has conducted four benchmarking surveys. To augment the survey data, focus groups were held in every Affiliate between the second and third survey. These surveys and the suppor ...
Asset prices and climate policy - Department of Agricultural and
... Climate policy requires costly abatement. Due to inertia in the climate system, those currently alive obtain few of the direct environmental benefits of their abatement. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) support the view that current generations must care about their successors in order to underta ...
... Climate policy requires costly abatement. Due to inertia in the climate system, those currently alive obtain few of the direct environmental benefits of their abatement. Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) support the view that current generations must care about their successors in order to underta ...
Volume 3: Climate and Global Change and Risks
... interacting subsystems in the comprising the global climate system and to improve the description of the physical processes occurring in them. Industrial systems, the role of which, on the quantitative level, has not yet reliably been revealed, occupy special place among similar subsystems with diff ...
... interacting subsystems in the comprising the global climate system and to improve the description of the physical processes occurring in them. Industrial systems, the role of which, on the quantitative level, has not yet reliably been revealed, occupy special place among similar subsystems with diff ...
Rose and Rayborn, "The effects of ocean heat uptake on transient
... Figure 2 illustrates several long-running themes in the literature. The two models disagree quantitatively on forcing, feedback, and climate sensitivity; however, both exhibit increasing sensitivity with time. As indicated by the concave curvature of the scatterplots, the slope λ decreases as the mo ...
... Figure 2 illustrates several long-running themes in the literature. The two models disagree quantitatively on forcing, feedback, and climate sensitivity; however, both exhibit increasing sensitivity with time. As indicated by the concave curvature of the scatterplots, the slope λ decreases as the mo ...
AN ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF CLIMATE LIMITED
... from the sea, adopting in-house energy systems, recycling. Similarly, Emmanuel and Spence (2009), estimates that in 1996 total water demand by hotels, ships and golf courses in Barbados was 2,569,000 cubic metres, approximately one sixth of total domestic water consumption in Barbados. It is project ...
... from the sea, adopting in-house energy systems, recycling. Similarly, Emmanuel and Spence (2009), estimates that in 1996 total water demand by hotels, ships and golf courses in Barbados was 2,569,000 cubic metres, approximately one sixth of total domestic water consumption in Barbados. It is project ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... Climate Change and Sustainable Development issued at COP8, climate adaptation was of “high priority” and required “urgent attention and action on the part of all countries.” To help promote climate adaptation, COP7 created three funds to support adaptation: the Adaptation Fund (AF), the Least Develo ...
... Climate Change and Sustainable Development issued at COP8, climate adaptation was of “high priority” and required “urgent attention and action on the part of all countries.” To help promote climate adaptation, COP7 created three funds to support adaptation: the Adaptation Fund (AF), the Least Develo ...
changing risks in changing climate
... Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). RCPs are not linked to any socio-economic scenarios, but each of them is consistent with many socio-economic storylines because different socio-economic futures could lead to similar changes in atmospheric GHGs concentrations. Future impact can be shape ...
... Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs). RCPs are not linked to any socio-economic scenarios, but each of them is consistent with many socio-economic storylines because different socio-economic futures could lead to similar changes in atmospheric GHGs concentrations. Future impact can be shape ...
Assets and Adaptation - Overseas Development Institute
... behavioural paradigm and a structuralist paradigm (see Wisner 1993; Kirkby et al. 2001). The older and dominant behavioural paradigm believes that disasters are caused by ‘extreme forces of nature’ and the poor perception of these hazards. It believes in the ability of technology, prediction and bur ...
... behavioural paradigm and a structuralist paradigm (see Wisner 1993; Kirkby et al. 2001). The older and dominant behavioural paradigm believes that disasters are caused by ‘extreme forces of nature’ and the poor perception of these hazards. It believes in the ability of technology, prediction and bur ...
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... adding additional analysis that examines global trends and other factors that are changing with the climate, including gross domestic products (GDPs), populations, and agricultural technology development and use (Thomas and Rosegrant, Chapter 5). The model identifies hotspots under climate change wh ...
... adding additional analysis that examines global trends and other factors that are changing with the climate, including gross domestic products (GDPs), populations, and agricultural technology development and use (Thomas and Rosegrant, Chapter 5). The model identifies hotspots under climate change wh ...
Bangladesh, climate disasters
... Like many other countries, Bangladesh is situated in a high-risk region, prone to natural and/or climate disasters, which are occurring with increasing frequency and intensity. The impact of climate change is currently only being felt in terms of negative effects, leading many to fear the worst for ...
... Like many other countries, Bangladesh is situated in a high-risk region, prone to natural and/or climate disasters, which are occurring with increasing frequency and intensity. The impact of climate change is currently only being felt in terms of negative effects, leading many to fear the worst for ...
Climate Change Knows No Borders
... on-going negotiations. However power dynamics between countries mean that implementation is regularly contested, and new dam or hydropower developments constantly bring new dimensions to the debate. India’s Farakka Barrage, for example, allows them to control the flow of the Ganges. Farming and fish ...
... on-going negotiations. However power dynamics between countries mean that implementation is regularly contested, and new dam or hydropower developments constantly bring new dimensions to the debate. India’s Farakka Barrage, for example, allows them to control the flow of the Ganges. Farming and fish ...
River Floods - ClimateCost
... of maintaining 1 in 100-year levels of flood protection across Europe in future time periods, set against the projected changes in flood hazard under the A1B scenario. The benefits of these minimum protection levels (i.e. the reduction in damage costs) are estimated at €8 billion/year by the 2020s, ...
... of maintaining 1 in 100-year levels of flood protection across Europe in future time periods, set against the projected changes in flood hazard under the A1B scenario. The benefits of these minimum protection levels (i.e. the reduction in damage costs) are estimated at €8 billion/year by the 2020s, ...
Towards indicators for resilient architecture and infrastructure
... or replace. As infrastructure assets have long operational lifetimes they are sensitive not only to the existing climate at the time of their construction, but also to climate variations over the decades of their use. For example, energy infrastructure put into service in the next five years may “l ...
... or replace. As infrastructure assets have long operational lifetimes they are sensitive not only to the existing climate at the time of their construction, but also to climate variations over the decades of their use. For example, energy infrastructure put into service in the next five years may “l ...
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... Separate from the climate change literature, agricultural economists have developed theoretical and empirical approaches to model how pests and pest control affect farmer production decisions. This literature focuses on the econometric specification of models, estimating marginal productivity of pes ...
... Separate from the climate change literature, agricultural economists have developed theoretical and empirical approaches to model how pests and pest control affect farmer production decisions. This literature focuses on the econometric specification of models, estimating marginal productivity of pes ...
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies
... Overall conclusion Flood risk reduction is considered by Government in post disaster recovery and rehabilitation activities. Implementing agencies have taken into consideration approaches that will reduce risk to flooding and have linked this when planning for the activities to be undertaken. For ex ...
... Overall conclusion Flood risk reduction is considered by Government in post disaster recovery and rehabilitation activities. Implementing agencies have taken into consideration approaches that will reduce risk to flooding and have linked this when planning for the activities to be undertaken. For ex ...
teaching manual - Live and Learn
... In the process of writing this manual, we have pre-tested and piloted teaching at some schools. The material has been supplemented by valuable contributions from teachers, education leaders and experts in the field of climate change. We welcome any input from stakeholders. In the future, we hope to ...
... In the process of writing this manual, we have pre-tested and piloted teaching at some schools. The material has been supplemented by valuable contributions from teachers, education leaders and experts in the field of climate change. We welcome any input from stakeholders. In the future, we hope to ...
Psychology`s Contributions to Understanding and Addressing
... chological impacts. It may also be useful to attend to possible positive consequences, such as people taking collective responsibility for solving a shared problem, that may aid individual coping and community responses. Third, psychology can help describe, explain, and also inform our responses to ...
... chological impacts. It may also be useful to attend to possible positive consequences, such as people taking collective responsibility for solving a shared problem, that may aid individual coping and community responses. Third, psychology can help describe, explain, and also inform our responses to ...
Climate Change - European Commission
... commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012. In December 2011 the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” agreed a roadmap towards a new legal framework by 2015, and a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol which began on 1 January 2013 and will end in 2020. The EU has committed to cut ...
... commitment period started in 2008 and ended in 2012. In December 2011 the “Durban Platform for Enhanced Action” agreed a roadmap towards a new legal framework by 2015, and a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol which began on 1 January 2013 and will end in 2020. The EU has committed to cut ...