Report on Fifth Assessment Report 6
... change issues and vulnerabilities, so that sustainable development can be achieved through national level planning. The AR5 needs to be interpreted and translated for the local context in Bangladesh, for use amongst the scientific community, practitioners and policy makers alike. ...
... change issues and vulnerabilities, so that sustainable development can be achieved through national level planning. The AR5 needs to be interpreted and translated for the local context in Bangladesh, for use amongst the scientific community, practitioners and policy makers alike. ...
Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant
... 2008; McConnell et al., 2007). The 1860 and 2000 anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions used are summarized in Table S1 of the Supplement. As described by Naik et al. (2013), all natural emissions except those that depend on the simulated meteorology (lightning NOx , dimethyl sulfide (DMS), sea ...
... 2008; McConnell et al., 2007). The 1860 and 2000 anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions used are summarized in Table S1 of the Supplement. As described by Naik et al. (2013), all natural emissions except those that depend on the simulated meteorology (lightning NOx , dimethyl sulfide (DMS), sea ...
Climate finance for cities: how can climate funds best support low
... instruments, such as guarantees, to catalyse action by others. They should carefully consider the nature of their ...
... instruments, such as guarantees, to catalyse action by others. They should carefully consider the nature of their ...
Petition - Center for Biological Diversity
... steps necessary for greenhouse gas-related state implementation planning. As of August 2009, at least forty-seven states have completed or are completing a greenhouse gas inventory, thirtyeight are drafting or have drafted climate action plans, and twenty-three states have adopted emissions reductio ...
... steps necessary for greenhouse gas-related state implementation planning. As of August 2009, at least forty-seven states have completed or are completing a greenhouse gas inventory, thirtyeight are drafting or have drafted climate action plans, and twenty-three states have adopted emissions reductio ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... successful communication with stakeholders, and effective decision-making for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This is of particular relevance to international processes such as the efforts of theConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to establish a fully functioning global network of PAs ...
... successful communication with stakeholders, and effective decision-making for climate change mitigation and adaptation. This is of particular relevance to international processes such as the efforts of theConvention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to establish a fully functioning global network of PAs ...
Communicating the risks of global warming
... George W. Bush renounced a campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, withdrew the United States from the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, and proposed national energy legislation to increase drilling for oil and natural gas, mining for coal, and build over a thousand new fossil-fuel bur ...
... George W. Bush renounced a campaign pledge to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant, withdrew the United States from the Kyoto Protocol negotiations, and proposed national energy legislation to increase drilling for oil and natural gas, mining for coal, and build over a thousand new fossil-fuel bur ...
Dissemination of information on climate change: a case study KwaNgwanase in KwaZulu-Natal
... of Basic Education, that may target learners at schools; Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and any other relevant department that may extend its target to the general public and engage in campaigns at alerting people on weather changes and its impact. Libr ...
... of Basic Education, that may target learners at schools; Departments of Environmental Affairs and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and any other relevant department that may extend its target to the general public and engage in campaigns at alerting people on weather changes and its impact. Libr ...
Making Climate Data Relevant to Decision Making:
... Climate models projecting future conditions need to better translated into packets of information useful for decision-makers. There is a wide variety of information needed depending on the type of issue being addressed and the level of technical ability at hand. Users of climate information will ran ...
... Climate models projecting future conditions need to better translated into packets of information useful for decision-makers. There is a wide variety of information needed depending on the type of issue being addressed and the level of technical ability at hand. Users of climate information will ran ...
Regional Assessment
... region is highlighted in several regional policies such as the SAMOA pathway. This priority is aligned with the region’s high representation of small island developing states (SIDS) that are vulnerable to climate change and coastal hazards. However, the opportunities that EcoDRR presents as a tool t ...
... region is highlighted in several regional policies such as the SAMOA pathway. This priority is aligned with the region’s high representation of small island developing states (SIDS) that are vulnerable to climate change and coastal hazards. However, the opportunities that EcoDRR presents as a tool t ...
Feb 27, 2016 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... logical or empirical justification for imposing a power plan that will destroy an industry that has delivered reliable electricity, however imperfectly, since 1882, over 130 years. The general health issues of coal-fired power plants have been solved in the US. Health issues in India, China, etc. do ...
... logical or empirical justification for imposing a power plan that will destroy an industry that has delivered reliable electricity, however imperfectly, since 1882, over 130 years. The general health issues of coal-fired power plants have been solved in the US. Health issues in India, China, etc. do ...
Climate Criminal.
... James Taylor86 is a Senior Fellow with the Heartland Institute,87 a climate denial lobby group based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He argues that climate change has stopped, claiming there has been “absolutely no warming during the past 10 years”, and has said the world should abandon efforts to fight ...
... James Taylor86 is a Senior Fellow with the Heartland Institute,87 a climate denial lobby group based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He argues that climate change has stopped, claiming there has been “absolutely no warming during the past 10 years”, and has said the world should abandon efforts to fight ...
LCCARL395_en.pdf
... In general, the Caribbean has limited capacity to rebuild after extreme weather events; if the subregion were to be affected regularly, it would not have enough time to rebuild between events, and could end up in a state of permanent reconstruction, with all resources devoted to repairs instead of t ...
... In general, the Caribbean has limited capacity to rebuild after extreme weather events; if the subregion were to be affected regularly, it would not have enough time to rebuild between events, and could end up in a state of permanent reconstruction, with all resources devoted to repairs instead of t ...
Results from Collie CCS Hub workshop: What do the locals think?
... Low emission energy technologies have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions substantially over the coming decades. However, without community support the implementation of such technologies could be severely hampered. The CSIRO’s Science into Society Group, in conjunction with the Western ...
... Low emission energy technologies have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions substantially over the coming decades. However, without community support the implementation of such technologies could be severely hampered. The CSIRO’s Science into Society Group, in conjunction with the Western ...
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... Figure 1: Percentage declines of wheat yields under a climate change scenario of warmer, drier conditions towards 2030. Source: Kokic et al. (2005) Howden and Jones (2004) report how the value of Australia’s wheat production could be affected by a projected climate regime towards 2070. Response surf ...
... Figure 1: Percentage declines of wheat yields under a climate change scenario of warmer, drier conditions towards 2030. Source: Kokic et al. (2005) Howden and Jones (2004) report how the value of Australia’s wheat production could be affected by a projected climate regime towards 2070. Response surf ...
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development ToT Report
... The LELUP module has a total of 21 lectures that range from 1 to 4 units depending on class exercises and necessary depth of content (Appendix 4: Low Emission Land Use Planning Syllabus). Before the workshop each participant selected two lectures to deliver during the TOT. Participants worked with t ...
... The LELUP module has a total of 21 lectures that range from 1 to 4 units depending on class exercises and necessary depth of content (Appendix 4: Low Emission Land Use Planning Syllabus). Before the workshop each participant selected two lectures to deliver during the TOT. Participants worked with t ...
National Security in the 21st Century: How the National Security
... continue to occur in the future; only the ongoing debate of how much change human activity will produce remains.5 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) report finds definitive anthropogenic warming between 3.2°F and 9.2°F over the twenty-first century.6 Based on the amount of carbon ...
... continue to occur in the future; only the ongoing debate of how much change human activity will produce remains.5 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (“IPCC”) report finds definitive anthropogenic warming between 3.2°F and 9.2°F over the twenty-first century.6 Based on the amount of carbon ...
Livestock and Climate Change cows, pigs, and chickens?
... more nuclear- and fossil-energy infrastructure). GHG emissions have increased since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1992 and climate change has accelerated. However desirable, even major progress in displacing nonrenewable energy would not obviate substantial action to reduce the huge amounts of li ...
... more nuclear- and fossil-energy infrastructure). GHG emissions have increased since the Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1992 and climate change has accelerated. However desirable, even major progress in displacing nonrenewable energy would not obviate substantial action to reduce the huge amounts of li ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Approach to Climate Change”. The main objective of the initiative is to assist regional (i.e., subnational) governments in achieving the low-carbon and climate resilient development in their region through the development and implementation of an Integrated Territorial Climate Plan. The initiative i ...
... Approach to Climate Change”. The main objective of the initiative is to assist regional (i.e., subnational) governments in achieving the low-carbon and climate resilient development in their region through the development and implementation of an Integrated Territorial Climate Plan. The initiative i ...
Programme Plan - Norges forskningsråd
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
Programme plan - Norges forskningsråd
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
... KlimaProg – Research Programme on Climate and Climate Change is a continuation of the Research Programme on Changes in Climate and the Ozone Layer. The scientific area represented by the programme is both a politically important field and one with a great need for knowledge. In a governmental resear ...
BACKGROUND PAPER Prepared for the 2015 Global Assessment
... considerable similarities in the types of actions needed to reduce both kinds of risks, but the adaptation community can learn a great deal from the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. Historically, there has been some frustration within the DRR community about the growing attention and funding ...
... considerable similarities in the types of actions needed to reduce both kinds of risks, but the adaptation community can learn a great deal from the disaster risk reduction (DRR) community. Historically, there has been some frustration within the DRR community about the growing attention and funding ...
Leasing Coal, Fueling Climate Change
... administration will cause damages estimated at between $52 billion and $530 billion, using the federal government’s social cost of carbon estimates. Although the Bureau of Land Management has failed to consider the carbon pollution impacts of its coal leasing program, other federal agencies like the ...
... administration will cause damages estimated at between $52 billion and $530 billion, using the federal government’s social cost of carbon estimates. Although the Bureau of Land Management has failed to consider the carbon pollution impacts of its coal leasing program, other federal agencies like the ...
GAO-14-74, CLIMATE CHANGE: Energy Infrastructure Risks and
... A number of measures exist to help reduce climate-related risks and adapt the nation’s energy systems to weather and climate-related impacts. These options generally fall into two broad categories—hardening and resiliency. Hardening measures involve physical changes that improve the durability and s ...
... A number of measures exist to help reduce climate-related risks and adapt the nation’s energy systems to weather and climate-related impacts. These options generally fall into two broad categories—hardening and resiliency. Hardening measures involve physical changes that improve the durability and s ...
Incorporating climate change and growth into the post-2015 framework for disaster risk reduction (opens in new window)
... This has been the central goal of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 - 2015 (HFA). This framework, summarised in Figure 1, describes a comprehensive set of actions that a country can take to strengthen its risk governance capacities. It was developed through a participatory process, adopted by the ...
... This has been the central goal of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 - 2015 (HFA). This framework, summarised in Figure 1, describes a comprehensive set of actions that a country can take to strengthen its risk governance capacities. It was developed through a participatory process, adopted by the ...
Does tomorrow ever come?
... cultural taboos challenged and overtaken via cinema film, public moods controlled by propaganda and trends set through advertising. However, the question remains as to whether film can triumph over social apathy to instigate a long-term, effective social and behavioral change. According to Weingart ...
... cultural taboos challenged and overtaken via cinema film, public moods controlled by propaganda and trends set through advertising. However, the question remains as to whether film can triumph over social apathy to instigate a long-term, effective social and behavioral change. According to Weingart ...