Changes in ecosystem services and their drivers across the scenarios
... partly at the expense of losses of other services. Providing additional food to match increased demand will lead (with low to medium certainty) to further expansion of agricultural land, and this in turn will lead to the loss of natural forest and grassland, as well as the loss of ecosystem services ...
... partly at the expense of losses of other services. Providing additional food to match increased demand will lead (with low to medium certainty) to further expansion of agricultural land, and this in turn will lead to the loss of natural forest and grassland, as well as the loss of ecosystem services ...
Annex 3: Key Figures Showing Climatic Trends for Guinea Bissau
... Table 1: Summary of initiatives areas of Climate Change, Agriculture, Water and Environmental Sectors in Guinea-Bissau ... 21 Table 2: Criteria for project location and Gabú Region details .................................................................................................... 28 Table 3 ...
... Table 1: Summary of initiatives areas of Climate Change, Agriculture, Water and Environmental Sectors in Guinea-Bissau ... 21 Table 2: Criteria for project location and Gabú Region details .................................................................................................... 28 Table 3 ...
English
... mostly focussed on climatic (physico-chemical) issues or impacts on agricultural systems, while social scientists have addressed governance, framing and ethical considerations. This report considers the impacts of geoengineering on the drivers of biodiversity loss, including the potential decrease i ...
... mostly focussed on climatic (physico-chemical) issues or impacts on agricultural systems, while social scientists have addressed governance, framing and ethical considerations. This report considers the impacts of geoengineering on the drivers of biodiversity loss, including the potential decrease i ...
SUBSIDIARY BODY ON SCIENTIFIC, TECHNICAL AND
... mostly focussed on climatic (physico-chemical) issues or impacts on agricultural systems, while social scientists have addressed governance, framing and ethical considerations. This report considers the impacts of geoengineering on the drivers of biodiversity loss, including the potential decrease i ...
... mostly focussed on climatic (physico-chemical) issues or impacts on agricultural systems, while social scientists have addressed governance, framing and ethical considerations. This report considers the impacts of geoengineering on the drivers of biodiversity loss, including the potential decrease i ...
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
... thinking into chaos. Responding to it means re-envisaging how we relate to our world. It involves forming a new economic model and ending the use of fossil fuels. Climate change therefore is particularly difficult to cognise and as such many representations of it are formulaic, which fail to provoke ...
... thinking into chaos. Responding to it means re-envisaging how we relate to our world. It involves forming a new economic model and ending the use of fossil fuels. Climate change therefore is particularly difficult to cognise and as such many representations of it are formulaic, which fail to provoke ...
Climate change adaptation in Norway
... incorporated into the existing guidelines for climate change mitigation and energy planning. Information resources, networks for sharing experience, and cooperation with regional authorities will play an important part in climate change adaptation work at municipal level. ...
... incorporated into the existing guidelines for climate change mitigation and energy planning. Information resources, networks for sharing experience, and cooperation with regional authorities will play an important part in climate change adaptation work at municipal level. ...
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Variability and Change
... adaptive capacity, which are partly linked to the evolution of these concepts in different scientific disciplines. This study uses participatory approaches to assess vulnerability to climate variability in a watershed in Kenya. The purpose of this research is to use the vulnerability assessment as t ...
... adaptive capacity, which are partly linked to the evolution of these concepts in different scientific disciplines. This study uses participatory approaches to assess vulnerability to climate variability in a watershed in Kenya. The purpose of this research is to use the vulnerability assessment as t ...
International Law-Making Process in the United Nations
... of the Antarctica Treaty should be involved in regulating the activities in Antarctica signifies the increasing reliance on the United Nations as the forum for creating legal regime of global ...
... of the Antarctica Treaty should be involved in regulating the activities in Antarctica signifies the increasing reliance on the United Nations as the forum for creating legal regime of global ...
Public understanding of climate change and adaptation
... In late 2011, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) engaged the Discipline of Public Health at The University of Adelaide to improve knowledge of how South Australians perceived and understood the likely adverse implications arising from a changed climate, and how associa ...
... In late 2011, the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) engaged the Discipline of Public Health at The University of Adelaide to improve knowledge of how South Australians perceived and understood the likely adverse implications arising from a changed climate, and how associa ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... limits on our capacity to handle complexity, and computer limitations (these issues will be discussed in detail in chapter 5). These circumstances make the assessment of future anthropogenic climate change and its impacts an extremely difficult and partly impossible task. The scientific basis for th ...
... limits on our capacity to handle complexity, and computer limitations (these issues will be discussed in detail in chapter 5). These circumstances make the assessment of future anthropogenic climate change and its impacts an extremely difficult and partly impossible task. The scientific basis for th ...
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... food security of people, and to show the range of actions needed. Understanding these pathways and the potential responses, not only agronomics, but also from social protection to strengthened international cooperation, is indispensable to ground FAO’s action to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Th ...
... food security of people, and to show the range of actions needed. Understanding these pathways and the potential responses, not only agronomics, but also from social protection to strengthened international cooperation, is indispensable to ground FAO’s action to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Th ...
Global learning on carbon capture and storage: A call for... cooperation on CCS demonstration
... demonstration effort could change these current general perceptions about the future of CCS in India. In addition, while the call for ‘‘developed-country-first’’ demonstration of CCS has been made (G8, 2008; Gibbins and Chalmers, 2008), China, South Africa and Brazil have shown considerable interest ...
... demonstration effort could change these current general perceptions about the future of CCS in India. In addition, while the call for ‘‘developed-country-first’’ demonstration of CCS has been made (G8, 2008; Gibbins and Chalmers, 2008), China, South Africa and Brazil have shown considerable interest ...
Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... completed prior to 2009 that may have contributed to building local and national capacity to adapt. The review only identifies those actions currently underway; it does not offer judgment of the effectiveness of the actions taking place. In addition, reflecting the desk-based nature of the review, ...
... completed prior to 2009 that may have contributed to building local and national capacity to adapt. The review only identifies those actions currently underway; it does not offer judgment of the effectiveness of the actions taking place. In addition, reflecting the desk-based nature of the review, ...
5.5.1 Introduction - Eionet Forum
... member countries and in the context of the 7th Framework Programme. On the policy side, in 2007 the European Commission published its Green Paper on adaptation, to be followed by a White Paper by the end of 2008 with more concrete proposals for action. National adaptation strategies have been or are ...
... member countries and in the context of the 7th Framework Programme. On the policy side, in 2007 the European Commission published its Green Paper on adaptation, to be followed by a White Paper by the end of 2008 with more concrete proposals for action. National adaptation strategies have been or are ...
Australia`s country towns 2050: What will a climate
... This report considers the impact of anticipated climate change on Australia’s inland towns and centres to the year 2050. It examines the ways in which non-coastal settlements will be affected by the primary, secondary and tertiary impacts of climate change, including the impact of extreme climate ev ...
... This report considers the impact of anticipated climate change on Australia’s inland towns and centres to the year 2050. It examines the ways in which non-coastal settlements will be affected by the primary, secondary and tertiary impacts of climate change, including the impact of extreme climate ev ...
Application of environmentally sound technologies for adaptation to
... probability of directly addressing climate related impacts in a cost-effective manner. The effectiveness of technology transfer in the agriculture sector, in the context of climate change response strategies, also depends to a great extent on the suitability of transferred technologies to the socio- ...
... probability of directly addressing climate related impacts in a cost-effective manner. The effectiveness of technology transfer in the agriculture sector, in the context of climate change response strategies, also depends to a great extent on the suitability of transferred technologies to the socio- ...
Agenda for the protection of cross-border displaced persons in the
... • Compiles a broad set of effective practices that could be used by States and other actors to ensure more effective future responses to cross-border disaster-displacement; • Highlights the need to bring together and link multiple policies and action areas to address crossborder disaster-displacem ...
... • Compiles a broad set of effective practices that could be used by States and other actors to ensure more effective future responses to cross-border disaster-displacement; • Highlights the need to bring together and link multiple policies and action areas to address crossborder disaster-displacem ...
Weeds and Climate Change
... that is likely to be broadly applicable across much of Australia to assist all NRM Groups. Some issues are likely to affect most if not all regions and those are the ones this Guide focuses on. Further, developing strategy and management approaches that flow from an understanding of national and sta ...
... that is likely to be broadly applicable across much of Australia to assist all NRM Groups. Some issues are likely to affect most if not all regions and those are the ones this Guide focuses on. Further, developing strategy and management approaches that flow from an understanding of national and sta ...
Understanding pUblic perception of climate change in
... Cambodia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, both in Asia and globally. Climate variability and extreme are projected to increase in duration, frequency and intensity. Higher temperature, rising sea level, changing rainfall patterns and increasing seriousness of extreme weathe ...
... Cambodia is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, both in Asia and globally. Climate variability and extreme are projected to increase in duration, frequency and intensity. Higher temperature, rising sea level, changing rainfall patterns and increasing seriousness of extreme weathe ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Initiative Asian Cities Climate Change
... and exploring approaches and methodologies to vulnerability assessment and the design of city-level resilience plans. The Foundation deserves recognition for its timely identification of this important area for investment, and for making Asian cities a core part of the larger Building Climate Change ...
... and exploring approaches and methodologies to vulnerability assessment and the design of city-level resilience plans. The Foundation deserves recognition for its timely identification of this important area for investment, and for making Asian cities a core part of the larger Building Climate Change ...
Pennsylvania Climate Impact Assessment Report to
... “Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases.” The report also finds that “A global assessment of data since 1970 has shown it is likely that anthropogenic warming has ha ...
... “Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases.” The report also finds that “A global assessment of data since 1970 has shown it is likely that anthropogenic warming has ha ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Coffee Production
... their resilience to climate change. A key output of the initiative is the c&c approach, a five-step process that introduces climate change adaptation at the farm level and supports actors in putting theory into practice. This systematic and participatory approach is primarily designed to assist exte ...
... their resilience to climate change. A key output of the initiative is the c&c approach, a five-step process that introduces climate change adaptation at the farm level and supports actors in putting theory into practice. This systematic and participatory approach is primarily designed to assist exte ...
Economics, Institutions and Adaptation to Climate Change
... A first branch of this literature attempts to quantify the costs and benefits of adaptation (e.g., World Bank 2006; Stern 2006; UNFCCC 2007; UNDP 2007; ECAWG 2009; World Bank 2010). The gross benefit of adaptation consists of both reduced harmful climate impacts, i.e. the difference between the pote ...
... A first branch of this literature attempts to quantify the costs and benefits of adaptation (e.g., World Bank 2006; Stern 2006; UNFCCC 2007; UNDP 2007; ECAWG 2009; World Bank 2010). The gross benefit of adaptation consists of both reduced harmful climate impacts, i.e. the difference between the pote ...