Climate change and tourism: Where will the journey
... The international tourism industry has had to face many challenges in the recent past. These include the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which disturbed air travel, as well as those in tourist destinations such as Bali (2002 and 2005), Djerba (2002), Morocco (2003) and Egypt (1997, 2005 und ...
... The international tourism industry has had to face many challenges in the recent past. These include the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, which disturbed air travel, as well as those in tourist destinations such as Bali (2002 and 2005), Djerba (2002), Morocco (2003) and Egypt (1997, 2005 und ...
Climate-Smart Development - Open Knowledge Repository
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
FIFTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION of the Austrian Federal
... Austria has submitted its First National Communication in September 1994, its Second National Communication in July 1997, its Third National Communication in November 2001 and its Fourth National Communication in October 2006. This document is Austria’s Fifth National Communication, by which Austria ...
... Austria has submitted its First National Communication in September 1994, its Second National Communication in July 1997, its Third National Communication in November 2001 and its Fourth National Communication in October 2006. This document is Austria’s Fifth National Communication, by which Austria ...
Climate change and the slow reorientation of the American car
... the DILC-model. Second, the case will show various examples of firms developing new technologies for political and socio-cultural purposes. We will use these instances to problematize the distinction between ‘symbolic’ industry responses (political and framing strategies) and ‘substantive’ responses ...
... the DILC-model. Second, the case will show various examples of firms developing new technologies for political and socio-cultural purposes. We will use these instances to problematize the distinction between ‘symbolic’ industry responses (political and framing strategies) and ‘substantive’ responses ...
Climate-Smart Development
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
... expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on ...
DIVESTMENT 101
... already above ground economically and factored into the share price of every fossil fuel company. Globally, the value of those reserves is around $20 trillion, money that will have to be written off if governments finally decide to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. By divesting from fossil fue ...
... already above ground economically and factored into the share price of every fossil fuel company. Globally, the value of those reserves is around $20 trillion, money that will have to be written off if governments finally decide to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant. By divesting from fossil fue ...
Climate change - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United
... adaptation, private and public adaptation, and autonomous and planned adaptation (Source: 5). In other words, addressing the impacts of climate change. Other definitions: Outside of the climate change discourse, natural science disciplines use the term adaptation to “broadly refer to the development ...
... adaptation, private and public adaptation, and autonomous and planned adaptation (Source: 5). In other words, addressing the impacts of climate change. Other definitions: Outside of the climate change discourse, natural science disciplines use the term adaptation to “broadly refer to the development ...
NRCan/CIP Projects and Initiatives on climate
... The IPCC has recently completed its Fourth Assessment Report entitled “Climate Change 2007”, commonly referred to as AR4. The report, including a Summary for Policy Makers, is available at http://www.ipcc.ch/press/index.htm. Some of the key findings include: Given current mitigation policies and sus ...
... The IPCC has recently completed its Fourth Assessment Report entitled “Climate Change 2007”, commonly referred to as AR4. The report, including a Summary for Policy Makers, is available at http://www.ipcc.ch/press/index.htm. Some of the key findings include: Given current mitigation policies and sus ...
10-054a - Victorian Legislation
... capacity to respond to the challenges of climate change and enable a more effective response and reduce any economic and social impacts, ensuring Victoria remains a prosperous and sustainable State. Early action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will ease the task of long term transition to an envi ...
... capacity to respond to the challenges of climate change and enable a more effective response and reduce any economic and social impacts, ensuring Victoria remains a prosperous and sustainable State. Early action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will ease the task of long term transition to an envi ...
ADAPTool - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... Policies and programs that are adaptable to changing external conditions can better avoid unexpected failures and unintended consequences, and more readily take advantage of new opportunities. The ADAPTool provides an assessment of the extent to which the policies or programs are adaptable. The tool ...
... Policies and programs that are adaptable to changing external conditions can better avoid unexpected failures and unintended consequences, and more readily take advantage of new opportunities. The ADAPTool provides an assessment of the extent to which the policies or programs are adaptable. The tool ...
case study: weyerhaeuser - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... and varieties that are best able to withstand regional extremes in climate that can occur over multi-decade growth periods. Maintaining a diversity of species helps the forest regenerate under changing climate conditions. Through Weyerhaeuser’s tree improvement program, the company is developing tre ...
... and varieties that are best able to withstand regional extremes in climate that can occur over multi-decade growth periods. Maintaining a diversity of species helps the forest regenerate under changing climate conditions. Through Weyerhaeuser’s tree improvement program, the company is developing tre ...
1 CV KAREN L. O`BRIEN Department of Sociology and Human
... Systems: Intersections and Interactions. IHDP/IAI 2004 Global Environmental Change Institute, Nicoya, Costa Rica, Oct. 21 – Nov. 6, 2004. IHDP Proceedings No. 7. O’Brien, K.L. and R.M. Leichenko. 2005. Introduction: Scientific Workshop and the Science-Policy Forum on Global Environmental Change, Glo ...
... Systems: Intersections and Interactions. IHDP/IAI 2004 Global Environmental Change Institute, Nicoya, Costa Rica, Oct. 21 – Nov. 6, 2004. IHDP Proceedings No. 7. O’Brien, K.L. and R.M. Leichenko. 2005. Introduction: Scientific Workshop and the Science-Policy Forum on Global Environmental Change, Glo ...
Climate Change Impacts and Spatial Planning Decision Support
... What does climate change adaptation mean for national, regional and local development planning? This guidance document introduces a range of tools that will help spatial planners to carry out a high level qualitative climate risk assessment to help answer these questions. The guidance adopts the Uni ...
... What does climate change adaptation mean for national, regional and local development planning? This guidance document introduces a range of tools that will help spatial planners to carry out a high level qualitative climate risk assessment to help answer these questions. The guidance adopts the Uni ...
The US Economic Impacts of Climate Change and the Costs of
... Research Program National Assessment, using additional regional and local studies, as well as new calculations derived from federal, state and industry data sources. From this review and quantification, five key lessons emerge: 1. Economic impacts of climate change will occur throughout the country ...
... Research Program National Assessment, using additional regional and local studies, as well as new calculations derived from federal, state and industry data sources. From this review and quantification, five key lessons emerge: 1. Economic impacts of climate change will occur throughout the country ...
Cost Benefit Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... In the mining industry, economic assessments, such as Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) or Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), are employed to systematically determine the best use of scarce resources (Boyd et al., 2013). In the context of climate change, economic analysis can be used to weigh costs associ ...
... In the mining industry, economic assessments, such as Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) or Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA), are employed to systematically determine the best use of scarce resources (Boyd et al., 2013). In the context of climate change, economic analysis can be used to weigh costs associ ...
Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures, Worsening
... organic compounds (VOCs); and carbon monoxide (CO). Emissions of NOx due to human activities arise primarily from fossil fuel combustion, with vehicle exhaust, maritime shipping, and power plant energy production contributing the largest amounts (Cofala et al. 2007). Natural global emissions of N ...
... organic compounds (VOCs); and carbon monoxide (CO). Emissions of NOx due to human activities arise primarily from fossil fuel combustion, with vehicle exhaust, maritime shipping, and power plant energy production contributing the largest amounts (Cofala et al. 2007). Natural global emissions of N ...
Background paper
... way forward. Zambia is one of the nine (9) pilot countries for the UN-REDD Program. Under this program it is envisioned that the country will quickly develop a national REDD strategy to address climate change issues. With it also comes the possibility that Zambia could become part of the global REDD ...
... way forward. Zambia is one of the nine (9) pilot countries for the UN-REDD Program. Under this program it is envisioned that the country will quickly develop a national REDD strategy to address climate change issues. With it also comes the possibility that Zambia could become part of the global REDD ...
climate change climate change - Toronto District School Board
... they can use climate change examples. (Students interpret graphs to predict how climate change will have an impact on temperatures.) Teachers can leave specific climate change applications off their formal tests, or they can include the key ideas, which are included in the Common Understandings with ...
... they can use climate change examples. (Students interpret graphs to predict how climate change will have an impact on temperatures.) Teachers can leave specific climate change applications off their formal tests, or they can include the key ideas, which are included in the Common Understandings with ...
contributions by the world meteorological organization to the
... of the MDGs. More importantly, it aims to illustrate how, under the rising threat of climate change, the production, delivery and effective use of weather and hydrological forecasts, climate predictions and related services can be utilized by communities and socioeconomic sectors to achieve most of ...
... of the MDGs. More importantly, it aims to illustrate how, under the rising threat of climate change, the production, delivery and effective use of weather and hydrological forecasts, climate predictions and related services can be utilized by communities and socioeconomic sectors to achieve most of ...
Uncertainties of Climate Observation Data and Simulation Modelling
... these problems planned for 2004 reach 4.5 billion dollars. The statement published on behalf of the intergovernmental group G-8 on 27 July 2003 [117] emphasizes that in the years to come, efforts will be undertaken in three directions: 1) coordination of strategies of global observations; 2) provisi ...
... these problems planned for 2004 reach 4.5 billion dollars. The statement published on behalf of the intergovernmental group G-8 on 27 July 2003 [117] emphasizes that in the years to come, efforts will be undertaken in three directions: 1) coordination of strategies of global observations; 2) provisi ...
Climate Change and Collective Responsibility
... but not unjust, as persons soiled their own nests but imposed no externality costs upon others. In so doing, they would bear one kind of responsibility for their actions and resulting outcomes (i.e. warranting the harm that they impose upon themselves), but this responsibility would invite only prud ...
... but not unjust, as persons soiled their own nests but imposed no externality costs upon others. In so doing, they would bear one kind of responsibility for their actions and resulting outcomes (i.e. warranting the harm that they impose upon themselves), but this responsibility would invite only prud ...
The shape of things to come: why is climate change so predictable?
... The framework of feedback analysis is used to explore the controls on the shape of the probability distribution of global mean surface temperature response to climate forcing. It is shown that ocean heat uptake, which delays and damps the temperature rise, can be represented as a transient negative ...
... The framework of feedback analysis is used to explore the controls on the shape of the probability distribution of global mean surface temperature response to climate forcing. It is shown that ocean heat uptake, which delays and damps the temperature rise, can be represented as a transient negative ...
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... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
... temperature, i.e., less than 2 °C, are projected to have a stronger impact in the SW US on mean annual temperature (MAT), and perhaps mean annual precipitation (MAP), than in the rest of the United States [7,25]. The higher sensitivity of forest species in the SW US is a result of many communities e ...
Climate Resilient Development - EDA
... and managing water resources comprehensively and efficiently. The plan suggests that all levels of Government need to act together to combat the challenge of climate change, which is slightly different in practice. The planning at the national policy level includes recommendations of scientists and ...
... and managing water resources comprehensively and efficiently. The plan suggests that all levels of Government need to act together to combat the challenge of climate change, which is slightly different in practice. The planning at the national policy level includes recommendations of scientists and ...
Telling the Weather Story - IBC Public Assets
... rises of 1 metre or more over the next century, with tangible impacts for Canada’s coastal regions. Where information is available, this report also provides projected changes to severe wind/thunderstorms, hail, and freezing rain events. ...
... rises of 1 metre or more over the next century, with tangible impacts for Canada’s coastal regions. Where information is available, this report also provides projected changes to severe wind/thunderstorms, hail, and freezing rain events. ...