Factors Affecting Farmers` Adaptation Strategies to Environmental
... an urgent necessity to identify the strategies that are best suited to support farmers and farming communities in this period of climate change and to identify the factors affecting the farmers’ adoption of adaptive strategies to climate change. Farmers in Bangladesh at present face increasing envir ...
... an urgent necessity to identify the strategies that are best suited to support farmers and farming communities in this period of climate change and to identify the factors affecting the farmers’ adoption of adaptive strategies to climate change. Farmers in Bangladesh at present face increasing envir ...
Monitoring and evaluating climate change adaptation and
... Government (MoLG). The current tool is silent on climate change and DRR indicators, so the Climate Change Department (CCD) would coordinate the different sectors to improve their indicators by incorporating CCA&DRR indicators which MoLG would then include in the assessment tool for Local Governments ...
... Government (MoLG). The current tool is silent on climate change and DRR indicators, so the Climate Change Department (CCD) would coordinate the different sectors to improve their indicators by incorporating CCA&DRR indicators which MoLG would then include in the assessment tool for Local Governments ...
China and South-South Scoping Assessment for
... tensions around resources and borders and can undermine a country’s mitigation efforts. For this reason, adaptation cannot remain a national issue and can be greatly enhanced by international sharing, particularly between developing countries who share similar challenges and contexts. China has an i ...
... tensions around resources and borders and can undermine a country’s mitigation efforts. For this reason, adaptation cannot remain a national issue and can be greatly enhanced by international sharing, particularly between developing countries who share similar challenges and contexts. China has an i ...
Chapter 3: Climate observations and projections
... summarizes the process of translating global climate information into localized risk factors. Sources of uncertainty Climate change projections are characterized by large uncertainties. At the global scale, these uncertainties can be divided into two main categories: • Uncertainties in future GHG co ...
... summarizes the process of translating global climate information into localized risk factors. Sources of uncertainty Climate change projections are characterized by large uncertainties. At the global scale, these uncertainties can be divided into two main categories: • Uncertainties in future GHG co ...
Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges
... Looking across all of these PMIP intercomparisons, one finds in general that the models are skilful, matching many patterns of climate change quite well, and that there is a tendency for the models either to be accurate in simulating the magnitudes of changes or to underestimate the changes that occu ...
... Looking across all of these PMIP intercomparisons, one finds in general that the models are skilful, matching many patterns of climate change quite well, and that there is a tendency for the models either to be accurate in simulating the magnitudes of changes or to underestimate the changes that occu ...
Vulnerability to climate change and sea
... We calculated a SED threshold (SEDt ) for the hotspot to statistically determine the limit above which the climate was no longer considered analogous to current conditions (namely climate loss), by comparing the distribution of SED values between the hotspot and the rest of the world for the current ...
... We calculated a SED threshold (SEDt ) for the hotspot to statistically determine the limit above which the climate was no longer considered analogous to current conditions (namely climate loss), by comparing the distribution of SED values between the hotspot and the rest of the world for the current ...
energy darwinism ii - Climate Policy Observer
... take brave and coordinated decisions on the part of policymakers. In this report, we examine the likely costs of inaction in terms of the potential liabilities from climate change to see whether we can afford not to act. We also examine whether the world can afford to act, by comparing the increment ...
... take brave and coordinated decisions on the part of policymakers. In this report, we examine the likely costs of inaction in terms of the potential liabilities from climate change to see whether we can afford not to act. We also examine whether the world can afford to act, by comparing the increment ...
“There is new and stronger evidence that most of the warming
... The impacts of climate change are likely to become increasingly evident in the coming decades and will affect many of your organisation’s services, assets and infrastructure. If organisations do not plan for and respond to these pressures appropriately, costly remedial action which could have been a ...
... The impacts of climate change are likely to become increasingly evident in the coming decades and will affect many of your organisation’s services, assets and infrastructure. If organisations do not plan for and respond to these pressures appropriately, costly remedial action which could have been a ...
- Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc.
... manage those risks and reduce vulnerability. If feasible actions exist, they can then be prioritized, included in planning efforts, and implemented. Climate-sensitive tribal resources were identified through the vulnerability assessment process, along with the ways in which each resource may be sens ...
... manage those risks and reduce vulnerability. If feasible actions exist, they can then be prioritized, included in planning efforts, and implemented. Climate-sensitive tribal resources were identified through the vulnerability assessment process, along with the ways in which each resource may be sens ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... limited empirical investigation into what action companies are taking and what impact this may have on their own resilience as well as on others’. The little we know is based on surveys, case studies and business reports, which are heavily focused on companies domiciled in developed countries, with ...
... limited empirical investigation into what action companies are taking and what impact this may have on their own resilience as well as on others’. The little we know is based on surveys, case studies and business reports, which are heavily focused on companies domiciled in developed countries, with ...
Synthesis paper: Perspectives on Loss and Damage
... Since the Stern Review in 2007, there have been numerous national and regional studies that have assessed the economic costs of climate change in developing countries. These usually start with an assessment of the current costs of climate variability, often through a ri ...
... Since the Stern Review in 2007, there have been numerous national and regional studies that have assessed the economic costs of climate change in developing countries. These usually start with an assessment of the current costs of climate variability, often through a ri ...
Climate Change and IDB: Building Resilience and Reducing
... traditional fossil fuel technologies to ensure the reliable provision of electricity. This evaluation—part of an overall climate change evaluation—looks at the work of the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) in energy and climate change through both the public and the private sector windows. The ev ...
... traditional fossil fuel technologies to ensure the reliable provision of electricity. This evaluation—part of an overall climate change evaluation—looks at the work of the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) in energy and climate change through both the public and the private sector windows. The ev ...
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... approach is ideally suited to addressing the climatic uncertainty associated with adaptation measures. A more detailed study of potential real options for adaptation to climate change in both developed and developing countries would be highly worthwhile in generating new lines of thought. This paper ...
... approach is ideally suited to addressing the climatic uncertainty associated with adaptation measures. A more detailed study of potential real options for adaptation to climate change in both developed and developing countries would be highly worthwhile in generating new lines of thought. This paper ...
Integrated Climate Change Strategies for
... The planning approach suggested here is unique, since proposals for development of a regional climate strategy take account both of recommendations on adaptation to climate change and measures for reduction of GHG emission (Section 7). This integrated approach should lower decision-making costs in t ...
... The planning approach suggested here is unique, since proposals for development of a regional climate strategy take account both of recommendations on adaptation to climate change and measures for reduction of GHG emission (Section 7). This integrated approach should lower decision-making costs in t ...
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... focused on the identification of drivers of deforestation, scientific, technical and methodological issues relating to estimating and monitoring emissions, and costs and technical barriers for the implementation of REDD activities. In Bali, December 2007, The Bali Road Map was adopted at the 13th Co ...
... focused on the identification of drivers of deforestation, scientific, technical and methodological issues relating to estimating and monitoring emissions, and costs and technical barriers for the implementation of REDD activities. In Bali, December 2007, The Bali Road Map was adopted at the 13th Co ...
Peter Lee: Ethics of Climate Change Policy
... It is a short step to label those who question the IPCC certainties as climate change deniers, with unpleasant echoes of holocaust denial. It is agreed that even if catastrophic global warming does not result from current trends in increases in carbon dioxide concentrations, the possibility that it ...
... It is a short step to label those who question the IPCC certainties as climate change deniers, with unpleasant echoes of holocaust denial. It is agreed that even if catastrophic global warming does not result from current trends in increases in carbon dioxide concentrations, the possibility that it ...
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... choice model. The choices and future adaptation measures are analyzed as a mosaic based on the typology of Agro-Ecological Zones. The results indicate that if climate becomes hotter and drier, Africa will adapt by increasing a joint production of crops and animals, especially in the lowland savannah ...
... choice model. The choices and future adaptation measures are analyzed as a mosaic based on the typology of Agro-Ecological Zones. The results indicate that if climate becomes hotter and drier, Africa will adapt by increasing a joint production of crops and animals, especially in the lowland savannah ...
Climate Change and Geohazards in South West England
... Orbital variations: Over the period of many thousands of years, the Earth’s orbit around the sun changes in a quasiperiodic manner. There are three principal cycles, called ‘Milankovitch cycles’ after the Serbian mathematician who first described them in mathematical detail (Milanković, 1941)3, whic ...
... Orbital variations: Over the period of many thousands of years, the Earth’s orbit around the sun changes in a quasiperiodic manner. There are three principal cycles, called ‘Milankovitch cycles’ after the Serbian mathematician who first described them in mathematical detail (Milanković, 1941)3, whic ...
Mission Report Downscalling - Global Climate Change Alliance
... POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MOUNT ELGON TRANSBOUNDARY ECOSYSTEM 1. Introduction In June 1992, The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, Rio de Janeiro) held in the year 1992 addressed a wide range of issues pertaining to sustainable development as a means of red ...
... POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN MOUNT ELGON TRANSBOUNDARY ECOSYSTEM 1. Introduction In June 1992, The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, Rio de Janeiro) held in the year 1992 addressed a wide range of issues pertaining to sustainable development as a means of red ...
Border Tax Adjustments and Developing Countries
... on goods manufactured in or services associated with developing countries. Theoretically, BTAs might sound as a fair way to curb climate change based on carbon intensity. However, the complexity and uncertainty have drawn keen discussions as to whether it will increase or decrease trade transparency ...
... on goods manufactured in or services associated with developing countries. Theoretically, BTAs might sound as a fair way to curb climate change based on carbon intensity. However, the complexity and uncertainty have drawn keen discussions as to whether it will increase or decrease trade transparency ...
A RICARDIAN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
... (Mendelsohn et al., 1994). This is an important distinction and sets this approach distinctly apart from studies that do not take adaptation into account (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007). There have been a number of criticisms of the Ricardian approach over the years since it was first developed. Th ...
... (Mendelsohn et al., 1994). This is an important distinction and sets this approach distinctly apart from studies that do not take adaptation into account (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007). There have been a number of criticisms of the Ricardian approach over the years since it was first developed. Th ...
Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon
... Although wide, the range of estimates of the social cost of carbon produced by the Interagency Working Group is both too narrow and almost certainly biased upwards. This is a consequence of using only three rather simplistic models, all of which use estimates of climate sensitivity that are likely t ...
... Although wide, the range of estimates of the social cost of carbon produced by the Interagency Working Group is both too narrow and almost certainly biased upwards. This is a consequence of using only three rather simplistic models, all of which use estimates of climate sensitivity that are likely t ...
A PRIMER ON CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN THE
... Figure 2 shows the change in agriculture output potential due to climate change from 20002080 using 2000 as a baseline (Cline, 2007). This image predicts a huge drop in agriculture production potential across the board with Africa being the hardest hit. Figure 2. Change in Agriculture Output Potenti ...
... Figure 2 shows the change in agriculture output potential due to climate change from 20002080 using 2000 as a baseline (Cline, 2007). This image predicts a huge drop in agriculture production potential across the board with Africa being the hardest hit. Figure 2. Change in Agriculture Output Potenti ...
solidarity, justice and climate change law
... surface water, ground water and soil is having considerable social and economic impacts as previously extensive and valuable rice fields and agricultural land have become unproductive due to, inter alia, salt contamination and rising sea levels.15 And Bangladesh is suffering intensified and more fre ...
... surface water, ground water and soil is having considerable social and economic impacts as previously extensive and valuable rice fields and agricultural land have become unproductive due to, inter alia, salt contamination and rising sea levels.15 And Bangladesh is suffering intensified and more fre ...
Research and Information Gathering on Climate Change Mitigation
... change action in land-use approvals and decision-making in Ontario is lacking; therefore objective, longitudinal data collection—based on a standardized climate change performance measurement framework—and public reporting by the Province and municipalities is recommended. 3. Gap between policies an ...
... change action in land-use approvals and decision-making in Ontario is lacking; therefore objective, longitudinal data collection—based on a standardized climate change performance measurement framework—and public reporting by the Province and municipalities is recommended. 3. Gap between policies an ...