Landslide risk and climate change in the European alps
... In order to examine the effect that the climate has on the incidence of landsliding and how this may change in the future, we must look to the past to understand how the climate changes over time and how this has impacted on landslide size and frequency distributions (after Malamud et al., 2004; see ...
... In order to examine the effect that the climate has on the incidence of landsliding and how this may change in the future, we must look to the past to understand how the climate changes over time and how this has impacted on landslide size and frequency distributions (after Malamud et al., 2004; see ...
International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the
... level, behaviors of significance for climate change may be influenced by a person’s attitudes toward climate change, but they are also subject to these wider sociocultural and political factors12–14 , which, while from a psychological perspective are considered external and contextual, from a sociol ...
... level, behaviors of significance for climate change may be influenced by a person’s attitudes toward climate change, but they are also subject to these wider sociocultural and political factors12–14 , which, while from a psychological perspective are considered external and contextual, from a sociol ...
Ethics and Geoengineering: Reviewing the Moral Issues Raised by
... preference for technical fixes when faced with difficult behavioral demands and while technological fixes do appear to frequently solve many difficult social problems,36,37 the term is often used negatively to connote a superficial and inadequate solution to a deeper problem. A geoengineering soluti ...
... preference for technical fixes when faced with difficult behavioral demands and while technological fixes do appear to frequently solve many difficult social problems,36,37 the term is often used negatively to connote a superficial and inadequate solution to a deeper problem. A geoengineering soluti ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... Thank you for being a part of this important work. With your generous investment, we spent nearly $70 million in 2013-2014, a record for LCV. We used this support to help win historic advances from the Obama administration on climate change, including the EPA proposing the Clean Power Plan, which wi ...
... Thank you for being a part of this important work. With your generous investment, we spent nearly $70 million in 2013-2014, a record for LCV. We used this support to help win historic advances from the Obama administration on climate change, including the EPA proposing the Clean Power Plan, which wi ...
Climate Change and Migration: Improving Methodologies to
... human activity. Human induced climate change over the last century arises primarily from the alteration of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases by the burning of fossil fuels and change of land use. Volcanic eruptions and variations in solar activity are the major processes causing natural ...
... human activity. Human induced climate change over the last century arises primarily from the alteration of atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases by the burning of fossil fuels and change of land use. Volcanic eruptions and variations in solar activity are the major processes causing natural ...
INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION ... LIVELIHOODS OF KURESOI DISTRICT COMMUNITY, NAKURU COUNTY KENYA
... the effect of climate change thereby improving community livelihoods. There is a need to scale up and diversify funding allocations by both government and NGOs from the current 58% to over 80%. Also support to local approaches like community discussions through Chief barazas and neighbours will enha ...
... the effect of climate change thereby improving community livelihoods. There is a need to scale up and diversify funding allocations by both government and NGOs from the current 58% to over 80%. Also support to local approaches like community discussions through Chief barazas and neighbours will enha ...
Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... quality and efficacy of decisions that are sensitive to changes in climate. • Identify cross-EPA science needs related to climate adaptation: EPA’s Office of Research and Development will coordinate an effort to identify priority research needs for the entire Agency to support the integration of ada ...
... quality and efficacy of decisions that are sensitive to changes in climate. • Identify cross-EPA science needs related to climate adaptation: EPA’s Office of Research and Development will coordinate an effort to identify priority research needs for the entire Agency to support the integration of ada ...
THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TRANSNATIONAL
... The causes and effects of climate change have been discussed in a variety of forums for decades. Indeed, over the years, the realization that humanity was and is a chief contributor to the problem has only grown. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established to coordi ...
... The causes and effects of climate change have been discussed in a variety of forums for decades. Indeed, over the years, the realization that humanity was and is a chief contributor to the problem has only grown. In 1988, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established to coordi ...
19 Assessing key vulnerabilities and the risk from climate change Coordinating Lead Authors:
... • There is new and stronger evidence of observed impacts of climate change on unique and vulnerable systems (such as polar and high-mountain communities and ecosystems), with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • There is new evidence that observed c ...
... • There is new and stronger evidence of observed impacts of climate change on unique and vulnerable systems (such as polar and high-mountain communities and ecosystems), with increasing levels of adverse impacts as temperatures increase (very high confidence). • There is new evidence that observed c ...
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
... vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change. It considers how impacts and risks related to climate change can be reduced and managed through adaptation an ...
... vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change. It considers how impacts and risks related to climate change can be reduced and managed through adaptation an ...
IPCC 5-2014 WG-2 Summary.pdf
... vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change. It considers how impacts and risks related to climate change can be reduced and managed through adaptation an ...
... vulnerability in the Working Group II contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (WGII AR5) evaluates how patterns of risks and potential benefits are shifting due to climate change. It considers how impacts and risks related to climate change can be reduced and managed through adaptation an ...
CLIMATE CHANGE State Should Further Improve Its Reporting on Financial Support
... concentrations of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases. 3 The Framework Convention includes a pledge from developed countries to assist developing countries in implementing these objectives. 4 The Framework Convention also recognizes the special situation of countries designated by the UN ...
... concentrations of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases. 3 The Framework Convention includes a pledge from developed countries to assist developing countries in implementing these objectives. 4 The Framework Convention also recognizes the special situation of countries designated by the UN ...
assessing the climate change adaptability of buildings
... There is a growing concern that we may be approaching or may have already passed an early ‘tipping point’ that may expose us to irreversible and adverse environmental trends (Pittock 2009b). Furthermore it has been argued that even the most aggressive global movements to reduce carbon emissions can ...
... There is a growing concern that we may be approaching or may have already passed an early ‘tipping point’ that may expose us to irreversible and adverse environmental trends (Pittock 2009b). Furthermore it has been argued that even the most aggressive global movements to reduce carbon emissions can ...
Why Regulation of Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act`s
... GHGs.30 The EPA then promulgated the Tailoring Rule, which set up standards for application of the PSD and Title V programs to GHGs.31 The United States federal government addressed climate change again when in President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, released in June 2013, the Administration laid ou ...
... GHGs.30 The EPA then promulgated the Tailoring Rule, which set up standards for application of the PSD and Title V programs to GHGs.31 The United States federal government addressed climate change again when in President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, released in June 2013, the Administration laid ou ...
Lessons from the field: experiences of FAO climate change projects
... within agricultural ministries and research and extension institutions. In many places, this capacity still needs to be strengthened, but where it has been put in place, experiences have shown that it has encouraged transparency of initiatives, helped fine-tune implementation and targeting, and gene ...
... within agricultural ministries and research and extension institutions. In many places, this capacity still needs to be strengthened, but where it has been put in place, experiences have shown that it has encouraged transparency of initiatives, helped fine-tune implementation and targeting, and gene ...
Working Paper 183 - Averchenkova et al (opens in new window)
... 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found a ...
... 5. Future generations and social justice 6. Growth and the economy 7. International environmental negotiations 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found a ...
Eric Gordon and Lisa Dilling - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... need for a common, shared definition. Progress in the study of global change and impacts to socioeconomic systems depends on developing linkages between social and natural science researchers who already struggle to overcome a number of methodological and conceptual challenges (Gallopin, 2006). The ...
... need for a common, shared definition. Progress in the study of global change and impacts to socioeconomic systems depends on developing linkages between social and natural science researchers who already struggle to overcome a number of methodological and conceptual challenges (Gallopin, 2006). The ...
Chapter 14 Environmental Hazards and Human Health
... Chicago Climate Exchange. Using the Marketplace to Reduce and Trade Greenhouse Gas Emissions. http://www.climateneutral.com/ Chisholm, Sallie W. et al. 2001. "Dis-Crediting Ocean Fertilization." Science, vol. 294, 309. Choose Climate. Calculate the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per P ...
... Chicago Climate Exchange. Using the Marketplace to Reduce and Trade Greenhouse Gas Emissions. http://www.climateneutral.com/ Chisholm, Sallie W. et al. 2001. "Dis-Crediting Ocean Fertilization." Science, vol. 294, 309. Choose Climate. Calculate the Fuel Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Per P ...
Climate Policy Integration, Coherence, and Governance
... in order to maintain a country- and context-specific understanding and the new perspectives that emerge as a result of comparison using common concepts and questions are introduced. Project 2 is guided by the understanding that any policy aimed at climate change mitigation or adaptation will interac ...
... in order to maintain a country- and context-specific understanding and the new perspectives that emerge as a result of comparison using common concepts and questions are introduced. Project 2 is guided by the understanding that any policy aimed at climate change mitigation or adaptation will interac ...
AHEAD OF THE STORM…. Preparing Toronto for Climate Change
... The most recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) provide a clear message that global climate is changing in many ways. Many of these changes are having a direct impact on Toronto and will continue into the foreseeable future. This section outlines a number of t ...
... The most recent reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) provide a clear message that global climate is changing in many ways. Many of these changes are having a direct impact on Toronto and will continue into the foreseeable future. This section outlines a number of t ...
ACT Climate Change Adaptation Strategy
... rainfall. However, temperatures were still above average, with six days reaching at least 35˚C. We also had our coolest January day since 1995, reaching just over 17˚C on January 5. These above average temperatures extended into February, March and April. Information on climate change projections an ...
... rainfall. However, temperatures were still above average, with six days reaching at least 35˚C. We also had our coolest January day since 1995, reaching just over 17˚C on January 5. These above average temperatures extended into February, March and April. Information on climate change projections an ...