Climate Change in the Midwest - Climate Adaptation Knowledge
... infrastructure associated with them, are vulnerable to climate change. This report, prepared as a contribution to the Third National Climate Assessment, addresses the potential impacts of climate change on natural systems, human health, and several important economic sectors within the Midwest. Key ...
... infrastructure associated with them, are vulnerable to climate change. This report, prepared as a contribution to the Third National Climate Assessment, addresses the potential impacts of climate change on natural systems, human health, and several important economic sectors within the Midwest. Key ...
Floating Houses and Mosquito Nets: Emerging Climate
... This study analyzes examples of climate change adaptation strategies and measures around the globe and shows how adaptation strategies can be successful. The great variety of examples and the identification of factors for a successful policy are helpful guidelines for all who are active in the clima ...
... This study analyzes examples of climate change adaptation strategies and measures around the globe and shows how adaptation strategies can be successful. The great variety of examples and the identification of factors for a successful policy are helpful guidelines for all who are active in the clima ...
The rise and fall of the kyoto protocol: climate change as a political
... 15.40 Blog: A whore or not – it depends…................................................378 ...
... 15.40 Blog: A whore or not – it depends…................................................378 ...
Chapters X and XI: Appendices and Bibliography
... IPCC illustrative scenarios, it still produces changes in climate that many scientists call “dangerous” — a threshold that a growing number of political leaders have stated their intention to avoid.3171 At the high end, scenario A1FI results in even higher climate forcing by 2100 than A2 or A1B.3172 ...
... IPCC illustrative scenarios, it still produces changes in climate that many scientists call “dangerous” — a threshold that a growing number of political leaders have stated their intention to avoid.3171 At the high end, scenario A1FI results in even higher climate forcing by 2100 than A2 or A1B.3172 ...
Review of climate change adaptation methods and tools
... 7. Expert judgment is still one of the most important ingredients for success and cannot be replaced by any of the available methods and tools. An outcome of the review is a list of criteria to help in selecting methods and tools. Emerging from this list is a recommendation for more in-depth assess ...
... 7. Expert judgment is still one of the most important ingredients for success and cannot be replaced by any of the available methods and tools. An outcome of the review is a list of criteria to help in selecting methods and tools. Emerging from this list is a recommendation for more in-depth assess ...
FARM-LEVEL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY,
... and the reduction of greenhouse gases, to adaptation, and identifying the ways in which nations, communities and sectors might best respond to the reality of a changing climate. Vulnerability assessments are now being employed to identify the conditions to which socio ecological systems are exposed- ...
... and the reduction of greenhouse gases, to adaptation, and identifying the ways in which nations, communities and sectors might best respond to the reality of a changing climate. Vulnerability assessments are now being employed to identify the conditions to which socio ecological systems are exposed- ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Freshwater
... decrease in summer streamflow from 3% to more than 40% between 1942 and 2006.44 By 2100, further declines in the number and magnitude of summer low flow days are projected throughout the region.45 In Washington‘s rain- and mixed rain-snow basins, the 7-day low flow magnitude is projected to decline ...
... decrease in summer streamflow from 3% to more than 40% between 1942 and 2006.44 By 2100, further declines in the number and magnitude of summer low flow days are projected throughout the region.45 In Washington‘s rain- and mixed rain-snow basins, the 7-day low flow magnitude is projected to decline ...
WeatHerinG tHe storM options for Framing adaptation
... support enabled us to analyze 135 cases. Peer review contributed enormously to the improvement of the manuscript. The authors wish to thank Thea Dickinson, John Drexhage, John Furlow, and Pablo Suarez for extensive, constructive, and challenging review comments. Lisa Schipper and Jo-Ellen Parry gene ...
... support enabled us to analyze 135 cases. Peer review contributed enormously to the improvement of the manuscript. The authors wish to thank Thea Dickinson, John Drexhage, John Furlow, and Pablo Suarez for extensive, constructive, and challenging review comments. Lisa Schipper and Jo-Ellen Parry gene ...
Climate Change Adaptation in Coffee Production
... may grow much quicker when a certain threshold (often unknown or difficult to measure) is crossed. The rate of global warming is uneven due to the effect of the oceans, which absorb about 92% of the sun’s energy and then move it around through horizontal and vertical currents. There may still be man ...
... may grow much quicker when a certain threshold (often unknown or difficult to measure) is crossed. The rate of global warming is uneven due to the effect of the oceans, which absorb about 92% of the sun’s energy and then move it around through horizontal and vertical currents. There may still be man ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... For too long, global warming has been viewed as tomorrow’s problem. The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people mos ...
... For too long, global warming has been viewed as tomorrow’s problem. The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people mos ...
Enabling Environment for Private Sector Adaptation
... the private sector has a considerable role to play in delivering part of this funding, especially in today’s constrained fiscal environment. One of the greatest challenges for governments, international organizations and communities consists in implementing successful strategies that engage the priv ...
... the private sector has a considerable role to play in delivering part of this funding, especially in today’s constrained fiscal environment. One of the greatest challenges for governments, international organizations and communities consists in implementing successful strategies that engage the priv ...
Discursive Constructions of Climate Change Engagement
... The completion of this doctoral dissertation has been supported by a number of individuals and institutions. These pages are dedicated to them. First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor, Associate Professor Johanna Kujala for seeing researcher potential in me and for supporting and guiding m ...
... The completion of this doctoral dissertation has been supported by a number of individuals and institutions. These pages are dedicated to them. First of all, I would like to thank my supervisor, Associate Professor Johanna Kujala for seeing researcher potential in me and for supporting and guiding m ...
Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential
... scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order to establish minimum objectives for emissions reductions, attention needs to be given to the more extreme possibilities to which adaptation may not be possible. These will determine critical ...
... scenarios, and thus help to avoid the potentially most damaging climate change possibilities. Thus, in order to establish minimum objectives for emissions reductions, attention needs to be given to the more extreme possibilities to which adaptation may not be possible. These will determine critical ...
pLAnnIng fOR cLIMATE chAngE
... Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) countries around the globe by UN-Habitat. Detailed testing of the tools (including versions of most of the tools that are now in this version) was undertaken in the Philippines. Global, regional and national training events were held, as well as an Expert Group Meeti ...
... Climate Change Initiative (CCCI) countries around the globe by UN-Habitat. Detailed testing of the tools (including versions of most of the tools that are now in this version) was undertaken in the Philippines. Global, regional and national training events were held, as well as an Expert Group Meeti ...
Bill McKibben on NY Attorney General`s Exxon Investigation
... steam as the public turns against the fossil fuel industry and investors become increasingly concerned about climate risk. In September 2014, 181 institutions representing $50 billion in assets had made a divestment commitment. On September 21, during Climate Week in New York City, 350.org and Dives ...
... steam as the public turns against the fossil fuel industry and investors become increasingly concerned about climate risk. In September 2014, 181 institutions representing $50 billion in assets had made a divestment commitment. On September 21, during Climate Week in New York City, 350.org and Dives ...
Colorado Climate Preparedness Project Final Report
... resource planning process, which requires utilities to plan for long-term shifts in demand. Utilities are also accustomed to using a variety of mechanisms to accommodate significant short-term peaks in demand, although current mechanisms are relatively inefficient. Demand response and dynamic meteri ...
... resource planning process, which requires utilities to plan for long-term shifts in demand. Utilities are also accustomed to using a variety of mechanisms to accommodate significant short-term peaks in demand, although current mechanisms are relatively inefficient. Demand response and dynamic meteri ...
Wolf, J. and Susanne C. Moser (2011). Individual understandings
... Higher Education (INLT), working group on “Connecting students and departments to the work of community organizations” Participant in the Geography Faculty Development Alliance summer workshop for early career faculty in geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, June 4-11 Developing curriculum gui ...
... Higher Education (INLT), working group on “Connecting students and departments to the work of community organizations” Participant in the Geography Faculty Development Alliance summer workshop for early career faculty in geography, University of Colorado, Boulder, June 4-11 Developing curriculum gui ...
Climate Scientists` Perceptions of Climate
... German mailing list they are included here in the German sample. The questionnaire was further distributed in Denmark with an approximate 30% return with the assistance of the Danish Meteorological Society and in Italy, with the assistance of Dr. P. Battinelli of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma ...
... German mailing list they are included here in the German sample. The questionnaire was further distributed in Denmark with an approximate 30% return with the assistance of the Danish Meteorological Society and in Italy, with the assistance of Dr. P. Battinelli of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... The Government of Zimbabwe regards climate change as one of the threats to the country and its people and is also of the view that climate change has the potential to undermine many of the positive developments made in its meeting the country’s development goals. Both climate change and policies to ...
... The Government of Zimbabwe regards climate change as one of the threats to the country and its people and is also of the view that climate change has the potential to undermine many of the positive developments made in its meeting the country’s development goals. Both climate change and policies to ...
The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A
... approaches to research, management, and planning .............................................................................. 79 E. Incorporation of information on the effects of climate change and approaches to adaptation into outreach and education efforts........................................ ...
... approaches to research, management, and planning .............................................................................. 79 E. Incorporation of information on the effects of climate change and approaches to adaptation into outreach and education efforts........................................ ...
Societal Adaptation to Abrupt Climate Change and Monsoon
... Scientific evidence on climate variability, such as droughts and floods, suggests that such oscillations have occurred in the past and may occur in future, potentially with large impacts on society, economy and ecosystems. There is evidence to show that gradual and smooth climate changes in the Eart ...
... Scientific evidence on climate variability, such as droughts and floods, suggests that such oscillations have occurred in the past and may occur in future, potentially with large impacts on society, economy and ecosystems. There is evidence to show that gradual and smooth climate changes in the Eart ...
More Than 1000 International Scientists Dissent Over Man
... the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scien ...
... the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 321-page Climate Depot Special Report -- updated from the 2007 groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scien ...