Considerations for Addressing Climate Change
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
... assessments conducted by BCMoTI and 20 risk assessments of infrastructure systems from across Canada conducted under the auspices of the Engineers Canada PIEVC initiative. Each study included in the analysis was conducted with input and guidance from expert working groups, who ensured that the asses ...
AdApting to climAte chAnge: A Business ApproAch
... hurricanes, cyclones, heat waves, and other extreme events of recent years alerted many to the potential direct impacts of extreme events, there is generally less appreciation of the effects of changes in longer term average conditions and seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation.4 Suscep ...
... hurricanes, cyclones, heat waves, and other extreme events of recent years alerted many to the potential direct impacts of extreme events, there is generally less appreciation of the effects of changes in longer term average conditions and seasonal variation in temperature and precipitation.4 Suscep ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES INCORPORATING CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY INTO ESTIMATES OF CLIMATE
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... All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. ...
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... Allocation of Resources With Gaël Giraud, Chief Economist, Executive Research Director at AFD Climate Generations AreaS, Room 1 ...
... Allocation of Resources With Gaël Giraud, Chief Economist, Executive Research Director at AFD Climate Generations AreaS, Room 1 ...
Adapting bridge infrastructure to climate change: institutionalizing resilience in intergovernmental
... (Bierbaum et al. 2013). Ultimately, the review recommended pursuing low-risk strategies, engagement of stakeholders, and sharing of best practices (Bierbaum et al. 2013). Another analysis comparing state-level climate action plans across the USA and examining potential influencing factors found that ...
... (Bierbaum et al. 2013). Ultimately, the review recommended pursuing low-risk strategies, engagement of stakeholders, and sharing of best practices (Bierbaum et al. 2013). Another analysis comparing state-level climate action plans across the USA and examining potential influencing factors found that ...
Regional Climate Change Curriculum Development ToT Report
... The LELUP module has a total of 21 lectures that range from 1 to 4 units depending on class exercises and necessary depth of content (Appendix 4: Low Emission Land Use Planning Syllabus). Before the workshop each participant selected two lectures to deliver during the TOT. Participants worked with t ...
... The LELUP module has a total of 21 lectures that range from 1 to 4 units depending on class exercises and necessary depth of content (Appendix 4: Low Emission Land Use Planning Syllabus). Before the workshop each participant selected two lectures to deliver during the TOT. Participants worked with t ...
Chapter 2 Current Legal Challenges in Climate Change Justice
... Human and Peoples’ Rights (and, if accepted by the state, before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights). At the international level, the principal treaties are overseen by ‘treaty bodies’, which are open to individual petition. Individuals may bring a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commit ...
... Human and Peoples’ Rights (and, if accepted by the state, before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights). At the international level, the principal treaties are overseen by ‘treaty bodies’, which are open to individual petition. Individuals may bring a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commit ...
Local Climate Change Governance
... have many tools at their disposal for implementing climate policy. Local governments most often have the legislative and executive control of many of the factors related to GHG emissions, such as: land use planning and regulation, residential and commercial regulations, transit options and solid was ...
... have many tools at their disposal for implementing climate policy. Local governments most often have the legislative and executive control of many of the factors related to GHG emissions, such as: land use planning and regulation, residential and commercial regulations, transit options and solid was ...
Climate Change: Addressing the Major Skeptic Arguments
... confident that the precautionary principle justifies action to reduce emissions. However, some individuals and organizations dispute this conclusion, asserting that the science isn’t settled. These arguments fall into three general categories: Earth is not warming; Earth may be warming but human act ...
... confident that the precautionary principle justifies action to reduce emissions. However, some individuals and organizations dispute this conclusion, asserting that the science isn’t settled. These arguments fall into three general categories: Earth is not warming; Earth may be warming but human act ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ involvement also helps in empowering local communities and decision makers as they can see decision themselves as ...
... knowledge of a diversity of stakeholders Key stakeholders may include community members, policymakers, researchers, experts, civil society and nongovernmental organizations Stakeholders’ involvement also helps in empowering local communities and decision makers as they can see decision themselves as ...
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... 1.1.1 Scientific Background on Climate Change There is an overwhelming consensus among scientists, that man causes climate change mainly by green house gas emissions stemming from combustion of fossil fuels.1 The concentration of CO2, the most important green house gas, has increased by 31% compared ...
... 1.1.1 Scientific Background on Climate Change There is an overwhelming consensus among scientists, that man causes climate change mainly by green house gas emissions stemming from combustion of fossil fuels.1 The concentration of CO2, the most important green house gas, has increased by 31% compared ...
Using the IPCC`s Assessment Report data and climate change
... far more challenging review process should be involved. In my opinion, the IPCC reports cannot be described as peer reviewed, rather than a process of public comment” • David Holland stated “IPCC... Has failed to ensure that the experts… meet the required professional and ethical standards. The IPCC ...
... far more challenging review process should be involved. In my opinion, the IPCC reports cannot be described as peer reviewed, rather than a process of public comment” • David Holland stated “IPCC... Has failed to ensure that the experts… meet the required professional and ethical standards. The IPCC ...
Adapting to Climate Change in Ottawa
... The goals of this workshop were to communicate the importance of adaptation as a response to climate change and to encourage and support the ongoing efforts underway within the City of Ottawa to adapt to climate change. Attendees of this workshop, mostly members of Ottawa municipal staff, had some e ...
... The goals of this workshop were to communicate the importance of adaptation as a response to climate change and to encourage and support the ongoing efforts underway within the City of Ottawa to adapt to climate change. Attendees of this workshop, mostly members of Ottawa municipal staff, had some e ...
Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
... species as well as create a strain on our natural systems. Increased potential for the spread of disease and pest infestation will stress local species and their habitat. Scientists around the world are convinced that climate change is now underway and is principally caused by a build up of green ho ...
... species as well as create a strain on our natural systems. Increased potential for the spread of disease and pest infestation will stress local species and their habitat. Scientists around the world are convinced that climate change is now underway and is principally caused by a build up of green ho ...
Adapting to climate change in England
... prioritised action plan in the Autumn. Experience shows that well planned action will reduce costs for individuals, businesses and the public purse. Extreme weather events can be costly. For example, average insurance claims for properties affected by the summer 2007 floods were £50,000, with overal ...
... prioritised action plan in the Autumn. Experience shows that well planned action will reduce costs for individuals, businesses and the public purse. Extreme weather events can be costly. For example, average insurance claims for properties affected by the summer 2007 floods were £50,000, with overal ...
2015 Global Climate Legislation Study - summary for policymakers (English) (opens in new window)
... London School of Economics - a collaboration that dates back to the 1st GLOBE Climate Legislation study in December 2010. This year the study is co-sponsored for the first time, by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In doing this we signal fresh determination by legislators to work together, in a ...
... London School of Economics - a collaboration that dates back to the 1st GLOBE Climate Legislation study in December 2010. This year the study is co-sponsored for the first time, by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). In doing this we signal fresh determination by legislators to work together, in a ...
France`s adaptation to global climate change
... that its effects may already be felt across a number of natural and human systems and that preventive measures are necessary. It is clearly distinct from mitigation efforts, which must be carried out through «an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gase ...
... that its effects may already be felt across a number of natural and human systems and that preventive measures are necessary. It is clearly distinct from mitigation efforts, which must be carried out through «an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gase ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... This report is published as part of the Climate Change Research Programme 2007–2013. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2007–2013. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environmental ...
... This report is published as part of the Climate Change Research Programme 2007–2013. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 2007–2013. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environmental ...
climate change in the american mind
... actions of a single individual won’t make any difference in global warming” while those who strongly disagree with this statement also increased by 6 points to 21 percent. ...
... actions of a single individual won’t make any difference in global warming” while those who strongly disagree with this statement also increased by 6 points to 21 percent. ...
Migration and Climate - International Institute for Sustainable
... of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition d ...
... of people displaced by shoreline erosion, coastal flooding and agricultural disruption. Since then various analysts have tried to put numbers on future flows of climate migrants (sometimes called “climate refugees”)—the most widely repeated prediction being 200 million by 2050. But repetition d ...
O b s e rved Impacts climate change in the U.S.
... climate “fingerprint” is discernible in natural systems. The most rigorous studies within the United States p rovide strong evidence that climate change has affected the timing of biological events in at least three taxa (i.e., groups of related species). They also provide strong evidence that at le ...
... climate “fingerprint” is discernible in natural systems. The most rigorous studies within the United States p rovide strong evidence that climate change has affected the timing of biological events in at least three taxa (i.e., groups of related species). They also provide strong evidence that at le ...
Climate change profile - SPC Climate Change Projects
... Aid Delivery and Donor Support FSM currently relies on development partners to supplement its national budget. Alongside foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International a ...
... Aid Delivery and Donor Support FSM currently relies on development partners to supplement its national budget. Alongside foreign earnings, development aid from foreign governments and international financial institutions plays a key role in the social and economic development of FSM. International a ...
Investing in a Time of Climate Change
... The complex world between future global economic development and climate change is an extremely difficult minefield to navigate. Figure 1 shows the magnitude and degree of interconnection between certain risks as identified by the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2015. All of these pressing ...
... The complex world between future global economic development and climate change is an extremely difficult minefield to navigate. Figure 1 shows the magnitude and degree of interconnection between certain risks as identified by the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2015. All of these pressing ...
Selecting and Using Climate Change Scenarios for British Columbia
... The purpose of this report is to assist in the selection of projections of climate change by those who do climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation analyses. The focus is on British Columbia but much of the content of this report is generally applicable to regional climate change scenarios ...
... The purpose of this report is to assist in the selection of projections of climate change by those who do climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation analyses. The focus is on British Columbia but much of the content of this report is generally applicable to regional climate change scenarios ...