Resource Guide to NGO Climate Adaptation Resources and Tools
... average), sea-surface temperature, total precipitation, wet-day frequency, vapor pressure and cloud cover. This data can be visualized or downloaded as both observed climate and/or projected climate for ...
... average), sea-surface temperature, total precipitation, wet-day frequency, vapor pressure and cloud cover. This data can be visualized or downloaded as both observed climate and/or projected climate for ...
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... When awareness of potential climate change first percolated beyond the circle of specialist scientists a quarter of a century ago, there was a degree of recognition that any mitigation of emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions would need to be complemented by at least some adaptation to ...
... When awareness of potential climate change first percolated beyond the circle of specialist scientists a quarter of a century ago, there was a degree of recognition that any mitigation of emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions would need to be complemented by at least some adaptation to ...
Changing Risk Perceptions Policy Brief
... agricultural industry could face significant challenges with more frequent summer water shortages and reduced quality and production of valuable goods such as wine grapes and dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quali ...
... agricultural industry could face significant challenges with more frequent summer water shortages and reduced quality and production of valuable goods such as wine grapes and dairy products. These and other climate impacts have the potential to substantially affect key economic sectors and the quali ...
Training Your People How to Think About Climate Change
... over deserts and uninhabited regions, to denser measurements in developed areas with high population density. Sensor maintenance and quality control varies widely from country to country. ...
... over deserts and uninhabited regions, to denser measurements in developed areas with high population density. Sensor maintenance and quality control varies widely from country to country. ...
Climate Change and the Law
... 2009 negotiation. Thus, it would be worthwhile engaging students in this discussion, even if other aspects of land use and forests are skipped due to their complexity. Chapter 8 describes the Kyoto Protocol’s compliance regime. Because of the slow pace of the climate change negotiations and the thre ...
... 2009 negotiation. Thus, it would be worthwhile engaging students in this discussion, even if other aspects of land use and forests are skipped due to their complexity. Chapter 8 describes the Kyoto Protocol’s compliance regime. Because of the slow pace of the climate change negotiations and the thre ...
Science Communication Research
... of the strongest predictors not only of general attitudes about science, but also of opinions about contested scientific topics such as climate change. Trust involves a relationship between scientists and the ...
... of the strongest predictors not only of general attitudes about science, but also of opinions about contested scientific topics such as climate change. Trust involves a relationship between scientists and the ...
Beyond the Tipping Point: Understanding Perceptions of Abrupt
... The critical threshold at which a system will inescapably fall into one of these strange attractors is called the bifurcation point, or, as it is now often popularly referred to in climate change discourses, the ‘‘tipping point’’ (see Russill and Nyssa 2009). The nonlinearity of the Earth’s climate ...
... The critical threshold at which a system will inescapably fall into one of these strange attractors is called the bifurcation point, or, as it is now often popularly referred to in climate change discourses, the ‘‘tipping point’’ (see Russill and Nyssa 2009). The nonlinearity of the Earth’s climate ...
Managing for climate change on federal lands of the western United
... water; Gorte et al. 2012). Likewise, both agencies must allow public participation in the planning process and address potential environmental impacts as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. We conducted our one-day workshops in four locations across the northern Rocky Mountains in ...
... water; Gorte et al. 2012). Likewise, both agencies must allow public participation in the planning process and address potential environmental impacts as part of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. We conducted our one-day workshops in four locations across the northern Rocky Mountains in ...
A Narrative Analysis of Climate Change Coverage in the New York
... change, the news ritual of objectivity may lead science journalists to give equal weight to majority and fringe scientists, or to scientists and nonscientists in science reporting. Based on the SPJ Code of Ethics call to journalists to act as public informers, a new newsgathering and writing ritual ...
... change, the news ritual of objectivity may lead science journalists to give equal weight to majority and fringe scientists, or to scientists and nonscientists in science reporting. Based on the SPJ Code of Ethics call to journalists to act as public informers, a new newsgathering and writing ritual ...
A comprehensive set of high-resolution grids of monthly climate for
... available information about projected climates. These projections are most commonly obtained from global climate model (GCM) simulations of the climate response to a given scenario of future greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions into the atmosphere. Future emissions depend on human actions and are in ...
... available information about projected climates. These projections are most commonly obtained from global climate model (GCM) simulations of the climate response to a given scenario of future greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions into the atmosphere. Future emissions depend on human actions and are in ...
Adaptation - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing. In the United States and other nations, people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. ...
... The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing. In the United States and other nations, people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. ...
Coastal Climate Change Report
... • UK – planners must use two scenarios: one based on events with a probability of 50% occurrence and the other with 10% probability to gauge the range of impacts of climate change • City of Cape Town, South Africa – no set SLR benchmark; instead using 5-phase SLR assessment based on: (a) 2.5m SLR in ...
... • UK – planners must use two scenarios: one based on events with a probability of 50% occurrence and the other with 10% probability to gauge the range of impacts of climate change • City of Cape Town, South Africa – no set SLR benchmark; instead using 5-phase SLR assessment based on: (a) 2.5m SLR in ...
Political parties` climate policies in the UK, Italy and Denmark Paper
... can be catalysts for or obstacles to governments’ climate change mitigation policies (e.g., Harrison, 2010: 523; Jensen and Spoon, 2011; Harrison, 2012; Birchall, 2014; see also Knill et al., 2010; Schulze, 2014). National governments, in turn, remain central to the formulation and implementation of ...
... can be catalysts for or obstacles to governments’ climate change mitigation policies (e.g., Harrison, 2010: 523; Jensen and Spoon, 2011; Harrison, 2012; Birchall, 2014; see also Knill et al., 2010; Schulze, 2014). National governments, in turn, remain central to the formulation and implementation of ...
Global Climate Change and the Risks to Coastal Areas from
... induced climate change. In addition, there is no consensus on the relative importance of climate change as a factor in future hurricane trends. Some scientists take the position that, even if climate change has the potential to spawn more intense hurricanes, the natural hurricane cycle in the North ...
... induced climate change. In addition, there is no consensus on the relative importance of climate change as a factor in future hurricane trends. Some scientists take the position that, even if climate change has the potential to spawn more intense hurricanes, the natural hurricane cycle in the North ...
Climate change. - Institut für Kommunikations
... safety (cf. keywords). Furthermore, we prefer central text documents on the page, i.e. content which has its own headline and/or is located in the middle of the page (cf. Maurer et al., 2011). In cases of several articles on the page, we code that one with the most prominent headline (i.e. bold head ...
... safety (cf. keywords). Furthermore, we prefer central text documents on the page, i.e. content which has its own headline and/or is located in the middle of the page (cf. Maurer et al., 2011). In cases of several articles on the page, we code that one with the most prominent headline (i.e. bold head ...
Community Adaptation Plan Port Antonio, Jamaica
... For example, we might say that the tropical climate of Belize is warm and humid, although the weather on a particular day could be quite different from that. CDEMA.2011. Climate Smart Community Development Module. Facilitator’s Handbook. Prepared for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agenc ...
... For example, we might say that the tropical climate of Belize is warm and humid, although the weather on a particular day could be quite different from that. CDEMA.2011. Climate Smart Community Development Module. Facilitator’s Handbook. Prepared for the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agenc ...
First Nations` Governance and Climate Change
... The goal of most First Nations is to be self-governing, a goal that First Nations, in most cases, in Canada have not yet attained. In order to engage in effective environmentrelated governance First Nations must have at least three components in place: the legal authority to enable them to enact env ...
... The goal of most First Nations is to be self-governing, a goal that First Nations, in most cases, in Canada have not yet attained. In order to engage in effective environmentrelated governance First Nations must have at least three components in place: the legal authority to enable them to enact env ...
REVIEW SUMMARY Multiple Dimensions of Climate Change and
... Background: Changes in Earth’s climate over time can be measured in Outlook: Forecasting the long-term impacts of future climate changes many ways. The different metrics available represent alternative dimen- on biodiversity is challenging, not least because the responses of organsions of climate ch ...
... Background: Changes in Earth’s climate over time can be measured in Outlook: Forecasting the long-term impacts of future climate changes many ways. The different metrics available represent alternative dimen- on biodiversity is challenging, not least because the responses of organsions of climate ch ...
CCWG - Vietnam Climate Finance Options
... the globe. The poorest inhabitants of our planet are among the most vulnerable, due to their lack of economic, environmental and social capacities to deal with the consequences of climate change. At the same time, development efforts can lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions, and thereby contribut ...
... the globe. The poorest inhabitants of our planet are among the most vulnerable, due to their lack of economic, environmental and social capacities to deal with the consequences of climate change. At the same time, development efforts can lead to higher greenhouse gas emissions, and thereby contribut ...
Evidence for parallel adaptation to climate across the natural range
... information for genetic studies. Climate data are also widely available. Given that climate is a significant selec- ...
... information for genetic studies. Climate data are also widely available. Given that climate is a significant selec- ...
Science Communication - Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program
... colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporters know more about their topics (Wilson, 2000). Thus, beat parochialism and better informed reporting seem to be two sides of the same coin and ...
... colleagues from other beats. This could be criticized as “beat parochialism” (Sigal, 1973, p. 47). At the same time, more experienced and specialized reporters know more about their topics (Wilson, 2000). Thus, beat parochialism and better informed reporting seem to be two sides of the same coin and ...
The Perspectives of Climate Scientists on Global Climate Change
... With these caveats in mind, we conclude that the views of climate scientists on some aspects of the global warming debate are important and deserve more attention in the current debate than they have received. This is why The Heartland Institute has produced this booklet. An International Survey of ...
... With these caveats in mind, we conclude that the views of climate scientists on some aspects of the global warming debate are important and deserve more attention in the current debate than they have received. This is why The Heartland Institute has produced this booklet. An International Survey of ...
Working Paper - University of Sussex
... We will reap these benefits no matter what we do to our emissions. The uncertainty is rather large, however. The error bars in Figure 1, derived from the few standard errors report in Table 1, depict the 95% confidence interval. This is probably an underestimate of the true uncertainty, as experts t ...
... We will reap these benefits no matter what we do to our emissions. The uncertainty is rather large, however. The error bars in Figure 1, derived from the few standard errors report in Table 1, depict the 95% confidence interval. This is probably an underestimate of the true uncertainty, as experts t ...