Executive Summary - Overseas Development Institute
... Mexico and Korea have begun to do. Half of the $7.6 billion approved to date has been concentrated in the top ten countries, largely reflecting the focus of the Clean Technology Fund to provide large loans to support countries with fast growing emissions. How was the data gathered? This report draws ...
... Mexico and Korea have begun to do. Half of the $7.6 billion approved to date has been concentrated in the top ten countries, largely reflecting the focus of the Clean Technology Fund to provide large loans to support countries with fast growing emissions. How was the data gathered? This report draws ...
SENSING AND RESPONDING TO A CLIMATE CHANGE
... EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL SME IN TAIWAN Taiwan is well known as a global disaster risk hotspot. However, there had been limited concern over the climate changes in business/economics literature in Taiwan, until the catastrophic damages by Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Given that the farmers' associat ...
... EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM RURAL SME IN TAIWAN Taiwan is well known as a global disaster risk hotspot. However, there had been limited concern over the climate changes in business/economics literature in Taiwan, until the catastrophic damages by Typhoon Morakot in 2009. Given that the farmers' associat ...
Planning for Change: Climate Adaptation Survey Results
... of information they have on local climate change impacts. The report also identifies similarities and differences in the obstacles to climate adaptation faced by practitioners in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California. These findings will help fulfill the National Sea Grant Office’s goal o ...
... of information they have on local climate change impacts. The report also identifies similarities and differences in the obstacles to climate adaptation faced by practitioners in the states of Washington, Oregon, and California. These findings will help fulfill the National Sea Grant Office’s goal o ...
Adaptation to climate change in the developing world
... necessarily encompasses insights from social as well as natural sciences and from policy analysts even outside the IPCC process that, by its nature, cannot be all-encompassing. Participants at a meeting in London in October 2001, hosted by the Tyndall Centre and the International Institute for Envir ...
... necessarily encompasses insights from social as well as natural sciences and from policy analysts even outside the IPCC process that, by its nature, cannot be all-encompassing. Participants at a meeting in London in October 2001, hosted by the Tyndall Centre and the International Institute for Envir ...
On predicting climate under climate change
... and nonlinear systems (Grebogi et al 1987, Chu 1999) literatures but it is often taken to be relatively unimportant for decadal and multi-decadal climate prediction. If this source of uncertainty is not well quantified, however, then multi-model based probabilistic climate predictions will inevitabl ...
... and nonlinear systems (Grebogi et al 1987, Chu 1999) literatures but it is often taken to be relatively unimportant for decadal and multi-decadal climate prediction. If this source of uncertainty is not well quantified, however, then multi-model based probabilistic climate predictions will inevitabl ...
Moving beyond scientific knowledge: leveraging
... Climate change influences and is influenced by economic, ecological, and political systems at global, national, and local levels. Although people may be gradually becoming more aware of the need to reduce their environmental impact and to respond to climate change, progress is far from sufficient: e ...
... Climate change influences and is influenced by economic, ecological, and political systems at global, national, and local levels. Although people may be gradually becoming more aware of the need to reduce their environmental impact and to respond to climate change, progress is far from sufficient: e ...
climate impacts and adaptation unit
... There are two principal learning objectives for the unit. Specifically, upon completion of the unit students should be able to: a) Convince decision-makers in your organisation of the business case to manage the physical risks and opportunities of climate change. Why do decision-makers in your organ ...
... There are two principal learning objectives for the unit. Specifically, upon completion of the unit students should be able to: a) Convince decision-makers in your organisation of the business case to manage the physical risks and opportunities of climate change. Why do decision-makers in your organ ...
climate impacts and adaptation unit
... There are two principal learning objectives for the unit. Specifically, upon completion of the unit students should be able to: a) Convince decision-makers in your organisation of the business case to manage the physical risks and opportunities of climate change. Why do decision-makers in your organ ...
... There are two principal learning objectives for the unit. Specifically, upon completion of the unit students should be able to: a) Convince decision-makers in your organisation of the business case to manage the physical risks and opportunities of climate change. Why do decision-makers in your organ ...
Problems with making and governing global kinds of knowledge
... nascent geographies of science being written to complement the histories, philosophies and sociologies of science. Subjecting scientific knowledge to geographical enquiry helps us to distinguish between the universalising drive of scientific enquiry and what I call here the instinct to make global kin ...
... nascent geographies of science being written to complement the histories, philosophies and sociologies of science. Subjecting scientific knowledge to geographical enquiry helps us to distinguish between the universalising drive of scientific enquiry and what I call here the instinct to make global kin ...
Against the Grain: The United States and the Global Climate
... The US population and its political establishment are often stereotyped in general terms by outsiders as having a rather restricted worldview, with comparatively modest knowledge and understanding of other countries and their conditions and motivations. Certainly, the sheer geographical size and iso ...
... The US population and its political establishment are often stereotyped in general terms by outsiders as having a rather restricted worldview, with comparatively modest knowledge and understanding of other countries and their conditions and motivations. Certainly, the sheer geographical size and iso ...
Republic Act No. 9729
... responsibilities and the Precautionary Principle to guide decision-making in climate risk management. As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the State adopts the ultimate objective of the Convention which is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the ...
... responsibilities and the Precautionary Principle to guide decision-making in climate risk management. As a party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the State adopts the ultimate objective of the Convention which is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the ...
Palaeoclimatic insights into future climate challenges
... the ISI Science Citation Index database in April 2003) (see also Caillon et al . 2003). Certainly, temperature is affected by more than just CO2 concentration, so small decoupled changes in temperature or CO2 concentration are expected. It remains, as shown by Cuffey & Vimeux (2001), that all large ch ...
... the ISI Science Citation Index database in April 2003) (see also Caillon et al . 2003). Certainly, temperature is affected by more than just CO2 concentration, so small decoupled changes in temperature or CO2 concentration are expected. It remains, as shown by Cuffey & Vimeux (2001), that all large ch ...
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... 6.1iv) Enhance developing countries access to private finance by attracting new private sector investors or sovereign wealth funds to the climate public-private partnership programme. 6.1v) Implement projects and programmes in 6 countries to help at least 1 million people to cope with the effects of ...
... 6.1iv) Enhance developing countries access to private finance by attracting new private sector investors or sovereign wealth funds to the climate public-private partnership programme. 6.1v) Implement projects and programmes in 6 countries to help at least 1 million people to cope with the effects of ...
Copernicus Climate Change Services
... C3S_4000: Sectoral Information System Goal: Develop proof-of-concept for three relevant sectors Develop demonstrators for three sectors: Energy, Water Resource Management, and one TBD based on quality of proposals Document the value chain from Earth observation and model output to tailored cli ...
... C3S_4000: Sectoral Information System Goal: Develop proof-of-concept for three relevant sectors Develop demonstrators for three sectors: Energy, Water Resource Management, and one TBD based on quality of proposals Document the value chain from Earth observation and model output to tailored cli ...
The challenges of building cosmopolitan climate expertise
... by science alone. Thus challenges to the authority of the IPCC turn out to be part of a struggle to gain power and authority in global climate politics.18 The attacks on the IPCC, paradoxically, have not contributed to a loss of epistemic or political authority but—quite the contrary—to attracting m ...
... by science alone. Thus challenges to the authority of the IPCC turn out to be part of a struggle to gain power and authority in global climate politics.18 The attacks on the IPCC, paradoxically, have not contributed to a loss of epistemic or political authority but—quite the contrary—to attracting m ...
Climate Finance Briefing: Small Island Developing States
... change, but their geographical, socioeconomic and climate profiles make them particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Spread across three regions, the 39 SIDS nations have received USD 1085 million from the dedicated climate funds between 2003 and 2016. Financing 187 projects in 38 SIDS (all SIDS rec ...
... change, but their geographical, socioeconomic and climate profiles make them particularly vulnerable to its impacts. Spread across three regions, the 39 SIDS nations have received USD 1085 million from the dedicated climate funds between 2003 and 2016. Financing 187 projects in 38 SIDS (all SIDS rec ...
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... de Cian (2009), and it is a fair expectation that both will occur. Individuals will react to climate change impacts as they do to any other changes in their physical, social and economic environment. And policy action to facilitate adaptation will for the most part be of a similar type as government ...
... de Cian (2009), and it is a fair expectation that both will occur. Individuals will react to climate change impacts as they do to any other changes in their physical, social and economic environment. And policy action to facilitate adaptation will for the most part be of a similar type as government ...
will continue to rise
... to raise atmospheric concentrations and temperatures indefinitely.10 Even immediate, dramatic reductions in emissions would not necessarily halt changes to which past emissions have already committed the climate: If concentrations were stabilized today by cutting emissions immediately to a small fra ...
... to raise atmospheric concentrations and temperatures indefinitely.10 Even immediate, dramatic reductions in emissions would not necessarily halt changes to which past emissions have already committed the climate: If concentrations were stabilized today by cutting emissions immediately to a small fra ...
Arviat Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan
... change; water supply; and, landscape hazards. A summary of key findings has been provided: 1. Local Climate Predictions:1 ...
... change; water supply; and, landscape hazards. A summary of key findings has been provided: 1. Local Climate Predictions:1 ...
Abrupt Non-Linear Climate Change, Irreversibility and
... mitigation policies, and related to different spatial and temporal scales for decision-making. However, particular emphasis was placed on understanding global benefits at different levels of mitigation -- in other words, on the incremental benefit of going from one level of climate change to another ...
... mitigation policies, and related to different spatial and temporal scales for decision-making. However, particular emphasis was placed on understanding global benefits at different levels of mitigation -- in other words, on the incremental benefit of going from one level of climate change to another ...
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... To ensure that [Insert Local Government here] understands and addresses climate change impacts in a local, regional and international context, evaluates the climate change implications of operational decisions and policy positions, and is committed to greenhouse emissions reductions and risk managem ...
... To ensure that [Insert Local Government here] understands and addresses climate change impacts in a local, regional and international context, evaluates the climate change implications of operational decisions and policy positions, and is committed to greenhouse emissions reductions and risk managem ...
Risks, opportunities, and adaptation to climate change
... average temperature is projected to increase another 2°C (with a range of uncertainty from 1.0 to 3.5°C) by the year 2100 as a result of both human and natural influences (IPCC 1996a). Global average precipitation is likely to continue to rise as the hydrologic cycle intensifies, with a possibility ...
... average temperature is projected to increase another 2°C (with a range of uncertainty from 1.0 to 3.5°C) by the year 2100 as a result of both human and natural influences (IPCC 1996a). Global average precipitation is likely to continue to rise as the hydrologic cycle intensifies, with a possibility ...
KLMC Advocacy Plan - Kenya livestock Marketing Council
... The long term goal of this project is to achieve climate resilient pastoralists’ communities with strengthened voice and participation in climate change policy making processes in Kenya. This goal will be attained by realization of the project’s long term outcomes such as enactment and implementatio ...
... The long term goal of this project is to achieve climate resilient pastoralists’ communities with strengthened voice and participation in climate change policy making processes in Kenya. This goal will be attained by realization of the project’s long term outcomes such as enactment and implementatio ...
Perception and adaptation to climate change by farmers in the Nile
... change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. The dependent variable for the selection equation is whether a farmer has or has not perceived climate change. The explanatory variables for the selection equation include different socio-demographic and environmental factors based on the literature on factors a ...
... change in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia. The dependent variable for the selection equation is whether a farmer has or has not perceived climate change. The explanatory variables for the selection equation include different socio-demographic and environmental factors based on the literature on factors a ...
Nature, Not Human Activity, Rules the Climate
... Medicine, which attracted more than 19,000 signatures from scientists, mainly in the U.S. [The statement is still attracting signatures, and can be viewed at www.oism.org.] The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC [IPCC-TAR 2001] was noteworthy for its use of spurious scientific papers to back up its ...
... Medicine, which attracted more than 19,000 signatures from scientists, mainly in the U.S. [The statement is still attracting signatures, and can be viewed at www.oism.org.] The Third Assessment Report of the IPCC [IPCC-TAR 2001] was noteworthy for its use of spurious scientific papers to back up its ...