a guidebook on climate scenarios
... changes must first be understood. It can be argued that climate science has now reached a certain level of maturity that renders it more valuable and useful for decisionmakers. At the same time, however, the potential impacts of climate change raise an increasing number of issues that decision-maker ...
... changes must first be understood. It can be argued that climate science has now reached a certain level of maturity that renders it more valuable and useful for decisionmakers. At the same time, however, the potential impacts of climate change raise an increasing number of issues that decision-maker ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
... content, and form and even further into the single characters and settings inside and outside the narrative with the idea that each sphere contributes in its own way to the presentation of the topic. The explorative, qualitative research design allows for including the empirical multitude of the da ...
climate variability and change in canada
... doing so have been its comprehensive web site (http://www.cics.uvic.ca/scenarios), operated by the Canadian Institute for Climate Studies at the University of Victoria, and close contact between the vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation and climate modelling research communities in Canada through a ...
... doing so have been its comprehensive web site (http://www.cics.uvic.ca/scenarios), operated by the Canadian Institute for Climate Studies at the University of Victoria, and close contact between the vulnerability, impacts, and adaptation and climate modelling research communities in Canada through a ...
Chapter 18: Inter-Relationships Between Adaptation and
... that determine if and when adaptation and mitigation can be synergistic in climate policy. Owing to it being a new research field, the amount of literature is still small, although it is growing fast. At the same time, the literature is very diverse: there is no consensus as to whether or not exploi ...
... that determine if and when adaptation and mitigation can be synergistic in climate policy. Owing to it being a new research field, the amount of literature is still small, although it is growing fast. At the same time, the literature is very diverse: there is no consensus as to whether or not exploi ...
The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis The Anatomy of A Silent Crisis
... This report clearly demonstrates that climate change is already highly dangerous at well below one degree of warming. Two degrees would be catastrophic. Weak political leadership as evident today is all the more alarming then. It is not, however, surprising, since so few people are aware of just how ...
... This report clearly demonstrates that climate change is already highly dangerous at well below one degree of warming. Two degrees would be catastrophic. Weak political leadership as evident today is all the more alarming then. It is not, however, surprising, since so few people are aware of just how ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS, VULNERABILITIES AND
... The Convention refers to adaptation in several of its articles (Box II-1), and the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC has made several decisions in regards to adaptation to climate change. The Convention’s Subsidiary Body for Implementation addresses agenda items on vulnerability and adaptation ...
... The Convention refers to adaptation in several of its articles (Box II-1), and the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC has made several decisions in regards to adaptation to climate change. The Convention’s Subsidiary Body for Implementation addresses agenda items on vulnerability and adaptation ...
Understanding pUblic perception of climate change in
... extreme weather events present major challenges for Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Climate change impacts will affect a number of sectors including agriculture and other natural resources, infrastructure (urban, transport, irrigation, energy), health and land management, to name a few. The R ...
... extreme weather events present major challenges for Cambodia’s socio-economic development. Climate change impacts will affect a number of sectors including agriculture and other natural resources, infrastructure (urban, transport, irrigation, energy), health and land management, to name a few. The R ...
State of Climate Change Science in the Great Lakes Basin
... • The consideration of impacts of climate change on the local scale, including micro-climate niches is limited. • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead ...
... • The consideration of impacts of climate change on the local scale, including micro-climate niches is limited. • Research is limited on the impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems. • Monitoring of species and community-level changes is necessary to refine hybrid models, which could lead ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Of Mountain
... on the region. Available climate models were used to develop climate predictions for the region based on the ...
... on the region. Available climate models were used to develop climate predictions for the region based on the ...
Impact of Climate Change on Households in the Indonesian
... der Eng found that food production and distribution of food supplies across Indonesia have long been subject to geographic and temporal variations in climate. With most of Indonesia’s poor living along the heavily populated coastal areas, many of them are dependent upon natural resources for their l ...
... der Eng found that food production and distribution of food supplies across Indonesia have long been subject to geographic and temporal variations in climate. With most of Indonesia’s poor living along the heavily populated coastal areas, many of them are dependent upon natural resources for their l ...
Climate Change Risk and Vulnerability
... should be disregarded, as they still provide a useful basis on which to test the sensitivity of different systems — natural and human — to the possible scale of change. They should not, however, be regarded as forecasts but rather as indications of possible directions and scale of change. The wisest ...
... should be disregarded, as they still provide a useful basis on which to test the sensitivity of different systems — natural and human — to the possible scale of change. They should not, however, be regarded as forecasts but rather as indications of possible directions and scale of change. The wisest ...
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
... in reference to John Christopher’s The Death of Grass (1956), Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1984) and Nadine Gordimer’s Get a Life (2005). In my fourth chapter, by close reading of Ian McEwan’s Solar (2010) and Nathaniel Rich’s Odds Against Tomorrow (2013), I suggest how much of our existing climate ch ...
... in reference to John Christopher’s The Death of Grass (1956), Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1984) and Nadine Gordimer’s Get a Life (2005). In my fourth chapter, by close reading of Ian McEwan’s Solar (2010) and Nathaniel Rich’s Odds Against Tomorrow (2013), I suggest how much of our existing climate ch ...
www.epa.ie Report No. 164 w.epa.ie
... gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere has been undertaken, and this has been calibrated against the observed changes in climate over the last century. These models suggest that increases in energy-trapping gases in the atmosphere will result in an upwards trend in temperature, coupled with a significantly ...
... gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere has been undertaken, and this has been calibrated against the observed changes in climate over the last century. These models suggest that increases in energy-trapping gases in the atmosphere will result in an upwards trend in temperature, coupled with a significantly ...
Cool Response: The seC & CoRpoRaTe ClimaTe Change RepoRTing SEC Climate Guidance &
... guidance. Since then, there has been a significant fall-off in SEC attention to this area. õ Most S&P 500 climate disclosures in 10-Ks are very brief, provide little discussion of material issues, and do not quantify impacts or risks. Based on this report’s 0-100 scoring scale, electric power compan ...
... guidance. Since then, there has been a significant fall-off in SEC attention to this area. õ Most S&P 500 climate disclosures in 10-Ks are very brief, provide little discussion of material issues, and do not quantify impacts or risks. Based on this report’s 0-100 scoring scale, electric power compan ...
Synthesis of Climate Change Knowledge and Planning Practices
... This report provides a synthesis of local knowledge and experiences of climate change, specifically on how this knowledge was integrated with science and planning practice. We based this synthesis on the collection and review of 47 documents provided by the four Wet Tropics Cluster regional NRM orga ...
... This report provides a synthesis of local knowledge and experiences of climate change, specifically on how this knowledge was integrated with science and planning practice. We based this synthesis on the collection and review of 47 documents provided by the four Wet Tropics Cluster regional NRM orga ...
Auditing the Government Response to Climate Change: Guidance
... chapter. Essential information from this Guide has also been condensed into an e-learning and a face-to-face course available on the INTOSAI WGEA website. This document was led by the SAI of Norway. In particular, I would like to thank the authors Kristine Lien Skog (Project Manager), Ragnar Brevik, ...
... chapter. Essential information from this Guide has also been condensed into an e-learning and a face-to-face course available on the INTOSAI WGEA website. This document was led by the SAI of Norway. In particular, I would like to thank the authors Kristine Lien Skog (Project Manager), Ragnar Brevik, ...
Tools and Approaches for Capacity Building for - ClimDev
... order to increase resilience and facilitate the early development of adaptation plans.. Advanced climate information consist of information that is focused on projected future climate changes. Advanced climate information is often tailored specifically to their needs and will often not be relevant o ...
... order to increase resilience and facilitate the early development of adaptation plans.. Advanced climate information consist of information that is focused on projected future climate changes. Advanced climate information is often tailored specifically to their needs and will often not be relevant o ...
here - DeSmogBlog
... newsletters and personal attacks on scientists. It is fake “advocacy science” designed to confuse non-scientists, often for financial and/or ideological reasons. Modern anti-science was Merchants of Doubt created by the tobacco industry in the 1950s and then used against climate science, often by th ...
... newsletters and personal attacks on scientists. It is fake “advocacy science” designed to confuse non-scientists, often for financial and/or ideological reasons. Modern anti-science was Merchants of Doubt created by the tobacco industry in the 1950s and then used against climate science, often by th ...
Surviving climate change in small islands
... not seem to be succeeding after 13 years of international agreement on the need to do so (in 1992 most of the world’s governments signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change acknowledging that climate change is a problem). ii) Remove the greenhouse gases from the atmospher ...
... not seem to be succeeding after 13 years of international agreement on the need to do so (in 1992 most of the world’s governments signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change acknowledging that climate change is a problem). ii) Remove the greenhouse gases from the atmospher ...
Bridging the Adaptation Gap: Approaches to
... Unfortunately, although there are growing calls to investors to take account of climate risk in general – including the physical risk of climate change in specific – the problem is complex and approaches to addressing it are early and unfamiliar to investors and other stakeholders. In addition, unce ...
... Unfortunately, although there are growing calls to investors to take account of climate risk in general – including the physical risk of climate change in specific – the problem is complex and approaches to addressing it are early and unfamiliar to investors and other stakeholders. In addition, unce ...
Regional Climate Information – Evaluation and Projections
... Other points raised in the SAR were the need for better observational data sets for model validation at the regional scale and the need to examine higher order climate statistics. 10.1.2 The Regional Climate Problem A definition of regional scale is difficult, as different definitions are often impl ...
... Other points raised in the SAR were the need for better observational data sets for model validation at the regional scale and the need to examine higher order climate statistics. 10.1.2 The Regional Climate Problem A definition of regional scale is difficult, as different definitions are often impl ...
Climate Change and Conflict: Findings and Lessons Learned from
... the state, resource governance and the performance of political institutions, and relations among privileged and disadvantaged identity groups. A large body of literature indicates that these are important and enduring conflict variables. Setting aside simplistic questions of direct causality and re ...
... the state, resource governance and the performance of political institutions, and relations among privileged and disadvantaged identity groups. A large body of literature indicates that these are important and enduring conflict variables. Setting aside simplistic questions of direct causality and re ...
Adaptation made to measure
... Faced with new and rapidly expanding adaptation portfolios in most international cooperation institutions, many project managers are voicing their need for support, particularly when it comes to designing and monitoring projects which are either adaptation-related or explicit adaptation projects. Th ...
... Faced with new and rapidly expanding adaptation portfolios in most international cooperation institutions, many project managers are voicing their need for support, particularly when it comes to designing and monitoring projects which are either adaptation-related or explicit adaptation projects. Th ...
A regional climate change decision framework for natural resource
... that our natural resources are managed so that they are available for all users, including the environment. In order for us to best manage these natural resources it is imperative that we have a sound knowledge of their condition and how they are likely to respond to management changes. DWLBC scient ...
... that our natural resources are managed so that they are available for all users, including the environment. In order for us to best manage these natural resources it is imperative that we have a sound knowledge of their condition and how they are likely to respond to management changes. DWLBC scient ...
Climate Protection as a World Citizen Movement
... The 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it unmistakeably clear: unacceptable climatic impacts, which are likely to escalate beyond the 2 °C guard rail, can only be avoided if further increases in greenhouse-gas concentrations are halted as soon as poss ...
... The 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes it unmistakeably clear: unacceptable climatic impacts, which are likely to escalate beyond the 2 °C guard rail, can only be avoided if further increases in greenhouse-gas concentrations are halted as soon as poss ...