Historical Responsibility in the UNFCCC Mathias Friman
... the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP); the Ad hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate (AGBM); the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA); the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI); the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Pro ...
... the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP); the Ad hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate (AGBM); the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA); the Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI); the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Pro ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Europe - Clima-net
... climate change impacts have been planned or are about to commence. Research started more recently in support of planning of national and international adaptation measures. In 2004, the European Commission initiated the development of a European action programme on flood risk management, including a ...
... climate change impacts have been planned or are about to commence. Research started more recently in support of planning of national and international adaptation measures. In 2004, the European Commission initiated the development of a European action programme on flood risk management, including a ...
Detection and Attribution of Observed Impacts
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
... There has been a shift from cold- to heat-related mortality in some regions as a result of warming (medium confidence), but despite many welldocumented sensitivities of human health to other aspects of weather, clear evidence of an additional observed climate change impact on health outcomes is lack ...
Responding to climate change in national forests: a
... have established science-management partnerships to develop scientific bases for adaptation and find effective ways to communicate and implement this knowledge. This effort builds on existing principles of adaptation to climate change (Bosworth et al. 2008, Joyce et al. 2008, Julius and West 2008, M ...
... have established science-management partnerships to develop scientific bases for adaptation and find effective ways to communicate and implement this knowledge. This effort builds on existing principles of adaptation to climate change (Bosworth et al. 2008, Joyce et al. 2008, Julius and West 2008, M ...
Queensland Climate Change Centre of
... is part of a specialist whole-of-government work unit, the Office of Climate Change, based within the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. ...
... is part of a specialist whole-of-government work unit, the Office of Climate Change, based within the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Do Not Cite
... Water scarcity is expected to be a major challenge for most of the region due to increased water demand and lack of good management (medium confidence) [24.4.3]. Water resources are important in Asia given the massive population. However, there is low confidence in future precipitation projections a ...
... Water scarcity is expected to be a major challenge for most of the region due to increased water demand and lack of good management (medium confidence) [24.4.3]. Water resources are important in Asia given the massive population. However, there is low confidence in future precipitation projections a ...
About this Sourcebook - Stockholm Environment Institute
... climate change into UNEP Programming was researched and written for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the Stockholm Environment Institute - US Center. UNEP’s motivation in the compilation of this collection of expert sources is to give its Task Managers and workshop participants a p ...
... climate change into UNEP Programming was researched and written for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) by the Stockholm Environment Institute - US Center. UNEP’s motivation in the compilation of this collection of expert sources is to give its Task Managers and workshop participants a p ...
Europe
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
... impacts in Europe in multiple economic sectors as well as adverse social and health effects (high confidence). {Table 23-1} There is limited evidence that resilience to heat waves and fires has improved in Europe (medium confidence), {23.9.1, 23.5} while some countries have improved their flood prot ...
Victoria`s Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... 2010, the Victorian Government has developed a world-leading legislative framework for action on climate change. It includes a target of net zero emissions by 2050, with five-yearly interim targets to ensure we stay on track to meet the long-term target, and a pledge process to reduce emissions acro ...
... 2010, the Victorian Government has developed a world-leading legislative framework for action on climate change. It includes a target of net zero emissions by 2050, with five-yearly interim targets to ensure we stay on track to meet the long-term target, and a pledge process to reduce emissions acro ...
SADC Policy paper on Climate Change
... climate change taking cognizance of differences in their respective economic and technical capacity to tackle adaptation. It is for these reasons that SADC Member States have signed onto the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. ...
... climate change taking cognizance of differences in their respective economic and technical capacity to tackle adaptation. It is for these reasons that SADC Member States have signed onto the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol. ...
On connecting climate change with security and armed conflicts.
... implications of climate change on security is that they mainly emerge from historical analyses. Moreover, a number of these historically based studies are derived on the basis of the interlinkages between altered natural resources, climate change and conflicts. Thus, they have limited value in predi ...
... implications of climate change on security is that they mainly emerge from historical analyses. Moreover, a number of these historically based studies are derived on the basis of the interlinkages between altered natural resources, climate change and conflicts. Thus, they have limited value in predi ...
Anchoring amid uncertainty - Personal Page: Prof. Dr. Jeroen van
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
... problem date from the seventies. Climate research, and especially climate modelling, has expanded enormously during the last few decades. Consequently, successive assessments have had to deal with new insights, theories and data. This history, and the prevalence of large scientific and epistemologic ...
Mapping South African Farming
... Vulnerability in Climate Change Research Although the scientific use of the word “vulnerability” has its origins in geography, natural hazards research, and the analysis of food insecurity and famine, the concept of vulnerability has gained increasing importance within the global change research com ...
... Vulnerability in Climate Change Research Although the scientific use of the word “vulnerability” has its origins in geography, natural hazards research, and the analysis of food insecurity and famine, the concept of vulnerability has gained increasing importance within the global change research com ...
RE-CONSTRUCTING CLIMATE CHANGE: DISCOURSES OF THE EMERGING MOVEMENT FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE
... working to advance climate justice. It was founded in 2009 through civil society actions surrounding COP-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
... working to advance climate justice. It was founded in 2009 through civil society actions surrounding COP-15 in Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in the Context of Sustainable
... nonclimatic stresses. The costs of adaptation often are marginal to other management or development costs. The capacity to adapt varies considerably among regions, countries, and socioeconomic groups and will vary over time. The most vulnerable regions and communities are those that are highly expos ...
... nonclimatic stresses. The costs of adaptation often are marginal to other management or development costs. The capacity to adapt varies considerably among regions, countries, and socioeconomic groups and will vary over time. The most vulnerable regions and communities are those that are highly expos ...
Learning to Live in a Changing Climate
... 1.1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY Climate change and environmental degradation are already harming children, especially those that are most disadvantaged. Unless action is taken, future impacts will be far more dramatic, undermining much of the progress made for children over the last decades. E ...
... 1.1 CLIMATE CHANGE AND VULNERABILITY Climate change and environmental degradation are already harming children, especially those that are most disadvantaged. Unless action is taken, future impacts will be far more dramatic, undermining much of the progress made for children over the last decades. E ...
National Climate Response Strategy
... The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of ...
... The integration of climate information into Government policies is important because climate is a major driving factor for most of the economic activities in Kenya. Climate information has, however, not been easily understandable. The same has not been adequately factored into most of the sectors of ...
... Aiguamolls de l’Empordà was the first natural protected area to be created in the Costa Brava and is the second most important wetland area in Catalonia, after the Ebro Delta. This thesis researched how key stakeholders experience, perceive and respond to changing climate, together with an analysis ...
SECOND-ORDER DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 10 Do Not Cite
... increase positive ones for any specific sector or country (high agreement, medium evidence). The impacts of climate on one sector of the economy of one country in turn affect other sectors and other countries though product and input markets. Markets increase overall welfare, but not necessarily wel ...
... increase positive ones for any specific sector or country (high agreement, medium evidence). The impacts of climate on one sector of the economy of one country in turn affect other sectors and other countries though product and input markets. Markets increase overall welfare, but not necessarily wel ...
Pension Fund Trustees and Climate Change Research report 106
... Climate change is probably the most significant of the range of social and environmental issues that will cause cataclysmic change to wealth generation opportunities over coming decades. Even more significantly for pension fund trustees, public policy responses to reduce carbon emissions should move ...
... Climate change is probably the most significant of the range of social and environmental issues that will cause cataclysmic change to wealth generation opportunities over coming decades. Even more significantly for pension fund trustees, public policy responses to reduce carbon emissions should move ...
working group on adaptation and climate resilience final report
... Climate change is a defining challenge of the times. Its impacts and Canada’s response—the transition to be a resilient, low-carbon society—will touch every aspect of life. This is the new reality. The Paris Agreement aims to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2oC above pr ...
... Climate change is a defining challenge of the times. Its impacts and Canada’s response—the transition to be a resilient, low-carbon society—will touch every aspect of life. This is the new reality. The Paris Agreement aims to hold the increase in global average temperature to well below 2oC above pr ...
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change
... expand sociological participation in interdisciplinary research and education about global climate change. Workshop participants were asked to answer two questions in their short papers and workshop deliberations: What is the state of sociological research on global climate change? What are the majo ...
... expand sociological participation in interdisciplinary research and education about global climate change. Workshop participants were asked to answer two questions in their short papers and workshop deliberations: What is the state of sociological research on global climate change? What are the majo ...