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... 1.2.2 Chief Executives Service: The Service manages and oversees the Council‟s performance in delivering services to local communities and covers E-Government and customer services, Policy, Performance and community planning, Legal and Committee Services, Personnel and Ward Management. There are six ...
... 1.2.2 Chief Executives Service: The Service manages and oversees the Council‟s performance in delivering services to local communities and covers E-Government and customer services, Policy, Performance and community planning, Legal and Committee Services, Personnel and Ward Management. There are six ...
Change - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... in representing important features of the general circulation across shorter time scales, and aspects of seasonal and interannual variability. 3. Models ably reproduce features of past climates and climate changes. 4. Over several decades models have consistently provided a robust and unambiguous pi ...
... in representing important features of the general circulation across shorter time scales, and aspects of seasonal and interannual variability. 3. Models ably reproduce features of past climates and climate changes. 4. Over several decades models have consistently provided a robust and unambiguous pi ...
Climate Risk Management for Agriculture in Peru
... to sustainable development and the goal of building resilient nations. As the full effect of climate change becomes apparent, it is assessments such as these that will become the lynchpin of national responses and adaptation strategies for many years to come. Like the threat from many disasters, the ...
... to sustainable development and the goal of building resilient nations. As the full effect of climate change becomes apparent, it is assessments such as these that will become the lynchpin of national responses and adaptation strategies for many years to come. Like the threat from many disasters, the ...
Ireland’s Climate: the road ahead IR E
... Interest in the Irish climate has considerably increased in recent years due to international concerns regarding climate change and the linkage with greenhouse gas emissions. In response, several reports have been produced by Irish researchers that provide projections of the future Irish climate in ...
... Interest in the Irish climate has considerably increased in recent years due to international concerns regarding climate change and the linkage with greenhouse gas emissions. In response, several reports have been produced by Irish researchers that provide projections of the future Irish climate in ...
Competing roles of rising CO2 and climate change
... spin-up. In this study sub daily variations of temperature, shortwave radiation and precipitation have been imposed on the daily mean driving data. The vegetation dynamics component of JULES is disabled in this study, and vegetation fractions are held static throughout the experiments, using the sam ...
... spin-up. In this study sub daily variations of temperature, shortwave radiation and precipitation have been imposed on the daily mean driving data. The vegetation dynamics component of JULES is disabled in this study, and vegetation fractions are held static throughout the experiments, using the sam ...
Climate change in the Arctic: current and future
... Both settlements have expanded rapidly since the 1960s, and their economies have shifted from being based largely on subsistence activities to mixed economies, where both the informal and formal economic sectors assume an important role. Harvesting of renewable resources continues to be a valued act ...
... Both settlements have expanded rapidly since the 1960s, and their economies have shifted from being based largely on subsistence activities to mixed economies, where both the informal and formal economic sectors assume an important role. Harvesting of renewable resources continues to be a valued act ...
Climate Change and Public Health: MALARIA
... of the 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted by humans in 2013 alone. The rising levels of carbon dioxide that have been measured at M auna Toa since 1958 are undisputedly due to human combustion of fossil fuels. ...
... of the 36 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted by humans in 2013 alone. The rising levels of carbon dioxide that have been measured at M auna Toa since 1958 are undisputedly due to human combustion of fossil fuels. ...
Iceland`s Climate Change Strategy - Ministry for the Environment
... first, scientists are of the opinion that it is necessary to reduce GHG emissions on a global level in coming decades in order to prevent hazardous changes in climate on Earth; and second, developed nations such as Iceland should be in the vanguard in achieving that reduction. Emphasis is placed on ...
... first, scientists are of the opinion that it is necessary to reduce GHG emissions on a global level in coming decades in order to prevent hazardous changes in climate on Earth; and second, developed nations such as Iceland should be in the vanguard in achieving that reduction. Emphasis is placed on ...
Climate Change Adaptation and Development
... Tyndall researchers, they have not been subject to a full peer review. The accuracy of this work and the conclusions reached are the responsibility of the author(s) alone and not the Tyndall Centre. ...
... Tyndall researchers, they have not been subject to a full peer review. The accuracy of this work and the conclusions reached are the responsibility of the author(s) alone and not the Tyndall Centre. ...
WETLANDS, CARBON STORAGE, AND FUTURE CLIMATE
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that global surface air temperatures will increase another 2-8F in the next hundred years with a “best guess” increase of 3.5 degrees by 2100. The most significant increases will occur in the northern latitudes. The temperature of wetlan ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has estimated that global surface air temperatures will increase another 2-8F in the next hundred years with a “best guess” increase of 3.5 degrees by 2100. The most significant increases will occur in the northern latitudes. The temperature of wetlan ...
Effects of climate extremes on the terrestrial carbon cycle: concepts
... will often reduce evapotranspiration and its cooling effect and thereby causes a positive local feedback on warming (e.g. Seneviratne et al., 2010; Teuling et al., 2010; Mueller & Seneviratne, 2012; Peng et al., 2014). Regional assessments clearly indicate the relevance of climate extremes on the ca ...
... will often reduce evapotranspiration and its cooling effect and thereby causes a positive local feedback on warming (e.g. Seneviratne et al., 2010; Teuling et al., 2010; Mueller & Seneviratne, 2012; Peng et al., 2014). Regional assessments clearly indicate the relevance of climate extremes on the ca ...
Understanding Seasonal Variability in thin Cirrus Clouds from
... crystal clouds with an optical depth below 0.03 exist globally [1], but are mostly found in the tropical upper troposphere, where the temperature is very low [2]. These sub-visible cirrus clouds (SVC) have been investigated over several decades both from in-situ measurements through airborne probes ...
... crystal clouds with an optical depth below 0.03 exist globally [1], but are mostly found in the tropical upper troposphere, where the temperature is very low [2]. These sub-visible cirrus clouds (SVC) have been investigated over several decades both from in-situ measurements through airborne probes ...
Introduction to Integrated Environment Assessment Models
... • Diverse socio-economic scenarios • Macro and micro-economies • Local and regional boundaries • Short and long time horizons • Local and global environmental concerns • Rural and urban perspectives • Regional emissions and impact assessment • Probability and Decision under uncertainty • Technology ...
... • Diverse socio-economic scenarios • Macro and micro-economies • Local and regional boundaries • Short and long time horizons • Local and global environmental concerns • Rural and urban perspectives • Regional emissions and impact assessment • Probability and Decision under uncertainty • Technology ...
Emerging threats to human health from global environmental change.
... Three-quarters of monitored fisheries are being fished at, or beyond, their sustainable limits (4). To harness electricity, control flooding, and impound freshwater, we have built over 45,000 large dams (the size of a four-story building or larger) and an additional 800,000 smaller dams around the worl ...
... Three-quarters of monitored fisheries are being fished at, or beyond, their sustainable limits (4). To harness electricity, control flooding, and impound freshwater, we have built over 45,000 large dams (the size of a four-story building or larger) and an additional 800,000 smaller dams around the worl ...
What is Climate Change and How it will effect Bangladesh?
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth‟s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
... due to various factors. However, for the first time in the earth‟s history it has now been firmly established that its human inhabitants are altering the climate through global warming as a result of greenhouse gas emissions. Although the basic science is now clear, the full range of effects due to ...
Is climate an important driver of post
... century fire suppression. This led to significant warm to cool shifts in temperature class where cool-adapted Acer saccharum increased and temperature neutral changes where warm-adapted Acer rubrum increased. In both cases, these shifts were attributed to fire suppression rather than climate change. ...
... century fire suppression. This led to significant warm to cool shifts in temperature class where cool-adapted Acer saccharum increased and temperature neutral changes where warm-adapted Acer rubrum increased. In both cases, these shifts were attributed to fire suppression rather than climate change. ...
Climate-Driven Change of the Stand Age Structure in the Polar Ural
... high mountains are given considerable but deserved consideration because of the opportunity and necessity to evaluate their responses to what is widely considered to be anomalous 20th century warming (Kullman, 1990; Körner, 1999; Holtmeier, 2003). The montane plant communities growing at high latitu ...
... high mountains are given considerable but deserved consideration because of the opportunity and necessity to evaluate their responses to what is widely considered to be anomalous 20th century warming (Kullman, 1990; Körner, 1999; Holtmeier, 2003). The montane plant communities growing at high latitu ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
A Practitioner`s Guide to Climate Change Adaptation
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
... strengths and its usefulness depends on the specific adaptation process and the stakeholders involved. Because of the uncertainties associated with some adaptation options, it is also important to build flexibility and ‘learning-by-doing’ approach into decisions. Generally speaking, options can incl ...
Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in
... seedlings, machinery, or other inputs that are constraints for many poor farmers, as well as in efforts to facilitate farmer innovation through extension, demonstration sites, and support for farmer organizations and farmers’ experiments. With international pledges to provide finance for climate cha ...
... seedlings, machinery, or other inputs that are constraints for many poor farmers, as well as in efforts to facilitate farmer innovation through extension, demonstration sites, and support for farmer organizations and farmers’ experiments. With international pledges to provide finance for climate cha ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... the USA DOE‐NCAR/PCM developed as a common project of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Department of Energy (Washington et al., 2000), and the German MPI‐DMI/ECHAM4‐OPYC3 developed as a common project of the Max Planck Institut für Meteorologie ...
... the USA DOE‐NCAR/PCM developed as a common project of the National Center for Atmospheric Research and Department of Energy (Washington et al., 2000), and the German MPI‐DMI/ECHAM4‐OPYC3 developed as a common project of the Max Planck Institut für Meteorologie ...
Concept Note 2 - Climate Smart Agriculture
... Agriculture, rural development and conservation organizations have all been working in recent decades to support farmers across the developing world to increase production in ways that avoid the environmental damage conventionally associated with farming. One of the widespread success stories is con ...
... Agriculture, rural development and conservation organizations have all been working in recent decades to support farmers across the developing world to increase production in ways that avoid the environmental damage conventionally associated with farming. One of the widespread success stories is con ...
Rob Lawlor, The Absurdity of Economists` Sacrifice
... This then has implications for the efficiency of transfers that aim to provide individuals with gains to compensate them for their losses. That is, if losses are given more weight than gains, even when they are “objectively commensurate”, and if we want to give people compensation that they will con ...
... This then has implications for the efficiency of transfers that aim to provide individuals with gains to compensate them for their losses. That is, if losses are given more weight than gains, even when they are “objectively commensurate”, and if we want to give people compensation that they will con ...
The BBC and ClimaTe Change: a Triple BeTrayal
... much of what was happening it remained studiously oblivious. In the very years when the global warming issue was becoming more controversial than at any time since the scare was first launched on its way in the 1980s, the BBC continued to promote the received orthodoxy on climate change and the poli ...
... much of what was happening it remained studiously oblivious. In the very years when the global warming issue was becoming more controversial than at any time since the scare was first launched on its way in the 1980s, the BBC continued to promote the received orthodoxy on climate change and the poli ...
thirsty country: climate change and drought in
... deficiencies that have occurred for three months or more. A rainfall deficiency is considered ‘serious’ when rainfall is in the lowest 5-10 percent of the full range of rainfall amounts, from the very lowest to the very highest, for the period measured, and ‘severe’ when rainfall is in the lowest 0- ...
... deficiencies that have occurred for three months or more. A rainfall deficiency is considered ‘serious’ when rainfall is in the lowest 5-10 percent of the full range of rainfall amounts, from the very lowest to the very highest, for the period measured, and ‘severe’ when rainfall is in the lowest 0- ...