A Micro-econometric Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change
... change, alter the exposure to climate change, and increase the resilience or adaptive capacity to cope with the consequences of global warming (e.g. Yohe and Tol 2002). With respect to the determinants of tourism-related adaptation to climate change, we follow existing conceptual frameworks of adap ...
... change, alter the exposure to climate change, and increase the resilience or adaptive capacity to cope with the consequences of global warming (e.g. Yohe and Tol 2002). With respect to the determinants of tourism-related adaptation to climate change, we follow existing conceptual frameworks of adap ...
The EPA and Climate Change Contents
... The EPA’s 2020 Vision strategy sets out our vision for Ireland’s environment over the coming decade and beyond. The strategy is focused on delivering positive outcomes in a number of critical environmental areas, including climate change, and is set within the overall context of sustainable developm ...
... The EPA’s 2020 Vision strategy sets out our vision for Ireland’s environment over the coming decade and beyond. The strategy is focused on delivering positive outcomes in a number of critical environmental areas, including climate change, and is set within the overall context of sustainable developm ...
wicked - Cornell University
... 2. Build a “learning system” to improve scientific, bureaucratic, and public understanding of the problem and possible remedies ...
... 2. Build a “learning system” to improve scientific, bureaucratic, and public understanding of the problem and possible remedies ...
PNC_JHYOO - Pacific Neighborhood Consortium
... knowledge: from analysis to synthesis. Climate Research 33, no. 1: 101-110. Morgan, M. Granger, Hadi, Dowlatabadi, Max Henrion, David Keith, Robert Lempert, Sandra McBride, Mitchell Small and Thomas Willibanks. 2009. Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scient ...
... knowledge: from analysis to synthesis. Climate Research 33, no. 1: 101-110. Morgan, M. Granger, Hadi, Dowlatabadi, Max Henrion, David Keith, Robert Lempert, Sandra McBride, Mitchell Small and Thomas Willibanks. 2009. Best Practice Approaches for Characterizing, Communicating and Incorporating Scient ...
GEF COUNTRY EXPERIENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES
... strong need to link existing monitoring mechanisms of IAs/EAs (i.e. APR/PIR) with the monitoring of GEF-OFP ...
... strong need to link existing monitoring mechanisms of IAs/EAs (i.e. APR/PIR) with the monitoring of GEF-OFP ...
Climate Change and Variability in Southeast Zimbabwe
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
... A lot of researches have been done on the negative impacts and challenges caused by extreme weather conditions due to climate change and variability. Not many researches have been focused on the positive side in form of opportunities presented due to climate change. The study aimed to show the clima ...
Parmesan and Yohe, 2003
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
... importance to forces that are currently weak but are likely to persist. In contrast, economic approaches tend to discount events that will occur in the future, assigning little weight to weak but persistent forces. Differences of opinion among disciplines can therefore stem naturally from whether th ...
World Bank Bangkok Briefing - World Economy and Development
... • Support investments based on country-led strategies, and • Be flexible and efficient to respond to country demand and provide innovative solutions to mobilize private sector • Maximize co-benefits, particularly in relation to poverty reduction and sustainable management of natural resources and ec ...
... • Support investments based on country-led strategies, and • Be flexible and efficient to respond to country demand and provide innovative solutions to mobilize private sector • Maximize co-benefits, particularly in relation to poverty reduction and sustainable management of natural resources and ec ...
Climate change and its gendered impacts on agriculture in Vietnam
... one of the fastest economic growth nations. However, poverty still remains in the rural and mountainous areas; so the recent success in poverty reduction has the potential to be undermined by the effects of climate change. It is clear that “the poor tend to have less diversity of income sources, and ...
... one of the fastest economic growth nations. However, poverty still remains in the rural and mountainous areas; so the recent success in poverty reduction has the potential to be undermined by the effects of climate change. It is clear that “the poor tend to have less diversity of income sources, and ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming
... in recent decades owing to the heightened concentration of carbon dioxide in the air. The best science offers little justification for the rapid cuts in carbon dioxide mandated by the Kyoto Protocol. Furthermore, the economic consequences come with considerable human and environmental risk, at the c ...
... in recent decades owing to the heightened concentration of carbon dioxide in the air. The best science offers little justification for the rapid cuts in carbon dioxide mandated by the Kyoto Protocol. Furthermore, the economic consequences come with considerable human and environmental risk, at the c ...
Loss & Damage
... damage associated with climate change impacts in vulnerable countries”. 2008 - AOSIS proposes the ‘Multi-Window Mechanism to Address Loss and Damage from Climate Change Impacts’ in a submission to the SBI which calls for: (1) insurance to help vulnerable countries manage the financial risk associate ...
... damage associated with climate change impacts in vulnerable countries”. 2008 - AOSIS proposes the ‘Multi-Window Mechanism to Address Loss and Damage from Climate Change Impacts’ in a submission to the SBI which calls for: (1) insurance to help vulnerable countries manage the financial risk associate ...
impact of the kyoto protocol on the canadian economy answers from
... population (1.7 billion people) currently faces water scarcity; this figure could potentially double over the next 25 years as climate change leads to greater water shortages. As well, increased temperature will exacerbate the loss of 10-15 percent of the world's species in that same time ...
... population (1.7 billion people) currently faces water scarcity; this figure could potentially double over the next 25 years as climate change leads to greater water shortages. As well, increased temperature will exacerbate the loss of 10-15 percent of the world's species in that same time ...
gis based climate modeling for ecological and epidemiological
... us to study and follow the effects of climate change. It is exciting research theme to compare the reaction to climate change of the animal vectors of infectious diseases with the reaction of plant species. As is to be expected the climate in the Carpathian Basin will be warmer, more arid, and will ...
... us to study and follow the effects of climate change. It is exciting research theme to compare the reaction to climate change of the animal vectors of infectious diseases with the reaction of plant species. As is to be expected the climate in the Carpathian Basin will be warmer, more arid, and will ...
When It Rains, It Pours: Future Climate Extremes and Health
... cyclones). Hurricanes form only in regions where sea surface temperatures are above 26 C.29 During the late 1990s, overall hurricane activity in the North Atlantic doubled and the Caribbean experienced a 5-fold increase.30 Hurricane intensity also may be associated with warmer temperatures.31,32 As ...
... cyclones). Hurricanes form only in regions where sea surface temperatures are above 26 C.29 During the late 1990s, overall hurricane activity in the North Atlantic doubled and the Caribbean experienced a 5-fold increase.30 Hurricane intensity also may be associated with warmer temperatures.31,32 As ...
2011 - Northwest Fire Science Consortium
... change; (2) a review of current management practices and constraints; and (3) development of adaptation plans of action through collaborative workshops, involving research scientists and resource specialists (e.g., botanists, geneticists, wildlife biologists, fisheries biologists, and hydrologists) ...
... change; (2) a review of current management practices and constraints; and (3) development of adaptation plans of action through collaborative workshops, involving research scientists and resource specialists (e.g., botanists, geneticists, wildlife biologists, fisheries biologists, and hydrologists) ...
Could thawing permafrost accelerate global warming?
... Permafrost is soil that has been frozen for at least two consecutive years. It is found in large parts of the Arctic & in the Himalayas – encompassing about 25% of the northern hemisphere land area. There’s more than twice as much carbon stored in permafrost as there is in the whole atmosphere. Did ...
... Permafrost is soil that has been frozen for at least two consecutive years. It is found in large parts of the Arctic & in the Himalayas – encompassing about 25% of the northern hemisphere land area. There’s more than twice as much carbon stored in permafrost as there is in the whole atmosphere. Did ...
Toronto`s Future Weather and Climage Driver Study
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
... of 20% (although there is significant uncertainty in this maximum value) with winter precipitation possibly exceeding 130% of present day values (Christensen et al., 2007). However, there is currently only poor agreement, among the results obtained from various standard climate models, in the projec ...
Topic 8: Energy, power, climate change
... Milankovitch’s work was not recognized until the late 1960s because it was in Serbian. In the 60s just such cycles were being discovered in sediment and ice-core studies. FYI At their most extreme, Milankovitch cycles bring an annual variation of the sun’s power of less then 1/10th of 1 percent. ...
... Milankovitch’s work was not recognized until the late 1960s because it was in Serbian. In the 60s just such cycles were being discovered in sediment and ice-core studies. FYI At their most extreme, Milankovitch cycles bring an annual variation of the sun’s power of less then 1/10th of 1 percent. ...
2007 A R Message from the OCCI Director Terry Joyce
... engaged in a large, multi-insti- strengths lies in its seagoing and the analysis of vast amounts of model tutional collaborative project called, observational work, it is the role of output and data, and represents one ECCO: Estimating the Circulation WHOI scientists involved in this of the most sig ...
... engaged in a large, multi-insti- strengths lies in its seagoing and the analysis of vast amounts of model tutional collaborative project called, observational work, it is the role of output and data, and represents one ECCO: Estimating the Circulation WHOI scientists involved in this of the most sig ...
An Introduction to CCSM http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu
... – Realistic estimates of ocean heat uptake Effects of ocean on transient climate response – Realism of ocean mixed layer and ventilation Ocean uptake of CO2 and passive tracers (CFCs) ...
... – Realistic estimates of ocean heat uptake Effects of ocean on transient climate response – Realism of ocean mixed layer and ventilation Ocean uptake of CO2 and passive tracers (CFCs) ...
summer university on it in agriculture and rural development – 2006
... similar to the present climate of South-Southeast Europe. Horváth (2006, later today) • the risk of wheat production in Hungary between 1950 and 1990 has been increased, partly independently to the risk aversion of the decision maker. Ladányi (2006) (Debrecen region: the increase is quite high and e ...
... similar to the present climate of South-Southeast Europe. Horváth (2006, later today) • the risk of wheat production in Hungary between 1950 and 1990 has been increased, partly independently to the risk aversion of the decision maker. Ladányi (2006) (Debrecen region: the increase is quite high and e ...
i. enhanced actions on climate change
... activities since the Industrial Revolution, especially the accumulated carbon dioxide emissions from the intensive fossil fuels consumption of developed countries, have resulted in significantly increasing the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, exacerbated climate change primarily charac ...
... activities since the Industrial Revolution, especially the accumulated carbon dioxide emissions from the intensive fossil fuels consumption of developed countries, have resulted in significantly increasing the atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases, exacerbated climate change primarily charac ...
CePACT activities in the countries - Inventory Cook Islands The PGR
... groups at the community level. The limited land area in atoll countries is made more challenging by low soil fertility. This acts as another barrier to improved food security and trade. However, it is also an opportunity to increase food production from the outer islands to feed the main centres. Th ...
... groups at the community level. The limited land area in atoll countries is made more challenging by low soil fertility. This acts as another barrier to improved food security and trade. However, it is also an opportunity to increase food production from the outer islands to feed the main centres. Th ...
A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Kickapoo Tribe
... Any local vulnerability assessment necessarily incorporates a lot of uncertainty because climate change projections become less reliable at smaller scales. What we do know, however, is that the climate is changing, mostly due to human activity, and will contin ...
... Any local vulnerability assessment necessarily incorporates a lot of uncertainty because climate change projections become less reliable at smaller scales. What we do know, however, is that the climate is changing, mostly due to human activity, and will contin ...