Global Public Goods
... Yet, impact assessments of the agreed-upon international cooperation commitments would frequently show that one particular international cooperation effort can help achieve multiple goals. To stay with the international example of financing the Green Climate Fund, this measure could help improve mit ...
... Yet, impact assessments of the agreed-upon international cooperation commitments would frequently show that one particular international cooperation effort can help achieve multiple goals. To stay with the international example of financing the Green Climate Fund, this measure could help improve mit ...
Climate Change, Vulnerability and Health: A Guide to Assessing
... The numbers and relative abundances of different genes (genetic diversity), species, and ecosystems (communities) in a particular area ...
... The numbers and relative abundances of different genes (genetic diversity), species, and ecosystems (communities) in a particular area ...
Working Paper 12C
... north to northern New South Wales (class E4 of Hutchinson et al. 2005); 4) hummock grasslands or shrublands with a hummock grassland understorey of the arid interior (classes E6 and G of Hutchinson et al. 2005); 5) tropical savanna woodlands in the wet-dry tropics of the Gulf and Cape regions (class ...
... north to northern New South Wales (class E4 of Hutchinson et al. 2005); 4) hummock grasslands or shrublands with a hummock grassland understorey of the arid interior (classes E6 and G of Hutchinson et al. 2005); 5) tropical savanna woodlands in the wet-dry tropics of the Gulf and Cape regions (class ...
argue - DLR ELIB
... difficulty is the quantification of input parameters (due to underlying uncertainty in atmospheric processes). In addition, for some transport-related emissions, the values of metrics (unlike the gases included in the Kyoto Protocol) depend on where and when the emissions are introduced into the atmos ...
... difficulty is the quantification of input parameters (due to underlying uncertainty in atmospheric processes). In addition, for some transport-related emissions, the values of metrics (unlike the gases included in the Kyoto Protocol) depend on where and when the emissions are introduced into the atmos ...
Parallel Session L3 Towards Climate
... Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for upscaling climate-smart agriculture practices Avagyan Armine, Karttunen Kaisa, De Vit Caroline, Rioux Janie Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy ...
... Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) for upscaling climate-smart agriculture practices Avagyan Armine, Karttunen Kaisa, De Vit Caroline, Rioux Janie Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy ...
Peer-reviewed Article PDF
... the change of average sea level in the 20th century is about 1.5 ± 0.5 mm per year [2], although he has been estimated it is about 1.8 ± 0.3 mm per year in between 1950 to 2000. However, the existence of mangrove ecosystem depends on the sea level when the rising rate is up to 9-10 cm per hundred ye ...
... the change of average sea level in the 20th century is about 1.5 ± 0.5 mm per year [2], although he has been estimated it is about 1.8 ± 0.3 mm per year in between 1950 to 2000. However, the existence of mangrove ecosystem depends on the sea level when the rising rate is up to 9-10 cm per hundred ye ...
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
... Support for the Swinomish Climate Change Initiative was provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), which provided 80% of project funding. Many people participated in technical assessment activities for this project and/or ...
... Support for the Swinomish Climate Change Initiative was provided through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Native Americans (ANA), which provided 80% of project funding. Many people participated in technical assessment activities for this project and/or ...
Climate change in the northeastern US: regional climate model
... environment have already been experienced across the northeastern US. The potential future impacts for climatesensitive sectors, including coastal regions, marine fisheries, forests, agriculture, winter recreation, and human health, have been addressed by a set of previous studies (Frumhoff et al. 2 ...
... environment have already been experienced across the northeastern US. The potential future impacts for climatesensitive sectors, including coastal regions, marine fisheries, forests, agriculture, winter recreation, and human health, have been addressed by a set of previous studies (Frumhoff et al. 2 ...
Building resilience to climate change
... the greenhouse effect plays a crucial role in warming the Earth to support life1, over the past 100 to 200 years the concentrations of human-made (anthropogenic) greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere have increased significantly as a result of industrial activity, deforestation and the burning o ...
... the greenhouse effect plays a crucial role in warming the Earth to support life1, over the past 100 to 200 years the concentrations of human-made (anthropogenic) greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere have increased significantly as a result of industrial activity, deforestation and the burning o ...
IPCC WGI AR5 Chapter Template
... papers, many of which were co-authored with scientists from diverse disciplines. His association with the IPCC began with the First Assessment Report which was published in 1990, and which played a major role in the scientific foundation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Subsequently ...
... papers, many of which were co-authored with scientists from diverse disciplines. His association with the IPCC began with the First Assessment Report which was published in 1990, and which played a major role in the scientific foundation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Subsequently ...
2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update
... Data sets and analytical techniques for examining Pennsylvania’s Climate Futures have advanced significantly since the 2009 Impact Assessment and the 2013 update. Since those reports, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), which included new ...
... Data sets and analytical techniques for examining Pennsylvania’s Climate Futures have advanced significantly since the 2009 Impact Assessment and the 2013 update. Since those reports, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), which included new ...
NRDC: Sneezing and Wheezing - How Climate Change Could
... This is bad news for allergy sufferers and asthmatics because both ragweed pollen and high levels of ozone smog can trigger asthma attacks and worsen allergic symptoms in adults and children. Moreover, studies show that people exposed to both ragweed allergens and ozone are likely to become more ill ...
... This is bad news for allergy sufferers and asthmatics because both ragweed pollen and high levels of ozone smog can trigger asthma attacks and worsen allergic symptoms in adults and children. Moreover, studies show that people exposed to both ragweed allergens and ozone are likely to become more ill ...
Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Carpathian region
... change in combination with other anthropogenic pressures. The conclusions presented below are discussed in more detail in the chapters of this report. Key climate change pressures (temperature and precipitation) Temperature Change - Rising winter and summer temperatures threaten local and national p ...
... change in combination with other anthropogenic pressures. The conclusions presented below are discussed in more detail in the chapters of this report. Key climate change pressures (temperature and precipitation) Temperature Change - Rising winter and summer temperatures threaten local and national p ...
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... season degree-days of corn and soybeans. Unlike these studies, this study uses a state specific growing season definition for each crop based on USDA crop progress data. The data show that growing seasons for a crop vary across states. As a result of technical change in crop production technology su ...
... season degree-days of corn and soybeans. Unlike these studies, this study uses a state specific growing season definition for each crop based on USDA crop progress data. The data show that growing seasons for a crop vary across states. As a result of technical change in crop production technology su ...
Warming Impact—Disease - Open Evidence Archive
... gas concentrations will inevitably drive global warming. The observations we have taken since the start of 20th century have confirmed our fundamental understanding of the climate system. While the climate system is very complex, observations have shown that our formulation of the physics of the atm ...
... gas concentrations will inevitably drive global warming. The observations we have taken since the start of 20th century have confirmed our fundamental understanding of the climate system. While the climate system is very complex, observations have shown that our formulation of the physics of the atm ...
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. (2010) Adapting Institutions to Climate Change, Twenty-eighth report. David Stainforth is acknowledged in the report as a key contributor
... and urgent action. The requirement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is well recognised, but this alone will not suffice: substantial changes to our climate are already unavoidable. Despite the magnitude of this challenge and the powerful evidence now available, there is still a lack of unders ...
... and urgent action. The requirement to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is well recognised, but this alone will not suffice: substantial changes to our climate are already unavoidable. Despite the magnitude of this challenge and the powerful evidence now available, there is still a lack of unders ...
The Rockefeller Foundation Initiative Asian Cities Climate Change
... cities a core part of the larger Building Climate Change Resilience Initiative that also includes another major component on resilience in African agriculture. 2. Urban climate change resilience represents a valuable and relevant concept for addressing urban climate change. However, it is complex a ...
... cities a core part of the larger Building Climate Change Resilience Initiative that also includes another major component on resilience in African agriculture. 2. Urban climate change resilience represents a valuable and relevant concept for addressing urban climate change. However, it is complex a ...
toward a constructive dialogue on federal and state roles in u.s.
... In the United States to date, states have taken most of the significant actions to address climate change. Yet enactment of a nationwide program requiring reductions across the entire United States is both necessary and increasingly likely. This prospect raises a number of questions as to the approp ...
... In the United States to date, states have taken most of the significant actions to address climate change. Yet enactment of a nationwide program requiring reductions across the entire United States is both necessary and increasingly likely. This prospect raises a number of questions as to the approp ...
Synthesis of Climate Change Knowledge and Planning Practices
... highly significant habitats. For example, the climate change threat to biodiversity has been especially well documented for the Wet Tropics rainforests (Hilbert et al., 2001; Kanowski, 2001; Williams et al., 2003; Hilbert et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2008). However, other climate related informati ...
... highly significant habitats. For example, the climate change threat to biodiversity has been especially well documented for the Wet Tropics rainforests (Hilbert et al., 2001; Kanowski, 2001; Williams et al., 2003; Hilbert et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2008). However, other climate related informati ...
The robustness of flood insurance regimes given changing risk Jessica Lamond ,
... as Spain and Switzerland (Table 1). On the whole developed nations have higher coverage rates whereas insured losses in developing countries rarely represent more than 25% of total economic losses (Jha et al., 2011). In predicting climate impacts on flood risks the expectation from the latest IPCC re ...
... as Spain and Switzerland (Table 1). On the whole developed nations have higher coverage rates whereas insured losses in developing countries rarely represent more than 25% of total economic losses (Jha et al., 2011). In predicting climate impacts on flood risks the expectation from the latest IPCC re ...
Assessment Report
... Adaptation shall be focused on preventing or abating the aggravation of the ecoregion’s existing problems resulting from “abnormal” weather and climatic events. In their studies the authors took into consideration two major distinctive features of the ASE. Firstly, to date there are no significant s ...
... Adaptation shall be focused on preventing or abating the aggravation of the ecoregion’s existing problems resulting from “abnormal” weather and climatic events. In their studies the authors took into consideration two major distinctive features of the ASE. Firstly, to date there are no significant s ...
Climate Change and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
... be more susceptible to colonization of non-native SAV species such as Hydrilla verticillata and Myriophyllum spicatum. Although these species can have some habitat value in their own right they can reach nuisance levels not generally characteristic of more native SAV species. Social and Economic Con ...
... be more susceptible to colonization of non-native SAV species such as Hydrilla verticillata and Myriophyllum spicatum. Although these species can have some habitat value in their own right they can reach nuisance levels not generally characteristic of more native SAV species. Social and Economic Con ...
Rethinking Development in a Carbon
... have the greatest responsibility, but developing countries can also contribute by discarding the choices that have proven to be dangerous. Development aid can help in this task. Ways and means have to be found through which people in all countries can lead a life worthy of human dignity, in a way t ...
... have the greatest responsibility, but developing countries can also contribute by discarding the choices that have proven to be dangerous. Development aid can help in this task. Ways and means have to be found through which people in all countries can lead a life worthy of human dignity, in a way t ...
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... (Howden et al., 2007); increasing labour or livestock input per hectare to increase productivity (Mortimore and Adams, 2001); increasing regional farm diversity (Reidsma and Ewert, 2008); and shifting to nonfarm livelihoods (Morton, 2007). Besides ensuring smooth operation some practices may even ha ...
... (Howden et al., 2007); increasing labour or livestock input per hectare to increase productivity (Mortimore and Adams, 2001); increasing regional farm diversity (Reidsma and Ewert, 2008); and shifting to nonfarm livelihoods (Morton, 2007). Besides ensuring smooth operation some practices may even ha ...
Climate Change and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation in Virginia
... be more susceptible to colonization of non-native SAV species such as Hydrilla verticillata and Myriophyllum spicatum. Although these species can have some habitat value in their own right they can reach nuisance levels not generally characteristic of more native SAV species. Social and Economic Con ...
... be more susceptible to colonization of non-native SAV species such as Hydrilla verticillata and Myriophyllum spicatum. Although these species can have some habitat value in their own right they can reach nuisance levels not generally characteristic of more native SAV species. Social and Economic Con ...