Climate Change and Tourism - Sustainable Development of Tourism
... transport to total GHG emissions was agreed to be rising rapidly. Schemes to achieve carbonneutral air transport by the introduction of voluntary levies have already been described. There is evidence from countries such as the UK and New Zealand that carbon taxes of one kind or another are increasin ...
... transport to total GHG emissions was agreed to be rising rapidly. Schemes to achieve carbonneutral air transport by the introduction of voluntary levies have already been described. There is evidence from countries such as the UK and New Zealand that carbon taxes of one kind or another are increasin ...
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... The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) was established in 2010 as part of the reform of the World Committee on Food Security (CFS). The main role of the HLPE is to provide, at request of the CFS, policyoriented analysis and advice, to underpin policy formulation and th ...
... The High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) was established in 2010 as part of the reform of the World Committee on Food Security (CFS). The main role of the HLPE is to provide, at request of the CFS, policyoriented analysis and advice, to underpin policy formulation and th ...
2016 - LCLUC
... EAT (Fig. 4a & b). Recent analysis of sea ice, land temperature and AVHRR NDVI trends from these two transects show (1) particularly strong positive open water and negative sea-ice trends in the Beaufort and W. Kara seas, (2) summer temperatures increasing in most areas except the Yamal and NW Siber ...
... EAT (Fig. 4a & b). Recent analysis of sea ice, land temperature and AVHRR NDVI trends from these two transects show (1) particularly strong positive open water and negative sea-ice trends in the Beaufort and W. Kara seas, (2) summer temperatures increasing in most areas except the Yamal and NW Siber ...
James Croll in Context: The Encounter between Climate Dynamics
... world in the village of Little Whitefield, in the parish of Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland on 2 Jan 1821. He was raised on a farm, had almost no formal education, and was by his own account “a rather dull scholar,” when in 1832, age 11, a favorable encounter with the Penny Magazine launched him on a ...
... world in the village of Little Whitefield, in the parish of Cargill, Perthshire, Scotland on 2 Jan 1821. He was raised on a farm, had almost no formal education, and was by his own account “a rather dull scholar,” when in 1832, age 11, a favorable encounter with the Penny Magazine launched him on a ...
Simulated interannual variation in summertime atmospheric
... Abstract The reproducibility of the interannual variability of the summertime East Asian circulation is examined using an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM). An ensemble experiment is conducted using observed sea surface temperature (SST) of recent 20 years as a lower boundary condition. T ...
... Abstract The reproducibility of the interannual variability of the summertime East Asian circulation is examined using an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM). An ensemble experiment is conducted using observed sea surface temperature (SST) of recent 20 years as a lower boundary condition. T ...
The existence value of biodiversity in South Africa: how
... if they were not concerned, they were asked why. If they were at all concerned, respondents were asked a hypothetical question as to their WTP to do something about it, as follows: ‘‘Given this reality, even our best conservation efforts will not adequately preserve South Africa’s natural heritage u ...
... if they were not concerned, they were asked why. If they were at all concerned, respondents were asked a hypothetical question as to their WTP to do something about it, as follows: ‘‘Given this reality, even our best conservation efforts will not adequately preserve South Africa’s natural heritage u ...
Clean Air Act Dynamism and Disappointments
... All successful regulatory schemes must balance clarity and stability with the need for flexibility and regulatory learning. Room for regulatory and private sector innovation is critical. However, regulatory challenges often encounter not restless regulators and private actors brimming over with inno ...
... All successful regulatory schemes must balance clarity and stability with the need for flexibility and regulatory learning. Room for regulatory and private sector innovation is critical. However, regulatory challenges often encounter not restless regulators and private actors brimming over with inno ...
iudf urban risk draft - Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
... Development Plan (NDP) aims to reduce poverty and inequality, grow the economy and enhance government’s capacity to develop and transform society. Without actions to mitigate their effects, however, hazards such as droughts, floods, storms and fires cost lives and livelihoods, destroy economic and s ...
... Development Plan (NDP) aims to reduce poverty and inequality, grow the economy and enhance government’s capacity to develop and transform society. Without actions to mitigate their effects, however, hazards such as droughts, floods, storms and fires cost lives and livelihoods, destroy economic and s ...
Global Meteorological Drought: A Synthesis of Current
... It is also important, of course, to place these summary articles into context and to synthesize some of their findings. This is the goal of the present overview article. To make it tractable, we focus primarily on understanding the role of SST in driving meteorological drought, although some attenti ...
... It is also important, of course, to place these summary articles into context and to synthesize some of their findings. This is the goal of the present overview article. To make it tractable, we focus primarily on understanding the role of SST in driving meteorological drought, although some attenti ...
Citizen Climate Lesson Plans Grades 9–12
... These lesson plans will help you provide your students with knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change policy and negotiation. It will allow your students to understand media coverage of climate policy negotiation, in both national and international arenas. It will also help your students dev ...
... These lesson plans will help you provide your students with knowledge of the basic concepts of climate change policy and negotiation. It will allow your students to understand media coverage of climate policy negotiation, in both national and international arenas. It will also help your students dev ...
AN ABSTRACT OF THE PROJECT OF
... The vulnerability of a place or system is important to understand for myriad reasons. It may be used to describe the impact of hazards on human systems. Furthermore, the concept is often used to characterize the state of a social system. Finally, vulnerability is used to identify ways in which the a ...
... The vulnerability of a place or system is important to understand for myriad reasons. It may be used to describe the impact of hazards on human systems. Furthermore, the concept is often used to characterize the state of a social system. Finally, vulnerability is used to identify ways in which the a ...
climate change under nepa: avoiding cursory consideration of
... alternative or commit to any specific mitigation measures.7 In fact, while NEPA requires agencies “to consider and give effect to the environmental goals set forth in the Act [and] not just to file detailed impact studies which will fill governmental archives,”8 the agencies are largely free to purs ...
... alternative or commit to any specific mitigation measures.7 In fact, while NEPA requires agencies “to consider and give effect to the environmental goals set forth in the Act [and] not just to file detailed impact studies which will fill governmental archives,”8 the agencies are largely free to purs ...
Short-Lived Promise? - Oxford Martin School
... over the next few decades, but would have little impact on peak warming unless CO2 emissions are substantially reduced at the same time. Immediate reductions in CO2 emissions would also deliver a more substantial climate benefit to future generations. Discussions of climate policy often focus exclus ...
... over the next few decades, but would have little impact on peak warming unless CO2 emissions are substantially reduced at the same time. Immediate reductions in CO2 emissions would also deliver a more substantial climate benefit to future generations. Discussions of climate policy often focus exclus ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... reach somewhere in the region of 25% (maize) and 75% (rice) respectively with global temperature rise of around 4-5°C.Biophysical limits on the extent to which such tolerance thresholds can be raised may be an important constraint on adaptation. This is one reason why high degrees of climate change ...
... reach somewhere in the region of 25% (maize) and 75% (rice) respectively with global temperature rise of around 4-5°C.Biophysical limits on the extent to which such tolerance thresholds can be raised may be an important constraint on adaptation. This is one reason why high degrees of climate change ...
climate change - Centre for Science and Policy
... reach somewhere in the region of 25% (maize) and 75% (rice) respectively with global temperature rise of around 4-5°C.Biophysical limits on the extent to which such tolerance thresholds can be raised may be an important constraint on adaptation. This is one reason why high degrees of climate change ...
... reach somewhere in the region of 25% (maize) and 75% (rice) respectively with global temperature rise of around 4-5°C.Biophysical limits on the extent to which such tolerance thresholds can be raised may be an important constraint on adaptation. This is one reason why high degrees of climate change ...
DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN TANZANIA: FOCUS
... This report presents the integrated case study for Tanzania carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. The report is structured around a three-tiered framework. First, recent climate trends and climate change scenarios for Tanzania are assessed, and key sectoral impacts are ...
... This report presents the integrated case study for Tanzania carried out under an OECD project on Development and Climate Change. The report is structured around a three-tiered framework. First, recent climate trends and climate change scenarios for Tanzania are assessed, and key sectoral impacts are ...
Entering Uncharted Waters
... threatens to increase pressures on the humanitarian system at a time when resources and capacity are under enormous strain. Furthermore, scientists are warning that recent events could signify that big changes may be underway in the Earth’s climate system, 4 driven by rising surface temperatures and ...
... threatens to increase pressures on the humanitarian system at a time when resources and capacity are under enormous strain. Furthermore, scientists are warning that recent events could signify that big changes may be underway in the Earth’s climate system, 4 driven by rising surface temperatures and ...
Eco-Fiction: Bringing Climate Change into the Imagination
... In my thesis I ask how the novel can respond to and help us to cognise these demands, as well as to cognise the scale and complexities of climate change, its philosophical and physical implications, and to attend to the particularities of local place whist remaining global in its scope and vision. I ...
... In my thesis I ask how the novel can respond to and help us to cognise these demands, as well as to cognise the scale and complexities of climate change, its philosophical and physical implications, and to attend to the particularities of local place whist remaining global in its scope and vision. I ...
Panama and the Specter of Climate Change
... change.'13 Such effects will undoubtedly affect these nations' positions and development strategies, always their central focus in the international sphere. Yet, despite their best efforts, these nations have been unable to slow global warming or to play roles in the solutions offered in its wake."4 ...
... change.'13 Such effects will undoubtedly affect these nations' positions and development strategies, always their central focus in the international sphere. Yet, despite their best efforts, these nations have been unable to slow global warming or to play roles in the solutions offered in its wake."4 ...
Trends in the land and ocean carbon uptake
... both contributed to the reversal of the trend in about equal proportions. Climate variability could play an important role in setting the trends of the past few decades. For instance, the 1970s was a particularly warm and wet decade, which led to an enhanced land CO2 sink early in the time series [3 ...
... both contributed to the reversal of the trend in about equal proportions. Climate variability could play an important role in setting the trends of the past few decades. For instance, the 1970s was a particularly warm and wet decade, which led to an enhanced land CO2 sink early in the time series [3 ...
Breaking down the tropospheric circulation response by forcing
... noted an approximate linearity of the climate response to ozone and greenhouse gas forcings. However, P10 investigated 50-year time-slice simulations; longer simulations would be desirable for filtering natural climate variability. In addition, P10 did not separate the direct radiative effects of g ...
... noted an approximate linearity of the climate response to ozone and greenhouse gas forcings. However, P10 investigated 50-year time-slice simulations; longer simulations would be desirable for filtering natural climate variability. In addition, P10 did not separate the direct radiative effects of g ...
McAdam - Climate Change Displacement
... Though the idea of an ‘ecological refugee’ was first mentioned in 1948,5 its more recent and first ‘official’ derivation was a UNEP report in 1985 by El-Hinnawi. He used the term ‘environmental refugee’ to highlight the potentially devastating impacts of unchecked development, pollution and so on.6 ...
... Though the idea of an ‘ecological refugee’ was first mentioned in 1948,5 its more recent and first ‘official’ derivation was a UNEP report in 1985 by El-Hinnawi. He used the term ‘environmental refugee’ to highlight the potentially devastating impacts of unchecked development, pollution and so on.6 ...
The colour of climate: changes in peat
... (Lowe and Walker, 1997) and analyses of these make it possible for the scientific community to interpret past climate changes and contribute to the understanding of Earth’s climate system. Although peatlands have long been used as records of past climate change, research on peatlands still receives r ...
... (Lowe and Walker, 1997) and analyses of these make it possible for the scientific community to interpret past climate changes and contribute to the understanding of Earth’s climate system. Although peatlands have long been used as records of past climate change, research on peatlands still receives r ...
Adaptation to Climate Change - Global Environment Facility
... (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of climate change adaptation among the most severe global risks, both in terms of likelihood and impact. The ef ...
... (LDCF) and the Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2018. Climate change adaptation is an issue of global concern. The 2014 Global Risks Report ranked a failure of climate change adaptation among the most severe global risks, both in terms of likelihood and impact. The ef ...