Green jobs and skills: the local labour market implications of
... Climate change itself has different interpretations. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties a ...
... Climate change itself has different interpretations. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) climate change refers to a change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g. using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties a ...
The German Government`s Climate Action Programme 2020
... we are successful in achieving them and that success is verifiable. In this way, we hope to be able to encourage other countries to make significant contributions to the new and ambitious global climate agreement which is scheduled to be forged in Paris in December 2015. ...
... we are successful in achieving them and that success is verifiable. In this way, we hope to be able to encourage other countries to make significant contributions to the new and ambitious global climate agreement which is scheduled to be forged in Paris in December 2015. ...
Non-Economic Loss and Damage Caused by Climatic
... The main purpose of the study was to explore non-economic losses and damages caused by climatic stressors at the household level in the selected districts. The study also aimed to understand perceptions on underlying causes, types and nature of non-economic loss and damages through qualitative resea ...
... The main purpose of the study was to explore non-economic losses and damages caused by climatic stressors at the household level in the selected districts. The study also aimed to understand perceptions on underlying causes, types and nature of non-economic loss and damages through qualitative resea ...
Luiza C. Campos Senior Lecturer, University College London Geoff
... those to manage uncertainties. The paper is based on a review of published and grey literature and as such will not reflect current activities, for example those of wastewater companies. The paper is aimed at academics and researchers working in collaboration with the water industry. The recent floo ...
... those to manage uncertainties. The paper is based on a review of published and grey literature and as such will not reflect current activities, for example those of wastewater companies. The paper is aimed at academics and researchers working in collaboration with the water industry. The recent floo ...
Freshwater ecosystem adaptation to climate change in water
... impacts be understood as part of the broader set of pressures impacting freshwater systems. There is a high degree of uncertainty in using global climate models to predict the impacts of climate ...
... impacts be understood as part of the broader set of pressures impacting freshwater systems. There is a high degree of uncertainty in using global climate models to predict the impacts of climate ...
Understanding pUblic perception of climate change in
... Figure 6: Percent of respondents who had heard of climate change and global warming........12 Figure 7: Events or changes associated with climate change...................................................13 Figure 8: Perceptions of main causes of climate change in Cambodia................... ...
... Figure 6: Percent of respondents who had heard of climate change and global warming........12 Figure 7: Events or changes associated with climate change...................................................13 Figure 8: Perceptions of main causes of climate change in Cambodia................... ...
Climate change and natural disasters.
... There have been a number of serious natural disasters, such as floods or major forest fires, in Russia in recent years. The frequency and intensity of large-scale natural and technological incidents linked to extreme weather events have increased in the past ten years and will continue to increase. ...
... There have been a number of serious natural disasters, such as floods or major forest fires, in Russia in recent years. The frequency and intensity of large-scale natural and technological incidents linked to extreme weather events have increased in the past ten years and will continue to increase. ...
Glantz 2004 - Ilan Kelman
... among the needs and interests of specific targeted audiences for a report on the development of a Climate Affairs Program (or activity) and Center at education or training center. As I see it, while the direct contact for setting up a climate affairs activity (i.e., a client) is an agency of governm ...
... among the needs and interests of specific targeted audiences for a report on the development of a Climate Affairs Program (or activity) and Center at education or training center. As I see it, while the direct contact for setting up a climate affairs activity (i.e., a client) is an agency of governm ...
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... impacts be understood as part of the broader set of pressures impacting freshwater systems. There is a high degree of uncertainty in using global climate models to predict the impacts of climate ...
... impacts be understood as part of the broader set of pressures impacting freshwater systems. There is a high degree of uncertainty in using global climate models to predict the impacts of climate ...
Climate Change and Population Movement in Pacific Island Countries
... If droughts were to be longer or occur more frequently, the livelihoods of very large numbers of people would be placed under significant duress. As well as droughts, extreme rainfall events are likely to become increasingly intense and frequent, causing flooding that may make ...
... If droughts were to be longer or occur more frequently, the livelihoods of very large numbers of people would be placed under significant duress. As well as droughts, extreme rainfall events are likely to become increasingly intense and frequent, causing flooding that may make ...
Climate change and tropical Andean glaciers
... This looming threat of changes in water supply associated with tropical glacier retreat has received little attention so far, mostly because the climate change community is very much focused on observed and projected large climatic changes at high northern latitudes. However, these global projection ...
... This looming threat of changes in water supply associated with tropical glacier retreat has received little attention so far, mostly because the climate change community is very much focused on observed and projected large climatic changes at high northern latitudes. However, these global projection ...
The 2007 Eco Tourism conference held at the Pan
... Research and education program, standards and best practices Each of these program areas relates to proposals that have been made in addressing impacts of climate change. The Davos declaration, for example, identifies awareness creation as critical in addressing impacts of climate change. The conf ...
... Research and education program, standards and best practices Each of these program areas relates to proposals that have been made in addressing impacts of climate change. The Davos declaration, for example, identifies awareness creation as critical in addressing impacts of climate change. The conf ...
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 ...
NFU`s work on climate change
... For the 2080s the change is very unlikely to be lower than -49% and very unlikely to be higher than +6% ...
... For the 2080s the change is very unlikely to be lower than -49% and very unlikely to be higher than +6% ...
Coastal Zones and Marine Ecosystems
... from uniform, either thematically or in regional coverage, and there are still substantial gaps in our understanding. The First and Second Assessment Reports on ocean systems (Tsyban et al., 1990; Ittekkot et al., 1996) conclude that global warming will affect the oceans through changes in sea-surfa ...
... from uniform, either thematically or in regional coverage, and there are still substantial gaps in our understanding. The First and Second Assessment Reports on ocean systems (Tsyban et al., 1990; Ittekkot et al., 1996) conclude that global warming will affect the oceans through changes in sea-surfa ...
The Macroeconomics of Climate Change Final Report, May 2013
... interpret which results are most important, but this must be balanced with the gain in ease of use and explanatory power that comes from abstracting away from all but the most crucial mechanisms that affect the problem at hand. In addition, in a context where debates persist about the best way to re ...
... interpret which results are most important, but this must be balanced with the gain in ease of use and explanatory power that comes from abstracting away from all but the most crucial mechanisms that affect the problem at hand. In addition, in a context where debates persist about the best way to re ...
Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and
... Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and Trends registered different levels and paths of development, they have also shown varying levels of emissions throughout their development cycles. We can not provide definitive answers as to the why it is so, because existing data on emis ...
... Urban Areas and Climate Change: Review of Current Issues and Trends registered different levels and paths of development, they have also shown varying levels of emissions throughout their development cycles. We can not provide definitive answers as to the why it is so, because existing data on emis ...
Introduction. Pliocene climate, processes and problems
... The CO2 increases reconstructed for the Pliocene, up to 425 ppm by volume, would produce a radiative forcing of approximately 2.5 W mK2. This may be sufficient to explain the warmth of the Pliocene globally (depending on the chosen climate sensitivity parameter, and whether there are any significant c ...
... The CO2 increases reconstructed for the Pliocene, up to 425 ppm by volume, would produce a radiative forcing of approximately 2.5 W mK2. This may be sufficient to explain the warmth of the Pliocene globally (depending on the chosen climate sensitivity parameter, and whether there are any significant c ...
Climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic
... National climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity are proposed which emphasise the protection of habitats and processes that support the persistence of freshwater biota under a changing climate. These guidelines are intended to provide guidanc ...
... National climate change adaptation guidelines for arid zone aquatic ecosystems and freshwater biodiversity are proposed which emphasise the protection of habitats and processes that support the persistence of freshwater biota under a changing climate. These guidelines are intended to provide guidanc ...
studies
... down the concurrent long-term action track based on the Bali Action Roadmap that was originally set up to deliver a climate treaty at the Copenhagen conference. These developments will allow international negotiators to focus their efforts on the Durban Platform. Nevertheless, it is highly uncertain ...
... down the concurrent long-term action track based on the Bali Action Roadmap that was originally set up to deliver a climate treaty at the Copenhagen conference. These developments will allow international negotiators to focus their efforts on the Durban Platform. Nevertheless, it is highly uncertain ...
The risks of relying on tomorrow`s `negative emissions` to guide
... increasingly been incorporated into modelled assessments of mitigation pathways, point out the ironic trend in recent years: “Thus, paradoxically, despite little progress in international climate policy and increasing emissions, long-term climate stabilization through the lens of IAM [integrated ass ...
... increasingly been incorporated into modelled assessments of mitigation pathways, point out the ironic trend in recent years: “Thus, paradoxically, despite little progress in international climate policy and increasing emissions, long-term climate stabilization through the lens of IAM [integrated ass ...
Treeline dynamics with climate change at the central Nepal Himalaya
... et al., 2011; Kirdyanov et al., 2012). A meta-analysis of a global data set, including 166 sites for which treeline dynamics had been recorded since AD 1900, showed that the treeline either advanced (52 % of sites) or remained unchanged, while only few treelines (1 %) declined under heavy anthropoge ...
... et al., 2011; Kirdyanov et al., 2012). A meta-analysis of a global data set, including 166 sites for which treeline dynamics had been recorded since AD 1900, showed that the treeline either advanced (52 % of sites) or remained unchanged, while only few treelines (1 %) declined under heavy anthropoge ...
On the hydrOlOgical cycle Of the amazOn Basin: a histOrical
... cycle in the tropics. Eltahir and Bras (1994), Brubaker et al., (1993) and Costa and Foley (1999) among others have estimated an annual mean recycle rate of about 20% to 35% that are lower than the previous estimates by Molion. Climate variability and change, due both to natural climate variability ...
... cycle in the tropics. Eltahir and Bras (1994), Brubaker et al., (1993) and Costa and Foley (1999) among others have estimated an annual mean recycle rate of about 20% to 35% that are lower than the previous estimates by Molion. Climate variability and change, due both to natural climate variability ...
Committee on America's Climate Choices; National Research Council
... so is that the body of scientific knowledge about climate change is growing rapidly and, as it does, so too does our understanding of the nature and severity of potential consequences. Second, unlike most previous studies, this study looks across the full range of response options and the interactio ...
... so is that the body of scientific knowledge about climate change is growing rapidly and, as it does, so too does our understanding of the nature and severity of potential consequences. Second, unlike most previous studies, this study looks across the full range of response options and the interactio ...