WORKING GROUP III CONTRIBUTION TO THE IPCC FIFTH ASSESSMENT REPORT (AR5)
... development and other suitable indicators. The focus of the chapter will be on mitigation and mitigative capacity with respect to sustainable development. That is, development objectives at the national and sub-national level will be analyzed with respect to synergies and tradeoffs between sustainab ...
... development and other suitable indicators. The focus of the chapter will be on mitigation and mitigative capacity with respect to sustainable development. That is, development objectives at the national and sub-national level will be analyzed with respect to synergies and tradeoffs between sustainab ...
united - Stockholm Convention
... Climate change could affect primary releases of persistent organic pollutants to air by changing their rate of mobilization from materials or stockpiles, or by altering use patterns. This could result in an increase in primary releases that could offset some of the efforts made to reduce emissions o ...
... Climate change could affect primary releases of persistent organic pollutants to air by changing their rate of mobilization from materials or stockpiles, or by altering use patterns. This could result in an increase in primary releases that could offset some of the efforts made to reduce emissions o ...
Demographics and Climate Change: Future Trends And their Policy
... A major problem that has beset existing work on migration related to climate change has been definitional, with a significant part of the literature dedicated to defining and estimating the number of ‘environmental refugees’, or ‘environmental migrants’ that can be distinguished from other kinds of ...
... A major problem that has beset existing work on migration related to climate change has been definitional, with a significant part of the literature dedicated to defining and estimating the number of ‘environmental refugees’, or ‘environmental migrants’ that can be distinguished from other kinds of ...
The Wegman report
... climate at the time. Because isotopes of water vapor exhibit a lower vapor pressure, when the temperature falls, the heavier water molecules will condense faster than the normal water molecules. The relative concentrations of the heavier isotopes in the condensate indicate the temperature of condens ...
... climate at the time. Because isotopes of water vapor exhibit a lower vapor pressure, when the temperature falls, the heavier water molecules will condense faster than the normal water molecules. The relative concentrations of the heavier isotopes in the condensate indicate the temperature of condens ...
Volume 25, Nº1, 2011
... Fisheries and aquaculture are important sectors contributing to food security in Africa. In the article titled The future is now, Marie-Caroline Badjeck and Ndiaga Diop illustrate scenarios that can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change. They present fisheries situations ...
... Fisheries and aquaculture are important sectors contributing to food security in Africa. In the article titled The future is now, Marie-Caroline Badjeck and Ndiaga Diop illustrate scenarios that can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change. They present fisheries situations ...
Reconciling International Investment Law and Climate Change
... http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges/news/eu-temporarily-suspendsinvestment-part-of-us-trade-talks. 26. TTP Investment Chapter, supra note 3, at §B. ...
... http://www.ictsd.org/bridges-news/bridges/news/eu-temporarily-suspendsinvestment-part-of-us-trade-talks. 26. TTP Investment Chapter, supra note 3, at §B. ...
Kiribati
... generally within any heights from less than a meter to four meters above the mean sea level. Eleven of these atolls are uninhabitable because of their small size and lack of ground water lens. The atolls spread over a total Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.5 million sq. km. It became independent in 1979 ...
... generally within any heights from less than a meter to four meters above the mean sea level. Eleven of these atolls are uninhabitable because of their small size and lack of ground water lens. The atolls spread over a total Exclusive Economic Zone of 3.5 million sq. km. It became independent in 1979 ...
Great Lakes National Parks in Peril
... up. (See the next page for more information on this and other changes that are already underway and are consistent with projections of a changed climate.) Scientists project that lake waters could get 2° to 12°F hotter in this century. Higher air and water temperatures already are reducing winter ic ...
... up. (See the next page for more information on this and other changes that are already underway and are consistent with projections of a changed climate.) Scientists project that lake waters could get 2° to 12°F hotter in this century. Higher air and water temperatures already are reducing winter ic ...
Adaption to climate-related changes in seagrass ecosystems in
... facing the ecosystems they depend on, and whether they are taking adaptive action on a local level. Seagrass ecosystems are affected by both human and climate drivers, and their interaction is complex and differs around the globe. Some changes seen in these systems can be attributed to climate effec ...
... facing the ecosystems they depend on, and whether they are taking adaptive action on a local level. Seagrass ecosystems are affected by both human and climate drivers, and their interaction is complex and differs around the globe. Some changes seen in these systems can be attributed to climate effec ...
Protecting Climate Progress - League of Conservation Voters
... Florida, we supported our state ally’s effort to decisively defeat an industry-led anti-solar ballot measure, despite being outspent by tens of millions of dollars. These are not small wins. With momentum in the states, strong public preference for government involvement in combatting climate change ...
... Florida, we supported our state ally’s effort to decisively defeat an industry-led anti-solar ballot measure, despite being outspent by tens of millions of dollars. These are not small wins. With momentum in the states, strong public preference for government involvement in combatting climate change ...
University of Groningen Local cooling, global warming Hekkenberg, M
... As mentioned above, some of the distinctions in policy design result from the differences in the physico-chemical mechanisms leading to climate change and to ozone depletion, and the functional position of GHGs and ODSs in society. In this section these matterbased and functional position-based diff ...
... As mentioned above, some of the distinctions in policy design result from the differences in the physico-chemical mechanisms leading to climate change and to ozone depletion, and the functional position of GHGs and ODSs in society. In this section these matterbased and functional position-based diff ...
Climate Change and Displacement for Indigenous Communities in
... they are not exclusively an Arctic people, with their ranges extending as far south as approximately 62°N along the Norway-Sweden border. As rough estimates, approximately 900,000 people inhabit Arctic Scandinavia of whom perhaps 50,000-90,000 are Saami. Saami are frequently associated with reindeer ...
... they are not exclusively an Arctic people, with their ranges extending as far south as approximately 62°N along the Norway-Sweden border. As rough estimates, approximately 900,000 people inhabit Arctic Scandinavia of whom perhaps 50,000-90,000 are Saami. Saami are frequently associated with reindeer ...
unilateral climate regulation - Harvard Environmental Law Review
... regulations would actually exacerbate incentives to free-ride in connected reVL4W-P2DM. And Canada announced that it would withdraw from the Protocol, because it considered the targets impossible to meet. Ian Austen, Canada Announces Exit From Kyoto Climate Treaty, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 12, 2011), http:/ ...
... regulations would actually exacerbate incentives to free-ride in connected reVL4W-P2DM. And Canada announced that it would withdraw from the Protocol, because it considered the targets impossible to meet. Ian Austen, Canada Announces Exit From Kyoto Climate Treaty, N.Y. TIMES (Dec. 12, 2011), http:/ ...
Understanding Climate Diplomacy
... strengthening to a ‘below 1.5°C’ goal. No country can control the climate risk it faces on its own. Climate change is more challenging than many other global issues because it is a race against time, delaying action makes lower climate risk levels unattainable. It also requires profound choices that ...
... strengthening to a ‘below 1.5°C’ goal. No country can control the climate risk it faces on its own. Climate change is more challenging than many other global issues because it is a race against time, delaying action makes lower climate risk levels unattainable. It also requires profound choices that ...
All flavours of El Niño have similar early subsurface origins - e
... The El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon, characterized by anomalous sea surface temperatures and winds in the tropical Pacific, affects climate across the globe1 . El Niños occur every 2–7 years, whereas the El Niño/Southern Oscillation itself varies on decadal timescales in frequency and amplit ...
... The El Niño/Southern Oscillation phenomenon, characterized by anomalous sea surface temperatures and winds in the tropical Pacific, affects climate across the globe1 . El Niños occur every 2–7 years, whereas the El Niño/Southern Oscillation itself varies on decadal timescales in frequency and amplit ...
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... of their ability to filter water, support a rich biodiversity, and store greenhouse gases (especially methane and carbon dioxide), wetlands provide significant economic value to society. Nonetheless, wetlands in western Canada, for example, have been and continue to be drained as a result of agricul ...
... of their ability to filter water, support a rich biodiversity, and store greenhouse gases (especially methane and carbon dioxide), wetlands provide significant economic value to society. Nonetheless, wetlands in western Canada, for example, have been and continue to be drained as a result of agricul ...
a proposal for a convention on climate change refugees
... with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humanitarian, and international environmental law. It looks to legal precedent ...
... with climate change refugees,7 this Article presents several advances. It provides a more in-depth examination of a climate change refugee legal instrument that draws on multiple areas of the law, including human rights, humanitarian, and international environmental law. It looks to legal precedent ...
workingpaper - School of Psychology
... also a process of dialogue between scientists and the public. Upstream topics like geoengineering are of particular interest because they are not yet subject to entrenched attitudes or social representations (Rogers-Hayden & Pidgeon, 2007), and this means that public attitudes and views can legitima ...
... also a process of dialogue between scientists and the public. Upstream topics like geoengineering are of particular interest because they are not yet subject to entrenched attitudes or social representations (Rogers-Hayden & Pidgeon, 2007), and this means that public attitudes and views can legitima ...
Landscape Succession Strategy – Melbourne Gardens 2016–2036
... human needs and preferences and changes in the biophysical environment. In the context of Melbourne Gardens and current climatic predictions, landscape succession could be regarded as the managed transition of a cultivated landscape from one state currently characterised by an existing palette of li ...
... human needs and preferences and changes in the biophysical environment. In the context of Melbourne Gardens and current climatic predictions, landscape succession could be regarded as the managed transition of a cultivated landscape from one state currently characterised by an existing palette of li ...
Key players` perspective on climate change in the Mediterranean
... mechanism for political dialogue between the EuroMediterranean nations. It is an essential instrument for making the Mediterranean region a place of peace, stability, security and prosperity. Low-carbon development cannot prosper without a global vision that encompasses matters relating to education ...
... mechanism for political dialogue between the EuroMediterranean nations. It is an essential instrument for making the Mediterranean region a place of peace, stability, security and prosperity. Low-carbon development cannot prosper without a global vision that encompasses matters relating to education ...
Seychelles National Climate Change Strategy
... ecosystems make the Seychelles extremely sensitive to climate change and its associated impacts. The impact of climate change on coastal livelihoods as a result of sea level rise, storm and tidal surges, extreme sea-surface temperatures, and coastal flooding will have serious consequences for liveli ...
... ecosystems make the Seychelles extremely sensitive to climate change and its associated impacts. The impact of climate change on coastal livelihoods as a result of sea level rise, storm and tidal surges, extreme sea-surface temperatures, and coastal flooding will have serious consequences for liveli ...
Climate Volatility and Change in Central Asia: Economic Impacts
... for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no adaptive actions are taken. Taking these into account, the present study seeks to estimate the potential ...
... for Central Asia’s predominantly rural population, especially for the poor. Agricultural production, being sensitive to weather shocks and climate volatility, may suffer from climate change if no adaptive actions are taken. Taking these into account, the present study seeks to estimate the potential ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P − E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical precipitation to changes in relative humidity over land has already been proposed (Chadwick et al. 2013), but here we find it is gradients in fractional changes in relative hu ...
... and O’Gorman 2013b), and we show here that the response of P − E is affected by these differences. A sensitivity of tropical precipitation to changes in relative humidity over land has already been proposed (Chadwick et al. 2013), but here we find it is gradients in fractional changes in relative hu ...
Adaptation at the negotiations
... participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems • The best available science, and as appropriate traditional knowledge • Taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities ...
... participatory and fully transparent approach, taking into consideration vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems • The best available science, and as appropriate traditional knowledge • Taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities ...
Environmentally induced migration and displacement: a
... Guiding Principles), the Assembly observes that no legal framework or defined policy exists that would cover the full scope of environmentally induced migration in the widest sense of the term. It therefore calls upon international organisations active in this field to consider the elaboration of a ...
... Guiding Principles), the Assembly observes that no legal framework or defined policy exists that would cover the full scope of environmentally induced migration in the widest sense of the term. It therefore calls upon international organisations active in this field to consider the elaboration of a ...