Gauteng Climate Change Risk and vulnerability assessment
... probability of occurrence of hazardous events or trends multiplied by the impacts if these events or trends occur. Risk results from the interaction of vulnerability, exposure, and hazard. In this report, the term risk is used primarily to refer to the risks of climate-change impacts. ...
... probability of occurrence of hazardous events or trends multiplied by the impacts if these events or trends occur. Risk results from the interaction of vulnerability, exposure, and hazard. In this report, the term risk is used primarily to refer to the risks of climate-change impacts. ...
... Spain. My approach supports a position that vulnerability and adaptation analyses should be participatory and should include social, cultural, environmental, economic and political dimensions. This thesis firstly found that since the early 1970s, both average air and sea temperatures in Aiguamolls d ...
Energy Partisanship - Scholarship Repository
... These partisan disagreements constrain possibilities not only for U.S. legislative efforts 17 but also for international ones. At the December 2015 climate change negotiations, for example, the groundbreaking Paris Agreement limited what clauses were binding in order to allow the United States to pa ...
... These partisan disagreements constrain possibilities not only for U.S. legislative efforts 17 but also for international ones. At the December 2015 climate change negotiations, for example, the groundbreaking Paris Agreement limited what clauses were binding in order to allow the United States to pa ...
UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Synthesis Report
... The greatest direct climate change-related threats for the UK are large increases in flood risk and exposure to high temperatures and heatwaves, shortages in water, substantial risks to UK wildlife and natural ecosystems, risks to domestic and international food production and trade, and from new a ...
... The greatest direct climate change-related threats for the UK are large increases in flood risk and exposure to high temperatures and heatwaves, shortages in water, substantial risks to UK wildlife and natural ecosystems, risks to domestic and international food production and trade, and from new a ...
Chapter 14 Environmental Hazards and Human Health
... Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate. New York: Cambridge University Press. Dickens, Gerald R. 2003. “A Methane Trigger for Rapid Warming?” Science, vol. 299, 1017. DiMentao, Joseph F. C., and Oamela M. Doughman, eds. 2007. Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and ...
... Politics of Global Climate Change: A Guide to the Debate. New York: Cambridge University Press. Dickens, Gerald R. 2003. “A Methane Trigger for Rapid Warming?” Science, vol. 299, 1017. DiMentao, Joseph F. C., and Oamela M. Doughman, eds. 2007. Climate Change: What It Means for Us, Our Children, and ...
Tropical Fruit Tree Species and Climate Change
... tropics. Changes in plant phenology are one of the earliest responses to rapid global climate change and could potentially have serious consequences for trees that depend on periodically available rain. There is no evidence for photoperiod control of phenology in the Asian tropics, and seasonal chan ...
... tropics. Changes in plant phenology are one of the earliest responses to rapid global climate change and could potentially have serious consequences for trees that depend on periodically available rain. There is no evidence for photoperiod control of phenology in the Asian tropics, and seasonal chan ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... use of regular development indicators applied to populations or areas that are judged to be at potential risk from climate change. This approach, based on assessing broad societal ‘adaptive capacity’ on the one hand, and development outcomes on the other, is evident in the results frameworks develop ...
... use of regular development indicators applied to populations or areas that are judged to be at potential risk from climate change. This approach, based on assessing broad societal ‘adaptive capacity’ on the one hand, and development outcomes on the other, is evident in the results frameworks develop ...
Author`s personal copy
... 2 An information deficit? Though partisan rancor is common within Congress, members rarely make statements framed solely in ideological or partisan terms. Instead, their partisan and ideologically based positions are often framed through other mechanisms (e.g. morality, economic interests, and scien ...
... 2 An information deficit? Though partisan rancor is common within Congress, members rarely make statements framed solely in ideological or partisan terms. Instead, their partisan and ideologically based positions are often framed through other mechanisms (e.g. morality, economic interests, and scien ...
10584_2011_45_MOESM1_ESM - Springer Static Content Server
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
... 19. Eriksen S, Silva JA. The vulnerability context of a savanna area in Mozambique: household drought coping strategies and responses to economic change. Environmental Science & Policy 2009,12:33-52. 20. Eriksen SH, O'Brien K. Vulnerability, poverty and the need for sustainable adaptation measures. ...
Earth Day – Special Virtual Issue from Berghahn Journals
... through existing frameworks. But can adaptation really be managed or engineered, especially given the significant unpredictability and severe impacts that are forecast in a range of climate scenarios? Over millennia, successful societies have adapted to climate shifts, but evidence suggests that thi ...
... through existing frameworks. But can adaptation really be managed or engineered, especially given the significant unpredictability and severe impacts that are forecast in a range of climate scenarios? Over millennia, successful societies have adapted to climate shifts, but evidence suggests that thi ...
Climate finance in the Pacific: An overview of flows to the region`s
... Notably, however, Polynesian countries (Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue and Tuvalu) have been more successful at attracting climate finance than similarly populated Micronesian countries (Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Palau and Nauru). This is evident when both the tot ...
... Notably, however, Polynesian countries (Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue and Tuvalu) have been more successful at attracting climate finance than similarly populated Micronesian countries (Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Kiribati, Palau and Nauru). This is evident when both the tot ...
Peat stratigraphy and climate change
... is a potentially flawed assumption that events are always synchronous between sites. One impact on peatlands that is synchronous is volcanic ash (tephra) deposition. Payne (2012) discusses the impacts of tephra deposition on testate amoeba communities in Alaska, and shows that statistically different ...
... is a potentially flawed assumption that events are always synchronous between sites. One impact on peatlands that is synchronous is volcanic ash (tephra) deposition. Payne (2012) discusses the impacts of tephra deposition on testate amoeba communities in Alaska, and shows that statistically different ...
World Bank Document
... specific ways. There is an ongoing debate on the definitions of these terms, which are used to mean different things by different disciplines. Sorting out the differences in semantics is important for identifying causal relationships between climate change-related risks and human vulnerability, and ...
... specific ways. There is an ongoing debate on the definitions of these terms, which are used to mean different things by different disciplines. Sorting out the differences in semantics is important for identifying causal relationships between climate change-related risks and human vulnerability, and ...
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... The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) is a regional initiative established in 2007 by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Germany, with additional core funding support of the governments of Sweden, Austria and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The Initiative provides assist ...
... The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) is a regional initiative established in 2007 by the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Germany, with additional core funding support of the governments of Sweden, Austria and the Shanghai Municipal Government. The Initiative provides assist ...
Climates of suspicion - Geoengineering Governance Research
... CGG Working Papers The CGG Working Paper series is designed to give a first public airing to a wide range of papers broadly related to the project’s themes. Papers published in this series may be, but are not necessarily, early outputs from the project team; equally they may be from other authors, a ...
... CGG Working Papers The CGG Working Paper series is designed to give a first public airing to a wide range of papers broadly related to the project’s themes. Papers published in this series may be, but are not necessarily, early outputs from the project team; equally they may be from other authors, a ...
Co-ordination, Communication and Adaptation for Climate Change
... This report is published as part of the Climate Change Research Programme 2007-2013. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 20072013. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environment Pr ...
... This report is published as part of the Climate Change Research Programme 2007-2013. The programme is financed by the Irish Government under the National Development Plan 20072013. It is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environment Pr ...
Sceptical Climate Part 2: Climate Science in Australian Newspapers
... dominates Australia’s print media, was even more biased (Finkelstein, 2012, p. 58). It published 82% negative stories compared to 18% that were positive. By comparison, Fairfax Media was more evenly balanced with its Melbourne masthead The Age being the only newspaper which was more positive than ne ...
... dominates Australia’s print media, was even more biased (Finkelstein, 2012, p. 58). It published 82% negative stories compared to 18% that were positive. By comparison, Fairfax Media was more evenly balanced with its Melbourne masthead The Age being the only newspaper which was more positive than ne ...
Adaptation made to measure
... With its wide-ranging impacts, climate change has become one of the major challenges to humankind. More frequent natural disasters, mounting weather extremes, increasing water scarcity, flooded coastal areas and accelerated species extinction count among the direct impacts of climate change in almos ...
... With its wide-ranging impacts, climate change has become one of the major challenges to humankind. More frequent natural disasters, mounting weather extremes, increasing water scarcity, flooded coastal areas and accelerated species extinction count among the direct impacts of climate change in almos ...
Comparison of Climate Change Adaptation CRS Report for Congress
... Power Act (S. 1733). H.R. 2454 was introduced by Representatives Waxman and Markey and passed the House on June 26, 2009. S. 1733 was introduced to the Senate by Senators Boxer and Kerry and, after subsequent revisions made in the form of a manager’s substitution amendment, was reported out of the S ...
... Power Act (S. 1733). H.R. 2454 was introduced by Representatives Waxman and Markey and passed the House on June 26, 2009. S. 1733 was introduced to the Senate by Senators Boxer and Kerry and, after subsequent revisions made in the form of a manager’s substitution amendment, was reported out of the S ...
Tackling the Limits to Adaptation
... Into Unknown Territory.9 The report highlighted the limits to adaptation and the reality of loss and damage from climate impacts. The report highlights “that even with effective action to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts, some countries will experience irreversible losses. Land, prop ...
... Into Unknown Territory.9 The report highlighted the limits to adaptation and the reality of loss and damage from climate impacts. The report highlights “that even with effective action to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts, some countries will experience irreversible losses. Land, prop ...
Framework Programme on Climate Change Adaptation
... Climate change affects all agricultural sectors in a multitude of ways that vary region by region. For example, it reduces the predictability of seasonal weather patterns and increases the frequency and intensity of severe weather events such as floods, cyclones and hurricanes. Some regions face prol ...
... Climate change affects all agricultural sectors in a multitude of ways that vary region by region. For example, it reduces the predictability of seasonal weather patterns and increases the frequency and intensity of severe weather events such as floods, cyclones and hurricanes. Some regions face prol ...
Hegemony – Dartmouth 2012
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Affiliated Scientist, Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland Reto Knutti, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich and Pierre Friedlingstein, Chair, Mathematical ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Affiliated Scientist, Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland Reto Knutti, Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule Zurich and Pierre Friedlingstein, Chair, Mathematical ...
The leading variability mode of the coupled troposphere
... Pole amounts to 78C, which is 9 K colder than observed ( 69C), and the long-time mean west wind at 60N is 9 m/s stronger than observed. Another cause for the reduced variability of the strength of the stratospheric polar vortex in the model results from the absence of external forcing (e.g., volc ...
... Pole amounts to 78C, which is 9 K colder than observed ( 69C), and the long-time mean west wind at 60N is 9 m/s stronger than observed. Another cause for the reduced variability of the strength of the stratospheric polar vortex in the model results from the absence of external forcing (e.g., volc ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Coastal areas are likely to be more vulnerable to climate change than inland areas because, in addition to changes in flooding, temperature and precipitation, they will also be affected by a rise in sea level and wave heights. Both direct effects (such as accelerated coastal erosion and more powerfu ...
... Coastal areas are likely to be more vulnerable to climate change than inland areas because, in addition to changes in flooding, temperature and precipitation, they will also be affected by a rise in sea level and wave heights. Both direct effects (such as accelerated coastal erosion and more powerfu ...
Final Report
... economic sectors within the Alpine countries. After the Mediterranean Region the Alps are the second most favoured holiday destination in Europe. With 60 million overnight guests tourism is the most important economic sector in most rural and alpine regions in the European Alps. At the same time tou ...
... economic sectors within the Alpine countries. After the Mediterranean Region the Alps are the second most favoured holiday destination in Europe. With 60 million overnight guests tourism is the most important economic sector in most rural and alpine regions in the European Alps. At the same time tou ...
Michael E. Mann
Michael E. Mann (born 1965) is an American climatologist and geophysicist, currently director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, who has contributed to the scientific understanding of historic climate change based on the temperature record of the past thousand years. He has pioneered techniques to find patterns in past climate change, and to isolate climate signals from ""noisy data"".As lead author of a paper produced in 1998 with co-authors Raymond S. Bradley and Malcolm K. Hughes, Mann introduced innovative statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction covering the past 600 years. In 1999 the same team used these techniques to produce a reconstruction over the past 1,000 years (MBH99) which was dubbed the ""hockey stick graph"" because of its shape. He was one of 8 lead authors of the ""Observed Climate Variability and Change"" chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report published in 2001. A graph based on the MBH99 paper was highlighted in several parts of the report, and was given wide publicity. The IPCC acknowledged that his work, along with that of the many other lead authors and review editors, contributed to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, which was won jointly by the IPCC and Al Gore.He was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003 and has received a number of honors and awards including selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. In 2012 he was inducted as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union and was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union. In 2013 he was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and awarded the status of distinguished professor in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences.Mann is author of more than 160 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books: Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, published in early 2012. In 2013 the European Geosciences Union described his publication record as ""outstanding for a scientist of his relatively young age"". He is also a co-founder and contributor to the climatology blog RealClimate.