Summary for Policymakers
... change, regardless of its cause.6 In many regions, changing precipitation or melting snow and ice are altering hydrological systems, affecting water resources in terms of quantity and quality (medium confidence). Glaciers continue to shrink almost worldwide due to climate change (high confidence), a ...
... change, regardless of its cause.6 In many regions, changing precipitation or melting snow and ice are altering hydrological systems, affecting water resources in terms of quantity and quality (medium confidence). Glaciers continue to shrink almost worldwide due to climate change (high confidence), a ...
European Perceptions of Climate Change (EPCC) - ORCA
... vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, and background socio-political contexts, may help explain variants in public beliefs and perceptions. The project therefore involved an in-depth socio-political analysis to provide a robust and practically grounded evidence base with which to inform th ...
... vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, and background socio-political contexts, may help explain variants in public beliefs and perceptions. The project therefore involved an in-depth socio-political analysis to provide a robust and practically grounded evidence base with which to inform th ...
Identifying adaptation options - South Florida Regional Planning
... In the case of adaptation, there are often trade-offs and/or a number of different adaptive strategies or measures that could be taken. Stakeholders are expected to bring to the assessment process their different perspectives, including those related to values and expectations. Consideration of thes ...
... In the case of adaptation, there are often trade-offs and/or a number of different adaptive strategies or measures that could be taken. Stakeholders are expected to bring to the assessment process their different perspectives, including those related to values and expectations. Consideration of thes ...
UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
... rent-seeking behavior by others, including the public-choice-biased global warming science and technology community. ...
... rent-seeking behavior by others, including the public-choice-biased global warming science and technology community. ...
climate change WG II
... change, regardless of its cause.6 In many regions, changing precipitation or melting snow and ice are altering hydrological systems, affecting water resources in terms of quantity and quality (medium confidence). Glaciers continue to shrink almost worldwide due to climate change (high confidence), a ...
... change, regardless of its cause.6 In many regions, changing precipitation or melting snow and ice are altering hydrological systems, affecting water resources in terms of quantity and quality (medium confidence). Glaciers continue to shrink almost worldwide due to climate change (high confidence), a ...
Climate Change, Agricultural Adaptation and Fairtrade
... there is a large genetic pool for heat resistance which can be exploited by rice breeders. Nevertheless, it will take time before new varieties with suitable characteristics are available. Meanwhile, some projections suggest that increased temperature will lead to a significant reduction in the grow ...
... there is a large genetic pool for heat resistance which can be exploited by rice breeders. Nevertheless, it will take time before new varieties with suitable characteristics are available. Meanwhile, some projections suggest that increased temperature will lead to a significant reduction in the grow ...
RPS-Report template (standard) - University of Technology Sydney
... including: executives, councillors, asset managers, planners, corporate services, community services, engineers, environment staff and risk managers. In implementing the manual guidance, some of these stakeholders may require assistance from a colleague or specialist versed in climate risk, particul ...
... including: executives, councillors, asset managers, planners, corporate services, community services, engineers, environment staff and risk managers. In implementing the manual guidance, some of these stakeholders may require assistance from a colleague or specialist versed in climate risk, particul ...
the User Guide
... additional projections data for four Representative Future Climate partitions (RFCs) maps showing projected 21st Century temperature changes for the four RFCs ...
... additional projections data for four Representative Future Climate partitions (RFCs) maps showing projected 21st Century temperature changes for the four RFCs ...
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies
... Fiji is extremely vulnerable to climate variability and change as well as natural disasters. Internationally there is a common consensus among climate scientists and policy makers that disasters that are weather and climate related are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Based on empiric mea ...
... Fiji is extremely vulnerable to climate variability and change as well as natural disasters. Internationally there is a common consensus among climate scientists and policy makers that disasters that are weather and climate related are likely to be exacerbated by climate change. Based on empiric mea ...
Integrated Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Climate Change
... The scientific understanding of climate change and the impact it has on different levels of decision‐ making and policy options has increased since the publication of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). In addition, there is a growing recognition that decision makers often rely on intuitive thinkin ...
... The scientific understanding of climate change and the impact it has on different levels of decision‐ making and policy options has increased since the publication of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). In addition, there is a growing recognition that decision makers often rely on intuitive thinkin ...
Development finance and climate finance - IIED
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
... aid in 2013) should not be counted as official development assistance (ODA) as it is now. This will limit any crowding out or diversion of ODA money from core SDG provision, and provide a more accurate picture of development-related finance. Other attempts to resolve this debate over ‘new and additi ...
A Geographic Mosaic of Climate Change Impacts on Terrestrial
... Published: June 26, 2015 Copyright: This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public ...
... Published: June 26, 2015 Copyright: This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose. The work is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 public ...
Climate change leadership: A study of climate change
... The study was based on a qualitative research methodology where secondary data were sourced from company documents. The study showed that, on average, mining companies need to improve their climate change corporate governance mechanisms and practices. It was also shown that some of the companies hav ...
... The study was based on a qualitative research methodology where secondary data were sourced from company documents. The study showed that, on average, mining companies need to improve their climate change corporate governance mechanisms and practices. It was also shown that some of the companies hav ...
Accommodating Climate Change Science
... certainties, and of type 1, the weakly supported and speculative” (Fahnestock 1998, 334). In accommodated rhetoric, space and time constraints often leave “no room for the qualifications a more knowledgeable audience would demand, qualifications that show the author’s awareness of the criticism and re ...
... certainties, and of type 1, the weakly supported and speculative” (Fahnestock 1998, 334). In accommodated rhetoric, space and time constraints often leave “no room for the qualifications a more knowledgeable audience would demand, qualifications that show the author’s awareness of the criticism and re ...
Designing Climate Change Adaptation Initiatives
... This Toolkit benefited from the contributions of many individuals who are currently involved in supporting climate change adaptation initiatives in a number of developing countries. The content draws heavily on the experiences of country-led UNDP-supported initiatives. It is grounded on experiences ...
... This Toolkit benefited from the contributions of many individuals who are currently involved in supporting climate change adaptation initiatives in a number of developing countries. The content draws heavily on the experiences of country-led UNDP-supported initiatives. It is grounded on experiences ...
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CONFLICT: a
... And fourthly, focusing on the local level (sub-state) approach that prioritises the end-user meant that some macro-level empirical evidence was excluded from this search and therefore not assessed. If material failed to engage with what this project has termed ‘end-users’, then we did not attempt to ...
... And fourthly, focusing on the local level (sub-state) approach that prioritises the end-user meant that some macro-level empirical evidence was excluded from this search and therefore not assessed. If material failed to engage with what this project has termed ‘end-users’, then we did not attempt to ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... Climate change is inherently unfair. The countries and communities that are most at risk from its impacts, and are least able to adapt, are those that have contributed least to the problem. If poorer nations pursue economic growth by the same means from which the industrialised nations have benefitt ...
... Climate change is inherently unfair. The countries and communities that are most at risk from its impacts, and are least able to adapt, are those that have contributed least to the problem. If poorer nations pursue economic growth by the same means from which the industrialised nations have benefitt ...
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: Engaging
... example, mangrove forests can function as carbon sinks and as coastal protection against typhoons and cyclones. Counteracting effects are those that bring positive results in terms of climate change mitigation but undermine adaptation goals and vice versa. A prominent example of adaptation measures ...
... example, mangrove forests can function as carbon sinks and as coastal protection against typhoons and cyclones. Counteracting effects are those that bring positive results in terms of climate change mitigation but undermine adaptation goals and vice versa. A prominent example of adaptation measures ...
Chapter 10
... cyclones, and threats to ecosystems and biodiversity were recommended as high priority actions in temperate and tropical Asian countries. It was suggested that the design of an appropriate adaptation programme in any Asian country must be based on comparison of damages avoided with costs of adaptati ...
... cyclones, and threats to ecosystems and biodiversity were recommended as high priority actions in temperate and tropical Asian countries. It was suggested that the design of an appropriate adaptation programme in any Asian country must be based on comparison of damages avoided with costs of adaptati ...
Perceptions of Climate Change and Vulnerability in Upper Svaneti
... and agricultural productivity. Early research contributed greatly to the theoretical understanding of potential climate change impacts but used global scale (coarse ...
... and agricultural productivity. Early research contributed greatly to the theoretical understanding of potential climate change impacts but used global scale (coarse ...
Annex I Annex D in the Convention
... When the Committee considers elements related to "Hazard Assessment for the endpoints of concern" (Annex E (b)) the evaluation of the interactions between climate change and POPs will be particularly relevant. This also applies for the considerations of "environmental fate" in Annex E(c), which incl ...
... When the Committee considers elements related to "Hazard Assessment for the endpoints of concern" (Annex E (b)) the evaluation of the interactions between climate change and POPs will be particularly relevant. This also applies for the considerations of "environmental fate" in Annex E(c), which incl ...
A comprehensive review of climate adaptation in the United States
... approaches will require Federal, state, and local operational agencies to coordinate as they incorporate climate risks and adaptation planning into their programs. Although the study of adaptation is nascent compared to the many analyses of policies and practices to reduce emissions, governments at ...
... approaches will require Federal, state, and local operational agencies to coordinate as they incorporate climate risks and adaptation planning into their programs. Although the study of adaptation is nascent compared to the many analyses of policies and practices to reduce emissions, governments at ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... anticipated increases in weather-related disruptions to the road and rail sector will also challenge Australian businesses with impacts likely to affect the "just-in-time" deliveries as well as the movement of resources throughout the country and offshore. The same applies to Australian exporters an ...
... anticipated increases in weather-related disruptions to the road and rail sector will also challenge Australian businesses with impacts likely to affect the "just-in-time" deliveries as well as the movement of resources throughout the country and offshore. The same applies to Australian exporters an ...
II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Technical Summary
... locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natural variability of temperatures or natural variability of the systems [1.4]. For physical systems, (i) climate change is affecting natural and human systems in regions of snow, ...
... locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natural variability of temperatures or natural variability of the systems [1.4]. For physical systems, (i) climate change is affecting natural and human systems in regions of snow, ...
Influence of Patterns of Climate Variability on the Difference
... Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina ...
... Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina ...
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.