INDC technical report
... climate change adaptation plan has been drafted for the health sector for the period of 20122016 (DoH, 2012). This adaptation plan focuses on nine health and environmental risks that include, heat stress, natural disasters, housing and settlements, communicable diseases, exposure to air pollution an ...
... climate change adaptation plan has been drafted for the health sector for the period of 20122016 (DoH, 2012). This adaptation plan focuses on nine health and environmental risks that include, heat stress, natural disasters, housing and settlements, communicable diseases, exposure to air pollution an ...
Modifying the 2°C Target - Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
... and declarative function. For this reason, a pragmatically motivated reduction in the level of political ambition carries risks. This is particularly critical for the EU, which has gained worldwide recognition as a leader in climate policy, not least because of its role in bringing the 2°C target in ...
... and declarative function. For this reason, a pragmatically motivated reduction in the level of political ambition carries risks. This is particularly critical for the EU, which has gained worldwide recognition as a leader in climate policy, not least because of its role in bringing the 2°C target in ...
RESIN-D1.3-Conceptual Framework
... Urban systems, with critical infrastructure forming the key sub-system of interest sitting within a complex and interconnected urban system. Climate change as the principal ‘driver of change’, whilst recognising that climate change is one of multiple interacting hazards and drivers on urban systems. ...
... Urban systems, with critical infrastructure forming the key sub-system of interest sitting within a complex and interconnected urban system. Climate change as the principal ‘driver of change’, whilst recognising that climate change is one of multiple interacting hazards and drivers on urban systems. ...
Follow-up Report - Ministry of Tourism
... addressed in the Atoll Ecosystem Conservation (AEC) project, and that lessons from this project could be used for further research on existing laws and regulations that pose disincentives for climate change adaptation. Q: Have there been studies on waste disposal practices on boats other than safari ...
... addressed in the Atoll Ecosystem Conservation (AEC) project, and that lessons from this project could be used for further research on existing laws and regulations that pose disincentives for climate change adaptation. Q: Have there been studies on waste disposal practices on boats other than safari ...
Working Paper 171 - Steeves and Surminski 2014 (opens in new window)
... companies domiciled in developed countries, with certain sectors, such as insurance and water, dominating the evidence base (see CDP 2012b, PwC 2010, UNFCCC 2013). In contrast, we have very limited insights to private sector action in emerging economies or low-income countries. This is despite the f ...
... companies domiciled in developed countries, with certain sectors, such as insurance and water, dominating the evidence base (see CDP 2012b, PwC 2010, UNFCCC 2013). In contrast, we have very limited insights to private sector action in emerging economies or low-income countries. This is despite the f ...
Climate Conventions and Africa/Ethiopia - EfD
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
... Fundamentally, there are two choices to deal with the problem of climate change: mitigation and/or adaptation. Mitigation refers to taking steps today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions so as to delay further global temperature increases and other related effects. Adaptation refers to the efforts of ...
Assessing Vulnerabilities to the Effects of Global Change: An Eight
... which dates from at least the 1960s. Even though these traditions overlap in motivation, concepts, and methods, it is useful to contrast them with vulnerability analysis in the following ways. The first two traditions, impact assessments and risk/hazards research, generally focus on the multiple eff ...
... which dates from at least the 1960s. Even though these traditions overlap in motivation, concepts, and methods, it is useful to contrast them with vulnerability analysis in the following ways. The first two traditions, impact assessments and risk/hazards research, generally focus on the multiple eff ...
Climate Extremes Communications Guidebook
... • “Some climate extremes (e.g., droughts) may be the result of an accumulation of weather or climate events that are, individually, not extreme themselves (though their accumulation is extreme). • “Compound events, that is, two or more events occurring simultaneously, can lead to high impacts, even ...
... • “Some climate extremes (e.g., droughts) may be the result of an accumulation of weather or climate events that are, individually, not extreme themselves (though their accumulation is extreme). • “Compound events, that is, two or more events occurring simultaneously, can lead to high impacts, even ...
Background paper Africa WS
... from humid equatorial systems, through seasonally-arid tropical, to sub-tropical Mediterraneantype climates. These systems are also varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal variability, particularly with regard to rainfall. The scientific understanding of these system ...
... from humid equatorial systems, through seasonally-arid tropical, to sub-tropical Mediterraneantype climates. These systems are also varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal variability, particularly with regard to rainfall. The scientific understanding of these system ...
Climate Change Impacts On Rainfed Corn Production In
... Malawi. Lilongwe District, with about 1,045 square miles of agriculture area, has been selected as a representative area. First, outputs of 15 General Circulation Models (GCMs) under different emission scenarios are statistically downscaled. For this purpose, a weather generator (LARSWG) is calibrat ...
... Malawi. Lilongwe District, with about 1,045 square miles of agriculture area, has been selected as a representative area. First, outputs of 15 General Circulation Models (GCMs) under different emission scenarios are statistically downscaled. For this purpose, a weather generator (LARSWG) is calibrat ...
Challenges and opportunities in research on climate, weather, water
... structure is effected to maximize the impact of the proposed paradigm change in prediction research. Simplification and clarity of the roles of the Commissions and the Departments should be the guiding principles of any final decisions. Develop a process to harmonize research input, and ...
... structure is effected to maximize the impact of the proposed paradigm change in prediction research. Simplification and clarity of the roles of the Commissions and the Departments should be the guiding principles of any final decisions. Develop a process to harmonize research input, and ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... is to illustrate a range of existing definitions of key terms and to facilitate consensus on their use, while noting that some of these terms may not need to be strictly defined, at least until more data and/or understanding is developed. ...
... is to illustrate a range of existing definitions of key terms and to facilitate consensus on their use, while noting that some of these terms may not need to be strictly defined, at least until more data and/or understanding is developed. ...
Hydroclimatic Variability and Predictability: A Survey of Recent
... simulations can have tremendous value; they can reveal how the different facets of the global hydrological cycle connect to each other, and understanding such connections is essential to our hopes for predicting drought and other manifestations of ...
... simulations can have tremendous value; they can reveal how the different facets of the global hydrological cycle connect to each other, and understanding such connections is essential to our hopes for predicting drought and other manifestations of ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... Although some projected changes for Macedonia might seem very dramatic, especially precipitation and temperature changes for summer period (Table 3), the projected values are in correspondence with the results obtained by MAGICC/SCENGEN5 software using the same models and all s ...
... Although some projected changes for Macedonia might seem very dramatic, especially precipitation and temperature changes for summer period (Table 3), the projected values are in correspondence with the results obtained by MAGICC/SCENGEN5 software using the same models and all s ...
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... Future Coastal Flood Risk Maps Maps that show future coastal flood risk (including areas affected by coastal storm surges combined with sea level rise), related vulnerability, and potential impacts are important ways of communicating information to a wide variety of stakeholders and decision-makers. ...
... Future Coastal Flood Risk Maps Maps that show future coastal flood risk (including areas affected by coastal storm surges combined with sea level rise), related vulnerability, and potential impacts are important ways of communicating information to a wide variety of stakeholders and decision-makers. ...
Safeguarding Washington`s Fish and Wildlife in an Era of Climate
... Climate change is already having a significant impact on the state’s freshwater aquatic systems, including higher average water temperatures and altered hydrology, and projections for the future suggest more dramatic changes to come (Elsner et al. 2010). Among the numerous species of fish and wildli ...
... Climate change is already having a significant impact on the state’s freshwater aquatic systems, including higher average water temperatures and altered hydrology, and projections for the future suggest more dramatic changes to come (Elsner et al. 2010). Among the numerous species of fish and wildli ...
Written submissions received for the Adapting to Climate Change in
... Adaptation Unit in the TCCO has been consulting with business, industry, the community and across Government to seek their input and ideas on how Tasmania can best adapt to the impacts of climate change1. In the latter half of 2012, the following stakeholder consultation was undertaken: The collabor ...
... Adaptation Unit in the TCCO has been consulting with business, industry, the community and across Government to seek their input and ideas on how Tasmania can best adapt to the impacts of climate change1. In the latter half of 2012, the following stakeholder consultation was undertaken: The collabor ...
NAPAs and NAPs in Least Developed Countries
... based on the COP’s initial guidelines, and Parties had also decided to review the guidelines in November 2013 at COP 19 in Warsaw, Poland.5 The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was requested at COP 18 to enable support for LDCs to start the NAP process. While progress on this matter is to be review ...
... based on the COP’s initial guidelines, and Parties had also decided to review the guidelines in November 2013 at COP 19 in Warsaw, Poland.5 The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was requested at COP 18 to enable support for LDCs to start the NAP process. While progress on this matter is to be review ...
Policy indexes – what do they tell us and what are their applications? The case of climate policy and business planning in emerging markets: Working Paper 88 (678 kB) (opens in new window)
... More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk. The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment o ...
... More information about the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy can be found at: http://www.cccep.ac.uk. The Munich Re Programme is evaluating the economics of climate risks and opportunities in the insurance sector. It is a comprehensive research programme that focuses on the assessment o ...
Understanding Farmers` Perceptions and Adaptations to
... economic and social systems. The present research, as part of a more recent strand of adaptation research, seeks to investigate actual adaptations at the farm level, as well as the factors that appear to be driving them (e.g. Smit et al. 1996; Brklacich et al. 1997; Belliveau et al. 2006; Maddison 2 ...
... economic and social systems. The present research, as part of a more recent strand of adaptation research, seeks to investigate actual adaptations at the farm level, as well as the factors that appear to be driving them (e.g. Smit et al. 1996; Brklacich et al. 1997; Belliveau et al. 2006; Maddison 2 ...
The Need for (and Obstacles to) Regional Collective Action in Climate Adaptation
... Most adaptation work has focused on national rather than regional or global resilience to the threats of climate change (and has emphasized planning more than action). For example, all 45 NAPAs filed through the end of 2010 have focused on steps that might be taken at the national level to adapt to ...
... Most adaptation work has focused on national rather than regional or global resilience to the threats of climate change (and has emphasized planning more than action). For example, all 45 NAPAs filed through the end of 2010 have focused on steps that might be taken at the national level to adapt to ...
1) Bad Ideas - CBC Ombudsman - Radio
... If you juxtapose a non-scientist (Epstein) or unqualified inactive non-climate scientist (Moore) with scientists in the field, you cannot call the non-experts—who do not know what they are talking about and make up their own facts—"contrarians". The big-name denialists are self-promoting mischief-ma ...
... If you juxtapose a non-scientist (Epstein) or unqualified inactive non-climate scientist (Moore) with scientists in the field, you cannot call the non-experts—who do not know what they are talking about and make up their own facts—"contrarians". The big-name denialists are self-promoting mischief-ma ...
Aalborg Universitet Avoiding climate change uncertainties in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... perception that uncertainty is an important issue for SEA to deal with, and the authors currently see examples where uncertainty acts as a barrier for dealing with climate change. Prominently, in Denmark, climate change has been excluded as an issue in the process of preparing river basin management ...
... perception that uncertainty is an important issue for SEA to deal with, and the authors currently see examples where uncertainty acts as a barrier for dealing with climate change. Prominently, in Denmark, climate change has been excluded as an issue in the process of preparing river basin management ...
Climate change impacts in the Atlantic Basin and
... 2005). Further, adaptation actions can be taken through either private (individual) or public (collective) action, though generally, efforts to improve the ability of whole populations are more often achieved through public policy (Ibid; Wreford et al. 2010). For the purposes of this paper, our prim ...
... 2005). Further, adaptation actions can be taken through either private (individual) or public (collective) action, though generally, efforts to improve the ability of whole populations are more often achieved through public policy (Ibid; Wreford et al. 2010). For the purposes of this paper, our prim ...
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.