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 ...
Adaptation to Climate Change
... Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) consists of former heads of state and government, as well as leaders in business, government, and civil society from more than 20 countries. In 2007, GLCA published Framework for a Post-2012 Agreement on Climate Change, which called for four negotiating pa ...
... Global Leadership for Climate Action (GLCA) consists of former heads of state and government, as well as leaders in business, government, and civil society from more than 20 countries. In 2007, GLCA published Framework for a Post-2012 Agreement on Climate Change, which called for four negotiating pa ...
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... following a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations relative to the pre-industrial era is “likely” (66 to 90 percent probability) to be between 2°C to 4.5°C (IPCC, 2007). Furthermore, the extent of the benefits to be enjoyed from climate policy interventions, e.g. the CPRS, is poorly understood. ...
... following a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations relative to the pre-industrial era is “likely” (66 to 90 percent probability) to be between 2°C to 4.5°C (IPCC, 2007). Furthermore, the extent of the benefits to be enjoyed from climate policy interventions, e.g. the CPRS, is poorly understood. ...
Climate Change
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
... The Report of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (February 2007) has contributed to a shift in the climate change debate, due mainly to its unanimous conclusions. It is now widely acknowledged that it is necessary to also focus on the need to adapt to climate change, an ...
Climate Change in the Wet Tropics
... This means reducing or eliminating other threats to forest health such as weeds, feral animals and disease; fragmentation and isolation; inappropriate fire regimes; and other impacts of human use in and around the World Heritage Area. Ensuring the Wet Tropics forests are healthy is already a core go ...
... This means reducing or eliminating other threats to forest health such as weeds, feral animals and disease; fragmentation and isolation; inappropriate fire regimes; and other impacts of human use in and around the World Heritage Area. Ensuring the Wet Tropics forests are healthy is already a core go ...
environmental, economic and social impacts of
... the history of humankind when the problem of finding solutions to climate change was finally recognised as urgent and vitally important. New facts and events have awoken people world-wide and made decision – makers seriously discuss the problems of climate change. First, the extreme meteorological p ...
... the history of humankind when the problem of finding solutions to climate change was finally recognised as urgent and vitally important. New facts and events have awoken people world-wide and made decision – makers seriously discuss the problems of climate change. First, the extreme meteorological p ...
Global trends in extreme precipitation
... seems to be underestimated (Allan and Soden, 2008; Allen and Ingram, 2002; Min et al., 2011; O’Gorman and Schneider, 2009; Sillmann et al., 2013; Wan et al., 2013; Wentz et al., 2007; Zhang et al., 2007), which implies that future projections of changes in precipitation extremes may also be underpre ...
... seems to be underestimated (Allan and Soden, 2008; Allen and Ingram, 2002; Min et al., 2011; O’Gorman and Schneider, 2009; Sillmann et al., 2013; Wan et al., 2013; Wentz et al., 2007; Zhang et al., 2007), which implies that future projections of changes in precipitation extremes may also be underpre ...
FACING UNCERTAINTY: the value of climate information for
... grow more. It is for people to explore what opportunities the change brings. A major challenge for assessing climate risks, opportunities and impacts is the poor or lack of access to and understanding of climate information. Climate information from meteorological services is often viewed as overly ...
... grow more. It is for people to explore what opportunities the change brings. A major challenge for assessing climate risks, opportunities and impacts is the poor or lack of access to and understanding of climate information. Climate information from meteorological services is often viewed as overly ...
Titel
... Allianz Capital Partners is investing parts of life insurance premiums into wind farms across Europe (€500 M in next 5 years). ...
... Allianz Capital Partners is investing parts of life insurance premiums into wind farms across Europe (€500 M in next 5 years). ...
Author`s personal copy - Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange
... 4. Climate change policy in the context of the Canadian North 4.1. Mitigation and adaptation The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC, 1992) outlines two key areas for climate policy, mitigation and adaptation, both of which are essential for Canada’s Inuit population. Firstly ...
... 4. Climate change policy in the context of the Canadian North 4.1. Mitigation and adaptation The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC, 1992) outlines two key areas for climate policy, mitigation and adaptation, both of which are essential for Canada’s Inuit population. Firstly ...
White Paper on the Ethical Dimensions of Climate Change
... we contend that there is sufficient convergence among ethical principles to make a number of concrete recommendations on how governments should act, or to identify ethical problems with positions taken by certain governments, organizations, or individuals For issues about which we see substantial di ...
... we contend that there is sufficient convergence among ethical principles to make a number of concrete recommendations on how governments should act, or to identify ethical problems with positions taken by certain governments, organizations, or individuals For issues about which we see substantial di ...
Climate Change and Agrarian Societies in Drylands
... between years in total precipitation and intra-seasonal distribution of precipitation, and there may be substantial differences in precipitation between areas in any one year. ...
... between years in total precipitation and intra-seasonal distribution of precipitation, and there may be substantial differences in precipitation between areas in any one year. ...
The Ethical implications of global climate change - unesdoc
... may have in responding to global climate change. Similarly, it is not always clear whether our conventional approaches to moral decision-making, or the dominant conceptual frameworks we use in this regard, are adequate to articulate the ethical challenges of global climate change and our responses ...
... may have in responding to global climate change. Similarly, it is not always clear whether our conventional approaches to moral decision-making, or the dominant conceptual frameworks we use in this regard, are adequate to articulate the ethical challenges of global climate change and our responses ...
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... Supplemental Section 2. Differences between sunshade geoengineering and other types of solar geoengineering To illustrate how the impacts of solar geoengineering would depend on the type of solar geoengineering deployed and the manner of its deployment, we present here some key differences among so ...
... Supplemental Section 2. Differences between sunshade geoengineering and other types of solar geoengineering To illustrate how the impacts of solar geoengineering would depend on the type of solar geoengineering deployed and the manner of its deployment, we present here some key differences among so ...
Climate Change: Current Issues and Policy Tools
... most warming occurring since the 1970s. Precipitation has increased over the past century, although some regions have become wetter while some have become drier. These results are consistent with scientists’ understanding of how heightened greenhouse gas concentrations affect climate regionally. Inc ...
... most warming occurring since the 1970s. Precipitation has increased over the past century, although some regions have become wetter while some have become drier. These results are consistent with scientists’ understanding of how heightened greenhouse gas concentrations affect climate regionally. Inc ...
Linköping University Postprint Technology obscuring equity
... prelude to intense negotiations leading to the creation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM is one of three instruments designed to contribute to the Kyoto Protocol’s ambitions of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the North, in the first commitment period, to at least on average 5% ...
... prelude to intense negotiations leading to the creation of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM is one of three instruments designed to contribute to the Kyoto Protocol’s ambitions of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the North, in the first commitment period, to at least on average 5% ...
Analyses of the Effects of Global Change on Human Health and
... posed by climate change. The first section of this chapter focuses on climate-related impacts on human morbidity and mortality from extreme weather, vector-, water- and foodborne diseases, and changes in air quality. For each health endpoint, the assessment addresses the potential impacts, populatio ...
... posed by climate change. The first section of this chapter focuses on climate-related impacts on human morbidity and mortality from extreme weather, vector-, water- and foodborne diseases, and changes in air quality. For each health endpoint, the assessment addresses the potential impacts, populatio ...
- Friends of the Earth International
... and accounted for almost 70 per cent of all lives lost as a result of natural disasters. Changes in the environment are most sharply felt by people who depend directly on local resources for their livelihoods ...
... and accounted for almost 70 per cent of all lives lost as a result of natural disasters. Changes in the environment are most sharply felt by people who depend directly on local resources for their livelihoods ...
Four Case Studies in the United States
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
... explaining the increase in fires in the American West after accounting for human settlements and fire management. Extreme heat events in the United States are on the rise. DeGaetano and Allen (2002) found that minimum and maximum temperatures increased in the latter half of the 20 th century, with ...
Australia`s Energy Sector – Drivers for Change
... ‘grow tenfold or more by the 2080s, to affect more than 100 million people/yr’.7 Whilst, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment projected a sea-level rise of between 9 and 88 cm between 1990 and 2100, the assessment also cautioned that due to significant levels of ice m ...
... ‘grow tenfold or more by the 2080s, to affect more than 100 million people/yr’.7 Whilst, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment projected a sea-level rise of between 9 and 88 cm between 1990 and 2100, the assessment also cautioned that due to significant levels of ice m ...
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change
... p. 143). This approach has been replicated globally, most recently with the launch in 2009 of the European Covenant of Mayors, which now has more than 1,000 members. In addition, research has found that once ...
... p. 143). This approach has been replicated globally, most recently with the launch in 2009 of the European Covenant of Mayors, which now has more than 1,000 members. In addition, research has found that once ...
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
... the Cities and Climate Change Initiative), and Cities Alliance (under the World Bank/UNEP/UN-Habitat Cities and Climate Change Joint Work ...
... the Cities and Climate Change Initiative), and Cities Alliance (under the World Bank/UNEP/UN-Habitat Cities and Climate Change Joint Work ...
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... composition of these declines in rainfall and reported that the greatest rainfall reductions (up to 30%) were simulated to occur in the period April to June which is the period during which crops usually are sown. In dryland wheat production, rainfall is a key determinant of grain yield. Hence, it m ...
... composition of these declines in rainfall and reported that the greatest rainfall reductions (up to 30%) were simulated to occur in the period April to June which is the period during which crops usually are sown. In dryland wheat production, rainfall is a key determinant of grain yield. Hence, it m ...
2. Scope of a possible GMES Climate Change Contribution
... To improve the development of adaptation strategies, high-resolution, tailor-made climate change scenarios at the regional or even local levels are needed, and at the appropriate scale. Thus the above requirements on the past to present state of the climate system will in principle also apply to for ...
... To improve the development of adaptation strategies, high-resolution, tailor-made climate change scenarios at the regional or even local levels are needed, and at the appropriate scale. Thus the above requirements on the past to present state of the climate system will in principle also apply to for ...
Lake Victoria CC Readness brief No. 3 English
... we extend herein generally includes everyone who participated in this exercise. We would also like to thank all the East African SusWatch Network Staff at Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development: Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Network: and Tanzania Coalition for Sustainabl ...
... we extend herein generally includes everyone who participated in this exercise. We would also like to thank all the East African SusWatch Network Staff at Uganda Coalition for Sustainable Development: Sustainable Environmental Development Watch Network: and Tanzania Coalition for Sustainabl ...
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.