Climate Change

New U.N. Climate Deal: Not Much Bolder Than Kyoto?

- A planned new U.N. climate pact is shaping up to be a mildly tougher version of the existing Kyoto Protocol rather than a bold treaty to save what U.S. President Barack Obama has called a "planet in peril."

Publication Date: 
08/05/2009
Alister Doyle
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Climate Change, Green House Gases, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Kyoto Protocol, Emissions Trading, Drought, Fossil Fuels, WWF, China, Australia, India, Developing Countries
Climate Change

Shrimp Said At Risk From North Atlantic Warming

A $500 million North Atlantic shrimp fishery may be vulnerable to climate change that could disrupt the crustaceans' life cycle and mislead them into hatching when food is scarce, scientists said.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2009
Alister Doyle
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
North Atlantic Ocean, Fisheries, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Sea Level Rise, Fossil Fuels, Birds, Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom (UK), United States Of America (US), Arctic
Climate Change

Pakistan may face exceptional climate change

A UK-based climate change expert has said that there will be an exceptional change in the temperatures in Pakistan as a whole in the coming years, but that the province of Sindh will be less affected as compared to the other parts of the country.

Publication Date: 
06/05/2009
Dawn (Pakistan)
Tags:
Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Mangroves, Canal Irrigation, Forest Fires, Deforestation, Monsoons, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Drought, Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh
Climate Change

Climate change and sea level rise: a review of the scientific evidence

Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: The scientific evidence is now overwhelming.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner
The World Bank
Tags:
Glaciers, Climate Change, IPCC, Sea Level Rise, Glacial Melt, Greenland, Antarctica
Climate Change

In search of shelter: mapping the effects of climate change on human migration and displacement

This report explores how environmental shocks and stresses, especially those related to climate change, can push people to leave their homes in search of

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
& et al, Charles Ehrhart, Koko Warner, Alex de Sherbinin
Care International
Tags:
Glaciers, Nile, Climate Change, Sea Level Rise, Floods, Drought, Migration, Displacement, Asia, Maldives, N C America, Mexico, Tuvalu Island
Climate Change

Climate change and sea level rise: a review of the scientific evidence

Sea-level rise (SLR) due to climate change is a serious global threat: The scientific evidence is now overwhelming.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Susmita Dasgupta, Craig Meisner
The World Bank
Tags:
Glaciers, Climate Change, IPCC, Sea Level Rise, Greenland, Antarctica
Climate Change

Beyond mitigation: potential options for counter-balancing the climatic and environmental consequences of the rising.....

Global climate change is occurring at an accelerating pace, and the global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are forcing climate change continue to increase.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Michael C. MacCracken
The World Bank
Tags:
Environment, Climate Change, Green House Gases, Aerosols, Global Warming, Sea Level Rise, Climate Mitigation, Energy Efficiency, Transport, India, Global, Atmosphere
Climate Change

Solving the puzzle: researching the impacts of climate change around the world

This report addresses some of the major questions facing climate change researchers, and how those puzzles are being addressed by NSF-funded activities. Complex computer models are being developed and refined to predict Earth

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Melissa Summers
National Science Foundation
Tags:
Pollution, Ecosystems, Oceans and Seas, Corals, Atmosphere, Climate Change, Aerosols, Global Warming, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Polar Ice Sheet, Research, India, Global
Climate Change

Climate change and Caribbean economies: implications, adaptation and risk management

Investing in adaptation initiatives that reduce the impact of climate change is absolutely essential for the future viability and sustainability of the economies of the Caribbean.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Ekhosuehi Iyahen, Simon Young
Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Climate Adaptation
Climate Change

Climate change and Caribbean economies: implications, adaptation and risk management

Investing in adaptation initiatives that reduce the impact of climate change is absolutely essential for the future viability and sustainability of the economies of the Caribbean.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Ekhosuehi Iyahen, Simon Young
Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Sea Level Rise, Natural Disasters, Climate Adaptation

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