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A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change: Sustaining Tropical Coastal Communitites and In...
Although this report primarily documents the effects of climate change to coastal areas in third world countries, it's findings and recommendations may be useful to managers of coastal areas in developed countries as well.
From the Introduction:
"In this publication we describe how managers, communities and (Adger 2006; Dessai and Hu ...
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N.A. Marshall, P.A. Marshall, J. Tamelander, D. Obura, D. Malleret-King and J.E. Cinner
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Gland, Switzerland, June 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Alternative Policies And Sea-Level Rise In The RICE-2009 Model
From the Abstract:
"The present study extends earlier research by presenting the results of a new
and updated version of the RICE model (Regional Integrated model of
Climate and the Economy), labeled the RICE-2009 model. The model is a
regionalized, dynamic model that incorporates an end-to-end treatment of
economic growth, emissions, cl ...
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William D. Nordhaus
COWLES FOUNDATION For Research in Economics: August, 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
An Inventory of Adaptation to Climate Change in the UK: Challenges and Findings
From the Abstract: "Climate change science has been promoting adaptation measures for some years. The message has been that the climate is changing and people need to be prepared. However, while there has been an increasing investment in the ‘science of adaptation’, there has been less, if any, attention paid to the ‘practice of adaptation’, i.e ...
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E.L. Tompkins, E. Boyd, S.A. Nicholson-Cole, K.Weatherhead, N.W Arnell, W.N. Adger
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, Norwich, UK, July 2009
Objectives: Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Assessing Dangerous Climate Change Through an Update of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang...
From the Report: "Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change [United Nations (1992)...accessed February 9, 2009] commits signatory
nations to stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that 'would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference (DAI) with the climate system.' In an effort to ...
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Joel B. Smitha, Stephen H. Schneiderb, Michael Oppenheimerd, Gary W. Yohee, William Haref, Michael D. Mastrandreac, Anand Patwardhang, Ian Burton, Jan Corfee-Morloti, Chris H. D. Magadzaj, Hans-Martin Fusself, A. Barrie Pittock, Atiq Rahman, Avelino Suarez, and Jean-Pascal van Yperselen
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
California Climate Risk and Response
While a lot has been written about California's efforts to address climate change and potential economic gains, there has been limited economic analysis of the state's climate risk. This report addresses the impact of climate change if the state continues business-as-usual economic activity and the costs of the adaptation needed to cope with unavoi ...
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Kahrl, Fredrich, and David Roland-Holst
Berkeley, CA: U. of California Center For Energy, Resources, And Economic Sustainability. Research Paper No. 08102801: November 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Evaluating ProposalsFor the Public
Climate Change Adaptation: The Pivotol Role of Water.
Water plays key roles in climate change and its effects on human societies. First, it is the lifeblood of the planet; second, it is the primary medium through which climate change influences earth's ecosystems, as well as all natural, social and economic systems and livelihoods. Water stress is already occurring around the planet and continuin ...
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U.N.-Water
U.N.Water, Washington, D.C., USA, 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Climate Change Indicators in the United States
"This report presents 24 indicators, each describing trends
related to the causes and effects of climate change. The report focuses
primarily on the United States, but in some cases global trends are presented to
provide context or a basis for comparison. It aims to collect data and generate
analyses to: (i) monitor the effects/impact ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, USA, September 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Climate Crisis, Credit Crisis" The Quest for Green Growth
This is the report from the Brookings Blum Roundtable held in August of 2009. The report was postponed to incorporate the outcomes of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen 2009. While in many respects the participants of the roundtable felt that climate talks in Copenhagen were a failure, there was some movement towards international cooperation and the pos ...
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Kemal Dervis¸ , Abigail Jones, Karen Kornbluh, and Sarah Puritz
The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., March 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Environment as infrastructure: Resilience to climate change impacts on water through investments in ...
From the document:
"This Perspective Document is part of a series of 16 papers on Water and Climate Change Adaptation."
"'Climate change and adaptation’ is a central topic on the 5th World Water Forum. It is the lead theme for the political and thematic processes, the topic of a High Level Panel session, and a focus in several docume ...
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D. Mark Smith and Stefano Barchiesi
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Future Impacts of Climate Change Across Europe
From the Abstract: "This CEPS Working Document reviews the potential impacts of climate change on
11 key indicator categories and 3 large regions covering the entire European
Union. Although there remains a considerable degree of uncertainty about local
and regional effects, the paper highlights strong distributional patterns.
Northern E ...
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Arno Behrens, Anton Georgiev and Maelis Carraro
Center for Euopean Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium, February 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
More Variable and UncertainWater Supply: GlobalWarming’sWake-Up Call for the Southeastern United S...
This report by the National Wildlife Federation examines the future of the water supply to the Southeastern United States and comes to some disturbing conclusions. After 40 years of "relatively abundant water supplies,"the south is vulnerable to drought, periodic heavy and destructive rainfall events and a host of other difficulties. The report ...
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National Wildlife Federation, Reston, VA, 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Paying the Premium: Insurance as a Risk Management Tool for Climate Change
From the executive summary: By allowing individual countries, companies or individuals to transfer risk of future losses to an insurance provider, insurance can protect policy-holders from large-scale economic losses due to weather disasters, can provide financial liquidity immediately after a loss, and can help build resilience to economic shocks. ...
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Aarjan Dixit and Heather McGray
World Resources Institute Working Paper, June 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Rich and Poor NationsFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Reduce Risk and Raise Resilience
This is a publication of World Vision, a Christian relief, development and advocacy organization that works with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice, through sponsorship of children and other programs. In their work in some of the poorest nations of the world they have witnessed first-hand the consequences of clim ...
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David Lansley and Kirsten Donaldson
World Vision, Monrovia, CA, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Report on the Expert Group Meeting on Citizen Engagement in Climate Change Governance: Citizens for ...
From the Meeting Summary: "The forces of climate change create interconnected complexities and growing vulnerabilities of human communities. When countries move up the development ladder, intersectoral linkages become stronger, such as the agricultural sector linking with the industrial sector. As climate change affects one sector, the effect is ...
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United Nations Economic and Social Council
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Public Administration and Development Management Socio-Economic Governance and Management Branch, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
The Cost of Climate Change: What We’ll Pay if Global Warming Continues Unchecked
This report focuses on a “business-as-usual” future in which the world continues to emit heat-trapping gases at an increasing rate. It bases its economic projections
on the most pessimistic of the business-as-usual climate forecasts considered “likely” by the scientific community. In this projected climate future, which is still far from
the wors ...
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Ackerman, Frank, Elizabeth A. Stanton, et al.
Washington, DC: National Resource Defense Council: May 2008
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor the Public
The Economics of Climate Change: Sterm Review
From the Summary of Conclusions:
"There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we take
strong action now.
Climate change could have very serious impacts on growth and development.
The costs of stabilising the climate are significant but manageable; delay
would be dangerous and much more costly.
Acti ...
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stern Review
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, April 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists
The Implications of Climate Change on Water
The World Water Assessment Programme launched the third UN World
Water Development Report, Water in a Changing World, in March 2009 at
the 5th World Water Forum in Istanbul.
Water, as the lifeblood resource of the planet affects all natural, social and economic systems, and is the link between climate, human society and the environment. T ...
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The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme
The United Nations World Water Assessment Programme, Perugia, Italy, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Analyzing Opinions & Attitudes
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Transboundary Flood Risk Management: Experiences from the UNECE Region
Floods respect no borders. Extreme flood events cause economic, social and environmental impacts,losses in human life and they are increasing. At the same time, however, flood events bring benefits, with "seasonal floodplain inundation required for healthy rivers, to create new habitats and maintain old ones, to fertilize by depositing silts and ...
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
United Nations Publication Geneva, November 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Water Scarcity & Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses & Investors
Excerpted from the Executive Summary: “This Ceres/Pacific Institute report, done at the request of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, outlines the wide-ranging risks investors and companies face from water scarcity and how global climate change will heighten those risks in many parts of the world.”
Drought attributable in significant part t ...
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Jason Morrison, Mari Morikawa, Michael Murphy, and Peter Schulte of the Pacific Institute
Baston, MA: Ceres, February 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Water Scarcity and Climate Change: Growing Risks for Businesses and Investors
Excerpted from the Executive Summary: "Water is crucial for the economy. Virtually every industry from agriculture, electric power and industrial manufacturing to beverage, apparel, and tourism relies on it to grow and ultimately sustain their business."
"Yet water is becoming scarcer globally and every indication is that it will become eve ...
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Jason Morrison, Mari Morikawa, Michael Murphy, and Peter Schulte
CERES, Boston, MA., USA, February 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and Oceania,Africa,Latin AmericaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
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