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Dealing with Rising Seas
A Framework for Social Adaptation to Climate Change
This publication is a great resource for coral reef and other tropical marine
ecosystem managers, policy makers, conservation practitioners,
academics,
business and other resource user communities, government employees, reef
users
and scientists in tropical coastal regions.
It presents an a framework for understanding the vulnerab ...
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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
Adapting to climate change: Towards a European Framework for Action
Climate change increases land and sea temperatures and alters precipitation quantity and patterns, resulting in the increase of global average sea level, risks of coastal erosion and anexpected increase in the severity of weather-related natural disasters. Changing water levels, temperatures and flow will in turn affect food supply, health, indus ...
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Commission off the European Communities
Commission of the European Communities, January 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: EU and Member StatesFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Advancing the Science of Climate Change
This is another policy brief from The National Council of the National Academies.
As both experts and lay communities recognize that climate change is indeed taking place and posing serious risks and consequences for both natural systems and human society, the question has shifted from "What is happening?" to "How can we respond?". This p ...
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Panel on Advancing the Science of Climate Change
The National Council of the National Academies, March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor 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
Basic Information from the EPA
This link will take you to a page on the EPA website that has posted four two-page fact sheets
on climate change based on recent scientific data and findings. These documents
may be useful to state and local governments looking for public outreach
materials on climate change. The four new fact sheets are:
Climate
Change Sc ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington D.C, USA, 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
Calculating the Benefits of Climate Policy: Examining the Assumptions of Integrated Assessment Model...
From the Abstract: "Policy-relevant results of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) are sensitive to a number of uncertain assumptions that govern model simulation of the climate, society, and the policy response to climate change. Uncertainties remain in understanding of the rate and magnitude of climate change, the nature and severity of clim ...
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Michael D. Mastrandrea
The Pew Center, Arlington, VA, USA,
Objectives: Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor Nations,Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
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 and Conflict: Moving Beyond the Impasse
From the Introduction: "The debate on the relationship between climate change and conflict has reached an impasse. Two dominant narratives state that either climate change causes conflict or that contemporary conflicts have institutional and political causes. The preoccupation with proving the correlation between climate change and conflict is ...
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Institute of Development Studies
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK, May 2010
Objectives: Policies & Legislation,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
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 Change Threatens Australia's Coastal Lifestyle, Report Warns
This article highlights the dangers to Australia's coastline and coastal cities due to rising sea levels attributed to climate change. The danger is so real that a a government report has raised the issue of banning its citizens from coastal regions at risk of rising seas, saying that, "The time to act is now."
To complicate matters Aus ...
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Toni O'Loughlin
The Guardian, UK, October 27, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate Change: Faster, Stronger, Sooner
Research published on climate change since the deadline for the assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reveals that global warming is accelerating, at times far beyond IPCC 2007 forecasts.
This summary presents some sobering facts, some even dire predictions, regarding the Europen Unioin and the accelera ...
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Tina Tin
World Wildlife Federation, Brussels, Belgium, October 2008
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
Climate map shows world after 4C rise
This map from the Science Museum in London appears on the website of The Guardian. It shows the impact of rising seas after a 4C increase in temperature.
The map
reveals that the land will heat up more quickly than the sea, and high latitudes,
particularly the Arctic, will have larger temperature increases. The map uses the latest peer ...
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The Met Office Hadley Center
The Guardian, UK, October 22, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
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
Climate Refugees: Implications for India
From the Conclusion: "Climate change is likely to expose hundreds of millions of people to increasing environmental risks displacing a large number of people and forcing them to migrate. There is an emerging view that these people should be recognised as climate refugees by international laws and proper institutional arrangements should be made ...
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Architesh Panda
Economic and Political Weekly, Kerala, India, May 2010
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: Asia and OceaniaFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Climate Risk Information
This document, one of three in a series
of workbooks provides climate change projections for New York
City and identifies some of the potential risks to the City’s critical
infrastructure posed by climate change.
Climate change is extremely likely to bring
warmer temperatures to New York City and the
surrounding region. Heat waves are very ...
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New York, NY: New York City Panel On Climate, February, 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Coastal Sensitivity to Sea Level Rise: A Focus on the Mid-Atlantic Region
This report is primarily environmental/ecological but also contains some material related to the human populations of the Mid-Atlantic and the need for planning in the region to deal with the effects of rising sea-levels. EPA led the development of the report with significant contributions from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
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K. Eric Anderson, Donald R. Cahoon, Stephen K. Gill, Benjamin T. Gutierrez, E. Robert Thieler, James G. Titus, S. Jeffress Williams
EPA: January 15, 2009
Objectives: Theoretical Modeling,Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation
Geographic Focus: US OnlyFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts|For the Public
Combating Climate ChangeThe German Adaptation Strategy
Although this document focuses on the German strategies for adapting to climate change, the information presented is pertinent to the entire developed world, emphasizing that climate change is already changing the way we live and will have far-reaching consequences for the natural environment, human societies and the global economy if not properl ...
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Almut Nagel, Jürgen Schulz, and Thomas Stratenwerth (Eds.)
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin, Germany, March 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Proposals
Geographic Focus: US and Other Countries,EU and Member States,Rich and Poor NationsFor Economists|For Specialized Analysts
How Do Recent Population Trends Matter to Climate Change?
From the Summary: "Strong evidence exists showing that demographic change is closely associated with greenhouse gas emissions, and that population dynamics will play a key role in attempts to mitigate and adapt to the effects of changes in the climate system in the future. It is clear that analyzing the compositional change of populations, speci ...
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Leiwen Jiang and Karen Hardee
Population Action International, Washington, DC, April 2009
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts,Policies & Legislation,Evaluating Programs,Evaluating Proposals
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
Literature Review on Climate Change Impacts on Urban City Centres: Initial Findings
This study reviews the literature on studies of climate change on cities. It has found an emerging literature on this subject, though the studies are mostly qualitative in nature. Nonetheless, a small number of studies have undertaken detailed analysis of city scale impacts across sectors, notably London, New York, and Boston. However, even for th ...
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Alistair Hunt and Paul Watkiss
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Environment Directorate, Environment Policy Committee: December 6, 2007
Objectives: Forecasting Impacts
Geographic Focus: US and Other CountriesFor the Public
Migration, Environment and Climate Change: Assessing the Evidence
This book examines key areas relating to climate change and migration. Issues discussed include: data challenges, research methods, sudden and slow onset change and policy responses. It looks at both the impact of climate change on migration, as well as the impact of migration and refugee movements on the environment.
It examines the e ...
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Frank Laczko and Christine Aghazarm (eds.)
International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland, 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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