• 2 The current estimated rate (3 mm/year) is already at the upper limit of the range of global sea-level rise projections that were presented 20 years ago in the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment. (nationalacademies.org)
  • For example, Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) has compiled information from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessments, the 2005 World Bank report Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis, and CIESIN's gridded world population data sets to present a projected geographic distribution of vulnerability in 2050. (nationalacademies.org)
  • the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its fifth assessment report points to this. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the most up-to-date, comprehensive and relevant analysis of our changing climate. (tcfdhub.org)
  • The latest scientific consensus on climate change in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on 1.5°C [2] is used as the starting point for setting sub-national carbon budgets [3, 4] that quantify the maximum carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) associated with energy use in Erewash that can be emitted to meet this commitment. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Climate risks, and associated changes in marine and terrestrial ecosystems that regulate the resilience of the climate system, are at the forefront of these global risks. (lse.ac.uk)
  • And it looks at opportunities for building climate resilience (through land infrastructure, rail systems, inland waterways, and coastal adaptation) and for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions (through modal shifts, demand reduction, vehicle efficiency, reduction in carbon intensity, and policy intervention). (bsr.org)
  • In the Statement, African countries agreed to implement an essential public health package to enhance climate change resilience of the health sector. (who.int)
  • The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative is an urgent, cross-cutting NIH effort to reduce health threats from climate change across the lifespan and build health resilience in individuals, communities, and nations around the world, especially among those at highest risk. (nih.gov)
  • When President Obama signed Executive Order 13653 in November 2013, he committed "to prepare the nation for the impacts of climate change by undertaking actions to enhance climate preparedness and resilience. (cdc.gov)
  • All of this has policy implications for the fight against hunger and poverty and for the global food trade. (thebeefsite.com)
  • 4. Policy implications: our results demonstrate that climate change will have significant ramifications for future productivity of seabirds breeding in the North Sea, an area undergoing extensive and rapid offshore renewable energy development. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • A longevity gap between rich and poor has persisted over the years in Canada with significant policy implications, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. (cdhowe.org)
  • In "Rich Man, Poor Man: The Policy Implications of Canadians Living Longer" - the first study of long-term changes in longevity across earnings groups in Canada - authors Kevin Milligan and Tammy Schirle provide new evidence on the incomes and life expectancy of Canadians. (cdhowe.org)
  • and the international policy implications of the potentially far-reaching impacts of climate change on infectious disease. (nih.gov)
  • Earth League climate statement on the implications for climate policy from the 5th IPCC Assessment. (lse.ac.uk)
  • The report is one in a 13-part series that translates the IPCC assessments for business leaders and also part of BSR's Business in a Climate-Constrained World initiative. (bsr.org)
  • The CIESIN analysis combines its population data sets with IPCC-projected climate-change-related vulnerabilities, economic data, and past disaster-related losses to identify areas at relative high risk from one or more hazards. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Climate change will affect tourism resorts, particularly ski resorts, beach resorts, and nature resorts (robust evidence, high agreement) and tourists may spend their holidays at higher altitudes and latitudes (medium evidence, high agreement)," said the IPCC, which is the global body for the assessment of climate change research. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • The study, published in Global Environmental Change, looked at five different IPCC scenarios for global development in 49 deltas all over the world, including famous deltas such as the Nile, Mekong, and Mississippi, but also more understudied deltas such as the Volta, Zambezi and Irrawaddy deltas. (lu.se)
  • Successful delivery of marine renewable targets is constrained by uncertainties in whether ORDs will compound climate-driven effects that protected populations are already experiencing. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • However, currently PVAs do not account for effects of climate change on populations. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • We recommend including climate-driven changes to seabird productivity within ORD assessments, particularly PVA, to avoid mis-identifying the strength of ORD impacts on vital rates and their consequences for populations already undergoing climate-driven change. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • In the future, the impacts of climate change, as well as growing populations and declining per capita agricultural capacity, are expected to further threaten food security¹. (unep.net)
  • A number of worker populations may be particularly vulnerable to threats from climate change, such as outdoor workers, emergency responders, commercial fishermen, health care workers, fire fighters, farmers, certain indoor workers, and transportation and utility workers. (cdc.gov)
  • For worker populations such as migrant workers and day laborers who may have inadequate housing or other social and economic constraints, the health effects of climate change may be additive from exposures both at work and at home. (cdc.gov)
  • This FOA encourages research applications to examine the differential risk factors of populations that lead to or are associated with increased vulnerability to exposures, diseases and other adverse health outcomes related to climate change. (nih.gov)
  • The ultimate goal of this research program is to help inform climate change adaptation and public health interventions to reduce current and future vulnerability of various populations to the health effects of climate change. (nih.gov)
  • Dr. Bernstein will explain how this has limited our ability to adapt to climate shocks, especially for populations that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change. (nih.gov)
  • You will also learn more about the joint climate assessment provided by CDP & South Pole Group, which provides a comprehensive understanding of carbon risk and opportunity at portfolio level and down to individual holdings - including comparison to appropriate benchmarks to explain the effect of stock selection and sector allocation decisions. (southpole.com)
  • Although this rate is small relative to the magnitude of tidal excursions at most localities, the probability of sea level rising at this rate or faster (while adding to tidal excursions and storm surges) over the next century requires serious assessment of the implications for coastal facilities. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Development of a climate change and human health risk assessment to better quantify and predict health outcomes on a regional scale. (nih.gov)
  • Added Chin: "In the past 10 years, the ministry has hosted a number of sensitisation workshops on climate change as well as carried out training sessions in the following areas: initial and detailed damage assessment, damage and loss assessment, business continuity, emergency operations, hurricane preparedness, first aid and light search and rescue. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • Weather and climate patterns are changing, causing increasingly frequent and severe heat waves, drought, flooding, and extreme weather events, as well as a rise in sea levels, a report released in May by the U.S. Global Change Research Program concluded ( National Climate Assessment ). (cdc.gov)
  • Chronic, longer-term shifts in temperature and other climate hazards are impacting productivity and performance across the economy. (frbsf.org)
  • In the next part of the analysis, the contribution of large-scale atmospheric circulation changes to the Svalbard temperature development over the last 20 years is investigated. (awi.de)
  • An observational case study using upper air soundings from the AWIPEV research station in Ny-Ålesund during May-June 2017 underlines that such circulation changes during summer are associated with tropospheric anomalies in temperature, humidity and boundary layer height. (awi.de)
  • We then analysed the relationship between temperature and mortality, as well as with hospital admissions for the period 2009-2013, and estimated the projected mortality in the near future and far future periods under changing climate and population, assuming alternatively no acclimatization and acclimatization based on a constant threshold percentile temperature. (dtu.dk)
  • Conclusion While some have characterized the relationship between temperature and violent crime as a continually increasing linear function, leaving open the possibility that aggravated crime will increase in a warmer climate, we conclude that the relationship in Dallas is not linear, but moderates and turns negative at high ambient temperatures. (medscape.com)
  • As a result, rainfall and temperature changes directly influence food supply. (unep.net)
  • That climate change wreaks havoc on the economy with physical damage is a given-in terms of both chronic (such as the gradual rise in temperature and sea levels or the shift in precipitations) and acute impacts (related to the frequency and severity of extreme weather events). (deloitte.com)
  • Finally, resistance is climate dependent, because individuals from low ( temperature locations in the wettest quarter were typically susceptible to infection , likely reflecting a lack of pathogen pressure in colder climates . (bvsalud.org)
  • Second round of Net Zero Company Benchmark assessments show some corporate climate progress against key climate indicators, but find much more action is urgently needed from focus companies to support global efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C. (unpri.org)
  • The post Localized impacts and economic implications from high temperature disruption days under climate change appeared first on British Antarctic Survey . (polarmaru.org)
  • Financial authorities are beginning to assess how climate-related risks are managed by financial firms and to take actions to encourage firms to mitigate such risks. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • Some authorities have also voiced support for considering macro-prudential policies to mitigate the climate-related risks to financial stability. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • She also stressed the need for a "sharper focus on important drivers of climate adaption, including the potential role of trade as a driver to mitigate some of the negative impact of climate on global food production. (thebeefsite.com)
  • We used these relationships to explore the potential for seabirds to mitigate climate-driven changes in productivity by accessing wider resources through increased foraging ranges around colonies. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • Global climate change has become one of the most visible environmental concerns of the 21st century and these changes have the potential to affect human health both directly and indirectly. (cdc.gov)
  • Impacts of climate change-including more intense droughts and floods, heat waves, thawing permafrost, and sea-level rise-could damage transport infrastructure such as roads, railways, and ports, requiring extensive adaptation and changes to route planning in some regions. (bsr.org)
  • African gove rnme nts have ma de firm comm itm ents at variou s forum s to ad dress climate change with emphasis on health adaptation. (who.int)
  • ate Change is intended to provide a scientific and evidence-based coordinated response to the climate change adaptation needs of African countries in orde r to support the commitments and priorities of African governments. (who.int)
  • The overall objective of the Fram ework is to guide the formulation of country-specific action plans that will form the health component of national clim ate change adaptation plans aimed at minimizing the adverse public health effects of clim ate change. (who.int)
  • together human rights, c limate change adaptation and justice. (researchgate.net)
  • Implications for climate change adaptation policies. (cdc.gov)
  • Risk factors include increasing population density, urban development, irrigated agriculture, changes to river discharge, land subsidence and relative sea-level rise, limited economic capacity, poor government effectiveness, and low adaptation readiness. (lu.se)
  • This presentation will also highlight examples where a precision health approach to investigating climate actions can catalyze health-promoting climate mitigation and adaptation. (nih.gov)
  • however, with proper planning and prioritisation of activities, we have been able to adequately and successfully implement the programmes and projects that address climate change and disaster management," it added. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • The Framework provides the initial planning of how the NIH community will address climate change and health. (nih.gov)
  • Today, the United Nations is hosting Climate Summit 2014 to bring together world leaders at the highest level to address climate change and galvanize support for climate action. (cdc.gov)
  • These data clarify the impacts of climatic change on marsupial megafauna and suggest that the long-term drying out of Australia, identified here and in other records, likely played a key role in the decline and disappearance of this unique suite of animals. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • These measures are are influenced by dynamic interactions the Centers for Disease Control and Pre broadly defined by two aspects: greenhouse among environmental-climatic factors, bio vention (Maggie Byrne and George Lu gas emissions reduction (mitigation) and logical systems, and human elements (Rose ber), Adele Houghton Consulting (Adele reducing the harm associated with climate et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Colonisations may lag behind changes in climatic suitability because other habitat requirements, for example prey availability, are not yet met in newly climatically suitable areas, or there may be insufficient emigrating dispersive individuals to colonise new areas effectively. (nature.com)
  • The data for the first atlas (1985-1988) were collected at the onset of a period of major climatic change across Europe (Supplementary Fig. S1 ). (nature.com)
  • Heat-related mortality and morbidity is likely to increase under climate change scenarios without adequate prevention based on locally relevant evidence. (dtu.dk)
  • Scenarios of global food consumption: Implications for agriculture (Report No. ERR-323). (usda.gov)
  • Results further showed that while the rainfall thresholds for landslide occurrence are expected to change in future scenarios, the probability distribution of landslide areas are not. (polito.it)
  • Climate changes, environment and infection: facts, scenarios and growing awareness from the public health community within Europe. (nih.gov)
  • The research shows that deltas face multiple risks, and that population growth and poor environmental governance might pose bigger threats than climate change to the sustainability of Asian and African deltas, in particular. (lu.se)
  • We expect our results to contribute to regional investigations of the expected impact of projected climate variations on slope stability conditions and on landslide hazards. (polito.it)
  • Climate change may result in not only the increasing prevalence and severity of known occupational hazards and exposures, but also the emergence of new ones. (cdc.gov)
  • Such children already face severe challenges, which climate change will likely exacerbate. (ed.gov)
  • Climate change is likely to exacerbate growing global inequality as the brunt of the negative climate effects is expected to fall on those countries that are least developed and most vulnerable," said the book's editor, Aziz Elbehri, of FAO's Trade and Markets Division. (thebeefsite.com)
  • In many regions of the world, the impact of climate change is likely to further exacerbate the preexisting stress on water supplies and the mounting pressures of population growth. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The manifestation of physical risks-particularly that prompted by a self-reinforcing acceleration in climate change and its economic effects-could lead to a sharp fall in asset prices and increase in uncertainty. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • The breadth and magnitude of climate-related risks might make these effects more pernicious than in the case of other economic risks. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • Even today, many developing countries experience a disproportionate share of extreme weather, and they are predicted to suffer disproportionately from the effects of climate change in the future. (ed.gov)
  • 2. We used generalised linear mixed models to quantify climate effects on seabird productivity in eight species breeding at 119 colonies along the UK's Eastern seaboard. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • This committee has found strong scientific evidence to support naval leadership's initiatives to study and act on the implications of climate change and its effects on naval missions, operations, and capabilities. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Numerous peer-reviewed assessments indicate increasing global stresses due to the effects of climate change alone and in combination with other environmental stressors, such as global population growth. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Effects on the 'felt' implication were not found. (bvsalud.org)
  • The relation between climate change and is potential effects on the stability of slopes remains an open issue. (polito.it)
  • For rainfall induced landslides, the point consists in determining the effects of the projected changes in the duration and amounts of rainfall that can initiate slope failures. (polito.it)
  • Here, we use the changing distributions of 378 European breeding bird species over 30 years to explore the putative drivers of recent range dynamics, considering the effects of climate, land cover, other environmental variables, and species' traits on the probability of local colonisation and extinction. (nature.com)
  • We are looking for research that uses climate change to address effects on public health with a particular focus on the spread of infectious diseases. (plos.org)
  • This situation is likely to worsen by the effects of climate change, which is exacerbating problems in agricultural food supply, particularly in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa. (brill.com)
  • There has been considerable research and planning with regard to the public health and environmental aspects of climate change, but little on its effects on workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Workers are often the first to be exposed to the effects of climate change and may be affected for longer durations and at greater intensities. (cdc.gov)
  • The Forum on Microbial Threats of the Institute of Medicine ( IOM ) held a public workshop in Washington, DC, on December 4 and 5, 2007, to explore the anticipated direct and indirect effects of global climate change and extreme weather events on infectious diseases of humans, animals, and plants and the implications of these health impacts for global and national security. (nih.gov)
  • In May 2008, the World Health Assembly requested the Director-General of WHO to continue close cooperation with Member States, appropriate United Nations agencies and other partners in order to develop capacity to assess the risks of climate change to human health. (who.int)
  • It assesses the initial implications for climate policy as a result of Russia's invasion and war in Ukraine. (unpri.org)
  • The growing threat of climate change to the global food supply, and the challenges it poses for food security and nutrition, requires urgent concerted policy responses," wrote FAO Deputy Director-General Natural Resources, Maria Helena Semedo, in her foreword to the volume. (thebeefsite.com)
  • The report then focuses on climate-change-related operational impact and challenges in the Arctic, highlighting Arctic command issues and an examination of U.S. icebreaker needs. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The chapter analyses climate litigation in India and Pakistan and the opportunities and challenges that exist going forward. (researchgate.net)
  • The efficacy of such actions taken by financial firms may also be hampered by a lack of data with which to assess clients' exposures to climate-related risks. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • Scenario analysis is one tool that can be used by financial authorities to quantify the totality of exposures of financial institutions to climate-related risks within their jurisdiction. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • 2001). As cities begin to upgrade sewage sys the consequences of these exposures for en traditional public health infrastructure. (cdc.gov)
  • Three-quarters of financial authorities are considering climate risks in their financial stability monitoring and some are starting to quantify those risks. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • To inform this work and tailor the support we are able to give, we are asking local authority planners for their insights into how they are planning for climate change through a survey . (tcpa.org.uk)
  • [ 5 ] Such increases may have implications for the incidence of violent crime and associated morbidity and mortality. (medscape.com)
  • Workers may also be exposed to conditions that the general public can avoid, and work force increases are likely in jobs that are most affected by climate change such as wildland firefighting, as well as in industries that will emerge in response to it, including renewable energy. (cdc.gov)
  • Exploring the concept of health communities (green/smart/sustainable) as an adaptive framework to protect from the impacts of climate change. (nih.gov)
  • The NIH Climate Change and Health Initiative Strategic Framework includes input from the scientific and stakeholder communities. (nih.gov)
  • 3. We demonstrate strong links between productivity and climate in five species. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • In four species, future climate projections indicated large declines in productivity relative to current rates (Atlantic puffin, black-legged kittiwake, common guillemot and great black-backed gull). (bioss.ac.uk)
  • Only one species, northern gannet, was predicted to increase productivity under future climate. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • And, of course, changing weather patterns and weather extremes affect human health and lower productivity. (deloitte.com)
  • Background: Climate change has implications for human health and productivity. (cdc.gov)
  • The resultant loss of employment and productivity has significant implications for global commodity supplies. (cdc.gov)
  • In 2009, the Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine concluded that research on climate change needed to be reframed to emphasize human health impacts and research gaps. (nih.gov)
  • Methods We modelled the urban climate of Antwerp for the summer season during the period 1986-2015, and projected summer daily temperatures for two periods, one in the near (2026-2045) and one in the far future (2081-2100), under the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5. (dtu.dk)
  • What are the current mortality trends associated with sub-optimal temperatures, and what does the research show regarding the impacts of various climate pathways? (actuview.com)
  • This finding suggests that the higher ambient temperatures expected with climate change may result in marginal shifts in violent crime in the short term, but are not likely to be accompanied by markedly higher rates of violent crime and associated increased incidence of injury and death. (medscape.com)
  • With climate change, regional mean temperatures in the U.S. are expected to rise between 3.6 and 7.2°F by 2100. (medscape.com)
  • Global climate change is already altering forest disturbance regimes and further changes are expected to have major implications on forest ecosystem structure and dynamics. (mdpi.com)
  • This paper reviews the background that has led to the now almost-universally held opinion in the scientific community that global climate change is occurring and is inescapably linked with anthropogenic activity. (nih.gov)
  • Referred to as the CAFÉ RCC, it will C onvene, A ccelerate, F oster, and E xpand the global climate change and health community of practice. (nih.gov)
  • An NIEHS-led interagency effort identified 11 key categories of diseases and other health consequences of global climate change. (nih.gov)
  • DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 20, 2005 In an industry first, Ford Motor Company has issued a report addressing the business implications of climate change, carbon dioxide emissions and global energy concerns. (mongabay.com)
  • and the market, policy, social and technological enablers required to achieve significant changes in the industry's carbon footprint. (mongabay.com)
  • Being carbon emitting human activities at the origin of climate change, in order to attenuate this phenomenon our society would have change its behavior in what regards the environment. (bvsalud.org)
  • While the economic damage caused by climate change is obvious, the transition to a low-carbon future isn't devoid of economic implications either. (deloitte.com)
  • Professor Nick Robins analyses the growing influence of just transition on climate policy across civil society, business and finance and outlines its emergence as key factor shaping how Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) global forecasts play out on carbon pricing, clean energy, fossil fuel phase down, EVs, agriculture and land use. (unpri.org)
  • Research shows that development gains, in both rich and poor nations, can be undermined by social, economic and ecological problems caused by human-induced global environmental change. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Among the many manifestations of climate change projected for the next several decades, sea-level rise is both highly certain to occur and highly certain to come with economic costs. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The economic implications of climate change-induced changes in tourism demand and supply entail gains for countries closer to the poles and higher up the mountains and losses for other countries. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • The issue of climate change has risen in significance over the last few years and is likely to have far-reaching economic consequences in the years to come. (deloitte.com)
  • But what economic implications does this transition bring as part of the package? (deloitte.com)
  • We, as citizens with a strong engagement in Earth system science and socio-ecological dynamics, share the vision of a more equitable and prosperous future for the world, yet we also see threats to this future from shifts in climate and environmental processes. (lse.ac.uk)
  • Climate change has been associated with both latitudinal and elevational shifts in species' ranges. (nature.com)
  • The extent, however, to which climate change has driven recent range shifts alongside other putative drivers remains uncertain. (nature.com)
  • These shifts, however, were significantly different from expectations due to changing climate and land cover. (nature.com)
  • Yet, the extent to which climate change drives species' range shifts across large geographic regions in relation to other putative drivers of change, remains contested. (nature.com)
  • Moreover, the interaction between various species' traits and extrinsic drivers of change may also lead to highly complex and idiosyncratic patterns of range shifts 17 . (nature.com)
  • Understanding the mechanisms that underlie species' range shifts and establishing the relative roles of climate change and other putative drivers of range change is therefore critical if we are to identify species' extinction risk and implement targeted conservation actions. (nature.com)
  • What will happen if the population continues to grow and climate change exacerbates the harsh conditions? (unep.net)
  • 6 Apart from injuries and premature deaths, climate change also causes or exacerbates a host of diseases and illnesses, 7 prompting authorities to divert additional money and resources toward health care. (deloitte.com)
  • It cites recent research that has assessed the global impact of diet change on both irrigated and rain-fed water consumption patterns. (thebeefsite.com)
  • These may be a consequence of non-directional and non-linear changes in climate (e.g., precipitation patterns). (nature.com)
  • We continue to diversify our market base to reduce vulnerability to changes in travel patterns motivated by changing climate conditions and weather patterns," Chin said. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • We have found evidence that, as the climate was changing and getting drier, animal diets were shifting dramatically," said Larisa DeSantis , assistant professor of earth and environmental studies at Vanderbilt University, who directed the study. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • Here, the analysis indicates that the climate was substantially drier and the diet of the giant herbivores was considerably more restricted. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • Agricultural workers who develop health conditions, such as kidney disease, are particularly vulnerable in the face of climate change and increasing heat extremes. (cdc.gov)
  • While droughts are naturally occurring phenomena in the Horn of Africa, changes such as population growth as well as environmental degradation, land fragmentation and conflict, have increased vulnerability and decreased the adaptive capacity of communities. (unep.net)
  • As part of an ad hoc interagency working group on climate change and health, NIEHS teamed up with other government and international researchers to address public health concerns and vulnerability related to climate change. (nih.gov)
  • Also, NIEHS, along with British partners, funded a 2009 series in the journal Lancet that concluded that the savings from improving health would offset the cost of addressing climate change. (nih.gov)
  • The report also examines the impacts of climate change and considerations by sector of the industry: road, rail, air, and ocean transport. (bsr.org)
  • This thesis focuses on the climate change and related processes on Svalbard, an archipelago in the North Atlantic sector of the Arctic, which is shown to be a "hotspot" for the amplified recent warming during winter. (awi.de)
  • Among the ministry's efforts so far is mainstreaming climate change and disaster risk management into the tourism sector through the Climate Change and Multi-Hazard Contingency Programme. (jamaica-gleaner.com)
  • This report synthesizes the most pertinent findings of AR5 and the implications for the tourism sector. (tcfdhub.org)
  • Japan's commitment to net-zero by 2050, announced by the former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and enshrined in Japanese law, has profound implications for the country's power sector. (unpri.org)
  • The analysis suggests that climate change had a significant impact on their diets and may well have been a primary factor in their extinction. (vanderbilt.edu)
  • With offices in Asia, Europe, and North America, BSR® provides its 300+ member companies with insight, advice, and collaborative initiatives to help them see a changing world more clearly, create long-term value, and scale impact. (bsr.org)
  • The book also underscores the potential impact climate change could have on health and nutrition by exacerbating the prevalence of hidden hunger - the chronic lack of vitamins and minerals - and obesity. (thebeefsite.com)
  • Local impact will in large part depend on changes in ocean circulation. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This chapter concludes with a discussion of the implications of a changing climate on health and disease and the impact that this may have for future naval missions. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The aim of this study is to observe the impact of climate change enunciation context (an academic or an official one), and of the implication 'induced' upon the participant (strong or weak) on the 'felt' implication as well as on the structure the representation of this object. (bvsalud.org)
  • 8 The impact of climate change and the related direct costs are unequally spread, with some places and communities being more exposed than others. (deloitte.com)
  • As part of an NIH-wide Climate Change and Health Initiative, this NOSI encourages applications that address the impact of climate change on health and well-being over the life course, including the health implications of climate change in the United States and globally. (nih.gov)
  • Climate change is already impacting communities across the UK and reality is really setting in that over the next 50 years, during many of our life times, there will be even more devastating consequences. (tcpa.org.uk)
  • Countries of the African Region are ill-prepared to cope with the negative consequences of climate change, particularly on health, because their health systems are weak and already over-stretched. (who.int)
  • Source: Adapted from Patz and Balbus, 1996: Methods for assessing public health vulnerability to climate change. (nih.gov)
  • Applications may involve either applied research studies that address specific hypotheses about risk factors or population characteristics associated with increased vulnerability, or research projects to develop general models or methods for identifying and characterizing population vulnerability to climate change. (nih.gov)
  • A shareholder resolution filed in November 2004 by the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR), Ceres (a coalition of investors and environmental groups and founder of the Investor Network on Climate Risk) and others was subsequently withdrawn in March 2005 when Ford announced it would publish this report. (mongabay.com)
  • FSB published a report that analyzes how climate-related risks might be transmitted across, and amplified by, the financial system, including across borders. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • The report highlights that financial institutions can take-and are taking-actions to reduce or manage their exposure to climate-related risks. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • The report builds on the FSB stocktake of experience of financial authorities in including physical and transition climate risks as part of their financial stability monitoring. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • The report explains that risks to financial stability from climate change can be divided into physical and transition risks. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • The report notes that robust risk management might be supported by initiatives to enhance information with which to assess climate-related risk. (moodysanalytics.com)
  • A report by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and the Subcommittee on Global Change Research, 2009, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. (nationalacademies.org)
  • This report presents climate change targets for Erewash Defined in terms of the administrative boundary of the Erewash area. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) and non-CO 2 emissions are considered separately to the energy CO 2 budget in this report. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • This report presents advisory climate change targets for Erewash to make its fair contribution to meeting the objectives of the United Nations Paris Agreement on Climate Change. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Moreover, developing countries often have limited social safety nets, widespread poverty, fragile health care systems, and weak governmental institutions, making it harder for them to adapt or respond to climate change. (ed.gov)
  • Could our industry play a strategic role in mitigating climate risks by helping societies adapt? (actuview.com)
  • The potential implications to human health are considerable and very diverse. (nih.gov)
  • Environmental equity in air quality management: local and international implications for human health and climate change. (nih.gov)
  • The development of human civilisations has occurred at a time of stable climate. (lse.ac.uk)
  • This climate stability is now threatened by human activity. (lse.ac.uk)
  • 1. How do humans and human societies drive changes in the global environment? (nih.gov)
  • NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) have joined forces to educate and inform colleagues and the public about the human health implications of climate change. (nih.gov)
  • Population Viability Analysis (PVA) is the standard method for forecasting wildlife population change, underpinning ORD assessments. (bioss.ac.uk)
  • Climate change affects the economy in more ways than one (figure 1), making it that much more important to approach this issue from different perspectives. (deloitte.com)
  • We see climate change as a business issue as well as an environmental issue and we're accelerating our efforts to find solutions. (mongabay.com)
  • Ford clearly understands that global warming is a serious environmental and financial issue, and that climate-friendly vehicles must be part of the solution," said Mindy S. Lubber, president of Ceres and director of the Investor Network on Climate Risk, an alliance of investors with nearly $3 trillion of assets. (mongabay.com)
  • Climate change has been recognized as an environmental and public health crisis, gaining regulatory and strategic importance. (actuview.com)
  • 2. How do humans prepare for and respond to global environmental change? (nih.gov)
  • Environmental Health climate change. (cdc.gov)
  • The development and validation of a cross-industry safety climate measure: resolving conceptual and operational issues. (cdc.gov)
  • Conclusion These results highlight the importance of a long-term perspective in the public health prevention of heat exposure, particularly in the context of a changing climate, and the calibration of existing prevention activities in light of locally relevant evidence. (dtu.dk)
  • A secondary objective was to consider the implications of the observed relationships for injuries and deaths from violent crimes in the context of a warming climate. (medscape.com)
  • Accordingly, the chapter provides a fresh perspective to the current literature on climate litigation in India and Pakistan, through a more focussed analysis of climate litigation in the domestic political and legal context within which such litigation takes place. (researchgate.net)
  • And now, the country is facing the other side of the climate extreme - the worst drought in the country's history. (natoassociation.ca)
  • This chapter begins with an examination of climate change impacts on naval forces' missions and operations-including increased humanitarian assistance/disaster relief (HA/DR) and the resulting implications for such units as U.S. Navy hospital ships, Naval Mobile Construction Battalions (NMCBs), and Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs). (nationalacademies.org)