... earning and employment opportunities g) Dissemination of climate data h) Institutional planning and implementation CONCLUSION Vietnam climatechangeand variability are a part of global climate ... changeand variability on agriculture, forestry and food security inVietnam and strategies to be adapted on agriculture; Preparation the Vietnam- National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) ... (NAPA) to adapt to the present threats fromclimatechange In this preparing a" handbook for Central and local Gevernments" Fig1 Trend and variation of annual average temperature (station Ha Noi)...
... in coastal and inland areas Land use and land cover tools are considered adaptation options in desertification phenomenon in sandy and coastal areas (Pyke & Andelman, 2007) Conservation tillage ... temperature and changing precipitation pattern lead to achange in different crops and grassland species in Asia and East Africa These changes can lead to a different composition in animal diets and ... question is “what are the impacts of climate changes on agricultural production and how farmers have adapted and/ or can adapt to the climate change? ” According to Smit (1993), adaptation are “adjustments...
... temperature and humidity Source: Vietnam National communication Impacts on Human Health Negative Impact Very high confidence Malaria: contraction and expansion, changes in transmission season ... Temperature increases andchange in rainfall pattern will affect agriculture and water resources Impacts of sea level rise 3m 2m 4m 1m 5m WB 2007 “Large percentage of Vietnam’s population and ... inundation, flash floods, landslide and erosion • Increasing water shortage and growing water demand threaten water supply, water use conflicts Source: Vietnam National communication Impacts on Forestry...
... is in Malta, Cyprus, Spain, Austria and Greece In the Caribbean, this category includes e.g the Bahamas and Jamaica In Asia this applies to Thailand and Malaysia; in Africa to Tunisia and Morocco ... share, with well over a third (e.g Rome and the cities in Tuscany) Other important attractions are the Alps (in particular Alto Adige) and the Italian lakes (especially Lake Garda andLake Maggiore) ... Mediterranean (in particular Majorca) and the Canary Islands, off the Atlantic coast of Africa Next come Andalusia and the Valencia region, which also borders the Mediterranean According to the Spanish...
... and make lakes and streams unsuitable for fish and other plant and animal life Though usually more limited in its reach than climate change, air pollutants carried by winds can affect places far ... respiratory systems and attack some materials These air pollutants return to earth in the form of acid rain and snow, and as dry deposited gases and particles, which may damage crops and forests and ... forests Savannah biomass dominate the atmospheric concentration of aerosols over the Amazon basin and Africa (Scholes and Andreae, 2000; Artaxo et al., 2002) Concentrations of aerosol particles are...
... Haines A, Kammen D Sustainable energy and health Global Changeand Human Health, 2000, 1:2–11 Haines A et al Climatechangeand human health: impacts, vulnerability, and mitigation Lancet, 2006, 367:2101–2109 ... of seasonal variation on pregnancy-induced hypertension and/ or preeclampsia Australia and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1999, 39:196–199 Masika R Gender andclimate change: ... pedestrian areas, creating and renewing green spaces and parks, and improving public facilities Data from TransMilenio and the ITSD indicate large and rapid benefits Using 1998 base year data, the...
... Canada and more jobs for Canadians Action on Greenhouse Gases Climatechange is a serious environmental challenge and our Government has an aggressive strategy to tackle it We will set mandatory ... Action on ClimateChangeand Air Pollution C anada’s New Government understands that Canadians are concerned about the environment We are taking immediate steps to reduce air pollution and ... greenhouse gases in Canada Cars, trucks, trains, and planes all add to air pollution, and they account for over onequarter of all greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions in Canada For the first...
... Study; Canadian Climate Impacts Scenarios Project; CCME ClimateChange Indicators Project; Natural Hazards and Disasters in Canada; Climate Change- Human and Animal Diseases; ClimateChangeand Water ... vulnerability, impacts and adaptation (VIA) research nationally and internationally In Canada, the AIRG led and contributed to a number of climatechangeand VIA projects that include: Canada Country ... modeling the climateand its variability, regional environmental change- integrated approach, vulnerability assessment andregional adaptation and mitigation potentials He is a Coordinating Lead Author...
... data than either empirical or water-balance models These models can be applied at shorter time-scales (say on a daily or hourly basis), a distinct advantage over empirical and water-balance models ... run, mean rainfall for each of the 365 days was calculated For calculating 20-year rainfall values, the ratio of the 20-year and mean rainfall was determined and the mean rainfall for each of ... data covering all parameters andamodel discretization to an appropriate scale (Refsgaard et al., 1992) For example, the SHE model was applied to the Wye catchment in England and in six small...
... No ChangeChange (-) No ChangeChange (+) No ChangeChange (+) No Change No Change No ChangeChange (-) No Change No Change No ChangeChange (-) No ChangeChange (+) No ChangeChange (+) No Change ... 66 Statistical Tests Peak Discharge/Flooded Areas Station/Basin a Peak Discharge The Ganges Hardwar Farakka Hardinge Bridge Barahkshetra Pandu Bahadurabad Kanairghat Bhairab Bazaar The Ganges ... Likelihood Ratio Change (-) No ChangeChange (+) No ChangeChange (-) No ChangeChange (+) No Change No Change No ChangeChange (+) No Change Kruskal-Wallis Mann-Whitney Change (-) Change (+) Change...
... Prioritize Policies and Measures Characterize a broad adaptation approach Evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of alternative adaptations Prioritize measures and adaptations within and across sectors ... Runoff to ClimateChangeand Variability”, IIASA Working Paper WP-90-058, Laxenburg, Austria, 1990 Kaczmarek, Z.: “Water-Balance Model for Climate Impact Analysis” ACTA Geophysica Polonica 41 (1993), ... J.: “An Anatomy of Adaptation to ClimateChangeand Variability” Climatic Change 45 (2000), pp.223-251 Smithers, J and Smit, B.: “Human Adaptation to Climatic Variability andChange Global Environmental...
... MIRZA 117 An empirical model was developed between annual precipitation in the Brahmaputra basin area (in India and Bangladesh) and the annual mean discharge of the Brahmaputra at Bahadurabad, Bangladesh ... East Rajasthan; V9 - West Madhaya Pradesh; V10 - East Madhaya Pradesh; and V11- Nepal ** V1 - North Assam; V2 - South Assam; V3 - Sub-Himalayan West Bengal; and V4 - Teesta Basin in Bangladesh ... MEAN PEAK DISCHARGE Using equation and in Table 5.3, mean peak discharges for the Ganges and Brahmaputra Rivers were estimated from the mean annual discharges under various climatechange scenarios...
... Flood Damages* River Basins States Land Ganges, Brahmaputra, Other River Basins and Coastal Areas Uttar Pradesh Bihar West Bengal Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Assam Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Orissa Tamil ... the Narmada River at Bharuch also come under this category Several water bodies in Bihar, Orissa, Maharashtra and Gujarat as well as the Rajmahal and Pichola Lake in Udaipur and certain locations ... Ganges and at Rangantithu on Cauvery A number of water bodies such as the Sukhna Lake at Chandigarh and Ramgarh Lake at Udaipur come under Class C Rivers such as Cauvery at Tiruchirappalli and...
... land-use and water management Alternative crops, livelihoods attention to water management and access to local coping and adaptation Establish, manage and execute a coordinated research agenda ... water related hazards, Bangladesh is at great risk from global climatechange Although the magnitude of the changes in climate may appear to be small, they could substantially increase the magnitude ... vulnerability due to impacts of climatechangeand SLR must concentrate on the adaptation mechanisms of planning, information management and international actions Here, the National Water Management...
... also reported widespread flood damage in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the South, Maharastra, Gujarat, and Rajasthan in the West, Uttar Pradesh in the North, and Bihar and ... Rajkot, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Panchmahals, Vadodara, Bharuch and Saurastra In 1987, another severe drought hit India Rainfall in seven meteorological ... types of adaptation include anticipatory and reactive adaptation, private and public adaptation, and autonomous and planned adaptation Salient features of various types of adaptation are presented...
... Minnesota Press, Minneapolis Velichko, A. A., Andrev, A. A., and Klimanov, V .A. , 1997: Climateand vegetation dynamics in the tundra and forest zone during the Late-Glacial and Holocene Quaternary ... interannual time scale Seasonal-mean rainfall and SST variations during JJA and MAM Detailed seasonal variations in the tropical Atlantic have been examined in past studies (e.g., Mitchell & Wallace, ... Scandinavia, Siberia, Greenland, Central Europe, China, and North America with data coverage to enable regional reconstructions Large-scale patterns as the MWP, the LIA and the 20th century warming...
... the same area as the seasonal mean rainfall variances (Fig 1) Particularly, over the open ocean the maximum rainfall anomaly band is roughly sandwiched by the marine ITCZ and the equatorial zone ... surface winds and SST These rainfall anomalies are generally located over the major area of rainfall variance TNA can contribute to the rainfall changes as well during this season, but its impact ... Zebiak, S (1993) Air-sea interaction in the equatorial Atlantic region J Climate, 6, 1567-1586 64 ClimateChangeand Variability Tropical cyclones, oceanic circulation andclimate 65 x Tropical...