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Birds and Climate Change : Impacts and conservation responses

Green, Rhys E.

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Pearce-Higgins, James W.

2014
From the red grouse to the Ethiopian bush-crow, bird populations around the world can provide us with vital insights into the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems. They are among the best studied and monitored of organisms, yet many are already under threat of extinction as a result of habitat loss, overexploitation and pollution.
The View from the Ground - A farmer perspective on climate change and adaptation
Climate Change Resilience

Fisher, Mark

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Kenny, Gavin

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Robertson, Fred (illustrator)

2003
This publication is the result of the first phase of a 2-year project 'Adapting to climate change in eastern New Zealand' funded by: MAF Sustainable Farming Fund, AGMARDT, Climate Change Office/Ministry for the Environment, Hawke's Bay Regional Council, Environment Bay of Plenty, Environment Cantebury, and Merino NZ Inc.
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) Newsletter - Issue 2 (March 2017)
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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PEBACC

2017
This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), a pragmatic and sustainable option for securing resilience in social and ecological systems impacted by climate change.
Human health and climate change in Pacific island countries

WHO

2015
The global community has a blind spot concerning the extent of the risks posed by human-induced climate change to the well-being, health and physical survival of populations. There are many adverse environmental and social impacts associated with climate change, including hotter - and in the tropics more humid - conditions; increases in weather-related disasters; reduced food yields; disruptions to water sufficiency and seasonal rains; changes in the geographical range, seasonality and activity of many infectious disease agents; and mental health disorders in damaged, disrupted or displaced communities. These all carry risks, often serious or fatal, to human health. Under climate change conditions, the health and safety of humans are as vulnerable, eventually if not immediately, as is the health of ecosystems, particular species, soils and pastures, and the chemical profile, vitality and productivity of the oceans.
Pacific Islands Region: Ecosystem Approach Critical for Climate Change Adaptation
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Chape, Stuart

2016
Presentation on Pacific Islands Region: Ecosystem Approach Critical for Climate Change Adaptation
A region at risk - The human dimensions of climate change in Asia and the Pacific
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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Asian Development Bank

2017
The Asia and Pacific region is extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Unabated warming could significantly undo previous achievements of economic development and improvements of living standards. At the same time, the region has both the economic capacity and weight of influence to change the present fossil-fuel based development pathway and curb global emissions. This report sheds light on the regional implications of the latest projections of changes in climate conditions over Asia and the Pacific. The assessment concludes that, even under the Paris consensus scenario in which global warming is limited to 1.5°C to 2°C above preindustrial levels, some of the land area, ecosystems, and socioeconomic sectors will be significantly affected by climate change impacts, to which policy makers and the investment community need to adapt to. However, under a Business-As-Usual (BAU) scenario, which will cause a global mean temperature rise of over 4°C by the end of this century, the possibilities for adaptation are drastically reduced. Among others, climate change impacts such as the deterioration of the Asian “water towers”, prolonged heat waves, coastal sea-level rise and changes in rainfall patterns could disrupt ecosystem services and lead to severe effects on livelihoods which in turn would affect human health, migration dynamics and the potential for conflicts. This assessment also underlines that, for many areas vital to the region’s economy, research on the effects of climate change is still lacking.
Pacific Ecosystem-based Adaptation to Climate Change (PEBACC) Newsletter, Issue 3 - (June 2017)
Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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PEBACC

2017
This quarterly newsletter is an initiative to share information on Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA), a pragmatic and sustainable option for securing resilience in social and ecological systems impacted by climate change.
Climate Change and Human Health - Risks and Responses
Climate Change Resilience

Campbell-Lendrum, D.H. (ed.)

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Corvalan, C.F. (ed.)

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Ebi, K.L. (ed.)

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Githeko, A. (ed.)

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McMichael, A.J. (ed.)

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Scheraga, J.D. (ed.)

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Woodward, A. (ed.)

2003
Over the ages, human societies have altered local ecosystems and modified regional climates. Today, the human influences has attained a global scale. This reflects the recent rapid increase in population size, energy consumption, intensity of land use, international trade and travel, and other human activities. These global changes have heightened awareness that the long-term good health of populations depends on the continued stability and functioning of the biosphere's ecological, physical, and socioeconomic systems.
Regional Environmental Change - Climate hotspots: key vulnerable regions, climate change and limits to warming

Battaglini, Antonella (ed.)

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Cramer, Wolfgang (ed.)

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Hare, William L. (ed.)

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Jaeger, Carlo C. (ed.)

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Schaeffer, Michiel (ed.)

2011
Regional environmental change - Supplement 1 - Articles included:|Climate hotspots: key vulnerable regions, climate change and limits to warming (Editorial)|Three views of two degrees (Jaeger CC., Jaeger J.)|Climate and conflicts: the security risks of global warming (Scheffran J., Battaglini A.)|Dangerous levels of climate change for agricultural production in China (Tao F., Zhang, Z., Yokozawa M.)|Impacts of climate change on Chinese ecosystems: key vulnerable regions and potential thresholds (Ni J.)|Climate change in Nepal and its impact on Himalayan glaciers (Shrestha AB., Aryal R.)|Implications of climate change in sustained agricultural productivity in South Asia (Lal M.)|Climate change, flooding in South Asia and implications (Mirza MMQ.)|Climate change risks in Sahelian Africa (Ben Mohamed A.)|Agriculture, livelihoods and climate change in the West African Sahel (Sissoko K., van Keulen H., Verhagen J., Tekken V., Battaglini A.)|Potential responses of terrestrial biodiversity in Southern Africa to anthropogenic climate change (Midgley GF., Thuiller W.)|Climate change and agricultural vulnerability: a case study of rain-fed wheat in Kairouan, Central Tunisia (Mougou R., Mansour M., Iglesias A., Chebbi RZ., Battaglini A.)|Towards a general relationship between climate change and biodiversity: an example for plant species in Europe (Alkemade R., Bakkenes M., Eickhout B.)|The responses of agriculture in Europe and climate change (Bindi M., Olesen JE.)|Toward adaptation of agriculture to climate change in the Mediterranean (Iglesias A., Mougou R. Moneo M., Quiroga S.)|Climate change, food stress, and security in Russia (Dronin N., Kirilenko A.)|Climate change threats to environment in the tropical Andes: glaciers and water resources (Chevallier P., Pouyaud B., Suarez W., Condom T.)|Climate change and Australia: key vulnerable regions (Hughes L.)|Dangerous climate change and water resources in Australia (Risbey JS.)|Australian agriculture: coping with dangerous climate change (Steffen W., Sims J., Walcott J., Laughlin G.)|Coral reef ecosystems and anthropogenic climate change (Hoegh-Guldberg O.)|Dangerous climate change in the Pacific islands: food production and food security (Barnett J.)|Critical vulnerabilities of marine and sea ice-based ecosystems in the high Arctic (Johannessen OM., Miles MW.)|Climate vulnerability of ecosystems and landscapes on Alaska's North Slope (Kittel TGF., Baker BB., Higgins JV., Haney JC.)|Interpreting 'dangerous' in the United Nations framework convention on climate change and the human rights of Inuit (Crowley, P.)
Review of mainstreaming of climate change into national plans and policies : Tuvalu, November 2013
Climate Change Resilience, Island and Ocean Ecosystems
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SPC

2013
The purpose of this report is to summarise a review of the degree to which climate change has so far been mainstreamed in national strategic plans, policies and budgets, and – in a sectoral case study (presented in Annex 1) – the extent to which mainstreaming has translated to implementation. Table 1 shows the criteria used in this review to assess the degree of mainstreaming of climate change, as well as some general remarks in relation to the review’s findings for Tuvalu.

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