Tropical Forests and Adaptation to Climate Change: In Search of SynergiesCIFOR, 2005 M01 1 - 186 pages |
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Page 97 - Convention, stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. Such a level should be achieved within a time-frame sufficient to allow ecosystems to adapt naturally to climate change, to ensure that food production is not threatened and to enable economic development to proceed in a sustainable manner.
Page 155 - Biological diversity" means the variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems.
Page 125 - Decision 17/CP.7, where afforestation is the direct human-induced conversion of land that has not been forested for a period of at least 50 years to forested land through planting, seeding and/or the human-induced promotion of natural seed sources.
Page 6 - Adaptation to climate change refers to adjustment in natural or human systems in response to actual or expected climatic stimuli or their effects, which moderates harm or exploits beneficial opportunities.
Page 39 - Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity.
Page 7 - The effect may be direct (eg, a change in crop yield in response to a change in the mean, range or variability of temperature) or indirect (eg damages caused by an increase in the frequency of coastal flooding due to sea-level rise).
Page 12 - Protocol shall ensure that a share of the proceeds from certified project activities is used to cover administrative expenses as well as to assist developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change to meet the costs of adaptation.
Page 9 - Examples include significant slowing of the ocean circulation that transports warm water to the North Atlantic, large reductions in the Greenland and West Antarctic Ice Sheets, accelerated global warming due to carbon cycle feedbacks in the terrestrial biosphere, and releases of terrestrial carbon from permafrost regions and methane from hydrates in coastal sediments.
Page 9 - Decreased water availability for populations in many waterscarce regions, particularly in the sub-tropics • An increase in the number of people exposed to vector-borne (eg, malaria) and water-borne diseases (eg, cholera), and an increase in heat stress mortality • A widespread increase in the risk of flooding for many human settlements...
Page 65 - Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability Target 9: Integrate the principles of sustainable development into country policies and programmes and reverse the loss of environmental resources...