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Date of Publication: Jun 2012
L’arbre à pain appartient à la famille des Moracées et il est originaire des régions du Pacifique. La chair du fruit à pain est très riche en hydrate de carbone. Elle est aussi bien pourvue en...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
This Summary for Policymakers presents key findings from the Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX). The SREX approaches the...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Climate change, an alteration in the state of the climate that can be identified by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Many climate change adaptation efforts aim to address the implications of potential changes in the frequency, intensity, and duration of weather and climate events that affect the risk of extreme...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
This chapter addresses changes in weather and climate events relevant to extreme impacts and disasters. An extreme (weather or climate) event is generally defined as the occurrence of a value of a...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Chapter 3 evaluates observed and projected changes in the frequency, intensity, spatial extent, and duration of extreme weather and climate events. This physical basis provides a picture of climate...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Disasters occur first at the local level and affect local people. These localized impacts can then cascade to have national and international ramifications. As a result, the responsibility for...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
This chapter assesses how countries are managing current and projected disaster risks, given knowledge of how risks are changing with observations and projections of weather and climate extremes,...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
A need to cope with the risks associated with atmospheric processes (floods, droughts, cyclones, and so forth) has always been a fact of human life (Lamb, 1995). In more recent decades, extreme...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
This chapter focuses on the implications of changing climate extremes for development, and considers how disaster risk management and climate change adaptation together can contribute to a...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
ASHC handbook for ISFM is a 156 page that provides a detailed explanation of ISFM principles as applied in a number of African countries. Commissioned by ASHC and produced by technical advisory group...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
In this chapter, case studies are used as examples of how to gain a better understanding of the risks posed by extreme weather and climate-related events while identifying lessons and best practices...
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Annex I: Authors and expert reviewersAnnex II: Glossary of TermsAnnex III: AcronymsAnnex IV: List of Major IPCC Reports
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Notes and Technical Details on Chapter 3 Figures
Date of Publication: Jan 2012
Le Résumé à l’intention des décideurs reprend les principales conclusions du Rapport spécial sur la gestion des risques de catastrophes et de phénomènes extrêmes pour les besoins de l’...
Date of Publication: Dec 2011
This document is an attempt to distil what is known currently about the likely impacts of climate change on the commodities and natural resources that comprise the mandate of CGIAR and its 15 Centres...
