governance considerations for climate|driven habitat shifts of highly ...

Special Report on Climate Change and Land - IPCC

An IPCC Special Report on climate change, desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in ...

Chapter 5 Climate Change Vulnerability of Species and Habitats in ...

Exposure: A measure of how much of a change in climate or climate-driven factors a ... High: Likely to be significantly affected by a given change in climatic ...

Forests in a Changing Climate

Fortunately, a range of management options exist to help ecosystems adapt to climate changes, and to contribute to climate change mitigation by reducing the ...

Climate-Smart Tools to Protect California's Freshwater Biodiversity

We identify two general management strategies: habitat support, including actions to improve the abundance and quality of habitat for native ...

Climate change impacts, risks and adaptation

Emerging areas of opportunity for adaptation include promoting urban agriculture, creating more liveable public spaces and protecting cultural ...

CLIMATE CHANGE AND MASSACHUSETTS FISH AND WILDLIFE

When applied to land management and conservation, this translates into managing habitats, species, and sites to minimize, where feasible, the adverse direct or ...

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies to Reduce Climate ...

Mitigation and adaptation strategies designed to address changes in climate may have additional positive or negative effects on ecosystem functioning, ecosystem ...

Climate change and ecosystems: threats, opportunities and solutions

Ecosystem management and careful evidence-based restoration and stewardship have the potential to play major roles in climate change mitigation ...

Summary for Policymakers - IPCC

... (high confidence). Governments at various levels are starting to develop adaptation plans and policies and to integrate climate-change considerations into ...

CLIMATE CHANGE & MANAGEMENT OF RIVER, RIPARIAN, AND ...

... consideration of climate change in management decisions about fish, wildlife, and ... • Prioritizing habitat management efforts using a climate change lens.

Fifth National Climate Assessment - U.S. Global Change Research ...

The Fifth National Climate Assessment is the US Government's preeminent report on climate change impacts, risks, and responses.

Wetlands & climate change - Washington State Department of Ecology

The changes to wetlands that may happen with climate change can alter water quality, water quantity, and habitat functions. ... The response of individual ...

The Arctic in a changing climate

The effects of a shifting Arctic climate are felt across the high latitudes and beyond – with global environmental, economic, and social implications. While the ...

Climate Change - Oregon Conservation Strategy

One way of coping with uncertainties about future climates and the responses of species and habitats is to focus on identifying and implementing management ...

Climate Impacts on Ecosystems - US EPA

Overview; Timing of Seasonal Life-Cycle Events; Range Shifts; Food Web Disruptions; Threshold Effects; Pathogens, Parasites, and Disease ...

Climate Change and Vulnerability in the Middle East

... issues of governance and politics into the climate conversation of the Arab world. ... driven largely by political considerations—in ...

Request for Proposals: Evaluating Climate-Driven Distribution and ...

[3] Updating species distribution, fishery changes, and essential fish habitat will be important for successful management of these species as ...

Habitat loss, climate change, and emerging conservation challenges ...

Evidence indicates that species' distributions, phenologies, and interactions with pests and diseases are changing more rapidly in response to climate change ...

What Is Climate Change? - the United Nations

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun's activity or large ...

Effects of climate change and variability on large pelagic fish in the ...

Climate-induced changes will likely result in misalignment between current spatial and temporal management measures and the spatiotemporal distribution of these ...