Not exact matches
The study suggests that an understanding of
how human use of the landscape interact with climate and ecosystem processes is important for organizations that want to develop strategies for climate change
adaptation, biodiversity conservation and
local development in one of the world's poorest regions.
Increasingly
local adaptation to climate is being studied at the molecular level by identifying which genes control climate
adaptation and
how these vary between individuals.
A presentation that explains some of the
adaptations of the common species that could be found in your school or
local stream and
how they are used as pollution indictors.
How does an internationally recognized architectural firm deal with the question of
local adaptation and regional identity?
But I also think it is important to increase our efforts in making further progress in terms of our ability to get a clearer picture of
how a global warming may affect the
local climate and what that may mean for
adaptation.
How the climate will change in the future is largely based on results from Global Climate Models; however, work on climate
adaptation at regional and
local levels requires much more detailed information.
Stainforth explained
how climate modellers are told policymakers need
local and regional scale predictions for 40 years ahead to enable them to plan mitigation and
adaptation.
While
local adaptation planners might be primarily be interested in
how the patterns of heat extremes align with changes in population over their immediate community, it is equally important for decision makers to recognise the broader implications of heat exposure increases driven by future changes in where people live.
When you look at the impacts of a climate change or specific
adaptations to a climate change, you often need to know
how a global warming will affect the
local climate.