Browsing Briefs, Summaries, Policies and Strategies by Author "United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change"
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Adaptation Decision-Support Tools and Platforms - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #1
World Adaptation Science Programme (2020)Key messages: • Decision support for adaptation should be useful (relevant, comprehensive and reliable) and usable (accessible, authoritative, attractive and engaging). • Failure to deliver successful decision support can ... -
High-end Climate Change and Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #3
World Adaptation Science Programme (2020)Key Messages: i) Global warming of 4°C relative to pre-industrial would lead to severe impacts worldwide, with frequent extreme human heat stress conditions in the Tropics, hundreds of millions more people affected by ... -
Joint Technical Note by the UNFCCC And UNEP: The Reasons Behind the Differences in Projected Emissions Totals for 2030 Between the UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report and the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2021
United Nations Environment Programme; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2021)The UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report (published on 17 September, updated on 25 October 2021) and the UNEP Emissions Gap Report (published on 26 October 2021) present projections of global GHG emissions to 2030, and to some ... -
The Risk of Cascading Climate Change Shocks and Stressors - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #5
United Nations Environment Programme; World Adaptation Science Programme (2021-11)Key messages – i) Cascading impacts of climate change amplify human vulnerabilities and risks, and further challenge the success of our sustainable development trajectories. ii) Responding to cascading risks and impacts ... -
Transboundary Climate Risk and Adaptation - Science for Adaptation Policy Brief #2
World Adaptation Science Programme (2020)Key Messages: i) Adaptation science should support the policy community to adopt a transboundary lens to better manage the systemic nature of climate risk. ii) Adaptation is not (just) local or national – it can also be ...