Comments for ClimatePrep http://www.climateprep.org adaptation stories, lessons, and explorations Tue, 08 May 2012 16:27:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 Comment on Climate Change Impacts like Drought, Floods, and Hurricanes: STOP SAYING THAT! by Jenny Fraser http://www.climateprep.org/2012/05/07/climate-change-impacts-like-drought-floods-and-hurricanes-stop-saying-that/comment-page-1/#comment-8706 Jenny Fraser Tue, 08 May 2012 16:27:04 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3075#comment-8706 Thank you for another helpful post. Clarity in use of language is vital in any context, though in my experience the grammar stickler is not always appreciated. I always use "climate change and its impacts"(occasionally "climate changes and their impacts"). Another word that's often used inconsistently in the adaptation world is "risk" - sometimes used as a synonym for "hazard" and sometimes used to quantify the probability of a hazard X its consequences. I like Laurie's terminology above - "climate change effects (or impacts) on natural hazards". Thank you for another helpful post. Clarity in use of language is vital in any context, though in my experience the grammar stickler is not always appreciated. I always use “climate change and its impacts”(occasionally “climate changes and their impacts”). Another word that’s often used inconsistently in the adaptation world is “risk” – sometimes used as a synonym for “hazard” and sometimes used to quantify the probability of a hazard X its consequences. I like Laurie’s terminology above – “climate change effects (or impacts) on natural hazards”.

]]> Comment on Climate Change Impacts like Drought, Floods, and Hurricanes: STOP SAYING THAT! by Laurie Ashley http://www.climateprep.org/2012/05/07/climate-change-impacts-like-drought-floods-and-hurricanes-stop-saying-that/comment-page-1/#comment-8697 Laurie Ashley Tue, 08 May 2012 08:56:33 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3075#comment-8697 How about discussing climate change impacts on natural hazards? Or would this more appropriately be "climate change effects on natural hazards," how climate change related weather trends effect the occurrence, frequency, magnitude, etc of natural hazards? How about discussing climate change impacts on natural hazards? Or would this more appropriately be “climate change effects on natural hazards,” how climate change related weather trends effect the occurrence, frequency, magnitude, etc of natural hazards?

]]> Comment on Climate Change Impacts like Drought, Floods, and Hurricanes: STOP SAYING THAT! by Felix Gnehm http://www.climateprep.org/2012/05/07/climate-change-impacts-like-drought-floods-and-hurricanes-stop-saying-that/comment-page-1/#comment-8696 Felix Gnehm Tue, 08 May 2012 08:47:09 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=3075#comment-8696 Shaun, excellent post. Very helpful to sharpen our language both for in-house and external audiences. I'm looking fwd to more "STOPS"! Shaun, excellent post. Very helpful to sharpen our language both for in-house and external audiences. I’m looking fwd to more “STOPS”!

]]> Comment on Shifting Course: Climate Adaptation for Water Management Institutions by Jennifer Doherty http://www.climateprep.org/2011/12/22/shifting-course-climate-adaptation-for-water-management-institutions/comment-page-1/#comment-8207 Jennifer Doherty Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:55:38 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2983#comment-8207 Excellent article, disaster induced displacement is complicated problem So-called environmentally induced migration is multi-level problem. According to Essam El-Hinnawi definition form 1985 environmental refugees as those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural or triggered by people) that jeopardised their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. The fundamental distinction between `environmental migrants` and `environmental refugees` is a standpoint of contemporsry studies in EDPs. According to Bogumil Terminski it seems reasonable to distinguish the general category of environmental migrants from the more specific (subordinate to it) category of environmental refugees. Environmental migrants, therefore, are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, or longerterm change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due to specific environmental factors. Environmental refugees form a specific type of environmental migrant. Environmental refugees, therefore, are persons compelled to spontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or longer-term changes of residence due to sudden or gradually worsening changes in environmental factors important to their living, which may be of either a short-term or an irreversible character. Excellent article, disaster induced displacement is complicated problem

So-called environmentally induced migration is multi-level problem. According to Essam El-Hinnawi definition form 1985 environmental refugees as those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural or triggered by people) that jeopardised their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. The fundamental distinction between `environmental migrants` and `environmental refugees` is a standpoint of contemporsry studies in EDPs.

According to Bogumil Terminski it seems reasonable to distinguish the general category of environmental migrants from the more specific (subordinate to it) category of environmental refugees.

Environmental migrants, therefore, are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, or longerterm change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due to specific environmental factors. Environmental refugees form a specific type of environmental migrant.

Environmental refugees, therefore, are persons compelled to spontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or longer-term changes of residence due to sudden or gradually worsening changes in environmental factors important to their living, which may be of either a short-term or an irreversible character.

]]> Comment on In the news: The UN on the pivotal role of water by Jennifer Doherty http://www.climateprep.org/2010/06/23/in-the-news-the-un-on-the-pivotal-role-of-water/comment-page-1/#comment-8206 Jennifer Doherty Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:55:14 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=1824#comment-8206 Excellent article, disaster induced displacement is complicated problem So-called environmentally induced migration is multi-level problem. According to Essam El-Hinnawi definition form 1985 environmental refugees as those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural or triggered by people) that jeopardised their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. The fundamental distinction between `environmental migrants` and `environmental refugees` is a standpoint of contemporsry studies in EDPs. According to Bogumil Terminski it seems reasonable to distinguish the general category of environmental migrants from the more specific (subordinate to it) category of environmental refugees. Environmental migrants, therefore, are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, or longerterm change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due to specific environmental factors. Environmental refugees form a specific type of environmental migrant. Environmental refugees, therefore, are persons compelled to spontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or longer-term changes of residence due to sudden or gradually worsening changes in environmental factors important to their living, which may be of either a short-term or an irreversible character. Excellent article, disaster induced displacement is complicated problem

So-called environmentally induced migration is multi-level problem. According to Essam El-Hinnawi definition form 1985 environmental refugees as those people who have been forced to leave their traditional habitat, temporarily or permanently, because of a marked environmental disruption (natural or triggered by people) that jeopardised their existence and/or seriously affected the quality of their life. The fundamental distinction between `environmental migrants` and `environmental refugees` is a standpoint of contemporsry studies in EDPs.

According to Bogumil Terminski it seems reasonable to distinguish the general category of environmental migrants from the more specific (subordinate to it) category of environmental refugees.

Environmental migrants, therefore, are persons making a short-lived, cyclical, or longerterm change of residence, of a voluntary or forced character, due to specific environmental factors. Environmental refugees form a specific type of environmental migrant.

Environmental refugees, therefore, are persons compelled to spontaneous, short-lived, cyclical, or longer-term changes of residence due to sudden or gradually worsening changes in environmental factors important to their living, which may be of either a short-term or an irreversible character.

]]> Comment on The Complicated Truth About Climate Change and Sea Level Rise by Jennifer Doherty http://www.climateprep.org/2010/12/08/the-complicated-truth-about-climate-change-and-sea-level-rise/comment-page-1/#comment-8185 Jennifer Doherty Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:12:54 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2299#comment-8185 While the Earth has always endured natural climate change variability, we are now facing the possibility of irreversible climate change in the near future. The increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth?s atmosphere from industrial processes has enhanced the natural greenhouse effect. This in turn has accentuated the greenhouse ?trap? effect, causing greenhouse gases to form a blanket around the Earth, inhibiting the sun?s heat from leaving the outer atmosphere. This increase of greenhouse gases is causing an additional warming of the Earth?s surface and atmosphere. A direct consequence of this is sea-level rise expansion, which is primarily due to the thermal expansion of oceans (water expands when heated), inducing the melting of ice sheets as global surface temperature increases. Forecasts for climate change by the 2,000 scientists on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project a rise in the global average surface temperature by 1.4 to 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100. This will result in a global mean sea level rise by an average of 5 mm per year over the next 100 years. Consequently, human-induced climate change will have ?deleterious effects? on ecosystems, socio-economic systems and human welfare.At the moment, especially high risks associated with the rise of the oceans are having a particular impact on the two archipelagic states of Western Polynesia: Tuvalu and Kiribati. According to UN forecasts, they may be completely inundated by the rising waters of the Pacific by 2050.According to the vast majority of scientific investigations, warming waters and the melting of polar and high-elevation ice worldwide will steadily raise sea levels. This will likely drive people off islands first by spoiling the fresh groundwater, which will kill most land plants and leave no potable water for humans and their livestock. Low-lying island states like Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives are the most prominent nations threatened in this way.“The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. The best solution is continue to recognize deterritorialized states as a normal states in public international law. The case of Kiribati and other small island states is a particularly clear call to action for more secure countries to respond to the situations facing these ‘most vulnerable nations’, as climate change increasingly impacts upon their lives. While the Earth has always endured natural climate change variability, we are now facing the possibility of irreversible climate change in the near future. The increase of greenhouse gases in the Earth?s atmosphere from industrial processes has enhanced the natural greenhouse effect. This in turn has accentuated the greenhouse ?trap? effect, causing greenhouse gases to form a blanket around the Earth, inhibiting the sun?s heat from leaving the outer atmosphere. This increase of greenhouse gases is causing an additional warming of the Earth?s surface and atmosphere. A direct consequence of this is sea-level rise expansion, which is primarily due to the thermal expansion of oceans (water expands when heated), inducing the melting of ice sheets as global surface temperature increases.
Forecasts for climate change by the 2,000 scientists on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) project a rise in the global average surface temperature by 1.4 to 5.8°C from 1990 to 2100. This will result in a global mean sea level rise by an average of 5 mm per year over the next 100 years. Consequently, human-induced climate change will have ?deleterious effects? on ecosystems, socio-economic systems and human welfare.At the moment, especially high risks associated with the rise of the oceans are having a particular impact on the two archipelagic states of Western Polynesia: Tuvalu and Kiribati. According to UN forecasts, they may be completely inundated by the rising waters of the Pacific by 2050.According to the vast majority of scientific investigations, warming waters and the melting of polar and high-elevation ice worldwide will steadily raise sea levels. This will likely drive people off islands first by spoiling the fresh groundwater, which will kill most land plants and leave no potable water for humans and their livestock. Low-lying island states like Kiribati, Tuvalu, the Marshall Islands and the Maldives are the most prominent nations threatened in this way.“The biggest challenge is to preserve their nationality without a territory,” said Bogumil Terminski from Geneva. The best solution is continue to recognize deterritorialized states as a normal states in public international law. The case of Kiribati and other small island states is a particularly clear call to action for more secure countries to respond to the situations facing these ‘most vulnerable nations’, as climate change increasingly impacts upon their lives.

]]> Comment on Moving from Coastal Resources Management to Adaptation: A Reflection on Mainstreaming Adaptation into Local Development Plans by Roberta http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/02/moving-from-coastal-resources-management-to-adaptation-a-reflection-on-mainstreaming-climate-change-adaptation-into-local-development-plans/comment-page-1/#comment-7922 Roberta Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:24:52 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2663#comment-7922 The epxrteise shines through. Thanks for taking the time to answer. The epxrteise shines through. Thanks for taking the time to answer.

]]> Comment on Taking Climate Change Policy to Industry by Thomas Colman http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/09/taking-climate-change-policy-to-industry/comment-page-1/#comment-7845 Thomas Colman Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:59:36 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2687#comment-7845 Hello.This article was really interesting, especially since I was looking for thoughts on this topic last Tuesday. Hello.This article was really interesting, especially since I was looking for thoughts on this topic last Tuesday.

]]> Comment on Some of My Favorite Climate Change Adaptation Resources by Keith Henty http://www.climateprep.org/2011/09/09/some-of-my-favorite-climate-change-adaptation-resources/comment-page-1/#comment-7632 Keith Henty Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:38:49 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2834#comment-7632 Dear Shaun, Thank you for this information. I'm working with ClimateWise, a science-based consulting arm of the non-profit Geos Institute(based in Ashland, OR. These folks help communities plan and prepare for climate change impacts. (You may know staff members Dominick DellaSalla or Tonya Graham). If you know of an agency leader or community planner that might need localized climate change projection models or may be starting a process to involve local stakeholders in a climate adaptation strategy, I'd be grateful to get connected. More info: http://www.climatewise.org Sincerely, Keith Henty Dear Shaun, Thank you for this information. I’m working with ClimateWise, a science-based consulting arm of the non-profit Geos Institute(based in Ashland, OR. These folks help communities plan and prepare for climate change impacts. (You may know staff members Dominick DellaSalla or Tonya Graham). If you know of an agency leader or community planner that might need localized climate change projection models or may be starting a process to involve local stakeholders in a climate adaptation strategy, I’d be grateful to get connected. More info: http://www.climatewise.org
Sincerely,
Keith Henty

]]> Comment on Thoughts on Managing Change, from Jared Diamond by Robbie Wright http://www.climateprep.org/2011/05/31/thoughts-on-managing-change-from-jared-diamond-2/comment-page-1/#comment-7546 Robbie Wright Sat, 29 Oct 2011 09:10:10 +0000 http://www.climateprep.org/?p=2766#comment-7546 We have archaeologists and televisions but are the right people listening and watching. Politicians seem to be too busy manoeuvring and CEO’s spending. Six months ago I attended a course at the Eden project in the UK and left feeling positive and optimistic. The right ideas are out there and plans are afoot, but 6 months on and I am back to feeling that time and scale are not on our side. It’s a shame that a major catastrophe or two will likely be the catalyst for big change and that the response will come down to how much money we can spare. We have archaeologists and televisions but are the right people listening and watching. Politicians seem to be too busy manoeuvring and CEO’s spending. Six months ago I attended a course at the Eden project in the UK and left feeling positive and optimistic. The right ideas are out there and plans are afoot, but 6 months on and I am back to feeling that time and scale are not on our side. It’s a shame that a major catastrophe or two will likely be the catalyst for big change and that the response will come down to how much money we can spare.

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