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Verisk Maplecroft. U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. Facing climate problems and finding climate opportunities In addition to the everyday concerns and challenges of running a business or community, every enterprise also faces some risk of being disrupted by the impacts of climate variability and change.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

In some locations, occasional events such as high-tide coastal flooding make it clear that rising seas are likely to become a problem. In other places, the threat of extended drought or flooding from intense rains may not be obvious, yet these problems can still occur. As our planet warms, new issues or increased chances for past impacts threaten everyone. If you need information about our changing climate and its impact on your region of the United States, see the Third National Climate Assessment. To identify the climate stressors that could impact you, your business, or your community, think about weather- and climate-related events that occurred in the past or happened elsewhere in your region. Consider non-climate stressors. GoogleEarth Visualisation. Google Earth can be used to give detailed views of the areas around PSMSL Revised Local Reference (RLR) tide gauges.

GoogleEarth Visualisation

Detailed information about the sites such as RLR monthly data and plots can be accessed. You will need to download and install the Google Earth viewer software first. You will then have to download and install the PSMSL tide gauge kml file and open it in Google Earth. Detailed instructions are listed below and it will only take a few minutes from start to finish. System requirements: Google Earth version 4.3 or higher. Instructions 1. 2. Marine Planning: Practical Approaches to Ocean and Coastal Decision-Making. EBM Tools Database. Marine Ecosystem-Based Management. Marine Ecosystem-Based Management seeks to manage marine resources in ways that protect ecosystem health while providing the ecosystem services needed by people.

Marine Ecosystem-Based Management

Rather than focusing solely on a single species or resource, MEBM incorporates science and balances the demands of user groups to create management strategies that are more likely to be sustainable than traditional approaches. more >> This site presents case studies covering more than sixty places that are experiementing with an MEBM approach. By drawing lessons from real-world experience, we seek to enable managers, policymakers, scientists, stakeholders and students to learn how to improve the practice of marine resource management. more >> Access our information database in one of two ways: Wetlands International works to sustain and restore wetlands for people and biodiversity. Stop Disasters.

ITT - Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics. Centers for Natural Resources and Development CNRD is connecting universities worldwide promoting academic exchange and cooperation in the area of the management of natural resources, in particular related to Water, Land, Ecosystems and Renewable Energy resources.

ITT - Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics

It fosters interdisciplinary approaches to natural resources management related to the Post 2015 Agenda and the envisioned Sustainability Goals (SDG). Membership to the network CNRD is open for any HEI which offers to significantly contribute to reaching the goals of CNRD. Please click here to download the membership application from. exceed The program “exceed – Higher Education Excellence in Development Cooperation” aims at supporting German HEIs together with their partners in developing countries . By these activities, researchers and institutes are encouraged to continue and expand their commitment in development cooperation. Themes of CNRD objectives of CNRD. PEDRR » Ecosystems for Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction. Global Disaster Loss Collection Initiative 2014.

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