Small Island States
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Climate Variability and Change and Their Potential Health Effects in Small Island States: Information for Adaptation Planning in the Health Sector
Small island states are likely the countries most vulnerable to climate variability and longterm climate change. Climate models suggest that small island states will experience warmer temperatures and changes in rainfall, soil moisture budgets, prevailing winds (speed and direction), and patterns of wave action. El Niño events likely will strengthen shortterm and interannual climate variations....
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1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................5 2. A FOCUS ON MARINE/COASTAL BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS IN SIDS .............................7 3. POPULATING THE SIDS BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS: DATA AVAILABILITY, STATUS AND TRENDS .............................................................................................
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Abstract Urban heat island (UHI) is one of the environmental phenomenon which has made difficult environmental conditions for citizen. This study aims to evaluate the spatial and locational variability of Esfahan urban heat island according to the role of land use. Thus an area about 190.2 square kilometers (km2) in Esfahan, as the microclimate, was studied. In order to analyze the relations...
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Consult with the IPCC about the feasibility of the IPCC providing information to the SBSTA at its twelfth session on the applicability of regional climate models at the scale of small island states. Issues to be considered could include: projected sea-level rise; storm surges; projected atmospheric temperature changes; sea surface temperatures; climate variability; rainfall; changes in global c...
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تاریخ انتشار 2001