Provision of climate information for adaptation to climate change

Climate Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 83-94

  Lu, Xianfu ^a  

^a Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate information; Nairobi Work Programme

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE INFORMATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; GOOD PRACTICES; HIGH QUALITY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY; MULTI-STAKEHOLDER; MULTISCALES; NAIROBI WORK PROGRAMME; PRACTICAL GUIDANCE; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGES;

GLOBAL WARMING; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DEVELOPING WORLD; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAKEHOLDER; SYNERGISM; UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 79957544432     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00950     Document Type: Article

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