Mngumi, Julius (2016) Perceptions of climate change
... adaptation strategies adopted by small-scale rural farmers. To attain its objective, the study employed a mixed methods approach in which both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. The study shows that farmers are highly aware of their local environment and are conscious of the ways env ...
... adaptation strategies adopted by small-scale rural farmers. To attain its objective, the study employed a mixed methods approach in which both qualitative and quantitative techniques were used. The study shows that farmers are highly aware of their local environment and are conscious of the ways env ...
Cotton 2040: The Scenarios
... clothing. Labour supply in the industry is plentiful with the masses of climate change refugees providing the bulk of the workforce – especially those that escape the global south where we’ve seen the most population growth and the most intense and widespread climate change impacts. Some communities ...
... clothing. Labour supply in the industry is plentiful with the masses of climate change refugees providing the bulk of the workforce – especially those that escape the global south where we’ve seen the most population growth and the most intense and widespread climate change impacts. Some communities ...
Projected changes in temperature and heating degree
... This report updates the previous CSIRO report on projected changes in temperature and heating degree-days for Melbourne, 2003-2007 (Suppiah et al., 2001), which was funded by GPU GasNet. This update presents results of a project undertaken by CSIRO for SP AusNet on behalf of three gas distribution b ...
... This report updates the previous CSIRO report on projected changes in temperature and heating degree-days for Melbourne, 2003-2007 (Suppiah et al., 2001), which was funded by GPU GasNet. This update presents results of a project undertaken by CSIRO for SP AusNet on behalf of three gas distribution b ...
Non-paper - A factual record of the key issues raised during the
... Another representative expressed the view that the amendment proposals were mutually supportive and fully consistent with the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Although the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities was not explicitly mentioned in the text of the Montreal Protocol ...
... Another representative expressed the view that the amendment proposals were mutually supportive and fully consistent with the Framework Convention on Climate Change. Although the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities was not explicitly mentioned in the text of the Montreal Protocol ...
CONSIDERATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY ADAPTATION ON THE
... compared to 20th century average occurrences, snowmelt and snowmelt-fed stream flow in many areas occurred earlier, and recent drought has been unusually severe when compared to other droughts over the last century (Garfin et al. 2013). All of these trends are expected to continue and could possibly ...
... compared to 20th century average occurrences, snowmelt and snowmelt-fed stream flow in many areas occurred earlier, and recent drought has been unusually severe when compared to other droughts over the last century (Garfin et al. 2013). All of these trends are expected to continue and could possibly ...
Comparison of land-surface humidity between observations and
... in HadISDH to pull out regions where there have been strong or weak changes over the period of the dataset (Sect. 3). We then assess whether the models broadly capture observed features in temperature, specific humidity and relative humidity on the largest temporal and spatial (zonal) scales (Sect. ...
... in HadISDH to pull out regions where there have been strong or weak changes over the period of the dataset (Sect. 3). We then assess whether the models broadly capture observed features in temperature, specific humidity and relative humidity on the largest temporal and spatial (zonal) scales (Sect. ...
A C I
... between 1992 and 2007, and summarises the gaps and challenges that need to be addressed in the future. It also looks at several recent proposals on how to treat adaptation in a post-2012 agreement on climate change. While these proposals address many important issues relevant to adaptation, they are ...
... between 1992 and 2007, and summarises the gaps and challenges that need to be addressed in the future. It also looks at several recent proposals on how to treat adaptation in a post-2012 agreement on climate change. While these proposals address many important issues relevant to adaptation, they are ...
The First Decade of Long-Lead U.S. Seasonal Forecasts
... Skill in forecasting the correct equally probable tercile category (above, near, or below normal) is analyzed, rather than the skill in assigning probabilities to the categories, and only one measure of skill is used, a modified Heidke skill score (MHSS; described in the next section). The purpose h ...
... Skill in forecasting the correct equally probable tercile category (above, near, or below normal) is analyzed, rather than the skill in assigning probabilities to the categories, and only one measure of skill is used, a modified Heidke skill score (MHSS; described in the next section). The purpose h ...
Plant ecophysiological responses to experimentally drier and L
... increased dramatically since the beginning of the industrial revolution largely due to human activities such as fossil fuel combustion and land-use change (Fig. 1, IPCC 2001). It has been estimated that from 1765 to 1995 the added atmospheric burden of carbon dioxide and methane has been responsible ...
... increased dramatically since the beginning of the industrial revolution largely due to human activities such as fossil fuel combustion and land-use change (Fig. 1, IPCC 2001). It has been estimated that from 1765 to 1995 the added atmospheric burden of carbon dioxide and methane has been responsible ...
Tracking phenological shifts and evolutionary impacts related to
... the stranger’s admiration – and regret. The weather is always doing something there; always attending strictly to business; always getting up new designs and trying them on the people to see how they will go.” Mark Twain 1835-1910: Speech to New England Society, 22 December 1876. “The researches of ...
... the stranger’s admiration – and regret. The weather is always doing something there; always attending strictly to business; always getting up new designs and trying them on the people to see how they will go.” Mark Twain 1835-1910: Speech to New England Society, 22 December 1876. “The researches of ...
Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study
... • Virtually all water supply entities and their customers are vulnerable to longer and more intense droughts, especially megadroughts. • Water supply entities in areas like the San Luis Valley or South Metro that rely heavily on groundwater to supplement surface water supplies, as well as private ...
... • Virtually all water supply entities and their customers are vulnerable to longer and more intense droughts, especially megadroughts. • Water supply entities in areas like the San Luis Valley or South Metro that rely heavily on groundwater to supplement surface water supplies, as well as private ...
Selling Sustainability
... people and the loss of numerous species. Over the last 100 years the average global surface temperature has risen by 0.74 degrees Celsius. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is “very likely” that these temperature changes are caused primarily by rising levels of gr ...
... people and the loss of numerous species. Over the last 100 years the average global surface temperature has risen by 0.74 degrees Celsius. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is “very likely” that these temperature changes are caused primarily by rising levels of gr ...
Vulnerability of Fiji`s mangroves and associated coral reefs to
... The review has found that there is little work to date on methodologies and projects that have designed an adaptation strategy to climate change effects for mangroves or coral reef systems. The majority of work to date has been focussed on assessment of impacts. Global climate change was not recogni ...
... The review has found that there is little work to date on methodologies and projects that have designed an adaptation strategy to climate change effects for mangroves or coral reef systems. The majority of work to date has been focussed on assessment of impacts. Global climate change was not recogni ...
James Byrne - Curriculum Vitae - Personal Web Sites
... editors. FROM IMPACTS TO ADAPTATION: Canada in a Changing Climate, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 2007, p. 16-18. 18. Byrne, James M. and Stefan W. Kienzle, 2008. The energy industry and climate change. Section 4.6 in Sauchyn, D., and Kulshreshtha, S. The Prairies. In D.S. Lemmen, F.J. Warren, J. ...
... editors. FROM IMPACTS TO ADAPTATION: Canada in a Changing Climate, Government of Canada, Ottawa, ON, 2007, p. 16-18. 18. Byrne, James M. and Stefan W. Kienzle, 2008. The energy industry and climate change. Section 4.6 in Sauchyn, D., and Kulshreshtha, S. The Prairies. In D.S. Lemmen, F.J. Warren, J. ...
The Glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
... Precipitation and basin runoff generally decrease from the east to west as a direct result of the weakening of the summer monsoon as it moves westward along the Himalayan range. In the east, summer monsoon precipitation dominates, while in the west, westerly circulation and cyclonic storms contribut ...
... Precipitation and basin runoff generally decrease from the east to west as a direct result of the weakening of the summer monsoon as it moves westward along the Himalayan range. In the east, summer monsoon precipitation dominates, while in the west, westerly circulation and cyclonic storms contribut ...
The Glaciers of the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region
... Precipitation and basin runoff generally decrease from the east to west as a direct result of the weakening of the summer monsoon as it moves westward along the Himalayan range. In the east, summer monsoon precipitation dominates, while in the west, westerly circulation and cyclonic storms contribut ...
... Precipitation and basin runoff generally decrease from the east to west as a direct result of the weakening of the summer monsoon as it moves westward along the Himalayan range. In the east, summer monsoon precipitation dominates, while in the west, westerly circulation and cyclonic storms contribut ...
Battling Promethean dreams and Trojan horses: Revealing the critical discourses of geoengineering
... cloud seeding/whitening, air CO2 capture, and ocean fertilization, but more spectacular options such as space mirrors are also considered geoengineering [1]. Due to the potentially severe environmental risks accompanying several of these technologies, major uncertainties, and the fact that most of t ...
... cloud seeding/whitening, air CO2 capture, and ocean fertilization, but more spectacular options such as space mirrors are also considered geoengineering [1]. Due to the potentially severe environmental risks accompanying several of these technologies, major uncertainties, and the fact that most of t ...
coastal and island governance in viet nam
... secondary forest. The area of sea grass declined by 60% from 40% in comparison in 1999. The research of 7 coral areas from 2004 to 2007 had shown that only 2.9% of this area was assessed to be in a very good condition, 11.6% being good, 44.9% bad or very bad.4The main causes are the overexploitation ...
... secondary forest. The area of sea grass declined by 60% from 40% in comparison in 1999. The research of 7 coral areas from 2004 to 2007 had shown that only 2.9% of this area was assessed to be in a very good condition, 11.6% being good, 44.9% bad or very bad.4The main causes are the overexploitation ...
Pius Yanda
... The committee consists of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring organizations and representing climate-related disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological and cryospheric sciences. These committee provides scientific guidance for the World Climate Research Pro ...
... The committee consists of 18 scientists selected by mutual agreement between the three sponsoring organizations and representing climate-related disciplines in atmospheric, oceanic, hydrological and cryospheric sciences. These committee provides scientific guidance for the World Climate Research Pro ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... heat waves [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, 2012; Smith 2011]. Of the latter, drought defined by the IPCC as a “prolonged absence or marked deficiency of precipitation”, is likely to have the most severe, immediate and long-term impact on terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., Weaver a ...
... heat waves [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2007, 2012; Smith 2011]. Of the latter, drought defined by the IPCC as a “prolonged absence or marked deficiency of precipitation”, is likely to have the most severe, immediate and long-term impact on terrestrial ecosystems (e.g., Weaver a ...
Studies of the aerosol indirect effect from sulfate Jo´n Egill Kristja´nsson
... [10] We assume that the indirect effect only acts through water (not ice) clouds. This means that only clouds in the lower troposphere will contribute to our estimate of the aerosol indirect effect. In our model, clouds at temperatures below 20C are considered pure ice clouds, clouds at temperatur ...
... [10] We assume that the indirect effect only acts through water (not ice) clouds. This means that only clouds in the lower troposphere will contribute to our estimate of the aerosol indirect effect. In our model, clouds at temperatures below 20C are considered pure ice clouds, clouds at temperatur ...
Investigating the response of subtropical forests to environmental
... Climate change has occurred naturally throughout Earth’s history, although the unprecedented rate of current change can be attributed to the impacts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased by more than a third during the industrialised era (Le Treut e ...
... Climate change has occurred naturally throughout Earth’s history, although the unprecedented rate of current change can be attributed to the impacts of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere increased by more than a third during the industrialised era (Le Treut e ...
the knowledge base. Updating what we know about ocean
... and key global challenges It is amazing to think that just ten years ago hardly anyone had heard of ocean acidification. It is now much more widely understood that the increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) we are emitting into the air by our activities is reacting with the ocean to alter its che ...
... and key global challenges It is amazing to think that just ten years ago hardly anyone had heard of ocean acidification. It is now much more widely understood that the increasing amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) we are emitting into the air by our activities is reacting with the ocean to alter its che ...
The Economic Effects of Long-Term Climate
... Before plant growth sets in after European winters temperatures a certain temperature thresholds need to be passed. “The main e¤ect of temperature is to control the duration of the period when growth is possible in each year,“ (Olesen et al. 2002: 243). During the Little Ice Age temperatures fell by ...
... Before plant growth sets in after European winters temperatures a certain temperature thresholds need to be passed. “The main e¤ect of temperature is to control the duration of the period when growth is possible in each year,“ (Olesen et al. 2002: 243). During the Little Ice Age temperatures fell by ...
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... models of the global effects – shows that climate change will have serious impacts on world output, on human life and on the environment. All countries will be affected. The most vulnerable – the poorest countries and populations – will suffer earliest and most, even though they have contributed lea ...
... models of the global effects – shows that climate change will have serious impacts on world output, on human life and on the environment. All countries will be affected. The most vulnerable – the poorest countries and populations – will suffer earliest and most, even though they have contributed lea ...