Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... action over the next decade, and it must build on mutually reinforcing approaches at national, regional and international level. Climate change could have very serious impacts on growth and development. If no action is taken to reduce emissions, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmospher ...
... action over the next decade, and it must build on mutually reinforcing approaches at national, regional and international level. Climate change could have very serious impacts on growth and development. If no action is taken to reduce emissions, the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmospher ...
Workshop Proceedings Report: South Asia Media Workshop
... change adaptation” is entering both the lexicon and the policy realm in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region, be it Thailand, where adaptation to climate change is being practiced by the people of Sapanhin sub-district or the Binh Dinh province of Viet Nam, where it is all set to be integ ...
... change adaptation” is entering both the lexicon and the policy realm in developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region, be it Thailand, where adaptation to climate change is being practiced by the people of Sapanhin sub-district or the Binh Dinh province of Viet Nam, where it is all set to be integ ...
Salim Damerdji – Corgi DA (SO13)
... solutions within his power, a looming crisis can become the foundation for the president's legacy. Here's how he can do it: Foster a bipartisan national conversation: Earlier this month the most up-to-date summary of climate change impacts in the United States was released. The president should not ...
... solutions within his power, a looming crisis can become the foundation for the president's legacy. Here's how he can do it: Foster a bipartisan national conversation: Earlier this month the most up-to-date summary of climate change impacts in the United States was released. The president should not ...
P R I M A R Y M... S T U D I E S U...
... A source function attempts to describe the surface flux of sea spray aerosol; the number, size and composition of particles produced per unit surface area and time. It is a key component required for modeling of the marine aerosol. Available source functions have been determined using different meth ...
... A source function attempts to describe the surface flux of sea spray aerosol; the number, size and composition of particles produced per unit surface area and time. It is a key component required for modeling of the marine aerosol. Available source functions have been determined using different meth ...
A stochastic reconstruction framework for analysis of water resource
... [1] Assessments of potential impacts of climate change on water resources systems are generally based on the use of downscaled climate scenarios to force hydrological and water resource systems models and hence quantify potential changes in system response. This approach, however, has several limita ...
... [1] Assessments of potential impacts of climate change on water resources systems are generally based on the use of downscaled climate scenarios to force hydrological and water resource systems models and hence quantify potential changes in system response. This approach, however, has several limita ...
Waste and Climate Change
... increase significantly as better waste management practices lead to more anaerobic, methaneproducing conditions in landfills. Estimates of GHG emissions from waste management practices tend to be based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) methods. LCA studies have provided extremely useful analyses of the ...
... increase significantly as better waste management practices lead to more anaerobic, methaneproducing conditions in landfills. Estimates of GHG emissions from waste management practices tend to be based on life-cycle assessment (LCA) methods. LCA studies have provided extremely useful analyses of the ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... low elevation that makes it highly susceptible to sea-level rise, its current exposure to hurricanes and the severe damages caused by them, and its present climate being rather warm already. Some scholars may refrain from giving an answer unless provided with detailed, preferably probabilistic, scen ...
... low elevation that makes it highly susceptible to sea-level rise, its current exposure to hurricanes and the severe damages caused by them, and its present climate being rather warm already. Some scholars may refrain from giving an answer unless provided with detailed, preferably probabilistic, scen ...
"Prices vs. Quantities at the Inter-Country Level - ETH E
... damages to the society. This is most obvious for global externalities such as the pressing issue of climate change. The excessive discharge of emissions with a greenhouse potential increases the radiative forcing of the atmosphere regardless from where these emissions arise. This inevitably results ...
... damages to the society. This is most obvious for global externalities such as the pressing issue of climate change. The excessive discharge of emissions with a greenhouse potential increases the radiative forcing of the atmosphere regardless from where these emissions arise. This inevitably results ...
Livestock Grazing Causes A Broad Array of Harmful
... Land management agency actions not only contribute to global warming but also can help offset its impacts. A full range of actions, and alternatives, to mitigate climate change effects, including on important and sensitive/imperiled species, must be analyzed here. Such alternatives include: permanen ...
... Land management agency actions not only contribute to global warming but also can help offset its impacts. A full range of actions, and alternatives, to mitigate climate change effects, including on important and sensitive/imperiled species, must be analyzed here. Such alternatives include: permanen ...
Colorado Climate Change Vulnerability Study
... COLORADO CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY STUDY forage, and soil from increasingly severe ...
... COLORADO CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY STUDY forage, and soil from increasingly severe ...
Phenology, biomass and community composition changes in European shrublands submitted to
... experimental warming along a north-south gradient in Europe. 4- Flowering of Globularia alypum and Erica multiflora in Mediterranean garrigue, and its response to precipitation and to experimental drought and warming. 5- Experimental Drought and Warming decrease diversity and slow down post-fire suc ...
... experimental warming along a north-south gradient in Europe. 4- Flowering of Globularia alypum and Erica multiflora in Mediterranean garrigue, and its response to precipitation and to experimental drought and warming. 5- Experimental Drought and Warming decrease diversity and slow down post-fire suc ...
Dave`s CV - Adaptation Partners
... Neilson, K. O’Halloran, D.L. Peterson and J. West. 2009. Adapting to climate change in United States national forests. Unasylva 60:57-62. Furniss, M.J., C.I. Millar, D.L. Peterson, L.A. Joyce, R.P. Neilson, J.E. Halofsky, and B.K. Kerns. 2009. Adapting to climate change: a short course for land mana ...
... Neilson, K. O’Halloran, D.L. Peterson and J. West. 2009. Adapting to climate change in United States national forests. Unasylva 60:57-62. Furniss, M.J., C.I. Millar, D.L. Peterson, L.A. Joyce, R.P. Neilson, J.E. Halofsky, and B.K. Kerns. 2009. Adapting to climate change: a short course for land mana ...
Carbon cycle modelling and the residence time of natural
... "experts", and well-known important people, not necessarily with their expertise in the relevant field; and especially so if the dogma is being supported by international bodies or assemblies, and given a wide and one-sided coverage by the media. The dogma will be even more appealing if it appears a ...
... "experts", and well-known important people, not necessarily with their expertise in the relevant field; and especially so if the dogma is being supported by international bodies or assemblies, and given a wide and one-sided coverage by the media. The dogma will be even more appealing if it appears a ...
Comparing Conceptualizations of Urban Climate Resilience in
... The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded by The Kresge Foundation to assess the range of climate adaptation resources and services available to support local climate adaptation (for more information see Nordgren et al. [19]). The online survey was developed ...
... The survey of local practitioners was conducted as part of a larger project funded by The Kresge Foundation to assess the range of climate adaptation resources and services available to support local climate adaptation (for more information see Nordgren et al. [19]). The online survey was developed ...
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... A key reform the IPCC could implement to improve its procedural efficiency is to strengthen the roles of the Technical Support Unit (TSU) and its Chapter Scientists. The TSUs should remain as centralized bodies that provide logistical support to each of the Working Groups, coordinating all logistica ...
... A key reform the IPCC could implement to improve its procedural efficiency is to strengthen the roles of the Technical Support Unit (TSU) and its Chapter Scientists. The TSUs should remain as centralized bodies that provide logistical support to each of the Working Groups, coordinating all logistica ...
Climatic variation alters supply-side ecology
... Although some climatic patterns, such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) vary on relatively short timescales (3–7 years), others such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO; 20–30 years) and the recently identified North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO; ;10 years; see Di Lorenzo et al. 2008) la ...
... Although some climatic patterns, such as the El NiñoSouthern Oscillation (ENSO) vary on relatively short timescales (3–7 years), others such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO; 20–30 years) and the recently identified North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO; ;10 years; see Di Lorenzo et al. 2008) la ...
Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change – A global
... written so that they can be read independently from each other. As a result, a certain level of repetition may occur. Conclusions from individual chapters are presented at the end of chapters. Based on the main findings of the assessment, a policy brief titled “Making forests fit for climate change ...
... written so that they can be read independently from each other. As a result, a certain level of repetition may occur. Conclusions from individual chapters are presented at the end of chapters. Based on the main findings of the assessment, a policy brief titled “Making forests fit for climate change ...
Playing the Climate Dominoes: Tipping Points and the Cost of
... decadal timescales: the resulting loss of reflective ice could double the long-term warming predicted by models that hold land ice sheets fixed [1]. DICE characterizes the temperature response to CO2 through a climate sensitivity parameter that represents the equilibrium warming from doubling CO2 . ...
... decadal timescales: the resulting loss of reflective ice could double the long-term warming predicted by models that hold land ice sheets fixed [1]. DICE characterizes the temperature response to CO2 through a climate sensitivity parameter that represents the equilibrium warming from doubling CO2 . ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment of the Galápagos Islands
... needed to ensure that the Galápagos can adapt to future climate conditions. This study –including an international workshop– was conducted as part of a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Galápagos National Park and brought together experts on the Galápagos marine and terrestrial e ...
... needed to ensure that the Galápagos can adapt to future climate conditions. This study –including an international workshop– was conducted as part of a yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Galápagos National Park and brought together experts on the Galápagos marine and terrestrial e ...
(2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities
... Rangelands: The influence of water, herbivory and competition on stability, productivity and management options. University of California Integrated Hardwood Range Management Competitive Grant Program. $150,000. ...
... Rangelands: The influence of water, herbivory and competition on stability, productivity and management options. University of California Integrated Hardwood Range Management Competitive Grant Program. $150,000. ...
Science Plan for COAT: Climate-Ecological Observatory for Arctic
... turn of the century. Given such an extensive and rapid change, the impacts on the ecosystems will be large and have pervasive implications locally and globally. The rapid shift to new climate regimes is likely to give rise to new ecosystems with unknown properties, making science unable to accuratel ...
... turn of the century. Given such an extensive and rapid change, the impacts on the ecosystems will be large and have pervasive implications locally and globally. The rapid shift to new climate regimes is likely to give rise to new ecosystems with unknown properties, making science unable to accuratel ...
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Precipitation over Lake
... explained half of the lake level trends while the outflow patterns were responsible for the other half. Climate forcing is generally affected by the amount of aerosols and greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. GHGs absorb and re-emit energy radiated from the Earth's surface, leading to a warming ...
... explained half of the lake level trends while the outflow patterns were responsible for the other half. Climate forcing is generally affected by the amount of aerosols and greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. GHGs absorb and re-emit energy radiated from the Earth's surface, leading to a warming ...
Simulating Transient Climate Evolution of the Last
... Through the late Quaternary period of past one million years, the Earth has experienced rather regular ice age cycles once every 100,000 years [Hays et al., 1976]. Various natural archives of the Earth have preserved rich climatic information for these ice age cycles. Scientists take advantage of th ...
... Through the late Quaternary period of past one million years, the Earth has experienced rather regular ice age cycles once every 100,000 years [Hays et al., 1976]. Various natural archives of the Earth have preserved rich climatic information for these ice age cycles. Scientists take advantage of th ...
Climatic and Habitat Drivers of American Pika
... adaptations to thrive in cold, wet environments. As temperatures warm and precipitation patterns become more variable due to global climate change, many alpine species are expected to be impacted. This dissertation research focuses on the American pika, a small lagomorph inhabiting broken rock slope ...
... adaptations to thrive in cold, wet environments. As temperatures warm and precipitation patterns become more variable due to global climate change, many alpine species are expected to be impacted. This dissertation research focuses on the American pika, a small lagomorph inhabiting broken rock slope ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.