Regional climate change and adaptation — The Alps facing
... 1.1 The Alps — a highly vulnerable region and the water towers of Europe.....................17 1.2 Study objectives and regional focus.....................................................................17 1.3 EU policy background.................................................................. ...
... 1.1 The Alps — a highly vulnerable region and the water towers of Europe.....................17 1.2 Study objectives and regional focus.....................................................................17 1.3 EU policy background.................................................................. ...
Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change – A global
... has been prepared especially for policy and decision makers. Given the wide scope of the topic adaptation and the very limited time available for the assessment, our book cannot cover every issue related to the adaptation of forests and people to climate change. The assessment also reveals that ther ...
... has been prepared especially for policy and decision makers. Given the wide scope of the topic adaptation and the very limited time available for the assessment, our book cannot cover every issue related to the adaptation of forests and people to climate change. The assessment also reveals that ther ...
Differential sensitivity to regional‑scale drought in six central
... As a consequence, this regional scale drought provided a unique opportunity to coordinate response measurements and assess ecosystem sensitivities across a range of grassland types. Grasslands are valuable model ecosystems for assessing differential drought sensitivity. They are highly responsive to ...
... As a consequence, this regional scale drought provided a unique opportunity to coordinate response measurements and assess ecosystem sensitivities across a range of grassland types. Grasslands are valuable model ecosystems for assessing differential drought sensitivity. They are highly responsive to ...
Workstream I: Scope, guiding principles, and cross-cutting
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
... The GCF was created to close the financing gap that currently exists, especially in adaptation finance, but also in other matters that are very sensible for developing countries, like technology development and transfer and capacity building. This gap was also extended by the lack of public resource ...
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... letter, the scientists asked them to use the powers of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to investigate the companies and organizations responsible for propagating climate denial. RICO was designed to stop organized crime, but it was most famously used against tobacco com ...
... letter, the scientists asked them to use the powers of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) to investigate the companies and organizations responsible for propagating climate denial. RICO was designed to stop organized crime, but it was most famously used against tobacco com ...
recent study
... Paris agreed to an ambitious goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2C above pre-industrial levels,” aiming for 1.5C,2 and for net zero emissions in the second half of the century.3 The Parties also agreed to “ensure the highest possible efforts” for pre-2020 mitigation, which puts further ...
... Paris agreed to an ambitious goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2C above pre-industrial levels,” aiming for 1.5C,2 and for net zero emissions in the second half of the century.3 The Parties also agreed to “ensure the highest possible efforts” for pre-2020 mitigation, which puts further ...
Drivers and uncertainties of future global marine primary production
... index.shtml, Vogt et al., 2013; Sailley et al., 2013; Hashioka et al., 2013) and/or the “Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5” (CMIP5, Taylor et al., 2012). As we perform an analysis of the effect of PFT composition on NPP changes, we include only data from those models that possess at least two ...
... index.shtml, Vogt et al., 2013; Sailley et al., 2013; Hashioka et al., 2013) and/or the “Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 5” (CMIP5, Taylor et al., 2012). As we perform an analysis of the effect of PFT composition on NPP changes, we include only data from those models that possess at least two ...
Impacts of climate change on coastal erosion
... wholly be attributed to sea-level rise. • Wave climate: The primary basis of UKCP09 projections of future wave conditions is the HadCM3 AOGCM (Atmosphere Ocean Global Climate Model), with 3.75° by 2.5° horizontal spatial resolution. Alternative variants of model parameters were selected to create a ...
... wholly be attributed to sea-level rise. • Wave climate: The primary basis of UKCP09 projections of future wave conditions is the HadCM3 AOGCM (Atmosphere Ocean Global Climate Model), with 3.75° by 2.5° horizontal spatial resolution. Alternative variants of model parameters were selected to create a ...
National Research Council Report
... decades or even individual years. This research, and especially the first of these reconstructions published in 1998 and 1999 by Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes, attracted considerable attention because the authors concluded that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer during the late 2 ...
... decades or even individual years. This research, and especially the first of these reconstructions published in 1998 and 1999 by Michael Mann, Raymond Bradley, and Malcolm Hughes, attracted considerable attention because the authors concluded that the Northern Hemisphere was warmer during the late 2 ...
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... between things that we value, when these values often pull in different directions. It might also require transforming the way we, and others, value our world. Value systems are often informed by ...
... between things that we value, when these values often pull in different directions. It might also require transforming the way we, and others, value our world. Value systems are often informed by ...
AAR-Ch11 - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... Alteration of the Earth’s radiation balance is the most direct way to affect climate. The Earth’s surface temperature is a result of the balance between the energy fluxes in a small layer near the surface. The amount of solar radiation absorbed by the surface is determined by many factors. Apart fro ...
... Alteration of the Earth’s radiation balance is the most direct way to affect climate. The Earth’s surface temperature is a result of the balance between the energy fluxes in a small layer near the surface. The amount of solar radiation absorbed by the surface is determined by many factors. Apart fro ...
Ecuador`s Banana Sector under Climate Change
... in Ecuador and elsewhere; (ii) climate change impacts on yields and diseases incidence; (iii) quantifying carbon footprint and GHG emissions associated with banana production, including the stages from transportation to consumption. The socio-economic analysis examined the national social policies t ...
... in Ecuador and elsewhere; (ii) climate change impacts on yields and diseases incidence; (iii) quantifying carbon footprint and GHG emissions associated with banana production, including the stages from transportation to consumption. The socio-economic analysis examined the national social policies t ...
U. S. Senate Minority Report:
... of scientists skeptical of man-made global warming fears. [See: Skeptical scientists overwhelm conference: '2/3 of presenters and question-askers were hostile to, even dismissive of, the UN IPCC' & see full reports here & here - Also see: UN IPCC's William Schlesinger admits in 2009 that only 20% of ...
... of scientists skeptical of man-made global warming fears. [See: Skeptical scientists overwhelm conference: '2/3 of presenters and question-askers were hostile to, even dismissive of, the UN IPCC' & see full reports here & here - Also see: UN IPCC's William Schlesinger admits in 2009 that only 20% of ...
A multistage crucible of revision and approval shapes IPCC
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
... for the WGII AR4 and WGIII AR5 (Fig. 2), highlighting substantial deletions that occurred during their revision. Across AR5 SPM revisions, we also evaluate several examples of politically sensitive material emphasized in published perspectives and notes (7, 8, 11, 16, 17, 21, 34–36). For some of the ...
Global Carbon Pricing - Carbon
... We first observed such zero-ambition pledging in December 2014 when the Chinese pledged to do exactly what they had previously decided was required to restrain the deadly air pollution plaguing so many Chinese cities. In their announcements at the time, they made no mention of any intended benefit f ...
... We first observed such zero-ambition pledging in December 2014 when the Chinese pledged to do exactly what they had previously decided was required to restrain the deadly air pollution plaguing so many Chinese cities. In their announcements at the time, they made no mention of any intended benefit f ...
Livestock Grazing Causes A Broad Array of Harmful
... grazing, significant reductions in disturbance across arid lands, a full range of passive restoration actions such as removal of harmful facilities or removal of livestock disturbance from remaining better condition habitats. We stress that the full environmental Footprint of current and foreseeable ...
... grazing, significant reductions in disturbance across arid lands, a full range of passive restoration actions such as removal of harmful facilities or removal of livestock disturbance from remaining better condition habitats. We stress that the full environmental Footprint of current and foreseeable ...
The Future of the Antarctic Ozone Hole
... The Antarctic ozone hole was first detected by the British Antarctic Survey’s Total Ozone Mapping spectrometer in the early 1980s. Since then the importance of the ozone hole and the implications for global climate have been realized. This literature review covers the history, current state of knowl ...
... The Antarctic ozone hole was first detected by the British Antarctic Survey’s Total Ozone Mapping spectrometer in the early 1980s. Since then the importance of the ozone hole and the implications for global climate have been realized. This literature review covers the history, current state of knowl ...
How might Australian rainforest cloud interception
... an upper limit. Several studies of cloud interception have estimated cloud frequency by assuming cloud presence when the relative humidity is >95% (e.g. Dasch, 1988; Saxena and Lin, 1990). We estimated fc from our 30 min relative humidity data for periods of 618, 1072 and 1113 days at BK, UB and ML1 ...
... an upper limit. Several studies of cloud interception have estimated cloud frequency by assuming cloud presence when the relative humidity is >95% (e.g. Dasch, 1988; Saxena and Lin, 1990). We estimated fc from our 30 min relative humidity data for periods of 618, 1072 and 1113 days at BK, UB and ML1 ...
Climate Vulnerability Monitor
... areas. Salt from rising seas harms fertile land and fresh water supplies. Coastlines erode. Land is submerged. Populations fail to make a living. People move. Pollution also kills. It acidifies lakes and oceans, poisons plants and animal life, corrodes infrastructure and contaminates the air we brea ...
... areas. Salt from rising seas harms fertile land and fresh water supplies. Coastlines erode. Land is submerged. Populations fail to make a living. People move. Pollution also kills. It acidifies lakes and oceans, poisons plants and animal life, corrodes infrastructure and contaminates the air we brea ...
Addressing Environmental Challenges and their Social
... over the same period. CEB lending in this field in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European countries, known as “target countries”, represented € 5.6 billion or 48% of the total portfolio in this sectoral line of action. 4. Over the period 1957-2014, the sectoral distribution of projects appro ...
... over the same period. CEB lending in this field in the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European countries, known as “target countries”, represented € 5.6 billion or 48% of the total portfolio in this sectoral line of action. 4. Over the period 1957-2014, the sectoral distribution of projects appro ...
Author`s personal copy
... of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no scientific consensus^ (Broun 2009). Similarly, Representative Burgess states, BMy opinion, for what it is worth, is that the science behind global temperature changes is not settled^ (Burgess 2011). If their statements were based solely on the i ...
... of the scientific community. It is a hoax. There is no scientific consensus^ (Broun 2009). Similarly, Representative Burgess states, BMy opinion, for what it is worth, is that the science behind global temperature changes is not settled^ (Burgess 2011). If their statements were based solely on the i ...
Bill McKibben on NY Attorney General`s Exxon Investigation
... against corporate influence at the UN Climate Talks, and the drive to get cultural institutions to cut their ties with fossil fuel companies. “One of the most dynamic and creative wings of the divestment movement is the push to end oil sponsorship of museums, galleries and theatres,” said J ess Wo ...
... against corporate influence at the UN Climate Talks, and the drive to get cultural institutions to cut their ties with fossil fuel companies. “One of the most dynamic and creative wings of the divestment movement is the push to end oil sponsorship of museums, galleries and theatres,” said J ess Wo ...
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 ...
Master in de rechten
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. Five years later, the Kyoto Protocol to this Convention was adopted. Although this protocol can hardly be regarded as perfect, it indicated a significant milestone. The Kyoto Protocol sets forth emission reduction and limitation commitments for develope ...
... Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. Five years later, the Kyoto Protocol to this Convention was adopted. Although this protocol can hardly be regarded as perfect, it indicated a significant milestone. The Kyoto Protocol sets forth emission reduction and limitation commitments for develope ...
Fisheries Management and the Arctic in the Context of Climate
... ecosystems, differing in many ways, including in terms of effects of climate change. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the most comprehensive analysis of global climate change to date (Bindoff et al., 2013; Collins et al., 2013; Flato et al., 2013; Kirtman et al., 2013) al ...
... ecosystems, differing in many ways, including in terms of effects of climate change. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the most comprehensive analysis of global climate change to date (Bindoff et al., 2013; Collins et al., 2013; Flato et al., 2013; Kirtman et al., 2013) al ...
Climate change and agriculture
Climate change and agriculture are interrelated processes, both of which take place on a global scale. Climate change affects agriculture in a number of ways, including through changes in average temperatures, rainfall, and climate extremes (e.g., heat waves); changes in pests and diseases; changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide and ground-level ozone concentrations; changes in the nutritional quality of some foods; and changes in sea level.Climate change is already affecting agriculture, with effects unevenly distributed across the world. Future climate change will likely negatively affect crop production in low latitude countries, while effects in northern latitudes may be positive or negative. Climate change will probably increase the risk of food insecurity for some vulnerable groups, such as the poor.Agriculture contributes to climate change by (1) anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), and (2) by the conversion of non-agricultural land (e.g., forests) into agricultural land. Agriculture, forestry and land-use change contributed around 20 to 25% to global annual emissions in 2010.There are range of policies that can reduce the risk of negative climate change impacts on agriculture, and to reduce GHG emissions from the agriculture sector.