Peatlands and Climate Change
... Professor Jack Rieley for his output finalizing the Summaries of the book. Finally, this book would not exist without the remarkable financial contribution of the peat industry. The IPS wishes to thank peat companies for their vital support. Once better informed, actors can promote further actions i ...
... Professor Jack Rieley for his output finalizing the Summaries of the book. Finally, this book would not exist without the remarkable financial contribution of the peat industry. The IPS wishes to thank peat companies for their vital support. Once better informed, actors can promote further actions i ...
10 Years of Experience in Carbon Finance
... Annex 2 – Key Elements of an Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement (ERPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Annex 3 – World Bank Social and Environmental Safeguard Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Annex 4 – Example ...
... Annex 2 – Key Elements of an Emission Reductions Purchase Agreement (ERPA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Annex 3 – World Bank Social and Environmental Safeguard Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Annex 4 – Example ...
Climate change implications for fisheries and aquaculture
... change in relation to fisheries and aquaculture, from the physical changes, the impacts of those changes on aquatic resources and ecosystems and how these ecological impacts translate into human dimensions of coping and adapting within fisheries and aquaculture. Three comprehensive background docume ...
... change in relation to fisheries and aquaculture, from the physical changes, the impacts of those changes on aquatic resources and ecosystems and how these ecological impacts translate into human dimensions of coping and adapting within fisheries and aquaculture. Three comprehensive background docume ...
Government Coastal Planning Responses to Rising Sea
... The aim of this report is to provide a general overview of the state of government coastal planning responses to the challenges posed by rising sea levels. Whilst a few international jurisdictions have been included to provide a point of contrast, the report predominantly focuses upon Australian gov ...
... The aim of this report is to provide a general overview of the state of government coastal planning responses to the challenges posed by rising sea levels. Whilst a few international jurisdictions have been included to provide a point of contrast, the report predominantly focuses upon Australian gov ...
Trends in Intense Precipitation in the Climate Record
... 0.3% of daily precipitation events) have been analyzed for over half of the land area of the globe. These changes have been linked to changes in intense precipitation for three transient climate model simulations, all with greenhouse gas concentrations increasing during the twentieth and twenty-firs ...
... 0.3% of daily precipitation events) have been analyzed for over half of the land area of the globe. These changes have been linked to changes in intense precipitation for three transient climate model simulations, all with greenhouse gas concentrations increasing during the twentieth and twenty-firs ...
Workshop Proceedings Report: South Asia Media Workshop
... It is difficult to communicate climate change effectively as the science behind it is very complex. It occurs on a global scale over a long period.. Scientists insist that extreme weather events cannot be ascribed to climate change alone although many such events are likely to be influenced by clima ...
... It is difficult to communicate climate change effectively as the science behind it is very complex. It occurs on a global scale over a long period.. Scientists insist that extreme weather events cannot be ascribed to climate change alone although many such events are likely to be influenced by clima ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity, Ecosystems
... 3.5.1. Observational networks for documenting ecosystem change ............................. 3-37 3.6. Literature cited ............................................................................................................... 3-39 Chapter 4. Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services .... ...
... 3.5.1. Observational networks for documenting ecosystem change ............................. 3-37 3.6. Literature cited ............................................................................................................... 3-39 Chapter 4. Impacts of Climate Change on Ecosystem Services .... ...
Review of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)
... and WCRP must learn to flexibly respond, either by evolving into a more relevant form by broadening it s scientific base, or by focusing on current streng ths and being ready to collaborate with others on new programmes. The world has changed, and, to be successful, WCRP must adapt accordingly. This ...
... and WCRP must learn to flexibly respond, either by evolving into a more relevant form by broadening it s scientific base, or by focusing on current streng ths and being ready to collaborate with others on new programmes. The world has changed, and, to be successful, WCRP must adapt accordingly. This ...
Climate Change and Hazard Zonation in the Circum
... permafrost have been discussed extensively in both specialist literature and textbooks (e.g., Brown and Grave, 1979; Péwé, 1983; Williams, 1986; Woo et al., 1992; Andersland and Ladanyi, 1994; Koster and Judge, 1994; Yershov, 1998; Dyke and Brooks, 2000; Davis, 2001), they are given scant attention ...
... permafrost have been discussed extensively in both specialist literature and textbooks (e.g., Brown and Grave, 1979; Péwé, 1983; Williams, 1986; Woo et al., 1992; Andersland and Ladanyi, 1994; Koster and Judge, 1994; Yershov, 1998; Dyke and Brooks, 2000; Davis, 2001), they are given scant attention ...
An Integrated Assessment of Changes in the Thermohaline Circulation
... taking global warming into account. The impacts on land ecosystems have been addressed, to our knowledge, in only two papers so far (Higgins and Vellinga, 2003; Higgins and Schneider, 2005) which we discuss in the beginning of sec. 4. Our results in this respect are new in that consistent scenarios ...
... taking global warming into account. The impacts on land ecosystems have been addressed, to our knowledge, in only two papers so far (Higgins and Vellinga, 2003; Higgins and Schneider, 2005) which we discuss in the beginning of sec. 4. Our results in this respect are new in that consistent scenarios ...
(2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities
... 12. von Biela, V. R., Zimmerman, C. E., Cohn, B. R., and Welker, J. M. (2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities in young-of-the-year Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) using 13C, 15N and diet analyses. Polar Biology 36: 137-146. 13. Tape, K. D., Hallinger, M., Welker, J. M. ...
... 12. von Biela, V. R., Zimmerman, C. E., Cohn, B. R., and Welker, J. M. (2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities in young-of-the-year Arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) using 13C, 15N and diet analyses. Polar Biology 36: 137-146. 13. Tape, K. D., Hallinger, M., Welker, J. M. ...
climate change and the south african commercial forestry sector
... suitable area occurring when both temperature and rainfall are increased. The same pattern, although with greater fluctuations, is evident in the Eastern Cape. In Mpumalanga province, however, the climatically optimum area for A. mearnsii increases when the temperature is increased by 1°C and 2°C, p ...
... suitable area occurring when both temperature and rainfall are increased. The same pattern, although with greater fluctuations, is evident in the Eastern Cape. In Mpumalanga province, however, the climatically optimum area for A. mearnsii increases when the temperature is increased by 1°C and 2°C, p ...
GAN workshop report - Climate Technology Centre & Network
... Environmental Authority of Panama) welcomed all participants to Panama, and thanked the governments of Japan, Spain and Norway for their contributions to GAN. Ms. Endara stressed the relevance of the GAN Forum in the context of climate change, a challenge that needs to be faced by a worldwide collab ...
... Environmental Authority of Panama) welcomed all participants to Panama, and thanked the governments of Japan, Spain and Norway for their contributions to GAN. Ms. Endara stressed the relevance of the GAN Forum in the context of climate change, a challenge that needs to be faced by a worldwide collab ...
International Law-Making Process in the United Nations
... The PrepCom was established by the General Assembly in December 1989' 7 to "prepare draft decisions for the Conference and submit them to the Conference for consideration and adoption."'" It held one organizational session in March 1990'9 and four substantive sessions before the Conference. 2' Under ...
... The PrepCom was established by the General Assembly in December 1989' 7 to "prepare draft decisions for the Conference and submit them to the Conference for consideration and adoption."'" It held one organizational session in March 1990'9 and four substantive sessions before the Conference. 2' Under ...
INTERPRETING INDCs - World Resources Institute
... is associated with target type. Parties that put forward absolute/base-year GHG emissions targets tend to have presented them more transparently than Parties proposing other types of targets, according to the Open Book framework. The framework’s transparency requirements for absolute/base-year emiss ...
... is associated with target type. Parties that put forward absolute/base-year GHG emissions targets tend to have presented them more transparently than Parties proposing other types of targets, according to the Open Book framework. The framework’s transparency requirements for absolute/base-year emiss ...
America's Climate Choices: Panel on Adapting to the
... for informing decision makers about climate change and helping them plan and execute effective, integrated responses. The panel’s report describes the different types of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a fra ...
... for informing decision makers about climate change and helping them plan and execute effective, integrated responses. The panel’s report describes the different types of climate change-related decisions and actions being taken at various levels and in different sectors and regions; it develops a fra ...
3.5.2. Water resources
... further financial assistance for BiH to prepare the INC. Due to technical issues, the attempts by the government to tender the preparation of the INC were not successful, so in agreement with the relevant entity and state stakeholders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UNDP in BiH, it was decided tha ...
... further financial assistance for BiH to prepare the INC. Due to technical issues, the attempts by the government to tender the preparation of the INC were not successful, so in agreement with the relevant entity and state stakeholders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UNDP in BiH, it was decided tha ...
Global indirect aerosol effects: a review
... Boer et al., 2000). Here we illustrate that radiative forcings of other indirect aerosol effects exist and need to be considered in future transient simulations. A positive forcing is associated with a warming or energy gain of the Earth-atmosphere system while a negative forcing represents a coolin ...
... Boer et al., 2000). Here we illustrate that radiative forcings of other indirect aerosol effects exist and need to be considered in future transient simulations. A positive forcing is associated with a warming or energy gain of the Earth-atmosphere system while a negative forcing represents a coolin ...
Potential for Abrupt Changes in Atmospheric Methane
... in atmospheric methane concentrations, these estimates provide a powerful constraint on the total source. OH is too variable for its large-scale, time-averaged concentration to be determined by direct measurements, so measurements of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform), an anthropogenic compou ...
... in atmospheric methane concentrations, these estimates provide a powerful constraint on the total source. OH is too variable for its large-scale, time-averaged concentration to be determined by direct measurements, so measurements of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform), an anthropogenic compou ...
Atmospheric CO2 fluctuations during the last millennium
... in carbon cycle dynamics. Ruddiman (2003) argued that decadal- to centennial-scale CO2 anomalies of 4–10 ppmv observed in ice-core records could be the result of widespread reforestation of agricultural areas in Europe and Asia, which were abandoned after outbreaks of epidemic diseases. However, al ...
... in carbon cycle dynamics. Ruddiman (2003) argued that decadal- to centennial-scale CO2 anomalies of 4–10 ppmv observed in ice-core records could be the result of widespread reforestation of agricultural areas in Europe and Asia, which were abandoned after outbreaks of epidemic diseases. However, al ...
BATES et al 2008 Climate Change and Water
... Assessment. It reflects the balance and objectivity of those Reports and, where the text differs, this is with the purpose of supporting and/or explaining further the conclusions of those Reports. Every substantive paragraph is sourced back to an IPCC Report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate C ...
... Assessment. It reflects the balance and objectivity of those Reports and, where the text differs, this is with the purpose of supporting and/or explaining further the conclusions of those Reports. Every substantive paragraph is sourced back to an IPCC Report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate C ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... has less potential to diversify its income base, and it is already stressed by political tensions. Others might highlight Florida’s vulnerability, emphasizing its low elevation that makes it highly susceptible to sea-level rise, its current exposure to hurricanes and the severe damages caused by the ...
... has less potential to diversify its income base, and it is already stressed by political tensions. Others might highlight Florida’s vulnerability, emphasizing its low elevation that makes it highly susceptible to sea-level rise, its current exposure to hurricanes and the severe damages caused by the ...