Regional Climate Messages for East Africa
... The largest increases in temperature are projected for central and northern regions. Projected increases in average annual temperatures range from no change to 4°C by 2050, though model projections are subject to substantial uncertainties. Relatively high/low increases are more likely under a higher ...
... The largest increases in temperature are projected for central and northern regions. Projected increases in average annual temperatures range from no change to 4°C by 2050, though model projections are subject to substantial uncertainties. Relatively high/low increases are more likely under a higher ...
ClimAfrica_proj_2011
... • meteo data update until 2030 based on Echam5 A2 • soil moisture data set (by VUA) • MODIS land surface temperatures and LAI (all data are 0.5° and gap-filled if based on remote sensing) ...
... • meteo data update until 2030 based on Echam5 A2 • soil moisture data set (by VUA) • MODIS land surface temperatures and LAI (all data are 0.5° and gap-filled if based on remote sensing) ...
Open Access - Lund University Publications
... economic challenges. Over the past 150 years, mean temperature has increased by almost 0.8 C° globally and by about 1 C° in Europe (European Environment Agency 2011). According to reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) there are increasing scientific evidence that most of ...
... economic challenges. Over the past 150 years, mean temperature has increased by almost 0.8 C° globally and by about 1 C° in Europe (European Environment Agency 2011). According to reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) there are increasing scientific evidence that most of ...
Climate Change and Poverty
... Climate change is, therefore, a cross-cutting issue of the MDGs and has engrained links with every single one of these goals. Climate change presents a high potential to jeopardize poverty reduction programs and could reverse several decades of development efforts if nothing is done. In brief, clim ...
... Climate change is, therefore, a cross-cutting issue of the MDGs and has engrained links with every single one of these goals. Climate change presents a high potential to jeopardize poverty reduction programs and could reverse several decades of development efforts if nothing is done. In brief, clim ...
Common Misconceptions in the Climate Change Debate
... more detailed submissions on some of these issues. 1. Australia’s fossil-fuel dependence makes it harder for us to cut our emissions 2. Reducing Australia’s emissions is more difficult because we rely on exports of coal 3. Australia contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions 4. Australia’ ...
... more detailed submissions on some of these issues. 1. Australia’s fossil-fuel dependence makes it harder for us to cut our emissions 2. Reducing Australia’s emissions is more difficult because we rely on exports of coal 3. Australia contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions 4. Australia’ ...
Climate diplomacy: Drawing conclusions and recommendations
... His engagement contributed significantly to the establishment of the Conference of African Heads of State on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), which has served as the political wing of African climate change negotiators up until now. P.M. Meles also helped guide Ethiopia towards establishing its Climate Res ...
... His engagement contributed significantly to the establishment of the Conference of African Heads of State on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), which has served as the political wing of African climate change negotiators up until now. P.M. Meles also helped guide Ethiopia towards establishing its Climate Res ...
Anthropogenic contributions to Australia`s record summer
... [12] The best estimate Tmean FAR was calculated as 0.72 for the historical experiment, relative to historicalNat. That is, there was a greater than threefold increase in risk of average summer temperatures exceeding those that occurred in Australia during the second hottest summer on record in the h ...
... [12] The best estimate Tmean FAR was calculated as 0.72 for the historical experiment, relative to historicalNat. That is, there was a greater than threefold increase in risk of average summer temperatures exceeding those that occurred in Australia during the second hottest summer on record in the h ...
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... (Mauldon 1991). The conventional wisdom has treated this observation as an indication of a comparative advantage in broadacre agriculture (Davidson 1981; Wonder and Fisher 1990). However, the land intensity of production makes broadacre agriculture vulnerable to impacts of climate change which may a ...
... (Mauldon 1991). The conventional wisdom has treated this observation as an indication of a comparative advantage in broadacre agriculture (Davidson 1981; Wonder and Fisher 1990). However, the land intensity of production makes broadacre agriculture vulnerable to impacts of climate change which may a ...
Psychology and Climate Change - Australian Psychological Society
... The APS has played a key role in stimulating a number of national initiatives by Psychological Associations around the world (e.g., APA, BPS, CPA) to communicate their deep concern at the gravity and urgency of the climate change crisis, and the need for psychology’s active involvement and commitmen ...
... The APS has played a key role in stimulating a number of national initiatives by Psychological Associations around the world (e.g., APA, BPS, CPA) to communicate their deep concern at the gravity and urgency of the climate change crisis, and the need for psychology’s active involvement and commitmen ...
Federal Adaptation Policy Framework
... that are more extreme and occurring at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. The impacts of many recent severe weather events demonstrate that Canadian communities, critical infrastructure and human health are vulnerable to climate change. Some of the most widespread impacts in Canada are related t ...
... that are more extreme and occurring at a faster rate than the rest of Canada. The impacts of many recent severe weather events demonstrate that Canadian communities, critical infrastructure and human health are vulnerable to climate change. Some of the most widespread impacts in Canada are related t ...
Climate change and human health: Indian context
... Warmer air temperatures can influence the concentration of regional air pollutants and aeroallergens. Allergenic pollens grow more profusely in a warmer climate leading to respiratory disorders such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and allergy problems12,13. Vehicular pollution, particul ...
... Warmer air temperatures can influence the concentration of regional air pollutants and aeroallergens. Allergenic pollens grow more profusely in a warmer climate leading to respiratory disorders such as asthma, emphysema and chronic bronchitis, and allergy problems12,13. Vehicular pollution, particul ...
Adaptation and Mitigation Reponses to Climate Change
... assessing their perceptions and beliefs about climate change and their behavioral intentions to reduce their personal energy use (a mitigation action, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions). Some of the individuals (about 20 percent) had experienced recent flooding in their local area, while ot ...
... assessing their perceptions and beliefs about climate change and their behavioral intentions to reduce their personal energy use (a mitigation action, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions). Some of the individuals (about 20 percent) had experienced recent flooding in their local area, while ot ...
Submission to inquiry on ‘Climate: public understanding and policy implications’ by the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology (158 kB) (opens in new window)
... newspapers to account for breaches of the Editors’ Code of Practice, which specifies that “the Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures”, the PCC has enabled other publications to mislead the public about the science of climate change (W ...
... newspapers to account for breaches of the Editors’ Code of Practice, which specifies that “the Press must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information, including pictures”, the PCC has enabled other publications to mislead the public about the science of climate change (W ...
Download country chapter
... comment. These include: destroying the methane component of coal mine waste gas by operating one or more methane destruction devices; treating eligible organic waste at an alternative waste treatment facility rather than disposing of it in landfill; and combusting methane from landfill gas using a f ...
... comment. These include: destroying the methane component of coal mine waste gas by operating one or more methane destruction devices; treating eligible organic waste at an alternative waste treatment facility rather than disposing of it in landfill; and combusting methane from landfill gas using a f ...
Sposito et al. 2012. Austr Decision
... are then used to formulate climate change projections. All existing models simulate further global warming. The magnitude of warming depends on the emission scenario examined and the response of each climate change model. According to the IPCC (2007d), the best estimate and likely ranges for global ...
... are then used to formulate climate change projections. All existing models simulate further global warming. The magnitude of warming depends on the emission scenario examined and the response of each climate change model. According to the IPCC (2007d), the best estimate and likely ranges for global ...
Weather warning report - Priestley International Centre for Climate
... The Climate Coalition has been working with a range of local businesses, communities, organisations and institutions across Britain to document how recent extreme weather, and changes in our weather patterns, are affecting their special places, and what this has cost them - and us - financially and ...
... The Climate Coalition has been working with a range of local businesses, communities, organisations and institutions across Britain to document how recent extreme weather, and changes in our weather patterns, are affecting their special places, and what this has cost them - and us - financially and ...
Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme
... to make climate and environmental finance work for smallholder farmers. A multi-year and multi-donor financing window, ASAP provides a new source of cofinancing to scale up and integrate climate change adaptation across ...
... to make climate and environmental finance work for smallholder farmers. A multi-year and multi-donor financing window, ASAP provides a new source of cofinancing to scale up and integrate climate change adaptation across ...
Business and Climate Change Issues: Discussion on Awareness and Motivational Factors
... association. The implications of climate change may vary across the types of corporate and businesses for example some businesses, individual companies and sectors may face increasing threats, while others may be less affected and some may even get opportunities and benefits (Begum & Pereira, 2011; ...
... association. The implications of climate change may vary across the types of corporate and businesses for example some businesses, individual companies and sectors may face increasing threats, while others may be less affected and some may even get opportunities and benefits (Begum & Pereira, 2011; ...
Are cultures endangered by climate change? Yes, but
... 2010, the floods in Pakistan were certainly among those weather and climate events taking top billing. With half of the normal monsoonal rains falling in the course of a week instead of a month or two, one fifth of the country’s landmass under water, and between 15 and 20 million people displaced, t ...
... 2010, the floods in Pakistan were certainly among those weather and climate events taking top billing. With half of the normal monsoonal rains falling in the course of a week instead of a month or two, one fifth of the country’s landmass under water, and between 15 and 20 million people displaced, t ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... months in the North. Only the Sudanian, Sudanian‐Guinean, and the areas with irrigation possibilities offer agricultural or agro‐pastoral potential. These include: The arid northern zone, encompassing over 30 percent of the country across the southern Saharan desert. This arid region receives hot te ...
... months in the North. Only the Sudanian, Sudanian‐Guinean, and the areas with irrigation possibilities offer agricultural or agro‐pastoral potential. These include: The arid northern zone, encompassing over 30 percent of the country across the southern Saharan desert. This arid region receives hot te ...
150716_CWCF statement on climate change_final
... CWCF joins a diverse and growing movement within society described in the backgrounder. ...
... CWCF joins a diverse and growing movement within society described in the backgrounder. ...
Regional Climate Messages for West Africa
... The climate across West Africa varies from arid desert conditions in the north to humid tropical monsoon conditions along the coastal regions in the south. A semi-arid transect is located in the Sahel region, extending from northern Nigeria in the east to Senegal in the west. The primary factors aff ...
... The climate across West Africa varies from arid desert conditions in the north to humid tropical monsoon conditions along the coastal regions in the south. A semi-arid transect is located in the Sahel region, extending from northern Nigeria in the east to Senegal in the west. The primary factors aff ...
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... Potential climate change impacts such as water stress, more frequent and extreme weather events, and coastal erosion would also intensify the existing pressure on the region’s forests and rangelands, leading to further land degradation and deforestation9. If the likelihood of severe human reactions ...
... Potential climate change impacts such as water stress, more frequent and extreme weather events, and coastal erosion would also intensify the existing pressure on the region’s forests and rangelands, leading to further land degradation and deforestation9. If the likelihood of severe human reactions ...
SCCD Report 2013/14
... Local Plan Our current adopted Local Plan provides a vision of how Inverclyde should develop, contains policies and proposals which guide development to the most appropriate locations and supplies the framework upon which all planning applications are determined. The Plan promotes the regeneration a ...
... Local Plan Our current adopted Local Plan provides a vision of how Inverclyde should develop, contains policies and proposals which guide development to the most appropriate locations and supplies the framework upon which all planning applications are determined. The Plan promotes the regeneration a ...
terms of reference
... - Not seriously thinking about the advantages of promotion and marketing of the products; - The level of science - technology does not meet the needs of climate services. - Lack of mechanisms and legal framework, developmental policies for climate services activities. This has led to the disjointed, ...
... - Not seriously thinking about the advantages of promotion and marketing of the products; - The level of science - technology does not meet the needs of climate services. - Lack of mechanisms and legal framework, developmental policies for climate services activities. This has led to the disjointed, ...