Climate Change and Variability in the Sahel Region
... the Sahara desert and the strong dependence of its population on rainfed agriculture and livestock. The primary sector employs more than 60 percent of the active population and contributes 40 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region. Rainfall variability, land degradation and desert ...
... the Sahara desert and the strong dependence of its population on rainfed agriculture and livestock. The primary sector employs more than 60 percent of the active population and contributes 40 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the region. Rainfall variability, land degradation and desert ...
egypt third national communication
... Climate change is now considered as one of the greatest challenges not only to the national and regional governments but also to the global community. The international scientific community has proven that global warming of the climatic system is unequivocal. As a result of global climatic disorder ...
... Climate change is now considered as one of the greatest challenges not only to the national and regional governments but also to the global community. The international scientific community has proven that global warming of the climatic system is unequivocal. As a result of global climatic disorder ...
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... and from environmental NGOs. Less than 20% of adopters named government incentives as a driver of carbon farming uptake. Logit regression modelling was used to assess which variables can explain adoption. These models were estimated on survey 1 data in the NLOGIT software (Econometric Software, 2012 ...
... and from environmental NGOs. Less than 20% of adopters named government incentives as a driver of carbon farming uptake. Logit regression modelling was used to assess which variables can explain adoption. These models were estimated on survey 1 data in the NLOGIT software (Econometric Software, 2012 ...
Identifying adaptation options
... Addressing the challenges associated with climate change requires an integrated approach – both limiting the magnitude and rate of change and dealing with the residual impacts and opportunities. The first of these responses is mitigation – actions aimed at reducing the sources or enhancing the sinks ...
... Addressing the challenges associated with climate change requires an integrated approach – both limiting the magnitude and rate of change and dealing with the residual impacts and opportunities. The first of these responses is mitigation – actions aimed at reducing the sources or enhancing the sinks ...
University of Szczecin Maritime University of Szczecin CHANGES
... As proposed in the current climatological literature, the global climate is rapidly warming, and studies pinpoint anthropogenic drivers (the increased atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse-house gases produced by fossil fuel combustion) as the underlying causes. Evidence of the chang ...
... As proposed in the current climatological literature, the global climate is rapidly warming, and studies pinpoint anthropogenic drivers (the increased atmospheric concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse-house gases produced by fossil fuel combustion) as the underlying causes. Evidence of the chang ...
TSG 16/03 - Climate Change Paper
... gap between petrol and diesel have had the unintended consequence of increasing the up-take of diesel cars by motorists. In 2015, diesel cars outsold petrol at a rate of more than 2.5 to one. The reduced rate of excise duty on diesel is due to diesel being viewed as the traditional fuel of business. ...
... gap between petrol and diesel have had the unintended consequence of increasing the up-take of diesel cars by motorists. In 2015, diesel cars outsold petrol at a rate of more than 2.5 to one. The reduced rate of excise duty on diesel is due to diesel being viewed as the traditional fuel of business. ...
Wind stress curl
... • This is important, both for long-term climate modelling (centuries), as well as seasonal-decadal forecasting. Would like this to be a seamless transition when modelling. • It may also be very important for processes such as ocean biogeochemistry, including air/sea flux exchanges and uptake of CO2 ...
... • This is important, both for long-term climate modelling (centuries), as well as seasonal-decadal forecasting. Would like this to be a seamless transition when modelling. • It may also be very important for processes such as ocean biogeochemistry, including air/sea flux exchanges and uptake of CO2 ...
Methane, the Gakkel Ridge and human survival.
... Earth it could not be called a rare occurrence. I have selected one of these events to illustrate what happens, Fig. 5. It shows in three graphs the relationship between methane, carbon dioxide and temperature. Time is measured from left to right. First there is a steep jump in CO2 without much impa ...
... Earth it could not be called a rare occurrence. I have selected one of these events to illustrate what happens, Fig. 5. It shows in three graphs the relationship between methane, carbon dioxide and temperature. Time is measured from left to right. First there is a steep jump in CO2 without much impa ...
The Hydrological Cycle of the Mediterranean
... In spite of their importance, changes in Sea evaporation and surface fresh water fluxes (potentially a combination of precipitation and evaporation changes) in the recent past, are yet to be fully quantified. A number of previous studies have indicated a long-term increase in Western Mediterranean D ...
... In spite of their importance, changes in Sea evaporation and surface fresh water fluxes (potentially a combination of precipitation and evaporation changes) in the recent past, are yet to be fully quantified. A number of previous studies have indicated a long-term increase in Western Mediterranean D ...
Carbon and Climate System Coupling on Timescales from
... decline in the future, in part reflecting carbonclimate interactions and the release of additional CO2 (and perhaps CH4 ) to the atmosphere because of warming and hydrological cycle sifts (4, 19). Under some model scenarios, positive carbon-climate interactions could increase anthropogenic warming by ...
... decline in the future, in part reflecting carbonclimate interactions and the release of additional CO2 (and perhaps CH4 ) to the atmosphere because of warming and hydrological cycle sifts (4, 19). Under some model scenarios, positive carbon-climate interactions could increase anthropogenic warming by ...
Past and future influence of climate change on spatially
... and will be almost distributed in the north of China, except the northeast and northwest China with significant but varying influence of temperature rising, while the regions with temperature dominated vegetation activity mainly located in the southern part of China. There will be different climatic ...
... and will be almost distributed in the north of China, except the northeast and northwest China with significant but varying influence of temperature rising, while the regions with temperature dominated vegetation activity mainly located in the southern part of China. There will be different climatic ...
Climate Change Adaptation for Natural World Heritage Sites A
... The impact of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2005 by a group of concerned organizations and individuals. The Committee requested the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration wi ...
... The impact of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2005 by a group of concerned organizations and individuals. The Committee requested the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration wi ...
5b2014 - Maa- ja metsätalousministeriö
... adaptation measures. One of these is the endangerment of the northern ecosystems. Climate change is considered to constitute a major challenge to ecosystem services based on biodiversity, i.e. benefits that the nature produces for us humans. The most important means of mitigating the risks associate ...
... adaptation measures. One of these is the endangerment of the northern ecosystems. Climate change is considered to constitute a major challenge to ecosystem services based on biodiversity, i.e. benefits that the nature produces for us humans. The most important means of mitigating the risks associate ...
Quantification of increased flood risk caused by planning
... calculated by a GIS-based flood damage prediction model (FDPM). The FDPM consists of two models: Model 1 and Model 2. Model 1 calculates the inundation depth on a 50-m square grid for a given storm using the diffusive approximate version of the Saint-Venant equations to simulate one-dimensional sewe ...
... calculated by a GIS-based flood damage prediction model (FDPM). The FDPM consists of two models: Model 1 and Model 2. Model 1 calculates the inundation depth on a 50-m square grid for a given storm using the diffusive approximate version of the Saint-Venant equations to simulate one-dimensional sewe ...
LCCARL398_en.pdf
... The main objective of the present study was to determine the value of impacts due to climate change on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluat ...
... The main objective of the present study was to determine the value of impacts due to climate change on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluat ...
Greenhouse Gas Progress Report 2016
... dangerously thick and growing faster than ever. Past emissions will continue to trap heat for many years. The most common GHG is carbon dioxide. In 2015, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were the highest they have been for at least 800,000 years. Carbon dioxide also makes the oceans more acid ...
... dangerously thick and growing faster than ever. Past emissions will continue to trap heat for many years. The most common GHG is carbon dioxide. In 2015, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere were the highest they have been for at least 800,000 years. Carbon dioxide also makes the oceans more acid ...
Appendix 7 Evolution of the Environment without the LDP SEA Topic
... into the new LDP, it is accepted that a degree of revision is necessary particularly with the desire to factor more sustainability into future planning and new developments as well as to address complex long-term issues and the anticipated challenges posed by global problems such as climate change a ...
... into the new LDP, it is accepted that a degree of revision is necessary particularly with the desire to factor more sustainability into future planning and new developments as well as to address complex long-term issues and the anticipated challenges posed by global problems such as climate change a ...
Biến đổi khí hậu và vấn đề giới
... 74 percent of the population of Viet Nam is concentrated along the coastal plains and river deltas which would be most affected by sea level rise (ICEM 2008). A one metre sea level rise, which is likely to be reached some time in the next century, would directly affect almost 10 percent of the curre ...
... 74 percent of the population of Viet Nam is concentrated along the coastal plains and river deltas which would be most affected by sea level rise (ICEM 2008). A one metre sea level rise, which is likely to be reached some time in the next century, would directly affect almost 10 percent of the curre ...
United Nations Disaster Coordination Working Group
... Technical assistance to support GoV implementation of ...
... Technical assistance to support GoV implementation of ...
Food availability, mistiming, and climatic change
... 11.2 Climate change and unequal responses across trophic levels: what is sufficient change in breeding phenology? Many bird species have advanced their laying date during the last few decades (Chapter 10). This effect is seen in different genera and at different places around the globe, although dat ...
... 11.2 Climate change and unequal responses across trophic levels: what is sufficient change in breeding phenology? Many bird species have advanced their laying date during the last few decades (Chapter 10). This effect is seen in different genera and at different places around the globe, although dat ...
Total aerosol effect: radiative forcing or radiative flux perturbation?
... If aerosols and/or cloud droplet number concentrations are calculated interactively in the model, the calculation of the aerosol radiative forcing is not straightforward because aerosols will then also influence the precipitation formation and thereby cause an additional change in cloud properties. ...
... If aerosols and/or cloud droplet number concentrations are calculated interactively in the model, the calculation of the aerosol radiative forcing is not straightforward because aerosols will then also influence the precipitation formation and thereby cause an additional change in cloud properties. ...
Link-Securitization - Open Evidence Archive
... alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primarily conceptual. Basic conceptual assumptions often take the form of metaphors (or conceptual models). Metaphors are not me ...
... alone meaningfully measure, the size of the economy or environmental quality. Consequently, our understanding of the interaction between the economy and the environment is primarily conceptual. Basic conceptual assumptions often take the form of metaphors (or conceptual models). Metaphors are not me ...
Tipping elements in the Arctic marine ecosystem Carlos M. Duarte1
... et al. 2010) as well as in thawing Arctic permaforst, and models suggest that a global 3°C warming could release between 35 and 94 Gt C of methane, which could add up to an additional 0.5°C to global warming (Maslin et al. 2010). Yet, the most likely scenario is that of gradual, long-term chronic me ...
... et al. 2010) as well as in thawing Arctic permaforst, and models suggest that a global 3°C warming could release between 35 and 94 Gt C of methane, which could add up to an additional 0.5°C to global warming (Maslin et al. 2010). Yet, the most likely scenario is that of gradual, long-term chronic me ...