America's Climate Choices: Panel on Advancing the
... effectiveness of actions taken to limit the magnitude of future climate change and adapt to its inevitable impacts. Decision makers in the federal government, state governments, tribes, corporations, municipalities, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as citizen decision makers, are beginning ...
... effectiveness of actions taken to limit the magnitude of future climate change and adapt to its inevitable impacts. Decision makers in the federal government, state governments, tribes, corporations, municipalities, and nongovernmental organizations, as well as citizen decision makers, are beginning ...
Climate Variability and Sub
... food and wealth to local communities. They include the Okhotsk Sea, Oyashio shelf region, Bering Sea, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador shelves, Gulf of St Lawrence, Greenland shelves, Iceland regions, the Nordic seas and the Barents Sea, and share several features in common: seasonal ice cover, fre ...
... food and wealth to local communities. They include the Okhotsk Sea, Oyashio shelf region, Bering Sea, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland/Labrador shelves, Gulf of St Lawrence, Greenland shelves, Iceland regions, the Nordic seas and the Barents Sea, and share several features in common: seasonal ice cover, fre ...
Environmental Change and Forced Migration
... ‘environmental refugee’, thereby distinguishing between the different types of movements that may occur as a response to environmental change. Suhrke’s (1993 and 1994) work identifies the formation of this polarised debate and is notable particularly for its attempts to make sense of the divergent v ...
... ‘environmental refugee’, thereby distinguishing between the different types of movements that may occur as a response to environmental change. Suhrke’s (1993 and 1994) work identifies the formation of this polarised debate and is notable particularly for its attempts to make sense of the divergent v ...
Annex 3: Key Figures Showing Climatic Trends for Guinea Bissau
... The proposed project is based on the priority adaptation option identified in Guinea-Bissau’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). The impacts of climate change on Guinea-Bissau’s agricultural water resources will affect human health, agricultural production and food security. Predicted c ...
... The proposed project is based on the priority adaptation option identified in Guinea-Bissau’s National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA). The impacts of climate change on Guinea-Bissau’s agricultural water resources will affect human health, agricultural production and food security. Predicted c ...
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... In addition, NDVI can be used to represent the proxy vegetation responses to climate changes since it is well correlated with the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by plant canopies and thus leaf area, leaf biomass and potential photosynthesis [6]. In the latest 30 years, ther ...
... In addition, NDVI can be used to represent the proxy vegetation responses to climate changes since it is well correlated with the fraction of photosynthetically active radiation absorbed by plant canopies and thus leaf area, leaf biomass and potential photosynthesis [6]. In the latest 30 years, ther ...
Planning and costing adaptation of perennial crop systems to
... 1.1 Country background As pointed out in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action to Climate Change NAPA Rwanda Report (MINITERE 2006), the Rwandan economy is mainly agricultural. The agriculture sector accounts for 43 per cent of GDP and sustains almost 90 per cent of the population. Since agri ...
... 1.1 Country background As pointed out in the National Adaptation Programmes of Action to Climate Change NAPA Rwanda Report (MINITERE 2006), the Rwandan economy is mainly agricultural. The agriculture sector accounts for 43 per cent of GDP and sustains almost 90 per cent of the population. Since agri ...
C IESM Workshop Monographs Climate warming and related changes in
... talk was given by Prof. Ferdinando Boero, Chair of CIESM Committee on Marine Resources, who had first suggested the workshop topic, out of concern for the risk of losing cold species trapped in geographical ‘dead ends’ such as the northern Adriatic, and who signalled the need to dispose of early war ...
... talk was given by Prof. Ferdinando Boero, Chair of CIESM Committee on Marine Resources, who had first suggested the workshop topic, out of concern for the risk of losing cold species trapped in geographical ‘dead ends’ such as the northern Adriatic, and who signalled the need to dispose of early war ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... absorbs much of the ultraviolet solar radiation harmful for the biosphere (e.g. WMO, ...
... absorbs much of the ultraviolet solar radiation harmful for the biosphere (e.g. WMO, ...
Characterizing the international carbon capture and storage community Jennie C. Stephens ,
... conflict with those reached by the general public, thus enhancing an apparent disconnect between those within and outside specific communities of energy-technology professionals. Historical examples of energy technology development, such as nuclear energy, have shown that public resistance can have a ...
... conflict with those reached by the general public, thus enhancing an apparent disconnect between those within and outside specific communities of energy-technology professionals. Historical examples of energy technology development, such as nuclear energy, have shown that public resistance can have a ...
Corporate Report Draft.indd
... ICLEI is a diverse, robust, global organization with profound ambitions, a long history and myriad accomplishments. But at its core, ICLEI’s primary focus – in every initiative across five continents – has been the same: sustainable cities. The vision of sustainable cities can be realized only with ...
... ICLEI is a diverse, robust, global organization with profound ambitions, a long history and myriad accomplishments. But at its core, ICLEI’s primary focus – in every initiative across five continents – has been the same: sustainable cities. The vision of sustainable cities can be realized only with ...
making energy work in healthcare
... build and the refurbishment of existing buildings, as well as energy efficient building services and low and zero carbon technologies. ...
... build and the refurbishment of existing buildings, as well as energy efficient building services and low and zero carbon technologies. ...
Argentinean soy based biodiesel - Tyndall°Centre for Climate
... production in the tropics. Biofuels therefore have potential to provide opportunities for economic development and improved energy access for developing countries. However, the negative impacts of increased global demand for biofuels are of increasing concern a ...
... production in the tropics. Biofuels therefore have potential to provide opportunities for economic development and improved energy access for developing countries. However, the negative impacts of increased global demand for biofuels are of increasing concern a ...
Controlling the consumer-funded costs of energy policies: The Levy
... possible. Many of its schemes to support these objectives are funded through levies on energy suppliers rather than through general taxation. These costs are ultimately paid by households and businesses through energy bills. The government expects the cost of replacing existing electricity generatio ...
... possible. Many of its schemes to support these objectives are funded through levies on energy suppliers rather than through general taxation. These costs are ultimately paid by households and businesses through energy bills. The government expects the cost of replacing existing electricity generatio ...
On the Economics of Happiness and Climate Change Filka Sekulova
... points at the divergence in the relation between happiness and income at present and in the long run; even though at a given moment richer individuals report a higher satisfaction with life, happiness does not increase in income over time. A few recent studies, however, challenge the null relationsh ...
... points at the divergence in the relation between happiness and income at present and in the long run; even though at a given moment richer individuals report a higher satisfaction with life, happiness does not increase in income over time. A few recent studies, however, challenge the null relationsh ...
UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON
... Printed in Halesworth, UK by Technographic Design and Print Ltd using chlorine free paper from sustainable forests accredited with EMAS environmental certification Disclaimer and Rights This publication is issued for public information purposes and is not an official text of the Convention in any le ...
... Printed in Halesworth, UK by Technographic Design and Print Ltd using chlorine free paper from sustainable forests accredited with EMAS environmental certification Disclaimer and Rights This publication is issued for public information purposes and is not an official text of the Convention in any le ...
Land-Atmosphere Coupling and Drought Persistence in
... have investigated the occurrence of drought in North America. Cook et al. (2004) used centuries long, annually resolved tree-ring records to generate a gridded network of drought reconstructions over a large portion of North America and found that the Western U.S. (including parts of Northern Mexico ...
... have investigated the occurrence of drought in North America. Cook et al. (2004) used centuries long, annually resolved tree-ring records to generate a gridded network of drought reconstructions over a large portion of North America and found that the Western U.S. (including parts of Northern Mexico ...
Observed and Simulated Processes Linked to the Recent Climate
... southern GHA region, the number of wet and extreme wet days is projected to increase, expanding the length of a growing season during DJF. However during MAM, the number of wet days is projected to decrease by the middle of the 21 st century over southern GHA region. Over equatorial GHA region, the ...
... southern GHA region, the number of wet and extreme wet days is projected to increase, expanding the length of a growing season during DJF. However during MAM, the number of wet days is projected to decrease by the middle of the 21 st century over southern GHA region. Over equatorial GHA region, the ...
OFFICIAL VIEWS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND SECURITY IN SOUTH AFRICA, 2007-2012:
... international peace and prosperity to human security; hence, environmental degradation is listed as a threat (in particular to human security) by the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (UN, 2004b). The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (2007) of the Intergove ...
... international peace and prosperity to human security; hence, environmental degradation is listed as a threat (in particular to human security) by the UN Secretary-General (UNSG) High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change (UN, 2004b). The Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) (2007) of the Intergove ...
(2013) Evidence of multiple carbon sources and prey communities
... 1. Lupascu, M., Welker, J. M., Seibt, U., Xu, X., Lindsey, D. S., Czimczik, C. I. (2013). The magnitude, seasonality and sources of CO2 emissions in a High Arctic polar semi-desert in NW Greenland are controlled by precipitation in puts and soil water conditions. Nature Climate Change (in press). 2. ...
... 1. Lupascu, M., Welker, J. M., Seibt, U., Xu, X., Lindsey, D. S., Czimczik, C. I. (2013). The magnitude, seasonality and sources of CO2 emissions in a High Arctic polar semi-desert in NW Greenland are controlled by precipitation in puts and soil water conditions. Nature Climate Change (in press). 2. ...
Downloaded - Royal Society Open Science
... 5 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA ...
... 5 Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA ...
Name and describe 2 external factors which affect climate change
... St Ivo School Geography Department - GCSE REVISION Different types of surface have a different albedo – capacity of surface to reflect radiation. Lighter surfaces – e.g. snow and ice reflect large amounts of radiation back to space (high albedo) – reduces temperatures. Fold along here ...
... St Ivo School Geography Department - GCSE REVISION Different types of surface have a different albedo – capacity of surface to reflect radiation. Lighter surfaces – e.g. snow and ice reflect large amounts of radiation back to space (high albedo) – reduces temperatures. Fold along here ...
Climate-Smart Conservation - National Wildlife Federation
... Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund, Kresge Foundation, and Faucett Catalyst Fund. Note: Financial support does not imply endorsement of this document; use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes ...
... Engineers, U.S. Forest Service, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Wildlife Conservation Society Climate Adaptation Fund, Kresge Foundation, and Faucett Catalyst Fund. Note: Financial support does not imply endorsement of this document; use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes ...