Canada`s Sixth National Report on Climate Change 2014
... and, as an arctic nation, is particularly affected by its impacts. To respond to this global challenge, Canada is implementing a comprehensive climate change plan, both domestically and internationally. This plan is underpinned by a strong scientific foundation and includes action on, and investment ...
... and, as an arctic nation, is particularly affected by its impacts. To respond to this global challenge, Canada is implementing a comprehensive climate change plan, both domestically and internationally. This plan is underpinned by a strong scientific foundation and includes action on, and investment ...
Rural mental health impacts of climate change
... live with various systematic disadvantages and many feel marginalised; climate change, especially drought, has worsened this. With drier conditions and more severe droughts expected in much of southern and eastern Australia over coming decades, and the demands for change and adaptation that this wil ...
... live with various systematic disadvantages and many feel marginalised; climate change, especially drought, has worsened this. With drier conditions and more severe droughts expected in much of southern and eastern Australia over coming decades, and the demands for change and adaptation that this wil ...
The Al Gore Effect: An Inconvenient Truth and Voluntary Carbon
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
... Awareness campaigns that promote behavioral change exist across a wide spectrum of concerns, including health (e.g., National Breast Cancer Awareness Month events that encourage screening), political engagement (e.g., MTV’s Rock the Vote program that facilitates voter registration and promotes voter ...
5. Analysis of effects of the megatrends - Eionet Forum
... megatrends and their drivers is a crucial step in terms of considering future concerns for Europe’s environment and what policy action might be needed. While the STEEP analysis is helpful to understand the range of drivers contributing to megatrends, most megatrends are not only of a social, economi ...
... megatrends and their drivers is a crucial step in terms of considering future concerns for Europe’s environment and what policy action might be needed. While the STEEP analysis is helpful to understand the range of drivers contributing to megatrends, most megatrends are not only of a social, economi ...
Climate Change Issues for the Cayman Islands
... Map 16 Buildings Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ............................ 85 Map 17 Building Values Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ................. 86 Map 18 Overlay of 2 metre Sea-Level Rise on the Cayman Islands ............................ ...
... Map 16 Buildings Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ............................ 85 Map 17 Building Values Affected by 0.25m-increment Sea-Level Rises, Grand Cayman ................. 86 Map 18 Overlay of 2 metre Sea-Level Rise on the Cayman Islands ............................ ...
Information Manual 3: Available datasets
... the law. Necessarily, therefore, CoastAdapt provides information and guidance at a level that is readily accessible to non-specialists. In order to provide further detail and greater insights, the decision was made to produce a set of Information Manuals, which would provide the scientific and techn ...
... the law. Necessarily, therefore, CoastAdapt provides information and guidance at a level that is readily accessible to non-specialists. In order to provide further detail and greater insights, the decision was made to produce a set of Information Manuals, which would provide the scientific and techn ...
promoting resilience to climate change in australian conservation
... A Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity The impacts of climate change are already being felt and many species have already experienced significant range shifts.6 Ongoing future climate change will create a ‘perfect storm’ for biodiversity, exacerbating the effects of existing stressors ...
... A Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity The impacts of climate change are already being felt and many species have already experienced significant range shifts.6 Ongoing future climate change will create a ‘perfect storm’ for biodiversity, exacerbating the effects of existing stressors ...
NSW Climate Impact Profile - Adapt NSW Home
... • the subsequent impacts of projected climate change and associated changes in physical processes on: – lands (soils and soil processes) – settlements (storm and flood damage), and – ecosystems (biological communities, individual species and ecological processes). This report is limited to assessing ...
... • the subsequent impacts of projected climate change and associated changes in physical processes on: – lands (soils and soil processes) – settlements (storm and flood damage), and – ecosystems (biological communities, individual species and ecological processes). This report is limited to assessing ...
ORGANIZATIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN CARBON MITIGATION: THE NEW ZEALAND PUBLIC SECTOR Stephen Jeffrey Birchall
... University of Canterbury, my two supervisors, Profs. Amanda Ball and Markus Milne, programme Senior Fellow Ian Mason, and fellow PhD candidate Maya Murphy, for their continued support throughout this experience, with particular thanks to Markus for his thorough review of my draft chapters. I would a ...
... University of Canterbury, my two supervisors, Profs. Amanda Ball and Markus Milne, programme Senior Fellow Ian Mason, and fellow PhD candidate Maya Murphy, for their continued support throughout this experience, with particular thanks to Markus for his thorough review of my draft chapters. I would a ...
Decision analysis and rational action
... policy, would be searching for nothing less than the optimal amount of anthropogenic climate change. Several sophisticated models have been built with the explicit purpose of computing this magnitude (e.g., Nordhaus 1994, Manne & Richels 1995; see also Ch. 5). Such studies are mathematical in form, ...
... policy, would be searching for nothing less than the optimal amount of anthropogenic climate change. Several sophisticated models have been built with the explicit purpose of computing this magnitude (e.g., Nordhaus 1994, Manne & Richels 1995; see also Ch. 5). Such studies are mathematical in form, ...
Coral Bleaching and Global Climate Change: Scientific Findings
... of even loC above normal summer maxima and lasting for at least 2-3 days appear to provide a potentially useful predictor of subsequent bleaching (Goreau & Hayes 1994; Strong et al. 1998).Although there are differences in response among species and populations, most corals are likely to bleach but s ...
... of even loC above normal summer maxima and lasting for at least 2-3 days appear to provide a potentially useful predictor of subsequent bleaching (Goreau & Hayes 1994; Strong et al. 1998).Although there are differences in response among species and populations, most corals are likely to bleach but s ...
Agricultural activities and the global carbon cycle
... Soils and the global carbon cycle There are five principal global C pools, and the C circulates among these pools. The oceanic pool is the largest, estimated at 38,000 Pg of C. The geologic pool is the second largest, estimated at 5000 Pg of C and comprising three sub-pools including 4000 Pg of coal ...
... Soils and the global carbon cycle There are five principal global C pools, and the C circulates among these pools. The oceanic pool is the largest, estimated at 38,000 Pg of C. The geologic pool is the second largest, estimated at 5000 Pg of C and comprising three sub-pools including 4000 Pg of coal ...
Rapid decline of the CO2 buffering capacity in the North Sea and
... North Pacific subtropical gyre [Winn et al., 1998] both surface water and atmospheric pCO2 have been reported to rise at comparable rates during the 1990s, though a recent study suggests that changes in precipitation may be driving the surface water pCO2 at ALOHA to rise faster than the atmospheric ...
... North Pacific subtropical gyre [Winn et al., 1998] both surface water and atmospheric pCO2 have been reported to rise at comparable rates during the 1990s, though a recent study suggests that changes in precipitation may be driving the surface water pCO2 at ALOHA to rise faster than the atmospheric ...
Arctic Climate Change and Security Policy Conference
... Moreover, the pace of change is accelerating. Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial pollution and land use changes are the key factors. Recent studies suggest that black carbon emitted from industrial combustion and boreal forest fires are responsible for up to half of the observed warming in the ...
... Moreover, the pace of change is accelerating. Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial pollution and land use changes are the key factors. Recent studies suggest that black carbon emitted from industrial combustion and boreal forest fires are responsible for up to half of the observed warming in the ...
Use of Perennial Grass in Grazing Systems of Southern Australia to
... zone to -5% to +15% for autumn rainfall in the south-eastern wheat-sheep zone (Harle et al., 2007). The most pronounced decreases are predicted for winter and spring, although some coastal areas of the high rainfall zone may become wetter in summer, and some areas of the eastern sheep-wheat zone may ...
... zone to -5% to +15% for autumn rainfall in the south-eastern wheat-sheep zone (Harle et al., 2007). The most pronounced decreases are predicted for winter and spring, although some coastal areas of the high rainfall zone may become wetter in summer, and some areas of the eastern sheep-wheat zone may ...
Global Climate Change and Coral Bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef
... Collectively, the various zones and depths of the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef are colonized by diverse local assemblages of corals. Those on reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef, for example, have been classified into 17 coral ‘community types’ (Done 1982), each comprised of subsets of around ...
... Collectively, the various zones and depths of the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef are colonized by diverse local assemblages of corals. Those on reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef, for example, have been classified into 17 coral ‘community types’ (Done 1982), each comprised of subsets of around ...
Greene_washington_0250O_15591
... 2010). Uncertainty can be reduced as financial investment and effort increase, but scientists are often limited in both of these areas. Uncertainty is not a deliberate creation, nor is it indicative of willful ignorance. Yet this interpretation has “shaped our scientific and political institutions” ...
... 2010). Uncertainty can be reduced as financial investment and effort increase, but scientists are often limited in both of these areas. Uncertainty is not a deliberate creation, nor is it indicative of willful ignorance. Yet this interpretation has “shaped our scientific and political institutions” ...
Change in the Arctic influence on Bering Sea climate during the
... features in seasonal variability. From November to December, there is a decrease in temperature of about 5° at Barrow and Nome and 2° at St. Paul. Strong interannual variability is observed in the months from December through March with temperature fluctuating in similar ranges during the four-month ...
... features in seasonal variability. From November to December, there is a decrease in temperature of about 5° at Barrow and Nome and 2° at St. Paul. Strong interannual variability is observed in the months from December through March with temperature fluctuating in similar ranges during the four-month ...
A Study of Climate Monitoring Capabilities in Newfoundland and
... monitoring are the actual climate measurements. To this end, the needs, and present monitoring coverage in place for terrestrial, coastal, and marine climate variables were presented. The climate station inventory was used to visualize the monitoring coverage and record length of active and historic ...
... monitoring are the actual climate measurements. To this end, the needs, and present monitoring coverage in place for terrestrial, coastal, and marine climate variables were presented. The climate station inventory was used to visualize the monitoring coverage and record length of active and historic ...
Slide 1
... • Collaboration with continental AAS networks in Asia and LA • Partnership with FARA and GFRAS • Brokering role by the World Bank • Establishment of functioning organizational structures Key for success has been the demand and need expressed by various actors and stakeholders ...
... • Collaboration with continental AAS networks in Asia and LA • Partnership with FARA and GFRAS • Brokering role by the World Bank • Establishment of functioning organizational structures Key for success has been the demand and need expressed by various actors and stakeholders ...
Working 9 to 5 on Climate Change: An Office Guide
... decades or centuries3 (depending on the type of gas), and their potential impacts may escalate over time. Even if we start reducing global emissions today, atmospheric CO2 concentrations (the most prevalent GHG) will continue to grow for years to come. To minimize risks, all sectors need to act now ...
... decades or centuries3 (depending on the type of gas), and their potential impacts may escalate over time. Even if we start reducing global emissions today, atmospheric CO2 concentrations (the most prevalent GHG) will continue to grow for years to come. To minimize risks, all sectors need to act now ...
TowARD ReSiLienCe
... since the Industrial Revolution—such as the burning of fossil fuelsG and landuse changeG (for example, deforestationG)—resulting in a significant increase in greenhouse gasesG such as carbon dioxide.4 While greenhouse gases are a natural part of the Earth’s atmosphere and serve to maintain temperatu ...
... since the Industrial Revolution—such as the burning of fossil fuelsG and landuse changeG (for example, deforestationG)—resulting in a significant increase in greenhouse gasesG such as carbon dioxide.4 While greenhouse gases are a natural part of the Earth’s atmosphere and serve to maintain temperatu ...
Boreal forest soil carbon: distribution, function and modelling
... soil C in boreal resilience to the impacts of climate change. Soil C is fundamental to ecosystem function in terms of improving soil physical properties, increasing soil biotic activity and enhancing insulation all of which improve site productivity. Managing upland soils for C sequesteration will a ...
... soil C in boreal resilience to the impacts of climate change. Soil C is fundamental to ecosystem function in terms of improving soil physical properties, increasing soil biotic activity and enhancing insulation all of which improve site productivity. Managing upland soils for C sequesteration will a ...