Asian Aerosols: Current and Year 2030 Distributions and
... High aerosol loadings are prevalent throughout the Asian atmospheric environment. This is illustrated in Figure 1a and c, where the four year mean (2001-2004) distribution of satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) and calculated annual mean PM10 concentrations are shown. AOD is a measure of a ...
... High aerosol loadings are prevalent throughout the Asian atmospheric environment. This is illustrated in Figure 1a and c, where the four year mean (2001-2004) distribution of satellite-derived aerosol optical depth (AOD) and calculated annual mean PM10 concentrations are shown. AOD is a measure of a ...
Measuring sustainable growth
... – Depletion on marketable natural resources that are non-renewable (energy and minerals) or renewable (forests and fish) – Degradation of non-market natural wealth caused by economic activity: pollution and damages to life diversity ...
... – Depletion on marketable natural resources that are non-renewable (energy and minerals) or renewable (forests and fish) – Degradation of non-market natural wealth caused by economic activity: pollution and damages to life diversity ...
General Law on Climate Change Mexico
... IV. Develop and implement their own climate change programs, by promoting public participation, listening, and responding to the public and private sectors, and society in general; V. Establish criteria and procedures for evaluating and overseeing compliance with the state program in this field, as ...
... IV. Develop and implement their own climate change programs, by promoting public participation, listening, and responding to the public and private sectors, and society in general; V. Establish criteria and procedures for evaluating and overseeing compliance with the state program in this field, as ...
A Two-Step Flow of Influence? Opinion-Leader
... opinion or course of action. In this two step-flow of information, opinion leaders did not necessarily hold formal positions of power or prestige in communities but rather served as the connective communication tissue that alerted their peers to what mattered among political events, social issues, a ...
... opinion or course of action. In this two step-flow of information, opinion leaders did not necessarily hold formal positions of power or prestige in communities but rather served as the connective communication tissue that alerted their peers to what mattered among political events, social issues, a ...
Hot and Hungry: How to stop climate change
... Across all ten areas we found a serious gap between what is happening and what is needed to protect our food systems. These gaps in preparedness are driven by poverty, inequality and lack of political will. While many countries – both rich and poor – are inadequately prepared for the impact of clima ...
... Across all ten areas we found a serious gap between what is happening and what is needed to protect our food systems. These gaps in preparedness are driven by poverty, inequality and lack of political will. While many countries – both rich and poor – are inadequately prepared for the impact of clima ...
National Communication Change Climate
... (CNC), by executive decree in June 1999, was a clear signal of the importance of climate change for the country. The elaboration of the First National Communication of Ecuador, under the responsibility of the GEF-UNDP ECU/99/G31 Climate Change Project and with the supervision and support of the Mini ...
... (CNC), by executive decree in June 1999, was a clear signal of the importance of climate change for the country. The elaboration of the First National Communication of Ecuador, under the responsibility of the GEF-UNDP ECU/99/G31 Climate Change Project and with the supervision and support of the Mini ...
Scientist Letter to Senate on natural resources
... negatively impacting both human and natural systems. Climate change is already causing serious damage and disruptions to wildlife and natural ecosystems, threatening the collapse of natural systems that cross ecological or biological thresholds. This collapse will result in the loss of the environme ...
... negatively impacting both human and natural systems. Climate change is already causing serious damage and disruptions to wildlife and natural ecosystems, threatening the collapse of natural systems that cross ecological or biological thresholds. This collapse will result in the loss of the environme ...
Long-term changes in environmental characteristics required by
... sagebrush within the United States. Less than 1% of the sagebrush is within areas protected from land cover conversion. The remaining public land is managed for multiple uses that include livestock grazing, energy development, and recreation. Global climate-change models for sagebrush regions predic ...
... sagebrush within the United States. Less than 1% of the sagebrush is within areas protected from land cover conversion. The remaining public land is managed for multiple uses that include livestock grazing, energy development, and recreation. Global climate-change models for sagebrush regions predic ...
Malawi has established weather related early warning systems for
... Malawi has established weather related early warning systems for floods, strong winds, and drought, among others. An integrated and people-centred early warning system is necessary for effective disaster preparedness and response. The Disaster Risk Reduction Framework identified a number of challeng ...
... Malawi has established weather related early warning systems for floods, strong winds, and drought, among others. An integrated and people-centred early warning system is necessary for effective disaster preparedness and response. The Disaster Risk Reduction Framework identified a number of challeng ...
Chapter 12 - Graduate Institute of International and Development
... on very long time scales ranging from centuries to millennia and are difficult to cope with by humans working on much shorter time intervals ranging from a few years to a few decades. Besides such natural changes, environmental change may result from human activities in the production and consumptio ...
... on very long time scales ranging from centuries to millennia and are difficult to cope with by humans working on much shorter time intervals ranging from a few years to a few decades. Besides such natural changes, environmental change may result from human activities in the production and consumptio ...
Fishermen`s Views of a Changing Ocean
... The profession of fishing is often multigenerational, with knowledge typically passed down from parent to child to grandchild. The combination of constant exposure to all kinds of weather; the consistent logging of data in the form of catch totals and locations; and a seemingly imperceptible unders ...
... The profession of fishing is often multigenerational, with knowledge typically passed down from parent to child to grandchild. The combination of constant exposure to all kinds of weather; the consistent logging of data in the form of catch totals and locations; and a seemingly imperceptible unders ...
Temperaturedependent remineralization in a warming ocean
... Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) climate projections. Associated feedbacks have therefore not been quantified. In this study we aim at investigating how temperature-dependent remineralization rates (Q10 = 2) in a warming ocean impact on the marine carbon cycle, and if this may weaken the oceanic sink for anth ...
... Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) climate projections. Associated feedbacks have therefore not been quantified. In this study we aim at investigating how temperature-dependent remineralization rates (Q10 = 2) in a warming ocean impact on the marine carbon cycle, and if this may weaken the oceanic sink for anth ...
Air pollution and associated human mortality: the role of air pollutant
... Abstract. Increases in surface ozone (O3 ) and fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 µm aerodynamic diameter, PM2.5 ) are associated with excess premature human mortalities. We estimate changes in surface O3 and PM2.5 from pre-industrial (1860) to present (2000) and the global present-day (2000) premature ...
... Abstract. Increases in surface ozone (O3 ) and fine particulate matter (≤ 2.5 µm aerodynamic diameter, PM2.5 ) are associated with excess premature human mortalities. We estimate changes in surface O3 and PM2.5 from pre-industrial (1860) to present (2000) and the global present-day (2000) premature ...
Compilation of information contained in recently submitted national
... Need to develop and reinforce capacity on individual and institutional level, including on how to integrate climate change into development priorities Greater cooperation between international and national entities working on climate ...
... Need to develop and reinforce capacity on individual and institutional level, including on how to integrate climate change into development priorities Greater cooperation between international and national entities working on climate ...
Submission in response to the Draft Tasmanian Energy Strategy
... drought-proof the Tasmanian grid. I therefore submit that in Tasmania the answer to the first question is a very definite No. Having decided that grid defections are to be discouraged, the question then becomes, how? Punitive approaches are not likely to work very well — the carrot is more likely t ...
... drought-proof the Tasmanian grid. I therefore submit that in Tasmania the answer to the first question is a very definite No. Having decided that grid defections are to be discouraged, the question then becomes, how? Punitive approaches are not likely to work very well — the carrot is more likely t ...
Weathering the Storm: the impact of climate change
... “Preparing for extreme weather and further climate change is about managing risks and increasing our resilience to them – it is therefore as much about the economy, quality of life and social equality, as about the environment. Early action today will not only manage current and future risks, but sa ...
... “Preparing for extreme weather and further climate change is about managing risks and increasing our resilience to them – it is therefore as much about the economy, quality of life and social equality, as about the environment. Early action today will not only manage current and future risks, but sa ...
Planning for Climate Change
... support the development of a low-carbon future and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the guide is not a statutory document, it nevertheless has considerable support and can be expected to be accorded appropriate weight in both plan-making and development management. The approaches set out in th ...
... support the development of a low-carbon future and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While the guide is not a statutory document, it nevertheless has considerable support and can be expected to be accorded appropriate weight in both plan-making and development management. The approaches set out in th ...
Poverty, Justice and the Environment
... In 2000 the Government admitted there was an average of more than 30,000 needless winter deaths a year because of cold. Since then we and others have won the Fuel Poverty Act, meaning “fuel poverty” among elderly people has fallen sharply and less energy is wasted. Factory pollution and poverty In 2 ...
... In 2000 the Government admitted there was an average of more than 30,000 needless winter deaths a year because of cold. Since then we and others have won the Fuel Poverty Act, meaning “fuel poverty” among elderly people has fallen sharply and less energy is wasted. Factory pollution and poverty In 2 ...
ETADATA OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE KNOWLEDGE PORTAL
... environmental sustainability. Corresponding levels of emissions of greenhouse gases and other factors may be deduced from these storylines. Future projections are available for two of these storylines: ...
... environmental sustainability. Corresponding levels of emissions of greenhouse gases and other factors may be deduced from these storylines. Future projections are available for two of these storylines: ...
http://www.magrama.gob.es/es/cambio-climatico/publicaciones/documentacion/cle_ene_pla_urg_mea_tcm7-12478.pdf
... economy, health and social welfare. Its impacts will be felt with greater intensity by future generations. For this reason, it is necessary to act immediately and reduce emissions while looking at the same time for ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Pa ...
... economy, health and social welfare. Its impacts will be felt with greater intensity by future generations. For this reason, it is necessary to act immediately and reduce emissions while looking at the same time for ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Pa ...
Comparative biology of different plant pathogens to estimate effects
... potential to affect food security and stability of food supply, either by directly affecting crop productivity or by indirect effects such as exacerbating threats of pests and diseases (Beddington 2010; Garrett et al. 2006). Little work has been done on the effects of climate change on plant disease ...
... potential to affect food security and stability of food supply, either by directly affecting crop productivity or by indirect effects such as exacerbating threats of pests and diseases (Beddington 2010; Garrett et al. 2006). Little work has been done on the effects of climate change on plant disease ...
Potential Changes in Future Surface Water Temperatures
... ice cover, and surface water temperatures (Magnuson et al. 1997). The increased water temperatures that are expected to result from climate change will have important biological effects, such as changing the distribution of fish species (Chu et al. 2005), facilitating the spread of warm-water specie ...
... ice cover, and surface water temperatures (Magnuson et al. 1997). The increased water temperatures that are expected to result from climate change will have important biological effects, such as changing the distribution of fish species (Chu et al. 2005), facilitating the spread of warm-water specie ...
Evans - NERC
... Recent reviews (Cahill et al. 2012; Ockendon et al. 2014a) of the impacts of climate change on species’ extinction and population changes have provided considerable insight into the ecological mechanisms involved. Although these reviews highlight a relatively limited evidence base, geographical bias ...
... Recent reviews (Cahill et al. 2012; Ockendon et al. 2014a) of the impacts of climate change on species’ extinction and population changes have provided considerable insight into the ecological mechanisms involved. Although these reviews highlight a relatively limited evidence base, geographical bias ...