Terrestrial environmental Observatories: a new instrument for
... 50% of the global land surface has been changed by human activity; 23 % of the land surface is degraded in quality ...
... 50% of the global land surface has been changed by human activity; 23 % of the land surface is degraded in quality ...
the sahel is greening - The Global Warming Policy Foundation
... southern Atlantic Ocean was warmer than the northern Atlantic Ocean. This drew rain-bearing monsoon winds away from the Sahel, contributing to the very dry conditions there. From the 1990s, however, the situation changed and the northern Atlantic Ocean became warmer than the southern Atlantic, partl ...
... southern Atlantic Ocean was warmer than the northern Atlantic Ocean. This drew rain-bearing monsoon winds away from the Sahel, contributing to the very dry conditions there. From the 1990s, however, the situation changed and the northern Atlantic Ocean became warmer than the southern Atlantic, partl ...
Ecosystem-based adaptation: An approach for building
... Global climate change is already adversely impacting the world’s ecosystems and the people that depend on them. Impacts are escalating as temperature and precipitation patterns change and extreme weather events and related conditions increase in frequency and intensity. Climate change directly threa ...
... Global climate change is already adversely impacting the world’s ecosystems and the people that depend on them. Impacts are escalating as temperature and precipitation patterns change and extreme weather events and related conditions increase in frequency and intensity. Climate change directly threa ...
Green Resilience: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies
... The Center for Clean Air Policy Since 1985, the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) has been a recognized world leader in climate and air quality policy and is the only independent, nonprofit think tank working exclusively on those issues at the local, national and international levels. Headquartered ...
... The Center for Clean Air Policy Since 1985, the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) has been a recognized world leader in climate and air quality policy and is the only independent, nonprofit think tank working exclusively on those issues at the local, national and international levels. Headquartered ...
Climate and carbon cycle dynamics in a CESM simulation from 850
... millennium. Nevertheless, we find that structural uncertainties between different models can still dominate over forcing uncertainty for quantities such as hemispheric temperatures or the land and ocean carbon cycle response. Compared to other model simulations, we find forced decadal-scale variabil ...
... millennium. Nevertheless, we find that structural uncertainties between different models can still dominate over forcing uncertainty for quantities such as hemispheric temperatures or the land and ocean carbon cycle response. Compared to other model simulations, we find forced decadal-scale variabil ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa
... US$ 18 billion a year from African economies between 1990 and 2005 (IANSA et al., 2007). Violent conflict is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. The Human Security Report found that the overwhelming majority of armed conflicts (95 per cent between 1995 and 2005) are fought within, and not bet ...
... US$ 18 billion a year from African economies between 1990 and 2005 (IANSA et al., 2007). Violent conflict is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. The Human Security Report found that the overwhelming majority of armed conflicts (95 per cent between 1995 and 2005) are fought within, and not bet ...
Slide 1
... damage is more than $30/ton of CO2-eq, climate damages would likely be at least as large as non-climate damages. • Infrastructure and national security impacts may be significant and are worthy of further analysis. • How much a burden should be reduced depends on its magnitude and the cost of reduci ...
... damage is more than $30/ton of CO2-eq, climate damages would likely be at least as large as non-climate damages. • Infrastructure and national security impacts may be significant and are worthy of further analysis. • How much a burden should be reduced depends on its magnitude and the cost of reduci ...
Urbanization and Climate Change in Small iSland developing StateS
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but their size, geography and relatively insularity and remoteness make them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with the possible outcomes being far worse than other countries (UN- OHRLLS 2012). Global climate change is increasing the frequency ...
... greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but their size, geography and relatively insularity and remoteness make them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, with the possible outcomes being far worse than other countries (UN- OHRLLS 2012). Global climate change is increasing the frequency ...
Preparing BC for Climate Migration
... investments. However, within wealthy countries, it is typically the poorest people who have the least capacity to respond to extreme weather — for instance, they have a limited ability to pay higher cooling bills during summer heat waves and the fewest resources to rebuild after storms and floods. D ...
... investments. However, within wealthy countries, it is typically the poorest people who have the least capacity to respond to extreme weather — for instance, they have a limited ability to pay higher cooling bills during summer heat waves and the fewest resources to rebuild after storms and floods. D ...
Greening of the Earth and its drivers
... precipitation, and radiation), and varying rates of nitrogen deposition. Land use ...
... precipitation, and radiation), and varying rates of nitrogen deposition. Land use ...
Explaining Media and Congressional Attention to Global Climate
... highway death rates) are presented to the public and policy elites in an abstract, index-type, quantitative format from second-hand data sources. For the issue of global warming and climate change, there are many kinds of factual and baseline information indicators, ranging from greenhouse gas emiss ...
... highway death rates) are presented to the public and policy elites in an abstract, index-type, quantitative format from second-hand data sources. For the issue of global warming and climate change, there are many kinds of factual and baseline information indicators, ranging from greenhouse gas emiss ...
A modelling framework for assessing adaptive management options
... consumer preferences and societal demands, among others, drive the continuous dynamics and changes of agricultural systems all over the world. Projections from global models of climate in Finland and in Northern latitudes in general indicate an acceleration of warming at rates greater than the globa ...
... consumer preferences and societal demands, among others, drive the continuous dynamics and changes of agricultural systems all over the world. Projections from global models of climate in Finland and in Northern latitudes in general indicate an acceleration of warming at rates greater than the globa ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Hailstorms: Hailstorms, with their severe intensity and localized nature, damage agricultural produce considerably. They occur most frequently in the summer (December to February); according to meteorological stations there are 5-10 days of hailstorms per year. This weather inclemency harms the flou ...
... Hailstorms: Hailstorms, with their severe intensity and localized nature, damage agricultural produce considerably. They occur most frequently in the summer (December to February); according to meteorological stations there are 5-10 days of hailstorms per year. This weather inclemency harms the flou ...
Economic and social benefits of meteorology and
... change of the farmers’ own subjective considerations. The value of rainfall information at the level of the individual farmer is then reflected in the change of the revenue generated from improved decisions associated with the additional meteorological and climatic information. This means that meteo ...
... change of the farmers’ own subjective considerations. The value of rainfall information at the level of the individual farmer is then reflected in the change of the revenue generated from improved decisions associated with the additional meteorological and climatic information. This means that meteo ...
Understanding Climate Variability : Implications for Water Resources
... Triangle size proportional to runoff changes: ...
... Triangle size proportional to runoff changes: ...
AFF - UMKC Summer Debate Institute
... now can, this outcome will be much worse than most people think. Compare three outcomes: 1. Peace. 2. A nuclear war that kills 99 per cent of the world’s existing population. 3. A nuclear war that kills 100 per cent. 2 would be worse than 1, and 3 would be worse than 2. Which is the greater of these ...
... now can, this outcome will be much worse than most people think. Compare three outcomes: 1. Peace. 2. A nuclear war that kills 99 per cent of the world’s existing population. 3. A nuclear war that kills 100 per cent. 2 would be worse than 1, and 3 would be worse than 2. Which is the greater of these ...
Climate change and agriculture in Asia: A case study for methane
... region, estimated using the field studies of emission rate and remote sensing data of rice cultivation area (bottom-up) as well as a terrestrial ecosystem model simulated emissions using two CH4 production schemes. The model results over the period 1920s and 2000s are ...
... region, estimated using the field studies of emission rate and remote sensing data of rice cultivation area (bottom-up) as well as a terrestrial ecosystem model simulated emissions using two CH4 production schemes. The model results over the period 1920s and 2000s are ...
Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... from burning fossil fuels – coal, oil, natural gas • Emissions from deforestation totaled 1.5 billion tons of carbon that year • Electricity generation and transportation are the largest sources of CO2 emissions, with coal-fired power plants the biggest culprit • As CO2 accumulates, global temperatu ...
... from burning fossil fuels – coal, oil, natural gas • Emissions from deforestation totaled 1.5 billion tons of carbon that year • Electricity generation and transportation are the largest sources of CO2 emissions, with coal-fired power plants the biggest culprit • As CO2 accumulates, global temperatu ...
guidelines on local adaptation to climate change for water
... a reduction in the summer discharge and an increase in the winter discharge, which is likely to result in an increase of flood hazard (Lautenschalger et al., 2008) and a decrease of water availability for agricultural activities and human consumption during summer (Weingartner et al., 2007). in th ...
... a reduction in the summer discharge and an increase in the winter discharge, which is likely to result in an increase of flood hazard (Lautenschalger et al., 2008) and a decrease of water availability for agricultural activities and human consumption during summer (Weingartner et al., 2007). in th ...
France`s adaptation to global climate change
... climate debate been somewhat sidelined. These events brought it back into the headlines. Since 2010, thousands of scientists from all over the world who met for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had been preparing their fifth report, which was recently published in three volumes t ...
... climate debate been somewhat sidelined. These events brought it back into the headlines. Since 2010, thousands of scientists from all over the world who met for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had been preparing their fifth report, which was recently published in three volumes t ...
Sustainable Agriculture Land Management
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere (see 1.3). These natural and human activities include: industrialisation, deforestation, destruction of ecosystems (wetlands, oceans, lakes, wildlife), agriculture and livestock production, transport, energy production, waste, urbanisation, building, and cha ...
... greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere (see 1.3). These natural and human activities include: industrialisation, deforestation, destruction of ecosystems (wetlands, oceans, lakes, wildlife), agriculture and livestock production, transport, energy production, waste, urbanisation, building, and cha ...
Plan B 4.0 - Earth Policy Institute
... from burning fossil fuels – coal, oil, natural gas • Emissions from deforestation totaled 1.5 billion tons of carbon that year • Electricity generation and transportation are the largest sources of CO2 emissions, with coal-fired power plants the biggest culprit • As CO2 accumulates, global temperatu ...
... from burning fossil fuels – coal, oil, natural gas • Emissions from deforestation totaled 1.5 billion tons of carbon that year • Electricity generation and transportation are the largest sources of CO2 emissions, with coal-fired power plants the biggest culprit • As CO2 accumulates, global temperatu ...
Climate Change and International Deforestation: Legislative Analysis
... Deforestation1 is responsible for the largest share of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) released to the atmosphere due to land use changes, approximately 20% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually.2 Deforestation results in carbon emissions when trees and underlying vegetation ...
... Deforestation1 is responsible for the largest share of additional carbon dioxide (CO2) released to the atmosphere due to land use changes, approximately 20% of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually.2 Deforestation results in carbon emissions when trees and underlying vegetation ...