Global Warming and the Free State
... been variations in temperature and precipitation due to ocean current cycles and solar and volcanic activity. However, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, that trap the sun’s energy from radiating back into space—have dramatically ...
... been variations in temperature and precipitation due to ocean current cycles and solar and volcanic activity. However, atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases—gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, that trap the sun’s energy from radiating back into space—have dramatically ...
Global Climate Risk Index 2006
... occurence as well as the intensity of such events (see box 1). The increasing intensity of tropical hurricanes over the past 15 years for example shows a tight connection to the simultaneous rise in ocean surface temperature (Faust 2006). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
... occurence as well as the intensity of such events (see box 1). The increasing intensity of tropical hurricanes over the past 15 years for example shows a tight connection to the simultaneous rise in ocean surface temperature (Faust 2006). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (I ...
gypsy moth and nun moth
... extends up to middle Fennoscandia, where the simulation gave an EI result varying between 18 and 23 (Fig. 1). The EI values increase at northern locations with projected increase 1.4°C compared to the simulations without climate change scenarios. Potential range extends remarkably more to the north, ...
... extends up to middle Fennoscandia, where the simulation gave an EI result varying between 18 and 23 (Fig. 1). The EI values increase at northern locations with projected increase 1.4°C compared to the simulations without climate change scenarios. Potential range extends remarkably more to the north, ...
Wetlands and carbon - Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research
... releases. Carbon sinks can serve to partially offset greenhouse gas emissions. Forests and oceans are both large carbon sinks. Carbon source: A reservoir or component of the carbon cycle that releases more carbon than it absorbs. For example, emissions through the burning of fossil fuels are a sourc ...
... releases. Carbon sinks can serve to partially offset greenhouse gas emissions. Forests and oceans are both large carbon sinks. Carbon source: A reservoir or component of the carbon cycle that releases more carbon than it absorbs. For example, emissions through the burning of fossil fuels are a sourc ...
Community Adaptation Plan Port Antonio, Jamaica
... Port Antonio is considered the birthplace of the tourism industry in Jamaica. The steamers that transported bananas away from this coastal town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought visitors to the island; and hotels and other infrastructure to accommodate them sprouted in the area. Toda ...
... Port Antonio is considered the birthplace of the tourism industry in Jamaica. The steamers that transported bananas away from this coastal town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought visitors to the island; and hotels and other infrastructure to accommodate them sprouted in the area. Toda ...
Gender and CO2 info_accepted
... respect to the same gender without children). Thus, overall we would expect mothers to have increased concern, but it is not clear what the case would be fathers. Hypothesis 3 (H3): Having children will increase concern about climate change. A country’s development stage and GDP are associated with ...
... respect to the same gender without children). Thus, overall we would expect mothers to have increased concern, but it is not clear what the case would be fathers. Hypothesis 3 (H3): Having children will increase concern about climate change. A country’s development stage and GDP are associated with ...
CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES
... Eastern Mediterranean region, climate change would probably worsen desertification and water shortage, weaken peoples’ health and affect food production (Greenpeace International 1997a). Average temperatures could rise in parts of northern South America, the Sahel region and India by a substantial 5 ...
... Eastern Mediterranean region, climate change would probably worsen desertification and water shortage, weaken peoples’ health and affect food production (Greenpeace International 1997a). Average temperatures could rise in parts of northern South America, the Sahel region and India by a substantial 5 ...
Review of relevant assessment processes and their theoretical
... Western scientific method has evolved since the Enlightenment to a point where from the mid-nineteenth century onwards results be deemed rigorous and acceptable only by following its procedures. In these assessments such demands have been taken to a new level. Scientific method is taken to involve ...
... Western scientific method has evolved since the Enlightenment to a point where from the mid-nineteenth century onwards results be deemed rigorous and acceptable only by following its procedures. In these assessments such demands have been taken to a new level. Scientific method is taken to involve ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... cultivated will become drier, while projected changes in floods and droughts suggest a reduction in rainfed maize production by 2025. In monetary terms this is the equivalent to a loss of $USD 12–24 billion. As the price of maize continues to rise, these losses stand to significantly impact Togo.32 ...
... cultivated will become drier, while projected changes in floods and droughts suggest a reduction in rainfed maize production by 2025. In monetary terms this is the equivalent to a loss of $USD 12–24 billion. As the price of maize continues to rise, these losses stand to significantly impact Togo.32 ...
News of our world
... aim of the grants is to assist farmers with planning and decision making processes during this difficult time. There is an off farm assets test limit of $750,000 but NO Income test. Applicants must have been farmers for two years or more. Ring 13 23 16 for more information. Farm Ready Fund to Help F ...
... aim of the grants is to assist farmers with planning and decision making processes during this difficult time. There is an off farm assets test limit of $750,000 but NO Income test. Applicants must have been farmers for two years or more. Ring 13 23 16 for more information. Farm Ready Fund to Help F ...
BIRS 2016 Final Report
... key will then be to see whether one can actually demonstrate that something useful can be learned. 2. Next, we believe that “floating” a test set (= “basket”) of events that can be used to “detect” or “confirm” our understanding of climatic change is both possible and will prove useful. Issues will ...
... key will then be to see whether one can actually demonstrate that something useful can be learned. 2. Next, we believe that “floating” a test set (= “basket”) of events that can be used to “detect” or “confirm” our understanding of climatic change is both possible and will prove useful. Issues will ...
10584_2014_1078_MOESM1_ESM
... Used as a proxy for public attitudes on climate change to assess whether there is a relationship between perceived levels of risk from climate change and adaptation action at the national level. Data derived from a global survey about perceived personal threats from climate change. Individuals who r ...
... Used as a proxy for public attitudes on climate change to assess whether there is a relationship between perceived levels of risk from climate change and adaptation action at the national level. Data derived from a global survey about perceived personal threats from climate change. Individuals who r ...
How do the effects of SAE and CO 2 reduction
... tens of billions of US$ annually, although this does not include the environmental costs of implementing the programme. Close to typical annual profit made by ExxonMobil. ...
... tens of billions of US$ annually, although this does not include the environmental costs of implementing the programme. Close to typical annual profit made by ExxonMobil. ...
Toward a conceptual synthesis for climate change responses
... generation is added in response to longer growing seasons 1.2. Abiotic change can alter dispersal through plasticity 1.2.a. Abiotic change reduces dispersal distance and population connectivity through plasticity in dispersal-related traits 1.2.b. Plasticity in navigational behaviours or other habit ...
... generation is added in response to longer growing seasons 1.2. Abiotic change can alter dispersal through plasticity 1.2.a. Abiotic change reduces dispersal distance and population connectivity through plasticity in dispersal-related traits 1.2.b. Plasticity in navigational behaviours or other habit ...
Working Paper 202 - Heal and Millner (opens in new window)
... by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Its second phase started in 2013 and there ar ...
... by the University of Leeds and the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to advance public and private action on climate change through innovative, rigorous research. The Centre is funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council. Its second phase started in 2013 and there ar ...
Carbon Credit 30 Dec 2013
... of current and potential impacts that will affect people today and in coming decades. This understanding is crucial because it allows decision makers to place climate change in the context of other large challenges facing the nation and the world. There are still some uncertainties, and there always ...
... of current and potential impacts that will affect people today and in coming decades. This understanding is crucial because it allows decision makers to place climate change in the context of other large challenges facing the nation and the world. There are still some uncertainties, and there always ...
CRS Report for Congress Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Conflicting Situations, Conflicting Perspectives
... Thus the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and much of the current debate about actions to control greenhouse gas emissions focus on individual nations’ amounts of emissions. As a result, primary attention falls on current greenhouse gas emissions, past greenhouse gas emissions, and projected greenhouse g ...
... Thus the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol, and much of the current debate about actions to control greenhouse gas emissions focus on individual nations’ amounts of emissions. As a result, primary attention falls on current greenhouse gas emissions, past greenhouse gas emissions, and projected greenhouse g ...
United Nations Development Programme
... • Overall 48 Least Developed Countries are implementing projects totaling US$ 334.6 million and leveraging US$ 1.59 billion in co-financing. UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme’s Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Initiative: has piloted over 90 community driven climate risk management project ...
... • Overall 48 Least Developed Countries are implementing projects totaling US$ 334.6 million and leveraging US$ 1.59 billion in co-financing. UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme’s Community-Based Adaptation to Climate Change Initiative: has piloted over 90 community driven climate risk management project ...
Carbon Emission Accounting – Balancing the books for the UK
... Future questions Important questions that need to be addressed include: • How can consumption-based carbon accounts be published alongside territorialbased emissions inventories? • What are the indirect carbon impacts of energy technologies and how does this affect the future policy mix to achieve a ...
... Future questions Important questions that need to be addressed include: • How can consumption-based carbon accounts be published alongside territorialbased emissions inventories? • What are the indirect carbon impacts of energy technologies and how does this affect the future policy mix to achieve a ...
Synergies between adaptation and mitigation in a nutshell
... temporal scales and concerned economic sectors (Tol 2005). Mitigation ...
... temporal scales and concerned economic sectors (Tol 2005). Mitigation ...