Agrimonde-Terra: Foresight land use and food security in 2050
... region when simulating the land-use scenarios with GlobAgri-AgT. 4 For more details on classification and available data, see http://faostat3.fao.org/. FAOStat data are used for the retrospective analysis of land use. For the quantitative simulations of land-use scenarios with GlobAgri-AgT, the dist ...
... region when simulating the land-use scenarios with GlobAgri-AgT. 4 For more details on classification and available data, see http://faostat3.fao.org/. FAOStat data are used for the retrospective analysis of land use. For the quantitative simulations of land-use scenarios with GlobAgri-AgT, the dist ...
Final Programme
... in nature, many people do not believe it is related to them. Yet, most impacts of climate change are local in nature. The sooner people (especially decision-makers but also representatives from industry, the housing and agriculture sectors, as well as normal citizens) realise that climate change is ...
... in nature, many people do not believe it is related to them. Yet, most impacts of climate change are local in nature. The sooner people (especially decision-makers but also representatives from industry, the housing and agriculture sectors, as well as normal citizens) realise that climate change is ...
Agrimonde-Terra presentation in English
... • One resources-utilization balance equation per product per region (links between products) • Imports as a fixed share of domestic total uses • Exports as a fixed share of the world market • one trade balance equation per product • one constraint per region: - cropland ≤ max cultivable land area (G ...
... • One resources-utilization balance equation per product per region (links between products) • Imports as a fixed share of domestic total uses • Exports as a fixed share of the world market • one trade balance equation per product • one constraint per region: - cropland ≤ max cultivable land area (G ...
Frontlines of Climate Change
... None of the elders have seen this in their lifetime. We should be skating and skidooing out on the bay like we were doing last [October]. - Merven Gruben, Tuktoyaktuk 13 ...
... None of the elders have seen this in their lifetime. We should be skating and skidooing out on the bay like we were doing last [October]. - Merven Gruben, Tuktoyaktuk 13 ...
Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
Selected chapters: Observed climate changes in Croatia Climate
... Decadal trends in annual and seasonal precipitation amounts have not been significantly changed according to data series prolonged by 2008 (Table 1-5). Less changes are present with Osijek, where attenuation of negative spring precipitation trend was observed, but still remaining statistically signi ...
... Decadal trends in annual and seasonal precipitation amounts have not been significantly changed according to data series prolonged by 2008 (Table 1-5). Less changes are present with Osijek, where attenuation of negative spring precipitation trend was observed, but still remaining statistically signi ...
Giant Panda - Rackcdn.com
... Support for this study was provided by a generous grant from the General Motors Foundation. For more information, please contact Nikhil Advani at [email protected] For this and other species assessments, visit worldwildlife.org/wildlife-and-climate Acknowledgments: Sasha Chen, Wan Hui, Colby L ...
... Support for this study was provided by a generous grant from the General Motors Foundation. For more information, please contact Nikhil Advani at [email protected] For this and other species assessments, visit worldwildlife.org/wildlife-and-climate Acknowledgments: Sasha Chen, Wan Hui, Colby L ...
Introduction
... Deliverable 6.2: First-phase impact models to predict damage to human activities, the environment and tropical annual crops from climate extremes: e.g. wind storm, drought, flood and heat stress Due Feb 2006; Delivered October 2006 (Month 26) (UEA and Partners) Deliverable 6.3: Calibrated and tested ...
... Deliverable 6.2: First-phase impact models to predict damage to human activities, the environment and tropical annual crops from climate extremes: e.g. wind storm, drought, flood and heat stress Due Feb 2006; Delivered October 2006 (Month 26) (UEA and Partners) Deliverable 6.3: Calibrated and tested ...
Unit 4 – Glaciation - Geography @ KE Camp Hill Boys
... KING EDWARD VI CAMP HILL BOYS GCSE SCHEME OF WORK – Unit 3 ...
... KING EDWARD VI CAMP HILL BOYS GCSE SCHEME OF WORK – Unit 3 ...
Report of the Smith College Study Group on Climate Change
... the climate, the threats are significant, and our collective actions to reduce climate pollution, address ongoing effects and prepare for future ones fall well short of what is needed.2,3,4 How did climate change become one of modern society’s most pressing issues, and what are the risks? The Interg ...
... the climate, the threats are significant, and our collective actions to reduce climate pollution, address ongoing effects and prepare for future ones fall well short of what is needed.2,3,4 How did climate change become one of modern society’s most pressing issues, and what are the risks? The Interg ...
Winter 2013
... researchers analyzed balloon soundings, aircraft, surface and satellite measurements from May through June 2010, using GFDL’s new global high-resolution chemistry-climate model to determine the extent to which Asian ozone pollution is affecting air quality in the western United State. The study’s fi ...
... researchers analyzed balloon soundings, aircraft, surface and satellite measurements from May through June 2010, using GFDL’s new global high-resolution chemistry-climate model to determine the extent to which Asian ozone pollution is affecting air quality in the western United State. The study’s fi ...
Sustainability with Dividends
... the Paulownia Tree, a unique fast growing hardwood species with 23 different varieties worldwide. Several years later, after sourcing the most superior of the Paulownia species, she formed World Tree Inc. World Tree has been in business now for 14 years. While the Empress Tree is known and greatly p ...
... the Paulownia Tree, a unique fast growing hardwood species with 23 different varieties worldwide. Several years later, after sourcing the most superior of the Paulownia species, she formed World Tree Inc. World Tree has been in business now for 14 years. While the Empress Tree is known and greatly p ...
Climate and Weather Discourse in Anthropology: From Determinism
... movements of information, people, and objects in their work, most noticeably in research dealing with debates about the hegemony of Western scientific knowledge, recognition of El Niño’s global reach, greater concerns about inequities and vulnerabilities, increased application of climate forecasts a ...
... movements of information, people, and objects in their work, most noticeably in research dealing with debates about the hegemony of Western scientific knowledge, recognition of El Niño’s global reach, greater concerns about inequities and vulnerabilities, increased application of climate forecasts a ...
Open Gate March 2014
... Last month, Pew Research Center released its latest poll results of American viewpoints on climate change. The results are worrying. According to the poll, 67% of Americans believe that there is solid evidence of global warming while only 44% believe that human activities are responsible. On the con ...
... Last month, Pew Research Center released its latest poll results of American viewpoints on climate change. The results are worrying. According to the poll, 67% of Americans believe that there is solid evidence of global warming while only 44% believe that human activities are responsible. On the con ...
Exchange of trace gases between the terrestrial
... causing climate change: global warming, increased UVB flux to the earth's surface due to depletion of stratospheric ozone, and changes in precipitation patterns (Houghton et al., 1990, 1992). Efforts such as those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to assess the likely extent of these ...
... causing climate change: global warming, increased UVB flux to the earth's surface due to depletion of stratospheric ozone, and changes in precipitation patterns (Houghton et al., 1990, 1992). Efforts such as those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to assess the likely extent of these ...
Estimating the impact of traffic on the UTLS QUANTIFY
... CECILIA, EC FP6, 2006-2009, http://www.cecilia-eu.org ...
... CECILIA, EC FP6, 2006-2009, http://www.cecilia-eu.org ...
climate change and human rights: an
... resolution and the OHCHR study emphasize how climate change will negatively impact (and already is negatively impacting) the enjoyment of specific human rights in many countries around the world, with the starkest examples emerging in small island and low-lying states and areas at risk for increased ...
... resolution and the OHCHR study emphasize how climate change will negatively impact (and already is negatively impacting) the enjoyment of specific human rights in many countries around the world, with the starkest examples emerging in small island and low-lying states and areas at risk for increased ...
Reef-Guardians-2016-Year-10-Climate-change
... reefs around the world are ‘in crisis’. At least nine mass bleaching events have affected the world’s reefs since 1979. The Great Barrier Reef was most severely affected by the 1998 and 2002 mass coral bleaching events, but was also affected by bleaching in 2006. Projections of future water temperat ...
... reefs around the world are ‘in crisis’. At least nine mass bleaching events have affected the world’s reefs since 1979. The Great Barrier Reef was most severely affected by the 1998 and 2002 mass coral bleaching events, but was also affected by bleaching in 2006. Projections of future water temperat ...
Climate Change Is Harming Our Health
... 5. The most important action we can take to protect our health is to reduce heat-trapping pollution by reducing energy waste and accelerating the inevitable transition to clean renewable energy. It is well within our power to accomplish this. Efficient buildings, neighborhoods that support not just ...
... 5. The most important action we can take to protect our health is to reduce heat-trapping pollution by reducing energy waste and accelerating the inevitable transition to clean renewable energy. It is well within our power to accomplish this. Efficient buildings, neighborhoods that support not just ...
X - The Heartland Institute`s International Conferences on Climate
... changes over the past century, but the best match with observations is obtained in (c) when both natural and anthropogenic factors are included. These results show that the forcings included are sufficient to explain the observed changes, but do not exclude the possibility that other forcings may al ...
... changes over the past century, but the best match with observations is obtained in (c) when both natural and anthropogenic factors are included. These results show that the forcings included are sufficient to explain the observed changes, but do not exclude the possibility that other forcings may al ...
Transformation Toronto 2050 - Terms of Reference
... 2. Document and apply to this initiative the best practices developed by other countries, states/provinces and cities for generating different scenarios of how to achieve significant reductions of carbon emissions. 3. Identify, document and evaluate scenarios of change that can guide Toronto towards ...
... 2. Document and apply to this initiative the best practices developed by other countries, states/provinces and cities for generating different scenarios of how to achieve significant reductions of carbon emissions. 3. Identify, document and evaluate scenarios of change that can guide Toronto towards ...