studies
... 2012). Several Non-Annex I countries also submitted Copenhagen pledges which – under the name of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) – are of voluntary nature.2 The Durban conference in 2011 established the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action as a new track for negotiating an internat ...
... 2012). Several Non-Annex I countries also submitted Copenhagen pledges which – under the name of nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) – are of voluntary nature.2 The Durban conference in 2011 established the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action as a new track for negotiating an internat ...
Guidance on CC Adaptation Measures for Waterbirds (20-08
... Make space for the natural development of rivers and coasts Changing rainfall patterns and rising sea levels will affect our rivers and coasts. By recognising the role of erosion and deposition in shaping the environment, we can increase the potential for species and habitats to adapt naturally to t ...
... Make space for the natural development of rivers and coasts Changing rainfall patterns and rising sea levels will affect our rivers and coasts. By recognising the role of erosion and deposition in shaping the environment, we can increase the potential for species and habitats to adapt naturally to t ...
food, feed, fuel fiber.
... the world for a limited supply of nutrients. For example, over 85 percent of our potash and over 50 percent of the nitrogen used on U.S. farms is now imported from other countries. The United States needs a strong domestic fertilizer industry to ensure this valuable resource is available for a stabl ...
... the world for a limited supply of nutrients. For example, over 85 percent of our potash and over 50 percent of the nitrogen used on U.S. farms is now imported from other countries. The United States needs a strong domestic fertilizer industry to ensure this valuable resource is available for a stabl ...
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... the China's National Climate Change Program to address climate change with specific objectives, principles, policies and measures. China's government has recognized that during the past 100 years, and especially the last 50 years, annual average air temperatures have increased, precipitation variati ...
... the China's National Climate Change Program to address climate change with specific objectives, principles, policies and measures. China's government has recognized that during the past 100 years, and especially the last 50 years, annual average air temperatures have increased, precipitation variati ...
Evaluating Climate Visualization
... kind of climate visualization presentation, most pointed towards education [14]. Questions that were related specifically to the visual representation were posed in three areas: novelty, aesthetics and understanding of the visual representations. Questions related to these areas were posed as positi ...
... kind of climate visualization presentation, most pointed towards education [14]. Questions that were related specifically to the visual representation were posed in three areas: novelty, aesthetics and understanding of the visual representations. Questions related to these areas were posed as positi ...
Eric Allan Sproles - AGU Elections
... My research focuses on quantifying the amount of water stored in mountain snowpack, and the physical process governing the transition of snowmelt to surface and groundwater. I approach these questions by integrating field-based measurements, computational models, and spatial analysis. Snow can vary ...
... My research focuses on quantifying the amount of water stored in mountain snowpack, and the physical process governing the transition of snowmelt to surface and groundwater. I approach these questions by integrating field-based measurements, computational models, and spatial analysis. Snow can vary ...
Program on Global and Regional Climate Change
... Climate change is being recognized as a major threat to present day society because of its adverse impacts on ecosystem, agricultural productivity, water resources, socio-economy and sustainability in a global as well as regional basis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its fou ...
... Climate change is being recognized as a major threat to present day society because of its adverse impacts on ecosystem, agricultural productivity, water resources, socio-economy and sustainability in a global as well as regional basis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its fou ...
Name of Your Country
... Effects of global warming and climate change: Because so many systems are tied to climate, a change in climate can affect many related aspects of where and how people, plants and animals live, such as food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. • Predicted 0.5-1.0 degree incre ...
... Effects of global warming and climate change: Because so many systems are tied to climate, a change in climate can affect many related aspects of where and how people, plants and animals live, such as food production, availability and use of water, and health risks. • Predicted 0.5-1.0 degree incre ...
Project Name
... expected to be seriously affected by increases in temperature. In some moorlands, IDEAM has recorded a net increase of 0.2 - 0.3 °C per decade during the period 1961-1990 and a decrease in monthly rainfall of between 2 to 3 mm per decade (IDEAM 3). Projections recently made with the assistance of th ...
... expected to be seriously affected by increases in temperature. In some moorlands, IDEAM has recorded a net increase of 0.2 - 0.3 °C per decade during the period 1961-1990 and a decrease in monthly rainfall of between 2 to 3 mm per decade (IDEAM 3). Projections recently made with the assistance of th ...
CONTOH
... In 2025, around 31% of global income will be based in countries facing high or extreme risks from climate change impact; where Indonesia is amongst the high risk countries (Maplecroft, ...
... In 2025, around 31% of global income will be based in countries facing high or extreme risks from climate change impact; where Indonesia is amongst the high risk countries (Maplecroft, ...
Diseases in tropical and plantation crops as affected by climate
... OTC facilities, assessing and measuring disease severity and other pathogen-related traits in large plant canopies of tropical and plantation crops is another factor limiting research in this area. Remote sensing has been useful for monitoring areas planted to specific crops, for detecting plant dise ...
... OTC facilities, assessing and measuring disease severity and other pathogen-related traits in large plant canopies of tropical and plantation crops is another factor limiting research in this area. Remote sensing has been useful for monitoring areas planted to specific crops, for detecting plant dise ...
Abbreviation of "Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms"
... understanding of the consequences. Current assessments place emphasis on practical effects such as increasing extremes of heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, floods, and encroaching seas (IPCC, 2014; USNCA, 2014). These assessments and our recent study (Hansen et al., 2013a) conclude that there is ...
... understanding of the consequences. Current assessments place emphasis on practical effects such as increasing extremes of heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, floods, and encroaching seas (IPCC, 2014; USNCA, 2014). These assessments and our recent study (Hansen et al., 2013a) conclude that there is ...
PROGRAMME APPROVAL FORM: TAUGHT PROGRAMMES – THE PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION SECTION 1
... necessary arrangements. If there is a disabled student taking a module or modules, then the programme administrator will ensure that rooms which allow ready access are booked. At induction all students will be informed of the College’s provision for disability support and encouraged to seek an asses ...
... necessary arrangements. If there is a disabled student taking a module or modules, then the programme administrator will ensure that rooms which allow ready access are booked. At induction all students will be informed of the College’s provision for disability support and encouraged to seek an asses ...
Climate Change and Invasive Alien Species
... changes in precipitation. In addition, there would be changes in the variability of climate, and changes in the frequency and intensity of some extreme climate phenomena. ...
... changes in precipitation. In addition, there would be changes in the variability of climate, and changes in the frequency and intensity of some extreme climate phenomena. ...
On non-marginal cost-benefit analysis: Abstract of Working Paper 18 (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... 3. Impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, and its effects on development 4. Governance of climate change 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 3. Impacts of, and adaptation to, climate change, and its effects on development 4. Governance of climate change 5. Management of forests and ecosystems More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
full publication
... The research found that the climate change discourse in the UK today looks confusing, contradictory and chaotic. For every argument or perspective, whether on the scale of the problem, its nature, seriousness, causation or reversibility, there is a voice declaring its opposite. The conclusion must b ...
... The research found that the climate change discourse in the UK today looks confusing, contradictory and chaotic. For every argument or perspective, whether on the scale of the problem, its nature, seriousness, causation or reversibility, there is a voice declaring its opposite. The conclusion must b ...
MNP Report 500116002/2007 Local air pollution and global climate
... affected his modelling results, just as those of others who had, meanwhile, undertaken similar research (see, for example, Fankhauser, 1995; Manne and Richels, 1995; Tol, 1999; Rabl et al., 2005). The reason was a very incomplete scientific understanding of these costs, resulting in correspondingly ...
... affected his modelling results, just as those of others who had, meanwhile, undertaken similar research (see, for example, Fankhauser, 1995; Manne and Richels, 1995; Tol, 1999; Rabl et al., 2005). The reason was a very incomplete scientific understanding of these costs, resulting in correspondingly ...
The Fundamentals of Green Building
... What is global climate change, and how do greenhouse gases affect it? Global climate change is the process that has caused the Earth's surface to steadily warm since about 1750 (the start of the industrial revolution). Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane gas trap the e ...
... What is global climate change, and how do greenhouse gases affect it? Global climate change is the process that has caused the Earth's surface to steadily warm since about 1750 (the start of the industrial revolution). Greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane gas trap the e ...
Assessing EU Leadership on Climate Change - Userpage
... The KFG Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe by making them available to a broader public. It means to enhance academic exchange as well as to strengthen and broaden existing basic research on internal and external diffusion processes in Europe ...
... The KFG Working Paper Series serves to disseminate the research results of the Kolleg-Forschergruppe by making them available to a broader public. It means to enhance academic exchange as well as to strengthen and broaden existing basic research on internal and external diffusion processes in Europe ...
AFGHANISTAN: CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE PERSPECTIVES
... slightly increased, though not by a statistically significant amount. The decrease in spring (March-May) is particularly relevant for agriculture, since spring crops are typically rainfed and dependent on sufficient rainfall during this period. Figure 5 shows that the regions with most significant a ...
... slightly increased, though not by a statistically significant amount. The decrease in spring (March-May) is particularly relevant for agriculture, since spring crops are typically rainfed and dependent on sufficient rainfall during this period. Figure 5 shows that the regions with most significant a ...
Climate-human-environment interactions: resolving our past
... that can offer sustainable management policies in the face of changing climate and social change. At this scale, two sets of questions about vulnerability and adaptation can be applied to all locations on earth: – How sensitive or resilient are modern ecosystems and socio-ecological systems to incre ...
... that can offer sustainable management policies in the face of changing climate and social change. At this scale, two sets of questions about vulnerability and adaptation can be applied to all locations on earth: – How sensitive or resilient are modern ecosystems and socio-ecological systems to incre ...
ALBEDO ENHANCEMENT BY STRATOSPHERIC SULFUR
... however, without linking opposite climate warming and improved air quality considerations. Instead of sulfur, it has also been proposed to launch reflecting small balloons or mirrors, or to add highly reflective nano-particles of other material than sulfur (Teller et al., 1997; Keith, 2000). An inte ...
... however, without linking opposite climate warming and improved air quality considerations. Instead of sulfur, it has also been proposed to launch reflecting small balloons or mirrors, or to add highly reflective nano-particles of other material than sulfur (Teller et al., 1997; Keith, 2000). An inte ...
'Deciding our future in Copenhagen: will the world rise to the challenge of climate change?' (pdf)
... which is about 435 parts per million of carbon-dioxideequivalent. The concentration is rising by about 2.5 parts per million each year, and is currently more than a third higher than it was before industrialisation in the 19th century. If we carry on with ‘business as usual’ emissions, the atmospher ...
... which is about 435 parts per million of carbon-dioxideequivalent. The concentration is rising by about 2.5 parts per million each year, and is currently more than a third higher than it was before industrialisation in the 19th century. If we carry on with ‘business as usual’ emissions, the atmospher ...
Impact of Climate Change on Indian Agriculture: A Review
... 1991; Pant and Rupakumar, 1997; Pant et al., 1999; Stephenson et al., 2001), and decreasing/increasing trends in rainfall in regional basis (Chowdhury and Abhyankar, 1979; Rupa Kumar et al., 1992; Kripalani et al., 1996, 2003; Singh and Sontakke, 2002). Table I shows the silent features of the selec ...
... 1991; Pant and Rupakumar, 1997; Pant et al., 1999; Stephenson et al., 2001), and decreasing/increasing trends in rainfall in regional basis (Chowdhury and Abhyankar, 1979; Rupa Kumar et al., 1992; Kripalani et al., 1996, 2003; Singh and Sontakke, 2002). Table I shows the silent features of the selec ...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Seafood
... tool allows users to explore the carbon implications of sourcing and supplying seafood to provide a better understanding of the major contributors to the ‘carbon footprint’ of seafood products and identify ‘hot spots’ which will be specific to specific businesses. The tool covers fuel and electricit ...
... tool allows users to explore the carbon implications of sourcing and supplying seafood to provide a better understanding of the major contributors to the ‘carbon footprint’ of seafood products and identify ‘hot spots’ which will be specific to specific businesses. The tool covers fuel and electricit ...