Downscaling climate change scenarios for apple pest and disease
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
... (Buser et al., 2009), the simulations were processed and aggregated to obtain seasonal probabilistic climate change signals of changes in temperature and precipitation for three domains in Switzerland (see Fig. 1). The spatial extent of the domains was determined semi-empirically based on the spatia ...
Slide 1
... 2. Current areas of humanitarian focus remain critical 3. Sudden onset events are likely to be more frequent and have greater impact 4. Human Vulnerability - most important factor in determining the impact of future events 5. South East Africa and South and South East Asia are likely to suffer from ...
... 2. Current areas of humanitarian focus remain critical 3. Sudden onset events are likely to be more frequent and have greater impact 4. Human Vulnerability - most important factor in determining the impact of future events 5. South East Africa and South and South East Asia are likely to suffer from ...
Sunspot Case Study
... 2. What causes the earth's climate to change and what does it mean to me? Answers may vary but should include these basic concepts: Climate is loosely defined as the weather a community experiences over a long period of time. Since weather starts with energy from the sun, changes in the amount of e ...
... 2. What causes the earth's climate to change and what does it mean to me? Answers may vary but should include these basic concepts: Climate is loosely defined as the weather a community experiences over a long period of time. Since weather starts with energy from the sun, changes in the amount of e ...
Assignment 1 – Key Knowledge Resource
... Although weather is complex and there are many integral changes that occur, these are two semi stable states which have been identified. A change to the interglacial period can be triggered by the earth’s orbit which effects the heat distribution by the sun. The large climate changes have in the pas ...
... Although weather is complex and there are many integral changes that occur, these are two semi stable states which have been identified. A change to the interglacial period can be triggered by the earth’s orbit which effects the heat distribution by the sun. The large climate changes have in the pas ...
People as sensors: Mass media and local temperature influence
... a perceptible climate change. This suggestion was formulated as a testable hypothesis, but was not in fact tested (Hansen et al., 1998). Therefore, the question remains: are weather extremes indeed recognized by the general public and, consequently, associated with climate change? While the CSCI or ...
... a perceptible climate change. This suggestion was formulated as a testable hypothesis, but was not in fact tested (Hansen et al., 1998). Therefore, the question remains: are weather extremes indeed recognized by the general public and, consequently, associated with climate change? While the CSCI or ...
CRS Report for Congress Global Climate Change: The Kyoto Protocol
... Emissions Reductions. The United States would be obligated under the Protocol to a cumulative reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions of 7% below 1990 levels for three major greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, (and below 1995 levels for the three other, man-made gases), averaged over the c ...
... Emissions Reductions. The United States would be obligated under the Protocol to a cumulative reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions of 7% below 1990 levels for three major greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, (and below 1995 levels for the three other, man-made gases), averaged over the c ...
Apocalypse soon? Dire messages reduce belief in global warming by
... message” article detailed the devastation and possibly apocalyptic consequences that could result from global warming, while the “positive message” article focused on potential solutions to global warming, highlighting how technological ingenuity could potentially reverse the effects of global warmi ...
... message” article detailed the devastation and possibly apocalyptic consequences that could result from global warming, while the “positive message” article focused on potential solutions to global warming, highlighting how technological ingenuity could potentially reverse the effects of global warmi ...
Climate Change and the Environment – Effects of Sea Level Rise on
... devastating event does occur. This is particularly evident in the USA. The concept of Adaptation and the options to protect, accommodate or retreat were applied in varying degrees in each location visited. Protection is the initial choice for all locations in the form of levees, pump systems and sea ...
... devastating event does occur. This is particularly evident in the USA. The concept of Adaptation and the options to protect, accommodate or retreat were applied in varying degrees in each location visited. Protection is the initial choice for all locations in the form of levees, pump systems and sea ...
American Behavioral Scientist - Dana R. Fisher
... gases are accumulating in the Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activity, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise” (Cicerone & the Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001, p. 1; also see National ...
... gases are accumulating in the Earth’s atmosphere as a result of human activity, causing surface air temperatures and subsurface ocean temperatures to rise” (Cicerone & the Committee on the Science of Climate Change, 2001, p. 1; also see National ...
Leicestershire County Council Environment Strategy 2011
... environment of Leicestershire and to improving the quality of life for Leicestershire people both now and in the future. By minimising the impacts of our own activities and those of the community where we have duties or responsibilities to control and influence them, Leicestershire County Council wi ...
... environment of Leicestershire and to improving the quality of life for Leicestershire people both now and in the future. By minimising the impacts of our own activities and those of the community where we have duties or responsibilities to control and influence them, Leicestershire County Council wi ...
climate change and insurance law
... transferring insurance risks to the capital markets, Sigma, 2009, n° 4, 46 pp. ; MUNICH RE, MUNICH RE newables – Our Contribution to a low carbon energy supply, 2009, 52 pp. (hereinafter quoted « MUNICH RE newables ») ; C.E.A., Tackling climate change – The vital contribution of insurers, 2009, 63 p ...
... transferring insurance risks to the capital markets, Sigma, 2009, n° 4, 46 pp. ; MUNICH RE, MUNICH RE newables – Our Contribution to a low carbon energy supply, 2009, 52 pp. (hereinafter quoted « MUNICH RE newables ») ; C.E.A., Tackling climate change – The vital contribution of insurers, 2009, 63 p ...
pri climate change strategy project
... December through bilateral agreements, high-level discussions and other lead-up gatherings. The Climate Change Convention - effectively a planetary risk management treaty - aims to manage climate change within acceptable limits. Parties to the Convention agreed in Cancun in 2010 to 2°C as the upper ...
... December through bilateral agreements, high-level discussions and other lead-up gatherings. The Climate Change Convention - effectively a planetary risk management treaty - aims to manage climate change within acceptable limits. Parties to the Convention agreed in Cancun in 2010 to 2°C as the upper ...
Presentation 7 - Satoyama Initiative
... The Atlantic Ocean swallowed on average one to two meters of beach per year …resulting in coastal erosion, one of the most important risk factors …..leading for ecological disaster and slow economic development in Senegal Coastal erosion as a consequence of climate change with impact on: Tourism – ...
... The Atlantic Ocean swallowed on average one to two meters of beach per year …resulting in coastal erosion, one of the most important risk factors …..leading for ecological disaster and slow economic development in Senegal Coastal erosion as a consequence of climate change with impact on: Tourism – ...
China`s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change
... grasslands are of alpine and desert type, and the temperate grasslands in northern China are in danger of degradation and desertification due to the impacts of drought and deterioration of the ecological environment. With a coastline over 18,000 km, China is vulnerable to the adverse effects of sea ...
... grasslands are of alpine and desert type, and the temperate grasslands in northern China are in danger of degradation and desertification due to the impacts of drought and deterioration of the ecological environment. With a coastline over 18,000 km, China is vulnerable to the adverse effects of sea ...
Turn Down The heaT: why a 4°C warmer worlD musT Be avoiDeD
... The lack of action on climate change not only risks putting prosperity out of reach of millions of people in the developing world, it threatens to roll back decades of sustainable development. It is clear that we already know a great deal about the threat before us. The science is unequivocal that h ...
... The lack of action on climate change not only risks putting prosperity out of reach of millions of people in the developing world, it threatens to roll back decades of sustainable development. It is clear that we already know a great deal about the threat before us. The science is unequivocal that h ...
Forests, Agriculture, and Climate: Economics and
... in China has increased to 16.5 percent. In the 1950s and 60s, China had one of the highest net forest carbon emission rates in world (see Figure 5b) – this rate has now fallen to zero and could become negative (net carbon storage) in the near future. The program involves tens of millions of rural ho ...
... in China has increased to 16.5 percent. In the 1950s and 60s, China had one of the highest net forest carbon emission rates in world (see Figure 5b) – this rate has now fallen to zero and could become negative (net carbon storage) in the near future. The program involves tens of millions of rural ho ...
High Resolution - Responses to Climate Change
... generally characterize current, or past, climate in the study region. While the primary cause for global warming is attributed by the scientific community to human-induced increases in atmosphere levels of heat-trapping gases (Walsh et al., 2014) this section is not focused on attribution or cause ( ...
... generally characterize current, or past, climate in the study region. While the primary cause for global warming is attributed by the scientific community to human-induced increases in atmosphere levels of heat-trapping gases (Walsh et al., 2014) this section is not focused on attribution or cause ( ...
Heat Turn Down the 74455
... The lack of action on climate change not only risks putting prosperity out of reach of millions of people in the developing world, it threatens to roll back decades of sustainable development. It is clear that we already know a great deal about the threat before us. The science is unequivocal that h ...
... The lack of action on climate change not only risks putting prosperity out of reach of millions of people in the developing world, it threatens to roll back decades of sustainable development. It is clear that we already know a great deal about the threat before us. The science is unequivocal that h ...