Multimodel assessment of water scarcity under climate change
... these discharge changes into a societal perspective, we reconcile them with the spatial distribution of population, using population projections from the newly developed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) (22). In the following, we will focus on the middle-of-the-road population scenario according ...
... these discharge changes into a societal perspective, we reconcile them with the spatial distribution of population, using population projections from the newly developed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) (22). In the following, we will focus on the middle-of-the-road population scenario according ...
INTL LAW and the ENVIRONM.
... • Conserving the capacity to produce economic well-being for the very long term. • Economic growth is based on energy. A safe and sustainable energy pathway is crucial to sustainable development. • - We need to produce more energy without destroying the environment. To prevent dangerous climate chan ...
... • Conserving the capacity to produce economic well-being for the very long term. • Economic growth is based on energy. A safe and sustainable energy pathway is crucial to sustainable development. • - We need to produce more energy without destroying the environment. To prevent dangerous climate chan ...
Freedom and Free Market Principles Are As Important to Fight For
... Political restructuring turned out to be easier. It was sufficient to liberalize the entry into the political market and to let people form political entities without any restrictions. It worked very rapidly. The economic change was much more difficult because the communist economic systems left us ...
... Political restructuring turned out to be easier. It was sufficient to liberalize the entry into the political market and to let people form political entities without any restrictions. It worked very rapidly. The economic change was much more difficult because the communist economic systems left us ...
Climate Change, Human Rights and the Problem of Motivation
... subsistence and to health. These rights are usually considered to be positive rights. In line with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritati ...
... subsistence and to health. These rights are usually considered to be positive rights. In line with the minimalist approach I have introduced above, I will instead consider them as negative rights. I assess how climate change threatens them by using mainly the 2007 IPCC Report,10 the most authoritati ...
Russia`s Reluctance to Ratify Kyoto: an Economic
... the participants of the World Economic Forum.6 The important point to be made here is that Russia now perceives the Kyoto Protocol as a possible limitation to the growth of its economy in the mid-future. Since a ratification of the Kyoto Protocol would commit the Russian Federation to participating i ...
... the participants of the World Economic Forum.6 The important point to be made here is that Russia now perceives the Kyoto Protocol as a possible limitation to the growth of its economy in the mid-future. Since a ratification of the Kyoto Protocol would commit the Russian Federation to participating i ...
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) phenology in a warming world
... reduction in reproductive rate. This can be achieved by dispersal to more suitable habitats, or locally by means of phenotypic plasticity or microevolution. Phenotypic plasticity, defined as the ability of a genotype to express different phenotypes across an environmental gradient [16], is a fast pr ...
... reduction in reproductive rate. This can be achieved by dispersal to more suitable habitats, or locally by means of phenotypic plasticity or microevolution. Phenotypic plasticity, defined as the ability of a genotype to express different phenotypes across an environmental gradient [16], is a fast pr ...
Section 4: Investigating the changing environment
... TESSA ENGLISH – ZAMBIA, Social Studies and the Arts, Module 1, Section 4 Page 10 of 20 ...
... TESSA ENGLISH – ZAMBIA, Social Studies and the Arts, Module 1, Section 4 Page 10 of 20 ...
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... occurs between November and March while the rainy season occurs between April and October. Although over the recent decades, it appears very difficult to create a clear cut distinction between the periods we refer to as rainy season and dry season due to climate change. The zone experiences an avera ...
... occurs between November and March while the rainy season occurs between April and October. Although over the recent decades, it appears very difficult to create a clear cut distinction between the periods we refer to as rainy season and dry season due to climate change. The zone experiences an avera ...
The role of the Arctic and Antarctic and their impact on global climate
... * Corresponding author (email: [email protected]) ...
... * Corresponding author (email: [email protected]) ...
Meeting the needs of Future Generations
... Intergenerational equity informing indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) As the international community works to finalise the Sustainable Development Goals there will be a focus on defining indicators to assess their implementation at international and national level. The inclusion ...
... Intergenerational equity informing indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) As the international community works to finalise the Sustainable Development Goals there will be a focus on defining indicators to assess their implementation at international and national level. The inclusion ...
CLIMATIC CHANGE IN MOUNTAIN REGIONS: A REVIEW OF
... tourism (for example, skiing in winter), and thus the environmental pressures associated with different forms of tourism. The conclusions section will focus on possible policy options, based for example on the protection of natural resources in mountain regions, and recommendations for research agen ...
... tourism (for example, skiing in winter), and thus the environmental pressures associated with different forms of tourism. The conclusions section will focus on possible policy options, based for example on the protection of natural resources in mountain regions, and recommendations for research agen ...
UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol
... fuel switch to lower carbon intensive fuels energy efficiency at supply side energy efficiency at demand side combined heat and power (CHP) projects agricultural sector projects (excl. landuse change) ...
... fuel switch to lower carbon intensive fuels energy efficiency at supply side energy efficiency at demand side combined heat and power (CHP) projects agricultural sector projects (excl. landuse change) ...
Probability in the attribution and prediction of climate change
... Climate is predictable, but cannot be directly observed. Weather is observable, but unpredictable. Any statement about climate change involves probabilities: looking at the spread of results from lots of climate simulations. On long time-scales, simulations must allow for uncertainty in modelling, n ...
... Climate is predictable, but cannot be directly observed. Weather is observable, but unpredictable. Any statement about climate change involves probabilities: looking at the spread of results from lots of climate simulations. On long time-scales, simulations must allow for uncertainty in modelling, n ...
Regional climate change experiments over southern South America
... particularly in DJF. Note the maximum increase in the geopotential height in DJF over the southern South Atlantic Ocean for both scenario simulations which induces a weakening of the north–south gradient. In consequence, westerly winds in low levels are expected to be weaker in both scenarios compar ...
... particularly in DJF. Note the maximum increase in the geopotential height in DJF over the southern South Atlantic Ocean for both scenario simulations which induces a weakening of the north–south gradient. In consequence, westerly winds in low levels are expected to be weaker in both scenarios compar ...
Beyond collapse - Climate change and causality
... environmental and cultural processes across different geographical regions and periods. The remainder of this paper builds on previous work by the author (Brooks, 2006, 2010) to present a suite of potential such linkages that allow for diverse societal outcomes from severe to abrupt climatic change, ...
... environmental and cultural processes across different geographical regions and periods. The remainder of this paper builds on previous work by the author (Brooks, 2006, 2010) to present a suite of potential such linkages that allow for diverse societal outcomes from severe to abrupt climatic change, ...
united nations - Stockholm Convention
... Add: The results obtained from the analysis of data from 20 years of air monitoring in the Arctic, show that if conditions remain or become warmer it would release a larger amount of persistent organic pollutants into the atmosphere. •You are kindly asked to include information about the other zones ...
... Add: The results obtained from the analysis of data from 20 years of air monitoring in the Arctic, show that if conditions remain or become warmer it would release a larger amount of persistent organic pollutants into the atmosphere. •You are kindly asked to include information about the other zones ...
Executive Summary - A New Climate for Peace
... fragility to fully engage in UNFCCC-related activities. Climate vulnerability assessments are far more advanced today than just a few years ago, but they still lack significant discussion of the political or social impacts of climate change and information on a country’s conflict history or its marg ...
... fragility to fully engage in UNFCCC-related activities. Climate vulnerability assessments are far more advanced today than just a few years ago, but they still lack significant discussion of the political or social impacts of climate change and information on a country’s conflict history or its marg ...
Vulnerability of solar energy infrastructure and output to climate
... details matter. For example, climate models suggest that warming will, in most places, be greater for nighttime temperatures than for daytime temperatures, partly because the greenhouse effect hinders nighttime cooling, and partly because of changes in cloud formation (Lobell et al. 2007). This is i ...
... details matter. For example, climate models suggest that warming will, in most places, be greater for nighttime temperatures than for daytime temperatures, partly because the greenhouse effect hinders nighttime cooling, and partly because of changes in cloud formation (Lobell et al. 2007). This is i ...
a pre-publication version here.
... don’t “get it.” Instead, we believe important insights can be gained from better understanding the way climate change has been communicated to date and how this communication has been received and interpreted. Based on these insights , we see something of a "perfect storm" that has made communicati ...
... don’t “get it.” Instead, we believe important insights can be gained from better understanding the way climate change has been communicated to date and how this communication has been received and interpreted. Based on these insights , we see something of a "perfect storm" that has made communicati ...
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... change issues takes place in a moral and ethical context in which religious groups have significant influence. Such “issues cannot be solved by simply calculating an ‘optimal solution’. Rather, they invoke fundamental questions on how we ought to live and how humans should value and relate to each o ...
... change issues takes place in a moral and ethical context in which religious groups have significant influence. Such “issues cannot be solved by simply calculating an ‘optimal solution’. Rather, they invoke fundamental questions on how we ought to live and how humans should value and relate to each o ...
a climate change litigation precedent urgenda foundation v the state
... lowest levels assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to date and its corresponding potential damage limitation would require Annex I Parties as a group to reduce emissions in a range of 25–40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020” (UNFCCC 2010). ...
... lowest levels assessed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to date and its corresponding potential damage limitation would require Annex I Parties as a group to reduce emissions in a range of 25–40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020” (UNFCCC 2010). ...
Land-use and carbon cycle responses
... emissions3. In addition to emission reductions, afforestation can enhance above- and belowground carbon stocks (hereafter summarized under the term carbon stocks unless indicated otherwise) since trees take up more CO2 through photosynthesis than they respire and thereupon store the absorbed carbon ...
... emissions3. In addition to emission reductions, afforestation can enhance above- and belowground carbon stocks (hereafter summarized under the term carbon stocks unless indicated otherwise) since trees take up more CO2 through photosynthesis than they respire and thereupon store the absorbed carbon ...