Agricultural development and food security under climate uncertainty
... some characteristic figures per continent are given for World ...
... some characteristic figures per continent are given for World ...
Biomimicry - Strategic Energy Innovations.
... eliminate the sonic boom caused by high-speed bullet trains exiting the station, they looked at the aerodynamics of the Kingfisher bird’s beak. Engineers redesigned the front of the train to mimic the bird’s beak, eliminating the sonic boom. Perhaps the most famous example of using nature as a sourc ...
... eliminate the sonic boom caused by high-speed bullet trains exiting the station, they looked at the aerodynamics of the Kingfisher bird’s beak. Engineers redesigned the front of the train to mimic the bird’s beak, eliminating the sonic boom. Perhaps the most famous example of using nature as a sourc ...
Portage La Prairie - Climate Change Connection
... We are considering geothermal and wind turbine power for rural areas. We have undergone a large expansion and have begun using new ways of treating water such as, using gravity vs. motors. We are also looking at the specialized pre-treatment of water and improving lighting efficiency. My primary int ...
... We are considering geothermal and wind turbine power for rural areas. We have undergone a large expansion and have begun using new ways of treating water such as, using gravity vs. motors. We are also looking at the specialized pre-treatment of water and improving lighting efficiency. My primary int ...
Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change Perspective
... Brazilian Amazon, Nepstad et al. [9] estimate that REDD will cost US$1–2/ tonCO2e, including payments to forest peoples programs, partial compensation of opportunity costs, enhanced law enforcement, and greater funding for ILPAs. These costs are far lower than those estimated for many other options ...
... Brazilian Amazon, Nepstad et al. [9] estimate that REDD will cost US$1–2/ tonCO2e, including payments to forest peoples programs, partial compensation of opportunity costs, enhanced law enforcement, and greater funding for ILPAs. These costs are far lower than those estimated for many other options ...
The CCAM multi-scale variable-resolution modelling system
... • NWP and RCM capacity build around the conformal-cubic atmospheric model (CCAM) of the CSIRO • A cube-based global model; semi-Lagrangian semi-implicit solution of the primitive equations • Includes a wide range of physical parameterizations • Developed by the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research ...
... • NWP and RCM capacity build around the conformal-cubic atmospheric model (CCAM) of the CSIRO • A cube-based global model; semi-Lagrangian semi-implicit solution of the primitive equations • Includes a wide range of physical parameterizations • Developed by the CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research ...
View Dec, 2013, issue of the Pacific Region climate change science
... Environment is devoted to an assessment of climate
change effects on ecosystems, and the consequences for people. Major topics of the issue:
Biodiversity: Ecologists have predicted that species will move out of their historic ranges as climate
changes and t ...
... Environment
Renewable energy
... issue of global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The aim of a maximum temperature rise of two degrees is an optimistic one, but if all countries will do what they say they will do it might be possible. Next to this summit, more conventions have been held by the UNFCCC, such as t ...
... issue of global warming by reducing the emission of greenhouse gases. The aim of a maximum temperature rise of two degrees is an optimistic one, but if all countries will do what they say they will do it might be possible. Next to this summit, more conventions have been held by the UNFCCC, such as t ...
Global mechanisms for sustaining and enhancing PES schemes ⁎ Josh Farley
... with recipients chosen by centralized organizations, and the information required to decide between competing proposals is immense. Grant writing skills may play as much of a role in determining what projects are funded as the quality of the project itself, and transaction costs can be very high. An ...
... with recipients chosen by centralized organizations, and the information required to decide between competing proposals is immense. Grant writing skills may play as much of a role in determining what projects are funded as the quality of the project itself, and transaction costs can be very high. An ...
Annual Progress Report 2015-16
... The Earth System Models (EaSMs) skill, however, varies by averaging region and decade. It was also found that volcanic eruptions influence SSTs and are one of the sources of decadal SST hindcast skill. In the actual climate system, however, volcanic eruptions themselves are not predictable, and ther ...
... The Earth System Models (EaSMs) skill, however, varies by averaging region and decade. It was also found that volcanic eruptions influence SSTs and are one of the sources of decadal SST hindcast skill. In the actual climate system, however, volcanic eruptions themselves are not predictable, and ther ...
Climate change and groundwater: a short review Geological Society
... of multi-annual instrumental series, such as those of the warm years at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century. Of course the future scenarios based on such palaeoanalogues are not quantitatively sound, and cannot be extrapolated confidently into the future beyond a few decades. Thus, de ...
... of multi-annual instrumental series, such as those of the warm years at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century. Of course the future scenarios based on such palaeoanalogues are not quantitatively sound, and cannot be extrapolated confidently into the future beyond a few decades. Thus, de ...
Policy Workshop Summary Appendices
... redefining who carries the risk & how wrt ministry and industry encourage a diversity of plantings – along with this would come a shift in responsibility for management towards local level increase diversity of all aspects of policy and management framework (i.e. entities, values, ...
... redefining who carries the risk & how wrt ministry and industry encourage a diversity of plantings – along with this would come a shift in responsibility for management towards local level increase diversity of all aspects of policy and management framework (i.e. entities, values, ...
Aalborg Universitet Multifrenic Climate Discourses
... interpreted as having been caused by humans but are in contrast part of the Earth's natural cycle. Individualists employ this myth about nature to justify the contention that their free lifestyles will not have serious consequences for nature and therefore it is in many ways 'Mission Impossible’ to ...
... interpreted as having been caused by humans but are in contrast part of the Earth's natural cycle. Individualists employ this myth about nature to justify the contention that their free lifestyles will not have serious consequences for nature and therefore it is in many ways 'Mission Impossible’ to ...
Water and Climate Change Adaptation
... increases in aid in the form of overseas development assistance (ODA), the share given to water and sanitation is in decline, as these areas are not prioritized by donors or recipient governments. Nor is aid reaching the poorest regions or countries. According to research by Tearfund8 less than a qu ...
... increases in aid in the form of overseas development assistance (ODA), the share given to water and sanitation is in decline, as these areas are not prioritized by donors or recipient governments. Nor is aid reaching the poorest regions or countries. According to research by Tearfund8 less than a qu ...
Increasing Atmospheric Poleward Energy Transport with Global
... [2008]) to be consistent with the LC we prescribe in the control period. In high latitudes, increasing high cloud coverage causes a warming of those regions while in the subtropics, LW cloud effects cause a cooling (CL in Fig. 3). LW cloud effects thus lead to a decrease in midlatitude energy fluxes ...
... [2008]) to be consistent with the LC we prescribe in the control period. In high latitudes, increasing high cloud coverage causes a warming of those regions while in the subtropics, LW cloud effects cause a cooling (CL in Fig. 3). LW cloud effects thus lead to a decrease in midlatitude energy fluxes ...
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... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest contemporary threats to our planet's environmental, social and economic well-being, accompanied by major changes in life support systems on Earth, where the far-reaching effects will be felt in the coming decades. The Earth's climate is warming rapidly due to em ...
Integrated Development and Climate Policies: how to realise benefits at national
... Development efforts will be seriously hampered by the risks of climate change if these are not tackled. Reduced economic growth due to climate change damages, threatened or under-performing investments, lower food production due to maladaptation to climate variability and a changing climate are exam ...
... Development efforts will be seriously hampered by the risks of climate change if these are not tackled. Reduced economic growth due to climate change damages, threatened or under-performing investments, lower food production due to maladaptation to climate variability and a changing climate are exam ...
Urban Heat Island and Air Quality of London, UK
... average temperature difference between the sites) and number of days on which the intensity exceeded 4ºC (Table 1). In line with past experience, there remains considerable interannual variability in both measures (Figure 5). Under the A2 emissions scenario, the nocturnal heat island intensity incre ...
... average temperature difference between the sites) and number of days on which the intensity exceeded 4ºC (Table 1). In line with past experience, there remains considerable interannual variability in both measures (Figure 5). Under the A2 emissions scenario, the nocturnal heat island intensity incre ...
Towards a general relationship between climate change and
... general relationship between biodiversity change and global warming. In conjunction with other pressure relationships, our relationship can help to assess the combined effect of different pressures to overall biodiversity change and indicate areas that are most at risk. We use a combination of an in ...
... general relationship between biodiversity change and global warming. In conjunction with other pressure relationships, our relationship can help to assess the combined effect of different pressures to overall biodiversity change and indicate areas that are most at risk. We use a combination of an in ...
PowerPoint - Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
... 800 million people food insecure 80% of food insecure people are in rural areas In many developing countries: >50% of employment ...
... 800 million people food insecure 80% of food insecure people are in rural areas In many developing countries: >50% of employment ...
Braconnot et al. (2012) - Harvard John A. Paulson School of
... reproducing this signal. Polar amplification is primarily a result of the structure of the polar atmosphere and feedbacks in atmospheric lapse rate, water vapour and clouds that are amplified by changes in sea ice, snow cover and vegetation. Palaeodata also show larger changes in temperature over la ...
... reproducing this signal. Polar amplification is primarily a result of the structure of the polar atmosphere and feedbacks in atmospheric lapse rate, water vapour and clouds that are amplified by changes in sea ice, snow cover and vegetation. Palaeodata also show larger changes in temperature over la ...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Climate Change Research Centre
... The most significant recent climate change findings are: Surging greenhouse gas emissions: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were 40% higher than those in 1990. Even if global emission rates are stabilized at present-day levels, just 20 more years of emissions would give a 25 ...
... The most significant recent climate change findings are: Surging greenhouse gas emissions: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were 40% higher than those in 1990. Even if global emission rates are stabilized at present-day levels, just 20 more years of emissions would give a 25 ...