American Academy of Pediatrics • American Heart Association
... According to the most recent assessments31, the nation has experienced increased heavy rainfall and flooding since 1991. Flooding causes premature deaths, often through drowning, but the aftermath of flooding expands the burden. Water damage leaves behind lingering risks including dampness and mold, ...
... According to the most recent assessments31, the nation has experienced increased heavy rainfall and flooding since 1991. Flooding causes premature deaths, often through drowning, but the aftermath of flooding expands the burden. Water damage leaves behind lingering risks including dampness and mold, ...
Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Food Security in
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have stated that the globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2014 was 0.69°C above the 20th century average, the highest since 1880. This also raises the question of the impacts such temperature changes would cause to crop growth a ...
... Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have stated that the globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for 2014 was 0.69°C above the 20th century average, the highest since 1880. This also raises the question of the impacts such temperature changes would cause to crop growth a ...
Food Security Implications of Climate Change in
... Decreased fisheries resources in large lakes due to rising water temperatures exacerbated by continued over-fishing which may negatively affect local food supplies ...
... Decreased fisheries resources in large lakes due to rising water temperatures exacerbated by continued over-fishing which may negatively affect local food supplies ...
Proposal for a poverty-adaptation-mitigation window - HAL
... al., 2011; Shepherd et al., 2013). Climate change will not only worsen the situation of the poor; it will also very likely reverse the trend of decreasing poverty (Hallegatte et al., 2014). Therefore, to limit overall climate change impacts and particularly on the poorest populations, global warming ...
... al., 2011; Shepherd et al., 2013). Climate change will not only worsen the situation of the poor; it will also very likely reverse the trend of decreasing poverty (Hallegatte et al., 2014). Therefore, to limit overall climate change impacts and particularly on the poorest populations, global warming ...
The legacy of climategate
... Despite the exonerations, however, the email controversy has had impacts, both negative and positive. On the negative side, a small minority of the American public and a somewhat larger minority of American TV news professionals—mostly political conservatives—indicated that the controversy made them ...
... Despite the exonerations, however, the email controversy has had impacts, both negative and positive. On the negative side, a small minority of the American public and a somewhat larger minority of American TV news professionals—mostly political conservatives—indicated that the controversy made them ...
Methane Bubbles – what they can tell us about the impacts of global
... platforms. Because methane bubbles can range in size from centimetres to metres in diameter, a combination of imagery from multiple satellites working in different parts of the frequency spectrum may offer the best prospect for providing the required measurements. Knowledge of methane emissions is i ...
... platforms. Because methane bubbles can range in size from centimetres to metres in diameter, a combination of imagery from multiple satellites working in different parts of the frequency spectrum may offer the best prospect for providing the required measurements. Knowledge of methane emissions is i ...
Proposal for the creation of a poverty-adaptation - Hal-SHS
... al., 2011; Shepherd et al., 2013). Climate change will not only worsen the situation of the poor; it will also very likely reverse the trend of decreasing poverty (Hallegatte et al., 2014). Therefore, to limit overall climate change impacts and particularly on the poorest populations, global warming ...
... al., 2011; Shepherd et al., 2013). Climate change will not only worsen the situation of the poor; it will also very likely reverse the trend of decreasing poverty (Hallegatte et al., 2014). Therefore, to limit overall climate change impacts and particularly on the poorest populations, global warming ...
Less Developed Countries
... Atmosphere: frequent heat waves and stronger hurricanes Lithosphere: spread of desertification Hydrosphere: more droughts in inlands, more flooding in low-lying areas, rising sea levels and death of countries Biosphere: More spread of infectious diseases, extinction of animals and loss of bi ...
... Atmosphere: frequent heat waves and stronger hurricanes Lithosphere: spread of desertification Hydrosphere: more droughts in inlands, more flooding in low-lying areas, rising sea levels and death of countries Biosphere: More spread of infectious diseases, extinction of animals and loss of bi ...
Weather Service on drought
... and other vegetation cower under a changing climate will lead to a 50% drop in agricultural production in Africa by 2030. Persistent drought due to increase in temperature and unreliable rainfall patterns, is expected to affect the lifestyles of most of the migratory wild species, in particular the ...
... and other vegetation cower under a changing climate will lead to a 50% drop in agricultural production in Africa by 2030. Persistent drought due to increase in temperature and unreliable rainfall patterns, is expected to affect the lifestyles of most of the migratory wild species, in particular the ...
read a sample chapter
... releases the most greenhouse gases. Burning natural gas releases fewer, the reason it’s been thought to be a safe bridge fuel to carry us to a clean-energy future. New findings that natural gas operations leak methane — a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2 — have cast doubt on its smaller ca ...
... releases the most greenhouse gases. Burning natural gas releases fewer, the reason it’s been thought to be a safe bridge fuel to carry us to a clean-energy future. New findings that natural gas operations leak methane — a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2 — have cast doubt on its smaller ca ...
Greece adaptation plan – GAifadopoulou - mowe
... York, NY, USA: IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007 Mote P. and Salathé E., Future climate in the Pacific Northwest, Chapter 1 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington's Future in a Changing Climate (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Cl ...
... York, NY, USA: IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007 Mote P. and Salathé E., Future climate in the Pacific Northwest, Chapter 1 in The Washington Climate Change Impacts Assessment: Evaluating Washington's Future in a Changing Climate (Seattle, Washington: University of Washington Cl ...
Alaska Climate Research Center
... • A monthly statewide summary. • Yearly summaries for selected stations. • A seasonal statewide summary (in conjunction with ACCAP) for the Climate Dispatch. • Assist with monthly summaries with NWS staff to be published in Weather Wise. ...
... • A monthly statewide summary. • Yearly summaries for selected stations. • A seasonal statewide summary (in conjunction with ACCAP) for the Climate Dispatch. • Assist with monthly summaries with NWS staff to be published in Weather Wise. ...
Request for Project Funding – Climate Change
... it is obtained, how to ensure the data is correct, who accesses and analyses the data and who ultimately makes the decision, what methods and techniques are used to analyse the data, if there are trigger points, relevant metrics or pre-set conditions in the decision making process, which decisions a ...
... it is obtained, how to ensure the data is correct, who accesses and analyses the data and who ultimately makes the decision, what methods and techniques are used to analyse the data, if there are trigger points, relevant metrics or pre-set conditions in the decision making process, which decisions a ...
Contributions of past and present human generations to committed
... much of the responsibility for the present-day CO2-induced warming. Currently, globally averaged warming since 1850 is estimated to be 0.6 ⫾ 0.2°C, reflecting contributions to warming and cooling from CO2 and other radiative forcing agents not considered here (8). Thus, the currently observed warmin ...
... much of the responsibility for the present-day CO2-induced warming. Currently, globally averaged warming since 1850 is estimated to be 0.6 ⫾ 0.2°C, reflecting contributions to warming and cooling from CO2 and other radiative forcing agents not considered here (8). Thus, the currently observed warmin ...
Invitation to International Conference “Sustainable Industrial Areas
... The 2-day I nternational Conference on “Industrial Areas – Be part of the Climate Solution” will take place at the “Sofitel Hotel Jardins des Roses”, Rabat. The conference serve s as an international platform for exchanging knowl edge about Sustai nable Development of I ndustrial Areas, worldwide. I ...
... The 2-day I nternational Conference on “Industrial Areas – Be part of the Climate Solution” will take place at the “Sofitel Hotel Jardins des Roses”, Rabat. The conference serve s as an international platform for exchanging knowl edge about Sustai nable Development of I ndustrial Areas, worldwide. I ...
Climate Module - Sustainable Agriculture Network
... Certified farms also implement activities to promote long-term improvement of the soils that support agricultural production. These activities include increasing ground cover to prevent soil erosion, which allows for and maintains carbon storage in the soil. Tree planting is also promoted, since tre ...
... Certified farms also implement activities to promote long-term improvement of the soils that support agricultural production. These activities include increasing ground cover to prevent soil erosion, which allows for and maintains carbon storage in the soil. Tree planting is also promoted, since tre ...
Climate Change Justice
... change are likely to appear as the result of natural processes and disasters – and even though it may be difficult, for the time being at least even impossible, to distinguish them from natural misfortunes – they are in fact the result of human energy use and policy. Without substantial reductions i ...
... change are likely to appear as the result of natural processes and disasters – and even though it may be difficult, for the time being at least even impossible, to distinguish them from natural misfortunes – they are in fact the result of human energy use and policy. Without substantial reductions i ...
A Contingent Valuation Study Comparing Citizen`s WTP for Climate
... Significantly more variation in WTP across US respondents which matches other data on US climate change public opinion – Intercept term and magnitude of coefficient estimates ...
... Significantly more variation in WTP across US respondents which matches other data on US climate change public opinion – Intercept term and magnitude of coefficient estimates ...
Auto$mart Learn the facts: Emissions from your vehicle
... CH4 is a colourless, odourless, flammable gas. Its global warming potential is more than 20 times that of CO2, and it can persist in the atmosphere for approximately 12 years. Carbon monoxide ...
... CH4 is a colourless, odourless, flammable gas. Its global warming potential is more than 20 times that of CO2, and it can persist in the atmosphere for approximately 12 years. Carbon monoxide ...
Climate Deception Dossier #7: Global Climate Coalition Primer on
... climate or will have a significant impact on future climate. It is a primer on these issues, not an exhaustive analysis. Complex issues have been simplified, hopefully without any loss of accuracy. Also, since it is a primer, it uses the terminology which has become popular in the climate change deb ...
... climate or will have a significant impact on future climate. It is a primer on these issues, not an exhaustive analysis. Complex issues have been simplified, hopefully without any loss of accuracy. Also, since it is a primer, it uses the terminology which has become popular in the climate change deb ...