Northern Ireland Climate Change Adaptation Programme
... Government alone cannot meet the climate change challenge. We all need to work together. I believe that this Adaptation Programme provides the leadership needed to empower the wider public sector, the private sector, communities and individuals to take action. Climate change will potentially have fa ...
... Government alone cannot meet the climate change challenge. We all need to work together. I believe that this Adaptation Programme provides the leadership needed to empower the wider public sector, the private sector, communities and individuals to take action. Climate change will potentially have fa ...
Direct carbon dioxide emissions from civil aircraft
... Growth in passenger traffic since 1970, in terms of Revenue-Passenger-Kilometres (RPKs), is also shown in Figure 1. More recently, the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report that from 1999 to 2008 scheduled passenger air-travel ...
... Growth in passenger traffic since 1970, in terms of Revenue-Passenger-Kilometres (RPKs), is also shown in Figure 1. More recently, the International Transport Forum (ITF) at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) report that from 1999 to 2008 scheduled passenger air-travel ...
Mid-Pliocene Westerlies from PlioMIP Simulations
... should perhaps see westerlies shifting equatorward in a cooling climate with a reduction of greenhouse gases. However, while some simulations have shown an equatorward shift, others have shown a poleward shift, or no significant shift at all (Rojas et al., 2009; Chavaillaz et al., 2013; Sime et al., ...
... should perhaps see westerlies shifting equatorward in a cooling climate with a reduction of greenhouse gases. However, while some simulations have shown an equatorward shift, others have shown a poleward shift, or no significant shift at all (Rojas et al., 2009; Chavaillaz et al., 2013; Sime et al., ...
Climate Change The UK Programme 2006
... target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010. Although we have made significant progress, higher than anticipated levels of economic growth and the recent rise in global energy prices, which has altered the relative prices of coal and gas, have led to increases ...
... target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010. Although we have made significant progress, higher than anticipated levels of economic growth and the recent rise in global energy prices, which has altered the relative prices of coal and gas, have led to increases ...
Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and
... adaptation measures may seriously impact on biodiversity. In the light of a changing climate there is a need of adapting conservation strategies, to explore how this should be implemented, and share experiences of putting adaptation principles into practice. There is also growing awareness that addr ...
... adaptation measures may seriously impact on biodiversity. In the light of a changing climate there is a need of adapting conservation strategies, to explore how this should be implemented, and share experiences of putting adaptation principles into practice. There is also growing awareness that addr ...
On multiple solutions of the atmosphere–vegetation system in
... the storm track regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Deviations from observed patterns are found for South Africa and Australia which receive too much rain during the southern summer (December, January, February). Moreover, the dry regions with a precipitation rate of less then 0.5 mm d–1 are more ex ...
... the storm track regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Deviations from observed patterns are found for South Africa and Australia which receive too much rain during the southern summer (December, January, February). Moreover, the dry regions with a precipitation rate of less then 0.5 mm d–1 are more ex ...
UK Climate Change Programme 2006
... target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010. Although we have made significant progress, higher than anticipated levels of economic growth and the recent rise in global energy prices, which has altered the relative prices of coal and gas, have led to increases ...
... target to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 20 per cent below 1990 levels by 2010. Although we have made significant progress, higher than anticipated levels of economic growth and the recent rise in global energy prices, which has altered the relative prices of coal and gas, have led to increases ...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY OF AKKAD BY A COSMIC
... swallowed my possessions [...] like a flood storm it Another City Lament for the town of Eridu [14, completely destroyed the city”. The storm was over, lines 8-‐‑10] reports: “The roaring storm [...] covered the following day, wit ...
... swallowed my possessions [...] like a flood storm it Another City Lament for the town of Eridu [14, completely destroyed the city”. The storm was over, lines 8-‐‑10] reports: “The roaring storm [...] covered the following day, wit ...
Australia`s climate policy
... as the Direct Action Plan, and includes the Emissions Reduction Fund and the Safeguard Mechanism. Emissions reductions will also be achieved through the Renewable Energy Target, which has a target of 23.5 per cent renewable energy by 2020. Norton Rose Fulbright has produced numerous publications on ...
... as the Direct Action Plan, and includes the Emissions Reduction Fund and the Safeguard Mechanism. Emissions reductions will also be achieved through the Renewable Energy Target, which has a target of 23.5 per cent renewable energy by 2020. Norton Rose Fulbright has produced numerous publications on ...
I Agree - CLEo - Whitman College
... and natural variation. In the past, the earth has experienced rapid changes on a large scale; nonhuman phenomena have caused carbon dioxide levels to fluctuate between 5000 and 200 ppm over the past 600 million years. However, even volcanic eruptions, one of the largest drivers of atmospheric CO2 fl ...
... and natural variation. In the past, the earth has experienced rapid changes on a large scale; nonhuman phenomena have caused carbon dioxide levels to fluctuate between 5000 and 200 ppm over the past 600 million years. However, even volcanic eruptions, one of the largest drivers of atmospheric CO2 fl ...
Role of the Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation in the Tropical
... of coupled GCM simulations forced with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations (e.g., Timmermann et al. 1999). In the Niño-3.4 region (5°N–5°S, 170–20°W), the SST anomalies reach 1.7°C. As expected, the 27.5°C isolines enclose a much larger area in ABOT than in ABOTCTRL (the white heavy lines in Fi ...
... of coupled GCM simulations forced with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations (e.g., Timmermann et al. 1999). In the Niño-3.4 region (5°N–5°S, 170–20°W), the SST anomalies reach 1.7°C. As expected, the 27.5°C isolines enclose a much larger area in ABOT than in ABOTCTRL (the white heavy lines in Fi ...
Module 2: The Legal Framework of the Disaster Risk Reduction and
... government units (LGUs) together with partner stakeholders, to build the disaster resilience of communities and to institutionalize arrangements and measures for reducing disaster risks, including projected climate risks and enhancing disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels. It ...
... government units (LGUs) together with partner stakeholders, to build the disaster resilience of communities and to institutionalize arrangements and measures for reducing disaster risks, including projected climate risks and enhancing disaster preparedness and response capabilities at all levels. It ...
Complex coastlines responding to climate change
... summing all the wave occurrences in each bin (Ashton and Murray, 2006b). However, in the model experiments reported here, we used simplified synthetic wave distributions. These generic distributions could represent either systematic differences in wave height as a function of approach angle, or in t ...
... summing all the wave occurrences in each bin (Ashton and Murray, 2006b). However, in the model experiments reported here, we used simplified synthetic wave distributions. These generic distributions could represent either systematic differences in wave height as a function of approach angle, or in t ...
Curriculum Vitae - Population Health Sciences
... Patz, JA and S. H. Olson. "Climate change, Oceans and Human Health" Oceanography 2006 19 (2): 5259. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.64. Vittor*, AY, Gilman RH, Tielsch J, Glass GE, Shields TM, Sanchez-Lozano W, Pinedo VV, Patz JA (Corresponding Author). The effects of deforestation on the hum ...
... Patz, JA and S. H. Olson. "Climate change, Oceans and Human Health" Oceanography 2006 19 (2): 5259. http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2006.64. Vittor*, AY, Gilman RH, Tielsch J, Glass GE, Shields TM, Sanchez-Lozano W, Pinedo VV, Patz JA (Corresponding Author). The effects of deforestation on the hum ...
Agenda training aviation ETS - Environment and Climate Regional
... group of industry and aircraft operators, as well as the competent authorities and potential verifiers. To identify institutional, legal and procedural arrangements for a future national or regional ETS system which could be modelled in line with the EU ETS. Training programme on the EU Monitoring a ...
... group of industry and aircraft operators, as well as the competent authorities and potential verifiers. To identify institutional, legal and procedural arrangements for a future national or regional ETS system which could be modelled in line with the EU ETS. Training programme on the EU Monitoring a ...
Ehlers and Poulsen, Influence of Andean uplift on climate and
... mantle root beneath the Andes. However, these findings are based on the assumption that climate did not change during deposition of paleoaltimetry proxies. Here we evaluate South American climate change due to Andean uplift and its influence on interpretations of plateau elevation from climate-sensiti ...
... mantle root beneath the Andes. However, these findings are based on the assumption that climate did not change during deposition of paleoaltimetry proxies. Here we evaluate South American climate change due to Andean uplift and its influence on interpretations of plateau elevation from climate-sensiti ...
Advances in Marine Ecosystem Dynamics from US GLOBEC: The
... the extratropical latitudes over GLOBEC regions, atmospheric circulation is characterized by dipoles of high and low pressure associated with the mean path of westerly winds (along the pressure gradients). These strong highs and lows are particularly evident in the Northern Hemisphere where the pres ...
... the extratropical latitudes over GLOBEC regions, atmospheric circulation is characterized by dipoles of high and low pressure associated with the mean path of westerly winds (along the pressure gradients). These strong highs and lows are particularly evident in the Northern Hemisphere where the pres ...
Aalborg Universitet Climate for Change? Wejs, Anja
... in Norway. Locals said the channel went all the way to the bedrock beneath the glacier, and these vertical meltwater channels appeared increasingly each year. Experts had told them it was caused by climate change, although for me at the time it provided an exciting experience rather than an insight ...
... in Norway. Locals said the channel went all the way to the bedrock beneath the glacier, and these vertical meltwater channels appeared increasingly each year. Experts had told them it was caused by climate change, although for me at the time it provided an exciting experience rather than an insight ...
GEOPOLITICAL IDENTITY OF CHINA IN INTERNATIONAL
... Figure 6. China’s CO2 Emissions from 1966 to 2013..............................................................15 Figure 7. China’s Economic Structure......................................................................................16 Figure 8. The Sources of Electricity Production in China..... ...
... Figure 6. China’s CO2 Emissions from 1966 to 2013..............................................................15 Figure 7. China’s Economic Structure......................................................................................16 Figure 8. The Sources of Electricity Production in China..... ...
Working Group on Carbon Pricing Mechanisms
... economic agents are incentivized to reduce emissions whenever the costs of doing so are less than the carbon price. Given the uncertainty in forecasting market responses, carbon pricing systems will differ in terms of the certainty of the emissions outcome and the certainty about the price signal. T ...
... economic agents are incentivized to reduce emissions whenever the costs of doing so are less than the carbon price. Given the uncertainty in forecasting market responses, carbon pricing systems will differ in terms of the certainty of the emissions outcome and the certainty about the price signal. T ...
Changes in breeding phenology and population size of birds
... swallows show little effect of mismatching on reproductive success, presumably because their food supply is often superabundant and does not have a distinct or predictable seasonal peak (Dunn et al. 2011). For these models, population size (N) in year t + 1 was the sum of recruitment and adult survi ...
... swallows show little effect of mismatching on reproductive success, presumably because their food supply is often superabundant and does not have a distinct or predictable seasonal peak (Dunn et al. 2011). For these models, population size (N) in year t + 1 was the sum of recruitment and adult survi ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi
... trajectories of change with respect to vulnerability, impacts and adaptation across semi-arid regions in East Africa, with a particular focus on Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. It also identifies gaps in knowledge, policy and practice with respect to climate change adaptation in the region. Therefore, t ...
... trajectories of change with respect to vulnerability, impacts and adaptation across semi-arid regions in East Africa, with a particular focus on Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. It also identifies gaps in knowledge, policy and practice with respect to climate change adaptation in the region. Therefore, t ...
mass balance of the cryosphere - Assets
... spatial and temporal characteristics. It ranges from ephemeral river and lake ice to the quasipermanent (on a millennial timescale) ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Included in the definition is seasonal snow cover and permafrost. In compiling this book it was neither possible nor desirable to ...
... spatial and temporal characteristics. It ranges from ephemeral river and lake ice to the quasipermanent (on a millennial timescale) ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland. Included in the definition is seasonal snow cover and permafrost. In compiling this book it was neither possible nor desirable to ...