New York Times, June 4, 2011 A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed
... Dr. Braun is leading efforts to tackle problems of this sort with new wheat varieties that would be able to withstand many kinds of stress, including scant water. Descendants of the plant that one of his breeders, Dr. Singh, found in a wheat field one recent day might eventually wind up in farmers’ ...
... Dr. Braun is leading efforts to tackle problems of this sort with new wheat varieties that would be able to withstand many kinds of stress, including scant water. Descendants of the plant that one of his breeders, Dr. Singh, found in a wheat field one recent day might eventually wind up in farmers’ ...
Project Idea for Agriculture Sector Technology
... The agriculture sector is vulnerable due to both the primary effects (variation in rainfall and temperature) and secondary effects (drought, flood, cyclone and storm surge, saline intrusion etc) of climate change. In addition, climate change related phenomena such as variation in temperature and rai ...
... The agriculture sector is vulnerable due to both the primary effects (variation in rainfall and temperature) and secondary effects (drought, flood, cyclone and storm surge, saline intrusion etc) of climate change. In addition, climate change related phenomena such as variation in temperature and rai ...
Carbon cycle dynamics - PAGES
... changes to the carbon cycle, the paleo-perspective is critical. For example, paleorecords tell us that while atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations can increase quite rapidly, it can take much, much longer for it to be locked into long-lasting forms and provides a timescale for these dynamics. Du ...
... changes to the carbon cycle, the paleo-perspective is critical. For example, paleorecords tell us that while atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations can increase quite rapidly, it can take much, much longer for it to be locked into long-lasting forms and provides a timescale for these dynamics. Du ...
Slide 1
... The Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability (IESES) at Florida State University is investigating Florida local government actions related to energy efficiency and climate change to better understand and assess local efforts and to assist local governments in Florida. This project ...
... The Institute for Energy Systems, Economics and Sustainability (IESES) at Florida State University is investigating Florida local government actions related to energy efficiency and climate change to better understand and assess local efforts and to assist local governments in Florida. This project ...
Advance briefing: IPCC report on climate impacts
... Drought-affected areas will likely increase in extent. Approximately 20-30% of plant and animal species assessed are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed 1.5-2.5°C. Crop productivity is projected to increase slightly at mid- to high latitudes ...
... Drought-affected areas will likely increase in extent. Approximately 20-30% of plant and animal species assessed are likely to be at increased risk of extinction if increases in global average temperature exceed 1.5-2.5°C. Crop productivity is projected to increase slightly at mid- to high latitudes ...
Stop delaying progress in climate talks, developing countries tell
... mitigation actions by developing countries with necessary financial support, increased finance and technology transfer for mitigation and adaptation. Noleen Heyzer, the Under-Secretary General for the UN ESCAP referred to the triple global threats of food, finance and flue and said that nations have ...
... mitigation actions by developing countries with necessary financial support, increased finance and technology transfer for mitigation and adaptation. Noleen Heyzer, the Under-Secretary General for the UN ESCAP referred to the triple global threats of food, finance and flue and said that nations have ...
CAgM Activities on Natural Hazards 2000-2013
... environmental sustainability through “eco-farming”, such as developing cultivation skills in soil regeneration, nitrogen fixation, natural pest control and agro-forestry. • reduce food shortages, famine, and hunger while coping with changing climate and the increasing frequency of natural hazards th ...
... environmental sustainability through “eco-farming”, such as developing cultivation skills in soil regeneration, nitrogen fixation, natural pest control and agro-forestry. • reduce food shortages, famine, and hunger while coping with changing climate and the increasing frequency of natural hazards th ...
QIN Dahe
... (Project 973). The study focuses on the impact mechanisms of the changing cryosphere in 3 aspects, i.e. water resources, ecology and climate to build up scientific knowledge for the advances of relevant disciplines in the high-land Asian zones, where cryosphere plays a role; and it renders a scienti ...
... (Project 973). The study focuses on the impact mechanisms of the changing cryosphere in 3 aspects, i.e. water resources, ecology and climate to build up scientific knowledge for the advances of relevant disciplines in the high-land Asian zones, where cryosphere plays a role; and it renders a scienti ...
HERE - Art4Agriculture
... – Green Climate fund & Special Climate Change Fund ($US100 B/y from 2020) • Focused on R&D in developing countries • Technology, education and capacity building ...
... – Green Climate fund & Special Climate Change Fund ($US100 B/y from 2020) • Focused on R&D in developing countries • Technology, education and capacity building ...
CATF releases
... Agency’s proposed methane pollution standards for equipment built or updated in the future, together with the Bureau of Land Management’s recently proposed rule to reduce methane waste on public lands, would reduce annual methane pollution from the oil and gas industry by 28 million metric tons of c ...
... Agency’s proposed methane pollution standards for equipment built or updated in the future, together with the Bureau of Land Management’s recently proposed rule to reduce methane waste on public lands, would reduce annual methane pollution from the oil and gas industry by 28 million metric tons of c ...
To Gulf of Maine Consortium
... • Proj. is +11 - 77 cm by 2100; from thermal expansion & melting of ice. USNA*: +19” by 2100 • Regional variations due to wind and atmospheric pressure, ocean density, land motion, currents • Wetlands will decrease; sharply where there is shore protection • Higher wave energy; faster erosion *USNA= ...
... • Proj. is +11 - 77 cm by 2100; from thermal expansion & melting of ice. USNA*: +19” by 2100 • Regional variations due to wind and atmospheric pressure, ocean density, land motion, currents • Wetlands will decrease; sharply where there is shore protection • Higher wave energy; faster erosion *USNA= ...
Renewable Energy Change
... renewable sources. My subtopic about renewable energy options was backed up in the source “How Reliable is Solar Power?” Seth Atchue talks about how solar power has been effective in other countries such as Germany and that it can be used to power the US to reduce carbon emissions up to 90%. In both ...
... renewable sources. My subtopic about renewable energy options was backed up in the source “How Reliable is Solar Power?” Seth Atchue talks about how solar power has been effective in other countries such as Germany and that it can be used to power the US to reduce carbon emissions up to 90%. In both ...
Uncertainty Analysis of Climate Change Effects on Runoff for the
... snowpack west of the Cascades is linked to increased runoff. ...
... snowpack west of the Cascades is linked to increased runoff. ...
Energy Decarbonization Tools: 2a. Wind
... Reading responses of roughly one page (single-spaced). The responses do not need to be elaborate, but they should also not summarize the reading. They should be used by you as think pieces to refine your questions and insight from the readings. They must be submitted via CTools at least two hours be ...
... Reading responses of roughly one page (single-spaced). The responses do not need to be elaborate, but they should also not summarize the reading. They should be used by you as think pieces to refine your questions and insight from the readings. They must be submitted via CTools at least two hours be ...
Figure 2‑1 (a) Offstream freshwater withdrawal and use by major
... limitations are in the Western U.S. • First step toward more local scale analysis • Consider different assumptions for growth, including more sophisticated representations of future water use by different sectors of the economy (e.g., higher ...
... limitations are in the Western U.S. • First step toward more local scale analysis • Consider different assumptions for growth, including more sophisticated representations of future water use by different sectors of the economy (e.g., higher ...
Igor A
... The course focuses on the sources of and remedies for global environmental problems at both national and international level. The main attention is paid to the problem of externalities, managing the public goods and the commons, free-ridership and social dilemmas. All these difficulties acquire nowa ...
... The course focuses on the sources of and remedies for global environmental problems at both national and international level. The main attention is paid to the problem of externalities, managing the public goods and the commons, free-ridership and social dilemmas. All these difficulties acquire nowa ...
Responses of fish to coral depletion
... • Understanding the interaction between plasticity and genetic adaptation • Does plasticity affect genetic adaptation? – retard by shifting phenotype without selection? – accelerate by genetic assimilation? ...
... • Understanding the interaction between plasticity and genetic adaptation • Does plasticity affect genetic adaptation? – retard by shifting phenotype without selection? – accelerate by genetic assimilation? ...
SABS
... Standards are central to conservation: Energy efficiency and conservation are the most immediate and cost–effective sources of "new" energy with no GHG emissions. Government programs to promote energy efficiency and conservation must continue and should be enhanced. Standards ensure broad equitable ...
... Standards are central to conservation: Energy efficiency and conservation are the most immediate and cost–effective sources of "new" energy with no GHG emissions. Government programs to promote energy efficiency and conservation must continue and should be enhanced. Standards ensure broad equitable ...
World Bank presentation - Global Environment Facility
... Vincent and the Grenadines to implement specific (integrated) pilot adaptation measures addressing primarily, the impacts of climate change on their natural resource base, focused on biodiversity and land degradation along coastal and near-coastal areas. Slower implementation progress than originall ...
... Vincent and the Grenadines to implement specific (integrated) pilot adaptation measures addressing primarily, the impacts of climate change on their natural resource base, focused on biodiversity and land degradation along coastal and near-coastal areas. Slower implementation progress than originall ...
impact, adaptation and vulnerability on the european resource base
... avoid and minimize the risk of natural hazards (flood warning system, evacuations, health warning systems) More economical use of natural assets (reducing water demand, reducing leaky municipal and irrigation water systems, wastewater reuse and desalinization, water price) Land use better suitable t ...
... avoid and minimize the risk of natural hazards (flood warning system, evacuations, health warning systems) More economical use of natural assets (reducing water demand, reducing leaky municipal and irrigation water systems, wastewater reuse and desalinization, water price) Land use better suitable t ...
English - Inter-Parliamentary Union
... 23. Despite the great potential offered by renewable energies, they are not yet able to provide all the energy required. For this reason renewables should be viewed in combination with other forms of energy production as part of an energy mix. Research and development on existing climate protection ...
... 23. Despite the great potential offered by renewable energies, they are not yet able to provide all the energy required. For this reason renewables should be viewed in combination with other forms of energy production as part of an energy mix. Research and development on existing climate protection ...
The Fifth Carbon Budget - Call for Evidence Question and Response
... ways of reducing emissions that are likely to be relatively low cost and actions that will develop options that may need to be deployed at scale by 2050. These scenarios, reviewed in detail in the Committee’s report The Fourth Carbon Budget Review – the cost-effective path to the 2050 target, includ ...
... ways of reducing emissions that are likely to be relatively low cost and actions that will develop options that may need to be deployed at scale by 2050. These scenarios, reviewed in detail in the Committee’s report The Fourth Carbon Budget Review – the cost-effective path to the 2050 target, includ ...
Pattern scaled climate change scenarios: Are these useful for adaptation?
... iii. Responses to external forcing and natural internal variability are independent of each other, so that changes in anthropogenic forcing do not change the internal dynamics of the climate system. If these assumptions do not hold, then the approach is fundamentally flawed and its use to project ch ...
... iii. Responses to external forcing and natural internal variability are independent of each other, so that changes in anthropogenic forcing do not change the internal dynamics of the climate system. If these assumptions do not hold, then the approach is fundamentally flawed and its use to project ch ...
Australia`s biodiversity How climate change may affect biodiversity
... countries, and has more endemic species (found nowhere else) than any other nation. This is due to Australia’s geographical isolation since early in the earth’s history, and the great variation in our climate. ...
... countries, and has more endemic species (found nowhere else) than any other nation. This is due to Australia’s geographical isolation since early in the earth’s history, and the great variation in our climate. ...
Years of Living Dangerously
Years of Living Dangerously is a documentary television series focusing on global warming. The first season premiered on April 13, 2014, consisted of 9 episodes, and ran on Showtime. It won an Emmy Award as Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The second season, consisting of 8 episodes, is expected to air on the National Geographic Channel in late 2016, with broader distribution than the first season. James Cameron, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and clean energy investor and environmental activist Daniel Abbasi are executive producers of the series, as was the late Jerry Weintraub for the first season. Joel Bach and David Gelber, former 60 Minutes producers, are co-creators of the series as well as executive producers. Joseph Romm and Heidi Cullen are the chief science advisors.The weekly episodes feature celebrity investigators, who each have a history of environmental activism, and well-known journalists, each of whom have a background in environmental reportage. These ""correspondents"" travel to areas around the world and throughout the U.S. affected by global warming to interview experts and ordinary people affected by, and seeking solutions to, the effects of global warming. They act as proxies for the audience, asking questions to find out people's opinions and to discover the scientific evidence. The celebrities in season 1 included Harrison Ford, Matt Damon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, America Ferrera, Michael C. Hall, Olivia Munn and Schwarzenegger. The journalists include Lesley Stahl, Thomas Friedman, Chris Hayes and Mark Bittman. The final episode of season 1 featured an interview by Friedman of President Barack Obama. In season 2, David Letterman has agreed to travel to India to interview the prime minister and examine how the country plans to distribute solar power to its entire population over the next decade. The show will send Schwarzenegger as a correspondent to China. Other hosts for season 2 include Cameron, Somerhalder, Munn, Friedman, Cheadle, and newcomers Jack Black, Joshua Jackson, Aasif Mandvi, Cecily Strong and Ty Burrell in an episode about electric cars. Season 2 is expected to cover more impacts of climate change, like hurricanes, historic droughts and the rapidly increasing extinction rate of species, but Bach noted that the season will ""focus much more ... on solutions that individuals, communities, companies and even governments can use to address worldwide climate change.""Schwarzenegger reflected on how the series tries to make the issue of climate change resonate with the public: ""I think the environmental movement only can be successful if we are simple and clear and make it a human story. We will tell human stories in this project. The scientists would never get the kind of attention that someone in show business gets."" Cameron elaborated: ""We didn’t use our celebrities as talking head experts, because they’re not climate experts. They were concerned, intelligent, curious citizens who were out to find answers. They were functioning as journalists."" Newsweek said that the celebrity reporters ""lend sparks to an issue that sends most viewers for the exits"".