8. equal per capita entitlements
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
... expansion of the global economy and attendant GHG emissions into the globally common atmosphere. This realization stimulated the associated debate on the sharing of scarce atmospheric resources, that is, establishing equitable access to this limited space, as the right to emit implies scarcity, and ...
Central Mekong Delta Region Connectivity Project
... gas (GHG emissions). Adaptation is therefore an urgent priority for the vulnerable social, economic, built and natural systems around the world. And Vietnam; as a populous rapidly growing Southeast Asian nation, whose citizens, cities and economic activity are concentrated in low lying coastal del ...
... gas (GHG emissions). Adaptation is therefore an urgent priority for the vulnerable social, economic, built and natural systems around the world. And Vietnam; as a populous rapidly growing Southeast Asian nation, whose citizens, cities and economic activity are concentrated in low lying coastal del ...
Journal of Environmental Monitoring
... Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases.2 Global climate has varied and changed in the past on a range of timescales, and organisms and ecosystems have survived, chang ...
... Observational evidence from all continents and most oceans shows that many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature increases.2 Global climate has varied and changed in the past on a range of timescales, and organisms and ecosystems have survived, chang ...
Vulnerability Does Not Fall From the Sky
... The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, ...
... The overwhelming evidence now suggests that climate change exacerbates existing development challenges, further exposing the vulnerability of the poor, and pushing those living on the margins closer to the edge. For those people most at risk, climate change is a crisis today. The rights, interests, ...
IPCC-ar4-wg1-chapter8-ClimateModels.pdf
... dependent on resolution, parametrization and the thresholds chosen. In general, models tend to produce too many days with weak precipitation (<10 mm day–1) and too little precipitation overall in intense events (>10 mm day–1). Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity have been developed to inv ...
... dependent on resolution, parametrization and the thresholds chosen. In general, models tend to produce too many days with weak precipitation (<10 mm day–1) and too little precipitation overall in intense events (>10 mm day–1). Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity have been developed to inv ...
Managing to End Groundwater Overdraft in California`s Central
... Biological Opinions (BOs) by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have resulted in increased Delta pumping constraints and other operational restrictions. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bure ...
... Biological Opinions (BOs) by the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) have resulted in increased Delta pumping constraints and other operational restrictions. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bure ...
Climate Models and Their Evaluation
... dependent on resolution, parametrization and the thresholds chosen. In general, models tend to produce too many days with weak precipitation (<10 mm day–1) and too little precipitation overall in intense events (>10 mm day–1). Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity have been developed to inv ...
... dependent on resolution, parametrization and the thresholds chosen. In general, models tend to produce too many days with weak precipitation (<10 mm day–1) and too little precipitation overall in intense events (>10 mm day–1). Earth system Models of Intermediate Complexity have been developed to inv ...
Modeling of Ecological Processes
... of growing season was variable among the sky islands, highest for the northern sky islands vs southern This suggested that the landscape of the northern sky islands is responding strongly to interannual changes in climate and/or disturbance The observed high COV values for all of the sky Islands ar ...
... of growing season was variable among the sky islands, highest for the northern sky islands vs southern This suggested that the landscape of the northern sky islands is responding strongly to interannual changes in climate and/or disturbance The observed high COV values for all of the sky Islands ar ...
Integrated Assessment Modelling and Analysis Study Tour Workshop, Canberra 12
... Projections for Future Land Productivities • We plug future climate projections into the econometric model, and generate 83 trajectories of land productivities. • We bound the annual projections from above by 30% and from below by -30%, to ensure regularity. • We rank them by cumulative impact, and ...
... Projections for Future Land Productivities • We plug future climate projections into the econometric model, and generate 83 trajectories of land productivities. • We bound the annual projections from above by 30% and from below by -30%, to ensure regularity. • We rank them by cumulative impact, and ...
Glacial unloading: Forcings, responses and processes Larsen, C.F.
... uplift generally will be much faster than current rates of sea-level rise. For coastal regions with retreating glaciers, impacts from the apparent sea-level fall could range from new coastal navigation hazards and diminished harbors, to biasing any global sea-level rise calculations from the affecte ...
... uplift generally will be much faster than current rates of sea-level rise. For coastal regions with retreating glaciers, impacts from the apparent sea-level fall could range from new coastal navigation hazards and diminished harbors, to biasing any global sea-level rise calculations from the affecte ...
Decision-support tools for climate change mitigation planning
... rigorous identification and review of all aspects relevant to the evaluation being conducted. The transparency of the process can be greatly enhanced when these steps are documented. Doing so increases the credibility of the evaluation, which gives its results increased legitimacy among relevant sta ...
... rigorous identification and review of all aspects relevant to the evaluation being conducted. The transparency of the process can be greatly enhanced when these steps are documented. Doing so increases the credibility of the evaluation, which gives its results increased legitimacy among relevant sta ...
Building Resilience into Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr
... 1. Introduction It is now widely accepted that global climate change is taking place as a result of human activity. Although the influence of a changing climate may be less severe in Scotland than that predicted for some regions of the world, there will be environmental and economic consequences inc ...
... 1. Introduction It is now widely accepted that global climate change is taking place as a result of human activity. Although the influence of a changing climate may be less severe in Scotland than that predicted for some regions of the world, there will be environmental and economic consequences inc ...
Quantifying the cost of climate change impacts on local
... This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is to lead the research community in a national interdisciplinary effort to generate t ...
... This work was carried out with financial support from the Australian Government (Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) and the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. The role of NCCARF is to lead the research community in a national interdisciplinary effort to generate t ...
PDF free file avaible - Bioversity International
... environmental conditions depends on human decisions and which, from a population genetics perspective, shows a meta-population structure (21) remains to be studied. Already however, there is evidence of greater local adaptation of highland than lowland landraces in southern Mexico and the former do ...
... environmental conditions depends on human decisions and which, from a population genetics perspective, shows a meta-population structure (21) remains to be studied. Already however, there is evidence of greater local adaptation of highland than lowland landraces in southern Mexico and the former do ...
Planning instruments
... change will have significant implications for cities and coastal development (IPCC 2014). For Australia, the impacts include warmer coastal futures, including drier coastal environments in the south east and southwest regions, extreme weather events, stress on coastal and marine biodiversity and eco ...
... change will have significant implications for cities and coastal development (IPCC 2014). For Australia, the impacts include warmer coastal futures, including drier coastal environments in the south east and southwest regions, extreme weather events, stress on coastal and marine biodiversity and eco ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Freshwater
... can counteract increased stream temperatures, reductions in snowpack, and changes in runoff regimes such as reduced summer stream flows and altered flow timing.118 Actions to restore or protect wetlands, floodplains, and riparian areas can help moderate or reduce stream temperatures, alleviate the f ...
... can counteract increased stream temperatures, reductions in snowpack, and changes in runoff regimes such as reduced summer stream flows and altered flow timing.118 Actions to restore or protect wetlands, floodplains, and riparian areas can help moderate or reduce stream temperatures, alleviate the f ...
Impact of human activity and climate change on runoff in Haihe
... m/yr (Lv, 2003), leading to the development of huge groundwater drawdown funnels averaging 72,800 km2, especially around the Bohai Sea – which accounts for about 52% of the spatial expanse in North China Plain (Zhang, 2006). It has been widely acknowledged that decrease in runoff is highly influenc ...
... m/yr (Lv, 2003), leading to the development of huge groundwater drawdown funnels averaging 72,800 km2, especially around the Bohai Sea – which accounts for about 52% of the spatial expanse in North China Plain (Zhang, 2006). It has been widely acknowledged that decrease in runoff is highly influenc ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the United Kingdom
... of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 1660s. The warming over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters. Hot summer days with daytime tem ...
... of global climate. Central England temperature rose by almost 1ºC through the twentieth century. The decade of the 1990s was the warmest in central England since records began in the 1660s. The warming over land has been accompanied by a warming of UK coastal waters. Hot summer days with daytime tem ...
Coral reef ecosystems and anthropogenic climate change
... concentrations of 450 ppm will lead to the loss of coraldominated reef systems, with the prospect that dangerous levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide for coral reefs were exceeded in 1979 when mass coral bleaching was reported for the first time. The exact response of coral reefs remains uncertain a ...
... concentrations of 450 ppm will lead to the loss of coraldominated reef systems, with the prospect that dangerous levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide for coral reefs were exceeded in 1979 when mass coral bleaching was reported for the first time. The exact response of coral reefs remains uncertain a ...
Selected Tools to Evaluate Water Monitoring Networks for Climate
... Figure 4.2: An Example of a Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning Figure A1.1: Procedure for the BVM Figure A1.2: Distribution of annual ecosystem services value per hectare by watershed unit Figure A2.1: Ombrothermic Diagram for Penticton, British Columbia Figure A2.2: Ombrothermic Diagr ...
... Figure 4.2: An Example of a Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning Figure A1.1: Procedure for the BVM Figure A1.2: Distribution of annual ecosystem services value per hectare by watershed unit Figure A2.1: Ombrothermic Diagram for Penticton, British Columbia Figure A2.2: Ombrothermic Diagr ...
2013-2020 Climate Change Action Plan
... weather events such as flooding and drought are also anticipated. Climate change will directly affect ecosystems, infrastructure, the economy and the well-being of populations the world over, including Québec. Past, present and future GHG emissions will disrupt climate systems for a long time to com ...
... weather events such as flooding and drought are also anticipated. Climate change will directly affect ecosystems, infrastructure, the economy and the well-being of populations the world over, including Québec. Past, present and future GHG emissions will disrupt climate systems for a long time to com ...
North Pacific Climate Response to Freshwater Forcing in the
... Sudden changes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) are believed to have caused large, abrupt climate changes over many parts of the globe during the last glacial and deglacial period. This study investigates the mechanisms by which a large freshwater input to the subarctic Nort ...
... Sudden changes of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) are believed to have caused large, abrupt climate changes over many parts of the globe during the last glacial and deglacial period. This study investigates the mechanisms by which a large freshwater input to the subarctic Nort ...
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... forests, at least in the absence of recent fire. For example, many early papers attributed widespread ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) regeneration in 1919 in Arizona to abundant summer precipitation following an excellent seed year [17–19]. Confidence in the role that interannual climate variabilit ...
... forests, at least in the absence of recent fire. For example, many early papers attributed widespread ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) regeneration in 1919 in Arizona to abundant summer precipitation following an excellent seed year [17–19]. Confidence in the role that interannual climate variabilit ...
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation
... events and increased pest outbreaks. Some studies have also examined the impacts of climate change on livestock operations, dairy farms and fruit orchards. Climate change is expected to bring both advantages and disadvantages for agricultural crops in Canada (Figure 3). For example, although warmer ...
... events and increased pest outbreaks. Some studies have also examined the impacts of climate change on livestock operations, dairy farms and fruit orchards. Climate change is expected to bring both advantages and disadvantages for agricultural crops in Canada (Figure 3). For example, although warmer ...
Climate Change - Think Namibia
... Business and the economy have already felt some impact but the most vulnerable are the communities whose livelihood depend on natural resources – such as subsistent agriculture. ...
... Business and the economy have already felt some impact but the most vulnerable are the communities whose livelihood depend on natural resources – such as subsistent agriculture. ...
Surveys of scientists' views on climate change
Several surveys have been conducted of the opinions of scientists on anthropogenic climate change. They have generally concluded that the majority of scientists believe that human activity is contributing to global warming.