UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
... temperature rose by 1.2°F in the same period. The rise in US temperatures in the coming century will likely be equal to or marginally higher than the global average, with a concentration of warming in the winter and in higher latitudes. Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, even by over 80%, will ha ...
... temperature rose by 1.2°F in the same period. The rise in US temperatures in the coming century will likely be equal to or marginally higher than the global average, with a concentration of warming in the winter and in higher latitudes. Reducing emissions of carbon dioxide, even by over 80%, will ha ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Policy Processes in
... Ghana intended to pursue.4 There are two, not incompatible, viewpoints as to the motivation for the assimilation of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate chang ...
... Ghana intended to pursue.4 There are two, not incompatible, viewpoints as to the motivation for the assimilation of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate chang ...
Accurate estimates of yield gaps - Van Bussel et al 2015
... Accurate estimation of yield gaps is only possible for locations where high quality local data are available, which are, however, lacking in many regions of the world. The challenge is how yield gap estimates based on location-specific input data can be used to obtain yield gap estimates for larger s ...
... Accurate estimation of yield gaps is only possible for locations where high quality local data are available, which are, however, lacking in many regions of the world. The challenge is how yield gap estimates based on location-specific input data can be used to obtain yield gap estimates for larger s ...
- OCL - Oilseeds and fats, Crops and Lipids
... locations. They concluded to limited changes for non-irrigated sunflower as a consequence of sufficient soil water refillment during winter fallow period. Guilioni et al. (2010) used both SUNFLO and STICS crop models (both including CO2 effects) to simulate baseline, next and far future climate (CLIMAT ...
... locations. They concluded to limited changes for non-irrigated sunflower as a consequence of sufficient soil water refillment during winter fallow period. Guilioni et al. (2010) used both SUNFLO and STICS crop models (both including CO2 effects) to simulate baseline, next and far future climate (CLIMAT ...
Exploring Climate Patterns Embedded in Global Climate Change
... generated by the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) for the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Report for Climate Change (IPCC). The CCSM data was available in monthly averages for both atmospheric and surface climate variables. Thirty years of monthly data for the variables of inter ...
... generated by the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) for the 4th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Report for Climate Change (IPCC). The CCSM data was available in monthly averages for both atmospheric and surface climate variables. Thirty years of monthly data for the variables of inter ...
Vulnerability and resilience: Coalescing or
... science was sufficiently robust that the PNAS created a new section for it (Clark, 2007), while internationally such journals as Sustainability Science, Sustainability Science and Engineering, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, and Curren ...
... science was sufficiently robust that the PNAS created a new section for it (Clark, 2007), while internationally such journals as Sustainability Science, Sustainability Science and Engineering, Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, and Curren ...
Directory of finance sources for climate change mitigation in
... including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). A limited amount of intelligence was also gathered by attending the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case in London on June 10-11, 2015. In addition, an online search ...
... including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the African Development Bank (AfDB). A limited amount of intelligence was also gathered by attending the Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case in London on June 10-11, 2015. In addition, an online search ...
Time to Evolve? Potential Evolutionary Responses of Fraser River
... migration, susceptibility to disease, rates of disease progression, and stress levels, for example, typically increase at higher ...
... migration, susceptibility to disease, rates of disease progression, and stress levels, for example, typically increase at higher ...
Public Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation
... Our study examines the public acceptability of the EU’s future climate change mitigation policies. Using the discrete choice experiment, we elicit the preferences of about 4,098 respondents from the Czech Republic, Poland, and the United Kingdom for the GHG emission reduction policies that differ in ...
... Our study examines the public acceptability of the EU’s future climate change mitigation policies. Using the discrete choice experiment, we elicit the preferences of about 4,098 respondents from the Czech Republic, Poland, and the United Kingdom for the GHG emission reduction policies that differ in ...
Module B
... • Impact category results still difficult to understand: – difference in units – difference in scale • Normalisation relates the results to a reference value – for example, total world impacts in 2002 – result is often referred to as the normalised environmental profile ...
... • Impact category results still difficult to understand: – difference in units – difference in scale • Normalisation relates the results to a reference value – for example, total world impacts in 2002 – result is often referred to as the normalised environmental profile ...
Climate-induced oceanic oxygen fluxes: Implications for the
... ocean sink was 1.9 ± 0.6 and 1.7 ± 0.6 Pg C yr1 in the 1980s and the 1990s, respectively, whereas ocean models give larger values in the 1990s compared to the 1980s [Orr et al., 2001]. [3] There is now increasing evidence that the ocean is warming and will continue to warm in the coming decades [Ho ...
... ocean sink was 1.9 ± 0.6 and 1.7 ± 0.6 Pg C yr1 in the 1980s and the 1990s, respectively, whereas ocean models give larger values in the 1990s compared to the 1980s [Orr et al., 2001]. [3] There is now increasing evidence that the ocean is warming and will continue to warm in the coming decades [Ho ...
Conservation of phylogeographic lineages under climate change
... projecting potential shifts in the distributions of suitable conditions for species (Guisan & Zimmermann, 2000), under the assumption that the species’ ecological niche does not evolve to meet changing conditions (Peterson, 2011). These statistical distribution models generally focus on species and ...
... projecting potential shifts in the distributions of suitable conditions for species (Guisan & Zimmermann, 2000), under the assumption that the species’ ecological niche does not evolve to meet changing conditions (Peterson, 2011). These statistical distribution models generally focus on species and ...
NRDC: Fever Pitch - Mosquito-Borne Dengue Fever Threat
... decades, likely because of urbanization and population growth, rapid international travel and trade, and widespread poverty, along with a changing climate. Its symptoms include high fever, rash, and severe headache with aching bones, joints, and muscles. Currently, dengue fever and its complicatio ...
... decades, likely because of urbanization and population growth, rapid international travel and trade, and widespread poverty, along with a changing climate. Its symptoms include high fever, rash, and severe headache with aching bones, joints, and muscles. Currently, dengue fever and its complicatio ...
- The University of Liverpool Repository
... codes. There have been many studies on the improvement of standards and design strategies for new buildings in China and other nearby countries with similar climates, however, relatively few studies have been conducted on the situation for the retrofit of existing office buildings. This paper aims t ...
... codes. There have been many studies on the improvement of standards and design strategies for new buildings in China and other nearby countries with similar climates, however, relatively few studies have been conducted on the situation for the retrofit of existing office buildings. This paper aims t ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... on GCMs, while the uncertainty of runoff projections is predominantly induced by LSM structural differences. By contrast, we found that the uncertainty in both ET and runoff changes attributable to uncertain future deforestation is low. ...
... on GCMs, while the uncertainty of runoff projections is predominantly induced by LSM structural differences. By contrast, we found that the uncertainty in both ET and runoff changes attributable to uncertain future deforestation is low. ...
NCEP’s Climate Forecast System as a National Model Dr. Louis W. Uccellini
... “Future Climate Forecast Products from CPC” ...
... “Future Climate Forecast Products from CPC” ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
5.Temperature stress and plant sexual reproduction
... advancement of flowering time [2,3], subsequent reproductive processes, which are known to be sensitive to temperature stress, will necessarily be affected in these changing conditions. Irregular production in warm springs can indeed be explained by an effect of temperature on the reproductive phase ...
... advancement of flowering time [2,3], subsequent reproductive processes, which are known to be sensitive to temperature stress, will necessarily be affected in these changing conditions. Irregular production in warm springs can indeed be explained by an effect of temperature on the reproductive phase ...
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... Since before the industrial revolution, economies and societies have evolved as a result of technological change. This evolution has been largely beneficial, even though asymmetrically distributed within and across societies. However, the economic growth fostered by technical changes has had and sti ...
... Since before the industrial revolution, economies and societies have evolved as a result of technological change. This evolution has been largely beneficial, even though asymmetrically distributed within and across societies. However, the economic growth fostered by technical changes has had and sti ...
Bird Conservation International Endemic birds of the Fynbos biome
... projects consist of lists of birds submitted by citizen scientists by location for the periods 1987 to 1991 (SABAP1) and 2007 to present (SABAP2) (Harrison et al. 1997). This allows comparison between atlas periods for range changes for a roughly 20 year period and for how often a species was record ...
... projects consist of lists of birds submitted by citizen scientists by location for the periods 1987 to 1991 (SABAP1) and 2007 to present (SABAP2) (Harrison et al. 1997). This allows comparison between atlas periods for range changes for a roughly 20 year period and for how often a species was record ...
Climate Change Scenarios for the Congo Basin
... Historically, vulnerability has been approached from two points of view, the top-down and bottom-upapproach (Figure 3). The Bottom-up approach is often used more in social sciences studies, with focus on vulnerability of society or communities. It derives its data from studying the existing local so ...
... Historically, vulnerability has been approached from two points of view, the top-down and bottom-upapproach (Figure 3). The Bottom-up approach is often used more in social sciences studies, with focus on vulnerability of society or communities. It derives its data from studying the existing local so ...
Coastal Sea-Level Change Societal Challenge Needs Assessment
... development, as well as a powerful force for guiding agency decision-making. The following narrative identifies the systematic sequence used to conduct the needs assessment for the Coasts and Climate Resilience societal challenge. In addition to following a rigorous, systematic approach, this method ...
... development, as well as a powerful force for guiding agency decision-making. The following narrative identifies the systematic sequence used to conduct the needs assessment for the Coasts and Climate Resilience societal challenge. In addition to following a rigorous, systematic approach, this method ...
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... deforestation. Estimates vary considerably depending on modelling assumptions, however it is widely accepted that avoided deforestation can offer large mitigation opportunities at a relatively low cost. This result is particularly robust as confirmed by studies conducted with different methodologies ...
... deforestation. Estimates vary considerably depending on modelling assumptions, however it is widely accepted that avoided deforestation can offer large mitigation opportunities at a relatively low cost. This result is particularly robust as confirmed by studies conducted with different methodologies ...
Biogeophysical effects of historical land cover changes simulated by
... and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany Present address: M. Schaeffer Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands ...
... and Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany Present address: M. Schaeffer Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands ...
IOSR Journal of Mathematics (IOSR-JM)
... accounts for the high amount of CO2 emission. Most devastating is the burning of gas by flaring that leads to the emission of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. These gases released during gas flaring make up about 80% of global warming to date [1] Onyenechere [2] argues that climate change ha ...
... accounts for the high amount of CO2 emission. Most devastating is the burning of gas by flaring that leads to the emission of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas. These gases released during gas flaring make up about 80% of global warming to date [1] Onyenechere [2] argues that climate change ha ...