DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MODES AND INFRASTRUCTURE
... Based on measurements at the Key West, Florida tidal station, sea level has risen about nine inches in the last 100 years (NOAA 2008). Sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue and accelerate in the future. Many agencies like the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) are exploring ways to ...
... Based on measurements at the Key West, Florida tidal station, sea level has risen about nine inches in the last 100 years (NOAA 2008). Sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue and accelerate in the future. Many agencies like the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) are exploring ways to ...
Introduction to UNFCCC and Kyoto protocol
... > How can industry in developing countries use CP as a tool to identify opportunities for projects under the Kyoto protocol? 6/ Information and tools > Tools and information about CP and the Kyoto protocol ACME - Session 4 - Introduction to UNFCCC and Kyoto protocol - 2 / 48 ...
... > How can industry in developing countries use CP as a tool to identify opportunities for projects under the Kyoto protocol? 6/ Information and tools > Tools and information about CP and the Kyoto protocol ACME - Session 4 - Introduction to UNFCCC and Kyoto protocol - 2 / 48 ...
circumpolar cooperation at the arctic council`s iqaluit ministerial 2015
... Further Cooperation on Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Another major Framework Plan, delivered at the Ministerial and briefly discussed above, addresses cooperative efforts to prevent oil pollution from extractive and shipping activities. The objective is to strengthen cooperation and informatio ...
... Further Cooperation on Oil Spill Preparedness and Response Another major Framework Plan, delivered at the Ministerial and briefly discussed above, addresses cooperative efforts to prevent oil pollution from extractive and shipping activities. The objective is to strengthen cooperation and informatio ...
The Emissions Gap Report 2013 www.unep.org
... by the deliberate inclusion of woody perennials on farms, which usually leads to significant economic and/or ecological benefits between woody and non-woody system components. In most documented cases of successful agroforestry, tree-based systems are more productive, more sustainable and more attun ...
... by the deliberate inclusion of woody perennials on farms, which usually leads to significant economic and/or ecological benefits between woody and non-woody system components. In most documented cases of successful agroforestry, tree-based systems are more productive, more sustainable and more attun ...
UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA
... not presenting either the highest wind climatology nor the greatest wind variability among the world’s oceans. This fact also seems to indicate an important contribution of inter-annual variability for the extreme values. ...
... not presenting either the highest wind climatology nor the greatest wind variability among the world’s oceans. This fact also seems to indicate an important contribution of inter-annual variability for the extreme values. ...
Polar Bears: Proposed Listing Under the
... Polar bears are affected by climate change, contaminants, and subsistence and sport hunting. Environmental organizations have voiced public concern that polar bear populations are threatened by climate change. Scientists have confirmed that, in recent decades, the extent of Arctic sea ice has declin ...
... Polar bears are affected by climate change, contaminants, and subsistence and sport hunting. Environmental organizations have voiced public concern that polar bear populations are threatened by climate change. Scientists have confirmed that, in recent decades, the extent of Arctic sea ice has declin ...
SoE 2016 Atmosphere report (PDF - 4.88 MB)
... than they have done in the past • flooding from more intense storm activity • sea level rise, leading to coastal damage • loss of ecosystems. An understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to occur. Mitigation ...
... than they have done in the past • flooding from more intense storm activity • sea level rise, leading to coastal damage • loss of ecosystems. An understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to occur. Mitigation ...
Evaluating land-use related environmental impacts of biomass
... development, that is, ensuring that the needs of today can be met without compromising the needs of future generations (WCED 1987). Some international treaties have been established in the international policy arena which state that there is a common need to mitigate these impacts (UNFCCC 1992; CBD ...
... development, that is, ensuring that the needs of today can be met without compromising the needs of future generations (WCED 1987). Some international treaties have been established in the international policy arena which state that there is a common need to mitigate these impacts (UNFCCC 1992; CBD ...
Global Catastrophic Risks - The Global Priorities Project
... needed to fight poverty and prevent catastrophic risks. My personal opinion is that in order to drastically minimize GCRs we must develop a model where a majority of the world’s nations, with strong support from leading nations, can make binding decisions which can be enforced in an effective and fa ...
... needed to fight poverty and prevent catastrophic risks. My personal opinion is that in order to drastically minimize GCRs we must develop a model where a majority of the world’s nations, with strong support from leading nations, can make binding decisions which can be enforced in an effective and fa ...
Strong influence of 2000-2050 climate change on particulate matter
... Fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) is an important surface air pollutant of public concern, particularly in industrialized regions. Exposure to PM2.5 can result in respiratory and cardiovascular disease (Lelieveld et al., 2013), as well as premature mortali ...
... Fine particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) is an important surface air pollutant of public concern, particularly in industrialized regions. Exposure to PM2.5 can result in respiratory and cardiovascular disease (Lelieveld et al., 2013), as well as premature mortali ...
UK Climate action following the Paris Agreement
... Executive Summary The Paris Agreement marks a significant positive step in global action to tackle climate change. This report considers the domestic actions the UK Government should take as part of a fair contribution to the aims of the Agreement. Our conclusions are as follows: ...
... Executive Summary The Paris Agreement marks a significant positive step in global action to tackle climate change. This report considers the domestic actions the UK Government should take as part of a fair contribution to the aims of the Agreement. Our conclusions are as follows: ...
Hydrological drought across the world: impact of climate and
... large-scale studies have examined drought from observed data only (e.g., Hisdal et al., 2001; Peel et al., 2005; Fleig et al., 2006; Stahl et al., 2010; Wilson et al., 2010). All these studies deal with a large amount of data (gridded data or data from numerous flow gauges). However, often the neces ...
... large-scale studies have examined drought from observed data only (e.g., Hisdal et al., 2001; Peel et al., 2005; Fleig et al., 2006; Stahl et al., 2010; Wilson et al., 2010). All these studies deal with a large amount of data (gridded data or data from numerous flow gauges). However, often the neces ...
Academic paper: Vulnerability: A generally applicable conceptual
... low elevation that makes it highly susceptible to sea-level rise, its current exposure to hurricanes and the severe damages caused by them, and its present climate being rather warm already. Some scholars may refrain from giving an answer unless provided with detailed, preferably probabilistic, scen ...
... low elevation that makes it highly susceptible to sea-level rise, its current exposure to hurricanes and the severe damages caused by them, and its present climate being rather warm already. Some scholars may refrain from giving an answer unless provided with detailed, preferably probabilistic, scen ...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014
... none of us will be immune to its impacts. It is time we acted together and be reminded that, when it comes to the devastating effects if climate change, we all swim – or sink – together. This is not the time to play the blame game. While considerable progress is being made on a number of fronts rega ...
... none of us will be immune to its impacts. It is time we acted together and be reminded that, when it comes to the devastating effects if climate change, we all swim – or sink – together. This is not the time to play the blame game. While considerable progress is being made on a number of fronts rega ...
Climate Adaptation Plan 2014
... percent per capita below 1990 levels. Denver is on track to meet this goal and continues to be proactive in reducing city-wide per capita emissions. However, the planet is warming and the resulting effects have the potential to harm Denver’s social, economic, and environmental sectors. Along with mi ...
... percent per capita below 1990 levels. Denver is on track to meet this goal and continues to be proactive in reducing city-wide per capita emissions. However, the planet is warming and the resulting effects have the potential to harm Denver’s social, economic, and environmental sectors. Along with mi ...
TITLE OF THE ABSTRACT
... IPCC report has received all the latest reports from AMAP (AMAP 2011, a & b) – “The Snow Water Ice and Permafrost Report (SWIPA)” and the report on “Impact of Black Carbon Arctic Climate”. AMAP is at present implementing a scientific project assessing the combined effects of climate change and conta ...
... IPCC report has received all the latest reports from AMAP (AMAP 2011, a & b) – “The Snow Water Ice and Permafrost Report (SWIPA)” and the report on “Impact of Black Carbon Arctic Climate”. AMAP is at present implementing a scientific project assessing the combined effects of climate change and conta ...
Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014
... none of us will be immune to its impacts. It is time we acted together and be reminded that, when it comes to the devastating effects if climate change, we all swim – or sink – together. This is not the time to play the blame game. While considerable progress is being made on a number of fronts rega ...
... none of us will be immune to its impacts. It is time we acted together and be reminded that, when it comes to the devastating effects if climate change, we all swim – or sink – together. This is not the time to play the blame game. While considerable progress is being made on a number of fronts rega ...
Contributions received (68)
... b. It has clearly categorised main pillars of food and nutrition security. These are availability, access, use and stability. Decision makers very often cannot separate and understand the value of the individual pillars. Consequently they cannot make appropriate policy and management decisions. ...
... b. It has clearly categorised main pillars of food and nutrition security. These are availability, access, use and stability. Decision makers very often cannot separate and understand the value of the individual pillars. Consequently they cannot make appropriate policy and management decisions. ...
Protecting Health from Climate Change
... WHO Regional Office for the Americas. There is now strong evidence that the earth’s climate is changing rapidly, due mainly to human activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation patterns and extreme events are expected to increase a range of health risks, from the d ...
... WHO Regional Office for the Americas. There is now strong evidence that the earth’s climate is changing rapidly, due mainly to human activities. Increasing temperatures, sea-level rises, changes in precipitation patterns and extreme events are expected to increase a range of health risks, from the d ...
Deep South National Science Challenge Engagement Strategy
... different conditions (e.g., different future levels of greenhouse gas emissions) globally and in New Zealand. The Deep South Challenge will use this model and its projections to assist sectors and communities across the country to make better-informed decisions in areas that will be impacted by c ...
... different conditions (e.g., different future levels of greenhouse gas emissions) globally and in New Zealand. The Deep South Challenge will use this model and its projections to assist sectors and communities across the country to make better-informed decisions in areas that will be impacted by c ...
Climate Change and Pacific Island Countries
... independence) has reconfigured human interactions with natural environments on many islands, rendering many of these less sustainable than in the past. In addition, within recent decades, Pacific Island countries have become part of the global community, now focused on development and economic growt ...
... independence) has reconfigured human interactions with natural environments on many islands, rendering many of these less sustainable than in the past. In addition, within recent decades, Pacific Island countries have become part of the global community, now focused on development and economic growt ...
Food and Climate change: A review of the effects of climate change
... Climate change may also lead to altered chemical and pathogen inputs to food. There are multiple mechanisms through which climate change could affect existing pathogens or lead to the emergence of new ones (FAO, 2008a). The pathogens of most concern under climate change are those with those with low ...
... Climate change may also lead to altered chemical and pathogen inputs to food. There are multiple mechanisms through which climate change could affect existing pathogens or lead to the emergence of new ones (FAO, 2008a). The pathogens of most concern under climate change are those with those with low ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... Ghini and other scientists at Embrapa in Brazil studied the impact of climate change on the distribution of nematodes and leaf miner and expect an increasing occurrence. Also water stress affects the physiological activity of the Arabica plant causing a reduction in photosynthesis. Robusta coffee i ...
... Ghini and other scientists at Embrapa in Brazil studied the impact of climate change on the distribution of nematodes and leaf miner and expect an increasing occurrence. Also water stress affects the physiological activity of the Arabica plant causing a reduction in photosynthesis. Robusta coffee i ...
Assessing the costs of adaptation to climate
... In particular, applying a ‘climate mark-up’ is not appropriate when current investment flows are well below what they should be. In several parts of the world, current levels of investment are considered far from adequate, and lead to high current vulnerability to climate, including its variability ...
... In particular, applying a ‘climate mark-up’ is not appropriate when current investment flows are well below what they should be. In several parts of the world, current levels of investment are considered far from adequate, and lead to high current vulnerability to climate, including its variability ...
Synergy of rising nitrogen depositions and atmospheric CO2 on land
... concentration and nitrogen deposition could slow down the rate of CO2 increase and facilitate climate change mitigation. Using a coupled model of climate, ocean, and land biogeochemistry, we show that atmospheric nitrogen deposition and atmospheric CO2 have a strong synergistic effect on the carbon ...
... concentration and nitrogen deposition could slow down the rate of CO2 increase and facilitate climate change mitigation. Using a coupled model of climate, ocean, and land biogeochemistry, we show that atmospheric nitrogen deposition and atmospheric CO2 have a strong synergistic effect on the carbon ...
Scientific opinion on climate change
The scientific opinion on climate change is the overall judgment amongst scientists about whether global warming is happening, and if so, its causes and probable consequences. This scientific opinion is expressed in synthesis reports, by scientific bodies of national or international standing, and by surveys of opinion among climate scientists. Individual scientists, universities, and laboratories contribute to the overall scientific opinion via their peer-reviewed publications, and the areas of collective agreement and relative certainty are summarised in these high level reports and surveys.The scientific consensus is that the Earth's climate system is unequivocally warming, and that it is extremely likely (at least 95% probability) that humans are causing most of it through activities that increase concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as deforestation and burning fossil fuels. In addition, it is likely that some potential further greenhouse gas warming has been offset by increased aerosols.National and international science academies and scientific societies have assessed current scientific opinion on global warming. These assessments are generally consistent with the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report summarized:Warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as evidenced by increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, the widespread melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea level.Most of the global warming since the mid-20th century is very likely due to human activities.Benefits and costs of climate change for [human] society will vary widely by location and scale. Some of the effects in temperate and polar regions will be positive and others elsewhere will be negative. Overall, net effects are more likely to be strongly negative with larger or more rapid warming.The range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time.The resilience of many ecosystems is likely to be exceeded this century by an unprecedented combination of climate change, associated disturbances (e.g. flooding, drought, wildfire, insects, ocean acidification) and other global change drivers (e.g. land-use change, pollution, fragmentation of natural systems, over-exploitation of resources).Some scientific bodies have recommended specific policies to governments and science can play a role in informing an effective response to climate change, however, policy decisions may require value judgements and so are not included in the scientific opinion.No scientific body of national or international standing maintains a formal opinion dissenting from any of these main points. The last national or international scientific body to drop dissent was the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, which in 2007 updated its statement to its current non-committal position. Some other organizations, primarily those focusing on geology, also hold non-committal positions.