Assessment of Climate Change Impacts in Greece: A General
... flow and summer flow will amplify, while in the continental and upland areas where much of precipitation is in form of snow, the increased temperature will diminish snow accumulation resulting in higher winter runoff values and spring snowmelt decreases. In more continental and upland areas, where s ...
... flow and summer flow will amplify, while in the continental and upland areas where much of precipitation is in form of snow, the increased temperature will diminish snow accumulation resulting in higher winter runoff values and spring snowmelt decreases. In more continental and upland areas, where s ...
The Climate Beta
... but how does it affect the aggregate risk borne by future generations? This raises the question of the ‘climate beta’, i.e., the elasticity of climate damages with respect to a change in aggregate consumption. In this paper we show that the climate beta is positive if the main source of uncertainty ...
... but how does it affect the aggregate risk borne by future generations? This raises the question of the ‘climate beta’, i.e., the elasticity of climate damages with respect to a change in aggregate consumption. In this paper we show that the climate beta is positive if the main source of uncertainty ...
The American Environmental Values Survey: American Views on the
... energy behaviour: What are the policy instruments for change? Energy Policy, 34, 1918-1927. Lindenberg, S. & Steg, L. (2007). Normative, gain, and hedonic goal frames guiding environmental behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 63(1), 117-137. Macy, R. & Doherty, T. (2010). An annotated guide to gradua ...
... energy behaviour: What are the policy instruments for change? Energy Policy, 34, 1918-1927. Lindenberg, S. & Steg, L. (2007). Normative, gain, and hedonic goal frames guiding environmental behavior. Journal of Social Issues, 63(1), 117-137. Macy, R. & Doherty, T. (2010). An annotated guide to gradua ...
A Strategy Towards Climate Change
... of the four local authority areas. These action plans will aim to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the DLAs by 2030 and adapt to the effects of climate change that cannot be avoided. We will make use of best international practice to make sure we are successful. We will initiate and carry ou ...
... of the four local authority areas. These action plans will aim to significantly reduce carbon emissions in the DLAs by 2030 and adapt to the effects of climate change that cannot be avoided. We will make use of best international practice to make sure we are successful. We will initiate and carry ou ...
Fall 2012
... During his tenure, he served 16 years as Director of the AOS Program. His research includes studies of the oceanic circulation, interactions between the ocean and atmosphere that result in phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña, paleoclimates (including the recurrent Ice Ages of the past three milli ...
... During his tenure, he served 16 years as Director of the AOS Program. His research includes studies of the oceanic circulation, interactions between the ocean and atmosphere that result in phenomena such as El Niño and La Niña, paleoclimates (including the recurrent Ice Ages of the past three milli ...
Executive Report
... This Executive Report, aimed at a non-specialist audience, presents the main findings and actionable insight that RSSB, working with a consortium led by Arup and with Network Rail, has derived from its research on Tomorrow’s Railway and Climate Change Adaptation. The overall objectives of the resear ...
... This Executive Report, aimed at a non-specialist audience, presents the main findings and actionable insight that RSSB, working with a consortium led by Arup and with Network Rail, has derived from its research on Tomorrow’s Railway and Climate Change Adaptation. The overall objectives of the resear ...
Climate change: The investment perspective
... Climate change scenarios are used by public and private sector bodies as a basis for policy decisions and economic planning. Financial institutions can develop their own scenarios, but many will find it easier to adapt those used by expert bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang ...
... Climate change scenarios are used by public and private sector bodies as a basis for policy decisions and economic planning. Financial institutions can develop their own scenarios, but many will find it easier to adapt those used by expert bodies, such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang ...
Towards a unifying narrative for climate change
... At the beginning of the new millennium, the word ‘Anthropocene’ was first used to describe the geological age in which we are now living, in recognition of the distinct and well-established changes to the Earth that humanity has caused since the industrial revolution1,2. Thirteen years later, the In ...
... At the beginning of the new millennium, the word ‘Anthropocene’ was first used to describe the geological age in which we are now living, in recognition of the distinct and well-established changes to the Earth that humanity has caused since the industrial revolution1,2. Thirteen years later, the In ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... For years, the writing has been on the wall about the impact of climate change on the people, plants, animals, and habitats of Latin America and the Caribbean. Now, day-to-day experiences and eye-witness accounts from leading environmental and development groups are proving predictions to be correct ...
... For years, the writing has been on the wall about the impact of climate change on the people, plants, animals, and habitats of Latin America and the Caribbean. Now, day-to-day experiences and eye-witness accounts from leading environmental and development groups are proving predictions to be correct ...
Guadalajara ICT declaration for transformative low
... To date the principal focus of the global climate change negotiations has been on the initial CO2 emission reduction targets as agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, about 5% reductions. Recent evidence shows it is now time to shift focus on piecemeal carbon emission problems to focus on solutions that c ...
... To date the principal focus of the global climate change negotiations has been on the initial CO2 emission reduction targets as agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, about 5% reductions. Recent evidence shows it is now time to shift focus on piecemeal carbon emission problems to focus on solutions that c ...
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... Emissions projections, absent significant policy show continued rapid increases in global concentrations of GHGs. The EMF-22 scenarios discusses above result in CO2-equivalent concentrations of 800-1500 ppm by 2100 counting concentrations of the gases identified for control in the Kyoto protocol, up ...
... Emissions projections, absent significant policy show continued rapid increases in global concentrations of GHGs. The EMF-22 scenarios discusses above result in CO2-equivalent concentrations of 800-1500 ppm by 2100 counting concentrations of the gases identified for control in the Kyoto protocol, up ...
Up in smoke? Latin America and the Caribbean
... For years, the writing has been on the wall about the impact of climate change on the people, plants, animals, and habitats of Latin America and the Caribbean. Now, day-to-day experiences and eye-witness accounts from leading environmental and development groups are proving predictions to be correct ...
... For years, the writing has been on the wall about the impact of climate change on the people, plants, animals, and habitats of Latin America and the Caribbean. Now, day-to-day experiences and eye-witness accounts from leading environmental and development groups are proving predictions to be correct ...
Climate impacts on the health of remote northern Australian
... employment advantages created by new national and international climate change policies. The West Arnhem land fire abatement project is one such example, that has taken a highly inclusive approach to working on country with the Traditional Owners. A comprehensive assessment of the key health vulnera ...
... employment advantages created by new national and international climate change policies. The West Arnhem land fire abatement project is one such example, that has taken a highly inclusive approach to working on country with the Traditional Owners. A comprehensive assessment of the key health vulnera ...
Pinus halepensis Plasticity in Dendroclimatic Response across the )
... generally higher and precipitation lower than the regional average, reduced growth was also associated with warm and dry conditions. In the northern part, where the average temperature was lower and the precipitation more abundant than the regional average, reduced growth was associated with cool co ...
... generally higher and precipitation lower than the regional average, reduced growth was also associated with warm and dry conditions. In the northern part, where the average temperature was lower and the precipitation more abundant than the regional average, reduced growth was associated with cool co ...
Overlooked Science Issues in Climate Change
... ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative ...
... ranges in 2005 for anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and other important agents and mechanisms, together with the typical geographical extent (spatial scale) of the forcing and the assessed level of scientific understanding (LOSU). The net anthropogenic radiative ...
Interacting Regional-Scale Regime Shifts for Biodiversity and
... large areas being affected; (2) synergy, in which the processes underlying regime shifts can be synergistic, which can lead to greater degrees of degradation than would occur from a single process; and (3) spreading, in which atmospheric transport, movements of organisms, or human migrations can in ...
... large areas being affected; (2) synergy, in which the processes underlying regime shifts can be synergistic, which can lead to greater degrees of degradation than would occur from a single process; and (3) spreading, in which atmospheric transport, movements of organisms, or human migrations can in ...
Effective media reporting of sea level rise projections: 1989–2009
... data. In addition, any numbers reported for only one part of the world oceans (e.g. Chesapeake Bay) were not included. We acknowledge that this search methodology would exclude media reports that, for example, use the term ‘ocean levels’ or some other phrase for sea level rise, but in piloting the s ...
... data. In addition, any numbers reported for only one part of the world oceans (e.g. Chesapeake Bay) were not included. We acknowledge that this search methodology would exclude media reports that, for example, use the term ‘ocean levels’ or some other phrase for sea level rise, but in piloting the s ...
Tsetse, trypanosomiasis and climate change
... population dynamics of the genus are more strongly affected by temperature than by other meteorological variables. Mean temperatures are important since they affect the general metabolic rate and thus influence such factors as the rate at which tsetse need to feed, the frequency with which they depo ...
... population dynamics of the genus are more strongly affected by temperature than by other meteorological variables. Mean temperatures are important since they affect the general metabolic rate and thus influence such factors as the rate at which tsetse need to feed, the frequency with which they depo ...
Assessing the adequacy of current fisheries
... during the 1980s/1990s. The EOCH area coincides with what was once the heart of the commercial abalone fishery. The shift in West Coast rock lobster happened during a period of intense illegal fishing of abalone from the mid-1990s on (Hauck and Sweijd, 1999; Plagányi et al., 2011) and a lobster-ind ...
... during the 1980s/1990s. The EOCH area coincides with what was once the heart of the commercial abalone fishery. The shift in West Coast rock lobster happened during a period of intense illegal fishing of abalone from the mid-1990s on (Hauck and Sweijd, 1999; Plagányi et al., 2011) and a lobster-ind ...
Climate Change: The Sun`s Role
... small changes in solar irradiance or insolation. Changes in the latter, due to small quasi-periodic variations in the earth’s orbital parameters—the Milankovitch theory, are thought to be responsible for past glaciations. The difficulty some have expressed about this theory is that the climate swing ...
... small changes in solar irradiance or insolation. Changes in the latter, due to small quasi-periodic variations in the earth’s orbital parameters—the Milankovitch theory, are thought to be responsible for past glaciations. The difficulty some have expressed about this theory is that the climate swing ...
A Framework for the Development of New Socio
... questions. They have been developed by four IAMs and as such imply consistent socioeconomic and mitigation assumptions for each of the four RCPs, but these were not reported and will be replaced by new driving forces specified by SSP and shared policy assumptions (SPAs) through the mentioned paralle ...
... questions. They have been developed by four IAMs and as such imply consistent socioeconomic and mitigation assumptions for each of the four RCPs, but these were not reported and will be replaced by new driving forces specified by SSP and shared policy assumptions (SPAs) through the mentioned paralle ...
Comments on EPA/NHTSA proposed rule on tailpipe standards [get
... US and global climate damages?”, Energy Policy (2009), 37:2717-2721. ...
... US and global climate damages?”, Energy Policy (2009), 37:2717-2721. ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: The World After 2012
... and rainfall. The findings contained in the latest IPCC 5 report on the impacts of climate change demonstrate quite clearly that poorer and marginalised communities in drought prone areas, those experiencing water scarcity or those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture will be the worst affected a ...
... and rainfall. The findings contained in the latest IPCC 5 report on the impacts of climate change demonstrate quite clearly that poorer and marginalised communities in drought prone areas, those experiencing water scarcity or those whose livelihoods depend on agriculture will be the worst affected a ...
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.