Icelandic Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2009
... Ministers’ globalisation process. Multi-sectoral co-operation will be set up with the aim of boosting creativity, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial culture on all levels of the education system. The Nordic Masters initiative will be continued, and the Nordic Region will be profiled as a single ...
... Ministers’ globalisation process. Multi-sectoral co-operation will be set up with the aim of boosting creativity, innovative thinking and entrepreneurial culture on all levels of the education system. The Nordic Masters initiative will be continued, and the Nordic Region will be profiled as a single ...
Selling Sustainability
... Celsius. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is “very likely” that these temperature changes are caused primarily by rising levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere (the concentration of CO2 has risen by more than 30 per cent since 1 ...
... Celsius. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is “very likely” that these temperature changes are caused primarily by rising levels of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere (the concentration of CO2 has risen by more than 30 per cent since 1 ...
An investigation of the pattern scaling technique for describing future
... It is now generally recognised that climate change is real, and that humans are at least partly responsible. In 1996 a scientific consensus was reached that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate” (IPCC, 1996a, p5). In 2001 this scientific consensus was upd ...
... It is now generally recognised that climate change is real, and that humans are at least partly responsible. In 1996 a scientific consensus was reached that “the balance of evidence suggests a discernible human influence on global climate” (IPCC, 1996a, p5). In 2001 this scientific consensus was upd ...
lakshadweep action plan on climate change
... Table 1.2.1 Details of the Island Clusters in Lakshadweep ........................................................................ 6 Table 1.2.2 Area and Location of Reefs ..................................................................................................... 6 Table 1.2.3 Area and Loc ...
... Table 1.2.1 Details of the Island Clusters in Lakshadweep ........................................................................ 6 Table 1.2.2 Area and Location of Reefs ..................................................................................................... 6 Table 1.2.3 Area and Loc ...
Impacts of Climate Change and Variability on Transportation
... Section 515 and Department guidelines as the basis for determining that this product conforms with Section 515. For purposes of compliance with Section 515, this CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product is an “interpreted product” as that term is used in Department of Transportation guidelines and is c ...
... Section 515 and Department guidelines as the basis for determining that this product conforms with Section 515. For purposes of compliance with Section 515, this CCSP Synthesis and Assessment Product is an “interpreted product” as that term is used in Department of Transportation guidelines and is c ...
Stern Review: The Economics of Climate Change
... and services. These markets could grow to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and employment in these sectors will expand accordingly. The world does not need to choose between averting climate change and promoting growth and development. Changes in energy technologies and in the str ...
... and services. These markets could grow to be worth hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and employment in these sectors will expand accordingly. The world does not need to choose between averting climate change and promoting growth and development. Changes in energy technologies and in the str ...
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... all of FSM as well as individual action plans for each of the four states. The NISSAP prioritises actions for invasive species management to ensure available resources are used effectively and are targeted toward national and state priorities. The NISSAP was developed with stakeholders during worksh ...
... all of FSM as well as individual action plans for each of the four states. The NISSAP prioritises actions for invasive species management to ensure available resources are used effectively and are targeted toward national and state priorities. The NISSAP was developed with stakeholders during worksh ...
thailand - Technology Needs Assessment
... Thailand today faces a number of challenges affected by climate change. These include everincreasing natural and human-made disaster – such as, extreme weather events, land-slide, flood, draught, rising sea level, biodiversity loss, and health damage – ,which if not addressed may lead to catastrophi ...
... Thailand today faces a number of challenges affected by climate change. These include everincreasing natural and human-made disaster – such as, extreme weather events, land-slide, flood, draught, rising sea level, biodiversity loss, and health damage – ,which if not addressed may lead to catastrophi ...
Simulating northern peatland-atmosphere carbon
... supervisor, Prof. Nigel T. Roulet for his continuous encouragement, support, and guidance throughout my PhD studies at McGill University. I would also like to thank him for providing me with excellent financial support. I attribute all of my academic achievements, if any, to him. His academic insigh ...
... supervisor, Prof. Nigel T. Roulet for his continuous encouragement, support, and guidance throughout my PhD studies at McGill University. I would also like to thank him for providing me with excellent financial support. I attribute all of my academic achievements, if any, to him. His academic insigh ...
Climatic and Habitat Drivers of American Pika
... response to climate change, generally due to an upslope shift in their lower elevational limits. However, few studies have demonstrated local extinctions at lower elevations, and fewer still have investigated specific climatic drivers that may lead to local extinction. One species for which populat ...
... response to climate change, generally due to an upslope shift in their lower elevational limits. However, few studies have demonstrated local extinctions at lower elevations, and fewer still have investigated specific climatic drivers that may lead to local extinction. One species for which populat ...
The impact of polar stratospheric ozone loss on Southern
... pre-ozone hole period. Statistically significant high-latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) ozone loss begins in August and peaks in October–November, with > 75 % of ozone destroyed at 50 hPa. Associated with this ozone destruction is a > 12 K decrease of the lower polar stratospheric temperatures and a ...
... pre-ozone hole period. Statistically significant high-latitude Southern Hemisphere (SH) ozone loss begins in August and peaks in October–November, with > 75 % of ozone destroyed at 50 hPa. Associated with this ozone destruction is a > 12 K decrease of the lower polar stratospheric temperatures and a ...
Nuestro Mundo A Martiano Exploration of the
... This work is an account of meaning and value in the time of climate change. I use the findings and predictions of scientists to develop a philosophy of living that fits today’s concerns. In essence the ideas put forward come from a single question: If humans can change the planet in such a way that ...
... This work is an account of meaning and value in the time of climate change. I use the findings and predictions of scientists to develop a philosophy of living that fits today’s concerns. In essence the ideas put forward come from a single question: If humans can change the planet in such a way that ...
Climate System Response to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and
... shown to occur in October in the lower stratosphere between roughly 60 and 100 hPa, and Figure 2 demonstrates the pronounced vertical structure and seasonality of the observed ozone losses. The losses are confined almost exclusively to the stratosphere (i.e. above ∼300 hPa), and to the austral sprin ...
... shown to occur in October in the lower stratosphere between roughly 60 and 100 hPa, and Figure 2 demonstrates the pronounced vertical structure and seasonality of the observed ozone losses. The losses are confined almost exclusively to the stratosphere (i.e. above ∼300 hPa), and to the austral sprin ...
Battling Promethean dreams and Trojan horses: Revealing the critical discourses of geoengineering
... slippery slope argument. The core of the argument is that even a few small initial research steps will incrementally lead to grand-scale implementation. This discussion is expanded on in the section “The geoclique and the Trojan horse”. 4 Results: The discourse critical of geoengineering In 2009, a ...
... slippery slope argument. The core of the argument is that even a few small initial research steps will incrementally lead to grand-scale implementation. This discussion is expanded on in the section “The geoclique and the Trojan horse”. 4 Results: The discourse critical of geoengineering In 2009, a ...
Bramble Cay melomys is likely the first mammal claimed
... Bramble Cay suffered at least one (Spring 2014) or more (or a series of) weather events that inundated the island (maybe repeatedly), that possibly would have reduced the melomys population below a sustainable level, both directly and through destruction of vegetation, their primary food source, how ...
... Bramble Cay suffered at least one (Spring 2014) or more (or a series of) weather events that inundated the island (maybe repeatedly), that possibly would have reduced the melomys population below a sustainable level, both directly and through destruction of vegetation, their primary food source, how ...
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... selected CO2 storage sites annual leakage rates are very likely to remain below 0.1%/yr. It could prove difficult, however, to select CO2 storage sites guaranteed characterised by such low leakage rates, let alone by 100% storage efficiency. Even while the geosciences leave most of the large physica ...
... selected CO2 storage sites annual leakage rates are very likely to remain below 0.1%/yr. It could prove difficult, however, to select CO2 storage sites guaranteed characterised by such low leakage rates, let alone by 100% storage efficiency. Even while the geosciences leave most of the large physica ...
Ecuador`s Banana Sector under Climate Change
... companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do no ...
... companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do no ...
CSIRO_PHILCCAP_Report_FNL
... or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all liability to any ...
... or unable to be used in any specific situation. No reliance or actions must therefore be made on that information without seeking prior expert professional, scientific and technical advice. To the extent permitted by law, CSIRO (including its employees and consultants) excludes all liability to any ...
Long-run relative importance of temperature as the main driver to
... the information provided by the lagged values of x. If not, then one concludes that “y does not Granger-cause x”.” To determine whether causality runs in the opposite direction, from x to y, one basically repeats the experiment, but with the variables interchanged. The null hypothesis that y does no ...
... the information provided by the lagged values of x. If not, then one concludes that “y does not Granger-cause x”.” To determine whether causality runs in the opposite direction, from x to y, one basically repeats the experiment, but with the variables interchanged. The null hypothesis that y does no ...
Tracking phenological shifts and evolutionary impacts related to
... I extend a very special recognition and thank you to the late David Symon, Senior Botanist and Curator at the Waite Arboretum, who was personally responsible for the establishment of the pear plantation and the phenological recordings on which a large portion of my research was based. Also to the pr ...
... I extend a very special recognition and thank you to the late David Symon, Senior Botanist and Curator at the Waite Arboretum, who was personally responsible for the establishment of the pear plantation and the phenological recordings on which a large portion of my research was based. Also to the pr ...
Investigating the response of subtropical forests to environmental
... Jump for giving me the opportunity to do this research and for his continued support, advice and belief in my work. My PhD was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and I would like to thank them for their financial support for both the project itself and for a Statistics course at Glas ...
... Jump for giving me the opportunity to do this research and for his continued support, advice and belief in my work. My PhD was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council and I would like to thank them for their financial support for both the project itself and for a Statistics course at Glas ...
A new approach to mapping permafrost and change incorporating
... Since permafrost cannot presently be directly imaged by optical satellite-based sensors, permafrost condition must be indirectly derived from permafrost-related and remote-sensing detectable geophysical or surface features. However, the relation between these features and permafrost conditions are c ...
... Since permafrost cannot presently be directly imaged by optical satellite-based sensors, permafrost condition must be indirectly derived from permafrost-related and remote-sensing detectable geophysical or surface features. However, the relation between these features and permafrost conditions are c ...
Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their
... The relationship between vegetation and rainfall in semiarid environments has received a great deal of interest, notably in the African Sahel. Most previous regional-scale studies were based on time series of remotely sensed indicators of vegetation greenness, mainly the Normalized Difference Vegeta ...
... The relationship between vegetation and rainfall in semiarid environments has received a great deal of interest, notably in the African Sahel. Most previous regional-scale studies were based on time series of remotely sensed indicators of vegetation greenness, mainly the Normalized Difference Vegeta ...
Puerto Rico`s State of the Climate
... (2) Ecology and Biodiversity; (3) Economy and Society; and (4) Communicating Climate Change and Coastal Hazards. The Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program coordinates and serves as Executive Secretariat of the Puerto Rico Climate Change Council. At the time of publishing this report the Counci ...
... (2) Ecology and Biodiversity; (3) Economy and Society; and (4) Communicating Climate Change and Coastal Hazards. The Puerto Rico Coastal Zone Management Program coordinates and serves as Executive Secretariat of the Puerto Rico Climate Change Council. At the time of publishing this report the Counci ...
Samantha Herzog 3/3/2016 Farmers and Climate Changes bringing
... change does happen naturally, but in recent years, the human race has played much too big of a role in the climate changing. The world is filling up with more people, cars/transportation, businesses, schools, and power plants. All of these things play a huge role in climate change. As stated in an a ...
... change does happen naturally, but in recent years, the human race has played much too big of a role in the climate changing. The world is filling up with more people, cars/transportation, businesses, schools, and power plants. All of these things play a huge role in climate change. As stated in an 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.