Pacific Climate Change Finance Assessment Framework (PCCFAF)
... issue is addressed in policies and plans, how roles and responsibilities are allocated and how funds are sourced and tracked. A common understanding of climate change financing is that it refers to financial flows for ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ related activities. The definitions for climate chan ...
... issue is addressed in policies and plans, how roles and responsibilities are allocated and how funds are sourced and tracked. A common understanding of climate change financing is that it refers to financial flows for ‘mitigation’ and ‘adaptation’ related activities. The definitions for climate chan ...
i SMALL HOLDER FARMERS` PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE
... physical dimension. It is therefore assumed that, these communities have an inborn adaptive knowledge from which to draw and survive in high-stress ecological and socio-economic conditions. Thus, the human responses are critical to understand and estimate its effects on production and food supply fo ...
... physical dimension. It is therefore assumed that, these communities have an inborn adaptive knowledge from which to draw and survive in high-stress ecological and socio-economic conditions. Thus, the human responses are critical to understand and estimate its effects on production and food supply fo ...
Atlantic meridional heat transports computed from balancing Earth`s
... and Caron, 2001], the maximum net poleward transports of 5.7 ± 0.1 PW (2 sigma) occur between 35 and 40° latitude in both hemispheres, with by far the dominant contribution coming from the atmosphere. The ocean meridional heat transports are comparable in magnitude to those in the atmosphere in the ...
... and Caron, 2001], the maximum net poleward transports of 5.7 ± 0.1 PW (2 sigma) occur between 35 and 40° latitude in both hemispheres, with by far the dominant contribution coming from the atmosphere. The ocean meridional heat transports are comparable in magnitude to those in the atmosphere in the ...
Projected freshwater withdrawals in the United States under a
... despite an expected 51% increase in population. However, including the effects of future climate change substantially increases this projection. The climate-based increase in the projected water use is attributable mainly to increases in agricultural and landscape irrigation in response to rising po ...
... despite an expected 51% increase in population. However, including the effects of future climate change substantially increases this projection. The climate-based increase in the projected water use is attributable mainly to increases in agricultural and landscape irrigation in response to rising po ...
Latest version - Broads Authority
... in the scenarios, and computer modelling is gaining progressively quicker and better results. Once greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, they will remain there for periods of time. For example, CO2 is likely to remain for at least 30 years and perhaps for over a century. This means that, even with ...
... in the scenarios, and computer modelling is gaining progressively quicker and better results. Once greenhouse gases are in the atmosphere, they will remain there for periods of time. For example, CO2 is likely to remain for at least 30 years and perhaps for over a century. This means that, even with ...
Projected freshwater withdrawals in the United States under a changing climate
... despite an expected 51% increase in population. However, including the effects of future climate change substantially increases this projection. The climate-based increase in the projected water use is attributable mainly to increases in agricultural and landscape irrigation in response to rising po ...
... despite an expected 51% increase in population. However, including the effects of future climate change substantially increases this projection. The climate-based increase in the projected water use is attributable mainly to increases in agricultural and landscape irrigation in response to rising po ...
COP15 side event
... • Favour adaptation strategies which will yield benefits (for other, less uncertain, policy concerns) regardless of whether or not climate impacts will occur. ...
... • Favour adaptation strategies which will yield benefits (for other, less uncertain, policy concerns) regardless of whether or not climate impacts will occur. ...
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... linked to the observed environmental and ecological changes and transformations. The rate and the characteristics of the changes, however, vary according to the biophysical, geographical, social, cultural, and economic conditions and the intensity with which materials and energy are used and industr ...
... linked to the observed environmental and ecological changes and transformations. The rate and the characteristics of the changes, however, vary according to the biophysical, geographical, social, cultural, and economic conditions and the intensity with which materials and energy are used and industr ...
The Global Fossil Fuel Divestment and Clean Energy - Divest
... The Paris Agreement’s commitment to curbing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing climate-resilient development was a landmark moment for climate action, and has reinforced the divestment movement as essential to meeting international targets. Adopted at the 2015 Paris climate conference, signed by ...
... The Paris Agreement’s commitment to curbing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing climate-resilient development was a landmark moment for climate action, and has reinforced the divestment movement as essential to meeting international targets. Adopted at the 2015 Paris climate conference, signed by ...
Conference Proceeding
... leading to societal unrest. It is expected to remain a complex phenomenon impacting livelihoods and triggering the need for adaptation. Though there are issues pertaining to conducting local-level assessments and modelling the dynamic nature of climate change, livelihoods and adaptations; community ...
... leading to societal unrest. It is expected to remain a complex phenomenon impacting livelihoods and triggering the need for adaptation. Though there are issues pertaining to conducting local-level assessments and modelling the dynamic nature of climate change, livelihoods and adaptations; community ...
Adapting To Climate Change In Pacific Island Countries: The
... uncertain results” (Tutangata 1997: 5). However, uncertainty about results is unlikely to be reduced in the near future, and in any event absolute certainty is impossible. Nevertheless, for reasons of efficacy and resource availability, planning must begin now, but in so far as adaptation policy rem ...
... uncertain results” (Tutangata 1997: 5). However, uncertainty about results is unlikely to be reduced in the near future, and in any event absolute certainty is impossible. Nevertheless, for reasons of efficacy and resource availability, planning must begin now, but in so far as adaptation policy rem ...
Jul 16, 2016 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... guesses (assumptions) that form the basis of the fear of carbon dioxide caused global warming, now called climate change. We know that climate has been changing for hundreds of millions of years; the Greenhouse Effect takes place in the atmosphere; and CO2 is a greenhouse gas; but water vapor is the ...
... guesses (assumptions) that form the basis of the fear of carbon dioxide caused global warming, now called climate change. We know that climate has been changing for hundreds of millions of years; the Greenhouse Effect takes place in the atmosphere; and CO2 is a greenhouse gas; but water vapor is the ...
A NEPA Climate Paradox: Taking Greenhouse Gases into Account
... (what must be measured) and accountability (who must measure it). Also, data collection and analysis demand time and resources, burdens that may limit the government’s ability to comply and offset the benefits of additional information. ...
... (what must be measured) and accountability (who must measure it). Also, data collection and analysis demand time and resources, burdens that may limit the government’s ability to comply and offset the benefits of additional information. ...
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... conditions, as farmers have developed strategies for responding to the weather patterns that have historically prevailed in their region. However, the range of local weather conditions that has shaped the current structure of U.S. agricultural production is itself changing in response to shifts in c ...
... conditions, as farmers have developed strategies for responding to the weather patterns that have historically prevailed in their region. However, the range of local weather conditions that has shaped the current structure of U.S. agricultural production is itself changing in response to shifts in c ...
Canada`s Marine Coasts in a Changing Climate – Chapter 5
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
... The environment and socio-economic characteristics of the northern coast are unique. Inhabited primarily by Indigenous populations living in small remote communities, Canada’s northern coastline is vast, representing more than 70% of all Canadian coasts. The presence of sea ice is a defining feature ...
Climate change and challenges for conservation
... to temperature, rainfall or both is projected to vary geographically. Temperature changes are generally projected to be greatest in high latitude regions, such as the Arctic and Antarctic. At tropical latitudes, the absolute magnitude of warming may be less but rainfall is predicted to be the main a ...
... to temperature, rainfall or both is projected to vary geographically. Temperature changes are generally projected to be greatest in high latitude regions, such as the Arctic and Antarctic. At tropical latitudes, the absolute magnitude of warming may be less but rainfall is predicted to be the main a ...
Climate change and Health Across Africa: Issues
... range affecting rate of infections, especially vector‐borne diseases. The overall balance of effects from climate change on health globally is likely to be negative and it is predicted to be much greater in African populations than in European populations for example. Within Africa the type and ...
... range affecting rate of infections, especially vector‐borne diseases. The overall balance of effects from climate change on health globally is likely to be negative and it is predicted to be much greater in African populations than in European populations for example. Within Africa the type and ...
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... We show that long-run perceptions are significantly higher than short-run perceptions and identify climate change beliefs and experience with crop damages as critical factors in explaining this difference. From a policy prospective, our results suggest that an effective outreach service would benefi ...
... We show that long-run perceptions are significantly higher than short-run perceptions and identify climate change beliefs and experience with crop damages as critical factors in explaining this difference. From a policy prospective, our results suggest that an effective outreach service would benefi ...
Report
... These shifts have led to new land use patterns and increased combustion of fossil fuel for energy, which in turn have resulted in a significant increase in the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. The accumulation of these gases in the atmosphere has altered the Earth’s ...
... These shifts have led to new land use patterns and increased combustion of fossil fuel for energy, which in turn have resulted in a significant increase in the emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane. The accumulation of these gases in the atmosphere has altered the Earth’s ...
Michael E. Schlesinger, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
... Schlesinger directs the UIUC Climate Research Group (CRG) within the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He is an expert in the modeling, simulation and analysis of climate and climate change, with interests in simulating and understanding past, present and possible future climates, climate impacts ...
... Schlesinger directs the UIUC Climate Research Group (CRG) within the Department of Atmospheric Sciences. He is an expert in the modeling, simulation and analysis of climate and climate change, with interests in simulating and understanding past, present and possible future climates, climate impacts ...
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS FOR MACEDONIA
... The difference is probably related to the fact that IS92 emission scenarios, proposed by IPCC in 1995, were more optimistic that SRES scenarios proposed in 2001. This can be seen also in global temperature change projections based on IS92 emission scenarios w ...
... The difference is probably related to the fact that IS92 emission scenarios, proposed by IPCC in 1995, were more optimistic that SRES scenarios proposed in 2001. This can be seen also in global temperature change projections based on IS92 emission scenarios w ...
Climate of the Past
... from data records that reach beyond the information available from instrumental records (e.g. Jones et al., 2009). Such data – i.e. climate proxy records – are further needed for validation of climate models, to assure that the models are able to reproduce the observed climate change. Reconstruction ...
... from data records that reach beyond the information available from instrumental records (e.g. Jones et al., 2009). Such data – i.e. climate proxy records – are further needed for validation of climate models, to assure that the models are able to reproduce the observed climate change. Reconstruction ...
Risk, uncertainty and the institutional geographies of
... ambiguity, ignorance, surprise and indeterminacy, as a term for qualifying our knowledge about the world and its dynamics (Stirling, 2007; Wynne, 1992). Thus Knight (1921) classically distinguished risk, where the probability and impacts of an event occurring are known in advance so that expected ga ...
... ambiguity, ignorance, surprise and indeterminacy, as a term for qualifying our knowledge about the world and its dynamics (Stirling, 2007; Wynne, 1992). Thus Knight (1921) classically distinguished risk, where the probability and impacts of an event occurring are known in advance so that expected ga ...
Semiarid watershed response in central New Mexico and its
... Kim, 2005; Seager et al., 2007; Diffenbaugh et al., 2005, 2008). Using results from 15 global climate change simulations, Wang (2005) showed that the Southwest US will experience lower regional precipitation and soil moisture during winter and summer. Similarly, Seager et al. (2007) noted the projec ...
... Kim, 2005; Seager et al., 2007; Diffenbaugh et al., 2005, 2008). Using results from 15 global climate change simulations, Wang (2005) showed that the Southwest US will experience lower regional precipitation and soil moisture during winter and summer. Similarly, Seager et al. (2007) noted the projec ...
Climate change feedback
Climate change feedback is important in the understanding of global warming because feedback processes may amplify or diminish the effect of each climate forcing, and so play an important part in determining the climate sensitivity and future climate state. Feedback in general is the process in which changing one quantity changes a second quantity, and the change in the second quantity in turn changes the first. Positive feedback amplifies the change in the first quantity while negative feedback reduces it.The term ""forcing"" means a change which may ""push"" the climate system in the direction of warming or cooling. An example of a climate forcing is increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. By definition, forcings are external to the climate system while feedbacks are internal; in essence, feedbacks represent the internal processes of the system. Some feedbacks may act in relative isolation to the rest of the climate system; others may be tightly coupled; hence it may be difficult to tell just how much a particular process contributes. Forcings, feedbacks and the dynamics of the climate system determine how much and how fast the climate changes. The main positive feedback in global warming is the tendency of warming to increase the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere, which in turn leads to further warming. The main negative feedback comes from the Stefan–Boltzmann law, the amount of heat radiated from the Earth into space changes with the fourth power of the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere.Some observed and potential effects of global warming are positive feedbacks, which contribute directly to further global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report states that ""Anthropogenic warming could lead to some effects that are abrupt or irreversible, depending upon the rate and magnitude of the climate change.""