No REDD! A Reader
... Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism.1 It is not a comprehensive overview on REDD nor does it pretend to be. It aims to highlight critical perspectives that are frequently drowned out by large NGOs, corporative lobbies, governments, carbon traders, international financial institutions and the United ...
... Forest Degradation (REDD) mechanism.1 It is not a comprehensive overview on REDD nor does it pretend to be. It aims to highlight critical perspectives that are frequently drowned out by large NGOs, corporative lobbies, governments, carbon traders, international financial institutions and the United ...
climate change, migration and human security in southeast asia
... security claims. While slow-induced migration is the more likely outcome in the context of climate change,13 the language—the speech acts of security—in the climate security and climate migration literature conjures up the image of processes that are likely to be out of control and therefore highly ...
... security claims. While slow-induced migration is the more likely outcome in the context of climate change,13 the language—the speech acts of security—in the climate security and climate migration literature conjures up the image of processes that are likely to be out of control and therefore highly ...
Central Asia - International Institute for Sustainable Development
... relevant documentation was undertaken. The content of these sources was assessed in relation to a set of parameters established to focus the review’s scope and ensure consistency across regions. Notably, it examines discrete adaptation action, or policies, programs and projects designed and implemen ...
... relevant documentation was undertaken. The content of these sources was assessed in relation to a set of parameters established to focus the review’s scope and ensure consistency across regions. Notably, it examines discrete adaptation action, or policies, programs and projects designed and implemen ...
AMIDST FRAGMENTATION AND COHERENCE: A
... However, natural and cultural characteristics of sites of outstanding universal value are quite often closely related, and climate change implications are similar in each category.10 This correlation may be acknowledged explicitly, as in the case of the Mount Emei Scenic Area in China and the Tongar ...
... However, natural and cultural characteristics of sites of outstanding universal value are quite often closely related, and climate change implications are similar in each category.10 This correlation may be acknowledged explicitly, as in the case of the Mount Emei Scenic Area in China and the Tongar ...
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 ...
Contributions received (68)
... socioeconomic institutions. Except the point of wild harvested food, the report has given little attention on the problem of indigenous people. The vulnerability of the group has been increased many times higher by the policies and practices introduced for climate change mitigation than the climate ...
... socioeconomic institutions. Except the point of wild harvested food, the report has given little attention on the problem of indigenous people. The vulnerability of the group has been increased many times higher by the policies and practices introduced for climate change mitigation than the climate ...
Climate Scientists` Perceptions of Climate
... sample of German scientists was drawn from the mailing list of the Deutsche Meteorlogische Gesellschaft by its administration, resulting in the distribution of 450 survey questionnaires. A further 50 questionnaires were distributed to members of the Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, an ...
... sample of German scientists was drawn from the mailing list of the Deutsche Meteorlogische Gesellschaft by its administration, resulting in the distribution of 450 survey questionnaires. A further 50 questionnaires were distributed to members of the Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, an ...
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... Increasingly there appears to be recognition of the need to simultaneously implement adaptation and mitigation. However, this presents significant policy challenges. Firstly, both the policy and research communities traditionally have treated such two responses independently. Secondly, they are, sub ...
... Increasingly there appears to be recognition of the need to simultaneously implement adaptation and mitigation. However, this presents significant policy challenges. Firstly, both the policy and research communities traditionally have treated such two responses independently. Secondly, they are, sub ...
Livestock Grazing Causes A Broad Array of Harmful
... Many waters in the interior West, Great Basin, interior Columbia Basin, and Columbia Basin already do not support, or are on the verge of not supporting salmonids, other cold-water biota, or even warm water biota during the summer. Streams are becoming increasingly intermittent due to chronic livest ...
... Many waters in the interior West, Great Basin, interior Columbia Basin, and Columbia Basin already do not support, or are on the verge of not supporting salmonids, other cold-water biota, or even warm water biota during the summer. Streams are becoming increasingly intermittent due to chronic livest ...
Atmospheric Ice Nucleation by Glassy Organic Compounds: A Review
... nowadays is outweighing the naturally produced sulphate aerosols. The sulphate aerosols absorb sunlight and reflect it, thereby cutting the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface they also enter clouds causing the number of cloud droplets to increase while making the droplet sizes smaller. ...
... nowadays is outweighing the naturally produced sulphate aerosols. The sulphate aerosols absorb sunlight and reflect it, thereby cutting the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface they also enter clouds causing the number of cloud droplets to increase while making the droplet sizes smaller. ...
Colorado Climate Preparedness Project Final Report
... • The outdoor recreation sector includes a diverse set of government agencies and private actors, although no state agency has overarching regulatory authority over the sector. State Parks manages state-owned recreational resources and has taken the lead on statewide comprehensive outdoor recreatio ...
... • The outdoor recreation sector includes a diverse set of government agencies and private actors, although no state agency has overarching regulatory authority over the sector. State Parks manages state-owned recreational resources and has taken the lead on statewide comprehensive outdoor recreatio ...
Projected expansion of the subtropical biome and contraction of the
... Material and methods The model The NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) prototype Earth System Model (ESM2.1) is based on the successful CM2.1 coupled climate model used in the IPCC 4th Assessment and is composed of separate atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land models that interact thro ...
... Material and methods The model The NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) prototype Earth System Model (ESM2.1) is based on the successful CM2.1 coupled climate model used in the IPCC 4th Assessment and is composed of separate atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, and land models that interact thro ...
Risks from Climate Change to Indigenous Communities in
... opportunities. Key findings from this analysis include: Climate projections for the region indicate a range of biophysical impacts with various levels of certainty. Uncertainty in climate projections will be an ever present constraint, however this concern cannot be allowed to delay action. There is ...
... opportunities. Key findings from this analysis include: Climate projections for the region indicate a range of biophysical impacts with various levels of certainty. Uncertainty in climate projections will be an ever present constraint, however this concern cannot be allowed to delay action. There is ...
NRDC: In Hot Water: Water Management Strategies to Weather the
... he world’s climate is warming—by an average of 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit in the past century. Unless current trends are reversed, global warming pollution is projected to keep increasing rapidly, raising temperatures by as much as 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century and compromising our ...
... he world’s climate is warming—by an average of 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit in the past century. Unless current trends are reversed, global warming pollution is projected to keep increasing rapidly, raising temperatures by as much as 11.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century and compromising our ...
The Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change using CO2 Capture
... We cannot only continue to pile up CO2 just because it takes a lot of money to reduce CO2 as it will not be efficient as time passes. In order to save a storage space, liquefaction is one the solution. However, as it takes a lot of money and energy to liquefy CO2, it is not economically wise as well ...
... We cannot only continue to pile up CO2 just because it takes a lot of money to reduce CO2 as it will not be efficient as time passes. In order to save a storage space, liquefaction is one the solution. However, as it takes a lot of money and energy to liquefy CO2, it is not economically wise as well ...
colorado climate plan
... ❖ The CEO, in conjunction with the Public Utilities Commission, will continue to serve as subject matter experts concerning energy efficiency technologies, markets, and practices involving electric utility end-users. In this role, Colorado Energy Office will convene one or more forums over the next yea ...
... ❖ The CEO, in conjunction with the Public Utilities Commission, will continue to serve as subject matter experts concerning energy efficiency technologies, markets, and practices involving electric utility end-users. In this role, Colorado Energy Office will convene one or more forums over the next yea ...
Holistic management
... up by scientific evidence.The aim of this study is to review some of the scientific support for the claimed effects of holistic grazing and management. There are relatively few (11) peer-reviewed studies on the effects of holistic grazing that are ‘approved’ by the Savory Institute, i.e., included i ...
... up by scientific evidence.The aim of this study is to review some of the scientific support for the claimed effects of holistic grazing and management. There are relatively few (11) peer-reviewed studies on the effects of holistic grazing that are ‘approved’ by the Savory Institute, i.e., included i ...
Learning tool on Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in agriculture, forestry and other land use sector
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines, in which agriculture as well as land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) are grouped into one sector - Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). In the LULUCF sector, the focus is on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and remova ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines, in which agriculture as well as land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) are grouped into one sector - Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). In the LULUCF sector, the focus is on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and remova ...
Weeds and Climate Change
... that is likely to be broadly applicable across much of Australia to assist all NRM Groups. Some issues are likely to affect most if not all regions and those are the ones this Guide focuses on. Further, developing strategy and management approaches that flow from an understanding of national and sta ...
... that is likely to be broadly applicable across much of Australia to assist all NRM Groups. Some issues are likely to affect most if not all regions and those are the ones this Guide focuses on. Further, developing strategy and management approaches that flow from an understanding of national and sta ...
Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change
... (EACC) study has been a large, multiyear undertaking managed by a core team of the World Bank’s Environment Department led by Sergio Margulis (Task Team Leader) and comprising Urvashi Narain, Kiran Pandey, Laurent Cretegny, Ana Bucher, Robert Schneider, Gordon Hughes, and Timothy Essam. Robin Mearns ...
... (EACC) study has been a large, multiyear undertaking managed by a core team of the World Bank’s Environment Department led by Sergio Margulis (Task Team Leader) and comprising Urvashi Narain, Kiran Pandey, Laurent Cretegny, Ana Bucher, Robert Schneider, Gordon Hughes, and Timothy Essam. Robin Mearns ...
PERCEPTIONS OF MAPLE PRODUCERS TOWARDS CLIMATE CHANGE
... shortened by about 10% in the past 40 years. Changes in precipitation and temperature are forecasted to create shifts in forest type from sugar maple to oak-hickory-pine in the next 50 to 100 years (Perkins, 2007). Maples stressed by climate change may be more likely to be harmed by invasive pests, ...
... shortened by about 10% in the past 40 years. Changes in precipitation and temperature are forecasted to create shifts in forest type from sugar maple to oak-hickory-pine in the next 50 to 100 years (Perkins, 2007). Maples stressed by climate change may be more likely to be harmed by invasive pests, ...
- Lancaster EPrints
... et al., 2011). Globally, halogen loading peaked around 1998 (although this depends on ...
... et al., 2011). Globally, halogen loading peaked around 1998 (although this depends on ...
Assessing the Determinants Facilitating Local Vulnerabilities and
... There are numerous people I wish to thank for helping steer this dissertation from initial inception through to fruition. I am deeply appreciative of the University of Montana and the College of Forestry and Conservation for providing me with the resources, funding and support throughout the lifespa ...
... There are numerous people I wish to thank for helping steer this dissertation from initial inception through to fruition. I am deeply appreciative of the University of Montana and the College of Forestry and Conservation for providing me with the resources, funding and support throughout the lifespa ...
Preparing for an Uncertain Climate—Vol. I
... important, but most analyses conclude that despite international efforts, the Earth is likely to warm several degrees over the next century. Climate change poses many potential problems for human and natural systems, and the long-term effects of climate change on these systems are becoming increasin ...
... important, but most analyses conclude that despite international efforts, the Earth is likely to warm several degrees over the next century. Climate change poses many potential problems for human and natural systems, and the long-term effects of climate change on these systems are becoming increasin ...
PDF - IPCC Working Group II
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
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.""