Key steps in adaptation assessment for LULUCF sector
... 1. Establish key parameters of assessment ...
... 1. Establish key parameters of assessment ...
Climate Change in Prince George - Canadian Institute of Planners
... 1.5°C. Seasonal trends of minimum temperature increases of as much as 3.5°C were detected in the winter and spring in Northern BC (Rodenhuis et al., 2007). These changes are greater than the average global temperature increase, which was approximately 0.6°C over the past hundred years (Solomon et al ...
... 1.5°C. Seasonal trends of minimum temperature increases of as much as 3.5°C were detected in the winter and spring in Northern BC (Rodenhuis et al., 2007). These changes are greater than the average global temperature increase, which was approximately 0.6°C over the past hundred years (Solomon et al ...
Socio-structural and psychological foundations of climate change
... our planet and its inhabitants (Swim et al., 2009). Such worrying views about climate change are not limited to political figures or scientists. In the early 90s representative samples from six nations have rated “global warming or the greenhouse effect” as a very serious problem (Dunlap, 1998). Mor ...
... our planet and its inhabitants (Swim et al., 2009). Such worrying views about climate change are not limited to political figures or scientists. In the early 90s representative samples from six nations have rated “global warming or the greenhouse effect” as a very serious problem (Dunlap, 1998). Mor ...
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... public policy when scientific evidence began to suggest that some climate change was unavoidable (Rayner and Jordan, 2010) and it was progressively widely accepted that even if emissions of greenhouse gases were stabilized today, human-induced changes in climate will continue for many centuries. The ...
... public policy when scientific evidence began to suggest that some climate change was unavoidable (Rayner and Jordan, 2010) and it was progressively widely accepted that even if emissions of greenhouse gases were stabilized today, human-induced changes in climate will continue for many centuries. The ...
Panama and the Specter of Climate Change
... economy and history, possibly making Panama, by some measures, one of the most atypical nations in the world.2 " Located on the isthmus that connects the North and South American continents and, at its narrowest point separating the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by only fifty miles, it is where the Un ...
... economy and history, possibly making Panama, by some measures, one of the most atypical nations in the world.2 " Located on the isthmus that connects the North and South American continents and, at its narrowest point separating the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by only fifty miles, it is where the Un ...
Regional temperature change over the HuangHuaiHai Plain of
... ABSTRACT: Irrigation and urbanization, two widely occurring land-use/land-cover changes, have important influences on regional climate, especially on temperature. The effect of irrigation and urbanization on temperature is separately documented in several studies. However, there are few studies anal ...
... ABSTRACT: Irrigation and urbanization, two widely occurring land-use/land-cover changes, have important influences on regional climate, especially on temperature. The effect of irrigation and urbanization on temperature is separately documented in several studies. However, there are few studies anal ...
The End of the Kyoto Protocol - Digital Commons @ Georgia Law
... one thing in common: they emit greenhouse gases.1 In fact, when measuring greenhouse gas emissions, “[a] herd of cattle belching can be worse than a highway full of Hummers.”2 It seems strange and somewhat unlikely, but due to the diversity in the types of greenhouse gases that can be emitted, green ...
... one thing in common: they emit greenhouse gases.1 In fact, when measuring greenhouse gas emissions, “[a] herd of cattle belching can be worse than a highway full of Hummers.”2 It seems strange and somewhat unlikely, but due to the diversity in the types of greenhouse gases that can be emitted, green ...
Mid- to Late Holocene climate change: an overview
... occurred namely during the Little Ice Age (LIA) between AD w1350 and 1850, when the lower summer insolation in the NH, due to orbital forcing, coincided with solar activity minima and several strong tropical volcanic eruptions. The role of orbital forcing in the NH cooling, the southward ITCZ shift ...
... occurred namely during the Little Ice Age (LIA) between AD w1350 and 1850, when the lower summer insolation in the NH, due to orbital forcing, coincided with solar activity minima and several strong tropical volcanic eruptions. The role of orbital forcing in the NH cooling, the southward ITCZ shift ...
Coastal Climate Change Report
... minimum assessment factors depend on life of asset Methodologies – use SLR benchmarks Similar to NZ MfE Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance Manual (not as broad in scope) ...
... minimum assessment factors depend on life of asset Methodologies – use SLR benchmarks Similar to NZ MfE Coastal Hazards and Climate Change Guidance Manual (not as broad in scope) ...
Evaluating land-use related environmental impacts of biomass
... projects around the theme of environmental impacts of land use and their assessment with life cycle assessment methodology. I have been lucky enough to have been surrounded by very skilled and experienced colleagues all these years. You share the common enthusiastic attitude towards assessing and pr ...
... projects around the theme of environmental impacts of land use and their assessment with life cycle assessment methodology. I have been lucky enough to have been surrounded by very skilled and experienced colleagues all these years. You share the common enthusiastic attitude towards assessing and pr ...
Sensitivity of marine systems to climate and fishing - Archimer
... Journal of Marine Systems – GLOBEC Special Issue ...
... Journal of Marine Systems – GLOBEC Special Issue ...
OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050
... RED Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to increase, and in 2010 global energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions reached an all-time high of 30.6 gigatonnes (Gt) despite the recent economic crisis. The Environmental Outlook Baseline scenario envisages that without more ambitious poli ...
... RED Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to increase, and in 2010 global energy-related carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions reached an all-time high of 30.6 gigatonnes (Gt) despite the recent economic crisis. The Environmental Outlook Baseline scenario envisages that without more ambitious poli ...
CLIMATE AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE SUB~ANTARCTIC
... the eastern side of Drake Passage. Mean monthly air temperatures range from about -10°C in July tod °C in February (table 1). Grytviken, on South Georgia, could be considered more typical of the colder areas of the subAntarctic, with mean monthly air temperatures ranging between about _2°C and +suc. ...
... the eastern side of Drake Passage. Mean monthly air temperatures range from about -10°C in July tod °C in February (table 1). Grytviken, on South Georgia, could be considered more typical of the colder areas of the subAntarctic, with mean monthly air temperatures ranging between about _2°C and +suc. ...
Climate Change and Adaptation in Muskoka
... Warmer summer and winter temperatures will increase the duration of the spring and fall growing season, and expand the range of crops that can be grown. However, the frequency and severity of summer dry periods and droughts will increase the risk of growing these crops. Higher levels of carbon dioxi ...
... Warmer summer and winter temperatures will increase the duration of the spring and fall growing season, and expand the range of crops that can be grown. However, the frequency and severity of summer dry periods and droughts will increase the risk of growing these crops. Higher levels of carbon dioxi ...
Progress in Physical Geography Sea levels: resolution and uncertainty
... and sea level with the TAR projections published in 2001. They observe that both increased at rates toward the upper limit of the projections. These kinds of results, plus the inability to close the sea-level budget, and the tendency for AR4 models to underpredict instrumental sea-level rise, have l ...
... and sea level with the TAR projections published in 2001. They observe that both increased at rates toward the upper limit of the projections. These kinds of results, plus the inability to close the sea-level budget, and the tendency for AR4 models to underpredict instrumental sea-level rise, have l ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... Generally, regional powers are expected to possess a certain economic stability, a rela‐ tive military power and a regional power base (see Nolte 2006; Nabers forthcoming). Based on this, Daniel Flemes identifies four basic criteria to help analyze regional powers. They must: (1) be p ...
... Generally, regional powers are expected to possess a certain economic stability, a rela‐ tive military power and a regional power base (see Nolte 2006; Nabers forthcoming). Based on this, Daniel Flemes identifies four basic criteria to help analyze regional powers. They must: (1) be p ...
A Climate Change Assessment via Trend Estimation of Certain
... May) and wet (June to November) [2], with daily average temperature changes between 26 and 29 ◦ C. With these geographical characteristics, it is expected that climate change in the country is different for different regions. There has been much research on the assessment of climate change in Viet N ...
... May) and wet (June to November) [2], with daily average temperature changes between 26 and 29 ◦ C. With these geographical characteristics, it is expected that climate change in the country is different for different regions. There has been much research on the assessment of climate change in Viet N ...
Mexico - Met Office
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
Effects of climate change and seed dispersal on airborne ragweed
... alien species in Europe producing pollen that causes severe allergic disease in susceptible individuals1 . Ragweed plants could further invade European land with climate and land-use changes2,3 . However, airborne pollen evolution depends not only on plant invasion, but also on pollen production, re ...
... alien species in Europe producing pollen that causes severe allergic disease in susceptible individuals1 . Ragweed plants could further invade European land with climate and land-use changes2,3 . However, airborne pollen evolution depends not only on plant invasion, but also on pollen production, re ...
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... The University of California Energy Institute jointly with California’s investor-owned utilities established a confidential data center, which contains the complete billing history for all households serviced by Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric for ...
... The University of California Energy Institute jointly with California’s investor-owned utilities established a confidential data center, which contains the complete billing history for all households serviced by Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, and San Diego Gas and Electric for ...
Impact of bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) disturbance on timber
... The likely environmental changes throughout the next century have the potential to strongly alter forest disturbance regimes which may heavily affect forest functions as well as forest management. Forest stands already poorly adapted to current environmental conditions, such as secondary Norway spru ...
... The likely environmental changes throughout the next century have the potential to strongly alter forest disturbance regimes which may heavily affect forest functions as well as forest management. Forest stands already poorly adapted to current environmental conditions, such as secondary Norway spru ...
We Have Been Conned - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... The IPCC is a disgrace to science. In its desire to fit the square peg of science into the round hole of politics it has abandoned the "scientific method" and replaced it with a desperate search for data and other material that might support a specific hypothesis. Its reports are not an honest asses ...
... The IPCC is a disgrace to science. In its desire to fit the square peg of science into the round hole of politics it has abandoned the "scientific method" and replaced it with a desperate search for data and other material that might support a specific hypothesis. Its reports are not an honest asses ...
Key lessons from practitioners` experiences
... D. Rissik and N. Reis from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education) 2013. ISBN 978-0-9922765-6-0. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Creative Comm ...
... D. Rissik and N. Reis from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. © Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate Change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education) 2013. ISBN 978-0-9922765-6-0. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Creative Comm ...
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.""