Assessing and Enhancing Adaptive Capacity
... depend on factors such as biodiversity and migration potential. In a system with high biodiversity there may be more potential for species to occupy new niches created by changed environmental conditions or the loss of other species, although the loss of keystone species may have dramatic implicatio ...
... depend on factors such as biodiversity and migration potential. In a system with high biodiversity there may be more potential for species to occupy new niches created by changed environmental conditions or the loss of other species, although the loss of keystone species may have dramatic implicatio ...
A Review of Academic Literature Related to
... Costanza et al., 1997; Gunderson et al, 2000), they are among the first sectors where climate change impacts can be recognized. Terrestrial ecosystems are dependent upon climate, as well as exhibiting seasonally-dependent biological rhythms and cycles. ...
... Costanza et al., 1997; Gunderson et al, 2000), they are among the first sectors where climate change impacts can be recognized. Terrestrial ecosystems are dependent upon climate, as well as exhibiting seasonally-dependent biological rhythms and cycles. ...
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... accommodation of birds that have lost their primary reproductive habitat and been forced to seek habitat elsewhere. However, the extent of this mitigating effect is small. Finally, a land-use model is developed for each strata and for the region as a whole. Nine land uses are modeled and positive ma ...
... accommodation of birds that have lost their primary reproductive habitat and been forced to seek habitat elsewhere. However, the extent of this mitigating effect is small. Finally, a land-use model is developed for each strata and for the region as a whole. Nine land uses are modeled and positive ma ...
Historical Responsibility in the UNFCCC Mathias Friman
... Daniel Bodansky et al., 2004, International Climate Efforts Beyond 2012, pew climate; Axel Michaelowa et al., 2005, “Issues and Options for the Post-2012 Climate Architecture”, in International environmental agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 5(1), pp. 5-24; Lasse Ringius et al. 2000, Burden D ...
... Daniel Bodansky et al., 2004, International Climate Efforts Beyond 2012, pew climate; Axel Michaelowa et al., 2005, “Issues and Options for the Post-2012 Climate Architecture”, in International environmental agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 5(1), pp. 5-24; Lasse Ringius et al. 2000, Burden D ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning globally. The issue is now landing in the area of interplay between spatial planning and environ ...
... leading to a general consensus that climate change is actually happening today. Climate change, in its broadest sense, is thereby also beginning to play an increasingly important role in spatial planning globally. The issue is now landing in the area of interplay between spatial planning and environ ...
Managing Protected Areas in Central and Eastern Europe Under
... in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted to the European transnational funding programme INTERREG IV B Central Europe ...
... in Protected Areas” (HABIT-CHANGE). This first idea was further developed and extended during several meetings with a growing number of interested partners. After two years of preparation, the project proposal was submitted to the European transnational funding programme INTERREG IV B Central Europe ...
Synthesis of Climate Change Knowledge and Planning Practices
... highly significant habitats. For example, the climate change threat to biodiversity has been especially well documented for the Wet Tropics rainforests (Hilbert et al., 2001; Kanowski, 2001; Williams et al., 2003; Hilbert et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2008). However, other climate related informati ...
... highly significant habitats. For example, the climate change threat to biodiversity has been especially well documented for the Wet Tropics rainforests (Hilbert et al., 2001; Kanowski, 2001; Williams et al., 2003; Hilbert et al., 2004; Williams et al., 2008). However, other climate related informati ...
Environmental governance and climate change in Africa
... variability, a situation aggravated by the interaction of ‘multiple stresses’, occurring at various levels, and low adaptive capacity … Africa’s major economic sectors are vulnerable to current climate sensitivity, with huge economic impacts, and this vulnerability is exacerbated by existing develop ...
... variability, a situation aggravated by the interaction of ‘multiple stresses’, occurring at various levels, and low adaptive capacity … Africa’s major economic sectors are vulnerable to current climate sensitivity, with huge economic impacts, and this vulnerability is exacerbated by existing develop ...
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... change. In many such models, the damages of climate change are monetised and can be compared with the costs of mitigation options. Thus a cost-benefit approach can be applied to study climate change and formulate optimal climate change policies. The climate change damage functions used in these mode ...
... change. In many such models, the damages of climate change are monetised and can be compared with the costs of mitigation options. Thus a cost-benefit approach can be applied to study climate change and formulate optimal climate change policies. The climate change damage functions used in these mode ...
14. impacts on the tourism sector
... outlining the features of these environments, is climate, in first place, which gives peculiarity and diversity to them. The result is the identification of four environments which constitute an initial tourist zoning system: the coastal area, the mountain area, the rural area and the urban area (Ló ...
... outlining the features of these environments, is climate, in first place, which gives peculiarity and diversity to them. The result is the identification of four environments which constitute an initial tourist zoning system: the coastal area, the mountain area, the rural area and the urban area (Ló ...
The Threat of Climate Change to Coral Reefs
... marine organisms. They are highly productive and of great value for populations in tropical coastal areas. All around the world, warm-water coral reefs have experienced large-scale degradation. The greatest threat to their long-term sustainability is climate change and there is increasing evidence t ...
... marine organisms. They are highly productive and of great value for populations in tropical coastal areas. All around the world, warm-water coral reefs have experienced large-scale degradation. The greatest threat to their long-term sustainability is climate change and there is increasing evidence t ...
Peat stratigraphy and climate change
... well as bulk density, pollen and geochemical proxies (Si and Ti content). While the Sphagnum stable isotopes pick up shallow pool phases, and hence palaeoclimate, they argue that while there may be other climate indicators in other proxies such as atmospheric soil dust flux, these are difficult to dec ...
... well as bulk density, pollen and geochemical proxies (Si and Ti content). While the Sphagnum stable isotopes pick up shallow pool phases, and hence palaeoclimate, they argue that while there may be other climate indicators in other proxies such as atmospheric soil dust flux, these are difficult to dec ...
Presentation 16 Apr 2013
... WP 3B: Boreal protected area network as an adaptation means to preserve avian biodiversity in a changing climate Results: observed changes (1981-1999 to 2000-2009) • Southern species had increased significantly in protected areas by 29% • Northern species had decreased significantly in PAs by 21% • ...
... WP 3B: Boreal protected area network as an adaptation means to preserve avian biodiversity in a changing climate Results: observed changes (1981-1999 to 2000-2009) • Southern species had increased significantly in protected areas by 29% • Northern species had decreased significantly in PAs by 21% • ...
original articles aaem
... were chosen by applying a Factor Analysis for Principal Components in order to avoid multi-colinearity. For daily forecasts, previous attempts by analysing the whole season revealed very weak and contradictory results, therefore 2 types of regression models were developed: Pre-Peak models (from the ...
... were chosen by applying a Factor Analysis for Principal Components in order to avoid multi-colinearity. For daily forecasts, previous attempts by analysing the whole season revealed very weak and contradictory results, therefore 2 types of regression models were developed: Pre-Peak models (from the ...
Emerging approaches for responding to climate change in African
... water security. Climate change impacts will be greatest where they interact with other shocks, stresses and vulnerabilities. Increasing demands are being placed on agriculture – food, economic development, reducing GHG emissions and providing other ecosystem services. While there is some consensus a ...
... water security. Climate change impacts will be greatest where they interact with other shocks, stresses and vulnerabilities. Increasing demands are being placed on agriculture – food, economic development, reducing GHG emissions and providing other ecosystem services. While there is some consensus a ...
Compendium of Yukon Climate Change Science
... Abstract: This article reviews the historical, instrumental, and future changes in climate for the northern latitudes of Canada. Discussion of historical climate over the last 10 000 years focuses on major climatic shifts, including the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, and how these chan ...
... Abstract: This article reviews the historical, instrumental, and future changes in climate for the northern latitudes of Canada. Discussion of historical climate over the last 10 000 years focuses on major climatic shifts, including the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age, and how these chan ...
- Deltas in Times of Climate Change
... home to many millions of people. However, deltas also face problems. Sea levels are rising and land is subsiding. As floods become more frequent, as salt water intrudes more aggressively and as heat waves become routine, these dangers combined with increasing populations put larger numbers of people ...
... home to many millions of people. However, deltas also face problems. Sea levels are rising and land is subsiding. As floods become more frequent, as salt water intrudes more aggressively and as heat waves become routine, these dangers combined with increasing populations put larger numbers of people ...
Untitled - The Pew Charitable Trusts
... the national community. FPHI’s mission is to “advance the knowledge and practice of public health to promote, protect and improve the health of all.” FPHI accomplishes this by promoting improvements in health by providing information and knowledge to inform health policy, conducting applied research ...
... the national community. FPHI’s mission is to “advance the knowledge and practice of public health to promote, protect and improve the health of all.” FPHI accomplishes this by promoting improvements in health by providing information and knowledge to inform health policy, conducting applied research ...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: annual
... has brought us to 2010 - without clear and bold commitments on emissions that will cap global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. In a changing world, IOC has nevertheless striven to address climate from several angles – governance, science, observations, and capacity-development. The Ministerial Round ...
... has brought us to 2010 - without clear and bold commitments on emissions that will cap global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. In a changing world, IOC has nevertheless striven to address climate from several angles – governance, science, observations, and capacity-development. The Ministerial Round ...
Precipitation and temperatures extremes in East Africa in past and
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 emissions scenarios. Increases (decreases) in warm (cold) extremes and increases in the frequency of intense precipitation events were projected. Also, long-term observed changes in precipitation ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) 4.5 and 8.5 emissions scenarios. Increases (decreases) in warm (cold) extremes and increases in the frequency of intense precipitation events were projected. Also, long-term observed changes in precipitation ...
Synergistic impacts of global warming on the resilience of coral reefs
... (i.e. stable equilibria), such that reef (community) state can follow either a coraldominated basin of attraction or an algal-dominated attractor [4,5]. This hypothesis is based on the predictions of field-tested simulation models [6,7], the empirical discovery of divergent reef trajectories either ...
... (i.e. stable equilibria), such that reef (community) state can follow either a coraldominated basin of attraction or an algal-dominated attractor [4,5]. This hypothesis is based on the predictions of field-tested simulation models [6,7], the empirical discovery of divergent reef trajectories either ...
English - Inter-Parliamentary Union
... Amend to read as follows: (12) Recalling that the international community raised this issue at the First World Climate Conference (Geneva, 1979); the Vienna Conference on depletion of the ozone layer (1985); the International Conference in on the protection of the ozone layer (Montreal, 1987); the T ...
... Amend to read as follows: (12) Recalling that the international community raised this issue at the First World Climate Conference (Geneva, 1979); the Vienna Conference on depletion of the ozone layer (1985); the International Conference in on the protection of the ozone layer (Montreal, 1987); the T ...
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO: annual
... has brought us to 2010 - without clear and bold commitments on emissions that will cap global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. In a changing world, IOC has nevertheless striven to address climate from several angles – governance, science, observations, and capacity-development. The Ministerial Round ...
... has brought us to 2010 - without clear and bold commitments on emissions that will cap global temperature rise to 2 degrees C. In a changing world, IOC has nevertheless striven to address climate from several angles – governance, science, observations, and capacity-development. The Ministerial Round ...
R Cook Master Thesis 2010
... with the impacts and who have historically contributed the least to the problem. Thus climate change is not only an ecological problem, but also a social and equity issue. As countries vulnerable to climate change will require large amounts of funding, technology transfer and capacity building in or ...
... with the impacts and who have historically contributed the least to the problem. Thus climate change is not only an ecological problem, but also a social and equity issue. As countries vulnerable to climate change will require large amounts of funding, technology transfer and capacity building in or ...
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.""