synthesis report - Icelandic Meteorological office
... Roads and transport systems are vulnerable to climate change impacts. Furthermore, the future road system will have to provide an adequate service level while accounting also for other long term changes, such as in demography (ageing), in economic structure (possibly reinforced by mitigation policy) ...
... Roads and transport systems are vulnerable to climate change impacts. Furthermore, the future road system will have to provide an adequate service level while accounting also for other long term changes, such as in demography (ageing), in economic structure (possibly reinforced by mitigation policy) ...
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... We illustrate our technique by testing whether more certain future population increases or more uncertain climate changes would have significant effects on visitation to Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) and consequent employment in its gateway community of Estes Park, Colorado. Given their potent ...
... We illustrate our technique by testing whether more certain future population increases or more uncertain climate changes would have significant effects on visitation to Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP) and consequent employment in its gateway community of Estes Park, Colorado. Given their potent ...
Practical consideration of climate change
... Climate change is expected to have adverse impacts upon sea levels and rainfall intensities, both of which may have significant influence on flood behaviour at specific locations. IPCC 2007 trends indicate that average global sea level rise (ignoring ice flow melt) may be between 0.18m to 0.59m by b ...
... Climate change is expected to have adverse impacts upon sea levels and rainfall intensities, both of which may have significant influence on flood behaviour at specific locations. IPCC 2007 trends indicate that average global sea level rise (ignoring ice flow melt) may be between 0.18m to 0.59m by b ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
Preparing for climate change guide for local government
... Impacts Assessment (‘the source report’). Its first edition was updated in May 2008 following the release of the Fourth Assessment Report on the science of climate change produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007. The source report is available in full at: www.mfe.govt ...
... Impacts Assessment (‘the source report’). Its first edition was updated in May 2008 following the release of the Fourth Assessment Report on the science of climate change produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007. The source report is available in full at: www.mfe.govt ...
Report of the Working Group on Small Pelagic Fish, their
... The overarching theme of the WG was the impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and related physical drivers such as the contraction of the subpolar gyre, the weakening of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the eastward shift of the Icelandic Low on the dynamics of Eastern North ...
... The overarching theme of the WG was the impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and related physical drivers such as the contraction of the subpolar gyre, the weakening of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the eastward shift of the Icelandic Low on the dynamics of Eastern North ...
Flood risk and climate change: global and regional perspectives
... The Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation” of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), here abbreviated to SREX report (Field et al. 2012), critically assessed the recent scientific literature on climate change and the ...
... The Special Report on “Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation” of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), here abbreviated to SREX report (Field et al. 2012), critically assessed the recent scientific literature on climate change and the ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Agriculture and Food Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
... political forums, and many of them have been set up as priority for coordinated actions. In 1990, the First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been published, which presented the first systematic scientific views on climate forecasts, assessment of the impa ...
... political forums, and many of them have been set up as priority for coordinated actions. In 1990, the First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has been published, which presented the first systematic scientific views on climate forecasts, assessment of the impa ...
How climate adaptation in cities creates a resilient place for
... CDP, C40 and AECOM are proud to present findings from an unprecedented number of cities disclosing their climate mitigation, adaptation and water management data. In 2014, 207 cities reported to CDP, an 88% increase since last year thanks to a groundbreaking grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. As a ...
... CDP, C40 and AECOM are proud to present findings from an unprecedented number of cities disclosing their climate mitigation, adaptation and water management data. In 2014, 207 cities reported to CDP, an 88% increase since last year thanks to a groundbreaking grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies. As a ...
Impacts of future climate change on soil frost in the midwestern
... Hayhoe, 2004]. This is likely to affect cold season processes and their interactions with other hydrologic variables such as runoff generation and soil moisture storage. The rise in soil temperature is likely to be enhanced in the future and may influence cold season hydrologic processes even more t ...
... Hayhoe, 2004]. This is likely to affect cold season processes and their interactions with other hydrologic variables such as runoff generation and soil moisture storage. The rise in soil temperature is likely to be enhanced in the future and may influence cold season hydrologic processes even more t ...
Predicting responses of the Adélie penguin population of Edmonson
... ice environment and in atmospheric precipitations over larger areas of Antarctica. These changes are expected to affect the population dynamics of seabirds and marine mammals, but the extent of this influence is not clear. We investigated the future population trajectories of the colony of Adélie pe ...
... ice environment and in atmospheric precipitations over larger areas of Antarctica. These changes are expected to affect the population dynamics of seabirds and marine mammals, but the extent of this influence is not clear. We investigated the future population trajectories of the colony of Adélie pe ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... Summary and overview The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water c ...
... Summary and overview The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water c ...
Climate Action Planning Progress in the San Diego Region
... and quality of life. But our region faces challenges, like all others throughout the world, from climate change and its impact on our natural resources and the health and well-being of our people and our future generations. These threats include dwindling local water supplies, increased fire risks, ...
... and quality of life. But our region faces challenges, like all others throughout the world, from climate change and its impact on our natural resources and the health and well-being of our people and our future generations. These threats include dwindling local water supplies, increased fire risks, ...
Climate policy convergence in Europe: an assessment based on
... Different stakeholders – industrialized countries, developing countries, industrial groups and non-governmental organizations – start from different ‘value systems’ on the basis of which they promote or put into critical perspective the need to protect the climate system. The main contradiction in t ...
... Different stakeholders – industrialized countries, developing countries, industrial groups and non-governmental organizations – start from different ‘value systems’ on the basis of which they promote or put into critical perspective the need to protect the climate system. The main contradiction in t ...
Trends of surface humidity and temperature during 1951
... Beijing Meteorological Station are very close to the theoretical values, but with seasonal variations. When the temperature is greater than 295 K, the curve which directly used the coefficients over the pure water is out of 95% confident boundary. Therefore, it is advised to estimate these parameter ...
... Beijing Meteorological Station are very close to the theoretical values, but with seasonal variations. When the temperature is greater than 295 K, the curve which directly used the coefficients over the pure water is out of 95% confident boundary. Therefore, it is advised to estimate these parameter ...
Chapter 14 Environmental Hazards and Human Health
... Cairncross, Frances. 2004. “What Makes Environmental Treaties Work? Conservation in Practice, vol. 5, no. 2, 12. Calculate Your Personal CO2 Input to the Atmosphere. http://www3.iclei.org/co2/co2calc.htm Calderia, Kenneth, and Michael E. Wickett. 2003. “Anthropogenic Carbon and Ocean pH.” Nature, vo ...
... Cairncross, Frances. 2004. “What Makes Environmental Treaties Work? Conservation in Practice, vol. 5, no. 2, 12. Calculate Your Personal CO2 Input to the Atmosphere. http://www3.iclei.org/co2/co2calc.htm Calderia, Kenneth, and Michael E. Wickett. 2003. “Anthropogenic Carbon and Ocean pH.” Nature, vo ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... (increasing insurance rates in high-risk areas), and only one additional measure (incentives to relocate from high-risk areas) failed to get more than 70-percent support. Moreover, more than half of respondents report having taken steps to protect their homes against environmental hazards. Noticing ...
... (increasing insurance rates in high-risk areas), and only one additional measure (incentives to relocate from high-risk areas) failed to get more than 70-percent support. Moreover, more than half of respondents report having taken steps to protect their homes against environmental hazards. Noticing ...
ethics and climate change cost-benefit analysis: stern and after
... to them.’ 6 In subsequent reports, the IPCC has adopted a uniform monetary value of life of $1,000,000 to apply in all countries. 7 Before turning to whether unadjusted values of life taken directly from market data should be used in CBA, it is important to see that the issue is broader than the va ...
... to them.’ 6 In subsequent reports, the IPCC has adopted a uniform monetary value of life of $1,000,000 to apply in all countries. 7 Before turning to whether unadjusted values of life taken directly from market data should be used in CBA, it is important to see that the issue is broader than the va ...
Soil and human security in the 21st century
... C that greatly exceeds the C in the global atmosphere and biosphere (7). The microbial communities that mediate these redox reactions are now believed to represent much of Earth’s total biodiversity (8), but the nature, function, and economic potential of this soil biosphere is only beginning to be ...
... C that greatly exceeds the C in the global atmosphere and biosphere (7). The microbial communities that mediate these redox reactions are now believed to represent much of Earth’s total biodiversity (8), but the nature, function, and economic potential of this soil biosphere is only beginning to be ...
Module 6 - REDD - Global Climate Change Alliance
... risk of leakage however, that in many cases it will be more practicable to begin REDD+ in only part of the country (sub-national actions) as an interim strategy. Given the complexity of developing programmes to manage a country’s entire forest sector, a three-phase approach has evolved, and was ...
... risk of leakage however, that in many cases it will be more practicable to begin REDD+ in only part of the country (sub-national actions) as an interim strategy. Given the complexity of developing programmes to manage a country’s entire forest sector, a three-phase approach has evolved, and was ...
Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change in Berlin – AFOK
... answer is: both. Both are essential. Therefore, it is good that Berlin does both. The Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme want to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and aims at carbon neutrality until 2050. The ‘Berlin Concept for Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change’ (AFOK) p ...
... answer is: both. Both are essential. Therefore, it is good that Berlin does both. The Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme want to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and aims at carbon neutrality until 2050. The ‘Berlin Concept for Adaptation to the Impacts of Climate Change’ (AFOK) p ...
Soil and human security in the 21st century
... C that greatly exceeds the C in the global atmosphere and biosphere (7). The microbial communities that mediate these redox reactions are now believed to represent much of Earth’s total biodiversity (8), but the nature, function, and economic potential of this soil biosphere is only beginning to be ...
... C that greatly exceeds the C in the global atmosphere and biosphere (7). The microbial communities that mediate these redox reactions are now believed to represent much of Earth’s total biodiversity (8), but the nature, function, and economic potential of this soil biosphere is only beginning to be ...
Climate Change: ImplIcatIons and strategIes for the luxury fashIon
... report. The research by Verisk Maplecroft focused on regions of the world where the raw materials (particularly high-quality varieties) are produced, and it evaluates the impact of climate change on these regions over the next 50 years and beyond. Regions that are likely to be significantly affected ...
... report. The research by Verisk Maplecroft focused on regions of the world where the raw materials (particularly high-quality varieties) are produced, and it evaluates the impact of climate change on these regions over the next 50 years and beyond. Regions that are likely to be significantly affected ...
A SUCCESSOR FOR THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
... have released more than acceptable levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Furthermore, through agricultural activities, changes in land use and other resources, methane and nitrous oxide are also being released at greater than acceptable levels. Because of GHGs’ ability to trap heat, their in ...
... have released more than acceptable levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Furthermore, through agricultural activities, changes in land use and other resources, methane and nitrous oxide are also being released at greater than acceptable levels. Because of GHGs’ ability to trap heat, their in ...
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.""