Final Report
... The results of the vulnerability assessment of Alpine tourism give a better understanding of the impacts of climate change on the tourism sector and the adaptive capacity of the studied tourism regions in the European Alps. The expected effects of changing climate stimuli on the tourism industry can ...
... The results of the vulnerability assessment of Alpine tourism give a better understanding of the impacts of climate change on the tourism sector and the adaptive capacity of the studied tourism regions in the European Alps. The expected effects of changing climate stimuli on the tourism industry can ...
DRAFT New Jersey Climate and Health Profile Report is available
... Ongoing climate science points to important trends that can affect New Jersey. These changes in climate have the potential to affect population health through both direct and indirect pathways. A direct impact may be an increased rate of heat-related morbidity and mortality as a result of extreme ex ...
... Ongoing climate science points to important trends that can affect New Jersey. These changes in climate have the potential to affect population health through both direct and indirect pathways. A direct impact may be an increased rate of heat-related morbidity and mortality as a result of extreme ex ...
AMERICAN CLIMATE VALUES 2014 insights by racial
... violence and aggression, and loss of community identity, are seen at higher rates in specific populations within these racial/ethnic groups as a result of climate-related natural disasters and longer-term change.6 Acknowledging that none of these racial and ethnic groups are homogenous, some of the ...
... violence and aggression, and loss of community identity, are seen at higher rates in specific populations within these racial/ethnic groups as a result of climate-related natural disasters and longer-term change.6 Acknowledging that none of these racial and ethnic groups are homogenous, some of the ...
Climate Adaptation Outlook
... About this report The Climate Adaptation Outlook report is the first of a structured series of reports on how well placed Australia — including its businesses, communities and institutions — is to manage the impacts of unavoidable climate change. The Productivity Commission’s recent report, Barriers ...
... About this report The Climate Adaptation Outlook report is the first of a structured series of reports on how well placed Australia — including its businesses, communities and institutions — is to manage the impacts of unavoidable climate change. The Productivity Commission’s recent report, Barriers ...
Petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Semi
... the ASSAR consortium. It consisted of all relevant literature (peer reviewed articles and book chapters) published between 2005 and 2014. The search included Web of Science/ Web of Knowledge bibliographic database, using a range of potentially applicable keywords and their combinations: ‘climate cha ...
... the ASSAR consortium. It consisted of all relevant literature (peer reviewed articles and book chapters) published between 2005 and 2014. The search included Web of Science/ Web of Knowledge bibliographic database, using a range of potentially applicable keywords and their combinations: ‘climate cha ...
Implementation Framework for Climate Change Adaptation Planning
... planning. While adaptation plans or activities will need to address the broad nature and challenges associated with these watersheds, specific adaptation actions are required to respond to impacts on specific ecosystem components. In addition, when evaluating the adaptation actions, adaptation plann ...
... planning. While adaptation plans or activities will need to address the broad nature and challenges associated with these watersheds, specific adaptation actions are required to respond to impacts on specific ecosystem components. In addition, when evaluating the adaptation actions, adaptation plann ...
Petition - Center for International Environmental Law
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
... ice, a common base of traditional knowledge, and adaptation to similar Arctic conditions. Particularly since the Second World War, the Inuit have adapted their culture to include many western innovations, and have adopted a mixed subsistence- and cash-based economy. Although many Inuit are engaged i ...
League of Conservation Voters 2013
... proposing the Clean Power Plan, which will be the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. We successfully defeated relentless attacks on clean air, clean water, and public health from an environmentally-hostile U.S. House of Representatives and made denying climate sci ...
... proposing the Clean Power Plan, which will be the first-ever national limits on carbon pollution from U.S. power plants. We successfully defeated relentless attacks on clean air, clean water, and public health from an environmentally-hostile U.S. House of Representatives and made denying climate sci ...
IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 18 FIRST-‐ORDER DRAFT Expert Review
... (Seung-‐Ki Min, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research) This chapter is the result of an admirable attempt to extract relevant information from all WGII chapters while these were in the Thanks, all efforts ...
... (Seung-‐Ki Min, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research) This chapter is the result of an admirable attempt to extract relevant information from all WGII chapters while these were in the Thanks, all efforts ...
A regional climate change decision framework for natural resource
... The authors wish to thank the many people within the Adelaide-Mount Lofty region and the natural resources management community more specifically, who assisted them during the development of the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management (AMLR NRM) climate change project. This proj ...
... The authors wish to thank the many people within the Adelaide-Mount Lofty region and the natural resources management community more specifically, who assisted them during the development of the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management (AMLR NRM) climate change project. This proj ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategy and Programme of Action for the Palestinian Authority PDF
... at international, regional and national levels. Recognizing this reality, governments and communities have to actively respond to this phenomena aiming at minimizing the rate of this change and raising the resilience of local communities to cope with its impact. The occupied Palestinian territory, a ...
... at international, regional and national levels. Recognizing this reality, governments and communities have to actively respond to this phenomena aiming at minimizing the rate of this change and raising the resilience of local communities to cope with its impact. The occupied Palestinian territory, a ...
Abrupt climate change as an important agent of ecological change... Northeast U.S. throughout the past 15,000 years
... We use a series of tests to evaluate two competing hypotheses about the association of climate and vegetation trends in the northeastern United States over the past 15 kyrs. First, that abrupt climate changes on the scale of centuries had little influence on long-term vegetation trends, and second, t ...
... We use a series of tests to evaluate two competing hypotheses about the association of climate and vegetation trends in the northeastern United States over the past 15 kyrs. First, that abrupt climate changes on the scale of centuries had little influence on long-term vegetation trends, and second, t ...
Soil moisture regulates the biological response of
... should be considered in future regional climate studies. In this study, we further extend these analyses by testing the hypothesis that the simulated biological effects of the CO2 changes are significant for different vegetation types used in land surface models and that the impact of CO2 changes is ...
... should be considered in future regional climate studies. In this study, we further extend these analyses by testing the hypothesis that the simulated biological effects of the CO2 changes are significant for different vegetation types used in land surface models and that the impact of CO2 changes is ...
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... literature on climate change and adaption to it. To our knowledge, nearly all previous studies estimating the impact of climate change on household outcomes, measured as productivity or net income, can be broadly classified in three categories: i) agronomic, ii) Ricardian, and iii) structural Ricard ...
... literature on climate change and adaption to it. To our knowledge, nearly all previous studies estimating the impact of climate change on household outcomes, measured as productivity or net income, can be broadly classified in three categories: i) agronomic, ii) Ricardian, and iii) structural Ricard ...
2013-2020 Climate Change Action Plan
... of society will have to live with the consequences. More frequent extreme weather events such as flooding and drought are also anticipated. Climate change will directly affect ecosystems, infrastructure, the economy and the well-being of populations the world over, including Québec. Past, present an ...
... of society will have to live with the consequences. More frequent extreme weather events such as flooding and drought are also anticipated. Climate change will directly affect ecosystems, infrastructure, the economy and the well-being of populations the world over, including Québec. Past, present an ...
Full text in pdf format
... to be limited geographically; therefore, further upwelling areas need to be assessed individually in order to evaluate their capacity as a refuge from thermal stress. KEY WORDS: Coral reef · Upwelling · Bleaching · Climate change · Sea surface temperature · AVHRR Resale or republication not permitte ...
... to be limited geographically; therefore, further upwelling areas need to be assessed individually in order to evaluate their capacity as a refuge from thermal stress. KEY WORDS: Coral reef · Upwelling · Bleaching · Climate change · Sea surface temperature · AVHRR Resale or republication not permitte ...
Climate change and Pacific islands: Indicators and impacts: Report
... The Pacific Islands region is experiencing climate change. Key indicators of the changing climate include rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and upper-ocean heat content, changing ocean chemistry and increasing ocean acidity, changing rainfall ...
... The Pacific Islands region is experiencing climate change. Key indicators of the changing climate include rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, rising air and sea temperatures, rising sea levels and upper-ocean heat content, changing ocean chemistry and increasing ocean acidity, changing rainfall ...
The two types of ENSO in CMIP5 models
... maximum STDs between 10 S–10 N and 120 E–70 W to quantify the intensities of the two types of ENSO. Figure 2a displays a scatter diagram of the EP versus CP ENSO intensity from the CMIP5 simulations. The observed intensities calculated from the ERSST dataset (the gray point) are about 0.7 C for ...
... maximum STDs between 10 S–10 N and 120 E–70 W to quantify the intensities of the two types of ENSO. Figure 2a displays a scatter diagram of the EP versus CP ENSO intensity from the CMIP5 simulations. The observed intensities calculated from the ERSST dataset (the gray point) are about 0.7 C for ...
Climate Change and Water
... varies between models, leading to substantial uncertainty in precipitation projections.3 Thus projections of future precipitation changes are more robust for some regions than for others. Projections become less consistent between models as spatial scales decrease. [2.3.1] ...
... varies between models, leading to substantial uncertainty in precipitation projections.3 Thus projections of future precipitation changes are more robust for some regions than for others. Projections become less consistent between models as spatial scales decrease. [2.3.1] ...
Climate change on annual runoff dynamics
... because of incapability of impervious area absorbing excess rainfall (O’Driscoll et al., 2010; Milly and Wetherald, 2002; Liu et al., 2012; Huang et al., 2014). Yet, the combined impacts of changes in climate and non-climate factor on river runoff are still less explored due to the difficulties to d ...
... because of incapability of impervious area absorbing excess rainfall (O’Driscoll et al., 2010; Milly and Wetherald, 2002; Liu et al., 2012; Huang et al., 2014). Yet, the combined impacts of changes in climate and non-climate factor on river runoff are still less explored due to the difficulties to d ...
global forum on food security and nutrition
... term, climate change affects natural resources and therefore food availability and access, but also environmental health and access to health care. In the most affected areas these long-term impacts eventually can lead to transitory or permanent migration, which often leaves female-headed households ...
... term, climate change affects natural resources and therefore food availability and access, but also environmental health and access to health care. In the most affected areas these long-term impacts eventually can lead to transitory or permanent migration, which often leaves female-headed households ...
Assessment Report on the Potential Effects of Climate Change on
... and sea ice exchanges with neighboring regions. Sea ice thickness and concentrations of multi-year ice are decreasing especially along the slope and deeper offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea and adjacent regions. These reductions are mainly a result of losses of older multi-year ice. There is also ...
... and sea ice exchanges with neighboring regions. Sea ice thickness and concentrations of multi-year ice are decreasing especially along the slope and deeper offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea and adjacent regions. These reductions are mainly a result of losses of older multi-year ice. There is also ...
Expert Meeting on How to feed the world in 2050 . Critical evaluation of selected projections
... nutrition outcomes are associated with the different price projections. For example, if moderation in price rises is associated with demand growth that is less than what is needed to significantly reduce or eliminate hunger, the outcome cannot be considered optimistic. What do the EM papers imply fo ...
... nutrition outcomes are associated with the different price projections. For example, if moderation in price rises is associated with demand growth that is less than what is needed to significantly reduce or eliminate hunger, the outcome cannot be considered optimistic. What do the EM papers imply fo ...
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.""