Proceedings of the European Conference on Biodiversity and
... Annex 1: Programme of oral presentations ...................................................................................... 87 Annex 2: Programme of poster presentations .................................................................................. 91 Annex 3: List of registered delegates .. ...
... Annex 1: Programme of oral presentations ...................................................................................... 87 Annex 2: Programme of poster presentations .................................................................................. 91 Annex 3: List of registered delegates .. ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Water Resources of the Cooper
... climate model tuned to a number of complex models with a range of climate sensitivities. Also for comparison, following the same method, results are shown for IS92a. The darker shading represents the envelope of the full set of thirty-five SRES scenarios using the average of the models results. The ...
... climate model tuned to a number of complex models with a range of climate sensitivities. Also for comparison, following the same method, results are shown for IS92a. The darker shading represents the envelope of the full set of thirty-five SRES scenarios using the average of the models results. The ...
Temperature Shocks and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century
... headway in exploring potential impacts of shifts in climate by examining medium-term temperature shifts within countries. Mean global land temperatures have risen nearly 1◦C since 1970 (Brohan et al. 2006), but countries have not warmed equally. We therefore examine whether those countries that expe ...
... headway in exploring potential impacts of shifts in climate by examining medium-term temperature shifts within countries. Mean global land temperatures have risen nearly 1◦C since 1970 (Brohan et al. 2006), but countries have not warmed equally. We therefore examine whether those countries that expe ...
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... binding greenhouse gas emission targets for developed countries for the five-year period 2008 to 2012. If Canada ratifies the Protocol, it will be required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to six percent below 1990 levels during this period. In response to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (KP) the Firs ...
... binding greenhouse gas emission targets for developed countries for the five-year period 2008 to 2012. If Canada ratifies the Protocol, it will be required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to six percent below 1990 levels during this period. In response to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (KP) the Firs ...
Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas - C
... binding greenhouse gas emission targets for developed countries for the five-year period 2008 to 2012. If Canada ratifies the Protocol, it will be required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to six percent below 1990 levels during this period. In response to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (KP) the Firs ...
... binding greenhouse gas emission targets for developed countries for the five-year period 2008 to 2012. If Canada ratifies the Protocol, it will be required to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to six percent below 1990 levels during this period. In response to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol (KP) the Firs ...
Impacts of ocean acidification on marine organisms: quantifying
... well as the literature cited of the identified studies, resulting in 403 published studies. We included the data from any study that measured a biological response to a 0.5 unit reduction or less in mean seawater pH (on any pH scale), which reduced the 403 studies to 155 studies. The 0.5 unit reduct ...
... well as the literature cited of the identified studies, resulting in 403 published studies. We included the data from any study that measured a biological response to a 0.5 unit reduction or less in mean seawater pH (on any pH scale), which reduced the 403 studies to 155 studies. The 0.5 unit reduct ...
Manteca Draft Climate Action Plan
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
... included in the inventory. For trips that begin in the City but end in a different jurisdiction, half the emissions are included in the inventory. Conversely, for trips that begin outside the City but end within the City, half the emissions are included in the inventory. The inventories include esti ...
Student Thesis: Exporting Sustainability: Reducing the Climate Impact of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
... developed nations. The Export-Import Bank of the United States is one such ECA, and its effect on international trade is significant. Each year, it authorizes billions of dollars in the form of loans, guarantees, and insurance to facilitate export transactions. A fairly significant amount of this su ...
... developed nations. The Export-Import Bank of the United States is one such ECA, and its effect on international trade is significant. Each year, it authorizes billions of dollars in the form of loans, guarantees, and insurance to facilitate export transactions. A fairly significant amount of this su ...
assessment of the vulnerability of rural livelihoods in the Pacific to
... The EVI climate change sub-index values produced by SOPAC, indicates the environmental risks likely to result from climate change. In this study, we have used these values to rank the relative biophysical vulnerability of PICs to climate change. Although the ranking indicated a hierarchy of vulnerab ...
... The EVI climate change sub-index values produced by SOPAC, indicates the environmental risks likely to result from climate change. In this study, we have used these values to rank the relative biophysical vulnerability of PICs to climate change. Although the ranking indicated a hierarchy of vulnerab ...
Tracking adaptation and measuring development
... As adaptation to climate change becomes the focus of increasing attention and the target of significant spending, there is a growing need for frameworks and tools that enable organisations to track and assess the outcomes of adaptation interventions. This paper presents a coherent framework for clim ...
... As adaptation to climate change becomes the focus of increasing attention and the target of significant spending, there is a growing need for frameworks and tools that enable organisations to track and assess the outcomes of adaptation interventions. This paper presents a coherent framework for clim ...
Governing Climate Change: Towards a New Paradigm for Risk
... contemplate the relation between risk and uncertainty. Often, and particularly since the ascent of the precautionary principle, risk and uncertainty are treated as qualitatively different, even juxtaposed, notions. Risk, it is said, qualifies situations where sufficient information exists to make a ...
... contemplate the relation between risk and uncertainty. Often, and particularly since the ascent of the precautionary principle, risk and uncertainty are treated as qualitatively different, even juxtaposed, notions. Risk, it is said, qualifies situations where sufficient information exists to make a ...
challenges of hydrological analysis for water resources
... Figure 3.2 Catchments of the Karun1 and Dez dams in the Karun River basin generated by BTOPMC in 5 km spatial resolution. ............................ 33! Figure 3.3 Simulation results at the Karun1 dam site during the calibration period of 2000-2002. ................................................ ...
... Figure 3.2 Catchments of the Karun1 and Dez dams in the Karun River basin generated by BTOPMC in 5 km spatial resolution. ............................ 33! Figure 3.3 Simulation results at the Karun1 dam site during the calibration period of 2000-2002. ................................................ ...
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... A) always lasts for the same period of time as the previous El Niño. B) only affects the Northern Hemisphere. C) can lead to drought in the southern United States. D) has nothing to do with ocean temperatures and circulation. Answer: C Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: An ...
... A) always lasts for the same period of time as the previous El Niño. B) only affects the Northern Hemisphere. C) can lead to drought in the southern United States. D) has nothing to do with ocean temperatures and circulation. Answer: C Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: An ...
Is the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change an
... effectiveness, yet his process has only just begun to emerge in the literature on global climate governance (Tompkins & Amundsen 2008, Turnheim & Tezcan 2010). Accordingly, the core of today’s international climate change regime, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is ...
... effectiveness, yet his process has only just begun to emerge in the literature on global climate governance (Tompkins & Amundsen 2008, Turnheim & Tezcan 2010). Accordingly, the core of today’s international climate change regime, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), is ...
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... B) be relatively arid. C) have higher levels of evaporation than with warm currents. D) be subtropical. Answer: B Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Nat Geo Standard: 7. Physical Systems: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface Learnin ...
... B) be relatively arid. C) have higher levels of evaporation than with warm currents. D) be subtropical. Answer: B Diff: 2 Topic/Section: Circulation Patterns Bloom's Taxonomy: Application Nat Geo Standard: 7. Physical Systems: The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface Learnin ...
An Action Theory of Adaptation to Climate Change - diss.fu
... new statistical properties as averages intensity, higher momenta, or frequencies. They can also refer to abrupt large-scale events in the earth system. In many practical cases it is yet not relevant to insist on this distinction. There is also a difference between meteorological effects as temperatu ...
... new statistical properties as averages intensity, higher momenta, or frequencies. They can also refer to abrupt large-scale events in the earth system. In many practical cases it is yet not relevant to insist on this distinction. There is also a difference between meteorological effects as temperatu ...
http://www.undp.org/content/dam/jordan/docs/News/Climate%20change%20policy_JO.pdf
... Adaptation to Climate Change ...
... Adaptation to Climate Change ...
Impacts of climate change on water resources
... Change in cumulative specific net mass balance of glaciers from all European glacier regions between 1946 and 2005................................................................. 22 ...
... Change in cumulative specific net mass balance of glaciers from all European glacier regions between 1946 and 2005................................................................. 22 ...
Urban Climate Change Adaptation and - East
... This seven-module, five-day course starts with an introduction to climate change and climate change adaptation; provides tools and techniques for assessing climate change impacts and vulnerabilities; presents a framework for identification, evaluation, selection, and implementation of climate adapta ...
... This seven-module, five-day course starts with an introduction to climate change and climate change adaptation; provides tools and techniques for assessing climate change impacts and vulnerabilities; presents a framework for identification, evaluation, selection, and implementation of climate adapta ...
Price Caps and Price Floors in Climate Policy
... The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of thirty democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as ...
... The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of thirty democracies work together to address the economic, social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns, such as ...
Protecting People Crossing Borders in the Context of
... where affected persons were already vulnerable before the storm and their capacity to cope was particularly low at the same time. In such situations, the occurrence of large-scale displacement will be more likely than in a situation where the resilience of people and their capacity to withstand the ...
... where affected persons were already vulnerable before the storm and their capacity to cope was particularly low at the same time. In such situations, the occurrence of large-scale displacement will be more likely than in a situation where the resilience of people and their capacity to withstand the ...
Dynamical downscaling from climate
... There is more extensive drying over Victoria and NSW in MAM. During SON drying is now indicated over much of Queensland. For all time periods, the three simulations show agreement in producing reduced rainfall over southern states for all seasons. There are differences between Mk 3.5 and CCAM for th ...
... There is more extensive drying over Victoria and NSW in MAM. During SON drying is now indicated over much of Queensland. For all time periods, the three simulations show agreement in producing reduced rainfall over southern states for all seasons. There are differences between Mk 3.5 and CCAM for th ...
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.""