The global status of CCS 2015: summary report
... deal. The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the adoption of a legally binding, ambitious and fair international agreement applicable to all and capable of keeping the world on track to limit the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees. The EU was the first major economy to submit its c ...
... deal. The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the adoption of a legally binding, ambitious and fair international agreement applicable to all and capable of keeping the world on track to limit the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees. The EU was the first major economy to submit its c ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... urbanization rate is low in Uganda compared with other African countries. The highlands are densely populated, creating significant pressure on land resources and resulting in land and environmental degradation. 10. The economy of Uganda has been growing at an annual rate of 5-7% over the past decad ...
... urbanization rate is low in Uganda compared with other African countries. The highlands are densely populated, creating significant pressure on land resources and resulting in land and environmental degradation. 10. The economy of Uganda has been growing at an annual rate of 5-7% over the past decad ...
Climate Change and European Agriculture - EDOC HU
... method of Gaussian Quadratures. Despite the necessity of sensitivity analysis in climate impact assessments, stochastic analysis has so far been neglected in literature. The second method uses the five individual LPJmL outputs to generate a distribution of results. That way, uncertainty stemming fro ...
... method of Gaussian Quadratures. Despite the necessity of sensitivity analysis in climate impact assessments, stochastic analysis has so far been neglected in literature. The second method uses the five individual LPJmL outputs to generate a distribution of results. That way, uncertainty stemming fro ...
Climate Change Adaptation for Natural World Heritage Sites A
... The impact of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2005 by a group of concerned organizations and individuals. The Committee requested the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration wi ...
... The impact of climate change on World Heritage natural and cultural properties was brought to the attention of the 29th session of the World Heritage Committee in 2005 by a group of concerned organizations and individuals. The Committee requested the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, in collaboration wi ...
Technical Summary
... Climate change: A change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Climate change may be due to natural internal process ...
... Climate change: A change in the state of the climate that can be identified (e.g., by using statistical tests) by changes in the mean and/or the variability of its properties, and that persists for an extended period, typically decades or longer. Climate change may be due to natural internal process ...
appendix - UA Atmospheric Sciences
... My research in the laboratory and in the field is focused on environmental pollutants, especially those found in the air and water that might affect people. For example, I study toxic metals in airborne dust, and the chemistry of rain and snow. D. Honors and Awards ...
... My research in the laboratory and in the field is focused on environmental pollutants, especially those found in the air and water that might affect people. For example, I study toxic metals in airborne dust, and the chemistry of rain and snow. D. Honors and Awards ...
Tree Species Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
... Vulnerability can be assessed in the context of either current or future climate scenarios. Adaptation measures can then be proposed that may reduce vulnerability by reducing potential negative impacts and by improving adaptive capacity. In this report we focus on the impacts of climate change at th ...
... Vulnerability can be assessed in the context of either current or future climate scenarios. Adaptation measures can then be proposed that may reduce vulnerability by reducing potential negative impacts and by improving adaptive capacity. In this report we focus on the impacts of climate change at th ...
Vulnerability of pelagic systems in the Great Barrier Reef
... seasonal change in the composition of plankton is therefore considerable. Phytoplankton is a critical food source for zooplankton. Zooplankton include many larvae that are temporary members of the plankton (meroplankton) and those that spend their whole life as plankton (holoplankton). A multitude o ...
... seasonal change in the composition of plankton is therefore considerable. Phytoplankton is a critical food source for zooplankton. Zooplankton include many larvae that are temporary members of the plankton (meroplankton) and those that spend their whole life as plankton (holoplankton). A multitude o ...
Effects of decreasing acid deposition and climate change on acid
... suggest that base cation (mainly calcium) dilution, the “seasalt effect”, and elevated nitrate pulses, are the major causes of seasonal/episodic minima in acid neutralising capacity (ANC), and that the relative importance of these drivers has remained approximately constant during 25 years of decrea ...
... suggest that base cation (mainly calcium) dilution, the “seasalt effect”, and elevated nitrate pulses, are the major causes of seasonal/episodic minima in acid neutralising capacity (ANC), and that the relative importance of these drivers has remained approximately constant during 25 years of decrea ...
Dis full and final - University of Otago
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
... discussion. At this conference, the Paris Agreement1 was drafted; an agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change2 (UNFCCC), aimed at mitigating greenhouse gas emissions to reduce global warming.3 While France’s foreign minister Laurant Fabius stated that this agreement ...
oa guide
... complex impacts on ocean chemistry. A major area of interest is biologically important nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphates, silica and iron which often limit plankton growth in large parts of the ocean. As conditions become more acidic this could, at least in theory, reduce their availability. Al ...
... complex impacts on ocean chemistry. A major area of interest is biologically important nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphates, silica and iron which often limit plankton growth in large parts of the ocean. As conditions become more acidic this could, at least in theory, reduce their availability. Al ...
Climate Volatility and Change in Central Asia: Economic Impacts
... wheat stocks to face expected supply shortfalls, thus leading to higher regional wheat prices. This effect could be further aggravated by negative impacts of lower irrigation water availability on wheat yields. The estimates of the aggregate impacts of climate change on Central Asian agriculture ran ...
... wheat stocks to face expected supply shortfalls, thus leading to higher regional wheat prices. This effect could be further aggravated by negative impacts of lower irrigation water availability on wheat yields. The estimates of the aggregate impacts of climate change on Central Asian agriculture ran ...
assam state action plan on climate change
... threat to humanity and has implications for sustainable development. Our climate is already changing. Along with continued warming of the atmosphere, erratic rainfall pattern are emerging and as result new patterns of droughts and floods are being observed, which are likely to get more frequent and ...
... threat to humanity and has implications for sustainable development. Our climate is already changing. Along with continued warming of the atmosphere, erratic rainfall pattern are emerging and as result new patterns of droughts and floods are being observed, which are likely to get more frequent and ...
ecosystem-based adaptation - Fundação Grupo Boticário de
... the warming of the global system, which can be evidenced based on changes such as the warming of the atmosphere and the oceans and the increase in sealevel, among other changes already observed (PBMC, 2015). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the last three decades we ...
... the warming of the global system, which can be evidenced based on changes such as the warming of the atmosphere and the oceans and the increase in sealevel, among other changes already observed (PBMC, 2015). According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the last three decades we ...
Working Paper 198 - Castells-Quintana et al (opens in new window)
... 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
... 8. Modelling and decision making 9. Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance More information about the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment can be found at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/grantham. ...
Physical Assessment of the Brahmaputra River
... monsoon, the average increase in monthly flows may vary from 3% to 9% by 2050 across the three emission scenarios, and by 7% to 16% by 2100. In the dry season, the average increase in monthly flows varies by similar amounts (2% to 11% by 2050, and 8% to 15% by 2100). The increase in flows by 2050 co ...
... monsoon, the average increase in monthly flows may vary from 3% to 9% by 2050 across the three emission scenarios, and by 7% to 16% by 2100. In the dry season, the average increase in monthly flows varies by similar amounts (2% to 11% by 2050, and 8% to 15% by 2100). The increase in flows by 2050 co ...
Summary for Policymakers
... Appropriate management of land use and land-use change can enhance uptake of atmospheric CO2 by vegetation and soils through activities such as restoration of wetlands, planting new forests and reforestation. Geoengineering proposals that do not reduce atmospheric CO2 – for example, methods that ...
... Appropriate management of land use and land-use change can enhance uptake of atmospheric CO2 by vegetation and soils through activities such as restoration of wetlands, planting new forests and reforestation. Geoengineering proposals that do not reduce atmospheric CO2 – for example, methods that ...
Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... CONCLUSION .................................................................. ...
... CONCLUSION .................................................................. ...
Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground
... Seasonally, the area covered by snow in the NH ranges from a mean maximum in January of 45.2 × 106 km2 to a mean minimum in August of 1.9 × 106 km2 (1966–2004). Snow covers more than 33% of lands north of the equator from November to April, reaching 49% coverage in January. The role of snow in the c ...
... Seasonally, the area covered by snow in the NH ranges from a mean maximum in January of 45.2 × 106 km2 to a mean minimum in August of 1.9 × 106 km2 (1966–2004). Snow covers more than 33% of lands north of the equator from November to April, reaching 49% coverage in January. The role of snow in the c ...
A special introductory guide for policy advisers and decision makers
... complex impacts on ocean chemistry. A major area of interest is biologically important nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphates, silica and iron which often limit plankton growth in large parts of the ocean. As conditions become more acidic this could, at least in theory, reduce their availability. Al ...
... complex impacts on ocean chemistry. A major area of interest is biologically important nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphates, silica and iron which often limit plankton growth in large parts of the ocean. As conditions become more acidic this could, at least in theory, reduce their availability. Al ...
Assessing an IPCC Assessment: An Analysis of Statements on Projected Regional Impacts in the 2007 Report
... the extent to which the IPCC in their summaries had presented existing scientific knowledge to the world of policymakers, in a way that was supported by the underlying texts and scientific references. What is more, we also investigated what could be learned from our findings so that informed choices ...
... the extent to which the IPCC in their summaries had presented existing scientific knowledge to the world of policymakers, in a way that was supported by the underlying texts and scientific references. What is more, we also investigated what could be learned from our findings so that informed choices ...
Climate change and its impacts on Kazakhstan`s human development
... threaten livelihoods and lead to a deterioration in the overall quality of human life. Climate change may disturb the natural balance and lead to irreversible environmental processes. The world’s ecological equilibrium which has existed for many centuries, and the energy and water balance in Eurasia ...
... threaten livelihoods and lead to a deterioration in the overall quality of human life. Climate change may disturb the natural balance and lead to irreversible environmental processes. The world’s ecological equilibrium which has existed for many centuries, and the energy and water balance in Eurasia ...
Climate Change in Colorado: A Synthesis to Support Water Resources Management and Adaptation.
... Colorado is in step with regional and global warming that has been linked to increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. Annual precipitation, which has high natural variability, has not seen a statewide trend over that period. However, some drought indicators have worsened due to the ...
... Colorado is in step with regional and global warming that has been linked to increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. Annual precipitation, which has high natural variability, has not seen a statewide trend over that period. However, some drought indicators have worsened due to the ...
Impacts of climate change on disadvantaged UK coastal communities
... Coastal communities throughout the UK already face a variety of different complex issues which make planning for climate change particularly challenging. From a demographic perspective, the existing population of coastal communities is becoming increasingly older as a result of high levels of inward ...
... Coastal communities throughout the UK already face a variety of different complex issues which make planning for climate change particularly challenging. From a demographic perspective, the existing population of coastal communities is becoming increasingly older as a result of high levels of inward ...
Options for Marine Turtles - Organization of American States
... degree of future warming. However, even if greenhouse gas emissions were to be cut dramatically, some change in climate is unavoidable. Stabilizing present day emissions would result in a continuous increase in atmospheric CO2 over the 21st Century 3, with consequences for society and ecosystems. Mi ...
... degree of future warming. However, even if greenhouse gas emissions were to be cut dramatically, some change in climate is unavoidable. Stabilizing present day emissions would result in a continuous increase in atmospheric CO2 over the 21st Century 3, with consequences for society and ecosystems. Mi ...
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.""