France`s adaptation to global climate change
... that its effects may already be felt across a number of natural and human systems and that preventive measures are necessary. It is clearly distinct from mitigation efforts, which must be carried out through «an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gase ...
... that its effects may already be felt across a number of natural and human systems and that preventive measures are necessary. It is clearly distinct from mitigation efforts, which must be carried out through «an anthropogenic intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gase ...
Danish strategy for adaptation to a changing climate
... the form of drought, flooding, storm surges, hurricanes and rising sea levels due to melting glaciers. Responsible politicians must take account of this now at the start of the 21st century. It would be irresponsible to just cross our fingers and hope that things will be alright in our lifetimes. Th ...
... the form of drought, flooding, storm surges, hurricanes and rising sea levels due to melting glaciers. Responsible politicians must take account of this now at the start of the 21st century. It would be irresponsible to just cross our fingers and hope that things will be alright in our lifetimes. Th ...
epaNews Inside epaNews Farm Waste Prevention - cost savings and
... Dr Padraic Larkin, Deputy Director General and Director of the EPA’s Office of Climate, Licensing and Resource Use retired in April 2008. Padraic Larkin started his career in the private sector and moved to An Foras Forbartha to establish the Regional Water Laboratory in Castlebar. He joined the Env ...
... Dr Padraic Larkin, Deputy Director General and Director of the EPA’s Office of Climate, Licensing and Resource Use retired in April 2008. Padraic Larkin started his career in the private sector and moved to An Foras Forbartha to establish the Regional Water Laboratory in Castlebar. He joined the Env ...
The fate of Amazonian ecosystems over the coming century arising
... 2013). Findings of increasing biomass in studies of forest inventories in the tropics have been interpreted as indicating that CO2 fertilization may be occurring (Baker et al., 2004; Lewis et al., 2009); however, there is currently limited direct evidence from large-scale experimental studies in tro ...
... 2013). Findings of increasing biomass in studies of forest inventories in the tropics have been interpreted as indicating that CO2 fertilization may be occurring (Baker et al., 2004; Lewis et al., 2009); however, there is currently limited direct evidence from large-scale experimental studies in tro ...
Cloud Feedbacks Found to Amplify Global Warming
... Cloud simulations and cloud–climate feedbacks in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific region in 16 state-of-the-art coupled global climate models (GCMs) and in the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) Regional Atmospheric Model (iRAM) are examined. The authors find that the simulatio ...
... Cloud simulations and cloud–climate feedbacks in the tropical and subtropical eastern Pacific region in 16 state-of-the-art coupled global climate models (GCMs) and in the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC) Regional Atmospheric Model (iRAM) are examined. The authors find that the simulatio ...
Kocornick Mina and Fankhauser 2015 (opens in new window)
... these economic dynamics. Current approaches to adaptation often seek to preserve current structures, for example by protecting agricultural output, which neither acknowledges nor takes advantage of the fact that the status quo is evolving. In climate change risk assessments, the anticipated future c ...
... these economic dynamics. Current approaches to adaptation often seek to preserve current structures, for example by protecting agricultural output, which neither acknowledges nor takes advantage of the fact that the status quo is evolving. In climate change risk assessments, the anticipated future c ...
Working group on climate change
... Agriculture, tea plantations in some of the countries of these two continents (inhabiting some of the poorest countries of the world), are the major livelihood option for millions of people. During recent years, some of these tea growing countries indicate disturbing trends of decline in tea yield a ...
... Agriculture, tea plantations in some of the countries of these two continents (inhabiting some of the poorest countries of the world), are the major livelihood option for millions of people. During recent years, some of these tea growing countries indicate disturbing trends of decline in tea yield a ...
- University of East Anglia
... There are commentators who are not just expecting, but urging states to take on more (Victor, 2010). We sense that Working Group III of the IPCC (Stavins and Ji, 2014), realized this when, in Chapter 13, they painted three possible trajectories for future international policies: “centralized archite ...
... There are commentators who are not just expecting, but urging states to take on more (Victor, 2010). We sense that Working Group III of the IPCC (Stavins and Ji, 2014), realized this when, in Chapter 13, they painted three possible trajectories for future international policies: “centralized archite ...
Vermont`s Wildlife Action Plan
... wildlife managers were just beginning to think through basic questions such as: ‘How might climate change impact wildlife and wildlife habitat? ‘How can we systematically identify wildlife, plants and habitats that might be vulnerable to climate change? And, ‘What types of actions can be taken to he ...
... wildlife managers were just beginning to think through basic questions such as: ‘How might climate change impact wildlife and wildlife habitat? ‘How can we systematically identify wildlife, plants and habitats that might be vulnerable to climate change? And, ‘What types of actions can be taken to he ...
predicting_climate_change
... The accumulation of a large phenological dataset requires sustained effort over many ...
... The accumulation of a large phenological dataset requires sustained effort over many ...
Climate change impacts on mean wind speeds in South Africa
... Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represented along the eastern escarpment stretch (Figure 8). The simulation from the ERA-Interim data (Figure 7) suggests that winds range from 2m.s-1 to 5m. ...
... Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represented along the eastern escarpment stretch (Figure 8). The simulation from the ERA-Interim data (Figure 7) suggests that winds range from 2m.s-1 to 5m. ...
A conceptual framework for monitoring climate effects and feedback
... acknowledge that although large‐scale trends in climate changes in the Arctic display clear trends of, for example, increased temperature and retreating sea ice cover, such changes are not necessarily observed in local climate. In fact, what have been observed at Zackenberg over the last ten year ...
... acknowledge that although large‐scale trends in climate changes in the Arctic display clear trends of, for example, increased temperature and retreating sea ice cover, such changes are not necessarily observed in local climate. In fact, what have been observed at Zackenberg over the last ten year ...
Climate Resilient Development - EDA
... develop and integrate adaptation options. Integrating adaptation into policy and planning provides an essential opportunity to make more climate-resilient development investments. Efforts have been put at national and state level to integrate scientific understanding of the changing climate into pla ...
... develop and integrate adaptation options. Integrating adaptation into policy and planning provides an essential opportunity to make more climate-resilient development investments. Efforts have been put at national and state level to integrate scientific understanding of the changing climate into pla ...
Climate change impacts on mean wind speeds in South Africa
... Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represented along the eastern escarpment stretch (Figure 8). The simulation from the ERA-Interim data (Figure 7) suggests that winds range from 2m.s-1 to 5m. ...
... Finally, in the SON-season lower wind speeds in the southeastern tip of the country are once more not well captured by the RCA4 RCM, nor is it represented along the eastern escarpment stretch (Figure 8). The simulation from the ERA-Interim data (Figure 7) suggests that winds range from 2m.s-1 to 5m. ...
Potential impacts of climate change on Northeast
... Pacific EwE models disaggregate into size classes. For body size calculations, we assumed that euphausiids and copepods were representative of the body size for large and small zooplankton groups, respectively, because these are the dominant taxa in the region (Mackas and Tsuda, 1999). Implicitly, t ...
... Pacific EwE models disaggregate into size classes. For body size calculations, we assumed that euphausiids and copepods were representative of the body size for large and small zooplankton groups, respectively, because these are the dominant taxa in the region (Mackas and Tsuda, 1999). Implicitly, t ...
Rain-on-snow events, floods and climate change in the Alps: Events
... change in climate, but also an isolated and unusually mild winter. For the shifts in precipitation, we assumed 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 times the current values for the winter half-year, which is in line with recent Alpine climate scenarios (e.g., Gobiet et al., 2014). The ΔT and ΔP values have been added ...
... change in climate, but also an isolated and unusually mild winter. For the shifts in precipitation, we assumed 0.8, 1.0, and 1.2 times the current values for the winter half-year, which is in line with recent Alpine climate scenarios (e.g., Gobiet et al., 2014). The ΔT and ΔP values have been added ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... was selected based on error estimators obtained by means of a cross-validation procedure. The regular distribution of the observations over the territory guaranteed an appropriate interpolation of the data (Burrough and McDonnell, 1998). Climatic layers were interpolated within a Lambert projection ...
... was selected based on error estimators obtained by means of a cross-validation procedure. The regular distribution of the observations over the territory guaranteed an appropriate interpolation of the data (Burrough and McDonnell, 1998). Climatic layers were interpolated within a Lambert projection ...
Case study: Guatemala - CIAT-DAPA
... higher altitude. These areas are covered by forest or are located on steep slopes and therefore not available for broccoli production. The prediction for Sweet pea shows a drastic decrease in suitability by 2050. Through participatory workshops and more than 120 questionnaires we assessed the SENSIT ...
... higher altitude. These areas are covered by forest or are located on steep slopes and therefore not available for broccoli production. The prediction for Sweet pea shows a drastic decrease in suitability by 2050. Through participatory workshops and more than 120 questionnaires we assessed the SENSIT ...
CLIMATE CHANGE IN NORTHERN AFRICA
... CO2 concentration are prescribed. Focussing on climate and vegetation change in northern Africa, we recapture the strong greening of the Sahara in the early and mid-Holocene (some 9000–6000 years ago), and we show that some expansion of grassland into the Sahara is theoretically possible, if the atm ...
... CO2 concentration are prescribed. Focussing on climate and vegetation change in northern Africa, we recapture the strong greening of the Sahara in the early and mid-Holocene (some 9000–6000 years ago), and we show that some expansion of grassland into the Sahara is theoretically possible, if the atm ...
Climate change prediction over complex areas: spatial variability of
... was selected based on error estimators obtained by means of a cross-validation procedure. The regular distribution of the observations over the territory guaranteed an appropriate interpolation of the data (Burrough and McDonnell, 1998). Climatic layers were interpolated within a Lambert projection ...
... was selected based on error estimators obtained by means of a cross-validation procedure. The regular distribution of the observations over the territory guaranteed an appropriate interpolation of the data (Burrough and McDonnell, 1998). Climatic layers were interpolated within a Lambert projection ...
Livestock – Climate Change`s Forgotten Sector: Global Public
... with the largest livestock populations, only two – Australia and the EU – remain subject to binding emissions reduction commitments under the Protocol (see Figure 5). Developing countries’ mitigation plans submitted to the UNFCCC show a similarly marginal consideration of livestock. Only eight of th ...
... with the largest livestock populations, only two – Australia and the EU – remain subject to binding emissions reduction commitments under the Protocol (see Figure 5). Developing countries’ mitigation plans submitted to the UNFCCC show a similarly marginal consideration of livestock. Only eight of th ...
Future Climate, Hydrology, Vegetation, and Wildfire Projections for
... climate system. These models vary in their level of detail and assumptions, making output and future scenarios variable. Differences among models stem from differences in assumptions regarding what variables ...
... climate system. These models vary in their level of detail and assumptions, making output and future scenarios variable. Differences among models stem from differences in assumptions regarding what variables ...
Climate Action Plan
... infrastructure, protecting critical sectors of our industry, government and natural resources and using sound science to better understand and address climate impacts. The CCAP addresses the impacts of climate change on our community. Policy: Climate change will impact our community for years to com ...
... infrastructure, protecting critical sectors of our industry, government and natural resources and using sound science to better understand and address climate impacts. The CCAP addresses the impacts of climate change on our community. Policy: Climate change will impact our community for years to com ...
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... larger than all of Asia’s economic output combined, but several economies have developed since with China overtaking Japan as the largest economy in Asia, and some additional countries such as India projected to surpass Japan’s gross domestic product by 2020 (UNDP, 2014). These changing economic cir ...
... larger than all of Asia’s economic output combined, but several economies have developed since with China overtaking Japan as the largest economy in Asia, and some additional countries such as India projected to surpass Japan’s gross domestic product by 2020 (UNDP, 2014). These changing economic cir ...
Climatic Research Unit documents
Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e-mails and other computer files were stolen from a server at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia in a hacking incident in November 2009. The documents were redistributed first through the blogosphere of global warming skeptics, and allegations were made that they indicated misconduct by leading climate scientists. A series of investigations rejected these allegations, while concluding that CRU scientists should have been more open with distributing data and methods on request. Precisely six committees investigated the allegations and published reports, finding no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct. The scientific consensus that global warming is occurring as a result of human activity remained unchanged by the end of the investigations.The incident occurred shortly before the opening December 2009 Copenhagen global climate summit. It has prompted general discussion about increasing the openness of scientific data (though the majority of climate data have always been freely available). Scientists, scientific organisations, and government officials have stated that the incident does not affect the overall scientific case for climate change. Andrew Revkin reported in the New York Times that ""The evidence pointing to a growing human contribution to global warming is so widely accepted that the hacked material is unlikely to erode the overall argument.""