copenhagen, climate change `refugees` and the need for a global
... of concluding negotiations on a new climate change agreement to enter into force when Kyoto’s first commitment period, which runs from 2008 to 2012, comes to an end. The result of the Copenhagen conference was a non‐binding agreement which, while it contains emissions reduction pledges by all maj ...
... of concluding negotiations on a new climate change agreement to enter into force when Kyoto’s first commitment period, which runs from 2008 to 2012, comes to an end. The result of the Copenhagen conference was a non‐binding agreement which, while it contains emissions reduction pledges by all maj ...
Climate Change and Respiratory Health
... threats posed by climate change become more widely acknowledged, public health, medical and disease advocacy officials will need to familiarize themselves on how climate change may affect their patients, clients, and organizational members and supporters. For vulnerable populations, such as those li ...
... threats posed by climate change become more widely acknowledged, public health, medical and disease advocacy officials will need to familiarize themselves on how climate change may affect their patients, clients, and organizational members and supporters. For vulnerable populations, such as those li ...
Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Secondary Activities: A
... through markets. It affects through both product and financial markets. Our consumption, dressing, and other ways of life will always be shaped by our physical environment. Climate change, thus, affects taste and demand of goods and services. If temperature increases, for example, the taste for wool ...
... through markets. It affects through both product and financial markets. Our consumption, dressing, and other ways of life will always be shaped by our physical environment. Climate change, thus, affects taste and demand of goods and services. If temperature increases, for example, the taste for wool ...
Estimates of the Damage Costs of Climate Change
... (1995) do not detail the myriad assumptions needed to derive their comprehensive estimates from the underlying impact literature. A new climate scenario, or new impact estimates, say, for winter wheat, therefore cannot be taken up other than by an elaborate re-analysis by the original author. This p ...
... (1995) do not detail the myriad assumptions needed to derive their comprehensive estimates from the underlying impact literature. A new climate scenario, or new impact estimates, say, for winter wheat, therefore cannot be taken up other than by an elaborate re-analysis by the original author. This p ...
The global land shortwave cryosphere radiative effect during the
... is determined by taking the difference between climatological snow-covered albedo for that grid cell (and time of year, as described in the previous subsection) and snow-free albedo. Since the NISE data set is continuous and daily resolved, we are able to determine those situations when a particular ...
... is determined by taking the difference between climatological snow-covered albedo for that grid cell (and time of year, as described in the previous subsection) and snow-free albedo. Since the NISE data set is continuous and daily resolved, we are able to determine those situations when a particular ...
Effects of Climate Warming, North Atlantic Oscillation, and
... various species and groups, as is documented for cladocerans, copepods, and rotifers in European lakes. Furthermore, thermophile species reached higher abundance in warmer years. Obviously, the nature of responses is species specific, and depends on the detailed seasonal patterning of warming. Compl ...
... various species and groups, as is documented for cladocerans, copepods, and rotifers in European lakes. Furthermore, thermophile species reached higher abundance in warmer years. Obviously, the nature of responses is species specific, and depends on the detailed seasonal patterning of warming. Compl ...
Predicting regional climate change: living with uncertainty
... Protocol in 1997 (which sets specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – Masood, 1997) has been summarized in a series of influential reports prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Houghton et al., 1990; 1996). The majority of the scientific evidence contained ...
... Protocol in 1997 (which sets specific targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions – Masood, 1997) has been summarized in a series of influential reports prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (Houghton et al., 1990; 1996). The majority of the scientific evidence contained ...
Climate Security and Justice for Small Island Developing States
... challenges that climate change poses, they often fall short on pragmatic financial and other mechanisms to assist the most vulnerable countries in addressing these challenges. Adaptation projects undertaken by SIDS often face the bottlenecks of inadequate data and technical capacity, weak institution ...
... challenges that climate change poses, they often fall short on pragmatic financial and other mechanisms to assist the most vulnerable countries in addressing these challenges. Adaptation projects undertaken by SIDS often face the bottlenecks of inadequate data and technical capacity, weak institution ...
weather and climate: engaging youth
... “Meteo-Volunteers for Sochi Olympic Games 2014.” For those taking a different path, there are other avenues for them to act on climate issues. Landry Ndriko Mayigane provides examples in “How African Youth are Participating in Global Climate Change Politics.” The final article ...
... “Meteo-Volunteers for Sochi Olympic Games 2014.” For those taking a different path, there are other avenues for them to act on climate issues. Landry Ndriko Mayigane provides examples in “How African Youth are Participating in Global Climate Change Politics.” The final article ...
Content - STORMBRINGER!
... Observation and modelling studies have indicated that the global land surface has been undergoing significant changes in the past few decades, driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors, such as changes in ecosystem productivity, fire and land use. Land surface changes can potentially influenc ...
... Observation and modelling studies have indicated that the global land surface has been undergoing significant changes in the past few decades, driven by both natural and anthropogenic factors, such as changes in ecosystem productivity, fire and land use. Land surface changes can potentially influenc ...
Bringin Adaptation to Ground in British Columbia
... or territory in the country. This variability in topography, climate, and hydrology supports the highest diversity of ecosystems in Canada. In British Columbia, adaptation to climate change needs to consider regional variability, and specifically, the ecological and biological processes that will ul ...
... or territory in the country. This variability in topography, climate, and hydrology supports the highest diversity of ecosystems in Canada. In British Columbia, adaptation to climate change needs to consider regional variability, and specifically, the ecological and biological processes that will ul ...
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... species. Increased storm intensity may have significant implications for coastal structures, navigation as well as marine search and rescue operations. Changing marine ecosystems will also have real implications for environmental monitoring, protection and conservation strategies.While international ...
... species. Increased storm intensity may have significant implications for coastal structures, navigation as well as marine search and rescue operations. Changing marine ecosystems will also have real implications for environmental monitoring, protection and conservation strategies.While international ...
Road transport sensitivities to weather and climate change in Australia
... potential contributing factors only and not causes. This is primarily due to the process by which crash data is recorded, where wet weather may be one of a number of contributing factors recorded for the same incident. Therefore, with increases in severe weather including storm intensity and occurre ...
... potential contributing factors only and not causes. This is primarily due to the process by which crash data is recorded, where wet weather may be one of a number of contributing factors recorded for the same incident. Therefore, with increases in severe weather including storm intensity and occurre ...
For Peer Review - Climate Access
... more challenging activity of revealing and articulating the very many reasons why there is no one solution, not even one set of solutions, to (lower-case) climate change. […] The role of Climate Change I suggest is not as a lower-case physical phenomenon to be “solved”. We need to use the idea of Cl ...
... more challenging activity of revealing and articulating the very many reasons why there is no one solution, not even one set of solutions, to (lower-case) climate change. […] The role of Climate Change I suggest is not as a lower-case physical phenomenon to be “solved”. We need to use the idea of Cl ...
the scientific article as a Word document here
... A keyword search was performed in the search engine ISI Web of Knowledge (WOK) using the key topic terms “climat* chang*” AND “adapt*”. WOK was selected as it is one of the most powerful, current, comprehensive, and widely used search engines available for analysis of interdisciplinary, peer-reviewe ...
... A keyword search was performed in the search engine ISI Web of Knowledge (WOK) using the key topic terms “climat* chang*” AND “adapt*”. WOK was selected as it is one of the most powerful, current, comprehensive, and widely used search engines available for analysis of interdisciplinary, peer-reviewe ...
High Resolution - Responses to Climate Change
... attribution or cause (either natural or unnatural). Rather, it is specifically focused on the identification and detection of climate trends in the recent historical record. The interrelationships of Earth’s climate systems are complex and influenced by multiple natural and unnatural (i.e., anthropo ...
... attribution or cause (either natural or unnatural). Rather, it is specifically focused on the identification and detection of climate trends in the recent historical record. The interrelationships of Earth’s climate systems are complex and influenced by multiple natural and unnatural (i.e., anthropo ...
The National Climate Change Response Policy
... Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to coordinate implementation, and to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres of government with respect to climate change and government’s response to climate chan ...
... Intergovernmental Committee on Climate Change (IGCCC) has been established to coordinate implementation, and to foster the exchange of information, consultation, agreement, assistance and support among the spheres of government with respect to climate change and government’s response to climate chan ...
Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming
... have a temperature of 320 K (47 oC). The 10-12 μm region is known as the atmospheric window region. It can be seen from Figure 3 that the infrared radiation on either side of the atmospheric window is characteristic of emission from a blackbody which is significantly cooler than 320 K. Thus, for exa ...
... have a temperature of 320 K (47 oC). The 10-12 μm region is known as the atmospheric window region. It can be seen from Figure 3 that the infrared radiation on either side of the atmospheric window is characteristic of emission from a blackbody which is significantly cooler than 320 K. Thus, for exa ...
pdf Do We Understand What Is Driving Climate Change?
... absorbs from the sun, and equate this with the energy that the Earth is losing by radiating infrared energy outward into space. If those two terms roughly balance, the Earth will have a steady average temperature. The reason why it is generally colder during the night than during the day is that the ...
... absorbs from the sun, and equate this with the energy that the Earth is losing by radiating infrared energy outward into space. If those two terms roughly balance, the Earth will have a steady average temperature. The reason why it is generally colder during the night than during the day is that the ...
Trends in river floods: why is there no clear signal in observations?
... trend estimates of floods, and that contribute to the general lack of compelling observational evidence of any long-term increase in extreme river flows. Recent results of trend analysis of observed floods are outlined. Expected impacts of indirect anthropogenic climate change are discussed, and a s ...
... trend estimates of floods, and that contribute to the general lack of compelling observational evidence of any long-term increase in extreme river flows. Recent results of trend analysis of observed floods are outlined. Expected impacts of indirect anthropogenic climate change are discussed, and a s ...
published
... from 1970 to 2006 (Litschert, Brown, & Theobald, 2012). Climate models suggest that this pattern is likely to continue as changes in temperature, humidity, and the timing of precipitation and snow melt will likely lengthen and intensify the fire season (Westerling et al., 2006). Further, Liu et al. ( ...
... from 1970 to 2006 (Litschert, Brown, & Theobald, 2012). Climate models suggest that this pattern is likely to continue as changes in temperature, humidity, and the timing of precipitation and snow melt will likely lengthen and intensify the fire season (Westerling et al., 2006). Further, Liu et al. ( ...
Climate Change and Mortality: Feedback from Populations Issues
... cold and hot temperatures were responsible for 0·86% (0·84–0·87) of total mortality. However, this study was limited to a selected number of countries and did not purport to discuss future changes. It would therefore be wrong to draw a simple conclusion that global warming will overall be beneficial ...
... cold and hot temperatures were responsible for 0·86% (0·84–0·87) of total mortality. However, this study was limited to a selected number of countries and did not purport to discuss future changes. It would therefore be wrong to draw a simple conclusion that global warming will overall be beneficial ...
North Atlantic storminess and Atlantic Meridional Overturning
... hypothesized to affect the North Atlantic region in two potentially linked ways: (1) by strengthening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) (Seager et al., 2007) and (2) by inducing a positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) anomaly through tropospheric dynamics (Pozo-Vazquez et al ...
... hypothesized to affect the North Atlantic region in two potentially linked ways: (1) by strengthening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) (Seager et al., 2007) and (2) by inducing a positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) anomaly through tropospheric dynamics (Pozo-Vazquez et al ...
The Human Condition in the Anthropocene
... of expert knowledge, of professional standing, of official position, of membership in groups, nations, states. But all divisions presuppose the unity of the whole. Departments have a limited meaning. The whole which unites them also limits their realm of validity; it is their source and their guid ...
... of expert knowledge, of professional standing, of official position, of membership in groups, nations, states. But all divisions presuppose the unity of the whole. Departments have a limited meaning. The whole which unites them also limits their realm of validity; it is their source and their guid ...
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.""