Using climate information to support crop breeding decisions and
... More broadly, the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (10) indicates that recent climate trends (particularly warming (11)) have negatively impacted wheat and maize production in many regions, with corresponding reductions in global aggregate production of these crops. Recent trends in climate appear to ha ...
... More broadly, the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (10) indicates that recent climate trends (particularly warming (11)) have negatively impacted wheat and maize production in many regions, with corresponding reductions in global aggregate production of these crops. Recent trends in climate appear to ha ...
Advancing adaptation through climate information services
... This study aims to initiate a discussion on the information needs of the international financial services sector regarding the medium and long term physical impacts of climate change at local level. Their needs are surveyed on a worldwide basis – as well as across financial business lines. As such, ...
... This study aims to initiate a discussion on the information needs of the international financial services sector regarding the medium and long term physical impacts of climate change at local level. Their needs are surveyed on a worldwide basis – as well as across financial business lines. As such, ...
M B V C
... current consumption levels were not sustainable and that collective action needed to be taken, leading to the 1992 Rio Summit of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, Earth Summit) and the adoption of Agenda 21, which stipulates a sustainable development plan of action ...
... current consumption levels were not sustainable and that collective action needed to be taken, leading to the 1992 Rio Summit of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED, Earth Summit) and the adoption of Agenda 21, which stipulates a sustainable development plan of action ...
Climate Change 2014 2015
... • Even short-term changes in the climate may lead to longlasting effects that may make the survival of life on Earth more difficult for both humans and other species. ...
... • Even short-term changes in the climate may lead to longlasting effects that may make the survival of life on Earth more difficult for both humans and other species. ...
Como (Italy) November, 24
... Human beings have also been affected by and have adapted to changes in local climate, which, in general terms, have occurred very slowly. Over the past century, however, human activities have begun to affect the global climate. These effects are due not only to population growth, but also to the int ...
... Human beings have also been affected by and have adapted to changes in local climate, which, in general terms, have occurred very slowly. Over the past century, however, human activities have begun to affect the global climate. These effects are due not only to population growth, but also to the int ...
Risks of Climate Change on the Singapore
... period of time usually a few decades. Climate is a record in which indicates the low and high temperatures at certain places for a period of time. 4.2. Global Climate Change The American Meteorological Society defines the term climate change as follows [31]: “It is any systematic change in the long ...
... period of time usually a few decades. Climate is a record in which indicates the low and high temperatures at certain places for a period of time. 4.2. Global Climate Change The American Meteorological Society defines the term climate change as follows [31]: “It is any systematic change in the long ...
SEACAMd
... • AR5 provides various regional variations and low confidence assessment of circulations features and climate extremes • AR5 recommended that ensemble simulations using additional Regional Climate Models driven by other General Circulation Models should be carried out ...
... • AR5 provides various regional variations and low confidence assessment of circulations features and climate extremes • AR5 recommended that ensemble simulations using additional Regional Climate Models driven by other General Circulation Models should be carried out ...
Climate change in cities due to global warming and urban
... detection of global climate change climatologists have gone to great lengths to remove or minimise the potential influence of urbanisation on the historical climate record [Parker, 2010]. This is vital for trying to detect warming trends of the order 0.1°C per decade. However, observational evidence ...
... detection of global climate change climatologists have gone to great lengths to remove or minimise the potential influence of urbanisation on the historical climate record [Parker, 2010]. This is vital for trying to detect warming trends of the order 0.1°C per decade. However, observational evidence ...
Climate extremes and ozone pollution: a growing threat to China`s
... controls on crop productivity. The majority of existing assessments have focused on physical climate variables (i.e., mean temperature and precipitation), but less on the increasing climate extremes (e.g., drought) and their interactions with increasing levels of tropospheric ozone (O3). Here we qua ...
... controls on crop productivity. The majority of existing assessments have focused on physical climate variables (i.e., mean temperature and precipitation), but less on the increasing climate extremes (e.g., drought) and their interactions with increasing levels of tropospheric ozone (O3). Here we qua ...
Climate Change and Energy: Issues and Prospect for
... literature presuppose a definite change in climate which may be due to both anthropogenic activities and natural variability and this change refers to statistically significant variations in climate that persist for an extended period typically of at least decades. This change also includes shifts i ...
... literature presuppose a definite change in climate which may be due to both anthropogenic activities and natural variability and this change refers to statistically significant variations in climate that persist for an extended period typically of at least decades. This change also includes shifts i ...
Inuit women and environmental change: examining experiences
... attitudinal context take into consideration cultural or psychological aspects which may impact the ways in which community members view change and their ability to cope with these changes. Finally the material or physical context accounts for the distinct features of the climate, land, and environme ...
... attitudinal context take into consideration cultural or psychological aspects which may impact the ways in which community members view change and their ability to cope with these changes. Finally the material or physical context accounts for the distinct features of the climate, land, and environme ...
will continue to rise
... rise—increasing by another 0.5°F to 1.6°F above recent levels by the end of this century, according to one study.11 The accumulation of gases in the atmosphere, changes in land use, and the resulting changes in climate are having further cascading effects. The oceans are absorbing CO2 and heat from ...
... rise—increasing by another 0.5°F to 1.6°F above recent levels by the end of this century, according to one study.11 The accumulation of gases in the atmosphere, changes in land use, and the resulting changes in climate are having further cascading effects. The oceans are absorbing CO2 and heat from ...
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... change will mean a loss of human and physical capital. On children, the impact could cause a depreciation of human capital as children withdraw from school after extreme weather events and ...
... change will mean a loss of human and physical capital. On children, the impact could cause a depreciation of human capital as children withdraw from school after extreme weather events and ...
Food Security of Northern Indigenous Peoples in a Time of
... In contrast to traditional food systems, modern food systems tend to be based on large-scale import/export of foods grown for mass consumption. There are small-scale or local organic systems, but these do not form the bulk of producers within commercially available foods. Agricultural practices have ...
... In contrast to traditional food systems, modern food systems tend to be based on large-scale import/export of foods grown for mass consumption. There are small-scale or local organic systems, but these do not form the bulk of producers within commercially available foods. Agricultural practices have ...
Adapting portfolios to climate change
... of using investment tools that incorporate climate factors. The global economy will require big investments in infrastructure as populations and the middle class grow — especially in energy systems and cities. The demand for new infrastructure could top $90 trillion over 2015-2030, according to The ...
... of using investment tools that incorporate climate factors. The global economy will require big investments in infrastructure as populations and the middle class grow — especially in energy systems and cities. The demand for new infrastructure could top $90 trillion over 2015-2030, according to The ...
editorial: protected areas as natural solutions to climate change
... which is collecting case studies of successful use of protected areas in delivering benefits, can help provide an emerging library of experience. One critical step is for protected area agencies to interact closely with climate change agencies and thus contribute to climate policymaking processes at ...
... which is collecting case studies of successful use of protected areas in delivering benefits, can help provide an emerging library of experience. One critical step is for protected area agencies to interact closely with climate change agencies and thus contribute to climate policymaking processes at ...
Forests and Climate Change
... carbon sequestration. Biogeophysical feedbacks can enhance or diminish this negative climate forcing. Tropical forests mitigate warming through evaporative cooling, but the low albedo of boreal forests is a positive climate forcing. The evaporative effect of temperate forests is unclear. The net cli ...
... carbon sequestration. Biogeophysical feedbacks can enhance or diminish this negative climate forcing. Tropical forests mitigate warming through evaporative cooling, but the low albedo of boreal forests is a positive climate forcing. The evaporative effect of temperate forests is unclear. The net cli ...
Forecasting the combined effects of urbanization
... functional groups (e.g. feeding, spawning, temperature). While there is a rich literature on stream fishes, the impacts of climate change on their resource base are not well understood. Changes in food availability (an indirect effect) may exert as much control over fish growth and reproduction as d ...
... functional groups (e.g. feeding, spawning, temperature). While there is a rich literature on stream fishes, the impacts of climate change on their resource base are not well understood. Changes in food availability (an indirect effect) may exert as much control over fish growth and reproduction as d ...
et al
... recovery may have been previously underestimated. In particular, Wise et al. (39) foresee large increases in global forest cover if global carbon taxes were to include all sources and sinks of carbon, thereby favoring protection of forests and improved agricultural efficiency. However, they also pro ...
... recovery may have been previously underestimated. In particular, Wise et al. (39) foresee large increases in global forest cover if global carbon taxes were to include all sources and sinks of carbon, thereby favoring protection of forests and improved agricultural efficiency. However, they also pro ...
Programme Booklet
... Basic aspects of climate: from paleo-, modern to future climate These lectures will review various aspects of climate. We begin with a description of various examples of past climate with descriptions of the likely physical causes. These will include the cycles of major glaciation of the past 2 mill ...
... Basic aspects of climate: from paleo-, modern to future climate These lectures will review various aspects of climate. We begin with a description of various examples of past climate with descriptions of the likely physical causes. These will include the cycles of major glaciation of the past 2 mill ...
coming decades, climate change is expected to exacerbate the risks... disasters, not only from more frequent and intense hazard events,...
... of climate change. We need an international agreement to contain climate change and reduce its widespread suffering.9 This paper does not address the causes of any warming that may have occurred. Instead, it examines whether deaths and death rates due to weather-related extreme events have increased ...
... of climate change. We need an international agreement to contain climate change and reduce its widespread suffering.9 This paper does not address the causes of any warming that may have occurred. Instead, it examines whether deaths and death rates due to weather-related extreme events have increased ...
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.""