Climate change and future impacts on food
... that drought-related shocks used to occur every ten years, and they are now occurring every five years or less.5 Borana communities in Ethiopia report that whereas droughts were recorded every 6-8 years in the past, they now occur every 1-2 years.6 According to meteorological data: Temperatures have ...
... that drought-related shocks used to occur every ten years, and they are now occurring every five years or less.5 Borana communities in Ethiopia report that whereas droughts were recorded every 6-8 years in the past, they now occur every 1-2 years.6 According to meteorological data: Temperatures have ...
Mitigating the effect of climate change on Nigerian agricultural
... encroachment. Environmentalists have noted that the harmatan which usually lasts from November to March now lasts from January to February. This has serious impact on the climate of Nigeria and has negative consequences on agricultural production in the country, as it promotes frequency and severity ...
... encroachment. Environmentalists have noted that the harmatan which usually lasts from November to March now lasts from January to February. This has serious impact on the climate of Nigeria and has negative consequences on agricultural production in the country, as it promotes frequency and severity ...
... abandon sovereignty as planetary limits start to operate as global commons and significantly increase the need for joined up and cooperative solutions. Thus, the solution for the climate problem is at the heart of global governance. However, the authors argue that humanity only reacts to immediate t ...
Climate Change problems in Aral Sea basin ( example of
... • Changes of duration of cold and warm periods • Increase of probability of thermal stress on human, animals ...
... • Changes of duration of cold and warm periods • Increase of probability of thermal stress on human, animals ...
Extreme Events in the Southwest
... 1970. However, there have not been clear trends in monsoon rainfall for In recent years, however, more sophistiArizona or New Mexico. cated statistical theories have crept into analyses that have facilitated the better • Heavy downpours have become use of existing observations. Also, these more fre ...
... 1970. However, there have not been clear trends in monsoon rainfall for In recent years, however, more sophistiArizona or New Mexico. cated statistical theories have crept into analyses that have facilitated the better • Heavy downpours have become use of existing observations. Also, these more fre ...
Data for all - United Nations Statistics Division
... Water resources management is a means towards broader goals – need to understand and quantify relationship between ends and means Interactions among different elements of water resources management and use often poorly understood Data needs have multiple dimensions – quantity, quality, ...
... Water resources management is a means towards broader goals – need to understand and quantify relationship between ends and means Interactions among different elements of water resources management and use often poorly understood Data needs have multiple dimensions – quantity, quality, ...
Document
... acceleration of warming over that was observed in the 20th century (Ruosteenoja et al., 2003). In Asia, it is very likely that all areas will warm as during this century. Based on regional climate models, it is predicted that the temperature in sub-continent will rise between 3.5 and 5.5°C by 2100 ( ...
... acceleration of warming over that was observed in the 20th century (Ruosteenoja et al., 2003). In Asia, it is very likely that all areas will warm as during this century. Based on regional climate models, it is predicted that the temperature in sub-continent will rise between 3.5 and 5.5°C by 2100 ( ...
Norway_Survey EEA DDR and CCA
... in Norway. For further information about Norwegian Center for Climate Services and the report Climate in Norway 2100 , see presentation below. ...
... in Norway. For further information about Norwegian Center for Climate Services and the report Climate in Norway 2100 , see presentation below. ...
Interactive comment on “Was the Little Ice Age more or less El Niño
... (Section 4). The Cobb et al. (2003) coral record is in fact included in our reconstruction, as can be seen in Table 2. As noted in the manuscript (Section 2.1), the choice to exclude records with a dating error >=60 years is somewhat arbitrary but chosen as it is twice the averaging period of 30 yea ...
... (Section 4). The Cobb et al. (2003) coral record is in fact included in our reconstruction, as can be seen in Table 2. As noted in the manuscript (Section 2.1), the choice to exclude records with a dating error >=60 years is somewhat arbitrary but chosen as it is twice the averaging period of 30 yea ...
seven theories of climate change - The Science and Public Policy
... are “experts” on climate change, they are not part of the search for a “human fingerprint” on Earth’s climate. Nor are they qualified to make predictions based on their narrow expertise, as Kesten Green at the University of South Australia and J. Scott Armstrong at the Wharton School of the Universi ...
... are “experts” on climate change, they are not part of the search for a “human fingerprint” on Earth’s climate. Nor are they qualified to make predictions based on their narrow expertise, as Kesten Green at the University of South Australia and J. Scott Armstrong at the Wharton School of the Universi ...
Philippine Experience In Training In Cambodia
... Training on the CDM • CDM Training for the Cambodia Climate Change Office was conducted, upon the request of the Cambodian Government, a part of the fulfillment of the objective of the CD4CDM to “strengthen their capacity on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)” – 3-Day training (March 29-31, 2004) ...
... Training on the CDM • CDM Training for the Cambodia Climate Change Office was conducted, upon the request of the Cambodian Government, a part of the fulfillment of the objective of the CD4CDM to “strengthen their capacity on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)” – 3-Day training (March 29-31, 2004) ...
full-book-review - Institute for Environmental Entrepreneurship
... practice in many disciplines of comparing and contrasting books on the same topic. In our inaugural effort to explore what those engaged in “sustainability” can learn from that practice, we have chosen signal works about what many consider to be the focal point of planetary sustainability: understan ...
... practice in many disciplines of comparing and contrasting books on the same topic. In our inaugural effort to explore what those engaged in “sustainability” can learn from that practice, we have chosen signal works about what many consider to be the focal point of planetary sustainability: understan ...
CASE STUDY PRECIS - Nexus for ICTs, Climate Change and
... How can models like PRECIS therefore play a role in the pursuit of robust adaptation policies? Prediction must be reconceived from a 'limit' to adaptation (i.e. the position that "you cannot adapt without precise predictions"), to an enabler of political discussion about present vulnerabilities ...
... How can models like PRECIS therefore play a role in the pursuit of robust adaptation policies? Prediction must be reconceived from a 'limit' to adaptation (i.e. the position that "you cannot adapt without precise predictions"), to an enabler of political discussion about present vulnerabilities ...
Atmospheric Circulations Do Not Explain the Temperature
... Institute of Space Studies (GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data), PRESSi is mean air pressure, COSABLATi is cosine of absolute latitude, WATERi is a dummy (0,1) variable representing proximity to an ocean coast or a large body of water, POPi is the GISS estimate of the local populat ...
... Institute of Space Studies (GISS, http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/station_data), PRESSi is mean air pressure, COSABLATi is cosine of absolute latitude, WATERi is a dummy (0,1) variable representing proximity to an ocean coast or a large body of water, POPi is the GISS estimate of the local populat ...
a response to the speech on development beyond aid by the
... regarding the environment as one of seven essential ingredients and a necessary resource for growth, but conversely not as a required foundation for poverty eradication and sustainable development. His most recent speech falls short of fully explaining how DFID will reconcile its focus and the mantr ...
... regarding the environment as one of seven essential ingredients and a necessary resource for growth, but conversely not as a required foundation for poverty eradication and sustainable development. His most recent speech falls short of fully explaining how DFID will reconcile its focus and the mantr ...
Presentation: Synergies
... Land races of many crops are providing genetic material for the development of drought-resistant crop varieties ...
... Land races of many crops are providing genetic material for the development of drought-resistant crop varieties ...
Energy and the Environment - European Physical Society
... demonstrated by the scientific discovery of fertilizer applied in agricultural food production, raising productivity by orders of magnitude compared with the Malthusian assessment. The eighties were dominated by the nuclear debate with public concern on the health effects of low dose radiation, reac ...
... demonstrated by the scientific discovery of fertilizer applied in agricultural food production, raising productivity by orders of magnitude compared with the Malthusian assessment. The eighties were dominated by the nuclear debate with public concern on the health effects of low dose radiation, reac ...
MA Disasters, Adaptation and Development preliminary reading list
... Mustafa, D, 2004. Reinforcing vulnerability? The disaster relief, recovery and response to the 2001 flood Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan. Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions, ...
... Mustafa, D, 2004. Reinforcing vulnerability? The disaster relief, recovery and response to the 2001 flood Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Pakistan. Environmental Hazards: Human and Policy Dimensions, ...
Climate change: Vulnerability, Impacts Adaptation
... A critical view will be laid on the ‘attribution problem’, the prioritization of adaptation means, mal-adaptations, the implementation problem, ethical views and conflicts with development goals. Win-win-situations and trade-offs between the latter and climate change adaptation is part of the course ...
... A critical view will be laid on the ‘attribution problem’, the prioritization of adaptation means, mal-adaptations, the implementation problem, ethical views and conflicts with development goals. Win-win-situations and trade-offs between the latter and climate change adaptation is part of the course ...
SWAN_workshop_overview_v2
... A Basic GBN Scenario Creation Process This diagram describes the 5 key steps required in any scenario planning process ...
... A Basic GBN Scenario Creation Process This diagram describes the 5 key steps required in any scenario planning process ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... promoting the creation of jobs and other economic opportunities in sectors that predominantly employ the poor; • generates adequate amounts of public revenues to allow investment in quality services with equitable access by the poor; • retains biodiversity and ecosystem services, while seeking to ma ...
... promoting the creation of jobs and other economic opportunities in sectors that predominantly employ the poor; • generates adequate amounts of public revenues to allow investment in quality services with equitable access by the poor; • retains biodiversity and ecosystem services, while seeking to ma ...
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.""