CO2 emissions from biomass combustion for bioenergy
... slower growing biomass, like forests (Johnson, 2009; Marland, 2010). A forest may take up to 100 years to regrow, and the system can be defined C neutral only at the end of proper time boundaries: CO2 is emitted in one point in time when biomass is burnt but the sequestration in the new vegetation i ...
... slower growing biomass, like forests (Johnson, 2009; Marland, 2010). A forest may take up to 100 years to regrow, and the system can be defined C neutral only at the end of proper time boundaries: CO2 is emitted in one point in time when biomass is burnt but the sequestration in the new vegetation i ...
Impact Assessment on Aquaculture Framers in Sarawak, Malaysia
... Moreover, it also raises the environmental problem which leads increase to climate change impacts (World Bank, 2010). Aquaculture sector is negatively effect on coastal resources (Sulit, et. al., 2005) through the loss of mangroves (Hambal, et. al., 1994) and threatened and degraded the rivers’ wate ...
... Moreover, it also raises the environmental problem which leads increase to climate change impacts (World Bank, 2010). Aquaculture sector is negatively effect on coastal resources (Sulit, et. al., 2005) through the loss of mangroves (Hambal, et. al., 1994) and threatened and degraded the rivers’ wate ...
Lake Superior Climate Adaptation, Mitigation and Implementation Plan
... Upper Peninsula.11 Warmer air holds more moisture than cooler air, and this additional moisture provides “fuel” for extreme precipitation events. Storms in the Midwest increased by 31% over the past century. This is the second highest increase of any region of the country and well above the national ...
... Upper Peninsula.11 Warmer air holds more moisture than cooler air, and this additional moisture provides “fuel” for extreme precipitation events. Storms in the Midwest increased by 31% over the past century. This is the second highest increase of any region of the country and well above the national ...
The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy
... next 30 years with the expected level of climate change. The severe scenario, which posits that the climate responds much more strongly to continued carbon loading over the next few decades than predicted by current scientific models, foresees profound and potentially destabilizing global effects ov ...
... next 30 years with the expected level of climate change. The severe scenario, which posits that the climate responds much more strongly to continued carbon loading over the next few decades than predicted by current scientific models, foresees profound and potentially destabilizing global effects ov ...
ARM_EU_clima_East_ProDoc
... (6%) is already evident in the territory of Armenia (observations started since 1930), the average temperature increase by 4,8 -5,1˚C and precipitation reduction by 8-24% is expected in Armenia by the 2100. According to projections, an altitude shift of existence borders of main natural ecosystems b ...
... (6%) is already evident in the territory of Armenia (observations started since 1930), the average temperature increase by 4,8 -5,1˚C and precipitation reduction by 8-24% is expected in Armenia by the 2100. According to projections, an altitude shift of existence borders of main natural ecosystems b ...
It is beyond cavil that climate change poses grave and irreversible
... be provided. With the exception of minimal causation, we do not tackle these issues. However, we believe that the mere setting out of a solid footing for the definition of legal obligations of States, enterprises and other actors in the field of climate change can serve a useful purpose, regardless ...
... be provided. With the exception of minimal causation, we do not tackle these issues. However, we believe that the mere setting out of a solid footing for the definition of legal obligations of States, enterprises and other actors in the field of climate change can serve a useful purpose, regardless ...
Publisher version
... A number of countries, however, do not have the capacity and the resources to develop a national low carbon development strategy. Therefore many of these countries are taking action on NAMAs in a more individual manner, and many countries need urgently support for strategy development in the form of ...
... A number of countries, however, do not have the capacity and the resources to develop a national low carbon development strategy. Therefore many of these countries are taking action on NAMAs in a more individual manner, and many countries need urgently support for strategy development in the form of ...
Jul 16, 2016 - Science and Environmental Policy Project
... guesses (assumptions) that form the basis of the fear of carbon dioxide caused global warming, now called climate change. We know that climate has been changing for hundreds of millions of years; the Greenhouse Effect takes place in the atmosphere; and CO2 is a greenhouse gas; but water vapor is the ...
... guesses (assumptions) that form the basis of the fear of carbon dioxide caused global warming, now called climate change. We know that climate has been changing for hundreds of millions of years; the Greenhouse Effect takes place in the atmosphere; and CO2 is a greenhouse gas; but water vapor is the ...
Inclusion of ecologically based trait variation in plant functional types
... environmental drivers working via multiple processes at different temporal and spatial scales, including plasticity, acclimation, and (genotypic) adaptation in physiological and morphological traits (Shaw & Etterson, 2012), and, at the community scale, via shifts in species abundance and species tur ...
... environmental drivers working via multiple processes at different temporal and spatial scales, including plasticity, acclimation, and (genotypic) adaptation in physiological and morphological traits (Shaw & Etterson, 2012), and, at the community scale, via shifts in species abundance and species tur ...
GEF activities and some issues related to CDM Capacity
... 3. International Water Resource 4. Ozone layer protection 5. Activities related to land degradation, especially desertification, management of organic substances that are difficult to be decomposed. ...
... 3. International Water Resource 4. Ozone layer protection 5. Activities related to land degradation, especially desertification, management of organic substances that are difficult to be decomposed. ...
The age of consequences—the foreign policy and national security
... next 30 years with the expected level of climate change. The severe scenario, which posits that the climate responds much more strongly to continued carbon loading over the next few decades than predicted by current scientific models, foresees profound and potentially destabilizing global effects ov ...
... next 30 years with the expected level of climate change. The severe scenario, which posits that the climate responds much more strongly to continued carbon loading over the next few decades than predicted by current scientific models, foresees profound and potentially destabilizing global effects ov ...
The response of the terrestrial biosphere to
... on the form of urbanization and climatic region. Low density housing development may increase vegetation fraction and potential carbon uptake, e.g. if lawns and gardens replace agricultural fields. In desert and semi-desert regions urbanization also leads to an increase in vegetation cover. For Euro ...
... on the form of urbanization and climatic region. Low density housing development may increase vegetation fraction and potential carbon uptake, e.g. if lawns and gardens replace agricultural fields. In desert and semi-desert regions urbanization also leads to an increase in vegetation cover. For Euro ...
heat waves, floods and the health impacts of climate change
... key points: understanding climate change, understanding how it impacts health, and developing means of adapting to climate change to avert or minimize its health effects. This training package, which targets city officials as its primary users, aims to help develop competencies in these three areas. ...
... key points: understanding climate change, understanding how it impacts health, and developing means of adapting to climate change to avert or minimize its health effects. This training package, which targets city officials as its primary users, aims to help develop competencies in these three areas. ...
Forest Assessment, Modelling and Management
... The session aims at discussing risk-resilient, adaptive and sustainable forest management (RRFM). It will showcase different strategies of transition and implementation strategies as well come up with policy recommendations. Diversity of forests, ownerships, socioeconomic conditions, forest manageme ...
... The session aims at discussing risk-resilient, adaptive and sustainable forest management (RRFM). It will showcase different strategies of transition and implementation strategies as well come up with policy recommendations. Diversity of forests, ownerships, socioeconomic conditions, forest manageme ...
2. The impacts of climate change on the benthos
... there is also evidence of local and regional heterogeneity within biogeographic ranges, with infilling of gaps or loss of site occupancy away from range limits. Living close to their physiological tolerance limits, being sessile or sedentary, having typically short life spans and being from lower t ...
... there is also evidence of local and regional heterogeneity within biogeographic ranges, with infilling of gaps or loss of site occupancy away from range limits. Living close to their physiological tolerance limits, being sessile or sedentary, having typically short life spans and being from lower t ...
The Age of Consequences - The Web site cannot be found
... next 30 years with the expected level of climate change. The severe scenario, which posits that the climate responds much more strongly to continued carbon loading over the next few decades than predicted by current scientific models, foresees profound and potentially destabilizing global effects ov ...
... next 30 years with the expected level of climate change. The severe scenario, which posits that the climate responds much more strongly to continued carbon loading over the next few decades than predicted by current scientific models, foresees profound and potentially destabilizing global effects ov ...
may 09 HatCH - Hastings Landcare
... to be more efficient in their use of water, carbon and energy and be healthier, more productive and resilient. To do this, we need to reinvest in keeping people involved and informed at a grassroots level, to develop and implement better ways of producing food efficiently and humanely, while looking ...
... to be more efficient in their use of water, carbon and energy and be healthier, more productive and resilient. To do this, we need to reinvest in keeping people involved and informed at a grassroots level, to develop and implement better ways of producing food efficiently and humanely, while looking ...
Local Strategies for Addressing Climate Change
... From the Director The time to address the impacts of climate change is now. While this may seem like an overwhelming charge, there are many things that coastal resource managers around the country are already doing that are specifically or indirectly addressing the effects of climate change. The pu ...
... From the Director The time to address the impacts of climate change is now. While this may seem like an overwhelming charge, there are many things that coastal resource managers around the country are already doing that are specifically or indirectly addressing the effects of climate change. The pu ...
Will groundwater ease freshwater stress under climate change?
... the annual maximum number of consecutive dry days. Three SRES scenarios considered are: low (SRES B1), middle (SRES A1B) and high (SRES A2). The higher the greenhouse gas emissions, the stronger is the increase in precipitation variability (Fig. 2). Each model’s time series used for development of F ...
... the annual maximum number of consecutive dry days. Three SRES scenarios considered are: low (SRES B1), middle (SRES A1B) and high (SRES A2). The higher the greenhouse gas emissions, the stronger is the increase in precipitation variability (Fig. 2). Each model’s time series used for development of F ...
Present-day and future Antarctic ice sheet climate and surface mass
... Recently, not only atmospheric but also oceanic changes have impacted the AIS. Antarctic peripheral ocean waters have warmed by 1–2 K in some regions (Arneborg et al. 2012), increasing the basal melt of floating ice shelves (Pritchard et al. 2012). The unexpected increase in Antarctic sea ice extent ...
... Recently, not only atmospheric but also oceanic changes have impacted the AIS. Antarctic peripheral ocean waters have warmed by 1–2 K in some regions (Arneborg et al. 2012), increasing the basal melt of floating ice shelves (Pritchard et al. 2012). The unexpected increase in Antarctic sea ice extent ...
Report
... anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature rise to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels has emerged as a focus for international and nat ...
... anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system". There is no global agreement or scientific consensus for delineating ‘dangerous’ from ‘acceptable’ climate change but limiting global average temperature rise to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels has emerged as a focus for international and nat ...
news10-1
... In the Copenhagen Accord forests have been given more attention than in previous UNFCCC decisions. The Accord recognizes the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the need to enhance removals of greenhouse gas emissions by forests. The high level of attenti ...
... In the Copenhagen Accord forests have been given more attention than in previous UNFCCC decisions. The Accord recognizes the crucial role of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and the need to enhance removals of greenhouse gas emissions by forests. The high level of attenti ...
Unnatural disasters - International Fund for Animal Welfare
... Panel on Climate Change has estimated that global average surface warming will increase by between 1.1 and 6.4° C and sea level will rise between 18 and 59 cm. The more immediate and obvious impacts include increased frequency of temperature extremes, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events, as w ...
... Panel on Climate Change has estimated that global average surface warming will increase by between 1.1 and 6.4° C and sea level will rise between 18 and 59 cm. The more immediate and obvious impacts include increased frequency of temperature extremes, heat waves, and heavy precipitation events, as w ...
Climate change in Africa: a guidebook for journalists
... Climate change is not going away. It will get worse before it gets better. For African nations and people to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks, everyone will need to know more about climate change. The way the media covers it will affect how well societies deal with the problem. Climate c ...
... Climate change is not going away. It will get worse before it gets better. For African nations and people to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks, everyone will need to know more about climate change. The way the media covers it will affect how well societies deal with the problem. Climate c ...
Regional Assessment
... Eco-DRR interventions. Economic analyses such as cost-benefit analysis of natural infrastructure versus engineered options can provide a strong case for Eco-DRR. While a review of studies documenting the economic benefits of Eco-DRR in the region yielded few results, the examples available from the ...
... Eco-DRR interventions. Economic analyses such as cost-benefit analysis of natural infrastructure versus engineered options can provide a strong case for Eco-DRR. While a review of studies documenting the economic benefits of Eco-DRR in the region yielded few results, the examples available from the ...
Solar radiation management
Solar radiation management (SRM) projects (proposed and theoretical) are a type of climate engineering which seek to reflect sunlight and thus reduce global warming. Proposed examples include the creation of stratospheric sulfate aerosols. They would not reduce greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, and thus do not address problems such as ocean acidification caused by excess carbon dioxide (CO2). Their principal advantages as an approach to climate engineering is the speed with which they can be deployed and become fully active, as well as their potential low financial cost. By comparison, other climate engineering techniques based on greenhouse gas remediation, such as ocean iron fertilization, need to sequester the anthropogenic carbon excess before any reversal of global warming would occur. Solar radiation management projects can therefore be used as a climate engineering ""quick fix"" while levels of greenhouse gases can be brought under control by greenhouse gas remediation techniques.