The Climate Change Performance Index - Results
... On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. There are other countries with good or even higher climate protection performance, but ...
... On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90% of global energy-related CO2 emissions. There are other countries with good or even higher climate protection performance, but ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... on uncertainties. They find that the uncertainty arising from the global climate model is more important than downscaling uncertainty, which in turn is more important than the uncertainty from hydrological modeling. Quintana Seguı́ et al. (2011) study the change in flood extremes and assess the unce ...
... on uncertainties. They find that the uncertainty arising from the global climate model is more important than downscaling uncertainty, which in turn is more important than the uncertainty from hydrological modeling. Quintana Seguı́ et al. (2011) study the change in flood extremes and assess the unce ...
Climate Change modeling
... – Meteorological Institute of the University of Bonn (Germany), Institute of KMA (Korea), and Model and Data Group. ...
... – Meteorological Institute of the University of Bonn (Germany), Institute of KMA (Korea), and Model and Data Group. ...
Global Climate Change and Biodiversity
... We face certainly continuing, probably accelerating and possibly unprecedented changes in the Earth’s climate over the coming years and decades. These changes in such a fundamental resource for society, and in such a powerful influence on ecological, economic and cultural development, will introduce ...
... We face certainly continuing, probably accelerating and possibly unprecedented changes in the Earth’s climate over the coming years and decades. These changes in such a fundamental resource for society, and in such a powerful influence on ecological, economic and cultural development, will introduce ...
national action plan on climate change
... accumulated greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, anthropogenically generated through long-term and intensive industrial growth and high consumption lifestyles in developed countries. While engaged with the international community to collectively and cooperatively deal with this threat, India ...
... accumulated greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, anthropogenically generated through long-term and intensive industrial growth and high consumption lifestyles in developed countries. While engaged with the international community to collectively and cooperatively deal with this threat, India ...
ocean climate change, phytoplankton community
... broad overview of the complexity of climate variability and factor interactions, examine marine phytoplankton responses with a focus on the HAB species niche, and identify major research gaps. The global climate system. The term ‘‘climate’’ is used here to include both anthropogenic climate change a ...
... broad overview of the complexity of climate variability and factor interactions, examine marine phytoplankton responses with a focus on the HAB species niche, and identify major research gaps. The global climate system. The term ‘‘climate’’ is used here to include both anthropogenic climate change a ...
Traditional Livelihoods and Mining in Mongolia`s Changing Climate
... activities have led to competition over access to key natural resources such as land and water (Combellick-Bidney, 2012; Reeves, 2011). Over the past two decades, climatic changes— both slow-onset and extreme events—have severely impacted the livestock sector in Mongolia, directly affecting nearly 3 ...
... activities have led to competition over access to key natural resources such as land and water (Combellick-Bidney, 2012; Reeves, 2011). Over the past two decades, climatic changes— both slow-onset and extreme events—have severely impacted the livestock sector in Mongolia, directly affecting nearly 3 ...
An Introduction to the Science of Climate Change
... such as the burning of fossil fuels and to land use practices such as deforestation (IPCC, 2001). There is high confidence in available data (67-95% confidence rate by IPCC, 2001) that recent increases in regional temperatures have already started to affect many global physical and biological system ...
... such as the burning of fossil fuels and to land use practices such as deforestation (IPCC, 2001). There is high confidence in available data (67-95% confidence rate by IPCC, 2001) that recent increases in regional temperatures have already started to affect many global physical and biological system ...
an australian policy framework - Garnaut Climate Change Review
... comprehensive international commitment is to maximise the chances of an effective global agreement being reached as quickly as possible. The rate at which emissions are reduced by Australia in the meantime, and the rates of reduction to which we are now prepared to commit ourselves in the context of ...
... comprehensive international commitment is to maximise the chances of an effective global agreement being reached as quickly as possible. The rate at which emissions are reduced by Australia in the meantime, and the rates of reduction to which we are now prepared to commit ourselves in the context of ...
Effects of Climate Warming, North Atlantic Oscillation, and
... timing, composition, and intensity of the phytoplankton spring bloom in temperate lakes are tightly coupled to solar radiation, water temperature, and wind-induced turbulence[3,4]. Temperature, in particular, is of paramount importance for virtually all physiological and lifehistory parameters of aq ...
... timing, composition, and intensity of the phytoplankton spring bloom in temperate lakes are tightly coupled to solar radiation, water temperature, and wind-induced turbulence[3,4]. Temperature, in particular, is of paramount importance for virtually all physiological and lifehistory parameters of aq ...
Addressing Climate Change through a Risk Management Lens
... and, in some cases, may only be resolved in hindsight. A classic example of this conundrum is climate sensitivity—the increase in global mean temperature that is caused by a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations from pre‐industrial levels. Current understanding, as reported in IPCC (2007a, pg ...
... and, in some cases, may only be resolved in hindsight. A classic example of this conundrum is climate sensitivity—the increase in global mean temperature that is caused by a doubling of carbon dioxide concentrations from pre‐industrial levels. Current understanding, as reported in IPCC (2007a, pg ...
Vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in water hazard assessments using regional
... Type 1 Statistical Downscaling Type 1: The regional statistical model is trained from the output of a numerical global model weather prediction and/or a regional dynamically downscaled numerical weather prediction model, or a global data reanalysis, at regular time intervals (e.g., 6 or 12 h). A nu ...
... Type 1 Statistical Downscaling Type 1: The regional statistical model is trained from the output of a numerical global model weather prediction and/or a regional dynamically downscaled numerical weather prediction model, or a global data reanalysis, at regular time intervals (e.g., 6 or 12 h). A nu ...
Earth`s energy imbalance and implications
... is a powerful greenhouse gas. Other fast feedbacks include clouds, natural aerosols, snow cover and sea ice. “Slow feedbacks” may lag global temperature change by decades, centuries, millennia, or longer time scales. Studies of paleoclimate, Earth’s climate history, reveal that the principal slow fe ...
... is a powerful greenhouse gas. Other fast feedbacks include clouds, natural aerosols, snow cover and sea ice. “Slow feedbacks” may lag global temperature change by decades, centuries, millennia, or longer time scales. Studies of paleoclimate, Earth’s climate history, reveal that the principal slow fe ...
REPUBLIC REPUBLIC OF NAURU
... particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including sea level rise. ...
... particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including sea level rise. ...
climate change at risk - WWF
... already changing our lives. The earth’s biological systems have responded even to the minimal warming seen so far. Among numerous examples on land, the tree lines of alpine forests have expanded to higher altitudes and exotic species have invaded as the number of frost days has decreased - palm fore ...
... already changing our lives. The earth’s biological systems have responded even to the minimal warming seen so far. Among numerous examples on land, the tree lines of alpine forests have expanded to higher altitudes and exotic species have invaded as the number of frost days has decreased - palm fore ...
Federal Climate Change Funding from FY2008 to FY2014
... technologies that could help abate the risks. A growing component has been federal planning and efforts to adapt to climate change. Complementing the science and technology initiatives have been regulatory actions;1 programs to build capacity in private, state, local, and international entities to a ...
... technologies that could help abate the risks. A growing component has been federal planning and efforts to adapt to climate change. Complementing the science and technology initiatives have been regulatory actions;1 programs to build capacity in private, state, local, and international entities to a ...
Hydrological Responses to Climate Change in the Water Receiving
... hydrological cycle, and the subsequent lack of water, environmental deterioration, floods and droughts etc. And it is especially remarkable in semi-humid and semi-arid region. In this paper, the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle were analyzed for the Hai River Basin, a semi-humid a ...
... hydrological cycle, and the subsequent lack of water, environmental deterioration, floods and droughts etc. And it is especially remarkable in semi-humid and semi-arid region. In this paper, the impacts of climate change on the hydrological cycle were analyzed for the Hai River Basin, a semi-humid a ...
Extension Agents` Awareness of Climate Change in
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
... adaptation best suited for this study is given by Pielke (1998, 159) as ‘the adjustment in individual, group and institutional behaviour in order to reduce society’s vulnerabilities to climate’. Agrawal (2008) stresses that how people respond to the impacts of climate change and variability often de ...
energy: Supply, Demand, and impacts
... depends on such factors as total runoff, timing of runoff, reservoir operations, and the profile of electricity demand, each of which is vulnerable to climate change. Projected changes in runoff due to potential decreased precipitation and increased evaporation (Chapter 6) means less water for hydro ...
... depends on such factors as total runoff, timing of runoff, reservoir operations, and the profile of electricity demand, each of which is vulnerable to climate change. Projected changes in runoff due to potential decreased precipitation and increased evaporation (Chapter 6) means less water for hydro ...
Employment and labour market implications of climate change
... 3. Scientists suggest that in order to avoid dangerous, possibly irreversible and selfreinforcing climate change, atmospheric concentrations of GHGs should not exceed the equivalent of 450 parts per million (ppm) CO2. Even this level would result in a warming of 2°C on average. Stabilization scenari ...
... 3. Scientists suggest that in order to avoid dangerous, possibly irreversible and selfreinforcing climate change, atmospheric concentrations of GHGs should not exceed the equivalent of 450 parts per million (ppm) CO2. Even this level would result in a warming of 2°C on average. Stabilization scenari ...
Adaptation - Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
... The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing. In the United States and other nations, people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. ...
... The Earth’s climate is rapidly changing. In the United States and other nations, people are seeing how the impacts of rising global temperatures, shifting patterns of precipitation, rising sea levels, and other changes are affecting their communities, their livelihoods, and the natural environment. ...
Climate change and coral reefs – key issues and risks for the
... What is climate change doing to coral reefs?1 Climate change is affecting coral reefs in many ways. While coral bleaching is one of the most dramatic and worrying consequences, disease, sea level rise, ...
... What is climate change doing to coral reefs?1 Climate change is affecting coral reefs in many ways. While coral bleaching is one of the most dramatic and worrying consequences, disease, sea level rise, ...
A Cap on Carbon and a Basic Income
... fuel use needs to decline by 80 percent below 1990 levels. ACES begins with relatively small caps, and puts off bigger emissions reductions until later. So what appear to be small costs per household may loom larger in later years, if the efficiency gains are not as great as hoped for, and questiona ...
... fuel use needs to decline by 80 percent below 1990 levels. ACES begins with relatively small caps, and puts off bigger emissions reductions until later. So what appear to be small costs per household may loom larger in later years, if the efficiency gains are not as great as hoped for, and questiona ...
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.