2.2 Climate Change Impacts in Ghana
... The major climate change impacts affect all sectors and their objectives, places and people differentially depending on the levels of vulnerability. Ghana’s vulnerability to climate change is in large part defined by its exposure to the various impacts with droughts, floods, and sea erosion as the m ...
... The major climate change impacts affect all sectors and their objectives, places and people differentially depending on the levels of vulnerability. Ghana’s vulnerability to climate change is in large part defined by its exposure to the various impacts with droughts, floods, and sea erosion as the m ...
Implications of land use change in tropical northern Africa under
... Within the framework of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) three starting dates out of a control simulation for pre-industrial climate by MPI-ESM have been chosen as starting points for an ensemble simulation (three members) of historic climate until 2005, called HIST. Atmosph ...
... Within the framework of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) three starting dates out of a control simulation for pre-industrial climate by MPI-ESM have been chosen as starting points for an ensemble simulation (three members) of historic climate until 2005, called HIST. Atmosph ...
Towards threshold-based management of freshwater ecosystems in
... threshold occurs, or even ascertain the relationship between the climate change variable and the ecosystem service. Thus, a range can be assigned as a “zone of uncertainty”. The “ecosystem boundary”, point F0 in Fig. 1 refers to the lowest value of a climate change control variable (compared to the ...
... threshold occurs, or even ascertain the relationship between the climate change variable and the ecosystem service. Thus, a range can be assigned as a “zone of uncertainty”. The “ecosystem boundary”, point F0 in Fig. 1 refers to the lowest value of a climate change control variable (compared to the ...
Flood Management and Climate Adaptation in BC`s Lower Mainland
... level rise and severe weather be factored in on the Lower Fraser? • Sea level rise ~ 0.5 m by 2050 1.0 m by 2100 (and higher beyond 2100). • Freshet flows higher (~20%) and more frequent than historical flood events.(from 1:500 to 1:100 year AEP) • Severe weather can exacerbate both coastal flooding ...
... level rise and severe weather be factored in on the Lower Fraser? • Sea level rise ~ 0.5 m by 2050 1.0 m by 2100 (and higher beyond 2100). • Freshet flows higher (~20%) and more frequent than historical flood events.(from 1:500 to 1:100 year AEP) • Severe weather can exacerbate both coastal flooding ...
Natural hazards and farmers experience of climate change on highly
... extreme climatic events (Houghton 2009). With globalization the awareness of environmental hazards has gone from concerning local communities to become international problems (Lidskog et al. 1997). This report has its study area located on the slopes around Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. Here there ...
... extreme climatic events (Houghton 2009). With globalization the awareness of environmental hazards has gone from concerning local communities to become international problems (Lidskog et al. 1997). This report has its study area located on the slopes around Mount Elgon in eastern Uganda. Here there ...
Berlin to Bali and Beyond
... Plan of taking commitments or actions, and these actions may or may not include quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives ...
... Plan of taking commitments or actions, and these actions may or may not include quantified emission limitation and reduction objectives ...
From mitigation to creativity: the agency of museums and science
... one of the most trusted. Sixty-nine per cent of the Australian, and 65 per cent for the US sample, viewed science organizations as the most trusted followed by cultural institutions, museums and science centres at 55 per cent and 56 per cent respectively (Cameron et al, 2009). In these complex, plur ...
... one of the most trusted. Sixty-nine per cent of the Australian, and 65 per cent for the US sample, viewed science organizations as the most trusted followed by cultural institutions, museums and science centres at 55 per cent and 56 per cent respectively (Cameron et al, 2009). In these complex, plur ...
View as PDF - Adjacent Open Access
... and accounted for 39% of the sector’s total greenhouse-gas outputs in 2011. Given the central importance of food in our lives, a further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture remains quite challenging. Nevertheless, there is still potential to further reduce the greenhouse gas emiss ...
... and accounted for 39% of the sector’s total greenhouse-gas outputs in 2011. Given the central importance of food in our lives, a further reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture remains quite challenging. Nevertheless, there is still potential to further reduce the greenhouse gas emiss ...
Climate change, the Food Energy Water Nexus
... The most direct impact climate change is expected to have on food security is through changes in crop and livestock productivity. Higher temperatures and humidity are known to reduce yields of agricultural crops and tend to encourage weed and pest proliferation. Higher CO2 concentrations favour weed ...
... The most direct impact climate change is expected to have on food security is through changes in crop and livestock productivity. Higher temperatures and humidity are known to reduce yields of agricultural crops and tend to encourage weed and pest proliferation. Higher CO2 concentrations favour weed ...
Turning Up the Heat - Environmental Investigation Agency
... While good progress has been made to address both ozone depletion and climate change, these two issues have generally been treated as separate problems with separate solutions. This has resulted in outdated and uncoordinated policy responses. Of particular importance, and the focus of this report, i ...
... While good progress has been made to address both ozone depletion and climate change, these two issues have generally been treated as separate problems with separate solutions. This has resulted in outdated and uncoordinated policy responses. Of particular importance, and the focus of this report, i ...
1 - weADAPT
... 1950, 1974, 1984 and 1999-2000 in the North-East of the country; The hail that caused losses in food crops especially in the central plateaus, Muramvya (Mbuye) and Kayanza in 1990, Ngozi (Gashikanwa) and Bujumbura (Kanyosha) in 1989, and in Gitega (Nyamugari and Magarama) in 1991; The torrential ...
... 1950, 1974, 1984 and 1999-2000 in the North-East of the country; The hail that caused losses in food crops especially in the central plateaus, Muramvya (Mbuye) and Kayanza in 1990, Ngozi (Gashikanwa) and Bujumbura (Kanyosha) in 1989, and in Gitega (Nyamugari and Magarama) in 1991; The torrential ...
REPORT Gridded 1 x 1 km climate and hydrological
... apparently underestimates the mean monthly temperature, although this may, at least in part, be due to a mismatch between the elevation of the climate model grid cell and the actual elevation of the land surface in that grid cell. In any case, these values need to be adjusted before they can be used ...
... apparently underestimates the mean monthly temperature, although this may, at least in part, be due to a mismatch between the elevation of the climate model grid cell and the actual elevation of the land surface in that grid cell. In any case, these values need to be adjusted before they can be used ...
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... 3. Importance of Sustainability in Agriculture in South Africa In light of the discussion in the previous section, it is necessary to review the strategies that are currently in place in South Africa. In South Africa, as in the rest of Africa, sustainable development is almost synonymous with the su ...
... 3. Importance of Sustainability in Agriculture in South Africa In light of the discussion in the previous section, it is necessary to review the strategies that are currently in place in South Africa. In South Africa, as in the rest of Africa, sustainable development is almost synonymous with the su ...
Abbreviation of "Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms"
... ice shelves of Antarctica and Greenland, a point will be reached at which it is impossible to avoid large scale ice sheet disintegration with sea level rise of at least several meters. The economic and social cost of losing functionality of all coastal cities is practically incalculable. We suggest ...
... ice shelves of Antarctica and Greenland, a point will be reached at which it is impossible to avoid large scale ice sheet disintegration with sea level rise of at least several meters. The economic and social cost of losing functionality of all coastal cities is practically incalculable. We suggest ...
Survey Experiment - RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community
... arguments that appeal to so-called rational self-interest more persuasive than those that appeal to morality? Are mixed messages that combine appeals of self-interest with morality more successful than streamlined single themed messages? The causal mechanisms by which transnational advocacy movement ...
... arguments that appeal to so-called rational self-interest more persuasive than those that appeal to morality? Are mixed messages that combine appeals of self-interest with morality more successful than streamlined single themed messages? The causal mechanisms by which transnational advocacy movement ...
FFESCsynthesisJune7 - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural
... simulate how the global climate will respond to each of the GHG emissions scenarios from the 1980s to the 2080s. (3) a framework and vocabulary for assessing the impacts of climate change and the vulnerability of affected ecosystems and societies (4) an approach that emphasizes interdisciplinary col ...
... simulate how the global climate will respond to each of the GHG emissions scenarios from the 1980s to the 2080s. (3) a framework and vocabulary for assessing the impacts of climate change and the vulnerability of affected ecosystems and societies (4) an approach that emphasizes interdisciplinary col ...
September
... The Federal Government has ruled out two of three solutions to save South Australia's lower lakes because they are either too costly or ineffective. Water Minister, SA Senator Penny Wong, says the third solution - flooding the lakes with seawater to avoid acidification - is still on the table but no ...
... The Federal Government has ruled out two of three solutions to save South Australia's lower lakes because they are either too costly or ineffective. Water Minister, SA Senator Penny Wong, says the third solution - flooding the lakes with seawater to avoid acidification - is still on the table but no ...
A history of climate activities
... (WCP), including the WMO-ICSU World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the 1988 Toronto Conference and the First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shaped the agenda of the 1990 Seco ...
... (WCP), including the WMO-ICSU World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). The 1987 report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the 1988 Toronto Conference and the First Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shaped the agenda of the 1990 Seco ...
Extending a Geographic Lens Towards Climate Justice, Part 1
... aspects of structure, agency, and adaptation in smallholder agricultural systems of the Global South, particularly in the context of conservation and/or development projects. Moreover, the examination of climate justice dilemmas is fundamentally geographic as they largely arise from the geographic m ...
... aspects of structure, agency, and adaptation in smallholder agricultural systems of the Global South, particularly in the context of conservation and/or development projects. Moreover, the examination of climate justice dilemmas is fundamentally geographic as they largely arise from the geographic m ...
Living in an Uncertain World
... - We have to do this anyway as we do not have unlimited fossil fuel. 3: Change is already and inevitably embedded in the system. The consequential increase in deep uncertainty means that we must fundamentally change how we view and empower resiliency at individual, community and national scale. 4: C ...
... - We have to do this anyway as we do not have unlimited fossil fuel. 3: Change is already and inevitably embedded in the system. The consequential increase in deep uncertainty means that we must fundamentally change how we view and empower resiliency at individual, community and national scale. 4: C ...
Report on Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Victoria
... Day-to-day changes in the weather are the result of relatively random atmospheric fluctuations. Climate variations that occur from year-to-year are largely linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes affecting the three oceans surrounding Australia, such as El Niño in the Pacific Ocean. Longer ...
... Day-to-day changes in the weather are the result of relatively random atmospheric fluctuations. Climate variations that occur from year-to-year are largely linked to large-scale ocean-atmosphere processes affecting the three oceans surrounding Australia, such as El Niño in the Pacific Ocean. Longer ...
American Behavioral Scientist - Dana R. Fisher
... takeover of the U.S. Congress in 2010, the political environment in Washington, D.C., has become increasingly partisan and the issue of climate change has become one of the most polarizing issues. By summer 2011, in fact, former Massachusetts governor and presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney was att ...
... takeover of the U.S. Congress in 2010, the political environment in Washington, D.C., has become increasingly partisan and the issue of climate change has become one of the most polarizing issues. By summer 2011, in fact, former Massachusetts governor and presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney was att ...
A Tale of Two Carbon Sinks - Scholarly Commons @ FAMU Law
... the mobilization of financial resources from developed countries" to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. 3 Article 8 seeks to implement this objective by providing that developed countries will contribute 30 million dollars in adaptation funding between 2010-2012 to the "most vulnerable developi ...
... the mobilization of financial resources from developed countries" to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. 3 Article 8 seeks to implement this objective by providing that developed countries will contribute 30 million dollars in adaptation funding between 2010-2012 to the "most vulnerable developi ...
Diplom/Master`s Thesis - Institute for the Study of Society and
... England Coastal Communities as part of a large climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast. Also lead author on societal responses chapter and member of the synthesis team for entire assessment. 2004-present National Research Council. Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Deci ...
... England Coastal Communities as part of a large climate change impacts assessment for the Northeast. Also lead author on societal responses chapter and member of the synthesis team for entire assessment. 2004-present National Research Council. Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Deci ...
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.