Environmental Refugees in Africa - Devon Calhoun
... farmers in densely settled central highlands and comparably crowded parts of the western provinces kept their lands highly productive by symbiotic intercropping, and by careful from rotation and other means of conservation. Other African peoples have prospered over the past two centuries by long-dis ...
... farmers in densely settled central highlands and comparably crowded parts of the western provinces kept their lands highly productive by symbiotic intercropping, and by careful from rotation and other means of conservation. Other African peoples have prospered over the past two centuries by long-dis ...
Improving predictions and management of hydrological extremes
... The climatology of weather patterns also in the present climate dictates their exceptionality, which will impact the way our structural and non-structural measures planned for climate change adaptation will respond. There is therefore a need to support decision making facing future weather that may ...
... The climatology of weather patterns also in the present climate dictates their exceptionality, which will impact the way our structural and non-structural measures planned for climate change adaptation will respond. There is therefore a need to support decision making facing future weather that may ...
Climate Change, Migration and Displacement: Who will be
... In international or regional refugee law a refugee is a person, who meets the criteria under the applicable refugee definition provided for in international or regional refugee instruments, UNHCR’s mandate, and/or in national legislation. Environmental factors that cause movements across internation ...
... In international or regional refugee law a refugee is a person, who meets the criteria under the applicable refugee definition provided for in international or regional refugee instruments, UNHCR’s mandate, and/or in national legislation. Environmental factors that cause movements across internation ...
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... (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007) are good measures of acute effects but are less appropriate measures of the long-run impacts of climate change. The analysis assumes that prices remain unchanged (Cline 1996). Although changes in local supply might be dramatic, prices of food crops are determined by ...
... (Deschenes and Greenstone, 2007) are good measures of acute effects but are less appropriate measures of the long-run impacts of climate change. The analysis assumes that prices remain unchanged (Cline 1996). Although changes in local supply might be dramatic, prices of food crops are determined by ...
Climate Engineering under the Paris Agreement
... on precipitation patterns, potentially severely imperilling food production in some regions of the world. Because SRM affects temperature, rather than GHG levels, it conceals warming associated with increasing GHG stocks in the atmosphere, requiring a long-term implementation commitment (greater tha ...
... on precipitation patterns, potentially severely imperilling food production in some regions of the world. Because SRM affects temperature, rather than GHG levels, it conceals warming associated with increasing GHG stocks in the atmosphere, requiring a long-term implementation commitment (greater tha ...
Features
... ocean–atmospheric model study, published in Nature in 1989. From 1989 through 1992, we had several articles that used coupled ocean–atmosphere GCMs, and showed how the climate responds to a gradual increase in CO2. We analyzed very carefully the results from coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations and ...
... ocean–atmospheric model study, published in Nature in 1989. From 1989 through 1992, we had several articles that used coupled ocean–atmosphere GCMs, and showed how the climate responds to a gradual increase in CO2. We analyzed very carefully the results from coupled ocean–atmosphere simulations and ...
Threats to ecosystems in the Wet Tropics due to climate change and
... thousand years as well as changes due to one degree of future warming. In this project, four scenarios were considered. In the worst-case scenario (IPPC A1FI), rapid warming (5 oC) accompanied with reduced rainfall (-23%) by 2080, there are substantial decreases in the areas of environments that are ...
... thousand years as well as changes due to one degree of future warming. In this project, four scenarios were considered. In the worst-case scenario (IPPC A1FI), rapid warming (5 oC) accompanied with reduced rainfall (-23%) by 2080, there are substantial decreases in the areas of environments that are ...
Working Paper No. 405 September 2011
... change are assumed to depend on the impact of the previous year, this way reflecting the process of adjustment to climate change. Because the initial values to be used for the year 1950 cannot be approximated very well, both physical and monetized impacts of climate change tend to be ...
... change are assumed to depend on the impact of the previous year, this way reflecting the process of adjustment to climate change. Because the initial values to be used for the year 1950 cannot be approximated very well, both physical and monetized impacts of climate change tend to be ...
Special Council Meeting - 3-5 February, 2010
... previous PIANGO management and recommended, amongst others, that in future, any transaction in excess of a said value must be done with the approval of the PIANGO Board. They further recommended financial reporting be done on a regular monthly basis and reviewed by the interim Executive Director. Au ...
... previous PIANGO management and recommended, amongst others, that in future, any transaction in excess of a said value must be done with the approval of the PIANGO Board. They further recommended financial reporting be done on a regular monthly basis and reviewed by the interim Executive Director. Au ...
Death by Degrees: The health crisis of climate change in Maine
... All of the health effects discussed so far are related to the well-documented steady increases in temperature and extreme weather events expected if global climate change continues to progress at its current pace. There are those in the climate science community who are also concerned that our globa ...
... All of the health effects discussed so far are related to the well-documented steady increases in temperature and extreme weather events expected if global climate change continues to progress at its current pace. There are those in the climate science community who are also concerned that our globa ...
Evaluating Climate Change in the Eastern Sierra Nevada:
... Location: First United Methodist Church, 205 N. Fowler St, Bishop DAY 1 (Open to Public): How might future Eastern Sierra environments & conditions change as a consequence of changing climates? ...
... Location: First United Methodist Church, 205 N. Fowler St, Bishop DAY 1 (Open to Public): How might future Eastern Sierra environments & conditions change as a consequence of changing climates? ...
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... change on global food production. Knowledge of climate change impacts on agriculture has significantly expanded over the past 20 years. Convergent results are showing that climate change will fundamentally alter global food production patterns. Crop productivity impacts are expected to be negative i ...
... change on global food production. Knowledge of climate change impacts on agriculture has significantly expanded over the past 20 years. Convergent results are showing that climate change will fundamentally alter global food production patterns. Crop productivity impacts are expected to be negative i ...
Understanding the variability of the El
... Research led by the University of Edinburgh seeks to understand how the El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon may change over the coming decades. The research aims to shed light on why some ENSO events are much stronger than others, why some decades show much stronger ENSO activity, and how ...
... Research led by the University of Edinburgh seeks to understand how the El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon may change over the coming decades. The research aims to shed light on why some ENSO events are much stronger than others, why some decades show much stronger ENSO activity, and how ...
Ruti et al. BAMS - Med
... influence the air-sea fluxes (Josey et al., 2011) and then the upper ocean heat and water budget (2003 heat wave and relative Mediterranean warming is a good example), while long term ocean water mass formation and variability can influence the atmospheric water input (the relevance of this process ...
... influence the air-sea fluxes (Josey et al., 2011) and then the upper ocean heat and water budget (2003 heat wave and relative Mediterranean warming is a good example), while long term ocean water mass formation and variability can influence the atmospheric water input (the relevance of this process ...
trilateral strategy - Common Wadden Sea Secretariat
... constitute a major scientific challenge. Still, they are highly likely to negatively interfere with the aims for the protection of the Wadden Sea. Some impacts can, at least qualitatively, already be addressed. As long-term impact, it is expected that not enough sediment will be available to balance ...
... constitute a major scientific challenge. Still, they are highly likely to negatively interfere with the aims for the protection of the Wadden Sea. Some impacts can, at least qualitatively, already be addressed. As long-term impact, it is expected that not enough sediment will be available to balance ...
are our laws responding to the challenges posed to our
... Development a considerable distance from the coast (mainland or island) can affect all these areas if it influences the environment, general character and amenity of the coastal area or interferes with coastal processes such as erosion, tide and storm flooding or sand drift, for these reasons the fo ...
... Development a considerable distance from the coast (mainland or island) can affect all these areas if it influences the environment, general character and amenity of the coastal area or interferes with coastal processes such as erosion, tide and storm flooding or sand drift, for these reasons the fo ...
Climate change science and the climate change scare Contents
... The climate is always changing. It has been changing since the Earth was born, about 4.5 billion years ago. Given changes in the Sun, changes in the Earth’s orbit, changes in the Earth’s continents, changes in the Earth’s geology, and the Earth’s continual rotation, it cannot be otherwise. CO2 is al ...
... The climate is always changing. It has been changing since the Earth was born, about 4.5 billion years ago. Given changes in the Sun, changes in the Earth’s orbit, changes in the Earth’s continents, changes in the Earth’s geology, and the Earth’s continual rotation, it cannot be otherwise. CO2 is al ...
- wgiss
... • for NWP OSSE develop and integrate a massive on-line data base with users so there is controlled access to data set selection, location, spatial extent, Variable, quality and time period. • Climate OSSE needs a new process NOMADS ...
... • for NWP OSSE develop and integrate a massive on-line data base with users so there is controlled access to data set selection, location, spatial extent, Variable, quality and time period. • Climate OSSE needs a new process NOMADS ...
the PDF - Sustainablecorn.org
... demand at an all-time high, success for farmers and industry relies on a profitable cropping system while also employing measures which will protect the environment for future generations. The Midwest is a highly productive agricultural region. This is due in part to a favorable environment, which i ...
... demand at an all-time high, success for farmers and industry relies on a profitable cropping system while also employing measures which will protect the environment for future generations. The Midwest is a highly productive agricultural region. This is due in part to a favorable environment, which i ...
Debate Capitalism and Climate Change: Can the Invisible Hand
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
... What has to be done and what has to change to avoid the worst-case consequences of global warming and the associated broader environmental crisis? Our starting point is that global warming, which is the collateral damage of rapid and unequal capitalist development, in ways described by Karl Polanyi ...
Climate Change Policy: What Do the Models Tell Us?†
... What about η, the IRRA? The SCC that comes out of almost any IAM is also very sensitive to this parameter. Generally, a higher value of η will imply a lower value of the SCC.11 So what value for η should be used for climate policy? Here, too, economists disagree. The macroeconomics and finance liter ...
... What about η, the IRRA? The SCC that comes out of almost any IAM is also very sensitive to this parameter. Generally, a higher value of η will imply a lower value of the SCC.11 So what value for η should be used for climate policy? Here, too, economists disagree. The macroeconomics and finance liter ...
Teaching Notes: Impacts of Global Climate Change on Tribes in
... This case was also designed as a ‘clicker’ case, to be used in conjunction with an interruptedlecture format, or an interrupted-workshop format. The clickers allow students to select responses from an array presented them, and to electronically record their responses. The clicker software allows the ...
... This case was also designed as a ‘clicker’ case, to be used in conjunction with an interruptedlecture format, or an interrupted-workshop format. The clickers allow students to select responses from an array presented them, and to electronically record their responses. The clicker software allows the ...
The Fate of Alpine Species in the Face of Climate Change: A
... mountain we find that a new concern emerges. Here species are projected to experience gaps between current and projected elevational ranges (Colwell et al., 2008). These range-shift gaps prove ecologically problematic when species, often ill-adapted for upwards migration, can’t disperse across larg ...
... mountain we find that a new concern emerges. Here species are projected to experience gaps between current and projected elevational ranges (Colwell et al., 2008). These range-shift gaps prove ecologically problematic when species, often ill-adapted for upwards migration, can’t disperse across larg ...
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... Indonesia, and some countries in Central and Western Africa. Reduced deforestation in these countries and reforestation of temperate regions could contribute to mitigation efforts. Emissions projections, absent significant policy show continued rapid increases in global concentrations of GHGs. The E ...
... Indonesia, and some countries in Central and Western Africa. Reduced deforestation in these countries and reforestation of temperate regions could contribute to mitigation efforts. Emissions projections, absent significant policy show continued rapid increases in global concentrations of GHGs. The E ...
Appendix 5 Fine-scale population responses to weather and climate
... between habitats, for example a north facing open grassland may have a warmer microclimate than dense woodland. Populations at the cooler limit of their climatic niche are likely to be occupying the habitats with the warmest microclimate in order to survive (Thomas et al., 1999; Oliver et al., 2009; ...
... between habitats, for example a north facing open grassland may have a warmer microclimate than dense woodland. Populations at the cooler limit of their climatic niche are likely to be occupying the habitats with the warmest microclimate in order to survive (Thomas et al., 1999; Oliver et al., 2009; ...
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.