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... serious implication on rural livelihoods. Though Africa has relatively large land area but most of this land is fragile and thus prone to degradation if not managed properly. Recent demographic changes have resulted in overexploitation of land resources resulting in low yield productivity at the far ...
... serious implication on rural livelihoods. Though Africa has relatively large land area but most of this land is fragile and thus prone to degradation if not managed properly. Recent demographic changes have resulted in overexploitation of land resources resulting in low yield productivity at the far ...
Exploring the impacts of climate change on water resources
... the dry season is becoming drier for the more recent PRECIS run (see Table 1). With the increases in water demand due mainly to population increases, there is a general increase in the water deficit, especially along the Ganges in India (Fig. 3). The results suggest future changes could have major i ...
... the dry season is becoming drier for the more recent PRECIS run (see Table 1). With the increases in water demand due mainly to population increases, there is a general increase in the water deficit, especially along the Ganges in India (Fig. 3). The results suggest future changes could have major i ...
Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C
... century to below 2 6C, based on a combination of published distributions of climate system properties and observational constraints. We show that, for the chosen class of emission scenarios, both cumulative emissions up to 2050 and emission levels in 2050 are robust indicators of the probability tha ...
... century to below 2 6C, based on a combination of published distributions of climate system properties and observational constraints. We show that, for the chosen class of emission scenarios, both cumulative emissions up to 2050 and emission levels in 2050 are robust indicators of the probability tha ...
Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the
... and orange curves (superimposed and almost indistinguishable) show ‘likelihood profiles’19 for peak warming response to the red and orange containment scenarios plotted in Fig. 1a, all of which represent cumulative emissions over 1750–2500 that fall within 1% of 1 Tt C. These show the relative likel ...
... and orange curves (superimposed and almost indistinguishable) show ‘likelihood profiles’19 for peak warming response to the red and orange containment scenarios plotted in Fig. 1a, all of which represent cumulative emissions over 1750–2500 that fall within 1% of 1 Tt C. These show the relative likel ...
Arctic Resource Development and Climate Impacts, Adaptation and
... hydrocarbon production, and must maintain their structural integrity over the life of a project. Design of production facilities needs to consider the effects of climate change on permafrost and ground stability. One proposed adaptive strategy is to avoid potential impacts is to use a barge for prod ...
... hydrocarbon production, and must maintain their structural integrity over the life of a project. Design of production facilities needs to consider the effects of climate change on permafrost and ground stability. One proposed adaptive strategy is to avoid potential impacts is to use a barge for prod ...
Climate Change - The Climate Institute
... “Climate change is real and it is happening much faster than it has before… We know that recent warming is largely due to human activities. Nothing else explains it.” CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, State of the Climate 200918 ...
... “Climate change is real and it is happening much faster than it has before… We know that recent warming is largely due to human activities. Nothing else explains it.” CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology, State of the Climate 200918 ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Cities
... involves readjusting life to the reality that a certain amount of climate change will inevitably occur. An effective climate change policy for cities however needs to include both, and they need to be approached in an integrated manner. Major difference between mitigation and adaptation is the scale ...
... involves readjusting life to the reality that a certain amount of climate change will inevitably occur. An effective climate change policy for cities however needs to include both, and they need to be approached in an integrated manner. Major difference between mitigation and adaptation is the scale ...
Ecological Disruption in Motion
... demonstrated by additional new research conducted by Audubon California. The new analysis models changes in geographic ranges over the next 100 years and indicates that about 80 of California’s 310 native bird species will lose at least a quarter of their distributions in the next several decades du ...
... demonstrated by additional new research conducted by Audubon California. The new analysis models changes in geographic ranges over the next 100 years and indicates that about 80 of California’s 310 native bird species will lose at least a quarter of their distributions in the next several decades du ...
open letter - Natureandpoverty.net and Biofuels
... [CCS], coal gasification, nuclear power, carbon offset markets, and ocean fertilizationagrofuels are a distracting "false solution" promoted for their potential to reap profits rather than their capacity to address problems effectively. [1] Agrofuels worsen climate change and poverty: A growing body ...
... [CCS], coal gasification, nuclear power, carbon offset markets, and ocean fertilizationagrofuels are a distracting "false solution" promoted for their potential to reap profits rather than their capacity to address problems effectively. [1] Agrofuels worsen climate change and poverty: A growing body ...
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... science (dangers of delay) and the politics (domestic action enhanced by progress in international). Bottom-up encouraged by top-down. • Top-down encouraged by progress at firm, city and country levels. • ‘Top down’ and ‘bottom up’ support each. There is no artificial horse ...
... science (dangers of delay) and the politics (domestic action enhanced by progress in international). Bottom-up encouraged by top-down. • Top-down encouraged by progress at firm, city and country levels. • ‘Top down’ and ‘bottom up’ support each. There is no artificial horse ...
"An Ice Core Time Machine." Earth
... over early and late stages of the Younger Dryas indicates that this event lasted 1,300 years, but began and ended in less than twenty—and perhaps in less than two—years. The identification of such rapid climate change events in the methane record prompted scientists to seek out similar events in oth ...
... over early and late stages of the Younger Dryas indicates that this event lasted 1,300 years, but began and ended in less than twenty—and perhaps in less than two—years. The identification of such rapid climate change events in the methane record prompted scientists to seek out similar events in oth ...
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... and wine (higher alcohol content), and, to varying degrees, the vine’s water comfort, crop development and yield. These effects do not necessarily threaten vine’s viability or grape production, but they do raise questions about wine-cultivating systems and established quality. However, the transitio ...
... and wine (higher alcohol content), and, to varying degrees, the vine’s water comfort, crop development and yield. These effects do not necessarily threaten vine’s viability or grape production, but they do raise questions about wine-cultivating systems and established quality. However, the transitio ...
2015 Lancet Commission on Health and Climate Change Briefing
... all departments and sectors in global health institutions will help build the necessary health expertise and capacity needed to respond to climate change. 2. Support and encourage an international agreement on climate change, which protects public health. Whilst the international climate negotiatio ...
... all departments and sectors in global health institutions will help build the necessary health expertise and capacity needed to respond to climate change. 2. Support and encourage an international agreement on climate change, which protects public health. Whilst the international climate negotiatio ...
Volunteer Tools for CCL Fall 2012 Fundraising Campaign
... experience with CCL and see if you have any questions. Can I talk with you about this for a couple of minutes? Do you know anything about CCL or had you ever heard of the organization? (Let them talk) Until I started going to CCL meetings and participating in the monthly actions, I was pretty hopele ...
... experience with CCL and see if you have any questions. Can I talk with you about this for a couple of minutes? Do you know anything about CCL or had you ever heard of the organization? (Let them talk) Until I started going to CCL meetings and participating in the monthly actions, I was pretty hopele ...
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... water supplies and snowpack are being altered as is the hydrograph. Furthermore, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations shall soon attain dangerous levels (Fri et al., 2010). Real global action to manage GHGs seems to be over the horizon if it ever will occur. It is virtually inevitable that clim ...
... water supplies and snowpack are being altered as is the hydrograph. Furthermore, atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations shall soon attain dangerous levels (Fri et al., 2010). Real global action to manage GHGs seems to be over the horizon if it ever will occur. It is virtually inevitable that clim ...
Climate Change Detection: The Importance of Homogenized Time
... Outline – Part I • Short introduction to homogenization • The integrated homogenization model used in the IMS • Results – Case study for Negba minimum temperature 1950-2012 – Quick over view on five adjusted series 1950-2012 ...
... Outline – Part I • Short introduction to homogenization • The integrated homogenization model used in the IMS • Results – Case study for Negba minimum temperature 1950-2012 – Quick over view on five adjusted series 1950-2012 ...
Impacts of Climate Change on Commercial Fishing in the
... It is difficult to predict the future of the rate and level of acidification of the oceans as there are many factors that play a part in including the input from freshwater sources Future projections also difficult to predict due to the natural variations of the oceans (interactions with sediments, ...
... It is difficult to predict the future of the rate and level of acidification of the oceans as there are many factors that play a part in including the input from freshwater sources Future projections also difficult to predict due to the natural variations of the oceans (interactions with sediments, ...
Taking Action on Climate Change
... • The province’s new electricity plan, Our Electricity Future, includes innovation funding pilot programs, a focus on solar PV pilot projects, and continued support for tidal energy research initiatives such as the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) and Canada’s first tidal ener ...
... • The province’s new electricity plan, Our Electricity Future, includes innovation funding pilot programs, a focus on solar PV pilot projects, and continued support for tidal energy research initiatives such as the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) and Canada’s first tidal ener ...
Aerosol concentrations and hurricanes over the
... Discuss recent studies that suggest aerosols such as black carbon are changing atmospheric stability and sea surface temperatures (SSTs). ...
... Discuss recent studies that suggest aerosols such as black carbon are changing atmospheric stability and sea surface temperatures (SSTs). ...
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... agricultural sector to reduce the risks posed by climate change requires the consideration of multiple, interdisciplinary factors and the sensitivities of their interrelationships. Lack of information on the sensitivity of agricultural activities to climate change in Africa hampers climate change ad ...
... agricultural sector to reduce the risks posed by climate change requires the consideration of multiple, interdisciplinary factors and the sensitivities of their interrelationships. Lack of information on the sensitivity of agricultural activities to climate change in Africa hampers climate change ad ...
Biodiversity and climate change
... Also recognizing the potential for synergies provided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,1 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030,2 the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Paris Agreement,3 Further recognizing the need for the full and effective particip ...
... Also recognizing the potential for synergies provided by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,1 the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030,2 the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Paris Agreement,3 Further recognizing the need for the full and effective particip ...
- Wiley Online Library
... climate change has broadened beyond mitigation and adaptation with the recent discussion of potential climate engineering options. How to define and categorize climate engineering options has been a recurring issue in both public and specialist discussions. We assert here that current definitions of ...
... climate change has broadened beyond mitigation and adaptation with the recent discussion of potential climate engineering options. How to define and categorize climate engineering options has been a recurring issue in both public and specialist discussions. We assert here that current definitions of ...
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.