Information and Communication Technology for Prosperity
... Industrialization—notably, increases in productivity it leads to—is highly dependent on effective use of ICT. In the 21st century, global and local infrastructure—be it power networks, water supplies, transportation systems, or ICT infrastructure itself—can be controlled, managed, and optimized more ...
... Industrialization—notably, increases in productivity it leads to—is highly dependent on effective use of ICT. In the 21st century, global and local infrastructure—be it power networks, water supplies, transportation systems, or ICT infrastructure itself—can be controlled, managed, and optimized more ...
Africa
... Mitigation Potential in Agriculture (MAGHG) project, a component of the MICCA Programme of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC) in close collaboration with the FAO Statistics Divisions (ESS), is to provide guidance on the assessment of mitigation options for identification of national actio ...
... Mitigation Potential in Agriculture (MAGHG) project, a component of the MICCA Programme of the Climate, Energy and Tenure Division (NRC) in close collaboration with the FAO Statistics Divisions (ESS), is to provide guidance on the assessment of mitigation options for identification of national actio ...
The net climate impact of coal
... industrial and residential fuel in some countries. At current consumption rates, enough reserves are available to last more than a century (Energy Information Administration, 2009; hereafter EIA, 2009). Nearly half the known reserves are in the US, China and India, countries with large projected inc ...
... industrial and residential fuel in some countries. At current consumption rates, enough reserves are available to last more than a century (Energy Information Administration, 2009; hereafter EIA, 2009). Nearly half the known reserves are in the US, China and India, countries with large projected inc ...
In the hot seat: Insolation, ENSO, and vegetation in the African tropics
... area index), NDVI saturates. In order to account for this, values above 0.7 or below 0.1 are not considered. Following the methods of Russell and Wallace [2004], 3 month mean values of NDVI fields were used to represent the seasonal mean vegetation and were regressed on time series of climatic variab ...
... area index), NDVI saturates. In order to account for this, values above 0.7 or below 0.1 are not considered. Following the methods of Russell and Wallace [2004], 3 month mean values of NDVI fields were used to represent the seasonal mean vegetation and were regressed on time series of climatic variab ...
The importance of the Montreal Protocol in protecting climate
... The second scenario is the Molina and Rowland scenario (hereafter referred to as the MR74 scenario) representing an approximation to the world of ODS growth and atmospheric concentrations that was avoided as a result of their early warning and the subsequent consumer and government actions before th ...
... The second scenario is the Molina and Rowland scenario (hereafter referred to as the MR74 scenario) representing an approximation to the world of ODS growth and atmospheric concentrations that was avoided as a result of their early warning and the subsequent consumer and government actions before th ...
Sensitivity of Northern Peatland Carbon
... suitable for long-term peat C accumulation is the result of various thermal-moisture associations and precipitation seasonality. In the same way, climate histories and temperature and precipitation associations in the past were likely also very different between regions. As a result, a regional pers ...
... suitable for long-term peat C accumulation is the result of various thermal-moisture associations and precipitation seasonality. In the same way, climate histories and temperature and precipitation associations in the past were likely also very different between regions. As a result, a regional pers ...
Silent but Deadly - Global Justice Now
... We have taken existing global data on the greenhouse gas emissions of the livestock sector, and allocated them to Cargill on the basis of its share of the global animal feed market. This may not result in as detailed or accurate a figure as the first approach, but it provides a total that gives an i ...
... We have taken existing global data on the greenhouse gas emissions of the livestock sector, and allocated them to Cargill on the basis of its share of the global animal feed market. This may not result in as detailed or accurate a figure as the first approach, but it provides a total that gives an i ...
viet nam`s intended nationally determined contribution
... to the transition towards a low-carbon economy, including energy efficiency, reforestation and air quality. In addition, INDCs enable the parties to frame their own national contributions as part of the global efforts undertaken by all the parties. The term “contribution” does not affect the legal s ...
... to the transition towards a low-carbon economy, including energy efficiency, reforestation and air quality. In addition, INDCs enable the parties to frame their own national contributions as part of the global efforts undertaken by all the parties. The term “contribution” does not affect the legal s ...
Climate Change and Tax Policy - Digital Commons @ Boston
... 2. U.S. Federal Resistance to the Kyoto Protocol According to some figures, the United States has “just six percent of the world’s total population yet produces a quarter of the globe’s carbon dioxide,” making the United States the largest carbon dioxide producer in the world.47 U.S. rejection of th ...
... 2. U.S. Federal Resistance to the Kyoto Protocol According to some figures, the United States has “just six percent of the world’s total population yet produces a quarter of the globe’s carbon dioxide,” making the United States the largest carbon dioxide producer in the world.47 U.S. rejection of th ...
Can we model observed soil carbon changes from a dense inventory?
... Based on 5662 in situ measurements from the National Soil Inventory (NSI) of England and Wales, collected on a 5 km grid, Bellamy et al. (2005) found that the soil organic carbon (SOC) content over 0–15 cm depth decreased over England and Wales during the period 1978–2003. They hypothesized that thi ...
... Based on 5662 in situ measurements from the National Soil Inventory (NSI) of England and Wales, collected on a 5 km grid, Bellamy et al. (2005) found that the soil organic carbon (SOC) content over 0–15 cm depth decreased over England and Wales during the period 1978–2003. They hypothesized that thi ...
Climate controls on soil respired CO2 in the United States
... including precipitation timing, intensity and land use changes, that are not well constrained by models of future climate. We address these issues by modeling future changes in the concentration of soil CO2 derived from respiration (called S(z) herein) and dissolved CO2 in soil pore water ([CO2aq]) ...
... including precipitation timing, intensity and land use changes, that are not well constrained by models of future climate. We address these issues by modeling future changes in the concentration of soil CO2 derived from respiration (called S(z) herein) and dissolved CO2 in soil pore water ([CO2aq]) ...
DELAWARE AND THE SURGING SEA - Climate
... Local sea level rise can differ from global sea level rise for many reasons. The ocean is not flat, and shifting currents and sea surface temperatures can alter local sea level trends over years or decades. In addition, the land itself is slowly sinking or (more rarely) rising in many coastal areas, ...
... Local sea level rise can differ from global sea level rise for many reasons. The ocean is not flat, and shifting currents and sea surface temperatures can alter local sea level trends over years or decades. In addition, the land itself is slowly sinking or (more rarely) rising in many coastal areas, ...
Temporality and Exclusive Forms of International Cooperation
... nuclear disarmament. Finally, in the area of climate change, members of the UNFCCC remain committed to the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and agreed at COP 18 in 2012 to negotiate a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. Indeed, the scientific evidence in favor of an anthropogenic ...
... nuclear disarmament. Finally, in the area of climate change, members of the UNFCCC remain committed to the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and agreed at COP 18 in 2012 to negotiate a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol. Indeed, the scientific evidence in favor of an anthropogenic ...
global warming and phanerozoic climate change
... During the last 150 years temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations rose during a period of cyclically increasing solar activity that came to an end in the 1990s. The steady increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations reflects progressive degassing of the gradually warming oceans, combined with ...
... During the last 150 years temperatures and atmospheric CO2 concentrations rose during a period of cyclically increasing solar activity that came to an end in the 1990s. The steady increase in atmospheric CO2 concentrations reflects progressive degassing of the gradually warming oceans, combined with ...
Impacts of climate-related geo-engineering on biological
... Explosive volcanism and solar activity changes have modulated the Earth’s temperature over short and century time scales. Associated with these external forcings were systematic changes in circulation. Here, we explore the effect of similar but artificially induced forcings that mimic natural radiat ...
... Explosive volcanism and solar activity changes have modulated the Earth’s temperature over short and century time scales. Associated with these external forcings were systematic changes in circulation. Here, we explore the effect of similar but artificially induced forcings that mimic natural radiat ...
College greenhouse gas inventory
... This report brings together the work of several students from the Pomona Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) group and the EA 99: “Carbon-neutrality at Pomona College” class, supervised by Professor Richard Elderkin. The Pomona-College CCC group was founded in August 2006 by Praween Dayananda (’07) and A ...
... This report brings together the work of several students from the Pomona Campus Climate Challenge (CCC) group and the EA 99: “Carbon-neutrality at Pomona College” class, supervised by Professor Richard Elderkin. The Pomona-College CCC group was founded in August 2006 by Praween Dayananda (’07) and A ...
Hybrid statistical–dynamic seasonal streamflow forecasting method
... atmospheric and oceanographic physics: information about current conditions (e.g., sea-surface temperature) is used to initialise the model, and the model estimates the future climate several months or years ahead. Global climate models are more complex and difficult to run but can potentially provi ...
... atmospheric and oceanographic physics: information about current conditions (e.g., sea-surface temperature) is used to initialise the model, and the model estimates the future climate several months or years ahead. Global climate models are more complex and difficult to run but can potentially provi ...
Read the Adaptation Strategy
... over the next five to ten years in the context of the changes to our climate that are already occurring, and those that are projected by the end of the century. It is designed to be a key part of the nation’s larger response to a changing climate, and to guide responsible actions by natural resource ...
... over the next five to ten years in the context of the changes to our climate that are already occurring, and those that are projected by the end of the century. It is designed to be a key part of the nation’s larger response to a changing climate, and to guide responsible actions by natural resource ...
Appendix L: Climate impacts and adaptation actions for shrub
... Future climate change may present additional challenges and needs for shrub-steppe habitat connectivity.3-4 First, climate change may impact shrub-steppe core habitat areas and corridors in ways that may make them more or less permeable to wildlife movement. Second, existing shrub-steppe core hab ...
... Future climate change may present additional challenges and needs for shrub-steppe habitat connectivity.3-4 First, climate change may impact shrub-steppe core habitat areas and corridors in ways that may make them more or less permeable to wildlife movement. Second, existing shrub-steppe core hab ...
The Response of Precipitation Minus Evapotranspiration to Climate
... with climate warming, even though this is sometimes assumed to be the case. The physical basis of the simple scaling is weaker over land than ocean (Held and Soden 2006), and recent studies have found that it fails to capture simulated changes in P−E over land (Roderick et al. 2014) and is not confi ...
... with climate warming, even though this is sometimes assumed to be the case. The physical basis of the simple scaling is weaker over land than ocean (Held and Soden 2006), and recent studies have found that it fails to capture simulated changes in P−E over land (Roderick et al. 2014) and is not confi ...
Establishing a Climate Change Department in
... poised to face these risks as articulated in Vision 2030 Goal 4 “Jamaica Has a Healthy Natural Environment” and the supporting National Outcome #14 “Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change”. The need for an overarching, comprehensive, and systematic national institutional response to ...
... poised to face these risks as articulated in Vision 2030 Goal 4 “Jamaica Has a Healthy Natural Environment” and the supporting National Outcome #14 “Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation to Climate Change”. The need for an overarching, comprehensive, and systematic national institutional response to ...
Agriculture and Forestry Climate change report card technical paper
... Climate change, due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (IPCC, 2013), is expected to influence soil functions and properties. For the UK, future climate change projections suggest that the mean temperature will increase by 2.4 to 4oC by the year 2080, the maximum and minimum temperature ...
... Climate change, due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (IPCC, 2013), is expected to influence soil functions and properties. For the UK, future climate change projections suggest that the mean temperature will increase by 2.4 to 4oC by the year 2080, the maximum and minimum temperature ...