UNESCAP Report El-Nino Potential Impacts in Pacific Island
... economic, and social wellbeing. Understanding the risk associated with an El Niño event and communicating it to the right stakeholders, with sufficient time to allow for preparatory action, is key to building resilience to disasters in the subregion. The objective of the proposed integrated regional ...
... economic, and social wellbeing. Understanding the risk associated with an El Niño event and communicating it to the right stakeholders, with sufficient time to allow for preparatory action, is key to building resilience to disasters in the subregion. The objective of the proposed integrated regional ...
skeptical science - The Science and Public Policy Institute
... 13. Global warming is good: Cook claims that the negative impact on agriculture, health, economy, and environment outweighs any positives. In reality, the overall impact is positive in all four cases. The agriculture becomes more effective, is able to feed people more easily, the economy grows, the ...
... 13. Global warming is good: Cook claims that the negative impact on agriculture, health, economy, and environment outweighs any positives. In reality, the overall impact is positive in all four cases. The agriculture becomes more effective, is able to feed people more easily, the economy grows, the ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CHINA'S PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS Huifang Tian
... almost certainly be both the design and implementation of post-Kyoto arrangements aiming to mitigate climate change. In the shorter term, these are to be negotiated by the Committee of Parties (COP15) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the negotiating process to conclu ...
... almost certainly be both the design and implementation of post-Kyoto arrangements aiming to mitigate climate change. In the shorter term, these are to be negotiated by the Committee of Parties (COP15) under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with the negotiating process to conclu ...
The Relationship of Cloud Cover to Near
... global climate models (GCMs) is to compare the statistical structure of these elements reproduced by models with empirical data from the world climate observational system. The success in GCM development warranted a further step in this assessment. The description of the meteorological element in th ...
... global climate models (GCMs) is to compare the statistical structure of these elements reproduced by models with empirical data from the world climate observational system. The success in GCM development warranted a further step in this assessment. The description of the meteorological element in th ...
Health impacts of climate change: Adaptation strategies for Western
... It has been demonstrated that the Earth is warming and climatic parameters are changing. In Western Australia, the south west has been experiencing rainfall reductions for several decades and other areas across the State have experienced droughts and atypical events. It is now generally accepted tha ...
... It has been demonstrated that the Earth is warming and climatic parameters are changing. In Western Australia, the south west has been experiencing rainfall reductions for several decades and other areas across the State have experienced droughts and atypical events. It is now generally accepted tha ...
Expectations for Rio+20
... From Sustainable Development to the Green Economy Sustainable Development: Apology or Utopia? Persistent challenges in operationalising an attractive concept Green Economy: “results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks ...
... From Sustainable Development to the Green Economy Sustainable Development: Apology or Utopia? Persistent challenges in operationalising an attractive concept Green Economy: “results in improved human well-being and social equity, while significantly reducing environmental risks ...
Carbon-nitrogen interactions regulate climate
... for differences between simulations in Ca (Friedlingstein et al., 2006). Simulations are all 230 years in length, covering the nominal time period 1870 to 2099. Fossil fuel emissions are specified identically for each simulation based on observations for the historical period and following a busines ...
... for differences between simulations in Ca (Friedlingstein et al., 2006). Simulations are all 230 years in length, covering the nominal time period 1870 to 2099. Fossil fuel emissions are specified identically for each simulation based on observations for the historical period and following a busines ...
聯合國E/2006/29–E/CN
... 動方案（Multi-Year Programme of Work on Sustainable Development）」，總其成為 2004 年至 2017 年共 14 年，每 2 年為一期 程（cycle）之討論主題群，2004-2005 年期程之討論主題群（thematic cluster）為：water、sanitation human 及 settlement；2006-2007 年期程年之討論主題為：energy for sustainable development、 industrial development、air pollution/Atmosphere 及 climat ...
... 動方案（Multi-Year Programme of Work on Sustainable Development）」，總其成為 2004 年至 2017 年共 14 年，每 2 年為一期 程（cycle）之討論主題群，2004-2005 年期程之討論主題群（thematic cluster）為：water、sanitation human 及 settlement；2006-2007 年期程年之討論主題為：energy for sustainable development、 industrial development、air pollution/Atmosphere 及 climat ...
Ethiopia Environmental and Climate Change policy brief
... improved water and sanitation. Prevalence of diarrhoea among children under is high among children that drink water from unprotected wells (18%). A recent health survey showed that one in four children (between 6-23months) had diarrhoea within a two-week period of the survey. 9 Reflection: The main ...
... improved water and sanitation. Prevalence of diarrhoea among children under is high among children that drink water from unprotected wells (18%). A recent health survey showed that one in four children (between 6-23months) had diarrhoea within a two-week period of the survey. 9 Reflection: The main ...
Poor and Powerful - the Rise of China and India and the
... emissions has risen to the top of the policy agenda in Western Europe, driven by concerns with maintaining high levels of living for current and future generations. China’s and India’s growth trajectory seems in direct conflict with this objective. Finding solutions requires understanding dynamics i ...
... emissions has risen to the top of the policy agenda in Western Europe, driven by concerns with maintaining high levels of living for current and future generations. China’s and India’s growth trajectory seems in direct conflict with this objective. Finding solutions requires understanding dynamics i ...
10 Years of Advancing Knowledge on the Global Carbon Cycle and
... the hydrate occurrences (distribution), calculations of their response to changing environmental conditions and analysis of their potential to become a carbon-neutral fuel. A review in Science magazine stated “more meetings like these are clearly needed” (based on the abstract of Krey et al. 2009 an ...
... the hydrate occurrences (distribution), calculations of their response to changing environmental conditions and analysis of their potential to become a carbon-neutral fuel. A review in Science magazine stated “more meetings like these are clearly needed” (based on the abstract of Krey et al. 2009 an ...
Impact of climate change on reproductive health
... and to its functions and processes. Reproductive health therefore implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.”(1) Considering the broad perception of reproductive health, ...
... and to its functions and processes. Reproductive health therefore implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.”(1) Considering the broad perception of reproductive health, ...
Carbon Market Crossroads
... regulators. These projects have also trained a much broader group of stakeholders and communities to organize around carbon-market projects and advocate for emission reductions. Indeed, each of the 10 developing nations that participated most actively in global carbon markets over the past decade ar ...
... regulators. These projects have also trained a much broader group of stakeholders and communities to organize around carbon-market projects and advocate for emission reductions. Indeed, each of the 10 developing nations that participated most actively in global carbon markets over the past decade ar ...
Addendum to Internal Document 336
... series8. The weather signal is created by using daily precipitation as the primary variable while other variables are created using mathematical and statistical relationships with daily precipitation and the previous day’s values. The general procedure uses the baseline climate (1961 – 1990) to cal ...
... series8. The weather signal is created by using daily precipitation as the primary variable while other variables are created using mathematical and statistical relationships with daily precipitation and the previous day’s values. The general procedure uses the baseline climate (1961 – 1990) to cal ...
Climate Change Assessment for the San Juan Mountain Regions
... Southwestern Colorado, USA: A Review of Scientific Research. Prepared by Mountain Studies Institute in cooperation with USDA San Juan National Forest Service and USDOI Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office. Durango, CO. Available for download from: ...
... Southwestern Colorado, USA: A Review of Scientific Research. Prepared by Mountain Studies Institute in cooperation with USDA San Juan National Forest Service and USDOI Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office. Durango, CO. Available for download from: ...
COUNCIL OF Brussels, 16 April 2013 THE EUROPEAN UNION
... Impacts on animal and plant health are mainly characterised by changes in the occurrence, incidence, pattern of spread and geographical distribution of diseases and pests that are influenced by climate change, as well as emerging animal and plant pathogens. Those impacts may also have a detrimental ...
... Impacts on animal and plant health are mainly characterised by changes in the occurrence, incidence, pattern of spread and geographical distribution of diseases and pests that are influenced by climate change, as well as emerging animal and plant pathogens. Those impacts may also have a detrimental ...
Reducing risks to the built environment from cyclones and
... This lecture will outline why climate change, if not mitigated globally, is likely to result in more intense hailstorms and cyclones. CSIRO found that while the number of mid-latitude storms affecting southern Australia has decreased over the last few decades, their intensity has increased, and mode ...
... This lecture will outline why climate change, if not mitigated globally, is likely to result in more intense hailstorms and cyclones. CSIRO found that while the number of mid-latitude storms affecting southern Australia has decreased over the last few decades, their intensity has increased, and mode ...
Climate Change Performance Index 2017
... proved. The integration of emissions data from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogeni ...
... proved. The integration of emissions data from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the major steps in this process, made possible due to the data provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment 2015. Deforestation and forest degradation are another important source of anthropogeni ...
Climate change leadership: A study of climate change
... Linked to climate change is the rising global temperature due to the greenhouse (GHG) effect phenomenon IPCC (2007). Climate change is thought to be a direct cause of excessive and rare natural phenomena being experienced globally Europ (2005). Some of the phenomena include a change in rainfall patt ...
... Linked to climate change is the rising global temperature due to the greenhouse (GHG) effect phenomenon IPCC (2007). Climate change is thought to be a direct cause of excessive and rare natural phenomena being experienced globally Europ (2005). Some of the phenomena include a change in rainfall patt ...
Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity of recent sea surface
... were significant in most of the study area (Fig. 3F) with an average of 0.33 °C decade1 (Fig. 3E). A much decreased, non-significant summer warming was observed in the upwelling areas of Yucatan and the southern Caribbean Sea, as well as in the Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) and the eastern Florida shelf ...
... were significant in most of the study area (Fig. 3F) with an average of 0.33 °C decade1 (Fig. 3E). A much decreased, non-significant summer warming was observed in the upwelling areas of Yucatan and the southern Caribbean Sea, as well as in the Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela) and the eastern Florida shelf ...
Climate Change Impacts and Risk Management
... The Guide is separated into three parts. Part A describes what the Guide is about. In addition to the items covered in the Introduction, it discusses why there is a need to assess climate change risk (Chapter 2) and the fundamentals of risk assessment and management (Chapter 3). Part B outlines how ...
... The Guide is separated into three parts. Part A describes what the Guide is about. In addition to the items covered in the Introduction, it discusses why there is a need to assess climate change risk (Chapter 2) and the fundamentals of risk assessment and management (Chapter 3). Part B outlines how ...
Contrasting urban and rural heat stress responses to climate change
... cause human discomfort and may increase morbidity and mortality. A global climate model with an embedded urban model is used to explore the urban-rural contrast in the wet-bulb globe temperature, a heat stress index accounting for temperature and humidity. Wet-bulb globe temperatures are calculated ...
... cause human discomfort and may increase morbidity and mortality. A global climate model with an embedded urban model is used to explore the urban-rural contrast in the wet-bulb globe temperature, a heat stress index accounting for temperature and humidity. Wet-bulb globe temperatures are calculated ...
Environmentally Induced Migration and Displacement - sid
... The report argues for the development of inclusive definitions of environmentally induced migration and environental migrants/displaced persons, taking into account the full range of human mobility caused by environmental factors, the length of displacement and possibility to return. New concepts sh ...
... The report argues for the development of inclusive definitions of environmentally induced migration and environental migrants/displaced persons, taking into account the full range of human mobility caused by environmental factors, the length of displacement and possibility to return. New concepts sh ...
The benefits of recent warming for maize production in high latitude
... growing threat to agricultural yields and food security. However, at north high-latitudes, the limited studies have shown warming would predominantly bring benefits to crop yield while some other studies indicate adverse effects (Gregory and Marshall 2012; Liu et al. 2012). These contradictory resul ...
... growing threat to agricultural yields and food security. However, at north high-latitudes, the limited studies have shown warming would predominantly bring benefits to crop yield while some other studies indicate adverse effects (Gregory and Marshall 2012; Liu et al. 2012). These contradictory resul ...