LCCARL398_en.pdf
... on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the potential impacts of climate change on aggregate agricultural o ...
... on the agricultural sector in the Caribbean under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios A2 and B2 scenarios. More specifically, the study aimed to evaluate the direction and magnitude of the potential impacts of climate change on aggregate agricultural o ...
The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report
... Adaptation is necessary, as mitigation alone will not prevent serious impacts. In order to avoid negative impacts, now and in the future, we must both mitigate climate change and adapt to climate change. That is, we must try to reduce or even eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and we must make prep ...
... Adaptation is necessary, as mitigation alone will not prevent serious impacts. In order to avoid negative impacts, now and in the future, we must both mitigate climate change and adapt to climate change. That is, we must try to reduce or even eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and we must make prep ...
Macroeconomic Impacts of the California Global Warming Solutions
... Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Vol. 3, No. 2. Copyright 䉷 2014 by the IAEE. All rights reserved. ...
... Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Vol. 3, No. 2. Copyright 䉷 2014 by the IAEE. All rights reserved. ...
Adaptation made to measure
... Faced with new and rapidly expanding adaptation portfolios in most international cooperation institutions, many project managers are voicing their need for support, particularly when it comes to designing and monitoring projects which are either adaptation-related or explicit adaptation projects. Th ...
... Faced with new and rapidly expanding adaptation portfolios in most international cooperation institutions, many project managers are voicing their need for support, particularly when it comes to designing and monitoring projects which are either adaptation-related or explicit adaptation projects. Th ...
Assessing the Risk of a Collapse of the Atlantic Thermohaline
... Why would the THC collapse? There are two threads of evidence that suggest this possibility. One is based on modelling and the other is drawn from paleoclimate evidence. The first model of the THC was developed by Henry Stommel [1]. In this very simple model, heat and salt are transported from an eq ...
... Why would the THC collapse? There are two threads of evidence that suggest this possibility. One is based on modelling and the other is drawn from paleoclimate evidence. The first model of the THC was developed by Henry Stommel [1]. In this very simple model, heat and salt are transported from an eq ...
14. Forest Responses to Changing Climate
... characterized by abundant spruce and fir. These constitute a major resource for both the forest products industry and the millions of recreational users who enjoy the north woods. The health of these forests is so important that any threat to their productivity or aesthetics is of immediate public c ...
... characterized by abundant spruce and fir. These constitute a major resource for both the forest products industry and the millions of recreational users who enjoy the north woods. The health of these forests is so important that any threat to their productivity or aesthetics is of immediate public c ...
View PDF - Hofstra Law
... Examining the dynamics of U.S. climate change public opinion is important for a few reasons. First, public opinion sometimes exerts a direct influence on policy outcomes.9 Policy-makers weigh several factors when making policy decisions: scientific advice, economic feasibility, moral concerns, and t ...
... Examining the dynamics of U.S. climate change public opinion is important for a few reasons. First, public opinion sometimes exerts a direct influence on policy outcomes.9 Policy-makers weigh several factors when making policy decisions: scientific advice, economic feasibility, moral concerns, and t ...
text - Tilburg University
... It is widely recognized that climate change is the main environmental problem facing the globe. We can observe that the number of natural catastrophes is swiftly growing and this means that climate change is advancing. Such climate change related effects as: ice melting, rising of the sea levels, ch ...
... It is widely recognized that climate change is the main environmental problem facing the globe. We can observe that the number of natural catastrophes is swiftly growing and this means that climate change is advancing. Such climate change related effects as: ice melting, rising of the sea levels, ch ...
Center for Global Environmental Research
... ocean-atmosphere general circulation model (CGCM) known as the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC). This joint research team involving CCSR, NIES, and FRCGC has developed two versions of MIROC: one with a higher resolution (with about 100 km and 20 km horizontal resolution in the ...
... ocean-atmosphere general circulation model (CGCM) known as the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate (MIROC). This joint research team involving CCSR, NIES, and FRCGC has developed two versions of MIROC: one with a higher resolution (with about 100 km and 20 km horizontal resolution in the ...
Drivers of Biodiversity Loss
... higher than it was before the start of the industrial revolution (Vitousek et al. 1997) and levels are projected to continue this dramatic increase to 2050 and beyond (Schmalensee et al. 1998). Quite apart from the indirect effects of these CO2 increases operating through climate change (discussed l ...
... higher than it was before the start of the industrial revolution (Vitousek et al. 1997) and levels are projected to continue this dramatic increase to 2050 and beyond (Schmalensee et al. 1998). Quite apart from the indirect effects of these CO2 increases operating through climate change (discussed l ...
Vulnerability to Climate Change and Reasons for
... capacity they have, and what their vulnerability is. It is not the goal of this assessment to determine whether these effects are tolerable or are considered dangerous. The goal of this chapter is to synthesize information on climate change impacts in a manner that will enable readers to evaluate th ...
... capacity they have, and what their vulnerability is. It is not the goal of this assessment to determine whether these effects are tolerable or are considered dangerous. The goal of this chapter is to synthesize information on climate change impacts in a manner that will enable readers to evaluate th ...
Future Climate Projections around Turkey by Global Climate Models
... As a large-scale feature, future precipitation in this region will decrease throughout the year. It is noted that future precipitation will significantly decrease over the Mediterranean and the surrounding region including Middle East in winter. A positive phase of North Atlantic Oscillation-like pa ...
... As a large-scale feature, future precipitation in this region will decrease throughout the year. It is noted that future precipitation will significantly decrease over the Mediterranean and the surrounding region including Middle East in winter. A positive phase of North Atlantic Oscillation-like pa ...
Climate Change in Latin America
... Sustainable Development and Climate Change at the V Latin America and Caribbean-European Union Summit Climate Change is the most serious challenge of our time and a large-scale global problem that involves complex interactions between climatological, environ mental, economic, social, political and ...
... Sustainable Development and Climate Change at the V Latin America and Caribbean-European Union Summit Climate Change is the most serious challenge of our time and a large-scale global problem that involves complex interactions between climatological, environ mental, economic, social, political and ...
Australia`s future emissions reduction targets
... concentrations of greenhouse gases increase, more heat is retained and the climate warms. We are already experiencing the early impacts of the problem: globally, extreme weather events have become more frequent and sea levels have risen; in Australia, there are already more days of extreme heat, mor ...
... concentrations of greenhouse gases increase, more heat is retained and the climate warms. We are already experiencing the early impacts of the problem: globally, extreme weather events have become more frequent and sea levels have risen; in Australia, there are already more days of extreme heat, mor ...
Environmental federalism - Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service
... This paper examines the design of climate policy in the context of a federal system. The central idea we pursue is that the design and implementation of climate policy in a unitary model of government will diverge in important ways from that in a federal system. A pressing concern of economists and ...
... This paper examines the design of climate policy in the context of a federal system. The central idea we pursue is that the design and implementation of climate policy in a unitary model of government will diverge in important ways from that in a federal system. A pressing concern of economists and ...
Development Aid and Climate Finance: Working Paper 123 (397 kB) (opens in new window)
... emissions, or boost climate-resilience) dissipates as the South reallocates its own resources to achieve the mitigation, adaptation and consumption balance it prefers. Only in the case of least-developed countries, which are unable to adapt fully due to income constraints, will adaptation support le ...
... emissions, or boost climate-resilience) dissipates as the South reallocates its own resources to achieve the mitigation, adaptation and consumption balance it prefers. Only in the case of least-developed countries, which are unable to adapt fully due to income constraints, will adaptation support le ...
Tracking pan-Canadian climate progress and
... 2040 — but renewable energy will outpace that at $7.8 trillion over the same period. Global data is clear: we are in a clean growth century, and the economic wins associated with clean energy and technology development will only grow with time. Ensuring Canada and its provinces and territories are w ...
... 2040 — but renewable energy will outpace that at $7.8 trillion over the same period. Global data is clear: we are in a clean growth century, and the economic wins associated with clean energy and technology development will only grow with time. Ensuring Canada and its provinces and territories are w ...
Document
... – parameterization of physical processes pacing progress – observational limitations pacing process understanding • Parameterization of physical processes – opportunities to explore alternative formulations – exploit higher-order statistical relationships? ...
... – parameterization of physical processes pacing progress – observational limitations pacing process understanding • Parameterization of physical processes – opportunities to explore alternative formulations – exploit higher-order statistical relationships? ...
By the Numbers: Canadian GHG Emissions
... to be a ‘floor’, suggesting that a consultation process with provinces would be launched to design a credible plan for Canada that might lead to an even more ambitious reduction target. In order to assess the cumulative effect of all INDCs received before the Paris Conference, the United Nations Fra ...
... to be a ‘floor’, suggesting that a consultation process with provinces would be launched to design a credible plan for Canada that might lead to an even more ambitious reduction target. In order to assess the cumulative effect of all INDCs received before the Paris Conference, the United Nations Fra ...
Bird Conservation International Endemic birds of the Fynbos biome
... We aim to provide information that will inform decision-making processes regarding the conservation status of these species, with special reference to the vulnerability of some of them to climate change. To do so we calculate population sizes, global ranges, and examine population trends from bird a ...
... We aim to provide information that will inform decision-making processes regarding the conservation status of these species, with special reference to the vulnerability of some of them to climate change. To do so we calculate population sizes, global ranges, and examine population trends from bird a ...
Mosquitoes and Culicoides biting midges: vector range and
... distribution and range of Culicoides vector midges and mosquitoes. For example, higher temperatures may be associated with increased insect abundance – thereby amplifying the risk of disease transmission – but there are no indications yet of dramatic shifts occurring in the geographic range of Culic ...
... distribution and range of Culicoides vector midges and mosquitoes. For example, higher temperatures may be associated with increased insect abundance – thereby amplifying the risk of disease transmission – but there are no indications yet of dramatic shifts occurring in the geographic range of Culic ...
Visual Images and the Rhetoric of Environmental Advocacy
... August 18th, 2007, Greenpeace activists ironically posed nude in the Alps to illustrate the effects of climate change on a warming and melting glacier. Likewise, but in the reverse, activists in 2009 recreated a beach scene in the center of Budapest and played dead in front of the Prime Minister’s o ...
... August 18th, 2007, Greenpeace activists ironically posed nude in the Alps to illustrate the effects of climate change on a warming and melting glacier. Likewise, but in the reverse, activists in 2009 recreated a beach scene in the center of Budapest and played dead in front of the Prime Minister’s o ...
Global warming is dead - Nottingham ePrints
... In part the answer depends on what we mean by ‘global warming'. For many it means the global mean temperature increases. But for anthropogenic climate change, it means the climate change resulting from all kinds of human activities, and it is now well established that by far the biggest influence oc ...
... In part the answer depends on what we mean by ‘global warming'. For many it means the global mean temperature increases. But for anthropogenic climate change, it means the climate change resulting from all kinds of human activities, and it is now well established that by far the biggest influence oc ...
Air and water - Delivery guide
... can find it hard to appreciate that changes of state can be reversed. They may think each process such as melting and freezing may not involve the same substance. This can be made more difficult by providing names such as steam for gaseous water and ice for solid water. Try to avoid this when delive ...
... can find it hard to appreciate that changes of state can be reversed. They may think each process such as melting and freezing may not involve the same substance. This can be made more difficult by providing names such as steam for gaseous water and ice for solid water. Try to avoid this when delive ...