climate change during create no-analogue communities and cause
... distribution with mean D and variance 1 2. The lognormal distribution significantly fit most of the distributions of interspecific dispersal variance we found, including plants, amphibians, birds and mammals (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). We explored a range of dispersal mean ...
... distribution with mean D and variance 1 2. The lognormal distribution significantly fit most of the distributions of interspecific dispersal variance we found, including plants, amphibians, birds and mammals (see the electronic supplementary material, table S1). We explored a range of dispersal mean ...
Climate Change, Vulnerability and Health: A Guide to Assessing
... of the community that are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; including risks to human health. Trends in climate change will impact human populations through effects on the physical and biological components of the environment. Global efforts are being made to mitigate climate change h ...
... of the community that are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change; including risks to human health. Trends in climate change will impact human populations through effects on the physical and biological components of the environment. Global efforts are being made to mitigate climate change h ...
Low carbon resilient development and gender equality in the least
... equality and climate change – there is some evidence that gender-based violence is increasing in areas under greater climatic stress and this is an area that needs further investigation. Evidence shows that women are more likely to die than men in large-scale disasters or climate-related extreme eve ...
... equality and climate change – there is some evidence that gender-based violence is increasing in areas under greater climatic stress and this is an area that needs further investigation. Evidence shows that women are more likely to die than men in large-scale disasters or climate-related extreme eve ...
2013 GHG Inventory
... this warming has and will continue to cause snow and ice melt, sea level rise, ocean acidification, loss of permafrost, increased severity of storm events, significant changes in precipitation patterns, biodiversity loss, spread of certain insect-borne diseases, and the displacement of human populat ...
... this warming has and will continue to cause snow and ice melt, sea level rise, ocean acidification, loss of permafrost, increased severity of storm events, significant changes in precipitation patterns, biodiversity loss, spread of certain insect-borne diseases, and the displacement of human populat ...
Los objetivos más inteligentes para el MUNDO 2016-2030
... Discourage early retirement Promote urbanization Increase birth rates in rich countries Give public pension for young old ages ...
... Discourage early retirement Promote urbanization Increase birth rates in rich countries Give public pension for young old ages ...
Natural selection on thermal performance in a novel thermal
... nthropogenic climate change may be the single most dramatic physical change our planet has experienced during human history (1). In the tropics, where species are adapted to relatively stable climates, the impacts of climate change are predicted to be especially severe (2–5) (but see refs. 6, 7). Be ...
... nthropogenic climate change may be the single most dramatic physical change our planet has experienced during human history (1). In the tropics, where species are adapted to relatively stable climates, the impacts of climate change are predicted to be especially severe (2–5) (but see refs. 6, 7). Be ...
... Aiguamolls de l’Empordà was the first natural protected area to be created in the Costa Brava and is the second most important wetland area in Catalonia, after the Ebro Delta. This thesis researched how key stakeholders experience, perceive and respond to changing climate, together with an analysis ...
Di Gregorio et al 2016 - Centre for Climate Change Economics and
... Monica Di Gregorio is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Governance at the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UK and an Associate of the ESRC funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and of the Center for International Forestry Research. Her main ...
... Monica Di Gregorio is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Governance at the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UK and an Associate of the ESRC funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and of the Center for International Forestry Research. Her main ...
ENG - UN CC:Learn
... activities have risen significantly since preindustrial times, with an increase of as much as 70% in the period from 1970 to 2004 alone. The concentration of the most important greenhouse gas – carbon dioxide (CO2) – is now higher than at any time during the past 650 000 years, mostly due to fossil ...
... activities have risen significantly since preindustrial times, with an increase of as much as 70% in the period from 1970 to 2004 alone. The concentration of the most important greenhouse gas – carbon dioxide (CO2) – is now higher than at any time during the past 650 000 years, mostly due to fossil ...
Slide 1
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
... sector, NGO resources, and loans from international financial institutions, including IDA and the Multilateral Fund. The impacts of the baseline activities (GHG emissions and global environmental benefits): to be estimated through historical projects and/or trend analyses ...
The Extinction of the Woolley Mammoth
... Mammoths survived until about 8,000 years ago, died out as the island shrank by 80–90% when Sea levels rose, eventually making it too small to support a viable population. Another Hypothesis, said to be the cause of mammoth extinction in Siberia, comes from the idea that Many may have drowned. While ...
... Mammoths survived until about 8,000 years ago, died out as the island shrank by 80–90% when Sea levels rose, eventually making it too small to support a viable population. Another Hypothesis, said to be the cause of mammoth extinction in Siberia, comes from the idea that Many may have drowned. While ...
thesis_Oct_20
... phenology, these traits refer to flowering, budburst, or leave unfolding. These phenological traits are usually used to monitor adaptive traits of the plants and evaluate their relationships to the ecosystem where they grow (Arora and Boer, 2005; Howe et al., 2003). It has been applied in agricultur ...
... phenology, these traits refer to flowering, budburst, or leave unfolding. These phenological traits are usually used to monitor adaptive traits of the plants and evaluate their relationships to the ecosystem where they grow (Arora and Boer, 2005; Howe et al., 2003). It has been applied in agricultur ...
Stranded Carbon Assets .
... (GHG) which raise global temperatures. There is also a firmly established consensus that limiting CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million (ppm) should provide, according to the latest scientific estimates, a 50% chance of avoiding temperature rises above 2 degrees Celsius or 3. ...
... (GHG) which raise global temperatures. There is also a firmly established consensus that limiting CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere to 450 parts per million (ppm) should provide, according to the latest scientific estimates, a 50% chance of avoiding temperature rises above 2 degrees Celsius or 3. ...
German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change - BMUB
... effects can be expected. Then it would be necessary to make much greater adaptation efforts worldwide, and these would be more difficult and involve higher costs. Reducing greenhouse gases in all countries is thus the central requirement for minimising the need for adaptation – and hence the cost of ...
... effects can be expected. Then it would be necessary to make much greater adaptation efforts worldwide, and these would be more difficult and involve higher costs. Reducing greenhouse gases in all countries is thus the central requirement for minimising the need for adaptation – and hence the cost of ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... 8-km pixel and represents the peak greenness achieved during the summer. The Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. ...
... 8-km pixel and represents the peak greenness achieved during the summer. The Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. ...
Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation
... 8-km pixel and represents the peak greenness achieved during the summer. The Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. ...
... 8-km pixel and represents the peak greenness achieved during the summer. The Time-Integrated NDVI (TI-NDVI) is the sum of the biweekly NDVI values for the summer growing season. A threshold of 0.09 was used as a minimal value for green vegetation, based on an analysis of spring green-up (Jia et al. ...
Day 18
... • Health: - heat waves can cause death, respiratory ailments, expansion of tropical diseases, increased chance of drowning if storms become intense, hunger-related ailments • Economics: - some costs and some benefits; costs will outweigh the benefits, widen the gap between rich and poor, will cost r ...
... • Health: - heat waves can cause death, respiratory ailments, expansion of tropical diseases, increased chance of drowning if storms become intense, hunger-related ailments • Economics: - some costs and some benefits; costs will outweigh the benefits, widen the gap between rich and poor, will cost r ...
Assessing the Effects of Climate and Socioeconomic Factors on
... Climate change is imposing a burden that is unevenly distributed across populations, and the most vulnerable tend to bear a relative larger share of this burden. In recent years, the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic episodes has increased, challenging communities’ ability to cope with the ...
... Climate change is imposing a burden that is unevenly distributed across populations, and the most vulnerable tend to bear a relative larger share of this burden. In recent years, the frequency and intensity of extreme climatic episodes has increased, challenging communities’ ability to cope with the ...
Consequences of Global Warming of 1.5 °C and 2 °C for Regional
... The world leaders gathered for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015 agreed to take steps towards limiting the global mean annual surface air temperature (GMAT) increase to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts towards a target of 1.5˚C [1]. ...
... The world leaders gathered for the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris in December 2015 agreed to take steps towards limiting the global mean annual surface air temperature (GMAT) increase to well below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts towards a target of 1.5˚C [1]. ...
The Geography of Solving Global Environmental Problems
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
... In approaching the symposium topic of "solving global environmental problems,"' I faced three dilemmas regarding the problem-climate change-that has occupied much of my time over the past several years. First, I do not regard it as "global." While certainly climate change has global dimensions, whic ...
Integrating Mitigation and Adaptation in Climate and Land Use
... Monica Di Gregorio is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Governance at the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UK and an Associate of the ESRC funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and of the Center for International Forestry Research. Her main ...
... Monica Di Gregorio is a Lecturer in Environmental Politics and Governance at the Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds, UK and an Associate of the ESRC funded Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) and of the Center for International Forestry Research. Her main ...
Participatory scenario planning for community
... 1.2 Why participatory scenario planning is useful ...
... 1.2 Why participatory scenario planning is useful ...