tackling the double injustice of climate change and gender inequality
... responsibility for effecting real change lies with those whose actions cause the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation, and who also have the most negotiating power and the available resources to take effective action. At the same time, the focus of support to aid climate ch ...
... responsibility for effecting real change lies with those whose actions cause the bulk of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation, and who also have the most negotiating power and the available resources to take effective action. At the same time, the focus of support to aid climate ch ...
Corporate Climate Action Strategy
... scoped and budgeted for will be key to realizing these benefits while continuing to meet service levels. ...
... scoped and budgeted for will be key to realizing these benefits while continuing to meet service levels. ...
6th Hwa Chong Model ASEAN Summit
... OPERATIVE CLAUSES: Again, as earlier stated, the operative clauses are a series of sentence fragments which propose action on the issue of discussion. These should be numbered and should begin with an operative phrase (which should, once again, be underlined, and a list of which is provided later), ...
... OPERATIVE CLAUSES: Again, as earlier stated, the operative clauses are a series of sentence fragments which propose action on the issue of discussion. These should be numbered and should begin with an operative phrase (which should, once again, be underlined, and a list of which is provided later), ...
Impacts of climate change on plankton
... in the same region or at the same time. The major regime shift that occurred in plankton in the late 1980s was particularly prevalent in the North Sea and was not seen in oceanic regions of the North Atlantic. However, a similar regime shift occurred in the plankton colour index 10 years later in th ...
... in the same region or at the same time. The major regime shift that occurred in plankton in the late 1980s was particularly prevalent in the North Sea and was not seen in oceanic regions of the North Atlantic. However, a similar regime shift occurred in the plankton colour index 10 years later in th ...
Trends and Variability in Snowmelt Runoff in the Western United
... most sites indicate decreasing trends in SMR timing (trends to earlier SMR); however, many of the trends are not statistically significant. In addition, of the five water resource regions examined, trends are largest for the Missouri and Pacific Northwest water resource regions. A PCA of the time se ...
... most sites indicate decreasing trends in SMR timing (trends to earlier SMR); however, many of the trends are not statistically significant. In addition, of the five water resource regions examined, trends are largest for the Missouri and Pacific Northwest water resource regions. A PCA of the time se ...
Climate Change in Park City: An Assessment of Climate, Snowpack
... 2009 SCENGEN grid boxes and the PCM-RCM domain containing Park City......... 2-13 Estimated average annual temperature (A) and total annual precipitation (B) changes in Park City, predicted by seven GCMs, for the A1B emissions scenario in 2030 ........................................................ ...
... 2009 SCENGEN grid boxes and the PCM-RCM domain containing Park City......... 2-13 Estimated average annual temperature (A) and total annual precipitation (B) changes in Park City, predicted by seven GCMs, for the A1B emissions scenario in 2030 ........................................................ ...
paper - user"s empty page at IIASA / 2013
... (including carbon sinks) aiming at the stabilization of radiative forcing at an intermediate level of about 4.5 W/m2. In addition, a sensitivity case explores multigas strategies for attaining a low stabilization target of about 3 W/m2. In the CO2-only central mitigation scenario, the system is cons ...
... (including carbon sinks) aiming at the stabilization of radiative forcing at an intermediate level of about 4.5 W/m2. In addition, a sensitivity case explores multigas strategies for attaining a low stabilization target of about 3 W/m2. In the CO2-only central mitigation scenario, the system is cons ...
Carbon Cycling, Climate Regulation, and Disturbances in Canadian
... (NTFP) is important and shows an interesting growth potential. Besides the emblematic maple syrup with sales of 350 million Canadian dollars in 2011, NTFP include various food items (e.g., mushrooms), ornamental (e.g., flowers) and transformed (e.g., essential oils) products, and even health and per ...
... (NTFP) is important and shows an interesting growth potential. Besides the emblematic maple syrup with sales of 350 million Canadian dollars in 2011, NTFP include various food items (e.g., mushrooms), ornamental (e.g., flowers) and transformed (e.g., essential oils) products, and even health and per ...
Existing data and knowledge gaps about air-climate inter
... Over the past years progress has been made in understanding the linkage between air pollution with climate change (Figure 1). For example, it became clear how air pollutants contribute to climate forcing (enhancing or decreasing it) and how they affect precipitation patterns through indirect radiati ...
... Over the past years progress has been made in understanding the linkage between air pollution with climate change (Figure 1). For example, it became clear how air pollutants contribute to climate forcing (enhancing or decreasing it) and how they affect precipitation patterns through indirect radiati ...
The relative increase of record high maximum
... simple averages from neighboring days with reported values when there are no more than two ...
... simple averages from neighboring days with reported values when there are no more than two ...
The Optical Imaging Instruments and Their Applications
... causing warming in the tropical Pacific. These El Niño events produce an eastwards flow of warm surface water, a rise in sea level, an interruption in the up-welling of nutrient rich waters, and significant changes in weather throughout the region. Fish die or migrate to higher latitudes, and rainfa ...
... causing warming in the tropical Pacific. These El Niño events produce an eastwards flow of warm surface water, a rise in sea level, an interruption in the up-welling of nutrient rich waters, and significant changes in weather throughout the region. Fish die or migrate to higher latitudes, and rainfa ...
Leading Edge 2020: international development in Asia
... on less than $1.25/day in South Asia rose from approximately one third to 45% between 1990 and 2005, and continues to rise.5 South Asia accounts for 44% of those living in conditions of multidimensional poverty globally, compared with 29% in Sub-Saharan Africa.6 Equally, it’s uncertain whether newfo ...
... on less than $1.25/day in South Asia rose from approximately one third to 45% between 1990 and 2005, and continues to rise.5 South Asia accounts for 44% of those living in conditions of multidimensional poverty globally, compared with 29% in Sub-Saharan Africa.6 Equally, it’s uncertain whether newfo ...
Ground water and climate change
... Humans have also had large-scale impacts on the terrestrial water system through irrigation (Fig. 2). In 2000, irrigation accounted for ~70% of global freshwater withdrawals and ~90% of consumptive water use2. This large-scale redistribution of fresh water from rivers, lakes and ground water to ara ...
... Humans have also had large-scale impacts on the terrestrial water system through irrigation (Fig. 2). In 2000, irrigation accounted for ~70% of global freshwater withdrawals and ~90% of consumptive water use2. This large-scale redistribution of fresh water from rivers, lakes and ground water to ara ...
UN-REDD Programme
... • Emission reduction targets to be met through national measures & flexible mechanisms (ET, JI, CDM) • Some concerns: ...
... • Emission reduction targets to be met through national measures & flexible mechanisms (ET, JI, CDM) • Some concerns: ...
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... problem. Anthropogenic tropospheric ozone may be produced by reactions between NOx and VOCs on warm sunny days, especially in urban and industrial areas and in regions prone to stagnant air masses. This can have far-reaching implications since molecules of O3 have been found to travel large distance ...
... problem. Anthropogenic tropospheric ozone may be produced by reactions between NOx and VOCs on warm sunny days, especially in urban and industrial areas and in regions prone to stagnant air masses. This can have far-reaching implications since molecules of O3 have been found to travel large distance ...
Climate predictability - Institut Català de Ciències del Clima
... with the RossBell feature. Changes in the atmospheric circulation lead to warm ocean anomalies in the central tropical Pacific, being later enhanced by suppressed equatorial easterlies. These processes are linked to an eastward shift in the tropical convection, and thus a weakening of the Walker cir ...
... with the RossBell feature. Changes in the atmospheric circulation lead to warm ocean anomalies in the central tropical Pacific, being later enhanced by suppressed equatorial easterlies. These processes are linked to an eastward shift in the tropical convection, and thus a weakening of the Walker cir ...
Background Document - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
... The changes in temperature will be characterized by more days of temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius and possibly more days where the temperature will fall below zero. The effects that will have to be monitored in the hill regions will be an increase in frost-cycles that have detrimental effect on ...
... The changes in temperature will be characterized by more days of temperatures over 35 degrees Celsius and possibly more days where the temperature will fall below zero. The effects that will have to be monitored in the hill regions will be an increase in frost-cycles that have detrimental effect on ...
Noel L. Bankston - Old Dominion University
... to measure CO2 precisely on a monthly basis. By 1957, his formula for measuring CO2 and data calculation became known as “The Keeling Curve.” This curve established a baseline for how to measure CO2 (PlanetforLife, 2010). Opinions of CO2’s length of life will differ depending on the researcher. Som ...
... to measure CO2 precisely on a monthly basis. By 1957, his formula for measuring CO2 and data calculation became known as “The Keeling Curve.” This curve established a baseline for how to measure CO2 (PlanetforLife, 2010). Opinions of CO2’s length of life will differ depending on the researcher. Som ...
One-Fifth of Coral Reefs Lost, Rest Threatened
... expanding locally managed marine protected areas and no-take areas and looking toward geographical and regional networks to help counteract the potential for large35 scale disturbances. One recent study argues that reefs that are likely to be the most resilient—as measured by scientific modeling—sho ...
... expanding locally managed marine protected areas and no-take areas and looking toward geographical and regional networks to help counteract the potential for large35 scale disturbances. One recent study argues that reefs that are likely to be the most resilient—as measured by scientific modeling—sho ...
Livestock and climate change - CGSpace
... they keep (such as including camels, or switching from cattle to goats) and the composition of their herds. The long term sustainability of these adaptations has not been critically examined, nor have possibilities to foster sustainable adaptation by smallholder livestock producers. ...
... they keep (such as including camels, or switching from cattle to goats) and the composition of their herds. The long term sustainability of these adaptations has not been critically examined, nor have possibilities to foster sustainable adaptation by smallholder livestock producers. ...
Climate variability, plankton and seabirds: a discussion on trophic
... a strong effect on puffin success. Therefore, in a subsequent study, by including the timing of the arrival of the herring that drift north, the model was improved; 11% of puffin breeding success was explained by the timing of the arrival of herring (Durant et al. 2005). Frederiksen et al. (2006) li ...
... a strong effect on puffin success. Therefore, in a subsequent study, by including the timing of the arrival of the herring that drift north, the model was improved; 11% of puffin breeding success was explained by the timing of the arrival of herring (Durant et al. 2005). Frederiksen et al. (2006) li ...
Lecture 3 CIP Module Montreal Conference Draft
... knowledge of climate conditions, including but not limited to climate scientists and modellers. The next section, Section D, sets forth in greater detail the range of possible impacts, direct and indirect, likely to affect various regions of Canada. Planners will need to develop the skill to scope p ...
... knowledge of climate conditions, including but not limited to climate scientists and modellers. The next section, Section D, sets forth in greater detail the range of possible impacts, direct and indirect, likely to affect various regions of Canada. Planners will need to develop the skill to scope p ...
2011 Climate Action Plan - Summary Report (pdf)
... b. The Climate Change Working Group will develop protocols to allow for growth adjustment and normalization of data and accurate reporting procedures. The Climate Change Working Group will monitor progress towar ...
... b. The Climate Change Working Group will develop protocols to allow for growth adjustment and normalization of data and accurate reporting procedures. The Climate Change Working Group will monitor progress towar ...
Climate Change Fact Sheet Series
... intensity of extreme weather events, resulting from global warming. It is expected that the societies currently experiencing existing social, economic and climatic stresses will be both worst affected and least able to adapt. These will include many in the developing world, low-lying islands and coa ...
... intensity of extreme weather events, resulting from global warming. It is expected that the societies currently experiencing existing social, economic and climatic stresses will be both worst affected and least able to adapt. These will include many in the developing world, low-lying islands and coa ...