Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... natural variability, which is incorporated in existing water planning methods, new water projects will have to deal with uncertainty associated with population growth and trends in climate change. Therefore, understanding the uncertainty in projected climate change over the next century, which is at ...
... natural variability, which is incorporated in existing water planning methods, new water projects will have to deal with uncertainty associated with population growth and trends in climate change. Therefore, understanding the uncertainty in projected climate change over the next century, which is at ...
UK climate change policy and legislation
... from road to rail and water transport and cost-effectiveness of further network/infrastructure investment • availability of backhauls and load sharing opportunities which could be taken up by hauliers in the 2020s • abatement potential from changes in business practice such as just in time deliver ...
... from road to rail and water transport and cost-effectiveness of further network/infrastructure investment • availability of backhauls and load sharing opportunities which could be taken up by hauliers in the 2020s • abatement potential from changes in business practice such as just in time deliver ...
Air Pollution: Action in a Changing Climate
... Over the last 50 years air quality has improved beyond all recognition. The choking smogs of the 1950s are a thing of the past, driven by concerted action especially on energy use and transport. But air pollution still significantly reduces average life expectancy, causes many extra admissions to ho ...
... Over the last 50 years air quality has improved beyond all recognition. The choking smogs of the 1950s are a thing of the past, driven by concerted action especially on energy use and transport. But air pollution still significantly reduces average life expectancy, causes many extra admissions to ho ...
Testing the robustness of the anthropogenic climate change detection statements using different empirical models
... change detection statements using different empirical models, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 3192–3199, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50296. ...
... change detection statements using different empirical models, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 3192–3199, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50296. ...
Assessment of potential climate change impacts on
... Various categorizations of Namibian vegetation types have been proposed. These can be summarized most simply as a set of four biomes based on plant life form dominance (Irish 1994), namely the ephemeral therophyte-dominated Desert, succulent-shrub dominated Succulent Karoo, C4 grass and shrub co-dom ...
... Various categorizations of Namibian vegetation types have been proposed. These can be summarized most simply as a set of four biomes based on plant life form dominance (Irish 1994), namely the ephemeral therophyte-dominated Desert, succulent-shrub dominated Succulent Karoo, C4 grass and shrub co-dom ...
Climate Change and Conservation: A Primer for Assessing Impacts
... Scarcely a day passes when we don’t hear or read about a new impact of climate change on the environment. Conservancy scientists, practitioners, and managers now find themselves wrestling with how to best adapt our conservation work to a changing climate. Not long ago, many environmental and cons ...
... Scarcely a day passes when we don’t hear or read about a new impact of climate change on the environment. Conservancy scientists, practitioners, and managers now find themselves wrestling with how to best adapt our conservation work to a changing climate. Not long ago, many environmental and cons ...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0203e/i0203e00.pdf
... inhabitants (whether riparian, lacustrine or marine), fishers and fish-farmers are particularly vulnerable to the direct and indirect impacts of predicted climatic changes including changes in physical environments and ecosystems, fish stocks, infrastructure and fishing operations, and livelihoods. ...
... inhabitants (whether riparian, lacustrine or marine), fishers and fish-farmers are particularly vulnerable to the direct and indirect impacts of predicted climatic changes including changes in physical environments and ecosystems, fish stocks, infrastructure and fishing operations, and livelihoods. ...
Climate Change and Your Health: Rising Temperatures, Worsening
... simultaneous measurements of temperature and ozone. The overall result was that for roughly every degree of warming (°F) in the observed data, there was a corresponding increase of 1.2 parts per billion (ppb) in ozone pollution. This study termed 1.2 ppb/°F the “climate penalty factor.” Future cl ...
... simultaneous measurements of temperature and ozone. The overall result was that for roughly every degree of warming (°F) in the observed data, there was a corresponding increase of 1.2 parts per billion (ppb) in ozone pollution. This study termed 1.2 ppb/°F the “climate penalty factor.” Future cl ...
Projection of occurrence of extreme drywet years and seasons in
... a threshold near the upper (or lower) end of the range of observed values [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2012]. Alternatively, a weather event can be considered extreme according to the amplitude of its impact on society and ecosystems [IPCC, 2012]. All the previous listed meteor ...
... a threshold near the upper (or lower) end of the range of observed values [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2012]. Alternatively, a weather event can be considered extreme according to the amplitude of its impact on society and ecosystems [IPCC, 2012]. All the previous listed meteor ...
the compendium of adaptation models for climate
... Adaptation is essential to decreasing the current and unavoidable impacts from climate change. The net benefits of adaptation are experienced earlier than those of mitigations as they are immediate (Berkhout, 2005). While mitigation measures can be implemented now, the residence time (atmospheric li ...
... Adaptation is essential to decreasing the current and unavoidable impacts from climate change. The net benefits of adaptation are experienced earlier than those of mitigations as they are immediate (Berkhout, 2005). While mitigation measures can be implemented now, the residence time (atmospheric li ...
Help for Developing Countries in a World of Rising Grain Prices
... Climate change is high on political, social, and scientific agendas: hardly a day passes without reference to its impacts or causes appearing in the media. The Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC FAR, 2007) concluded that “Warming of the climate system is unequiv ...
... Climate change is high on political, social, and scientific agendas: hardly a day passes without reference to its impacts or causes appearing in the media. The Fourth Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC FAR, 2007) concluded that “Warming of the climate system is unequiv ...
A Review of Climate Change Induced Effects on Avian Prey Species
... in the north (Retrieved from Hilmarsson, 2011). See Appendix for figure key. 5.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN ICELAND 5.1 General Overview Climate change is occurring more rapidly at higher latitudes (IPCC, 2013). Over the 20th century, the Arctic experienced twice as much warming as the global average, or abo ...
... in the north (Retrieved from Hilmarsson, 2011). See Appendix for figure key. 5.0 CLIMATE CHANGE IN ICELAND 5.1 General Overview Climate change is occurring more rapidly at higher latitudes (IPCC, 2013). Over the 20th century, the Arctic experienced twice as much warming as the global average, or abo ...
Upward ant distribution shift corresponds with minimum, not
... their preference for local soil moisture and temperature (Smallwood, 1982; Warren et al., 2010, 2011a). At broader scales, eastern N.A. Aphaenogaster species have overlapping, but geographically distinct ranges that appear limited by climate. For example, A. rudis and A. picea often co-occur in the ...
... their preference for local soil moisture and temperature (Smallwood, 1982; Warren et al., 2010, 2011a). At broader scales, eastern N.A. Aphaenogaster species have overlapping, but geographically distinct ranges that appear limited by climate. For example, A. rudis and A. picea often co-occur in the ...
Predicting global change impacts on plant species` distributions
... are receiving increasing attention in conservation planning science, with decision tools being developed to incorporate such forecasts (Hannah et al., 2007; Pressey et al., 2007). The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA, 2005) mentions climate change as the largest forthcoming threat to biodiversit ...
... are receiving increasing attention in conservation planning science, with decision tools being developed to incorporate such forecasts (Hannah et al., 2007; Pressey et al., 2007). The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA, 2005) mentions climate change as the largest forthcoming threat to biodiversit ...
Project Document for WP (Part 1)
... the 1994 inventory using the revised IPCC methodology (1996). To compare the GHG emission evolution, the UCC also recalculated the 1990 inventory with the revised methodology. The 1994 Inventory, including its comparison with the 1990 inventory, was published in November 1998. Again, emission factor ...
... the 1994 inventory using the revised IPCC methodology (1996). To compare the GHG emission evolution, the UCC also recalculated the 1990 inventory with the revised methodology. The 1994 Inventory, including its comparison with the 1990 inventory, was published in November 1998. Again, emission factor ...
International trends in public perceptions of climate change over the
... published between 1980 and 2014, using a Boolean search term designed to retrieve a comprehensive body of work addressing public perceptions of climate change.a This search identified 2610 citations, from which a prospective list of 240 studies was derived, based on a preliminary inspection of artic ...
... published between 1980 and 2014, using a Boolean search term designed to retrieve a comprehensive body of work addressing public perceptions of climate change.a This search identified 2610 citations, from which a prospective list of 240 studies was derived, based on a preliminary inspection of artic ...
Making agriculture in Africa climate-smart
... between ecological, social-cultural, economic and institutional structures. For it to be effective, it should be integrated into decision-making processes. UNEP, FAO and AU have been promoting EbA, including through two EbA Conferences in 2013 and 2015. EbA has been applied for instance in Togo in a ...
... between ecological, social-cultural, economic and institutional structures. For it to be effective, it should be integrated into decision-making processes. UNEP, FAO and AU have been promoting EbA, including through two EbA Conferences in 2013 and 2015. EbA has been applied for instance in Togo in a ...
US-China Relations Core – Wave 2 – HSS
... and humanitarian crises — that afflict our world: The United States and the People's Republic of China have fundamentally irreconcilable political systems and antagonistic value systems. We are a liberal democracy and they are a Leninist one-party state, and nobody quite knows how to factor an equat ...
... and humanitarian crises — that afflict our world: The United States and the People's Republic of China have fundamentally irreconcilable political systems and antagonistic value systems. We are a liberal democracy and they are a Leninist one-party state, and nobody quite knows how to factor an equat ...
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... Although inland water transportation has a small share for overall tonnage movements, it plays a significant role as a major route to export market accounting for about 48 percent of all grain tonnages for export over the same period (Marathon and Denicoff 2011). Mississippi River and its tributarie ...
... Although inland water transportation has a small share for overall tonnage movements, it plays a significant role as a major route to export market accounting for about 48 percent of all grain tonnages for export over the same period (Marathon and Denicoff 2011). Mississippi River and its tributarie ...
Ingénierie planétaire : fuite en avant ou solution d`avenir au
... short-lived species tend to increase as climate change increases. ...
... short-lived species tend to increase as climate change increases. ...
Smith et al. 2008
... Death Valley, California is today the hottest hyperarid area in the western Hemisphere with temperatures of 57 °C (134 °F) recorded. During the late Quaternary, pluvial Lake Manly covered much of the Valley and contributed to a much more moderate climate. The abrupt draining of Lake Manly in the mid ...
... Death Valley, California is today the hottest hyperarid area in the western Hemisphere with temperatures of 57 °C (134 °F) recorded. During the late Quaternary, pluvial Lake Manly covered much of the Valley and contributed to a much more moderate climate. The abrupt draining of Lake Manly in the mid ...
A Carbon Tax As a Driver of Green Technology Innovation and the
... Synopsis: This article addresses the important role for the United States in developing new technologies that can address climate change by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, particularly given its capacity for research and development (R&D) and innovation broadly. The article explains how U.S ...
... Synopsis: This article addresses the important role for the United States in developing new technologies that can address climate change by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, particularly given its capacity for research and development (R&D) and innovation broadly. The article explains how U.S ...
Climate Change Financing - SÜDWIND
... pose a severe threat to achievements in the fight against poverty. While many impacts of climate change (sea-level rise, more extreme weather phenomena) are noticeable throughout the world, it is the combination of low capacity, high levels of poverty and weak institutions of those countries that ma ...
... pose a severe threat to achievements in the fight against poverty. While many impacts of climate change (sea-level rise, more extreme weather phenomena) are noticeable throughout the world, it is the combination of low capacity, high levels of poverty and weak institutions of those countries that ma ...
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... island and low-lying coastal countries that share similar development challenges and concerns about the environment, especially their vulnerability to the adverse effects of global climate change,”24 Jamaica has a relatively small population and land area compared to the United States and other larg ...
... island and low-lying coastal countries that share similar development challenges and concerns about the environment, especially their vulnerability to the adverse effects of global climate change,”24 Jamaica has a relatively small population and land area compared to the United States and other larg ...
LCCARL394_en.pdf
... The present report has used information on historic and future Caribbean climate data to calculate that the Caribbean tourism climatic index (TCI) ranges from −20 (impossible) to +100 (ideal). In addition to projections for the Caribbean, the report has produced TCI projections for the New York City ...
... The present report has used information on historic and future Caribbean climate data to calculate that the Caribbean tourism climatic index (TCI) ranges from −20 (impossible) to +100 (ideal). In addition to projections for the Caribbean, the report has produced TCI projections for the New York City ...