Uganda National Adaptation Programmes of Action
... areas, these gifts of nature still remain intact, thereby availing the opportunity to utilize them sustainably” (Vision 2025). Climate, perhaps Uganda’s most valuable natural resource, is the most neglected. The climate of Uganda is not only a natural resource, but a key determinant of the status of ...
... areas, these gifts of nature still remain intact, thereby availing the opportunity to utilize them sustainably” (Vision 2025). Climate, perhaps Uganda’s most valuable natural resource, is the most neglected. The climate of Uganda is not only a natural resource, but a key determinant of the status of ...
Coalition formation in Integrated Assessment Models
... 1.2 Scope and setup of the report The project aims to provide an exploration of the current state of the art in research on the economic incentives of regions to engage in international climate policies, with special attention to the formation and stability of international climate agreements using ...
... 1.2 Scope and setup of the report The project aims to provide an exploration of the current state of the art in research on the economic incentives of regions to engage in international climate policies, with special attention to the formation and stability of international climate agreements using ...
SEA LEVEL CHANGE
... summer temperatures are high enough to cause widespread surface melting, which accounts for about half of the ice loss, the remainder being discharged as icebergs or into small ice shelves. The surface mass balance plays the dominant role in sea-level changes on a century timescale, because changes ...
... summer temperatures are high enough to cause widespread surface melting, which accounts for about half of the ice loss, the remainder being discharged as icebergs or into small ice shelves. The surface mass balance plays the dominant role in sea-level changes on a century timescale, because changes ...
Future changes of the atmospheric composition and the impact of
... causing changes in the water vapour concentrations, can influence the future CO trends. Additionally they showed that climate change subtly impacts the future development of various trace gases, e.g., NO , due to a climate change x induced increase of tropospheric OH and concluded that increasing em ...
... causing changes in the water vapour concentrations, can influence the future CO trends. Additionally they showed that climate change subtly impacts the future development of various trace gases, e.g., NO , due to a climate change x induced increase of tropospheric OH and concluded that increasing em ...
Averchenkova, Stern and Zenghelis policy paper December 2014 (opens in new window)
... Executive summary International action against climate change has reached a critical juncture in 2014. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reemphasised the scientific consensus about the risks posed by rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, an ...
... Executive summary International action against climate change has reached a critical juncture in 2014. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reemphasised the scientific consensus about the risks posed by rising atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, an ...
potential effects of climate change on ecosystem and tree species
... strongest (Zhou et al. 2001, Bogaert et al. 2002, Lloyd et al. 2002, Lloyd and Fastie 2003). Over the past decade, British Columbia (498–608 latitude) has experienced a warming trend that approximately matches climate change predictions from general circulation models published in the mid 1990s (Joh ...
... strongest (Zhou et al. 2001, Bogaert et al. 2002, Lloyd et al. 2002, Lloyd and Fastie 2003). Over the past decade, British Columbia (498–608 latitude) has experienced a warming trend that approximately matches climate change predictions from general circulation models published in the mid 1990s (Joh ...
AEROSOL INDIRECT EFFECT
... Central problem of indirect effect: Determine the relationship between aerosol and cloud radiative properties, using the limited information available by climate models. This problem has historically been reduced to finding the relationship between aerosol mass concentration and cloud droplet number ...
... Central problem of indirect effect: Determine the relationship between aerosol and cloud radiative properties, using the limited information available by climate models. This problem has historically been reduced to finding the relationship between aerosol mass concentration and cloud droplet number ...
National Environmental Summary Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
... which tourism is the main economic earner and employment provider. St. Vincent is especially rugged, with limited but immensely fertile flat lands, consequently, the vast majority of the settlements and agricultural lands are on the coastal areas below the 1000 ft contour. The population census done ...
... which tourism is the main economic earner and employment provider. St. Vincent is especially rugged, with limited but immensely fertile flat lands, consequently, the vast majority of the settlements and agricultural lands are on the coastal areas below the 1000 ft contour. The population census done ...
climate change adaptation, planning, and the law
... change. It is a time well known for student activism, for the civil rights movement, youth culture, and anti-war protests. Interestingly, public concern about climate change also began to emerge in the late ‘60s. As early as the 1890s, scientists had concluded that emissions of carbon would eventual ...
... change. It is a time well known for student activism, for the civil rights movement, youth culture, and anti-war protests. Interestingly, public concern about climate change also began to emerge in the late ‘60s. As early as the 1890s, scientists had concluded that emissions of carbon would eventual ...
Making Transboundary Waters Agreements Relevant
... which also impacted food production. [FN[FN40]] In 1996, India and Bangladesh signed an agreement over the operation of the Farakka Barrage to divert water from the Ganges away from Bangladesh to regulate flow into Calcutta. [FN[FN41]] After the extreme flooding in 2006, however, came a drought and ...
... which also impacted food production. [FN[FN40]] In 1996, India and Bangladesh signed an agreement over the operation of the Farakka Barrage to divert water from the Ganges away from Bangladesh to regulate flow into Calcutta. [FN[FN41]] After the extreme flooding in 2006, however, came a drought and ...
The UK, shale gas and unburnable carbon
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
Overview and significance of a 250 ka paleoclimate record from El
... cores discussed in this volume, the base of the stratified unit may, in fact, coincide with the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation 2.6–2.7 Ma. This suggests that sedimentation during the early history of the crater may have been 2–3 times faster, a notion consistent with an erodable debris-cove ...
... cores discussed in this volume, the base of the stratified unit may, in fact, coincide with the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation 2.6–2.7 Ma. This suggests that sedimentation during the early history of the crater may have been 2–3 times faster, a notion consistent with an erodable debris-cove ...
Executive Summary
... that climate targets will be met by the cheapest combination of policies, measures and technologies. But several new studies using a different type of scenario are now available – later-action scenarios, which assume that a least-cost trajectory is not followed immediately, but rather forwards from ...
... that climate targets will be met by the cheapest combination of policies, measures and technologies. But several new studies using a different type of scenario are now available – later-action scenarios, which assume that a least-cost trajectory is not followed immediately, but rather forwards from ...
6 Vegetation Responses to Climate Change in the Alps: Modeling
... to climate work at different temporal, spatial, and organizational scales, also impeding a direct assessment. One way to integrate our current knowledge of the ecosystem processes' effects to evaluate climate change impacts is to use simulation models of vegetation occurrence or dynamics (Guisan, Ho ...
... to climate work at different temporal, spatial, and organizational scales, also impeding a direct assessment. One way to integrate our current knowledge of the ecosystem processes' effects to evaluate climate change impacts is to use simulation models of vegetation occurrence or dynamics (Guisan, Ho ...
The UK, shale gas and unburnable carbon
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
... This briefing looks at the implications of unburnable carbon for the UK’s fossil fuel extraction, in particular the potential for shale gas development. The UK’s share of the world’s burnable carbon, and implications for shale gas This briefing calculates a fair share for the UK of the world’s remai ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... world. It is a strategy that, if properly implemented, will create a wealth of new opportunities for entrepreneurs at home, uphold our leadership abroad, and harness the power of free markets to free our planet from an unacceptable risk; a strategy consistent with our commitment to reject false choi ...
... world. It is a strategy that, if properly implemented, will create a wealth of new opportunities for entrepreneurs at home, uphold our leadership abroad, and harness the power of free markets to free our planet from an unacceptable risk; a strategy consistent with our commitment to reject false choi ...
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
... Management of transboundary water resources is one of the most important issues. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides a firm basis for transboundary cooperation, including climate change adaptation context. According to th ...
... Management of transboundary water resources is one of the most important issues. The 1992 UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes provides a firm basis for transboundary cooperation, including climate change adaptation context. According to th ...
Climate change: hydrological impact studies
... Water balance models essentially keep track of the components in the water balance equation, thereby describing the storage components in varying degree of complexity. These models calculate the water balance components for consecutive time steps, varying from daily to annual, but mostly monthly. ...
... Water balance models essentially keep track of the components in the water balance equation, thereby describing the storage components in varying degree of complexity. These models calculate the water balance components for consecutive time steps, varying from daily to annual, but mostly monthly. ...
Thermal physiology and species distribution models
... We empirically estimated thermal performance curves for aquatic larvae of three pool-breeding amphibians native to the Pacific coast of North America: S. intermontana, R. aurora and P. regilla. Maximum velocity (Vmax) and acceleration (Amax) during 1 second of burst swimming were used as the basis f ...
... We empirically estimated thermal performance curves for aquatic larvae of three pool-breeding amphibians native to the Pacific coast of North America: S. intermontana, R. aurora and P. regilla. Maximum velocity (Vmax) and acceleration (Amax) during 1 second of burst swimming were used as the basis f ...
Consequences of treeline shifts for the diversity and
... However, rising temperatures at the regional scale will not necessarily lead to treeline expansion. Steep slopes and lack of suitable substrate can be important limiting factors for treeline advance at high altitudes (Batllori et al., 2009a; Macias-Fauria and Johnson, 2013). Where appropriate subst ...
... However, rising temperatures at the regional scale will not necessarily lead to treeline expansion. Steep slopes and lack of suitable substrate can be important limiting factors for treeline advance at high altitudes (Batllori et al., 2009a; Macias-Fauria and Johnson, 2013). Where appropriate subst ...