Here - Benjamin Blonder
... other communities) has a composition that includes species with broader and/or more distinct climate niches at tinf. Such a pattern may reflect a community populated by generalists or by a mixture of species from several biogeographic regions. A small value of DC(tinf ) may reflect more specialist spe ...
... other communities) has a composition that includes species with broader and/or more distinct climate niches at tinf. Such a pattern may reflect a community populated by generalists or by a mixture of species from several biogeographic regions. A small value of DC(tinf ) may reflect more specialist spe ...
An assessment of the potential impact of climate change on flood risk in Mumbai
... area was affected, with flood waters to a depth of 0.5 to 1.5 m in low-lying areas. The root cause of Mumbai’s susceptibility to flooding is its geography, both natural and manmade (Duryog Nivaran 2005). Firstly, the city’s location leaves it exposed to heavy rainfall during the summer; typically, 5 ...
... area was affected, with flood waters to a depth of 0.5 to 1.5 m in low-lying areas. The root cause of Mumbai’s susceptibility to flooding is its geography, both natural and manmade (Duryog Nivaran 2005). Firstly, the city’s location leaves it exposed to heavy rainfall during the summer; typically, 5 ...
information - Refugee Studies Centre
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
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... appropriate areas [6–11]. Climate envelope models (CEMs) have been used to predict future European distributions, and in some cases extinction probabilities, of a variety of taxa [12–14]. Using this technique, Thomas et al. [15] predicted that 15%–37% of >1000 plant and animal species would be “comm ...
... appropriate areas [6–11]. Climate envelope models (CEMs) have been used to predict future European distributions, and in some cases extinction probabilities, of a variety of taxa [12–14]. Using this technique, Thomas et al. [15] predicted that 15%–37% of >1000 plant and animal species would be “comm ...
The study - WWF
... change and forestry (LULUCF). This global carbon budget is consistent with stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at around 450 parts per million (ppm) CO2-e. If LULUCF is included, the global budget is reduced to 1,600 Gt CO2-e over the period 1990-2100. 4 The Ecofys analysis exclude ...
... change and forestry (LULUCF). This global carbon budget is consistent with stabilising atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at around 450 parts per million (ppm) CO2-e. If LULUCF is included, the global budget is reduced to 1,600 Gt CO2-e over the period 1990-2100. 4 The Ecofys analysis exclude ...
Background paper
... Since independence, Tanzania has undertaken censuses in 1967, 1978, 1988 and 2002. In addition, the country undertook Demographic and Health Surveys in 1991–1992, 1996 and 2004–2005 and the Reproductive and Child Health Survey in 1999 (URT 2006). These censuses and surveys show that the country has ...
... Since independence, Tanzania has undertaken censuses in 1967, 1978, 1988 and 2002. In addition, the country undertook Demographic and Health Surveys in 1991–1992, 1996 and 2004–2005 and the Reproductive and Child Health Survey in 1999 (URT 2006). These censuses and surveys show that the country has ...
Environmentally displaced people Understanding the linkages
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
... has demonstrated that climate change will have increasingly dramatic impacts on ecological and social systems. Pessimists have predicted dramatic population movements, political instability, conflict, a vast level of human suffering and intense pressure on receiving societies. Debates around linkage ...
Chile`s Third National Communication on Climate
... We already have climate change adaptation plans in different areas of our economy which are being implemented, as well as a national adaptation plan to climate change which reflects the country’s general guidelines to be followed in terms of adaptation. The fact of Chile having this set of plans has ...
... We already have climate change adaptation plans in different areas of our economy which are being implemented, as well as a national adaptation plan to climate change which reflects the country’s general guidelines to be followed in terms of adaptation. The fact of Chile having this set of plans has ...
Harvard Energy Polic.. - Harvard Kennedy School
... collaboratively, for accelerating the development and deployment of advanced energy options that can reduce conventional air pollution, minimize future greenhouse-gas emissions, reduce dependence on oil, facilitate poverty alleviation, and promote economic development. ETIP staff and fellows this ye ...
... collaboratively, for accelerating the development and deployment of advanced energy options that can reduce conventional air pollution, minimize future greenhouse-gas emissions, reduce dependence on oil, facilitate poverty alleviation, and promote economic development. ETIP staff and fellows this ye ...
Why do Portuguese Railways Languish? An Application of
... Rail transport plays a crucial role in enabling economic development as it responds to the needs of the organization and functioning of the economy and society, acting on improving the conditions and quality of life of the population. Because of its nature as a promoter of social and territorial coh ...
... Rail transport plays a crucial role in enabling economic development as it responds to the needs of the organization and functioning of the economy and society, acting on improving the conditions and quality of life of the population. Because of its nature as a promoter of social and territorial coh ...
physical risks from climate change
... consumers, and stakeholders. In addition, the guide addresses questions that companies should examine involving climate change risks associated with the local communities on which companies depend for employees, supplies, natural resources, operations, services, and infrastructure, as well as the wa ...
... consumers, and stakeholders. In addition, the guide addresses questions that companies should examine involving climate change risks associated with the local communities on which companies depend for employees, supplies, natural resources, operations, services, and infrastructure, as well as the wa ...
Physical Risks from Climate Change: A guide
... consumers, and stakeholders. In addition, the guide addresses questions that companies should examine involving climate change risks associated with the local communities on which companies depend for employees, supplies, natural resources, operations, services, and infrastructure, as well as the wa ...
... consumers, and stakeholders. In addition, the guide addresses questions that companies should examine involving climate change risks associated with the local communities on which companies depend for employees, supplies, natural resources, operations, services, and infrastructure, as well as the wa ...
Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... measures to create plans and policies that will help communities adapt to the anticipated impacts caused by past greenhouse gas emissions have been notably absent. Florida state law does not require that policy makers or planners take sea level rise into consideration in the policies they create for ...
... measures to create plans and policies that will help communities adapt to the anticipated impacts caused by past greenhouse gas emissions have been notably absent. Florida state law does not require that policy makers or planners take sea level rise into consideration in the policies they create for ...
Impacts of future deforestation and climate change on the hydrology
... (pink). Panel (b) indicates the percentage of deforestation in each 25 × 25 km2 in 2005 (observed data; Aguiar et al., 2016). ...
... (pink). Panel (b) indicates the percentage of deforestation in each 25 × 25 km2 in 2005 (observed data; Aguiar et al., 2016). ...
Global Change and Coral Reefs
... Adaptation operates through a variety of mechanisms and on a range of time scales. If corals are going to survive future changes in temperature, they need to adapt at a rate that at least equals the rate of warming. Here is an illustration that tests two different rates of adaptation: 25 years and ...
... Adaptation operates through a variety of mechanisms and on a range of time scales. If corals are going to survive future changes in temperature, they need to adapt at a rate that at least equals the rate of warming. Here is an illustration that tests two different rates of adaptation: 25 years and ...
uncorrected page proofs
... • the tilt of the axis also ranges from 22° to 24.5° every 41 000 years. All these changes are due to gravitational interactions in the solar system between the Earth, the Sun and other planets. It is thought that these factors may explain a long-term cooling trend the Earth has been in over the l ...
... • the tilt of the axis also ranges from 22° to 24.5° every 41 000 years. All these changes are due to gravitational interactions in the solar system between the Earth, the Sun and other planets. It is thought that these factors may explain a long-term cooling trend the Earth has been in over the l ...
Observed Climate Variability and Trends
... weakening of the Walker Circulation over the past century is due to a combination of both natural changes and human‑induced change. • Sea level has risen globally and in the PCCSP region over recent decades. Extreme sea levels are also increasing, primarily as a result of increases in mean sea leve ...
... weakening of the Walker Circulation over the past century is due to a combination of both natural changes and human‑induced change. • Sea level has risen globally and in the PCCSP region over recent decades. Extreme sea levels are also increasing, primarily as a result of increases in mean sea leve ...
Senate Inquiry into the Kyoto Protocol
... beneficial effects, including reduced frost damage and higher growth rates for plants due to higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air. However, little is currently known about climate at a regional level that could be useful to farmers. While global forecasts have significant uncertainty, ...
... beneficial effects, including reduced frost damage and higher growth rates for plants due to higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air. However, little is currently known about climate at a regional level that could be useful to farmers. While global forecasts have significant uncertainty, ...
Introducing the Transnational Climate Impacts Index
... 1. INTRODUCTION Climate change mitigation is widely seen as a global problem, but until now, climate impacts and adaptation have been treated mostly as regional or even local issues. For instance, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its latest report, refers to “localized adapta ...
... 1. INTRODUCTION Climate change mitigation is widely seen as a global problem, but until now, climate impacts and adaptation have been treated mostly as regional or even local issues. For instance, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in its latest report, refers to “localized adapta ...
A simple object-oriented and open-source model for scientific and
... FUND, and MERGE have a highly simplified carbon/climate system (Nordhaus, 2008; Anthoff and Tol, 2014; Manne and Richels, 2005). IAMs focusing more on the physical processes of the natural system and the economy employ more complex representations of the climate/carbon system. Models like GCAM (Glob ...
... FUND, and MERGE have a highly simplified carbon/climate system (Nordhaus, 2008; Anthoff and Tol, 2014; Manne and Richels, 2005). IAMs focusing more on the physical processes of the natural system and the economy employ more complex representations of the climate/carbon system. Models like GCAM (Glob ...
Current and future ozone risks to global terrestrial biodiversity and
... Concentrations are similarly distributed, but lower in the NH in September–November, while in December–February, concentrations are highest in areas of China and moderate over more southern landmasses. In the SH, where O3 concentrations are generally lower, the highest values are found in mid-latit ...
... Concentrations are similarly distributed, but lower in the NH in September–November, while in December–February, concentrations are highest in areas of China and moderate over more southern landmasses. In the SH, where O3 concentrations are generally lower, the highest values are found in mid-latit ...
Sea Level Change - Imperial College London
... West and East Antarctica and Greenland are distinct, and react to climate warming differently. For Greenland, much of the potential ice loss comes from direct climate warming, leading to surface melting and run-off of water to the ocean (in addition to iceberg release). In West Antarctica, the ice i ...
... West and East Antarctica and Greenland are distinct, and react to climate warming differently. For Greenland, much of the potential ice loss comes from direct climate warming, leading to surface melting and run-off of water to the ocean (in addition to iceberg release). In West Antarctica, the ice i ...
FINAL DRAFT IPCC WGII AR5 Chapter 24 Subject to Final Copyedit
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
... and affect many people in future. Integrated water management strategies could help adapt to climate change, including developing water saving technologies, increasing water productivity, and water reuse. The impacts of climate change on food production and food security in Asia will vary by region ...
" Food Miles" to - University of Maine School of Law Digital Commons
... food travels an average of 1,500 miles before it reaches the American table, the concept of “food miles” is not one which we should construct policy around to address the food system’s contribution to global warming. This Essay seeks to bring to the discussion among American legal scholars2 and loca ...
... food travels an average of 1,500 miles before it reaches the American table, the concept of “food miles” is not one which we should construct policy around to address the food system’s contribution to global warming. This Essay seeks to bring to the discussion among American legal scholars2 and loca ...