Building Resilience for an Unpredictable Future
... These changes will bring new challenges to farmers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expects that world production of food should remain steady through the next century with less certainty beyond that point (Burton and Lim, 2005). Other sources are more cautious, warning that cli ...
... These changes will bring new challenges to farmers. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expects that world production of food should remain steady through the next century with less certainty beyond that point (Burton and Lim, 2005). Other sources are more cautious, warning that cli ...
Global Massive Change
... factors for any organization to master is the management of uncertainty. Uncertainty is the major intangible factor contributing towards the risk of failure in every process, at every level, in every type of business. ...
... factors for any organization to master is the management of uncertainty. Uncertainty is the major intangible factor contributing towards the risk of failure in every process, at every level, in every type of business. ...
Summary for Policymakers
... extremes in key producing regions indicate a sensitivity of current markets to climate extremes among other factors (medium confidence).11 At present the worldwide burden of human ill-health from climate change is relatively small compared with effects of other stressors and is not well quantified. ...
... extremes in key producing regions indicate a sensitivity of current markets to climate extremes among other factors (medium confidence).11 At present the worldwide burden of human ill-health from climate change is relatively small compared with effects of other stressors and is not well quantified. ...
natural resources in sub-saharan africa: assets and
... government will submit to parliament in early 2008. It starts with a discussion of impacts and vulnerability of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa, as predicted by the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released in February 2007. The report notes that by 2020 ...
... government will submit to parliament in early 2008. It starts with a discussion of impacts and vulnerability of climate change in Sub-Saharan Africa, as predicted by the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released in February 2007. The report notes that by 2020 ...
2014 DOE Climate Change Adaptation Plan
... increased global average air and ocean temperatures, decreased historical snow pack, rising global average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s m ...
... increased global average air and ocean temperatures, decreased historical snow pack, rising global average sea level, and more frequent severe weather events. 1 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes that changes in the global climate system could have a profound impact on the Department’s m ...
The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
... period (decades or longer)."15 The basic science behind the earth's retention of heat is as follows: Energy from the Sun drives the Earth's weather and climate. The Earth absorbs energy from the Sun, and also radiates energy back into space. However, much of this energy going back to space is absorb ...
... period (decades or longer)."15 The basic science behind the earth's retention of heat is as follows: Energy from the Sun drives the Earth's weather and climate. The Earth absorbs energy from the Sun, and also radiates energy back into space. However, much of this energy going back to space is absorb ...
The Evangelical Debate Over Climate Change
... science/index.html (last visited Jan. 23, 2008); see Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, FrequentlyAsked Questions, in CLIMATE CHANGE 2007, supra note 7, at 93, 98, availableat http:/ /ipcc-wg l.ucar.edu/wg lI/Report/AR4WGlPrintFAQs.pdf (describing the greenhouse effect). 17. U.S. Envtl. Prot ...
... science/index.html (last visited Jan. 23, 2008); see Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, FrequentlyAsked Questions, in CLIMATE CHANGE 2007, supra note 7, at 93, 98, availableat http:/ /ipcc-wg l.ucar.edu/wg lI/Report/AR4WGlPrintFAQs.pdf (describing the greenhouse effect). 17. U.S. Envtl. Prot ...
Aerobic rice: An adaptation strategy that also reduces methane
... Province, with impacts on livelihoods and household food security.12 The frequency of such flooding is expected to increase with climate change. 8,13 In sum, rice production is susceptible to yield impairment due to several aspects of climate change, including changes in rainfall patterns, higher te ...
... Province, with impacts on livelihoods and household food security.12 The frequency of such flooding is expected to increase with climate change. 8,13 In sum, rice production is susceptible to yield impairment due to several aspects of climate change, including changes in rainfall patterns, higher te ...
Modeling Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources
... The water resources of the Volta Basin of West Africa are under severe stress due to poor climatic conditions and competing demands on the resources by the riparian countries [1]. Climatic conditions in the region are such that there is high variability in both temporal and spatial distribution of r ...
... The water resources of the Volta Basin of West Africa are under severe stress due to poor climatic conditions and competing demands on the resources by the riparian countries [1]. Climatic conditions in the region are such that there is high variability in both temporal and spatial distribution of r ...
climate change WG II
... extremes in key producing regions indicate a sensitivity of current markets to climate extremes among other factors (medium confidence).11 At present the worldwide burden of human ill-health from climate change is relatively small compared with effects of other stressors and is not well quantified. ...
... extremes in key producing regions indicate a sensitivity of current markets to climate extremes among other factors (medium confidence).11 At present the worldwide burden of human ill-health from climate change is relatively small compared with effects of other stressors and is not well quantified. ...
The role of biospheric feedbacks in the simulation of the... historical land cover change on the Australian January climate
... (defined here as the long-term statistics of weather) has received considerable recent attention, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Houghton et al., 2001]. Humans have altered a significant fraction of the Earth’s surface [Klein Goldewijk, 2001] and this may affect past, pr ...
... (defined here as the long-term statistics of weather) has received considerable recent attention, including by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Houghton et al., 2001]. Humans have altered a significant fraction of the Earth’s surface [Klein Goldewijk, 2001] and this may affect past, pr ...
The Effect of a One-Foot Sea Level Rise on Saltwater... Biscayne Aquifer in Miami-Dade County, Florida
... level rise. Dams located along the elevated coast line were identified as at risk, as they would be submerged or rendered ineffective from canals overflowing around the dam. Ineffective dams would cause ocean water to flow into canals and potentially seep into the Biscayne Aquifer. ...
... level rise. Dams located along the elevated coast line were identified as at risk, as they would be submerged or rendered ineffective from canals overflowing around the dam. Ineffective dams would cause ocean water to flow into canals and potentially seep into the Biscayne Aquifer. ...
Slides with background notes
... warming; that humans have significantly contributed to this change; and that further climate change will continue to have important impacts on human societies, on economies, on ecosystems, and on wildlife through the 21st century and beyond.” The American Geophysical Union: “The Earth's climate is ...
... warming; that humans have significantly contributed to this change; and that further climate change will continue to have important impacts on human societies, on economies, on ecosystems, and on wildlife through the 21st century and beyond.” The American Geophysical Union: “The Earth's climate is ...
Climate Change and US National Security
... standard policy process to be swept aside in favor of extraordinary measures. These may be expensive and focus on parochial national interests at the expense of wider global public goods concerns. 42 Aside from these risks, securitizing a problem potentially leads to threat inflation as groups hype ...
... standard policy process to be swept aside in favor of extraordinary measures. These may be expensive and focus on parochial national interests at the expense of wider global public goods concerns. 42 Aside from these risks, securitizing a problem potentially leads to threat inflation as groups hype ...
The UK Climate Change Act 2008
... emerge about climate change. The evidence is that we are approaching the upper range of IPCC projections and that key climate indicators – including surface temperatures, sea-level rise, Arctic sea ice, ocean acidification – are moving beyond patterns of natural variability into risky territory wher ...
... emerge about climate change. The evidence is that we are approaching the upper range of IPCC projections and that key climate indicators – including surface temperatures, sea-level rise, Arctic sea ice, ocean acidification – are moving beyond patterns of natural variability into risky territory wher ...
Climate Change Negotiations, India`s submissions to the United
... total Annex I emissions rose from 17,719 Tg CO2 equivalent in 2000 to 18, 182 Tg CO2equivalent in 2005. Moreover, there have also been increases in terms of per-capita emissions in the Annex I countries. This alarming trend must be immediately reversed. All Annex I countries should adopt deep emissi ...
... total Annex I emissions rose from 17,719 Tg CO2 equivalent in 2000 to 18, 182 Tg CO2equivalent in 2005. Moreover, there have also been increases in terms of per-capita emissions in the Annex I countries. This alarming trend must be immediately reversed. All Annex I countries should adopt deep emissi ...
X - The Heartland Institute`s International Conferences on Climate
... Solar charged particles come in essentially 11year cycles but the magnetic connectivity of the Sun-Earth system, which enables the particles to penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere further, changes from strong to weak over periods of Hale cycle length. This causes the Hale cycle of World temperatures. S ...
... Solar charged particles come in essentially 11year cycles but the magnetic connectivity of the Sun-Earth system, which enables the particles to penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere further, changes from strong to weak over periods of Hale cycle length. This causes the Hale cycle of World temperatures. S ...
SUB-COMPONENT STUDY: PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE
... to some diseases, like dengue or zika, in various parts of the country. Many diseasecausing vectors require specific meteorological and habitat conditions at various stages of their life cycle. For example, ambient temperature and humidity are important considerations in the development and survival ...
... to some diseases, like dengue or zika, in various parts of the country. Many diseasecausing vectors require specific meteorological and habitat conditions at various stages of their life cycle. For example, ambient temperature and humidity are important considerations in the development and survival ...
The Climate Co-benefits of Obesity Reduction
... threats to human health resulting from ground-level air pollution, particularly ozone and particulate matter, coincidental with anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions suggests that mitigation policies will lead to immediate improvements in health and generate significant co-benefits dramatically imp ...
... threats to human health resulting from ground-level air pollution, particularly ozone and particulate matter, coincidental with anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions suggests that mitigation policies will lead to immediate improvements in health and generate significant co-benefits dramatically imp ...
amoeba downing
... earlier thawing of the growing surfaces extending the length of the growing season. Temperature is also likely to have driven increased microbial activity, as indicated by testate amoebae, probably through increased metabolic and organic matter turnover rates. Increased decay of organic matter is in ...
... earlier thawing of the growing surfaces extending the length of the growing season. Temperature is also likely to have driven increased microbial activity, as indicated by testate amoebae, probably through increased metabolic and organic matter turnover rates. Increased decay of organic matter is in ...
A vulnerability driven approach to identify adverse climate and land
... can be combined with the available information on projected climate change (with small or large range of uncertainties) to provide the decision maker with better insights into the nature of the hydrologic indicator, its dominant controls, possible tipping points, feasibility of crossing those tippin ...
... can be combined with the available information on projected climate change (with small or large range of uncertainties) to provide the decision maker with better insights into the nature of the hydrologic indicator, its dominant controls, possible tipping points, feasibility of crossing those tippin ...
Challenges of a Sustained Climate Observing System
... Abstract Observations of planet Earth and especially all climate system components and forcings are increasingly needed for planning and informed decision making related to climate services in the broadest sense. Although significant progress has been made, much more remains to be done before a full ...
... Abstract Observations of planet Earth and especially all climate system components and forcings are increasingly needed for planning and informed decision making related to climate services in the broadest sense. Although significant progress has been made, much more remains to be done before a full ...