The Kyoto Protocol: A Review and Perspectives
... More than 10 years of climate policy negotiations have produced the Kyoto Protocol, the first legally binding international agreement on climate protection, which may enter into force in the near future. Opponents to the Protocol have condemned it as a “deeply flawed agreement that manages to be bot ...
... More than 10 years of climate policy negotiations have produced the Kyoto Protocol, the first legally binding international agreement on climate protection, which may enter into force in the near future. Opponents to the Protocol have condemned it as a “deeply flawed agreement that manages to be bot ...
Impact of climate change on freshwater ecosystems: a global
... reducing floodplain-river connectivity. In Washington, climate change may lead to a shift of the seasonal flow maximum from May to January, strongly decreased minimum flows, somewhat increased maximum flows, and a much prolonged low flow period from May to September. Prolonged low flows were conside ...
... reducing floodplain-river connectivity. In Washington, climate change may lead to a shift of the seasonal flow maximum from May to January, strongly decreased minimum flows, somewhat increased maximum flows, and a much prolonged low flow period from May to September. Prolonged low flows were conside ...
here - Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy
... climate leaders can take ownership of their varied solutions rather than task national governments to deliver all that is required. The proposed framework supports the ingenuity, creativity, and energy of civil society in all its forms to express their interests in a cleaner, more resilient, and mor ...
... climate leaders can take ownership of their varied solutions rather than task national governments to deliver all that is required. The proposed framework supports the ingenuity, creativity, and energy of civil society in all its forms to express their interests in a cleaner, more resilient, and mor ...
S08-2 Mistimed reproduction due to global climate change
... caterpillars on oak (Quercus robur) trees. We have measured caterpillar biomass there from 1985 onwards, and can thus compare changes in the date of maximum food abundance for great tits with changes in laying date. There has been a significant advance in the date of maximum biomass, but great tits ...
... caterpillars on oak (Quercus robur) trees. We have measured caterpillar biomass there from 1985 onwards, and can thus compare changes in the date of maximum food abundance for great tits with changes in laying date. There has been a significant advance in the date of maximum biomass, but great tits ...
The impacts of climate change at Mount Rainier
... sources such as lightning and biological processes in the soil, as well as from human sources, mostly the combustion of fossil fuels. Similarly, volatile organic compounds come from natural sources such as vegetation, and from human sources including gasoline, refineries, chemical plants, factories ...
... sources such as lightning and biological processes in the soil, as well as from human sources, mostly the combustion of fossil fuels. Similarly, volatile organic compounds come from natural sources such as vegetation, and from human sources including gasoline, refineries, chemical plants, factories ...
Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism: Working Paper 42 (830 kB) (opens in new window)
... the future. Using the DICE integrated assessment model to run risk analysis, we show that it is possible for the future to be worse o than the present along a `business as usual' development path. Consequently SDU and DU dier, and willingness to pay for emissions reductions is (sometimes signi can ...
... the future. Using the DICE integrated assessment model to run risk analysis, we show that it is possible for the future to be worse o than the present along a `business as usual' development path. Consequently SDU and DU dier, and willingness to pay for emissions reductions is (sometimes signi can ...
Polar Bears and Climate Change
... special/polar_bears/). Here, I focus on the fundamental physical foundation for conclusions drawn from those reports, and I point out why that foundation applies to all other species on earth. ...
... special/polar_bears/). Here, I focus on the fundamental physical foundation for conclusions drawn from those reports, and I point out why that foundation applies to all other species on earth. ...
Water in the atmosphere
... The power of the constraints imposed by state, at which γ ≈ γm. water is borne out by idealized, but nonetheless The convective currents transport water up- quantitative, studies of RCE. Despite a great many ward to much lower pressure and temperature, simplifications, these studies reproduce the ma ...
... The power of the constraints imposed by state, at which γ ≈ γm. water is borne out by idealized, but nonetheless The convective currents transport water up- quantitative, studies of RCE. Despite a great many ward to much lower pressure and temperature, simplifications, these studies reproduce the ma ...
Special Climate Change Program 2014-2018
... limate change is already here. Since, according to the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, we have 95% certainty that man-induced emissions have been the prevailing cause of the warming since mid 20th century, if we fail to act now we run the risk of seeing unpredictable and potentially irre ...
... limate change is already here. Since, according to the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, we have 95% certainty that man-induced emissions have been the prevailing cause of the warming since mid 20th century, if we fail to act now we run the risk of seeing unpredictable and potentially irre ...
Climate Trends and Impacts in China
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
Signs of Climate Change in Nordic Nature
... Monitoring of climate change effects on nature During the last decade, several initiatives have been undertaken at the national as well as the international levels to develop monitoring systems that measure the impact of climate change on nature. For example, the United Nations agreement in 2002 tha ...
... Monitoring of climate change effects on nature During the last decade, several initiatives have been undertaken at the national as well as the international levels to develop monitoring systems that measure the impact of climate change on nature. For example, the United Nations agreement in 2002 tha ...
More Extreme Heat Waves: Global Warming`s Wake Up Call
... been documented for wild salmon and trout, moose, and pika. Livestock and crops have lower productivity and increased mortality associated with heat stress and drought. We can reduce the severity of heat waves and their impacts on vulnerable people. Curbing global warming pollution as much and as qu ...
... been documented for wild salmon and trout, moose, and pika. Livestock and crops have lower productivity and increased mortality associated with heat stress and drought. We can reduce the severity of heat waves and their impacts on vulnerable people. Curbing global warming pollution as much and as qu ...
China - Open Knowledge Repository
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
... expected to heighten, especially without policies to limit building in hazardous areas such as floodplains and alleviate non-climate pressures such as overuse of freshwater resources. Effective risk management policies and investments are crucial to reducing the sensitivity and increasing the resili ...
Primer on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
... mitigation is therefore essential to combat the resulting climate change. But this is not enough. CO2 mitigation must be combined with fast and aggressive reductions of the pollutants causing the other 40-45% of warming.2 These pollutants include black carbon, tropospheric ozone, methane, and hydrof ...
... mitigation is therefore essential to combat the resulting climate change. But this is not enough. CO2 mitigation must be combined with fast and aggressive reductions of the pollutants causing the other 40-45% of warming.2 These pollutants include black carbon, tropospheric ozone, methane, and hydrof ...
2004 community excellence awards
... continuing to show leadership and commitment to our carbon neutral commitments by 2012 by purchasing offsets (if necessary), but we will not use the Carbon Fund to do so. By setting aside $100 per tonne, we have also created an internal incentive to reduce our overall greenhouse gas inventory, and a ...
... continuing to show leadership and commitment to our carbon neutral commitments by 2012 by purchasing offsets (if necessary), but we will not use the Carbon Fund to do so. By setting aside $100 per tonne, we have also created an internal incentive to reduce our overall greenhouse gas inventory, and a ...
Enhancing the resilience of inland fisheries and
... The aims of the paper are to raise awareness of the actual and potential importance of fisheries and aquaculture in these dryland contexts; to review how these production systems and their associated livelihoods are affected by, and adapted to, climate variability; and to propose how their resilienc ...
... The aims of the paper are to raise awareness of the actual and potential importance of fisheries and aquaculture in these dryland contexts; to review how these production systems and their associated livelihoods are affected by, and adapted to, climate variability; and to propose how their resilienc ...
Diapositiva 1 - Denise Milizia
... climate changes with regard to that. So we discussed a climate changes which will have very major repercussions climate changing around us. Inaction, pushing the climate change debate, but these are organisations that climate change levy which was an issue for a lot of climate change is a difficult ...
... climate changes with regard to that. So we discussed a climate changes which will have very major repercussions climate changing around us. Inaction, pushing the climate change debate, but these are organisations that climate change levy which was an issue for a lot of climate change is a difficult ...
Clouds in a Warmer Climate: Friend or Foe?
... aerosol and climate changes, but they have not yet converged upon a general result, if one exists. Trenberth et al. (2007) summarize the evidence of the changing character of precipitation and the limitations of such evidence, but note that some long-term trends in the last century are emerging: eas ...
... aerosol and climate changes, but they have not yet converged upon a general result, if one exists. Trenberth et al. (2007) summarize the evidence of the changing character of precipitation and the limitations of such evidence, but note that some long-term trends in the last century are emerging: eas ...
Dangerous human-made interference with climate
... are being altered by human activities. Some of the alterations are as large or larger than natural atmosphere and surface changes, even compared with natural changes that have occurred over hundreds of thousands of years. There is concern that these human-made alterations could substantially alter t ...
... are being altered by human activities. Some of the alterations are as large or larger than natural atmosphere and surface changes, even compared with natural changes that have occurred over hundreds of thousands of years. There is concern that these human-made alterations could substantially alter t ...
6. Water Resources
... rules for large reservoirs and the construction of flood bypasses and levees. These adaptations have had profound effects on ecosystems in many places, and the response has been the establishment of minimum instream flow requirements at important points in watersheds. There is also a growing recogni ...
... rules for large reservoirs and the construction of flood bypasses and levees. These adaptations have had profound effects on ecosystems in many places, and the response has been the establishment of minimum instream flow requirements at important points in watersheds. There is also a growing recogni ...
Climate Change and Security in Africa - The Africa
... The initiative fits in very much with the EU’s own recognition that climate change is a “threat multiplier which exacerbates existing trends, tensions and instability” in developing countries1. Such tensions include conflict over resources such as land, water, and food. There is also a great risk po ...
... The initiative fits in very much with the EU’s own recognition that climate change is a “threat multiplier which exacerbates existing trends, tensions and instability” in developing countries1. Such tensions include conflict over resources such as land, water, and food. There is also a great risk po ...
Sensitivity of Twentieth-Century Sahel Rainfall to
... Another process that has been discussed as playing a role in the historical drought is a direct local radiative forcing from dust aerosol, which may have amplified the SST-induced drying in the Sahel (Yoshioka et al. 2007). However, there is currently no multimodel agreement on the sign of the dust ...
... Another process that has been discussed as playing a role in the historical drought is a direct local radiative forcing from dust aerosol, which may have amplified the SST-induced drying in the Sahel (Yoshioka et al. 2007). However, there is currently no multimodel agreement on the sign of the dust ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...