The impact of climate change on growth of local white spruce
... In the near future, forest tree species growing in eastern Canada are expected to be affected by climate change due to an increase of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, models were developed to estimate the impact of climate change on growth in white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) ...
... In the near future, forest tree species growing in eastern Canada are expected to be affected by climate change due to an increase of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, models were developed to estimate the impact of climate change on growth in white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) ...
Planning for Climate Change in the West
... alpine tundra of the northern Rockies where glaciers are retreating as growing downstream communities rely more than ever on abundant snowpack for secure water supplies. Climate can be defined as weather averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years or longer. This averaging tends to smooth out ...
... alpine tundra of the northern Rockies where glaciers are retreating as growing downstream communities rely more than ever on abundant snowpack for secure water supplies. Climate can be defined as weather averaged over a period of time, usually 30 years or longer. This averaging tends to smooth out ...
Climate, water supply, management and use in the Nile, a comparison
... in the Nile, a comparison Jaap Kwadijk ...
... in the Nile, a comparison Jaap Kwadijk ...
The Folded Crane - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... forms that this work takes. The August 6th memorial of the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a powerful reminder that we must Oregon health professionals and colleagues take to the road to protect our health. Photo courtesy of Ryan Rittenhouse and Bonnie McKinlay. preven ...
... forms that this work takes. The August 6th memorial of the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a powerful reminder that we must Oregon health professionals and colleagues take to the road to protect our health. Photo courtesy of Ryan Rittenhouse and Bonnie McKinlay. preven ...
Mixing Integrated Coastal Zone Management and Green Growth in
... Boardwalk of San Andrés Island ...
... Boardwalk of San Andrés Island ...
Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
... significant ecosystem shifts and species extinctions during the past millions of years (high confidence).10 Based on many studies covering a wide range of regions and crops, negative impacts of climate change on crop yields have been more common than positive impacts (high confidence). The smaller n ...
... significant ecosystem shifts and species extinctions during the past millions of years (high confidence).10 Based on many studies covering a wide range of regions and crops, negative impacts of climate change on crop yields have been more common than positive impacts (high confidence). The smaller n ...
Young people`s burden: Requirement of
... Global temperature has just reached a level similar to the mean level in the prior interglacial (Eemian) period, when sea level was several meters higher than today, and, if it long remains at this level, slow amplifying feedbacks will lead to greater climate change and consequences. The growth rate ...
... Global temperature has just reached a level similar to the mean level in the prior interglacial (Eemian) period, when sea level was several meters higher than today, and, if it long remains at this level, slow amplifying feedbacks will lead to greater climate change and consequences. The growth rate ...
Deputy Secretary-General
... The linkage between some extreme weather and climate events and El Niño/La Niña events is well known. For example, there is a higher probability of dry conditions in the western and southern Southwest Pacific. Incidence of drought is more likely in places such as Australia as well as parts of Southe ...
... The linkage between some extreme weather and climate events and El Niño/La Niña events is well known. For example, there is a higher probability of dry conditions in the western and southern Southwest Pacific. Incidence of drought is more likely in places such as Australia as well as parts of Southe ...
FOREST FIRES AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE 21ST CENTURY 1
... and their radiative effects, the hydrological balance over land surfaces and the heat flux at the ocean surface. Despite these uncertainties, GCMs provide the best means available to estimate the impact of changes in the future climate on the fire regime at larger scales. Most models predict the gre ...
... and their radiative effects, the hydrological balance over land surfaces and the heat flux at the ocean surface. Despite these uncertainties, GCMs provide the best means available to estimate the impact of changes in the future climate on the fire regime at larger scales. Most models predict the gre ...
A Green New Deal - Green Economics
... trust and refocusing the use of capital on public priorities and sustainability. In this way it can also help deliver a wide range of social benefits that can greatly improve quality of life in the future. There is also an immediate imperative to restore some faith that society can survive the dread ...
... trust and refocusing the use of capital on public priorities and sustainability. In this way it can also help deliver a wide range of social benefits that can greatly improve quality of life in the future. There is also an immediate imperative to restore some faith that society can survive the dread ...
Projected pH reductions by 2100 might put deep
... 2002). While waste disposal, fishing and, in the future, mineral extraction are well recognized as dominant human pressures (Ramirez-Llodra et al., 2011), expert assessments urge consideration of climate change and ocean acidification impacts in future ecosystem conservation/management strategies (T ...
... 2002). While waste disposal, fishing and, in the future, mineral extraction are well recognized as dominant human pressures (Ramirez-Llodra et al., 2011), expert assessments urge consideration of climate change and ocean acidification impacts in future ecosystem conservation/management strategies (T ...
CCS - Panda
... To prevent catastrophic climate change we must keep the global average temperature rise compared to pre-industrial temperatures as far below 2 degrees centigrade as possible. To have a high chance of doing so the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment report suggests that ...
... To prevent catastrophic climate change we must keep the global average temperature rise compared to pre-industrial temperatures as far below 2 degrees centigrade as possible. To have a high chance of doing so the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment report suggests that ...
The Role of Tropical Forests in Climate
... Kyoto Protocol. While some countries view REDD+ as a subset of “nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) by developing country Parties”13, others do not want to equate or subsume REDD+ into NAMAs but create a separate and distinct “REDD+ mechanism.” Many developing countries have been at pa ...
... Kyoto Protocol. While some countries view REDD+ as a subset of “nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) by developing country Parties”13, others do not want to equate or subsume REDD+ into NAMAs but create a separate and distinct “REDD+ mechanism.” Many developing countries have been at pa ...
Two Stories About E.U. Climate Change Law and Policy
... payments. Instead of the market seamlessly providing private solutions to societal problems, we see the necessity for repeated state intervention. Claims as to the effectiveness and efficiency of market-based mechanisms look somewhat different in this light. And can a carbon price of seven Euros per ...
... payments. Instead of the market seamlessly providing private solutions to societal problems, we see the necessity for repeated state intervention. Claims as to the effectiveness and efficiency of market-based mechanisms look somewhat different in this light. And can a carbon price of seven Euros per ...
Systemic economic instruments for energy security and global security
... system there is the question of where to ‘grab hold’? Systems thinking distinguishes between symptomatic effects, direct causes and underlying ‘leverage points’. Donella Meadows7 defined leverage points as “places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosyste ...
... system there is the question of where to ‘grab hold’? Systems thinking distinguishes between symptomatic effects, direct causes and underlying ‘leverage points’. Donella Meadows7 defined leverage points as “places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosyste ...
LCCARl405_en.pdf
... 2007). Along with the rise in surface temperatures, global ocean temperatures have risen, and it is estimated that the world’s oceans are absorbing around 80 per cent of the heat being generated by the global climate system. Consistent with this warming, global sea levels have risen by an average of ...
... 2007). Along with the rise in surface temperatures, global ocean temperatures have risen, and it is estimated that the world’s oceans are absorbing around 80 per cent of the heat being generated by the global climate system. Consistent with this warming, global sea levels have risen by an average of ...
National Park Service - UAF SNAP
... Changing climatic conditions are rapidly impacting environmental, social, and economic conditions in and around National Park Service areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to bett ...
... Changing climatic conditions are rapidly impacting environmental, social, and economic conditions in and around National Park Service areas in Alaska. With over 50 million acres of parklands to administer, Alaska park managers need to better understand possible climate change trends in order to bett ...
6. Climate change in the Arctic: A discussion of the impact on
... these are generally assumed to benefit from increased plankton growth associated with higher temperature and less sea ice5. For cod, the longer time series display migration further north and east as well as higher weight in warmer periods during the last century. But the uncertainty about fisheries ...
... these are generally assumed to benefit from increased plankton growth associated with higher temperature and less sea ice5. For cod, the longer time series display migration further north and east as well as higher weight in warmer periods during the last century. But the uncertainty about fisheries ...
The EU and the progressive alliance negotiating in Durban
... be agreed on by 2015. It also remains unclear to what extent resources can be generated for adaptation to climate change effects, potentially jeopardising longer-term cooperation between the EU and the LDCs and AOSIS. This paper acknowledges the difficulties involved in agreeing to collective action ...
... be agreed on by 2015. It also remains unclear to what extent resources can be generated for adaptation to climate change effects, potentially jeopardising longer-term cooperation between the EU and the LDCs and AOSIS. This paper acknowledges the difficulties involved in agreeing to collective action ...
EXAMINING THE UNINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE
... While the majority of scientists surveyed may think humans contribute something to climate change, and I would agree, only 1 percent said that humans cause most of the warming. So the President has misrepresented the study’s results. We should focus on good science, rather than politically correct s ...
... While the majority of scientists surveyed may think humans contribute something to climate change, and I would agree, only 1 percent said that humans cause most of the warming. So the President has misrepresented the study’s results. We should focus on good science, rather than politically correct s ...
The role of the Southern Ocean in Earth System modelling
... § Earth System Models are the state-of-the-art tool to assess the impact of climate change § The Southern Ocean is of great importance for the Earth System´s ability to mitigate climate change § Modelling the Southern Ocean is challenging due to complex and fine-scale interactions between atmosph ...
... § Earth System Models are the state-of-the-art tool to assess the impact of climate change § The Southern Ocean is of great importance for the Earth System´s ability to mitigate climate change § Modelling the Southern Ocean is challenging due to complex and fine-scale interactions between atmosph ...
wetlands, biodiversity and climate change
... plant, is the staple diet of more than half of the world's population. West African rice (Oryza glabberrima), for example, was domesticated over 2000 years ago and wild rice from other wetlands continues to be an important source of new genetic materials in developing diseaseresistant and higher-yie ...
... plant, is the staple diet of more than half of the world's population. West African rice (Oryza glabberrima), for example, was domesticated over 2000 years ago and wild rice from other wetlands continues to be an important source of new genetic materials in developing diseaseresistant and higher-yie ...
Integrating Dendrochronology, Climate and Satellite Remote
... precipitation (MAP) of 650 mm or less [26,27]. The study region of the Okavango Delta, in southern Africa encompasses such an area and fieldwork focuses on the terminal region of the delta system. The region is composed of a savanna dryland ecosystem which currently receives sufficiently sparse MAP ...
... precipitation (MAP) of 650 mm or less [26,27]. The study region of the Okavango Delta, in southern Africa encompasses such an area and fieldwork focuses on the terminal region of the delta system. The region is composed of a savanna dryland ecosystem which currently receives sufficiently sparse MAP ...
Environmental policy and the economic downturn: Working Paper 16 (486 kB) (opens in new window)
... recently been identified or some other trigger has led to a step increase in concerns about environmental goals. In these circumstances, there is likely to be a backlog of projects to be undertaken. At a time of a demand-induced downturn, when monetary authorities are ensuring that any increases in ...
... recently been identified or some other trigger has led to a step increase in concerns about environmental goals. In these circumstances, there is likely to be a backlog of projects to be undertaken. At a time of a demand-induced downturn, when monetary authorities are ensuring that any increases in ...