Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
... in winter precipitation in southern Mexico of 10–15%, between dry and wet winters, as during El Niño and La Niña years. Since winter precipitation over the southern Gulf of Mexico region is less than average during El Niño, it is not only the number these systems, but also their characteristics what ...
climate change and insurance law
... Sector, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 71-90 ; W. R. STAHEL, Global Climate Change in the Wider Context of Sustainability, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 507-529 ; W. R. STAHEL, In Favour of a Proactive Insurance Approach to Climate Change, The Geneva Papers, 2009, pp. 319-322 ; E. MILLS, A Global Revie ...
... Sector, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 71-90 ; W. R. STAHEL, Global Climate Change in the Wider Context of Sustainability, The Geneva Papers, 2008, pp. 507-529 ; W. R. STAHEL, In Favour of a Proactive Insurance Approach to Climate Change, The Geneva Papers, 2009, pp. 319-322 ; E. MILLS, A Global Revie ...
Climate-biosphere interactions on glacial
... climate change. Typical estimates for climate sensitivity to increased CO2 would attribute about 2C of the 6 C glacial-interglacial temperature change to different greenhouse gas concentrations [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), 2001]. The remainder of the warming was due to a de ...
... climate change. Typical estimates for climate sensitivity to increased CO2 would attribute about 2C of the 6 C glacial-interglacial temperature change to different greenhouse gas concentrations [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ), 2001]. The remainder of the warming was due to a de ...
From Impacts Assessment to Adaptation Priorities: the Shaping of
... UNFCCC have committed to "assist the developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting the costs of adaptation to those adverse effects" (UNFCCC, Article 4.4). In order to inform the policy process about adaptation in this second context, ...
... UNFCCC have committed to "assist the developing country Parties that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change in meeting the costs of adaptation to those adverse effects" (UNFCCC, Article 4.4). In order to inform the policy process about adaptation in this second context, ...
adaptation to climate change: key terms
... Annex I Expert Group on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Annex I Expert Group oversees development of analytical papers for the purpose of providing useful and timely input to the climate change negotiations. These papers may also be useful to national policy-m ...
... Annex I Expert Group on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Annex I Expert Group oversees development of analytical papers for the purpose of providing useful and timely input to the climate change negotiations. These papers may also be useful to national policy-m ...
the role of hydrology towards water resources sustainability
... Prof Per-Erik Jansson has been keeping a key role in development of mathematical models including their implementation into a user-friendly software. The CoupModel (www.coupmodel.com) is the current model used in many different projects today and during the latest 15 years. Prior the release of the ...
... Prof Per-Erik Jansson has been keeping a key role in development of mathematical models including their implementation into a user-friendly software. The CoupModel (www.coupmodel.com) is the current model used in many different projects today and during the latest 15 years. Prior the release of the ...
PPT, 184 KB - global change SysTem for Analysis, Research
... • poor knowledge of appropriate alternative adaptation options • poor predictability of future climate variability and extreme events -- high level of uncertainties ...
... • poor knowledge of appropriate alternative adaptation options • poor predictability of future climate variability and extreme events -- high level of uncertainties ...
Climate change and animal diseases in South America
... animal diseases, vectors and pathogens, and their habitat. Global warming trends predicted in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (IPCC) report for South America are likely to change the temporal and geographical distribution of infectious diseases, including those that are vector-bo ...
... animal diseases, vectors and pathogens, and their habitat. Global warming trends predicted in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (IPCC) report for South America are likely to change the temporal and geographical distribution of infectious diseases, including those that are vector-bo ...
Assessing vulnerabilities to the effects of global change
... Scientists, policy-makers, and the general public are increasingly aware that global patterns of environmental degradation are putting people at risk (Kasperson and Kasperson, 2001). These threats are global in both systemic (e.g., climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions) and cumulative terms ...
... Scientists, policy-makers, and the general public are increasingly aware that global patterns of environmental degradation are putting people at risk (Kasperson and Kasperson, 2001). These threats are global in both systemic (e.g., climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions) and cumulative terms ...
English - Stockholm Convention
... mediterranean zone, the tropical zones, the arid zones and the mountain zones. The temperature increase will have different impact depending on climate in the regions. All regions will experience an increase in surface air temperature, sea water and fresh water temperatures. But they will experience ...
... mediterranean zone, the tropical zones, the arid zones and the mountain zones. The temperature increase will have different impact depending on climate in the regions. All regions will experience an increase in surface air temperature, sea water and fresh water temperatures. But they will experience ...
Interannual variability and expected regional climate change over
... scenario. Deser et al. (2010) asked themselves a similar question but instead of wondering about the number of years needed to obtain a detectable signal, they concentrated on the number of ensemble members that are needed for the signal to become statistically significant. Stott and Tett (1998) als ...
... scenario. Deser et al. (2010) asked themselves a similar question but instead of wondering about the number of years needed to obtain a detectable signal, they concentrated on the number of ensemble members that are needed for the signal to become statistically significant. Stott and Tett (1998) als ...
Regional Natural Resource Management Strategy for the Avon
... grown around this. A goods and services model is derived from what we use our environment for, as well as what we value from it. Ecosystem services range from the production of food and fiber, and other commodities to cycling of nutrients and climate regulation, to flood regulations and disease prot ...
... grown around this. A goods and services model is derived from what we use our environment for, as well as what we value from it. Ecosystem services range from the production of food and fiber, and other commodities to cycling of nutrients and climate regulation, to flood regulations and disease prot ...
Article - Cerfacs
... probably the most worrying, occur during summer, with for example a decrease in precipitation larger than 20% in ensemble mean over France, at the end of the 21st century using a moderate emission scenario [Christensen et al., 2007]. This decrease in precipitation is accompanied by a large increase ...
... probably the most worrying, occur during summer, with for example a decrease in precipitation larger than 20% in ensemble mean over France, at the end of the 21st century using a moderate emission scenario [Christensen et al., 2007]. This decrease in precipitation is accompanied by a large increase ...
Planning and Climate Change - Greater Manchester Minerals Plan
... manage the delivery of, spatial strategies that: – make a full contribution to delivering the Government’s Climate Change Programme and energy policies, and in doing so contribute to global sustainability; – in providing for the homes, jobs, services and infrastructure needed by communities, and i ...
... manage the delivery of, spatial strategies that: – make a full contribution to delivering the Government’s Climate Change Programme and energy policies, and in doing so contribute to global sustainability; – in providing for the homes, jobs, services and infrastructure needed by communities, and i ...
Donner Webbe Kiribati KAP 2013
... adaptation to climate change. At recent meetings of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the developed world agreed to rapidly increase international assistance to help the developing world respond to the impacts of climate change. In this paper, we examine the d ...
... adaptation to climate change. At recent meetings of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the developed world agreed to rapidly increase international assistance to help the developing world respond to the impacts of climate change. In this paper, we examine the d ...
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... particularly the own price elasticities, are lower for Africa than for both Asia and Latin America.14 Underlying these values is the observation that African agriculture is not as responsive as the other two regions to external changes due to a variety of institutional factors such as limited access ...
... particularly the own price elasticities, are lower for Africa than for both Asia and Latin America.14 Underlying these values is the observation that African agriculture is not as responsive as the other two regions to external changes due to a variety of institutional factors such as limited access ...
Guidance to the interaction between POPs and climate change and
... experience an increase in surface air temperature, sea water and fresh water temperatures but they will experience differences in climate change impact on the regional wind and sea current systems, precipitation form and pattern, cloudiness, salinity regimes, fresh water run-off and soil erosion. T ...
... experience an increase in surface air temperature, sea water and fresh water temperatures but they will experience differences in climate change impact on the regional wind and sea current systems, precipitation form and pattern, cloudiness, salinity regimes, fresh water run-off and soil erosion. T ...
Programme Booklet
... (radiative forcing). In general, this paradigm is inappropriate except when dealing with global forcing. This is reasonable because most major climate change involves changes in the temperature difference between the tropics and the poles, and such differences generally involve dynamics of the atmos ...
... (radiative forcing). In general, this paradigm is inappropriate except when dealing with global forcing. This is reasonable because most major climate change involves changes in the temperature difference between the tropics and the poles, and such differences generally involve dynamics of the atmos ...
Report of the Working Group on Climate Change
... water deficits influence annual yield distribution, and hence annual yields and black tea quality. The variations in tea productivity and quality due to weather factors have been reported in many studies. In particular, tea yields vary with temperature, the saturation of water vapour pressure of air, ...
... water deficits influence annual yield distribution, and hence annual yields and black tea quality. The variations in tea productivity and quality due to weather factors have been reported in many studies. In particular, tea yields vary with temperature, the saturation of water vapour pressure of air, ...
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is
... helpful, namely that sustainability—at least with respect to global natural resources—has to do not merely with the policies of a single state but with those of all states taken together. The Earth’s climate and capacity for CO2 absorption are global resources. Sustainable development in the context ...
... helpful, namely that sustainability—at least with respect to global natural resources—has to do not merely with the policies of a single state but with those of all states taken together. The Earth’s climate and capacity for CO2 absorption are global resources. Sustainable development in the context ...
Climate Change and Human Mobility in Indigenous Communities of
... fallout (Crate 2002). With the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, an event that entailed the overnight dissolution of village-level agro-industrial state farm operations where most inhabitants worked and where most meat and milk was produced, Viliui Sakha adapted by developing householdlevel food produc ...
... fallout (Crate 2002). With the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, an event that entailed the overnight dissolution of village-level agro-industrial state farm operations where most inhabitants worked and where most meat and milk was produced, Viliui Sakha adapted by developing householdlevel food produc ...
Direct and Indirect Causes of Deforestation
... The EU target for biofuels in the transport sector is 5.7 percent by 2010 and 10 percent by 2020 To what extent is biofuels development leading to the loss of forests and associated ES, such as water and bioD? Under what circumstances can the transition from fossil fuels to biofuels be consistent wi ...
... The EU target for biofuels in the transport sector is 5.7 percent by 2010 and 10 percent by 2020 To what extent is biofuels development leading to the loss of forests and associated ES, such as water and bioD? Under what circumstances can the transition from fossil fuels to biofuels be consistent wi ...