Risk, uncertainty and the institutional geographies of
... and implementation are more discretionary and flexible. Different policy measures, yielding different standards of protection, are applied depending on the balance of costs and benefits involved in any given case: To take account of this variability and the permissive nature of its investment, Gover ...
... and implementation are more discretionary and flexible. Different policy measures, yielding different standards of protection, are applied depending on the balance of costs and benefits involved in any given case: To take account of this variability and the permissive nature of its investment, Gover ...
How much water will be available in the upper
... watersheds (Fig. 2). The SWAT model yielded satisfactory calibration and validation results (NS > 0.7, R^2 > 0.75). Our modeling results suggest statistically significant changes in streamflow towards earlier runoff (Fig. 3) and a general decrease in annual average streamflow (23% at Lee’s Ferry for ...
... watersheds (Fig. 2). The SWAT model yielded satisfactory calibration and validation results (NS > 0.7, R^2 > 0.75). Our modeling results suggest statistically significant changes in streamflow towards earlier runoff (Fig. 3) and a general decrease in annual average streamflow (23% at Lee’s Ferry for ...
i SMALL HOLDER FARMERS` PERCEPTION ON CLIMATE
... much in air pollution, there is a need to take serious attention to reduce the amount of pollution or by paying the covering cost (Kate, 2007). Kikula, et al., (2003). argued that, the forest resources not only reduce the heat in atmosphere and preserve water and soil, but also they provide the cons ...
... much in air pollution, there is a need to take serious attention to reduce the amount of pollution or by paying the covering cost (Kate, 2007). Kikula, et al., (2003). argued that, the forest resources not only reduce the heat in atmosphere and preserve water and soil, but also they provide the cons ...
An Agent Based Model of Climate Change and Conflict
... pastoral system of sub Saharan Africa has been forwarded by many researchers. To mention few, MacOpiyo et al. 2006 delivered GIS based ABM to explore herder movement in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Kusnar and Sedlmeyer(2005) developed NOMAD which models the ongoing ethnic conflict in Darfur ...
... pastoral system of sub Saharan Africa has been forwarded by many researchers. To mention few, MacOpiyo et al. 2006 delivered GIS based ABM to explore herder movement in southern Ethiopia and northern Kenya. Kusnar and Sedlmeyer(2005) developed NOMAD which models the ongoing ethnic conflict in Darfur ...
Greenland
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
... • Greenland is the world’s largest island, consisting of 80% ice. It contains 10% of the world’s total supply of fresh water. • Arctic temperatures are rising twice as fast as elsewhere in the world. Average temperatures in this area have risen 2.7˚F over the past 30 years and may soon rise by up ...
Large-scale redistribution of maximum fisheries catch potential in the
... States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. Th ...
... States (excluding Alaska and Hawaii), Chile and China. Many highly impacted regions, particularly those in the tropics, are socioeconomically vulnerable to these changes. Thus, our results indicate the need to develop adaptation policy that could minimize climate change impacts through fisheries. Th ...
Adaptation Planning – What Other States are Doing
... The scientific community has reached a strong consensus that the climate is changing. Current projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate the continental United State can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will ha ...
... The scientific community has reached a strong consensus that the climate is changing. Current projections by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate the continental United State can expect temperature increases of between 5.4ºF and 12.6ºF by the year 2100.1 This warming will ha ...
Turning the Tide: Recognizing Climate Change Refugees in
... nationality, or membership of a particular social group or political opinion.1 Nevertheless, the essence of the idea remains the same: the forced relocation of individuals due to external (and largely unmanageable) factors. There are a number of different ways in which refugees can be created by cli ...
... nationality, or membership of a particular social group or political opinion.1 Nevertheless, the essence of the idea remains the same: the forced relocation of individuals due to external (and largely unmanageable) factors. There are a number of different ways in which refugees can be created by cli ...
CN: CO 2
... Summary of offline results • C-N coupling results in large decrease in CO2 fertilization of land ecosystems. • Sensitivities of net carbon flux to temperature and precipitation variation are damped by C-N coupling. • C-N coupling reverses sign of trend in carbon-climate sensitivity under increasing ...
... Summary of offline results • C-N coupling results in large decrease in CO2 fertilization of land ecosystems. • Sensitivities of net carbon flux to temperature and precipitation variation are damped by C-N coupling. • C-N coupling reverses sign of trend in carbon-climate sensitivity under increasing ...
Maryland Commission on Climate Change
... in Maryland, a second Executive Order was issued to strengthen the MCCC. The new order expanded the membership of the commission to include nongovernmental members, consisting of representatives from local governments, the business community and non-profit organizations, as well as at-large members. ...
... in Maryland, a second Executive Order was issued to strengthen the MCCC. The new order expanded the membership of the commission to include nongovernmental members, consisting of representatives from local governments, the business community and non-profit organizations, as well as at-large members. ...
The Global Warming Time Bomb?
... The composition of the ice age atmosphere is known precisely from air bubbles trapped as the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and numerous mountain glaciers built up from annual snowfall. The geographical distributions of the ice sheets, vegetation cover, and coastlines during the ice age are wel ...
... The composition of the ice age atmosphere is known precisely from air bubbles trapped as the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets and numerous mountain glaciers built up from annual snowfall. The geographical distributions of the ice sheets, vegetation cover, and coastlines during the ice age are wel ...
Full-Text PDF
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has developed a variety of scenarios which describe a range of future GHG emission trajectories [23]. Prior to the IPCC’s fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the IPCC had relied on different “storylines” to project societal parameters which are considered to be important dr ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has developed a variety of scenarios which describe a range of future GHG emission trajectories [23]. Prior to the IPCC’s fifth Assessment Report (AR5), the IPCC had relied on different “storylines” to project societal parameters which are considered to be important dr ...
What range of future scenarios should climate change policy be based on? -Modal falsificationism and its limitations
... Because the graph itself does not display the results from all emission scenarios, the range it indicates is slightly smaller than the corresponding range in the TAR (figure 1); but the bars at right, comprising all emission scenarios, span a slightly wider range than in the TAR, namely from 1.1 - 6 ...
... Because the graph itself does not display the results from all emission scenarios, the range it indicates is slightly smaller than the corresponding range in the TAR (figure 1); but the bars at right, comprising all emission scenarios, span a slightly wider range than in the TAR, namely from 1.1 - 6 ...
2000 year atmospheric history of methyl chloride from a South Pole
... 1999]. For this study, the ice core was sampled at roughly 1 meter intervals, corresponding to 12– 15 years in mean gas age. Thus, air extracted from adjacent samples should have significant age overlap. In a few instances the differences in CH3Cl mixing ratio between adjacent samples exceed the ana ...
... 1999]. For this study, the ice core was sampled at roughly 1 meter intervals, corresponding to 12– 15 years in mean gas age. Thus, air extracted from adjacent samples should have significant age overlap. In a few instances the differences in CH3Cl mixing ratio between adjacent samples exceed the ana ...
Mapping institutional fragmentation in the climate governance
... Where to draw the borders of governance architectures What constitutes a “governance architecture”, i.e. how wide should one cast the net? In regime literature, the concept of “issue area” is frequently used to define the net-size. In his early writing, Keohane described an issue area as “sets of i ...
... Where to draw the borders of governance architectures What constitutes a “governance architecture”, i.e. how wide should one cast the net? In regime literature, the concept of “issue area” is frequently used to define the net-size. In his early writing, Keohane described an issue area as “sets of i ...
The Carbon Footprint of an Injection Molding Machine
... An additional positive effect is provided by a special “time clock” assistant. Instead of setting the startup times to prewarm the machine, the operator now can program the desired production start time. The machine control system then determines the latest possible start time by itself, so actively ...
... An additional positive effect is provided by a special “time clock” assistant. Instead of setting the startup times to prewarm the machine, the operator now can program the desired production start time. The machine control system then determines the latest possible start time by itself, so actively ...
A Preventable Crisis: El Niño and La Niña events need earlier
... governance. Rain-fed agriculture accounts for more than 95 percent of farmed land in sub-Saharan Africa and 90 percent in Latin America,2 where unpredictable rain patterns and drought are increasing due to climate change—yet many governments are failing to support communities to adapt and diversify. ...
... governance. Rain-fed agriculture accounts for more than 95 percent of farmed land in sub-Saharan Africa and 90 percent in Latin America,2 where unpredictable rain patterns and drought are increasing due to climate change—yet many governments are failing to support communities to adapt and diversify. ...
Dendroclimatology in Putnam County
... Further, we would like to express gratitude to the SRF group that worked on this project in 2011 for their guidance. And lastly, we would also like to thank Professor Mills for the time, ideas, and support during this project. ...
... Further, we would like to express gratitude to the SRF group that worked on this project in 2011 for their guidance. And lastly, we would also like to thank Professor Mills for the time, ideas, and support during this project. ...
Department of Defense Natural Resources Program Fall 2015
... environment, how can I argue effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these questions, but there are many tools and partnerships available, and more on the horizon. The authors in this issue do a great job describing the problems and challenges posed by a changing climate, ...
... environment, how can I argue effectively for needed resources? There is no one answer to any of these questions, but there are many tools and partnerships available, and more on the horizon. The authors in this issue do a great job describing the problems and challenges posed by a changing climate, ...
vulnerability analysis to climate change in the caribbean belize
... People will also have to face direct impacts of climate change such as changes in drinking water availability, coastal erosion, salt water infiltrations, flooding of residential and agricultural lands and underground water sources (CRISP 2011). People will also have to face impacts of climate change ...
... People will also have to face direct impacts of climate change such as changes in drinking water availability, coastal erosion, salt water infiltrations, flooding of residential and agricultural lands and underground water sources (CRISP 2011). People will also have to face impacts of climate change ...
Resolving the effect of climate change on fish - Climate
... tightly linked to the production and distribution of fish populations, and these climate-driven biotic changes will likely differ between the open ocean, shelf seas, and coastal waters (Walther et al., 2002; Lehodey et al., 2006). Although the importance of the various environmental factors varies r ...
... tightly linked to the production and distribution of fish populations, and these climate-driven biotic changes will likely differ between the open ocean, shelf seas, and coastal waters (Walther et al., 2002; Lehodey et al., 2006). Although the importance of the various environmental factors varies r ...
Global and African Regional Climate during the Cenozoic
... variability is influenced by regional and global atmospheric teleconnections associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (Hurrell, 1995) and to a variable extent by ENSO (Knippertz et al., 2003). Greenland ice core data indicate that these patterns of variability have persisted for several hundre ...
... variability is influenced by regional and global atmospheric teleconnections associated with the North Atlantic Oscillation (Hurrell, 1995) and to a variable extent by ENSO (Knippertz et al., 2003). Greenland ice core data indicate that these patterns of variability have persisted for several hundre ...
Chapter 9 Climate Research and Climate Politics in Germany
... For politics, the problem is similarly risky. Legitimacy and credibility are in danger because the issue touches many sensitive political agendas like energy, transport, and agriculture as well as the everyday consumption patterns of most, if not all, citizens. Precautionary measures are bound to sp ...
... For politics, the problem is similarly risky. Legitimacy and credibility are in danger because the issue touches many sensitive political agendas like energy, transport, and agriculture as well as the everyday consumption patterns of most, if not all, citizens. Precautionary measures are bound to sp ...