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... opening up a wide-ranging debate on how to adapt to water scarcity and droughts, two phenomena that could potentially increase in a context of climate change. Access to good quality water in sufficient quantity is fundamental to the daily lives of every human being and to most economic activities. B ...
... opening up a wide-ranging debate on how to adapt to water scarcity and droughts, two phenomena that could potentially increase in a context of climate change. Access to good quality water in sufficient quantity is fundamental to the daily lives of every human being and to most economic activities. B ...
Climate changes of the twentieth through twenty-first
... in the past centuries, particularly in the northern hemisphere (NH). These observations can be used to examine how the climate model reproduces historical climate changes. Validating the simulated variations in the last 30 years of the twentieth century, a period with relatively high observation den ...
... in the past centuries, particularly in the northern hemisphere (NH). These observations can be used to examine how the climate model reproduces historical climate changes. Validating the simulated variations in the last 30 years of the twentieth century, a period with relatively high observation den ...
Global Change in Forests: Responses of Species, Communities
... and interspecific interactions (Peters 1992). Such an individualistic perspective implies that the impacts of climate change on communities can be understood by the aggregate response across species. However, this perspective may be flawed, because interactions among species are not yet sufficiently ...
... and interspecific interactions (Peters 1992). Such an individualistic perspective implies that the impacts of climate change on communities can be understood by the aggregate response across species. However, this perspective may be flawed, because interactions among species are not yet sufficiently ...
51st DIRECTING COUNCIL
... climate change and avoid additional, potentially disastrous impacts on health. The Plan of Action serves as a model for the development of national plans of action tailored to local ...
... climate change and avoid additional, potentially disastrous impacts on health. The Plan of Action serves as a model for the development of national plans of action tailored to local ...
The Great Global Warming Swindle
... explaining that a warming ocean could expel more carbon dioxide than it absorbs -thus exacerbating the greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere and hence worrisome. It was used in the film, through its context, to imply that CO2 is all natural, coming from the ocean, and that therefore the human ele ...
... explaining that a warming ocean could expel more carbon dioxide than it absorbs -thus exacerbating the greenhouse gas buildup in the atmosphere and hence worrisome. It was used in the film, through its context, to imply that CO2 is all natural, coming from the ocean, and that therefore the human ele ...
United Nations Climate Summit 2014 Agriculture Action Area One
... developed further at the Steering Committee meeting on 25 September 2015. These include establishing work teams that focus on financing the Alliance; developing and implementing an outreach and engagement plan; identifying issues that need to be immediately addressed; and finally a creating a group ...
... developed further at the Steering Committee meeting on 25 September 2015. These include establishing work teams that focus on financing the Alliance; developing and implementing an outreach and engagement plan; identifying issues that need to be immediately addressed; and finally a creating a group ...
Business in a Climate- Constrained World
... the past generation, which has seen 663 million people—nearly 10 percent of the population—move from poverty to at least basic levels of comfort and dignity. With the potential for fundamental changes in our environment continuing to grow, the stakes for business could not be greater. We can no long ...
... the past generation, which has seen 663 million people—nearly 10 percent of the population—move from poverty to at least basic levels of comfort and dignity. With the potential for fundamental changes in our environment continuing to grow, the stakes for business could not be greater. We can no long ...
John Holdren: The Scientist Who Cried Wolf
... cooling, claiming that pollution could push us into a “new ice age.” And when he wasn’t worried about global cooling, he was worried about global warming, suggesting that “carbon‐dioxide climate‐induced famines could kill as many as a billion people before the year 2020.” To avert this catastrophe, ...
... cooling, claiming that pollution could push us into a “new ice age.” And when he wasn’t worried about global cooling, he was worried about global warming, suggesting that “carbon‐dioxide climate‐induced famines could kill as many as a billion people before the year 2020.” To avert this catastrophe, ...
- Pacific Disaster Net
... What are some of the importance of mangroves? During one of our fieldtrips to Vaiusu, we interviewed a local resident, Tagaloa Eteuati Mataia, who had lived there for more than 30 years. He had noticed over the years that the mangroves were less dense today than they were before, and while they stil ...
... What are some of the importance of mangroves? During one of our fieldtrips to Vaiusu, we interviewed a local resident, Tagaloa Eteuati Mataia, who had lived there for more than 30 years. He had noticed over the years that the mangroves were less dense today than they were before, and while they stil ...
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... be done simply applying the net present value rule, but rather has to consider the following three salient characteristics of the environmental policy decision: (i) there is uncertainty about future payoffs from climate policies; (ii) waiting allows policy makers to gather new information on the unc ...
... be done simply applying the net present value rule, but rather has to consider the following three salient characteristics of the environmental policy decision: (i) there is uncertainty about future payoffs from climate policies; (ii) waiting allows policy makers to gather new information on the unc ...
Fighting Fossil Fuels First
... world is on the path to catastrophic climate change, with temperature increases of 4˚C–6˚C degrees possible this century.12 We must therefore make steep and swift reductions in our fossil fuel consumption as well as keep forests standing, not one or the other. Much of the controversy surrounding RED ...
... world is on the path to catastrophic climate change, with temperature increases of 4˚C–6˚C degrees possible this century.12 We must therefore make steep and swift reductions in our fossil fuel consumption as well as keep forests standing, not one or the other. Much of the controversy surrounding RED ...
Extreme climatic events and their evolution under changing climatic
... In addition to the interannual variability, long-term upward trends are also apparent in all the series shown in Fig. 2. The bfingerprintQ of the long positive phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), whose influence on climate on both sides of the Atlantic is dominant in winter (Wanner et al. ...
... In addition to the interannual variability, long-term upward trends are also apparent in all the series shown in Fig. 2. The bfingerprintQ of the long positive phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), whose influence on climate on both sides of the Atlantic is dominant in winter (Wanner et al. ...
2 Echoes of 1983 `Weather Alert` report
... development, DRR and climate change adaptation, and therefore to more accurately assess the financial costs climate change will impose. Fundamentally, the world has an immediate responsibility to stem the increase in climate-related hazards. Above all, that means tackling climate change by drastica ...
... development, DRR and climate change adaptation, and therefore to more accurately assess the financial costs climate change will impose. Fundamentally, the world has an immediate responsibility to stem the increase in climate-related hazards. Above all, that means tackling climate change by drastica ...
2007 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists http://www.thebulletin.org
... we should focus our efforts on the following: Reducing carbon emissions. We need massive investments in the development of alternative (non-nuclear) energy sources and new, greener technologies. (I am against further nuclear power development because of its cost, dangerous waste, safety risks, and t ...
... we should focus our efforts on the following: Reducing carbon emissions. We need massive investments in the development of alternative (non-nuclear) energy sources and new, greener technologies. (I am against further nuclear power development because of its cost, dangerous waste, safety risks, and t ...
Assessing Public Transportation Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise: A Case Study Application
... to research, practical applications such as the Gulf Coast Study Phase 1 (U.S. DOT 2011a) focused on the process of identifying regional climate change impacts and developing risk assessment tools for use by transportation planners. In continuation of the research, the Gulf Coast Study Phase 2 inclu ...
... to research, practical applications such as the Gulf Coast Study Phase 1 (U.S. DOT 2011a) focused on the process of identifying regional climate change impacts and developing risk assessment tools for use by transportation planners. In continuation of the research, the Gulf Coast Study Phase 2 inclu ...
Document
... Climate change is a change in the "average weather" that a given region experiences, including such factors as storm frequency, temperature, wind patterns and precipitation. The rate and magnitude of global climate changes over the long term have many implications for natural ecosystems. As society ...
... Climate change is a change in the "average weather" that a given region experiences, including such factors as storm frequency, temperature, wind patterns and precipitation. The rate and magnitude of global climate changes over the long term have many implications for natural ecosystems. As society ...
funding scheme for the bali action plan
... 3. MAF – PREVENTION PILLAR Objective: provide incentives and support for the integration of Adaptation policies as an integral part of national and sectoral plans. 3. MAF – INSURANCE PILLAR Objective: preserving/restoring public goods in case of severe weather events related to climate change. ...
... 3. MAF – PREVENTION PILLAR Objective: provide incentives and support for the integration of Adaptation policies as an integral part of national and sectoral plans. 3. MAF – INSURANCE PILLAR Objective: preserving/restoring public goods in case of severe weather events related to climate change. ...
Slide 1
... wind distribution of snow rather than from spatial variability in precipitation Blowing snow can cause 10-50% of the snowfall to be returned to atmosphere by sublimation of the windblown snow particles Increased vegetation (larger vegetation types) results in greater snow depth accumulation resultin ...
... wind distribution of snow rather than from spatial variability in precipitation Blowing snow can cause 10-50% of the snowfall to be returned to atmosphere by sublimation of the windblown snow particles Increased vegetation (larger vegetation types) results in greater snow depth accumulation resultin ...
COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES
... industry can adapt to climate change, and for FAO to take a lead in informing fishers and policy makers about the likely consequences of climate change for fisheries.” The subject was again raised during the thirty-fourth session of the FAO Conference, which “expressed particular concern over the im ...
... industry can adapt to climate change, and for FAO to take a lead in informing fishers and policy makers about the likely consequences of climate change for fisheries.” The subject was again raised during the thirty-fourth session of the FAO Conference, which “expressed particular concern over the im ...
Climate Impacts on Arctic Lake Ecosystems
... ice shelves has resulted in their drainage and loss (e.g., Mueller et al. 2003), and now only one such ecosystem is known to occur in the Arctic (Veillette et al. 2011a). Thermokarst lakes on permafrost soils are expanding in size and number in certain parts of the Arctic (e.g., Payette et al. 2004) ...
... ice shelves has resulted in their drainage and loss (e.g., Mueller et al. 2003), and now only one such ecosystem is known to occur in the Arctic (Veillette et al. 2011a). Thermokarst lakes on permafrost soils are expanding in size and number in certain parts of the Arctic (e.g., Payette et al. 2004) ...
Brook Trout Related Research Projects_2-26
... Stream temperature has a direct and indirect effect on many biological, physical, and chemical processes in the freshwater environment. For example, metabolic rates of most stream organisms are controlled directly by temperature. Feeding and breeding behaviors are altered when temperature changes, r ...
... Stream temperature has a direct and indirect effect on many biological, physical, and chemical processes in the freshwater environment. For example, metabolic rates of most stream organisms are controlled directly by temperature. Feeding and breeding behaviors are altered when temperature changes, r ...
1 Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches in Climate Change and
... together the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, irrespective of their GDP. The Kyoto Protocol’s stipulation that only Annex I countries reduce their GHG emissions does not reflect today’s or tomorrow’s climate change reality. Major developing countries that are major GHG emitters should also be as ...
... together the major greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters, irrespective of their GDP. The Kyoto Protocol’s stipulation that only Annex I countries reduce their GHG emissions does not reflect today’s or tomorrow’s climate change reality. Major developing countries that are major GHG emitters should also be as ...
IPCC Asia - Climate Change and Food Security
... increase the growing season in temperate Asia, thereby prolonging the grain-filling period, which may result in higher yields (Rosenzweig and Hillel, 1998). In Japan, for example, simulation studies and field experiments indicate that enhanced CO2 levels in a warmer atmosphere will substantially inc ...
... increase the growing season in temperate Asia, thereby prolonging the grain-filling period, which may result in higher yields (Rosenzweig and Hillel, 1998). In Japan, for example, simulation studies and field experiments indicate that enhanced CO2 levels in a warmer atmosphere will substantially inc ...