Setting a long-term climate objective
... Members of the International Taskforce on Climate Change agreed at their meeting in Windsor UK in March 2004 that the Taskforce should make a recommendation on a global, long-term objective to guide action on climate change. The case for doing so is persuasive. Each of the countries that have ratifi ...
... Members of the International Taskforce on Climate Change agreed at their meeting in Windsor UK in March 2004 that the Taskforce should make a recommendation on a global, long-term objective to guide action on climate change. The case for doing so is persuasive. Each of the countries that have ratifi ...
Sára Hrabovszky-Horváth The climate strategy aspects of the energy
... adverse impacts of climate change (sensitivity), and its ability to endure these impacts (adaptation capacity). Furthermore vulnerability is also dependant on the form climate change takes, its degree, speed and the building’s exposure to the external effects climate change is amplifying (exposure) ...
... adverse impacts of climate change (sensitivity), and its ability to endure these impacts (adaptation capacity). Furthermore vulnerability is also dependant on the form climate change takes, its degree, speed and the building’s exposure to the external effects climate change is amplifying (exposure) ...
Changes in Surface Water Supply Across Africa with Predicted
... significantly affect present surface water access across 25% of Africa by the end of this century. Water is essential to human survival, and changes in its supply from overland flow can potentially have devastating implications, particularly in Africa, where much of the population relies on local ri ...
... significantly affect present surface water access across 25% of Africa by the end of this century. Water is essential to human survival, and changes in its supply from overland flow can potentially have devastating implications, particularly in Africa, where much of the population relies on local ri ...
Earth climate identification vs. anthropic global warming
... Based on numerical models and climate observations over past centuries, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) attributes to human activity most of the warming observed since the mid-20th century. In this context, this paper presents the first major attempt for climate system identificat ...
... Based on numerical models and climate observations over past centuries, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) attributes to human activity most of the warming observed since the mid-20th century. In this context, this paper presents the first major attempt for climate system identificat ...
13282@@2@@Atlantic Charter for sustainable
... and energy-related costs of the “urban sprawl” planning model are no longer acceptable in view of the challenge posed today by climate change and the need for sustainable development. It will have to be replaced by a model that focuses on high-density development, public transport, networks of infra ...
... and energy-related costs of the “urban sprawl” planning model are no longer acceptable in view of the challenge posed today by climate change and the need for sustainable development. It will have to be replaced by a model that focuses on high-density development, public transport, networks of infra ...
Global response of the terrestrial biosphere to CO2 and climate
... general circulation model to a global carbon cycle model. This coupled model was forced by observed CO2 emissions for the 1860–1990 period and by the IPCC SRES-A2 emission scenario for the 1991–2100 period. During the historical period, our simulated Net Primary Production (NPP) and net land uptake ...
... general circulation model to a global carbon cycle model. This coupled model was forced by observed CO2 emissions for the 1860–1990 period and by the IPCC SRES-A2 emission scenario for the 1991–2100 period. During the historical period, our simulated Net Primary Production (NPP) and net land uptake ...
Practical consideration of climate change
... The impacts of climate change and the associated ramifications upon the vulnerability of floodplain risk management (FRM) mitigation options and development decisions can be significant and therefore cannot be ignored in decision making today. The climate change factors affecting flood behaviour and ...
... The impacts of climate change and the associated ramifications upon the vulnerability of floodplain risk management (FRM) mitigation options and development decisions can be significant and therefore cannot be ignored in decision making today. The climate change factors affecting flood behaviour and ...
greenhouses gases
... the sun's heat to be trapped and allow the surface of the planet to warm. Without it the surface of the planet would be too cold for life to exist. To explain the images are quotes from NASA: "Left: 1880-1889. Right: 2000-2009. These maps compare temperatures in each region of the world to what they ...
... the sun's heat to be trapped and allow the surface of the planet to warm. Without it the surface of the planet would be too cold for life to exist. To explain the images are quotes from NASA: "Left: 1880-1889. Right: 2000-2009. These maps compare temperatures in each region of the world to what they ...
A Framework for the Development of New Socio
... set of experiments to investigate carbon-climate feedbacks and other emerging research questions. They have been developed by four IAMs and as such imply consistent socioeconomic and mitigation assumptions for each of the four RCPs, but these were not reported and will be replaced by new driving for ...
... set of experiments to investigate carbon-climate feedbacks and other emerging research questions. They have been developed by four IAMs and as such imply consistent socioeconomic and mitigation assumptions for each of the four RCPs, but these were not reported and will be replaced by new driving for ...
East Africa
... periods (100 or 150 years in this study) meet this requirement from the central limit theorem. To fulfill this requirement in the case of extreme quantiles, the first step involved estimating the GPD parameters from maximum likelihood. After checking for model quality and inverting the GPD to obtain ...
... periods (100 or 150 years in this study) meet this requirement from the central limit theorem. To fulfill this requirement in the case of extreme quantiles, the first step involved estimating the GPD parameters from maximum likelihood. After checking for model quality and inverting the GPD to obtain ...
The purpose of this paper is to lay the groundwork,... for the holistic understanding of the economic hopes and geophysical...
... clear signs that continuing down this path is destructive (Graeber 2011). So the important question of 21st century development becomes why populations of political units (states, more or less loose federations and the like) must be promised an increase in goods and services year on year for a hope ...
... clear signs that continuing down this path is destructive (Graeber 2011). So the important question of 21st century development becomes why populations of political units (states, more or less loose federations and the like) must be promised an increase in goods and services year on year for a hope ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES Lee G. Branstetter William A. Pizer
... to ecological and economic systems worldwide. 3 Many scholars and political leaders view an effort to limit climate change as the preeminent policy challenge of our time. But this effort carries with it special challenges that stem from the intrinsic characteristics of the climate change problem. Th ...
... to ecological and economic systems worldwide. 3 Many scholars and political leaders view an effort to limit climate change as the preeminent policy challenge of our time. But this effort carries with it special challenges that stem from the intrinsic characteristics of the climate change problem. Th ...
Slide 1
... “One of the most important outcomes of your study could be a clear statement of our present ignorance” -Climate Change Panel Respondent (1978) Over 97% of climate scientists believe humans are causing the planet to warm. -EOS, American Geophysical Union (2009) ...
... “One of the most important outcomes of your study could be a clear statement of our present ignorance” -Climate Change Panel Respondent (1978) Over 97% of climate scientists believe humans are causing the planet to warm. -EOS, American Geophysical Union (2009) ...
IMprOVING SMALL FArMErS` AdApTIVE CApACITY IN SEMI
... of sanitation causing diseases, and poor education generating unemployment, crime and pollution. These social costs should be factored into the cost-benefit analysis of large-scale versus small-scale water access projects. ...
... of sanitation causing diseases, and poor education generating unemployment, crime and pollution. These social costs should be factored into the cost-benefit analysis of large-scale versus small-scale water access projects. ...
Conflict over Climate Change Politics - GUPEA
... political question of climate change. Instead, the politics of climate change is produced along with a practice of linking economical activities or different societal domains to the issue. This process of expanding politics into the field of climate change is a discursive practice. Such political pr ...
... political question of climate change. Instead, the politics of climate change is produced along with a practice of linking economical activities or different societal domains to the issue. This process of expanding politics into the field of climate change is a discursive practice. Such political pr ...
Climate Models for the Layman - The Global Warming Policy
... Climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide Human-caused warming depends not only on how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to that carbon dioxide. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of car ...
... Climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide Human-caused warming depends not only on how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to that carbon dioxide. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of car ...
Atmospheric CO2: Principal Control Knob Governing Earth`s
... Because the solar-thermal energy balance of Earth [at the top of the atmosphere (TOA)] is maintained by radiative processes only, and because all the global net advective energy transports must equal zero, it follows that the global average surface temperature must be determined in full by the radia ...
... Because the solar-thermal energy balance of Earth [at the top of the atmosphere (TOA)] is maintained by radiative processes only, and because all the global net advective energy transports must equal zero, it follows that the global average surface temperature must be determined in full by the radia ...
A Stitch in Time: Lessons for Climate Change Adaptation from the
... We can adapt to climate change and limit the harm. Or we can fail to adapt and risk much more severe consequences. How we respond to this challenge will shape the future in important ways. The climate is already hazardous and always has been. Variations and extremes of climate disrupt our production ...
... We can adapt to climate change and limit the harm. Or we can fail to adapt and risk much more severe consequences. How we respond to this challenge will shape the future in important ways. The climate is already hazardous and always has been. Variations and extremes of climate disrupt our production ...
04.4 Indonesia`s position and policy 8512KB
... Target 11 : By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of slum dwellers ...
... Target 11 : By 2020, to have achieved a significant improvement in the lives of slum dwellers ...
UNDP-TACC Pilot project Uruguay
... adaptation to climate change and risk reduction is included in one of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework! UNDAF (2007-2010) programme outputs and in one of the UNDP Country Programme outputs: "Measures for adaptation and mitigation to climate change and risk reduction plans implemen ...
... adaptation to climate change and risk reduction is included in one of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework! UNDAF (2007-2010) programme outputs and in one of the UNDP Country Programme outputs: "Measures for adaptation and mitigation to climate change and risk reduction plans implemen ...
Weaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge
... “adawx” something we can use given all the changes in the political aspect. Today, we are governed differently and we no longer rely on the previous structure, yet it still exists. ...
... “adawx” something we can use given all the changes in the political aspect. Today, we are governed differently and we no longer rely on the previous structure, yet it still exists. ...
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... probit model, econometric investigation reveals that although experienced farmers are more likely to perceive climate change, it is educated farmers who are more likely to respond by making at least one adaptation. Farmers who have enjoyed free extension advice and who are situated close to the mark ...
... probit model, econometric investigation reveals that although experienced farmers are more likely to perceive climate change, it is educated farmers who are more likely to respond by making at least one adaptation. Farmers who have enjoyed free extension advice and who are situated close to the mark ...
Interpreting bargaining strategies of developing countries in climate
... Parties agreed on the basic rules to be adopted in order to facilitate the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) that will form the foundation for climate action post 2020 when the new agreement expected in COP21 (Paris 2015) is set to come into effect. The regulation of INDCs constit ...
... Parties agreed on the basic rules to be adopted in order to facilitate the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) that will form the foundation for climate action post 2020 when the new agreement expected in COP21 (Paris 2015) is set to come into effect. The regulation of INDCs constit ...
The integrated Earth system model version 1
... The starting point for the team’s development efforts was version 1.0 (now 1.1) of the CESM. CESM is a community code and may be downloaded from the Community Earth System Model Project (2014; URL in references). The CESM uses a flexible coupler that couples the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice comp ...
... The starting point for the team’s development efforts was version 1.0 (now 1.1) of the CESM. CESM is a community code and may be downloaded from the Community Earth System Model Project (2014; URL in references). The CESM uses a flexible coupler that couples the atmosphere, ocean, land, and ice comp ...
Research and systematic observation
... work was led by the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA). The panel compiled a global assessment report entitled Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change, which was released at the UN Forum on Forests in April 2009. It stressed the risk that the changing climate could lead to serious ...
... work was led by the Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA). The panel compiled a global assessment report entitled Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change, which was released at the UN Forum on Forests in April 2009. It stressed the risk that the changing climate could lead to serious ...