Quest - Academy of Science of South Africa
... crops are failing. The next good rain in these areas of the country is predicted for March 2016 – too late for many. The El Niño weather system that affects this part of the world every five years or so is cited as the main reason – but El Niño is becoming a stronger weather system as the oceans war ...
... crops are failing. The next good rain in these areas of the country is predicted for March 2016 – too late for many. The El Niño weather system that affects this part of the world every five years or so is cited as the main reason – but El Niño is becoming a stronger weather system as the oceans war ...
SCIENCE SuMMARY - Chesapeake PSR
... greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, this does not account for scale effects of substitution over the entire economy or pre combustion life-cycle emissions of methane. Recent research1, using five independent integrated models, indicates that global increased natural gas consumption will have li ...
... greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, this does not account for scale effects of substitution over the entire economy or pre combustion life-cycle emissions of methane. Recent research1, using five independent integrated models, indicates that global increased natural gas consumption will have li ...
6 Climate change impacts, adaptation measures and vulnerability
... vulnerabilities as well as the adaptation measures required for different sectors, while also highlighting sectoral differences. ...
... vulnerabilities as well as the adaptation measures required for different sectors, while also highlighting sectoral differences. ...
GEO-6 Asia Pacific Assessment Fact Sheet
... causes environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. While waste generation is increasing at an alarming rate, waste management is underdeveloped, including poor waste separation, low collection rates, unsafe informal recycling practices and uncontrolled disposal. Uncontrolled dumping and ...
... causes environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. While waste generation is increasing at an alarming rate, waste management is underdeveloped, including poor waste separation, low collection rates, unsafe informal recycling practices and uncontrolled disposal. Uncontrolled dumping and ...
Climate Change Impact on Agricultural Water Resources Variability
... properties, geology, terrain, land use practices, and the spatial pattern of interactions among these factors and with climate (Richey et al., 1989; Laurance, 1998; Schulze, 2000; Fohrer et al., 2001; Zhang et al., 2001; Huang and Zhang, 2004, Brown et al., 2005, van Roosmalen et al., 2009, Tu, 2009 ...
... properties, geology, terrain, land use practices, and the spatial pattern of interactions among these factors and with climate (Richey et al., 1989; Laurance, 1998; Schulze, 2000; Fohrer et al., 2001; Zhang et al., 2001; Huang and Zhang, 2004, Brown et al., 2005, van Roosmalen et al., 2009, Tu, 2009 ...
Global Warming
... agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases. Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, techn ...
... agriculture, deforestation, landfills, industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant share of emissions. In 1997, the United States emitted about one-fifth of total global greenhouse gases. Estimating future emissions is difficult, because it depends on demographic, economic, techn ...
11. Tax and climate change
... First, climate change is distinguished from other environmental issues by the potential scale of the problem and the current degree of uncertainty about the process. There is broad scientific consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other ...
... First, climate change is distinguished from other environmental issues by the potential scale of the problem and the current degree of uncertainty about the process. There is broad scientific consensus that climate change is occurring as a result of the accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other ...
climate change implications for georgia`s water resources and
... summer river flows. Georgia’s existing energy infrastructure, especially electricity production, already draws heavily from the state’s water supply sources. Current impacts from existing electricity supplies include degradation of water quality and reduction of available water supplies. Climate cha ...
... summer river flows. Georgia’s existing energy infrastructure, especially electricity production, already draws heavily from the state’s water supply sources. Current impacts from existing electricity supplies include degradation of water quality and reduction of available water supplies. Climate cha ...
Kevin Bliss, ( 657 KB) - Governors` Biofuels Coalition
... • While demand and supply for the CO2 produced by ethanol plants appear to be in balance today, with the anticipated expansion of ethanol production over the coming years, it is likely that the CO2 produced from these plants will have to be used for other purposes, such as for enhanced oil and natur ...
... • While demand and supply for the CO2 produced by ethanol plants appear to be in balance today, with the anticipated expansion of ethanol production over the coming years, it is likely that the CO2 produced from these plants will have to be used for other purposes, such as for enhanced oil and natur ...
Governing climate change: the politics of risk society?
... the sources and experiences of climate change risk are indeterminately distanciated over space and time, stretching social and natural relations of cause, effect and responsibility, and transcending ‘the spatial, social and temporal limits of industrial risks of the past’ (Gandy 1999, 60–1). While d ...
... the sources and experiences of climate change risk are indeterminately distanciated over space and time, stretching social and natural relations of cause, effect and responsibility, and transcending ‘the spatial, social and temporal limits of industrial risks of the past’ (Gandy 1999, 60–1). While d ...
Infosylva 23/2009
... Deal on forests likely As debate ratchets up ahead of working out a climate change deal, a Dutch study says emissions from deforestation and land degradation are far lower than has been assumed. Will this have an impact on a deal to protect forests in Africa? Palm oil production making limited progr ...
... Deal on forests likely As debate ratchets up ahead of working out a climate change deal, a Dutch study says emissions from deforestation and land degradation are far lower than has been assumed. Will this have an impact on a deal to protect forests in Africa? Palm oil production making limited progr ...
Consistency analysis
... • So far, and in the next few decades, the signal is limited to temperature and directly related variables, such as ice conditions. • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some p ...
... • So far, and in the next few decades, the signal is limited to temperature and directly related variables, such as ice conditions. • Later, changes in the water cycle are expected to become obvious. • This regional warming will have a variety of effects on terrestrial and marine ecosystems – some p ...
On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic
... strong challenges to economic analysis, the full implications of which have not yet been adequately confronted. Costbenefit analysis (CBA) based on expected utility (EU) theory has been applied in practice primarily to cope with uncertainty in the form of a known thin-tailed PDF. This paper shows th ...
... strong challenges to economic analysis, the full implications of which have not yet been adequately confronted. Costbenefit analysis (CBA) based on expected utility (EU) theory has been applied in practice primarily to cope with uncertainty in the form of a known thin-tailed PDF. This paper shows th ...
Weitzman2009-Modeling-Economics-ClimateChange.pdf
... strong challenges to economic analysis, the full implications of which have not yet been adequately confronted. Costbenefit analysis (CBA) based on expected utility (EU) theory has been applied in practice primarily to cope with uncertainty in the form of a known thin-tailed PDF. This paper shows th ...
... strong challenges to economic analysis, the full implications of which have not yet been adequately confronted. Costbenefit analysis (CBA) based on expected utility (EU) theory has been applied in practice primarily to cope with uncertainty in the form of a known thin-tailed PDF. This paper shows th ...
Hydrodynamic impacts of Egyptian costal lakes due to
... Investigation of the climate change impacts, especially sea level rise and temperature, on coastal lakes are addressed in limited publications (Anton-pardo and Armengol, 2011; Hinkel and Klein, 2009; Schallenberg et al., 2003; Simas et al., 2001; Ticehurst, 2008). Regarding Egyptian coastal zone, th ...
... Investigation of the climate change impacts, especially sea level rise and temperature, on coastal lakes are addressed in limited publications (Anton-pardo and Armengol, 2011; Hinkel and Klein, 2009; Schallenberg et al., 2003; Simas et al., 2001; Ticehurst, 2008). Regarding Egyptian coastal zone, th ...
Be skeptical of Skeptic`s skepticism of skeptics
... Cotswold countryside that the carbon in the tree-trunks all around them came not from the ground but from the CO2 in the air. With sunlight, chlorophyll, and water, CO2 is an essential ingredient in plant photosynthesis, without which there would be little or no life on Earth. Seen in a geological p ...
... Cotswold countryside that the carbon in the tree-trunks all around them came not from the ground but from the CO2 in the air. With sunlight, chlorophyll, and water, CO2 is an essential ingredient in plant photosynthesis, without which there would be little or no life on Earth. Seen in a geological p ...
Climate adaptation: what it means for Australian consumers
... Is climate change a priority for consumers? To understand how important climate change is for consumers, we asked respondents to rank what they felt were the most important social issues. Results revealed that the most important social issues currently facing consumers are mainly household related, ...
... Is climate change a priority for consumers? To understand how important climate change is for consumers, we asked respondents to rank what they felt were the most important social issues. Results revealed that the most important social issues currently facing consumers are mainly household related, ...
When Environmental Issues Collide: Climate Change
... plants produce no carbon dioxide. . .no air emissions at all.” (in McCully 2001:141). Similarly, Zhou and coauthors (2008:1078) more recently claim that (small) hydro “is a renewable energy with zero emissions.” As a result, the growing focus on mitigating climate change provides a new incentive fo ...
... plants produce no carbon dioxide. . .no air emissions at all.” (in McCully 2001:141). Similarly, Zhou and coauthors (2008:1078) more recently claim that (small) hydro “is a renewable energy with zero emissions.” As a result, the growing focus on mitigating climate change provides a new incentive fo ...
Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change Bogor Presidential
... the core of a post-2012 framework, that they need to be built upon and expanded, and that equal weight must be given to adaptation and mitigation and special issues such as deforestation and forest degradation. 1. Need to be guided by a shared vision based on the findings of the IPCC’s Fourth Assess ...
... the core of a post-2012 framework, that they need to be built upon and expanded, and that equal weight must be given to adaptation and mitigation and special issues such as deforestation and forest degradation. 1. Need to be guided by a shared vision based on the findings of the IPCC’s Fourth Assess ...
full publication
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind this century. Unchecked, no one will remain immune from its consequences. Yet we each contribute to it. Every time we use electricity and gas at home, drive a car and get on an aeroplane we are emitting greenhouse gases that are warming ...
... Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing mankind this century. Unchecked, no one will remain immune from its consequences. Yet we each contribute to it. Every time we use electricity and gas at home, drive a car and get on an aeroplane we are emitting greenhouse gases that are warming ...
Call for proposals - Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
... changing climate and have evolved approaches that increase resilience to variable and changing climatic conditions. New agricultural technologies and practices have been introduced to improve the capacity to adapt to climate change. Policies have emerged at different levels (local, national and sub- ...
... changing climate and have evolved approaches that increase resilience to variable and changing climatic conditions. New agricultural technologies and practices have been introduced to improve the capacity to adapt to climate change. Policies have emerged at different levels (local, national and sub- ...
"A Broader View of the Role of Humans in the... Assessment of Costs and Benefits of Effective Climate Policy"
... Forcings and Feedbacks Not a Global Average Temperature Trend 3a. Can regional scale climate be predicted decades into the future? The CCSP Report “The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States” accepts model predictions and pres ...
... Forcings and Feedbacks Not a Global Average Temperature Trend 3a. Can regional scale climate be predicted decades into the future? The CCSP Report “The effects of climate change on agriculture, land resources, water resources, and biodiversity in the United States” accepts model predictions and pres ...