Land-use and carbon cycle responses
... improve water use efficiency in all crops14–16. The net effect on crop productivity depends on the prevailing climatic conditions14. Changes in temperature, precipitation, radiation and CO2 concentration (hereafter summarized under the term climate change unless indicated otherwise), can have positi ...
... improve water use efficiency in all crops14–16. The net effect on crop productivity depends on the prevailing climatic conditions14. Changes in temperature, precipitation, radiation and CO2 concentration (hereafter summarized under the term climate change unless indicated otherwise), can have positi ...
Workshop report, 3-4 December 2009
... mitigation and adaptation, even before the current UNFCCC negotiations are concluded. Forests have to be part of the national climate change strategy, as much as climate change needs to be part of the national forest programmes. Dr. Omaliss Keo, Forest Administration and national REDD focal point, t ...
... mitigation and adaptation, even before the current UNFCCC negotiations are concluded. Forests have to be part of the national climate change strategy, as much as climate change needs to be part of the national forest programmes. Dr. Omaliss Keo, Forest Administration and national REDD focal point, t ...
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... “climate change” (even if the ACT Greens believe the ACT can on its own prevent global climate change!). • China cannot be a free rider. Without its total support, there will be no reduction in climate change from which it would benefit without incurring any costs. ...
... “climate change” (even if the ACT Greens believe the ACT can on its own prevent global climate change!). • China cannot be a free rider. Without its total support, there will be no reduction in climate change from which it would benefit without incurring any costs. ...
Greenhouse Gases – A Primer
... 2. Methane levels have more than doubled over the last 150 years, primarily from human actions such as the production, transportation, and use of fossil fuels; landfilling of waste; and intensive livestock farming. U.S. methane emissions have spiked 30% since 2002 – precisely the era when fracking b ...
... 2. Methane levels have more than doubled over the last 150 years, primarily from human actions such as the production, transportation, and use of fossil fuels; landfilling of waste; and intensive livestock farming. U.S. methane emissions have spiked 30% since 2002 – precisely the era when fracking b ...
1 Biogeographic and Trophic Restructuring of the Biosphere: The
... production. This loss is continuing to the present at more than 25 million acres per year. Much of the remaining land has severe erosion problems, particularly in Asia, Africa, and South America where annual soil loss currently averages 12 to 16 tons per acre20. Loss of soil to erosion is less in t ...
... production. This loss is continuing to the present at more than 25 million acres per year. Much of the remaining land has severe erosion problems, particularly in Asia, Africa, and South America where annual soil loss currently averages 12 to 16 tons per acre20. Loss of soil to erosion is less in t ...
Endogenous growth, convexity of damages and climate risk: how Nordhaus framework supports deep cuts in carbon emissions
... could have long-lasting impacts on growth (Stern, 2013) and there is now an emerging body of empirical evidence pointing in this direction (e.g. Dell et al., 2012), even though climatic conditions in the recent past have been relatively stable compared with what we now have to contemplate. Second, w ...
... could have long-lasting impacts on growth (Stern, 2013) and there is now an emerging body of empirical evidence pointing in this direction (e.g. Dell et al., 2012), even though climatic conditions in the recent past have been relatively stable compared with what we now have to contemplate. Second, w ...
Climate change, plant diseases and food security, an overview
... pathogen infection epidemiology and therefore all the activities that cascade from these effects. Defining uncertainty is important in all areas of climate change research, not just in model assumptions whether stochastic or deterministic, but also in biological processes where knowledge or understa ...
... pathogen infection epidemiology and therefore all the activities that cascade from these effects. Defining uncertainty is important in all areas of climate change research, not just in model assumptions whether stochastic or deterministic, but also in biological processes where knowledge or understa ...
Introductions PowerPoint
... From 2006 to 2007, the size of the Arctic ice shelf decreased 386,000 square miles, reducing Arctic sea ice to its lowest levels since satellite records have been tracking the region (Than). In 2007, NASA scientists confirmed that the annual ice melt on Greenland occurred at 150% above the average r ...
... From 2006 to 2007, the size of the Arctic ice shelf decreased 386,000 square miles, reducing Arctic sea ice to its lowest levels since satellite records have been tracking the region (Than). In 2007, NASA scientists confirmed that the annual ice melt on Greenland occurred at 150% above the average r ...
The Climate Change Benefits of Reducing Methane Emissions
... horizon chosen, as the results for methane show. They do not allow impacts that occur soon to be valued more highly than those that occur in the distant future, and they are relative, rather than absolute, measures. Knowing the GWP of a gas does not necessarily help very much in deciding how much ef ...
... horizon chosen, as the results for methane show. They do not allow impacts that occur soon to be valued more highly than those that occur in the distant future, and they are relative, rather than absolute, measures. Knowing the GWP of a gas does not necessarily help very much in deciding how much ef ...
Bohensky CV Dec 2015
... governments in seven African countries to increase emphasis on ecosystem services and links to human wellbeing in national poverty reduction strategies. Lead Editor, Gariep Basin Millennium Ecosystem Assessment University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (Jul 2002 - Dec 2004) I managed this Southern Af ...
... governments in seven African countries to increase emphasis on ecosystem services and links to human wellbeing in national poverty reduction strategies. Lead Editor, Gariep Basin Millennium Ecosystem Assessment University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (Jul 2002 - Dec 2004) I managed this Southern Af ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Success Stories - CGSpace
... all of these trees had disappeared, falling victim to drought, increasing population pressure and modern forestry and agricultural advice that dictated that trees should not be left to grow in crop fields. Farmers were told that trees on farmland were ‘weeds’ that competed with their crops for light ...
... all of these trees had disappeared, falling victim to drought, increasing population pressure and modern forestry and agricultural advice that dictated that trees should not be left to grow in crop fields. Farmers were told that trees on farmland were ‘weeds’ that competed with their crops for light ...
Hydrology as a driver of biodiversity: Controls on carrying capacity
... This distinction is crucially important since climate change is projected to lead to more intense, less frequent storm events, with important repercussions for vegetation. Similarly, Bartholomeus et al. [1] demonstrate that increased extremes in soil moisture, similar to those likely to be observed ...
... This distinction is crucially important since climate change is projected to lead to more intense, less frequent storm events, with important repercussions for vegetation. Similarly, Bartholomeus et al. [1] demonstrate that increased extremes in soil moisture, similar to those likely to be observed ...
Infectious disease, development, and climate change: a
... were plagued by multicollinearity. One would preferably start with the model that includes all possible explanatory variables. Estimates could then be refined by eliminating variables that are neither individually nor jointly significant in a step-wise process. This procedure was not possible, howev ...
... were plagued by multicollinearity. One would preferably start with the model that includes all possible explanatory variables. Estimates could then be refined by eliminating variables that are neither individually nor jointly significant in a step-wise process. This procedure was not possible, howev ...
Kimberly Marion Suiseeya - Initiative on Climate Adaptation
... REDD may inhibit the ability of local communities to adapt to climate change. This could result from two potential outcomes of REDD: first, REDD may be effectively implemented, securing large tracts of previously (de facto) open access forest and cutting off resource access to local people and also ...
... REDD may inhibit the ability of local communities to adapt to climate change. This could result from two potential outcomes of REDD: first, REDD may be effectively implemented, securing large tracts of previously (de facto) open access forest and cutting off resource access to local people and also ...
global climate change and presidential leadership
... elites as well as the general public have made global climate change particularly difficult to resolve. Much of the confrontation has come in rhetorical exchanges among politicians, scientists, policy makers, and media spokespersons. Intense feelings on both sides of the issue have been heard. In th ...
... elites as well as the general public have made global climate change particularly difficult to resolve. Much of the confrontation has come in rhetorical exchanges among politicians, scientists, policy makers, and media spokespersons. Intense feelings on both sides of the issue have been heard. In th ...
Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels of greenhouse gases
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK ...
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK ...
On predicting climate under climate change
... and nonlinear systems (Grebogi et al 1987, Chu 1999) literatures but it is often taken to be relatively unimportant for decadal and multi-decadal climate prediction. If this source of uncertainty is not well quantified, however, then multi-model based probabilistic climate predictions will inevitabl ...
... and nonlinear systems (Grebogi et al 1987, Chu 1999) literatures but it is often taken to be relatively unimportant for decadal and multi-decadal climate prediction. If this source of uncertainty is not well quantified, however, then multi-model based probabilistic climate predictions will inevitabl ...
- Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology
... Climate change is often expressed simply in terms of changes in mean climate. ...
... Climate change is often expressed simply in terms of changes in mean climate. ...
indigenous strategies and empirical models for adaptability of the
... By doing so farmers reduce the risk of complete crop failure because different crops are affected differently by climate changes (Benhin, 2006). It has been observed that the managing of farming systems resulted in smallholder farmers meeting their subsistence needs in the midst of environmental var ...
... By doing so farmers reduce the risk of complete crop failure because different crops are affected differently by climate changes (Benhin, 2006). It has been observed that the managing of farming systems resulted in smallholder farmers meeting their subsistence needs in the midst of environmental var ...
Uncertainty in predictions of the climate response to rising levels ..............................................................
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK ...
... Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, UK Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QD, UK ...
Urban Planning for Climate Change – Position Paper of FIG Working
... causing sea levels to rise increasingly rapidly (FIG 2010:10). For any city, the scale of the risk from these extreme weather events is also much influenced by the quality of housing and physical and social infrastructure in that city and the level of preparedness among the city’s population and key ...
... causing sea levels to rise increasingly rapidly (FIG 2010:10). For any city, the scale of the risk from these extreme weather events is also much influenced by the quality of housing and physical and social infrastructure in that city and the level of preparedness among the city’s population and key ...
Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... (Vanderkamp 1971; Most and Star 1989; Vidal 1998; Gibson and Mckenzie 2011). People do not only consider the necessity of moving away (usually defined by the current living conditions), but they also take into account the conditions that they will face in the new environment Hence, people move withi ...
... (Vanderkamp 1971; Most and Star 1989; Vidal 1998; Gibson and Mckenzie 2011). People do not only consider the necessity of moving away (usually defined by the current living conditions), but they also take into account the conditions that they will face in the new environment Hence, people move withi ...