Looking Ahead
... The concept of sustainable development was defined in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission as the ability of society to meet the needs of today’s generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). Today sust ...
... The concept of sustainable development was defined in 1987 by the Brundtland Commission as the ability of society to meet the needs of today’s generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987). Today sust ...
National Integrated Mitigation Planning in Agriculture: A review paper
... propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have been identified. Those NAMAs that have quantified emission reduction targets or mitigation potentials ...
... propose NAMAs in the agriculture sector. A number of NAMAs are also under development but have not been officially communicated to the UNFCCC. A total of 62 agricultural NAMAs from 30 countries have been identified. Those NAMAs that have quantified emission reduction targets or mitigation potentials ...
Modelling the Miocene climatic optimum, Part 1: land and atmosphere
... Eurasia in the Miocene relative to the control case (Fig. 8c and f). In each instance this is due ...
... Eurasia in the Miocene relative to the control case (Fig. 8c and f). In each instance this is due ...
Coffee and Climate Change - Natural Resources Institute
... weather events. Specifically for tropical regions an increase in extreme weather events is predicted. Scientific research and participatory assessments show, that many of the current coffee growing regions are already suffering from these changing conditions and are very likely to be affected in the ...
... weather events. Specifically for tropical regions an increase in extreme weather events is predicted. Scientific research and participatory assessments show, that many of the current coffee growing regions are already suffering from these changing conditions and are very likely to be affected in the ...
Rapid attribution of the August 2016 flood
... floods will worsen as planet warms, scientists warn” (Milman, 2016), “Flooding in the South looks a lot like climate change” (Bromwich, 2016). However, specific scientific statements for the event as observed in south Louisiana cannot be made based on general assessments of the connection of global ...
... floods will worsen as planet warms, scientists warn” (Milman, 2016), “Flooding in the South looks a lot like climate change” (Bromwich, 2016). However, specific scientific statements for the event as observed in south Louisiana cannot be made based on general assessments of the connection of global ...
National Water Program Strategy Response to Climate Change
... intense rainfall result in more nutrients, pathogens, and toxins being washed into waterbodies. 3. Changes to the Availability of Drinking Water Supplies: In some parts of the country, droughts, changing patterns of precipitation and snowmelt, and increased water loss due to evaporation as a result ...
... intense rainfall result in more nutrients, pathogens, and toxins being washed into waterbodies. 3. Changes to the Availability of Drinking Water Supplies: In some parts of the country, droughts, changing patterns of precipitation and snowmelt, and increased water loss due to evaporation as a result ...
assessing rainfall and vegetation Africa
... that followed the great drought of the seventies was also attributed to rainfall increase (Herrmann et al., 2005). Climate change projections for Africa reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (Christensen et al., 2007) showed anticipated future decr ...
... that followed the great drought of the seventies was also attributed to rainfall increase (Herrmann et al., 2005). Climate change projections for Africa reported in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (Christensen et al., 2007) showed anticipated future decr ...
1-Thesis Synthesis
... Many people have hailed the relatively rapid political-legal responses to stratospheric ozone depletion as evidence of a newly found propensity to act swiftly and effectively in response to environmental change. Assertions that adaptation to avert climate change will be equally swift and effective a ...
... Many people have hailed the relatively rapid political-legal responses to stratospheric ozone depletion as evidence of a newly found propensity to act swiftly and effectively in response to environmental change. Assertions that adaptation to avert climate change will be equally swift and effective a ...
Climate Change Effects and Adaptation Approaches in Freshwater
... Increases in CO2 and air temperature, combined with changing precipitation patterns, are already altering numerous conditions, processes, and interactions in freshwater aquatic and riparian ecosystems. In most cases, these trends are projected to continue. Reduced snowfall and snowpack, especially a ...
... Increases in CO2 and air temperature, combined with changing precipitation patterns, are already altering numerous conditions, processes, and interactions in freshwater aquatic and riparian ecosystems. In most cases, these trends are projected to continue. Reduced snowfall and snowpack, especially a ...
Human Adaptation to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Its
... Many people have hailed the relatively rapid political-legal responses to stratospheric ozone depletion as evidence of a newly found propensity to act swiftly and effectively in response to environmental change. Assertions that adaptation to avert climate change will be equally swift and effective a ...
... Many people have hailed the relatively rapid political-legal responses to stratospheric ozone depletion as evidence of a newly found propensity to act swiftly and effectively in response to environmental change. Assertions that adaptation to avert climate change will be equally swift and effective a ...
1 – Environmental Threats
... • Fossil fuels: energy crises, increased CO2 emissions because of increased coal consumption; scarcity may increase the cost effectiveness of renewable energy options (solar, wind, wave power) • Minerals: increasing scarcity, rising prices for commodities. Use of secondary copper from recycling beco ...
... • Fossil fuels: energy crises, increased CO2 emissions because of increased coal consumption; scarcity may increase the cost effectiveness of renewable energy options (solar, wind, wave power) • Minerals: increasing scarcity, rising prices for commodities. Use of secondary copper from recycling beco ...
Addressing Environmental Challenges and their Social
... Weather extremes, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and heritage, depletion of natural resources and other environmental phenomena are happening all around us. Indeed, climate change, combined in some cases with environmental mismanagement, affects all segments of society, but it is th ...
... Weather extremes, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and heritage, depletion of natural resources and other environmental phenomena are happening all around us. Indeed, climate change, combined in some cases with environmental mismanagement, affects all segments of society, but it is th ...
FINANCING PLAN (IN US$): - UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... 3. In response to the need for strategies to climate change impacts on coastal regions, most countries in the region are developing, or have developed, framework strategies for integrated coastal area management (ICAM), but few have managed to implement effective adaptation strategies especially in ...
... 3. In response to the need for strategies to climate change impacts on coastal regions, most countries in the region are developing, or have developed, framework strategies for integrated coastal area management (ICAM), but few have managed to implement effective adaptation strategies especially in ...
Effects of Climate Change on the Canadian Arctic Wildlife
... positive effects to wildlife populations (and ultimately humans) may be mitigated or used through sound management. Our overall goal is to provide the wildlife-related knowledge necessary to conduct the integrated regional impact studies of the ‘Eastern Arctic’ and ‘Hudson Bay’, two of the four regi ...
... positive effects to wildlife populations (and ultimately humans) may be mitigated or used through sound management. Our overall goal is to provide the wildlife-related knowledge necessary to conduct the integrated regional impact studies of the ‘Eastern Arctic’ and ‘Hudson Bay’, two of the four regi ...
Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for Our Landscapes
... This report is published as one of a series of technical inputs to the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) report. The NCA is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and Congress every four years on the status of clim ...
... This report is published as one of a series of technical inputs to the Third National Climate Assessment (NCA) report. The NCA is being conducted under the auspices of the Global Change Research Act of 1990, which requires a report to the President and Congress every four years on the status of clim ...
Shale gas and climate change
... security, and employment. The international impact is already significant. The US Energy Information Administration has initially estimated the world’s technically recoverable shale gas resources at over 7,000 trillion cubic feet, or 47% of world conventional resources. Shale gas resources are widel ...
... security, and employment. The international impact is already significant. The US Energy Information Administration has initially estimated the world’s technically recoverable shale gas resources at over 7,000 trillion cubic feet, or 47% of world conventional resources. Shale gas resources are widel ...
Evaluating land-use related environmental impacts of biomass
... This thesis is the result of many interesting years of research work in research projects around the theme of environmental impacts of land use and their assessment with life cycle assessment methodology. I have been lucky enough to have been surrounded by very skilled and experienced colleagues all ...
... This thesis is the result of many interesting years of research work in research projects around the theme of environmental impacts of land use and their assessment with life cycle assessment methodology. I have been lucky enough to have been surrounded by very skilled and experienced colleagues all ...
Reconstructing Climatic and Environmental Changes of the Past
... Even with limited knowledge of the diverse range of local climatic behavior, the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are not expected to be spatially homogeneous or temporally synchronous. The beginning and end dates of these climate anomalies require a better understanding (e.g., for the Li ...
... Even with limited knowledge of the diverse range of local climatic behavior, the Medieval Warm Period and the Little Ice Age are not expected to be spatially homogeneous or temporally synchronous. The beginning and end dates of these climate anomalies require a better understanding (e.g., for the Li ...
Climate change and the northern Russian treeline zone
... than 68C are generally required for bud formation and other aspects of reproductive development. Successful sexual reproduction can be rare for the dwarf krummholz trees that typify the species limits for conifers, and local propagation is often by vegetative layering. Although growing season condit ...
... than 68C are generally required for bud formation and other aspects of reproductive development. Successful sexual reproduction can be rare for the dwarf krummholz trees that typify the species limits for conifers, and local propagation is often by vegetative layering. Although growing season condit ...
FIFTH NATIONAL COMMUNICATION of the Austrian Federal
... 700,000 since 1985. Less than one third of all Austrians live in 5 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants each; about half of the population lives in communes with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants. Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices was € 271 billion in the year 2007 with a growth of 5.3 ...
... 700,000 since 1985. Less than one third of all Austrians live in 5 cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants each; about half of the population lives in communes with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants. Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices was € 271 billion in the year 2007 with a growth of 5.3 ...
PDF - IPCC Working Group II
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
... World Bank and ESMAP Studies are published to communicate the results of the Bank’s work to the development community with the least possible delay. The manuscript of this paper therefore has not been prepared in accordance with the procedures appropriate to formally-edited texts. Some sources cited ...
Regional Climate Projections
... models make regional estimates across the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans uncertain. All Caribbean, Indian Ocean and North and South Pacific islands are very likely to warm during this century. The warming is likely to be somewhat smaller than the global annual mean. Summer rainfall in the Cari ...
... models make regional estimates across the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans uncertain. All Caribbean, Indian Ocean and North and South Pacific islands are very likely to warm during this century. The warming is likely to be somewhat smaller than the global annual mean. Summer rainfall in the Cari ...
Climate change effects on snow conditions in mainland Australia
... temperature dependent). Ablation is calculated from the number of degree-days > 0°C. The snow season begins when accumulation exceeds ablation, and the snow depth grows until ablation exceeds accumulation. The snow depth then falls until the excess of ablation over accumulation has been sufficient t ...
... temperature dependent). Ablation is calculated from the number of degree-days > 0°C. The snow season begins when accumulation exceeds ablation, and the snow depth grows until ablation exceeds accumulation. The snow depth then falls until the excess of ablation over accumulation has been sufficient t ...
Keywords: climate change, land use, gravel-bed rivers
... Changes in climate and land use both have profound effects on rivers (Palmer et al., 2002, Macklin et al., 1992, Leopold, 1968). Climate changes influence precipitation and temperature, two variables that either directly or indirectly control the supply of water and sediment to stream channels. Land ...
... Changes in climate and land use both have profound effects on rivers (Palmer et al., 2002, Macklin et al., 1992, Leopold, 1968). Climate changes influence precipitation and temperature, two variables that either directly or indirectly control the supply of water and sediment to stream channels. Land ...