Warming Impact—Disease - Open Evidence Archive
... 2010 has easily been the warmest since record keeping began, and continues a trend of each decade being warmer than the previous, that extends back 70 years. Globally, significant warming and other changes have been observed across a range of different indicators and through a number of different re ...
... 2010 has easily been the warmest since record keeping began, and continues a trend of each decade being warmer than the previous, that extends back 70 years. Globally, significant warming and other changes have been observed across a range of different indicators and through a number of different re ...
Development Theory and Development in Practice
... About the Book: This book was made possible by the NGO Support Centre, Cyprus, under the auspices of the EuropeAid project “Knowledge Makes Change” which aimed to develop capacity and raise awareness in Cyprus about the Millennium Development Goals. The project and its effective management by the NG ...
... About the Book: This book was made possible by the NGO Support Centre, Cyprus, under the auspices of the EuropeAid project “Knowledge Makes Change” which aimed to develop capacity and raise awareness in Cyprus about the Millennium Development Goals. The project and its effective management by the NG ...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
... the objective of providing information on climate change in the Arab region, as well as technical guidance on how to adapt to climate change. This report serves as an umbrella for addressing climate change in the MENA region. This task has three phases: Phase I is this regional flagship study on cli ...
... the objective of providing information on climate change in the Arab region, as well as technical guidance on how to adapt to climate change. This report serves as an umbrella for addressing climate change in the MENA region. This task has three phases: Phase I is this regional flagship study on cli ...
UK Climate action following the Paris Agreement
... economy-wide improvements to efficiency, decarbonisation of electricity and scaling up of markets for zero-emission vehicles and heating. Current policies, at best, will deliver about half the required reduction in emissions. Acting with urgency to close this policy gap would reduce long-term costs ...
... economy-wide improvements to efficiency, decarbonisation of electricity and scaling up of markets for zero-emission vehicles and heating. Current policies, at best, will deliver about half the required reduction in emissions. Acting with urgency to close this policy gap would reduce long-term costs ...
Strategic Action Programme for the Arafura and Timor Seas
... Regional actions and targets Promotion of responsible fishing practices in the ATS, including combating IUU fishing will be addressed through ongoing efforts under the Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Region (RPOA-IUU). The SAP ...
... Regional actions and targets Promotion of responsible fishing practices in the ATS, including combating IUU fishing will be addressed through ongoing efforts under the Regional Plan of Action to Promote Responsible Fishing Practices including Combating IUU Fishing in the Region (RPOA-IUU). The SAP ...
The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation
... about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming temperatures of the last several decades, and concluded that there is a need for far more extensive adaptation than is currently ...
... about climate change and its impacts in spring 2007. They reached consensus that human activity is responsible for many observed climate changes, particularly the warming temperatures of the last several decades, and concluded that there is a need for far more extensive adaptation than is currently ...
climate mitigation in the least carbon emitting countries
... Development has entered a time where it cannot be thought of without reference to climate change. While historically development in the industrialized countries has to a great extent been driven by a fossil fuel based economy, this option is no longer seen as viable for developing countries, which a ...
... Development has entered a time where it cannot be thought of without reference to climate change. While historically development in the industrialized countries has to a great extent been driven by a fossil fuel based economy, this option is no longer seen as viable for developing countries, which a ...
(CCS) and Climate Change Mitigation
... reduction: while climate science suggests that substantial CO2 reduction (i.e., more than half the current human emissions) might be necessary worldwide in the long term, many national governments are currently facing gridlock in meeting even the very modest emission targets of the Kyoto Protocol. A ...
... reduction: while climate science suggests that substantial CO2 reduction (i.e., more than half the current human emissions) might be necessary worldwide in the long term, many national governments are currently facing gridlock in meeting even the very modest emission targets of the Kyoto Protocol. A ...
... affecting irrigation development in the area and the potential factors that can enhance irrigation activities in the same area. During the field survey, the interview schedule were administered to the farmers on issues regarding to the potentials and problems of irrigation, the challenges and possib ...
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... A huge amount of crop diversity is conserved ex situ, in genebanks, yet funding is not sufficient to cover even basic conservation costs. Much of this diversity is only found or conserved today in genebank collections, having been lost or displaced from in situ collections or on-farm conditions. The ...
... A huge amount of crop diversity is conserved ex situ, in genebanks, yet funding is not sufficient to cover even basic conservation costs. Much of this diversity is only found or conserved today in genebank collections, having been lost or displaced from in situ collections or on-farm conditions. The ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... Droughts: According to the government of Uganda’s 2007 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), drought is the most prominent effect of climate change in Uganda. The NAPA suggests that the frequency of drought is on the increase with seven serious droughts experienced between 1991 and 2000 ( ...
... Droughts: According to the government of Uganda’s 2007 National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA), drought is the most prominent effect of climate change in Uganda. The NAPA suggests that the frequency of drought is on the increase with seven serious droughts experienced between 1991 and 2000 ( ...
Climate change, water and food security
... An illustration of the range of scenario prediction for GHG emissions and global warming An illustration of the effects of climate change Actual pattern of global temperature change 1970–2004 Temperature, precipitation and sea-level pressure change in 2080–2099 relative to 1980–1999 Relative vulnera ...
... An illustration of the range of scenario prediction for GHG emissions and global warming An illustration of the effects of climate change Actual pattern of global temperature change 1970–2004 Temperature, precipitation and sea-level pressure change in 2080–2099 relative to 1980–1999 Relative vulnera ...
The global status of CCS 2015: summary report
... Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action In December, world leaders will gather in Paris to conclude a new global climate deal. The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the adoption of a legally binding, ambitious and fair international agreement applicable to all and capable of keeping th ...
... Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action In December, world leaders will gather in Paris to conclude a new global climate deal. The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring the adoption of a legally binding, ambitious and fair international agreement applicable to all and capable of keeping th ...
Fifth National Report of the Government of the Federal
... Analysis of components of energy-related greenhouse-gas emissions . 172 ...
... Analysis of components of energy-related greenhouse-gas emissions . 172 ...
The anatomy of a climatic oscillation: vegetation change in eastern
... Century-scale climate changes reshaped circulation patterns over the North Atlantic and adjacent regions during the last glacialto-interglacial transition. Here, we show that vegetation across eastern North America shifted dramatically at the beginning and end of the Younger Dryas chronozone (YDC: 1 ...
... Century-scale climate changes reshaped circulation patterns over the North Atlantic and adjacent regions during the last glacialto-interglacial transition. Here, we show that vegetation across eastern North America shifted dramatically at the beginning and end of the Younger Dryas chronozone (YDC: 1 ...
Role of winter temperature and climate change on the survival and
... infestations for 10 years or more without dying, and these infestations are not widespread. For example, HWA was first documented in Amherst, MA in 1995, yet as of 2006 the vast majority of hemlock trees in this town are still not infested (Elkinton, personal observation). Further, many towns in the ...
... infestations for 10 years or more without dying, and these infestations are not widespread. For example, HWA was first documented in Amherst, MA in 1995, yet as of 2006 the vast majority of hemlock trees in this town are still not infested (Elkinton, personal observation). Further, many towns in the ...
- Wiley Online Library
... (2015) for details). Regarding the satellite cloud mask data, fog is defined as cloud at heights lower than 240 m, and the fog-occurrence frequency derived from the cloud mask data is a lower limit of the estimate, because CALIPSO cannot observe clouds that occur below thick cloud (Kawai et al., 201 ...
... (2015) for details). Regarding the satellite cloud mask data, fog is defined as cloud at heights lower than 240 m, and the fog-occurrence frequency derived from the cloud mask data is a lower limit of the estimate, because CALIPSO cannot observe clouds that occur below thick cloud (Kawai et al., 201 ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas emissions: the science and economics of future paths for global annual emissions (1 MB) (opens in new window)
... than 2020 to provide a reasonable chance of limiting warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The later the peak, the more rapidly emissions must be reduced subsequently. By 2050, global annual emissions would need to fall to no more than about 14-17 Gt CO2e. If action is delayed, wi ...
... than 2020 to provide a reasonable chance of limiting warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The later the peak, the more rapidly emissions must be reduced subsequently. By 2050, global annual emissions would need to fall to no more than about 14-17 Gt CO2e. If action is delayed, wi ...
Mitigating climate change through reductions in greenhouse gas
... than 2020 to provide a reasonable chance of limiting warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The later the peak, the more rapidly emissions must be reduced subsequently. By 2050, global annual emissions would need to fall to no more than about 14-17 Gt CO2e. If action is delayed, wi ...
... than 2020 to provide a reasonable chance of limiting warming to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels. The later the peak, the more rapidly emissions must be reduced subsequently. By 2050, global annual emissions would need to fall to no more than about 14-17 Gt CO2e. If action is delayed, wi ...
report - Berkeley Law - University of California, Berkeley
... far from complete. This report identifies additional actions the Department can take, under existing law, to reduce emissions and increase sequestration. Table 1 below outlines the key climate change mitigation actions currently being undertaken by USDA across five of its primary operating areas. Th ...
... far from complete. This report identifies additional actions the Department can take, under existing law, to reduce emissions and increase sequestration. Table 1 below outlines the key climate change mitigation actions currently being undertaken by USDA across five of its primary operating areas. Th ...
FARM-LEVEL VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EASTERN BAY OF PLENTY,
... time that I was fortunate enough to enjoy with Ness and Jules, has meant to me. Thank you both for everything you are, for showing me life, laughter and being a family. For all that you gave me, for bringing a wonderful richness to my world and enlarging it in ways I can never repay and that would t ...
... time that I was fortunate enough to enjoy with Ness and Jules, has meant to me. Thank you both for everything you are, for showing me life, laughter and being a family. For all that you gave me, for bringing a wonderful richness to my world and enlarging it in ways I can never repay and that would t ...
Climate Impact on Groundwater Flow Processes in the Cedar Creek
... extremely important because as wetlands disappear we not only lose the ecologic diversity but also the sequestering ability wetlands have for carbon. On the other hand, northern peatlands only release 7.5 g-C/m2·year or less in the form of CO2 and CH4 [Moore and Roulet, 1995]. With this in mind it i ...
... extremely important because as wetlands disappear we not only lose the ecologic diversity but also the sequestering ability wetlands have for carbon. On the other hand, northern peatlands only release 7.5 g-C/m2·year or less in the form of CO2 and CH4 [Moore and Roulet, 1995]. With this in mind it i ...
Review of Current and Planned Adaptation Action: Central America
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant rise in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including Central America and Mexico. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, b ...
... Growing understanding of the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change has led to a significant rise in ongoing and planned adaptation action in the developing regions of the world, including Central America and Mexico. This upsurge in climate change adaptation action is a welcome occurrence, b ...