- University of Surrey
... countries5,6. This is strongly related to political ideology1-4, giving cause for pessimism – if addressing climate change requires a substantial number of people to shift their basic political ideologies, the prospect for success is bleak. In response, new approaches have attempted to sidestep thes ...
... countries5,6. This is strongly related to political ideology1-4, giving cause for pessimism – if addressing climate change requires a substantial number of people to shift their basic political ideologies, the prospect for success is bleak. In response, new approaches have attempted to sidestep thes ...
Ecological responses to recent climate change review article
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
... recent climate change7,8. Common changes in the timing of spring activities include earlier breeding or ®rst singing of birds, earlier arrival of migrant birds, earlier appearance of butter¯ies, earlier choruses and spawning in amphibians and earlier shooting and ¯owering of plants (Fig. 2). In gene ...
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... instead a disaggregated model with explicit representation of trade links between industries and regions. Our work complements a recent paper by Dell et al. (2008), who use annual variation in temperature and precipitation over the past 50 years to examine the impact of climatic changes on economic ...
... instead a disaggregated model with explicit representation of trade links between industries and regions. Our work complements a recent paper by Dell et al. (2008), who use annual variation in temperature and precipitation over the past 50 years to examine the impact of climatic changes on economic ...
Climate Economics: The Literature and its Utility
... innovation will continue to meet human needs and aspirations. They should recall the remark of England’s King Charles II: “Things impossible do excuse themselves in not being done.” With world population continuing to grow, many resources under pressure, and widespread evidence of sub-optimal decisi ...
... innovation will continue to meet human needs and aspirations. They should recall the remark of England’s King Charles II: “Things impossible do excuse themselves in not being done.” With world population continuing to grow, many resources under pressure, and widespread evidence of sub-optimal decisi ...
Meander Valley Climate Profile
... 2. Rainfall, runoff and rivers The projected pattern of change to rainfall and runoff is similar in nature between the two scenarios, but stronger by the end of the century under the A2 scenario. Due to the strong rain shadow effect in this region, it was one of the most difficult regions to mode ...
... 2. Rainfall, runoff and rivers The projected pattern of change to rainfall and runoff is similar in nature between the two scenarios, but stronger by the end of the century under the A2 scenario. Due to the strong rain shadow effect in this region, it was one of the most difficult regions to mode ...
Negotiation Indices - European Capacity Building Initiative
... • UNEP confirms that current mitigation pledges – unless strengthened – set the world on course for global warming of between 2.5 to 5°C • Africa, due to its geographic and physical characteristics, will warm around one-and-a-half times the global level, according to the IPCC • Recent studies, based ...
... • UNEP confirms that current mitigation pledges – unless strengthened – set the world on course for global warming of between 2.5 to 5°C • Africa, due to its geographic and physical characteristics, will warm around one-and-a-half times the global level, according to the IPCC • Recent studies, based ...
DCNR and Climate Change – Planning for the Future
... Maps show projected change in average surface air temperature in the later part of this century and job losses and the depression of (2071-2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970-1999) under a scenario that assumes economic development in some areas. substantial reductions in heat ...
... Maps show projected change in average surface air temperature in the later part of this century and job losses and the depression of (2071-2099) relative to the later part of the last century (1970-1999) under a scenario that assumes economic development in some areas. substantial reductions in heat ...
Slide 1
... • With increasing global warming, the sea level is expected to rise. • Climate change, the largest environmental change in this century is likely to intensify hydro-meteorological hazards: storms, tidal surges, floods and droughts and will lead to environmentally-induced population movements/ eco-mi ...
... • With increasing global warming, the sea level is expected to rise. • Climate change, the largest environmental change in this century is likely to intensify hydro-meteorological hazards: storms, tidal surges, floods and droughts and will lead to environmentally-induced population movements/ eco-mi ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... presented here on a sectoral basis. Although a growing literature is available on the longterm impacts of climate change, less information is available on medium term impacts, and even less on the costs of medium term impacts.16 In many cases forecast results are therefore presented for the distant ...
... presented here on a sectoral basis. Although a growing literature is available on the longterm impacts of climate change, less information is available on medium term impacts, and even less on the costs of medium term impacts.16 In many cases forecast results are therefore presented for the distant ...
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... Agricultural systems – food systems – are complex. They are biophysical systems, economic systems, social systems. And these dimensions interact with each other, at various scales, from local to global and, again, from global to local. This is why, to consider adaptation of agricultural and food sys ...
... Agricultural systems – food systems – are complex. They are biophysical systems, economic systems, social systems. And these dimensions interact with each other, at various scales, from local to global and, again, from global to local. This is why, to consider adaptation of agricultural and food sys ...
CO2 Reduction beyond 20% COM(2010)
... Analysis, in German only]. The Commission is afraid that this EU-ETS practice might slow down incentives for innovation in the EU. To this end, it wishes to substitute part of the credits with new sectoral credits for projects with a greater reduction potential (e.g. in the power sector in advanced ...
... Analysis, in German only]. The Commission is afraid that this EU-ETS practice might slow down incentives for innovation in the EU. To this end, it wishes to substitute part of the credits with new sectoral credits for projects with a greater reduction potential (e.g. in the power sector in advanced ...
Impact of climate change on the western Himalayan mountain
... and forest ecosystems in the western Himalayan mountains based on literature review and some anecdotal evidences. A great deal of research work has been carried out on different aspects of western Himalayan mountain ecosystems but the findings have yet to be correlated in the context of climate chan ...
... and forest ecosystems in the western Himalayan mountains based on literature review and some anecdotal evidences. A great deal of research work has been carried out on different aspects of western Himalayan mountain ecosystems but the findings have yet to be correlated in the context of climate chan ...
Diapositive 1
... plan. The action areas include: • Awareness creation and capacity building of all actors at all levels (including Government, Civil Society, Farmers, Parliament , including women and the vulnerable etc.) • Research and development with emphasis on - production and dissemination of weather informatio ...
... plan. The action areas include: • Awareness creation and capacity building of all actors at all levels (including Government, Civil Society, Farmers, Parliament , including women and the vulnerable etc.) • Research and development with emphasis on - production and dissemination of weather informatio ...
my palaeo-climate research
... What is perhaps most pertinent about this study is that the levels of CO2 emitted initially were around 10 gigatonnes per year, not far below today’s emissions. The link Strandmann has found between rising temperatures, the acceleration of the weathering process and the burial of organic carbon show ...
... What is perhaps most pertinent about this study is that the levels of CO2 emitted initially were around 10 gigatonnes per year, not far below today’s emissions. The link Strandmann has found between rising temperatures, the acceleration of the weathering process and the burial of organic carbon show ...
More Hurricanes for Hawaii?
... This work--completed at the IPRC, which receives institutional funding from JAMSTEC, NASA, and NOAA--was conducted under the framework of the ‘Projection of the Change in Future Weather Extremes Using Super-High-Resolution Atmospheric Models’ supported by the KAKUSHIN and SOUSEI programmes of the Mi ...
... This work--completed at the IPRC, which receives institutional funding from JAMSTEC, NASA, and NOAA--was conducted under the framework of the ‘Projection of the Change in Future Weather Extremes Using Super-High-Resolution Atmospheric Models’ supported by the KAKUSHIN and SOUSEI programmes of the Mi ...
Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Canadian Infrastructure
... accumulate over time. Reducing these emissions is recognized as important but is a long term climate change strategy. These are the carbon emissions from constructing the building – mostly due to materials manufacturing. Reducing these emissions is a near term climate change strategy with immediate ...
... accumulate over time. Reducing these emissions is recognized as important but is a long term climate change strategy. These are the carbon emissions from constructing the building – mostly due to materials manufacturing. Reducing these emissions is a near term climate change strategy with immediate ...
IMPACTS OF LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE ON CLIMATE AND FUTURE RESEARCH PRIORITIES
... and their impacts on climate. In the monitoring of fluxes, an easily accessible and well-maintained central data repository needs to be established. Examples of the most prominent and easily noticeable LULCCs and their impacts could be found in urbanization and expansion of agricultural land use. As ...
... and their impacts on climate. In the monitoring of fluxes, an easily accessible and well-maintained central data repository needs to be established. Examples of the most prominent and easily noticeable LULCCs and their impacts could be found in urbanization and expansion of agricultural land use. As ...
Workshop of the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical
... decadal and interdecadal timescales are large in the climate of the Southern Hemisphere. At regional scales they can even be larger than the long-term trends. • Therefore, such signals produce a strong modulation of the climate change signal that needs to be taken in consideration. • Current climate ...
... decadal and interdecadal timescales are large in the climate of the Southern Hemisphere. At regional scales they can even be larger than the long-term trends. • Therefore, such signals produce a strong modulation of the climate change signal that needs to be taken in consideration. • Current climate ...
Menu of Learning Experiences
... “Fortunately the actions we can take to tackle climate change make environmental as well as economic sense. Using energy more efficiently means we pay for less electricity, gas and petrol. Tuning our cars improves air quality and health. And better insulation for our homes means they are warmer and ...
... “Fortunately the actions we can take to tackle climate change make environmental as well as economic sense. Using energy more efficiently means we pay for less electricity, gas and petrol. Tuning our cars improves air quality and health. And better insulation for our homes means they are warmer and ...
NEGOTIATORS - Green Climate Fund
... to eradicate extreme poverty, ensure food security, foster a world free from violence or deliver on any other development ambitions that we, as an international community, have set forth. The Green Climate Fund is about creating hope that the world will not be one of such insecurity. Sweden sees the ...
... to eradicate extreme poverty, ensure food security, foster a world free from violence or deliver on any other development ambitions that we, as an international community, have set forth. The Green Climate Fund is about creating hope that the world will not be one of such insecurity. Sweden sees the ...
Climate Change and Agriculture Recommendations
... the transition away from those with negative climate effects and less ability to cope with the pressure imposed by increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events. As the recent National Climate Assessment found: Some areas [of the U.S.] are already experiencing climate-related disruptions, pa ...
... the transition away from those with negative climate effects and less ability to cope with the pressure imposed by increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events. As the recent National Climate Assessment found: Some areas [of the U.S.] are already experiencing climate-related disruptions, pa ...
Biogeophysical impacts of land use on present
... effects of historical land cover change may have exerted signi®cant impacts on the climate, with the main effect being a northernhemisphere cooling attributed to increased surface albedo (Brovkin et al., 1999). However, these effects have so far been neglected from higher-resolution GCM simulations ...
... effects of historical land cover change may have exerted signi®cant impacts on the climate, with the main effect being a northernhemisphere cooling attributed to increased surface albedo (Brovkin et al., 1999). However, these effects have so far been neglected from higher-resolution GCM simulations ...