Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.2 Section 1.4 gives an idea of how much EU countries need to invest in mitigating emissions if they want to deliver their contributio ...
... greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.2 Section 1.4 gives an idea of how much EU countries need to invest in mitigating emissions if they want to deliver their contributio ...
Annex A2: Climate Change Scenarios for West Africa
... and Cape Verde is a highly productive ecosystem of significant marine biological diversity. It also underpins a significant portion of livelihood opportunities of the coastal communities. However, several assessments based on country specific National Communications to the UNFCCC, the second assessm ...
... and Cape Verde is a highly productive ecosystem of significant marine biological diversity. It also underpins a significant portion of livelihood opportunities of the coastal communities. However, several assessments based on country specific National Communications to the UNFCCC, the second assessm ...
Investment and growth in the time of climate change
... greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.2 Section 1.4 gives an idea of how much EU countries need to invest in mitigating emissions if they want to deliver their contributio ...
... greenhouse-gas emission pathways – both for a continuation of current trends and action aimed at preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.2 Section 1.4 gives an idea of how much EU countries need to invest in mitigating emissions if they want to deliver their contributio ...
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... is likely to increase the potential for intrastate and communal conflicts, as populations adjust to changes in the environmental systems that support their livelihoods. Ultimately, Plowman’s examination of the Darfur conflict recommends a focus on structural conflict prevention through building adap ...
... is likely to increase the potential for intrastate and communal conflicts, as populations adjust to changes in the environmental systems that support their livelihoods. Ultimately, Plowman’s examination of the Darfur conflict recommends a focus on structural conflict prevention through building adap ...
The Traditional Knowledge Advantage
... 4,000 of the world’s almost 7,000 languages (Harrison 2007). They own, occupy or use up to 22 per cent of the global land area, which is home to 80 per cent of the ...
... 4,000 of the world’s almost 7,000 languages (Harrison 2007). They own, occupy or use up to 22 per cent of the global land area, which is home to 80 per cent of the ...
Sinks that stink - World Rainforest Movement
... participating seem to be quite happy about that. It has in fact become a negotiation more concerned with how much money each country thinks it might save or grab in the short term that about finding true solutions to a real problem. To cut or not to cut emissions? Amazingly enough, that does not see ...
... participating seem to be quite happy about that. It has in fact become a negotiation more concerned with how much money each country thinks it might save or grab in the short term that about finding true solutions to a real problem. To cut or not to cut emissions? Amazingly enough, that does not see ...
Anthropogenic Global Warming? Beyond CO2
... • The past century warmed by ~0.7°C. The contribution of AGW to this warming is probably much smaller than that given by the IPCC consensus. • The influence of GHG’s, especially CO2, is overstated, the natural variability (of the sun) is understated. • Climate models are still unreliable and should ...
... • The past century warmed by ~0.7°C. The contribution of AGW to this warming is probably much smaller than that given by the IPCC consensus. • The influence of GHG’s, especially CO2, is overstated, the natural variability (of the sun) is understated. • Climate models are still unreliable and should ...
Climate-Induced Displacement of Alaska Native Communities
... temperatures are projected to rise 1.5-5° F (1-3 ºC) by 2030 and by 5-18° F (3-6.5 ºC) by 2100. Less sea ice covers the Arctic Ocean today than at any time in recent geologic history. At the same time, the land itself is also affected by temperature increases. Permanently frozen subsoil – permafrost ...
... temperatures are projected to rise 1.5-5° F (1-3 ºC) by 2030 and by 5-18° F (3-6.5 ºC) by 2100. Less sea ice covers the Arctic Ocean today than at any time in recent geologic history. At the same time, the land itself is also affected by temperature increases. Permanently frozen subsoil – permafrost ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... “It’s really hot this week; the climate must be warming!” “There haven’t been any major land-falling hurricanes in two years. I guess the climate isn’t changing.” What is flawed in these statements? They, like many people, confuse “weather” with “climate.” Keeping in mind the difference can help dec ...
... “It’s really hot this week; the climate must be warming!” “There haven’t been any major land-falling hurricanes in two years. I guess the climate isn’t changing.” What is flawed in these statements? They, like many people, confuse “weather” with “climate.” Keeping in mind the difference can help dec ...
A climate change report card for water Working Technical Paper a review
... note several general points, which should be considered in assessing the evidence for climate-driven changes in UK river flows. Kundzewicz and Robson (2004) recommend 50 years to detect a climate-driven change, but most UK records fall well short of this. It could be argued that even 50 years is too ...
... note several general points, which should be considered in assessing the evidence for climate-driven changes in UK river flows. Kundzewicz and Robson (2004) recommend 50 years to detect a climate-driven change, but most UK records fall well short of this. It could be argued that even 50 years is too ...
Narratives of Climate Change. Outline of a systematic approach to
... discourse as paradigm of cultural sociology. It thus pays tribute to the understanding of culture as an independent variable in the analysis of social phenomena. It shows how narrative analysis can benefit from cultural sociology’s understanding of culture. This model is applied to the discourse abo ...
... discourse as paradigm of cultural sociology. It thus pays tribute to the understanding of culture as an independent variable in the analysis of social phenomena. It shows how narrative analysis can benefit from cultural sociology’s understanding of culture. This model is applied to the discourse abo ...
Climate change projections of sea level extremes along the
... Bay and Delta, wetlands, and coastal aquifers. These are susceptible to harmful effects if sea level rises too much or too fast. For at least the past 20,000 years, sea level has been rising at various rates as a result of the last and ongoing episode of global warming and associated glacial and ice ...
... Bay and Delta, wetlands, and coastal aquifers. These are susceptible to harmful effects if sea level rises too much or too fast. For at least the past 20,000 years, sea level has been rising at various rates as a result of the last and ongoing episode of global warming and associated glacial and ice ...
- NERC Open Research Archive
... note several general points, which should be considered in assessing the evidence for climate-driven changes in UK river flows. Kundzewicz and Robson (2004) recommend 50 years to detect a climate-driven change, but most UK records fall well short of this. It could be argued that even 50 years is too ...
... note several general points, which should be considered in assessing the evidence for climate-driven changes in UK river flows. Kundzewicz and Robson (2004) recommend 50 years to detect a climate-driven change, but most UK records fall well short of this. It could be argued that even 50 years is too ...
UNDP Project Document - Global Environment Facility
... the stability and effectiveness of cultural, economic, social, and governance institutions that facilitate or constrain how human systems respond. Those with the least resources have the least capacity to adapt and are the most vulnerable.” 3. The CBA programme will apply the experience and lessons ...
... the stability and effectiveness of cultural, economic, social, and governance institutions that facilitate or constrain how human systems respond. Those with the least resources have the least capacity to adapt and are the most vulnerable.” 3. The CBA programme will apply the experience and lessons ...
Taxing Carbon as an Instrument of Green Industrial Policy in
... Stern calls the “greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen” (Stern, 2006, p. i). By changing relative prices, they create incentives to restrict the production and use of harmful goods and encourage sustainable substitutes. The reaction of producers and consumers to changing prices depend ...
... Stern calls the “greatest and widest-ranging market failure ever seen” (Stern, 2006, p. i). By changing relative prices, they create incentives to restrict the production and use of harmful goods and encourage sustainable substitutes. The reaction of producers and consumers to changing prices depend ...
Reconstruction of Summer Temperatures in Interior Alaska from
... to be the result of synoptic scale climate changes. The mean of summer temperature for the period of reconstruction (1800–1996) was 13.49 ◦ C. During the period of instrument record (1903–1996) the mean of summer temperature was 13.31 ◦ C for both the reconstruction and the recorded data. The coldes ...
... to be the result of synoptic scale climate changes. The mean of summer temperature for the period of reconstruction (1800–1996) was 13.49 ◦ C. During the period of instrument record (1903–1996) the mean of summer temperature was 13.31 ◦ C for both the reconstruction and the recorded data. The coldes ...
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... they can be used as an emergency measure to reduce the global average temperature quickly, and second that they can be used to “buy time” by slowing down the increase in temperature so that new abatement or emission reducing technologies can be developed. On the other hand, there are many arguments ...
... they can be used as an emergency measure to reduce the global average temperature quickly, and second that they can be used to “buy time” by slowing down the increase in temperature so that new abatement or emission reducing technologies can be developed. On the other hand, there are many arguments ...
Adapting to Coastal Climate Change
... urgency. Nowhere will these challenges be greater than in the developing world where often weak institutions and governance systems struggle to deal with mounting pressures from population growth, inadequate infrastructure, and diminishing or already depleted natural resources. In this context, the ...
... urgency. Nowhere will these challenges be greater than in the developing world where often weak institutions and governance systems struggle to deal with mounting pressures from population growth, inadequate infrastructure, and diminishing or already depleted natural resources. In this context, the ...
Comparative analysis of the influence of climate
... leaves/needles, fine roots, and coarse roots) is calculated for each tree. Forest growth sub-model is linked with the ROMUL model, which describes dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen (Chertov et al., 2001), and returns available nitrogen for trees growth. There are two types of interactions between ...
... leaves/needles, fine roots, and coarse roots) is calculated for each tree. Forest growth sub-model is linked with the ROMUL model, which describes dynamics of soil carbon and nitrogen (Chertov et al., 2001), and returns available nitrogen for trees growth. There are two types of interactions between ...
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... Canada. It was found that all of these sites are well modeled by a first-order autoregressive process using three parameters: the mean, variance, and first-order autocorrelation coefficient. For slight changes in the mean or variance there are increases in the frequency of both single days and runs ...
... Canada. It was found that all of these sites are well modeled by a first-order autoregressive process using three parameters: the mean, variance, and first-order autocorrelation coefficient. For slight changes in the mean or variance there are increases in the frequency of both single days and runs ...
The social values at risk from sea
... sea-level rise because all of these groups are likely to be affected by changes in sea-levels. Nonetheless, it is important to acknowledge that while an entire community may be affected by sea-level rise, this does not mean that the entire community shares the same values, or that the values at risk ...
... sea-level rise because all of these groups are likely to be affected by changes in sea-levels. Nonetheless, it is important to acknowledge that while an entire community may be affected by sea-level rise, this does not mean that the entire community shares the same values, or that the values at risk ...
Coral bleaching - Fiji National University | E
... Create effective marine protected areas (MPAs). Create MPAs in areas that are less prone to bleaching events because of local cold-water currents. Lessen other pressures on coral reefs. Reefs with fewer stresses will be more likely to recover from coral bleaching and adapt to increased temperatures. ...
... Create effective marine protected areas (MPAs). Create MPAs in areas that are less prone to bleaching events because of local cold-water currents. Lessen other pressures on coral reefs. Reefs with fewer stresses will be more likely to recover from coral bleaching and adapt to increased temperatures. ...
Recent and future changes in the combination of annual
... the trends in terms of changes in CYTs can provide an important understanding of overall climate change characteristics. In China, some studies of regional CYTs have been conducted. For example, Shi et al. (2007) found that the climate has changed from warm and dry to warm and wet in Northwest China ...
... the trends in terms of changes in CYTs can provide an important understanding of overall climate change characteristics. In China, some studies of regional CYTs have been conducted. For example, Shi et al. (2007) found that the climate has changed from warm and dry to warm and wet in Northwest China ...
Hosed vs. unhosed: interruptions of the Atlantic Meridional
... tuated by abrupt climate changes, with large impacts on air temperature, precipitation, and ocean circulation across the globe. However, the long-held idea that freshwater forcing, caused by massive iceberg discharges, was the driving force behind these changes has been questioned in recent years. T ...
... tuated by abrupt climate changes, with large impacts on air temperature, precipitation, and ocean circulation across the globe. However, the long-held idea that freshwater forcing, caused by massive iceberg discharges, was the driving force behind these changes has been questioned in recent years. T ...
Total aerosol effect: radiative forcing or radiative flux perturbation?
... These conclusions are similar to those that have arisen in aerosol modelling, where it also seems desirable to treat “fast feedbacks” as part of the forcing. We note that the regression method may be useful for the evaluation of aerosol forcings in atmospheric models, but it also requires a mixed-la ...
... These conclusions are similar to those that have arisen in aerosol modelling, where it also seems desirable to treat “fast feedbacks” as part of the forcing. We note that the regression method may be useful for the evaluation of aerosol forcings in atmospheric models, but it also requires a mixed-la ...