Assessment Report
... boundary of the forest advanced significantly up the slopes toward the alpine and sub-nival altitudinal belts. Fir settles upward in highland river valleys, while larch and cedar progress toward the tundra. Thus it was noted that saplings in the Oroy River valley in the Severo-Chuysk Range climbed 5 ...
... boundary of the forest advanced significantly up the slopes toward the alpine and sub-nival altitudinal belts. Fir settles upward in highland river valleys, while larch and cedar progress toward the tundra. Thus it was noted that saplings in the Oroy River valley in the Severo-Chuysk Range climbed 5 ...
cliMAtE chANGE ANd cANAdA`S FOREStS
... Recent events indicate that climate change is already having a significant impact on Canada’s forests. These unprecedented events include the severe 2003 and 2004 fire seasons in British Columbia and the Yukon, the recent national drought, the mountain pine beetle epidemic, and reduced winter harves ...
... Recent events indicate that climate change is already having a significant impact on Canada’s forests. These unprecedented events include the severe 2003 and 2004 fire seasons in British Columbia and the Yukon, the recent national drought, the mountain pine beetle epidemic, and reduced winter harves ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Coffee Production in
... Coffee has proven to be one of the most important crops in the world due to the sheer magnitude of its trade. In fact, a study from the Royal Botanic Gardens performed by Davis et al. (2012) explains that coffee is the second most traded good in the world. The most traded good is oil. From 2009 to 2 ...
... Coffee has proven to be one of the most important crops in the world due to the sheer magnitude of its trade. In fact, a study from the Royal Botanic Gardens performed by Davis et al. (2012) explains that coffee is the second most traded good in the world. The most traded good is oil. From 2009 to 2 ...
Climate Change Reporting Framework
... Demand from a variety of stakeholders and the introduction of regulatory requirements for the provision of information has resulted in organisations making climate change-related disclosures and in the development of standards for certain types of information, particularly greenhouse gas emissions. ...
... Demand from a variety of stakeholders and the introduction of regulatory requirements for the provision of information has resulted in organisations making climate change-related disclosures and in the development of standards for certain types of information, particularly greenhouse gas emissions. ...
some good sustainable development practices
... the last decade, the Law on Efficient Use of Energy was passed by the National Assembly in 2010 and became effective in early 2011. In order to further promote this process, Viet Nam has been actively developing the Green Growth Strategy which is expected to be promulgated in 2012. Certain financial ...
... the last decade, the Law on Efficient Use of Energy was passed by the National Assembly in 2010 and became effective in early 2011. In order to further promote this process, Viet Nam has been actively developing the Green Growth Strategy which is expected to be promulgated in 2012. Certain financial ...
Compact of Mayors
... Local government area within a city / metropolitan area – a sub-tier of local government responsible for local services not overseen by the executive governing body (e.g., the City of London local authority within the Greater London Authority). Independent city – a city or town that does not for ...
... Local government area within a city / metropolitan area – a sub-tier of local government responsible for local services not overseen by the executive governing body (e.g., the City of London local authority within the Greater London Authority). Independent city – a city or town that does not for ...
Climate Criminal.
... lobby group based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He argues that climate change has stopped, claiming there has been “absolutely no warming during the past 10 years”, and has said the world should abandon efforts to fight what he calls a ‘mythical global warming crisis’.88 In a fundraising appeal ahead o ...
... lobby group based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He argues that climate change has stopped, claiming there has been “absolutely no warming during the past 10 years”, and has said the world should abandon efforts to fight what he calls a ‘mythical global warming crisis’.88 In a fundraising appeal ahead o ...
Paleobiogeography of Miocene Equinae of North America: A
... phylogenetic hypothesis to assess general patterns of vicariance and dispersal within the clade, to analyze the evolutionary history of the Equinae. Used here, “phylogenetic biogeography” is synonymous with Brooks et al. (2001), also defined as phylogenetic biogeography II in Lomolino et al. (2006). ...
... phylogenetic hypothesis to assess general patterns of vicariance and dispersal within the clade, to analyze the evolutionary history of the Equinae. Used here, “phylogenetic biogeography” is synonymous with Brooks et al. (2001), also defined as phylogenetic biogeography II in Lomolino et al. (2006). ...
Technical Expert Meetings and Climate Action Fair
... in new renewable energy capacity has outpaced investment in new fossil-based power generation for the last three years. However, the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) global renewable energy roadmap (REmap 2030) shows that under current policies and national plans (the ‘business as usu ...
... in new renewable energy capacity has outpaced investment in new fossil-based power generation for the last three years. However, the International Renewable Energy Agency’s (IRENA) global renewable energy roadmap (REmap 2030) shows that under current policies and national plans (the ‘business as usu ...
Impacts of climate change on water resources
... analysed in detail. Challenges for European societies that result from these changes in water resources are derived, and options for adaptation are compiled in order to provide support to policy-makers in developing adaptation strategies. 17. Keywords Climate change, Europe, water resources, water s ...
... analysed in detail. Challenges for European societies that result from these changes in water resources are derived, and options for adaptation are compiled in order to provide support to policy-makers in developing adaptation strategies. 17. Keywords Climate change, Europe, water resources, water s ...
The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Risk from Natural Hazards to
... Disaster risk reduction has also emerged on the climate change adaptation agenda (IPCC, 2007) Increasing losses from natural disasters can be mainly attributed to socioeconomic developments (Munich Re 2005; Swiss Re 2008); yet, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted that weat ...
... Disaster risk reduction has also emerged on the climate change adaptation agenda (IPCC, 2007) Increasing losses from natural disasters can be mainly attributed to socioeconomic developments (Munich Re 2005; Swiss Re 2008); yet, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted that weat ...
Lecture 24
... The Flow of Heat – In radiation, heat energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves. • The electromagnetic waves involved in the transfer of heat lie primarily in the infrared portion of the spectrum. • Unlike conduction and convection, which both require a medium to travel through, radiation can ...
... The Flow of Heat – In radiation, heat energy is transferred by electromagnetic waves. • The electromagnetic waves involved in the transfer of heat lie primarily in the infrared portion of the spectrum. • Unlike conduction and convection, which both require a medium to travel through, radiation can ...
human rights and climate change: constructing a case for political
... and missed opportunities,” the President concluded that, in order to turn the situation around, the world would need to reconceptualize climate change as a profoundly human issue with human causes and human consequences.12 The world would, in short, have to understand the “human dimension of climate ...
... and missed opportunities,” the President concluded that, in order to turn the situation around, the world would need to reconceptualize climate change as a profoundly human issue with human causes and human consequences.12 The world would, in short, have to understand the “human dimension of climate ...
Vulnerability of Great Barrier Reef plankton to climate
... such as crown-of-thorns starfish, corals, fish and jellyfish, as well as the ecosystem-level responses such as their recruitment and patch connectivity, will be covered by Kingsford and Welch (see chapter 18). Since there are no long time series of plankton data for waters of the GBR for assessing c ...
... such as crown-of-thorns starfish, corals, fish and jellyfish, as well as the ecosystem-level responses such as their recruitment and patch connectivity, will be covered by Kingsford and Welch (see chapter 18). Since there are no long time series of plankton data for waters of the GBR for assessing c ...
English - MDG Fund
... world’s total in the base year. China, India and other populous countries acquired the most of the carbon budget, and countries with relatively small populations acquired relatively small amount of carbon budget, as shown in Figure-2. In addition to demographic factors in carbon budget allocation, e ...
... world’s total in the base year. China, India and other populous countries acquired the most of the carbon budget, and countries with relatively small populations acquired relatively small amount of carbon budget, as shown in Figure-2. In addition to demographic factors in carbon budget allocation, e ...
NRDC: Fever Pitch - Mosquito-Borne Dengue Fever Threat
... infections, a half-million hospitalizations, and 22,000 deaths annually in more than 100 countries. Dengue has increased 30-fold in the last 50 years.1 By 2085, an estimated 5.2 billion people are projected to be at risk for dengue because of climate change–induced increases in temperature and humid ...
... infections, a half-million hospitalizations, and 22,000 deaths annually in more than 100 countries. Dengue has increased 30-fold in the last 50 years.1 By 2085, an estimated 5.2 billion people are projected to be at risk for dengue because of climate change–induced increases in temperature and humid ...
Environment, Politics and Development Working Paper Series
... climate change is to be thought about as part of a wider global poverty and human security framework, it will be crucial to debate how market instruments feature in the broader governance landscapes of these instances of ‗clean‘ development. 2. Profiting from carbon?: Entangling development and clim ...
... climate change is to be thought about as part of a wider global poverty and human security framework, it will be crucial to debate how market instruments feature in the broader governance landscapes of these instances of ‗clean‘ development. 2. Profiting from carbon?: Entangling development and clim ...
An Earth-System Prediction Initiative for the 21st Century
... Earth-system sciences, mitigation and adaptation strategies require a suite of diagnostic and prediction models integrated over all spatial and temporal scales; Dole 2008, Palmer et al. 2008, Brunet et al. 2009, Hurrell et al. 2009 and Meehl et al. 2009. This holistic approach is spatially and tempo ...
... Earth-system sciences, mitigation and adaptation strategies require a suite of diagnostic and prediction models integrated over all spatial and temporal scales; Dole 2008, Palmer et al. 2008, Brunet et al. 2009, Hurrell et al. 2009 and Meehl et al. 2009. This holistic approach is spatially and tempo ...
On multiple solutions of the atmosphere–vegetation system in
... Deviations from observed patterns are found for South Africa and Australia which receive too much rain during the southern summer (December, January, February). Moreover, the dry regions with a precipitation rate of less then 0.5 mm d–1 are more extended than the Legates & Willmott (1990) analysis s ...
... Deviations from observed patterns are found for South Africa and Australia which receive too much rain during the southern summer (December, January, February). Moreover, the dry regions with a precipitation rate of less then 0.5 mm d–1 are more extended than the Legates & Willmott (1990) analysis s ...
climate variability and change in canada
... peak flows (high confidence), reduction in summer flows (medium confidence) and reduced lake levels and outflows for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence under most scenarios (medium confidence); adaptive responses would offset some, but not all, of the impacts on water users and on aquatic ecosystems (medi ...
... peak flows (high confidence), reduction in summer flows (medium confidence) and reduced lake levels and outflows for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence under most scenarios (medium confidence); adaptive responses would offset some, but not all, of the impacts on water users and on aquatic ecosystems (medi ...
Adapting California Water Management to Climate Change
... change. The most certain changes are accelerated sea level rise and increased temperatures, which will reduce the Sierra Nevada snowpack and shift more runoff to winter months. These changes will likely cause major problems for flood control, for water supply reservoir operations, and for the mainte ...
... change. The most certain changes are accelerated sea level rise and increased temperatures, which will reduce the Sierra Nevada snowpack and shift more runoff to winter months. These changes will likely cause major problems for flood control, for water supply reservoir operations, and for the mainte ...
Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report The Core Writing Team Rajendra K. Pachauri
... The SYR confirms that human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed across all continents and oceans. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of cur ...
... The SYR confirms that human influence on the climate system is clear and growing, with impacts observed across all continents and oceans. Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over decades to millennia. The IPCC is now 95 percent certain that humans are the main cause of cur ...
Working Paper 12C
... The series is open to researchers working with the Climate Adaptation Flagship on any topic relevant to the Flagship’s goals and scope. Copies of Climate Adaptation Flagship Working Papers can be downloaded at: www.csiro.au/resources/CAF-working-papers CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships ...
... The series is open to researchers working with the Climate Adaptation Flagship on any topic relevant to the Flagship’s goals and scope. Copies of Climate Adaptation Flagship Working Papers can be downloaded at: www.csiro.au/resources/CAF-working-papers CSIRO initiated the National Research Flagships ...
Global Warming and Science
... Wegman, Edward J., David W. Scott and Yasmin H. Said, 2006: Ad hoc committee report on the ‘Hockey stick’ global climate reconstruction, To The Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, US House of Representatives. The IPCC ...
... Wegman, Edward J., David W. Scott and Yasmin H. Said, 2006: Ad hoc committee report on the ‘Hockey stick’ global climate reconstruction, To The Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, US House of Representatives. The IPCC ...