Climate Risk Management for Agriculture in Peru
... and set-back development and the fight against poverty for millions of people across the globe. For example it is estimated that over 20 million people in the Mekong Delta and 20 million in Bangladesh could be forced to move as their homes are affected by salt water incursion from rising sea levels. ...
... and set-back development and the fight against poverty for millions of people across the globe. For example it is estimated that over 20 million people in the Mekong Delta and 20 million in Bangladesh could be forced to move as their homes are affected by salt water incursion from rising sea levels. ...
Rapid response of silicate weathering rates to climate change in the
... consistent with more intense weathering conditions, when d18O values of local and NGRIP ice cores both indicate cold conditions. Taken together, Li and Sr isotope systematics suggest that chemical weathering conditions in the Himalayan range have been significantly affected by climatic variations be ...
... consistent with more intense weathering conditions, when d18O values of local and NGRIP ice cores both indicate cold conditions. Taken together, Li and Sr isotope systematics suggest that chemical weathering conditions in the Himalayan range have been significantly affected by climatic variations be ...
Climate 2020, rising to the challenge
... long-needed, and promises to be a game-changer in our efforts to set the world on a sustainable footing. The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change, so soon after world leaders agreed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, marked a turning point. We have a real opportunity to change ...
... long-needed, and promises to be a game-changer in our efforts to set the world on a sustainable footing. The adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change, so soon after world leaders agreed the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, marked a turning point. We have a real opportunity to change ...
A Brewing Storm: The climate change risks to
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
No. 63, JANUARY 2010 Norbert P. Psuty, Editor
... the subjects of coastal geomorphology: evolution of coastal landforms, coastline alterations and various associated processes in the coastal zone, e.g. waves and sediment transport, which shape coastal features and cause morphological changes. Contributions to this session will focus on the mechanis ...
... the subjects of coastal geomorphology: evolution of coastal landforms, coastline alterations and various associated processes in the coastal zone, e.g. waves and sediment transport, which shape coastal features and cause morphological changes. Contributions to this session will focus on the mechanis ...
Recent pause in the growth rate of atmospheric CO2 associated with
... evident in the 1980s and 1990s, when temperature increases were most pronounced (Fig. 3), with the largest impacts at higher latitudes (Fig. 5). Overall, the impact of changes in climate on global net carbon uptake is uncertain, due to the small magnitude of the effect compared with differences betw ...
... evident in the 1980s and 1990s, when temperature increases were most pronounced (Fig. 3), with the largest impacts at higher latitudes (Fig. 5). Overall, the impact of changes in climate on global net carbon uptake is uncertain, due to the small magnitude of the effect compared with differences betw ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper
... every five years. For the immediate future, sectors that need particular attention are water, agriculture and forestry, health, biodiversity and human settlements. Resilience to climate variability and climate change-related extreme weather events will be the basis for South Africa’s future approach ...
... every five years. For the immediate future, sectors that need particular attention are water, agriculture and forestry, health, biodiversity and human settlements. Resilience to climate variability and climate change-related extreme weather events will be the basis for South Africa’s future approach ...
We Speak for the Trees: Media Reporting on the Environment
... In recent decades, scientific understanding of attribution to climate change has evolved. In the last decade, reports and findings have signaled a broad scientific consensus—despite lingering uncertainties regarding the extent of attribution— that humans have been contributing to modern climate change. ...
... In recent decades, scientific understanding of attribution to climate change has evolved. In the last decade, reports and findings have signaled a broad scientific consensus—despite lingering uncertainties regarding the extent of attribution— that humans have been contributing to modern climate change. ...
National Climate Change Response White Paper (2011)
... every five years. For the immediate future, sectors that need particular attention are water, agriculture and forestry, health, biodiversity and human settlements. Resilience to climate variability and climate change-related extreme weather events will be the basis for South Africa’s future approach ...
... every five years. For the immediate future, sectors that need particular attention are water, agriculture and forestry, health, biodiversity and human settlements. Resilience to climate variability and climate change-related extreme weather events will be the basis for South Africa’s future approach ...
Influence of Patterns of Climate Variability on the Difference
... weighting is adjusted) with weights chosen to approximate the MSU2lt satellite average (Parker et al. 1997, we refer to this in the following as R-MSU2lt). The spatial coverage of the R-MSU2lt gridded dataset is rather sparse, its grid boxes cover 30%–45% of the globe between 908N and 408S, with cov ...
... weighting is adjusted) with weights chosen to approximate the MSU2lt satellite average (Parker et al. 1997, we refer to this in the following as R-MSU2lt). The spatial coverage of the R-MSU2lt gridded dataset is rather sparse, its grid boxes cover 30%–45% of the globe between 908N and 408S, with cov ...
A Brewing Storm - The Climate Institute
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
... Today, the CO2 concentration in the air is 40 per cent higher than at any time for at least 800,000 years, and may double before 2100, unless emissions are cut.30 One recent two-year study suggests that extra CO2 boosts coffee yields significantly.31 It remains unclear if and to what extent the CO2 ...
Linköping University Postprint Technology obscuring equity
... Nevertheless, in the final days of the Kyoto negotiations, the G-77 requested the reintroduction of parts of the Brazilian proposal relating to the compliance measure called the Clean Development Fund (CDF) (Grubb, 1999). This measure stated that if the mitigation commitments of any Annex 1 party we ...
... Nevertheless, in the final days of the Kyoto negotiations, the G-77 requested the reintroduction of parts of the Brazilian proposal relating to the compliance measure called the Clean Development Fund (CDF) (Grubb, 1999). This measure stated that if the mitigation commitments of any Annex 1 party we ...
Planning Horizons no.2 | Future
... I am proud to be President during the Institute’s Centenary Year of 2014. I am also proud to be a planner. Planning was established as a discrete profession in response to the challenges of the day and a fundamental belief that the world needs planning. A century later, it is timely to review the ch ...
... I am proud to be President during the Institute’s Centenary Year of 2014. I am also proud to be a planner. Planning was established as a discrete profession in response to the challenges of the day and a fundamental belief that the world needs planning. A century later, it is timely to review the ch ...
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... current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but for much of the discussion I merely use the term “discount rate”. I provi ...
... current climate policy. The discount rates for utility (the pure rate of time preference) and for consumption (the social discount rate) are different, but related, objects. I recognize this difference where it is important, but for much of the discussion I merely use the term “discount rate”. I provi ...
How does fishing alter marine populations and ecosystems
... imposed. Therefore many of these fish were either sexually immature or first-time spawners. These estimates are thought to be on the low side as greater high-grading is likely to have occurred when observers were not on the ship or when not on deck. Thus, in this case, the ...
... imposed. Therefore many of these fish were either sexually immature or first-time spawners. These estimates are thought to be on the low side as greater high-grading is likely to have occurred when observers were not on the ship or when not on deck. Thus, in this case, the ...
Malaysia`s First National Communication
... The impact on coastal resources can be classified into four broad categories. The first is tidal inundation, where about 1200 km2 in Peninsular Malaysia alone will be submerged subsequent to bund failure, and mangroves will be lost if sea level rises at a rate of 0.9 cm/year. The second is shoreline ...
... The impact on coastal resources can be classified into four broad categories. The first is tidal inundation, where about 1200 km2 in Peninsular Malaysia alone will be submerged subsequent to bund failure, and mangroves will be lost if sea level rises at a rate of 0.9 cm/year. The second is shoreline ...
Aalborg Universitet Uncertainty in Impact Assessment – EIA in Denmark
... authors in a Norwegian context, where Tennøy, Kværner and Gjerstad (2006) have pointed out problems with the lack of focus on uncertainty in EIA. The question is what this difference in resu ...
... authors in a Norwegian context, where Tennøy, Kværner and Gjerstad (2006) have pointed out problems with the lack of focus on uncertainty in EIA. The question is what this difference in resu ...
GEOGRAPHY
... This course explores concepts and current thinking on global climate change and environmental impacts. It covers the history of Earth's climate, causes of climate change and current research attempting to forecast change. The biotic, economic, and social implications of climate change are discussed. ...
... This course explores concepts and current thinking on global climate change and environmental impacts. It covers the history of Earth's climate, causes of climate change and current research attempting to forecast change. The biotic, economic, and social implications of climate change are discussed. ...
as a PDF
... 8 barangays within the study site were not found to be highly exposed yet they are among the 20 most vulnerable barangays. Anibong in Pagsanjan (7th) Masapang and Nanhaya in Victoria (10th and 15th) San Isidro and Masiit in Calauan (12th and 20th) Bukal and Pinagbayanan in Pila (14th and 18t ...
... 8 barangays within the study site were not found to be highly exposed yet they are among the 20 most vulnerable barangays. Anibong in Pagsanjan (7th) Masapang and Nanhaya in Victoria (10th and 15th) San Isidro and Masiit in Calauan (12th and 20th) Bukal and Pinagbayanan in Pila (14th and 18t ...
Assessing potential climate change effects on loblolly pine growth: A
... for predicting broad-scale patterns in species associations over many centuries. To assess the risk posed by climate change within the next 100 yr for important species such as loblolly pine, there is a need to model not only such broad-scale patterns but also the direct effects of climatic change o ...
... for predicting broad-scale patterns in species associations over many centuries. To assess the risk posed by climate change within the next 100 yr for important species such as loblolly pine, there is a need to model not only such broad-scale patterns but also the direct effects of climatic change o ...
CLIMATE CHANGE 2014 SYNTHESIS REPORT Longer report
... Box Introduction.2: Communicating the degree of certainty in assessment findings An integral feature of IPCC reports is the communication of the strength of and uncertainties in scientific understanding underlying assessment findings. Uncertainty can result from a wide range of sources. Uncertaintie ...
... Box Introduction.2: Communicating the degree of certainty in assessment findings An integral feature of IPCC reports is the communication of the strength of and uncertainties in scientific understanding underlying assessment findings. Uncertainty can result from a wide range of sources. Uncertaintie ...
2.1 Causes of Vulnerability Associated with Climate Change
... The February 2007 report of the Working Group I of the International Panel on Climate Change, titled “The Physical Science Basis for Climate Change”, identifies numerous long-term changes in climate. This includes changes in Arctic temperatures and ice, widespread changes in precipitation amounts, o ...
... The February 2007 report of the Working Group I of the International Panel on Climate Change, titled “The Physical Science Basis for Climate Change”, identifies numerous long-term changes in climate. This includes changes in Arctic temperatures and ice, widespread changes in precipitation amounts, o ...
Attribution of recent climate change
Attribution of recent climate change is the effort to scientifically ascertain mechanisms responsible for recent changes observed in the Earth's climate, commonly known as 'global warming'. The effort has focused on changes observed during the period of instrumental temperature record, when records are most reliable; particularly in the last 50 years, when human activity has grown fastest and observations of the troposphere have become available. The dominant mechanisms (to which recent climate change has been attributed) are anthropogenic, i.e., the result of human activity. They are: increasing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases global changes to land surface, such as deforestation increasing atmospheric concentrations of aerosols.There are also natural mechanisms for variation including climate oscillations, changes in solar activity, and volcanic activity.According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it is ""extremely likely"" that human influence was the dominant cause of global warming between 1951 and 2010. The IPCC defines ""extremely likely"" as indicating a probability of 95 to 100%, based on an expert assessment of all the available evidence.Multiple lines of evidence support attribution of recent climate change to human activities: A basic physical understanding of the climate system: greenhouse gas concentrations have increased and their warming properties are well-established. Historical estimates of past climate changes suggest that the recent changes in global surface temperature are unusual. Computer-based climate models are unable to replicate the observed warming unless human greenhouse gas emissions are included. Natural forces alone (such as solar and volcanic activity) cannot explain the observed warming.The IPCC's attribution of recent global warming to human activities is a view shared by most scientists, and is also supported by 196 other scientific organizations worldwide (see also: scientific opinion on climate change).