Prospering in a Changing Climate
... change adaptation activities at local, state and national levels and concluded that adaptation activities are not well coordinated in the state and gaps may leave South Australia vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Specific issues identified were: • no guidance on roles and responsibilitie ...
... change adaptation activities at local, state and national levels and concluded that adaptation activities are not well coordinated in the state and gaps may leave South Australia vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Specific issues identified were: • no guidance on roles and responsibilitie ...
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 ...
C - UBC Blogs
... • Few decisions hinge on climate alone AND what we do is rarely optimal. • But climate sets the context and concern about change AND allows us to ask: what are we doing and why? Creating an opening for doing better. ...
... • Few decisions hinge on climate alone AND what we do is rarely optimal. • But climate sets the context and concern about change AND allows us to ask: what are we doing and why? Creating an opening for doing better. ...
Simple Messages Help Set the Record Straight about Scientific
... “broad agreement exists that climate change is happening and is primarily caused by excess greenhouse gases from human activities” [22] and in a recent National Academies report: “The overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels (coa ...
... “broad agreement exists that climate change is happening and is primarily caused by excess greenhouse gases from human activities” [22] and in a recent National Academies report: “The overwhelming majority of climate scientists agree that human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels (coa ...
GNLCC Pre-Implementation Plan
... observable environmental and ecological changes as a result of global warming trends. Current patterns in climate change are expected to affect high mountain ecotypes and lower elevation, snow-melt dependent watersheds more acutely than some other landscape ecotypes (Pachauri and Reisinger 2007). In ...
... observable environmental and ecological changes as a result of global warming trends. Current patterns in climate change are expected to affect high mountain ecotypes and lower elevation, snow-melt dependent watersheds more acutely than some other landscape ecotypes (Pachauri and Reisinger 2007). In ...
A Profile of the Greenhouse Industry in British Columbia and Clues
... are environmentally sound, even if the federal government wavers and dithers on how and when to create climate change legislation and policies in line with countries beyond the United States (Macdonald 2011). In practice Canadians demand local control, local produce by local production processes wit ...
... are environmentally sound, even if the federal government wavers and dithers on how and when to create climate change legislation and policies in line with countries beyond the United States (Macdonald 2011). In practice Canadians demand local control, local produce by local production processes wit ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... lessons-learned. The Arctic Council produces valuable scientific and other research that contributes to adaptation planning and implementation. The Arctic Council could also play an important role by further facilitating the exchange of information and expertise about adaptation measures between Arc ...
... lessons-learned. The Arctic Council produces valuable scientific and other research that contributes to adaptation planning and implementation. The Arctic Council could also play an important role by further facilitating the exchange of information and expertise about adaptation measures between Arc ...
Climate change and tourism: Where will the journey
... strengthen, while the dryness in the remaining seasons will worsen. These phenomena will already be observable before 2030, although they will become more marked in the following decades. In the ...
... strengthen, while the dryness in the remaining seasons will worsen. These phenomena will already be observable before 2030, although they will become more marked in the following decades. In the ...
Lessons from the field: experiences of FAO climate change projects
... impacts and choose appropriate tools for adaptation and mitigation. The provision of household level data, biological field data collection, geospatial information from remote sensing and maps, and robust projections of climate change impacts is crucial to guide policies and planning for policy-make ...
... impacts and choose appropriate tools for adaptation and mitigation. The provision of household level data, biological field data collection, geospatial information from remote sensing and maps, and robust projections of climate change impacts is crucial to guide policies and planning for policy-make ...
Pollution and Climate Change
... Major concern: sorting ◦ AQ higher in more productive areas (e.g., cities) wealthier families live in dirtier areas ◦ AQ capitalized into housing prices wealthier families live in cleaner areas ...
... Major concern: sorting ◦ AQ higher in more productive areas (e.g., cities) wealthier families live in dirtier areas ◦ AQ capitalized into housing prices wealthier families live in cleaner areas ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward
... 2014], or ‘abrupt impacts’ [National Research Council, 2002, 2013], large-scale, non-linear shifts in the Earth system are often identified as a reason for concern about climate change [Oppenheimer et al., 2014] and a potential trigger of major economic losses, often described as ‘economic catastrop ...
... 2014], or ‘abrupt impacts’ [National Research Council, 2002, 2013], large-scale, non-linear shifts in the Earth system are often identified as a reason for concern about climate change [Oppenheimer et al., 2014] and a potential trigger of major economic losses, often described as ‘economic catastrop ...
Quantifying non-cooperative climate engineering
... † Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro-Euro Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Corso Magenta, 63, 20123 Milano, Italy. E-Mail: [email protected] ‡ Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management and Economics, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro-Euro Medit ...
... † Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro-Euro Mediterraneo per i Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Corso Magenta, 63, 20123 Milano, Italy. E-Mail: [email protected] ‡ Politecnico di Milano, Department of Management and Economics, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Centro-Euro Medit ...
Adapting bridge infrastructure to climate change: institutionalizing resilience in intergovernmental
... project delivery and the environmental review process; and funding, performance, and accountability (Cambridge Systematics 2009). Most of the recommended policies target the federal legislature. Federal policies can have broad-reaching effects, making them well-suited to mitigation, which needs to b ...
... project delivery and the environmental review process; and funding, performance, and accountability (Cambridge Systematics 2009). Most of the recommended policies target the federal legislature. Federal policies can have broad-reaching effects, making them well-suited to mitigation, which needs to b ...
overcoming barriers to the adoption of climate-friendly
... historically responding to a myriad of factors including market prices, consumer demand as well as changing weather, where “adaptation is the norm rather than the exception” (Rosenzweig and Tubiello 2007, p. 860). On the other hand, agriculture is seen as being very resistant to change, constrained ...
... historically responding to a myriad of factors including market prices, consumer demand as well as changing weather, where “adaptation is the norm rather than the exception” (Rosenzweig and Tubiello 2007, p. 860). On the other hand, agriculture is seen as being very resistant to change, constrained ...
A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics
... don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP each year, now and forever. If a wider range of risks and impacts is taken into account, the estimates of damage could rise to 20% of GDP or more . . . . Our actions now and over the comin ...
... don’t act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least 5% of global GDP each year, now and forever. If a wider range of risks and impacts is taken into account, the estimates of damage could rise to 20% of GDP or more . . . . Our actions now and over the comin ...
Climate Action Team Report to Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature December 2010
... required. The Team ensures that state agencies work authorities will be the first to respond to together on the complex technical and policy issues dislocations due to climate change. associated with climate change . Linkages with other Consequently, adaptation efforts will evolve at governments in ...
... required. The Team ensures that state agencies work authorities will be the first to respond to together on the complex technical and policy issues dislocations due to climate change. associated with climate change . Linkages with other Consequently, adaptation efforts will evolve at governments in ...
Climate Change and Agricultural Policy Processes in
... of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate change is a problem caused by developed countries, it is now a global problem that demands a response from each countr ...
... of climate change as an issue of interest in Ghana’s domestic policy space: First, various government documents and a number of respondents for this study stated that, while climate change is a problem caused by developed countries, it is now a global problem that demands a response from each countr ...
Seedling Growth Performance of Cassia fistula (Linn.) Using Climate
... Climate is a key factor which determines the distribution of plants and animals. The time has come to identify the indigenous and/or exotic forest tree species considering nationally viable and adaptable to future climate change. A need may exist to develop the management techniques with experimenta ...
... Climate is a key factor which determines the distribution of plants and animals. The time has come to identify the indigenous and/or exotic forest tree species considering nationally viable and adaptable to future climate change. A need may exist to develop the management techniques with experimenta ...
US Climate Change Policy Under President Clinton
... On October 22, 1997, President Clinton gave an eagerly anticipated speech at the National Geographic Society outlining the Administration's policy on climate change prior to the Kyoto negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He said Today we have a clear responsibili ...
... On October 22, 1997, President Clinton gave an eagerly anticipated speech at the National Geographic Society outlining the Administration's policy on climate change prior to the Kyoto negotiations on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). He said Today we have a clear responsibili ...
ocean-climate.org - Plateforme Océan et Climat
... seawater is the source of most precipitation. The ocean is much more efficient at storing heat (93% of the excess of energy resulting from the human induced Green House Gases content in the atmosphere) than the continents (3%) and the atmosphere (1%). As a result, the ocean is the slow component of ...
... seawater is the source of most precipitation. The ocean is much more efficient at storing heat (93% of the excess of energy resulting from the human induced Green House Gases content in the atmosphere) than the continents (3%) and the atmosphere (1%). As a result, the ocean is the slow component of ...
Strategy Guide on Climate Change: Implications and Strategies for the Community Sector
... is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environmental Protection Agency which has the statutory function of co-ordinating and promoting environmental research. The Community Workers’ Co-operative (CWC) would like to acknowledge the work a ...
... is administered on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government by the Environmental Protection Agency which has the statutory function of co-ordinating and promoting environmental research. The Community Workers’ Co-operative (CWC) would like to acknowledge the work a ...
Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate
... ABSTRACT—Stephanie C. Herring, Martin P. Hoerling, Thomas C. Peterson, and Peter A. Stott Attribution of extreme events is a challenging science and one that is currently undergoing considerable evolution. In this paper, 20 different research groups explored the causes of 16 different events that o ...
... ABSTRACT—Stephanie C. Herring, Martin P. Hoerling, Thomas C. Peterson, and Peter A. Stott Attribution of extreme events is a challenging science and one that is currently undergoing considerable evolution. In this paper, 20 different research groups explored the causes of 16 different events that o ...
dispersal, adaptation and the response of spatially structured
... are assumed to be equal in both patches at any point in time. Individuals carry two sets of genes, one conferring adaptation to local environmental conditions, and the other adaptation to climate. An individual’s fitness is determined by its level of adaptation to both the environmental and climatic ...
... are assumed to be equal in both patches at any point in time. Individuals carry two sets of genes, one conferring adaptation to local environmental conditions, and the other adaptation to climate. An individual’s fitness is determined by its level of adaptation to both the environmental and climatic ...
Reconstruction of Summer Temperatures in Interior Alaska from
... tree sensitivity, or novel combinations of temperature and precipitation were explored and while they cannot be ruled out as contributors to the anomalously warm 19th century reconstruction, they were not supported by available data. White spruce radial growth is highly correlated with reconstructed ...
... tree sensitivity, or novel combinations of temperature and precipitation were explored and while they cannot be ruled out as contributors to the anomalously warm 19th century reconstruction, they were not supported by available data. White spruce radial growth is highly correlated with reconstructed ...
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).