Northeast Regional Hub Vulnerability Assessment Final
... parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in the rest of the United States. Organic production is relatively greater than in most other regions. According to the National Climate Assessment, the northeastern region of the United States faces an array of clima ...
... parts of the country, and a greater percentage of these are operated by women than in the rest of the United States. Organic production is relatively greater than in most other regions. According to the National Climate Assessment, the northeastern region of the United States faces an array of clima ...
Special Climate Change Program 2014-2018
... issues. 5 objectives, 26 strategies and 199 lines of action derive from the Program, of which 77 lines of action correspond to climate change adaptation, 81 to mitigation, and 41 to the development of a government policy in these matters. Due to their relevance, some strategies and lines of action i ...
... issues. 5 objectives, 26 strategies and 199 lines of action derive from the Program, of which 77 lines of action correspond to climate change adaptation, 81 to mitigation, and 41 to the development of a government policy in these matters. Due to their relevance, some strategies and lines of action i ...
Course on review of higher tiers non
... The AR4 does not include GTP values and GTP values are not published for all GHGs included in the AR4; Invited the IPCC to undertake further technical assessment of alternative common metrics; Need for work to be carried out by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA ...
... The AR4 does not include GTP values and GTP values are not published for all GHGs included in the AR4; Invited the IPCC to undertake further technical assessment of alternative common metrics; Need for work to be carried out by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA ...
Noosa Climate Action Plan
... Executive Summary We now have decades of research from multiple avenues of inquiry that provide the evidence that shows our climate is warming. Adapting to these changes is a necessary path for the community to follow, in conjunction with reducing the per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emission as par ...
... Executive Summary We now have decades of research from multiple avenues of inquiry that provide the evidence that shows our climate is warming. Adapting to these changes is a necessary path for the community to follow, in conjunction with reducing the per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emission as par ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming: roles of
... risk from environmental change. Biologists and managers can then target organisms and habitats most at risk. Unfortunately, the required data (e.g. optimal physiological temperatures) are rarely available. Here, we evaluate the reliability of potential proxies (e.g. critical temperatures) that are o ...
... risk from environmental change. Biologists and managers can then target organisms and habitats most at risk. Unfortunately, the required data (e.g. optimal physiological temperatures) are rarely available. Here, we evaluate the reliability of potential proxies (e.g. critical temperatures) that are o ...
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE TOURISM SECTOR
... The literature associating climate with tourism implies that changes in climate are likely to affect both the length of the season for tourists and the expected environment. The literature has shown that temperature could potentially have positive implications for the length of the season and for th ...
... The literature associating climate with tourism implies that changes in climate are likely to affect both the length of the season for tourists and the expected environment. The literature has shown that temperature could potentially have positive implications for the length of the season and for th ...
English - Plan International
... major environmental problem facing the world today. Climate change is expected to hit developing countries the hardest, Africa being the most vulnerable continent. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate changes as a change in the state of the climate that can be identi ...
... major environmental problem facing the world today. Climate change is expected to hit developing countries the hardest, Africa being the most vulnerable continent. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate changes as a change in the state of the climate that can be identi ...
WORD - UNCTAD Virtual Institute
... Figure 14: Photosynthesis – the chemical reaction ................................................................. 49 Figure 15: The global mean energy balance of the earth ........................................................ 51 Figure 16: Extreme events - schematic presentation ............... ...
... Figure 14: Photosynthesis – the chemical reaction ................................................................. 49 Figure 15: The global mean energy balance of the earth ........................................................ 51 Figure 16: Extreme events - schematic presentation ............... ...
Climate Resilient Floodplains
... residential, and industrial development worth over $18 billion and provide recreational opportunities for the 4 million people living in the Puget Sound region. Finally, the Puget Sound lowlands are the ancestral homelands and cultural center for Puget Sound tribes. Puget Sound lowlands are facing n ...
... residential, and industrial development worth over $18 billion and provide recreational opportunities for the 4 million people living in the Puget Sound region. Finally, the Puget Sound lowlands are the ancestral homelands and cultural center for Puget Sound tribes. Puget Sound lowlands are facing n ...
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... Convention. In addition, no comprehensive risk assessment model for climate change loss and damage exists. This paper responds to the request of the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its seventeenth session1 to prepare a technical paper summarizing current knowledge on relevant methodologies, and a ...
... Convention. In addition, no comprehensive risk assessment model for climate change loss and damage exists. This paper responds to the request of the Conference of the Parties (COP) at its seventeenth session1 to prepare a technical paper summarizing current knowledge on relevant methodologies, and a ...
Concept Note 2 - Climate Smart Agriculture
... Africa is the fastest growing continent in the world and more than half of global population growth between now and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa. Africa has the highest rate of population growth among major areas, growing at a pace of 2.55 per cent annually in 2010-2015. The population in sub ...
... Africa is the fastest growing continent in the world and more than half of global population growth between now and 2050 is expected to occur in Africa. Africa has the highest rate of population growth among major areas, growing at a pace of 2.55 per cent annually in 2010-2015. The population in sub ...
Climate politics in the lower Mekong basin
... Section 5, these flexibility mechanisms are applied to the 1995 Mekong Agreement and the pattern of transboundary cooperation that has evolved in the Mekong River Commission (MRC). Furthermore, we look at the political commitment to the MRC’s ‘Climate Change Adaptation Initiative’ (CCAI) launched in ...
... Section 5, these flexibility mechanisms are applied to the 1995 Mekong Agreement and the pattern of transboundary cooperation that has evolved in the Mekong River Commission (MRC). Furthermore, we look at the political commitment to the MRC’s ‘Climate Change Adaptation Initiative’ (CCAI) launched in ...
From `fearing` to `empowering` climate refugees: Governing climate
... change. In the face of climate ‘terror’, at-risk populations are called upon to prepare themselves for disruptive shocks of various kinds. They are given responsibility for becoming resilient. Whereas other fields of environmental policy often stick to an adaptive understanding of resilience, we wil ...
... change. In the face of climate ‘terror’, at-risk populations are called upon to prepare themselves for disruptive shocks of various kinds. They are given responsibility for becoming resilient. Whereas other fields of environmental policy often stick to an adaptive understanding of resilience, we wil ...
Climate change challenge badge
... where otherwise indicated, material may be copied, downloaded and printed for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO’s endorsement of u ...
... where otherwise indicated, material may be copied, downloaded and printed for private study, research and teaching purposes, or for use in non-commercial products or services, provided that appropriate acknowledgement of FAO as the source and copyright holder is given and that FAO’s endorsement of u ...
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... The regional costs of emission reductions are represented by dynamic mitigation cost functions. In integrated assessment models, mitigation cost functions represent the link between the magnitude of emission reductions relative to a reference path and the resulting economic costs. Traditional mitiga ...
... The regional costs of emission reductions are represented by dynamic mitigation cost functions. In integrated assessment models, mitigation cost functions represent the link between the magnitude of emission reductions relative to a reference path and the resulting economic costs. Traditional mitiga ...
Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook MODULE 12: Local institutions
... The Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate (SACC) project The Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate project (SACC), a partnership between CARE, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) with funding fr ...
... The Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate (SACC) project The Sustainable Agriculture in a Changing Climate project (SACC), a partnership between CARE, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) with funding fr ...
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... and cannot grow if the soil is completely water-saturated. The graminoids in the model do not grow well under dry conditions, but can grow on water-saturated soils. Mosses acquire nitrogen by nitrogen fixation from the atmosphere and can absorb available nitrogen from the upper centimetre of the soi ...
... and cannot grow if the soil is completely water-saturated. The graminoids in the model do not grow well under dry conditions, but can grow on water-saturated soils. Mosses acquire nitrogen by nitrogen fixation from the atmosphere and can absorb available nitrogen from the upper centimetre of the soi ...
Challenging Global Warming as a Social Problem
... however, economic and political specialists edged out scientific experts as the dominant sources in these news stories (Lichter and Lichter 1992, p. 3; Miller, et al. 1990, p. 34; Trumbo 1996, p. 277; Wilkins 1993, p. 78). With this shift in sources, the news media altered its focus from stories abo ...
... however, economic and political specialists edged out scientific experts as the dominant sources in these news stories (Lichter and Lichter 1992, p. 3; Miller, et al. 1990, p. 34; Trumbo 1996, p. 277; Wilkins 1993, p. 78). With this shift in sources, the news media altered its focus from stories abo ...
... communities that the human-induced climate change is taking place (Oreskes, 2007). The publication of the latest report of IPCC (2007) also declares that ―warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, wide ...
... communities that the human-induced climate change is taking place (Oreskes, 2007). The publication of the latest report of IPCC (2007) also declares that ―warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations of increases in global average air and ocean temperatures, wide ...
Predicting organismal vulnerability to climate warming
... risk from environmental change. Biologists and managers can then target organisms and habitats most at risk. Unfortunately, the required data (e.g. optimal physiological temperatures) are rarely available. Here, we evaluate the reliability of potential proxies (e.g. critical temperatures) that are o ...
... risk from environmental change. Biologists and managers can then target organisms and habitats most at risk. Unfortunately, the required data (e.g. optimal physiological temperatures) are rarely available. Here, we evaluate the reliability of potential proxies (e.g. critical temperatures) that are o ...
3.1. Greenhouse gases and climate change
... The issue of climate change is being addressed through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EU’s commitments are to stabilise CO2 emissions by 2000 at 1990 levels and to reduce emissions of the main six greenhouse gases by 8% in 2008-2012 from 1990 levels (Kyoto Pr ...
... The issue of climate change is being addressed through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The EU’s commitments are to stabilise CO2 emissions by 2000 at 1990 levels and to reduce emissions of the main six greenhouse gases by 8% in 2008-2012 from 1990 levels (Kyoto Pr ...
2 Forest soil functions
... CC0242 developed a modelling tool for estimating changes in soil carbon stocks due to changes in land use and management for the National Carbon Dioxide Inventory, although the system was also applied to possible climate impacts using UKCIP02 and HadCM3 scenario data. This showed that, assuming cons ...
... CC0242 developed a modelling tool for estimating changes in soil carbon stocks due to changes in land use and management for the National Carbon Dioxide Inventory, although the system was also applied to possible climate impacts using UKCIP02 and HadCM3 scenario data. This showed that, assuming cons ...
New Zealand`s Journey toward a Low-Emission Future
... influence has grown since AR4.2 It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. (iv) Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate c ...
... influence has grown since AR4.2 It is extremely likely that human influence has been the dominant cause of the observed warming since the mid-20th century. (iv) Continued emissions of greenhouse gases will cause further warming and changes in all components of the climate system. Limiting climate c ...
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... 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 of 2–5 consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures over a threshold value. For example, for a 38C increase in ...
... 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 of 2–5 consecutive days with daily maximum temperatures over a threshold value. For example, for a 38C increase in ...
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).