Chapter 12 CE
... criteria or principles were prioritized to establish the proposed legislation. Nonetheless, the government states that the Direct Action Plan is introduced to ‘efficiently and effectively source low cost emissions reductions.’50 The Direct Action Plan includes as a centerpiece the Emissions Reductio ...
... criteria or principles were prioritized to establish the proposed legislation. Nonetheless, the government states that the Direct Action Plan is introduced to ‘efficiently and effectively source low cost emissions reductions.’50 The Direct Action Plan includes as a centerpiece the Emissions Reductio ...
Kazakhstan
... the river flowing in the Lake Balhash Basin, one of the largest and the most densely populated areas of Kazakhstan. While research showed that the flow of mountain rivers will be significantly decreased due to glacier degradation, transient additional water flow is expected into some rivers due to r ...
... the river flowing in the Lake Balhash Basin, one of the largest and the most densely populated areas of Kazakhstan. While research showed that the flow of mountain rivers will be significantly decreased due to glacier degradation, transient additional water flow is expected into some rivers due to r ...
8 Research and systematic observation
... The Climate Panel prepares assessments on topics either proposed by the ministries or chosen by the Panel itself. Policy relevance is the main aim of the panel’s outputs, and much emphasis is placed on communicating the results. The Panel works in a multidisciplinary fashion. Developing its working ...
... The Climate Panel prepares assessments on topics either proposed by the ministries or chosen by the Panel itself. Policy relevance is the main aim of the panel’s outputs, and much emphasis is placed on communicating the results. The Panel works in a multidisciplinary fashion. Developing its working ...
American Teens` Knowledge of Climate Change
... American teens have an in-depth understanding of climate change. For comparison, the same 75 questions were used to grade American adults. On this scale, 30 percent of adults received a passing grade. This “grade”, however, should be interpreted with caution. Some questions clearly were harder to an ...
... American teens have an in-depth understanding of climate change. For comparison, the same 75 questions were used to grade American adults. On this scale, 30 percent of adults received a passing grade. This “grade”, however, should be interpreted with caution. Some questions clearly were harder to an ...
Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... Hulme (1996) used CO2 doubling climate scenarios which provided widely diverging pictures of possible future Nile River flows, ranging from a 30% increase to a 77% decrease. Strzepek and Yates [2000] used a dry and wet scenario analysis of possible future conditions and found that under wet climate ...
... Hulme (1996) used CO2 doubling climate scenarios which provided widely diverging pictures of possible future Nile River flows, ranging from a 30% increase to a 77% decrease. Strzepek and Yates [2000] used a dry and wet scenario analysis of possible future conditions and found that under wet climate ...
8 Research and systematic observation
... The Climate Panel prepares assessments on topics either proposed by the ministries or chosen by the Panel itself. Policy relevance is the main aim of the panel’s outputs, and much emphasis is placed on communicating the results. The Panel works in a multidisciplinary fashion. Developing its working ...
... The Climate Panel prepares assessments on topics either proposed by the ministries or chosen by the Panel itself. Policy relevance is the main aim of the panel’s outputs, and much emphasis is placed on communicating the results. The Panel works in a multidisciplinary fashion. Developing its working ...
Faculty of Science and Agriculture Dissertation submitted in partial
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
... are vulnerable to drought by using an improvised remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping approach. The research methodology was comprised of 1) assessment of vulnerability levels and 2) the calculation of established drought assessment indices comprising the Normalized D ...
Guidance for making the case for climate change adaptation in the
... Guidance on identifying adaptation options ................................................................................15 ...
... Guidance on identifying adaptation options ................................................................................15 ...
Primary Student-Teachers` Conceptual Understanding of the
... caused by specific atmospheric gases, mainly water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), ...
... caused by specific atmospheric gases, mainly water vapour (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), ...
The net climate impact of coal
... growth ceases has a strong effect on the total usage, we also include a high-growth scenario where growth terminates at 2030 instead of 2040. Air quality pollution controls (removal of SO2 and NOx ) are imposed either at the start of the scenario (“earlyAQ” cases) or at the end of the addition of co ...
... growth ceases has a strong effect on the total usage, we also include a high-growth scenario where growth terminates at 2030 instead of 2040. Air quality pollution controls (removal of SO2 and NOx ) are imposed either at the start of the scenario (“earlyAQ” cases) or at the end of the addition of co ...
adaptive capacity and human cognition
... scientists and policy-makers focused on emissions reductions as a way of “mitigating” the effects of climate change. Starting in the late 1990s, a new topic for the social sciences has gained importance in climate change research: adaptation. The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Clima ...
... scientists and policy-makers focused on emissions reductions as a way of “mitigating” the effects of climate change. Starting in the late 1990s, a new topic for the social sciences has gained importance in climate change research: adaptation. The latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Clima ...
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... Few studies address the effect of climate change on China's agricultural trade. Research by Wang et al. (2009a) finds under a scenario with no CO2 fertilization effect, China's rice, wheat, and corn production will decrease and imports would increase. Under CO2 fertilization effect, production will ...
... Few studies address the effect of climate change on China's agricultural trade. Research by Wang et al. (2009a) finds under a scenario with no CO2 fertilization effect, China's rice, wheat, and corn production will decrease and imports would increase. Under CO2 fertilization effect, production will ...
Decadal-Scale Temperature Trends in the Southern Hemisphere
... the Hadley Centre climate model, Banks and Wood (2002) predicted that after 30 years of anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing, warming should be detectable in the upper 1500 m of the Southern Ocean. Similarly, on the basis of South Atlantic results from the National Center for Atmospheric Research Co ...
... the Hadley Centre climate model, Banks and Wood (2002) predicted that after 30 years of anthropogenic greenhouse gas forcing, warming should be detectable in the upper 1500 m of the Southern Ocean. Similarly, on the basis of South Atlantic results from the National Center for Atmospheric Research Co ...
here - School of Social and Political Science
... Abstract: We present a survey of 85 people involved in climate change education and mitigation, mainly in the UK, exploring the significant life experiences and formative influences that have contributed to their concern about climate change and their interest in climate change education and mitigat ...
... Abstract: We present a survey of 85 people involved in climate change education and mitigation, mainly in the UK, exploring the significant life experiences and formative influences that have contributed to their concern about climate change and their interest in climate change education and mitigat ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
North Atlantic warming: patterns of long
... for discussion of sensitivity of the EOF analysis to various errors, including incomplete spatial and temporal coverage, outliers and gaps in the ‘‘raw’’ temperature data, random noise in observational data, and separation of modes of variability). The largest variability exists at depths shallower ...
... for discussion of sensitivity of the EOF analysis to various errors, including incomplete spatial and temporal coverage, outliers and gaps in the ‘‘raw’’ temperature data, random noise in observational data, and separation of modes of variability). The largest variability exists at depths shallower ...
Rohr et al. 2013 physiology
... has emphasized changes in climatic means, despite a hallmark of climate change being changes in climatic variability and extremes. Owing to this gap, we highlight how temporal variability in weather, coupled with non-linearities in responses to mean climate, can be used to predict the effects of cli ...
... has emphasized changes in climatic means, despite a hallmark of climate change being changes in climatic variability and extremes. Owing to this gap, we highlight how temporal variability in weather, coupled with non-linearities in responses to mean climate, can be used to predict the effects of cli ...
climate change influences on antarctic bird populations
... has occurred over the Antarctic Peninsula, which stands out as a clear and consistent region of rapid change, whereas conditions have been much more variable in other sectors (Turner et al. 2005). The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a major warming over the last 50 years. At Faraday/Vernadsky St ...
... has occurred over the Antarctic Peninsula, which stands out as a clear and consistent region of rapid change, whereas conditions have been much more variable in other sectors (Turner et al. 2005). The Antarctic Peninsula has experienced a major warming over the last 50 years. At Faraday/Vernadsky St ...
climate futures responses to climate change in 2030 October 2008
... enabled a low-carbon economy with almost no need for changes in lifestyle or business practice The power of innovation has revolutionised the economy. A high-tech, low-carbon transformation is delivering dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while managing to sustain economic growth. Across the ...
... enabled a low-carbon economy with almost no need for changes in lifestyle or business practice The power of innovation has revolutionised the economy. A high-tech, low-carbon transformation is delivering dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while managing to sustain economic growth. Across the ...
responses to climate change in 2030
... enabled a low-carbon economy with almost no need for changes in lifestyle or business practice The power of innovation has revolutionised the economy. A high-tech, low-carbon transformation is delivering dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while managing to sustain economic growth. Across the ...
... enabled a low-carbon economy with almost no need for changes in lifestyle or business practice The power of innovation has revolutionised the economy. A high-tech, low-carbon transformation is delivering dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while managing to sustain economic growth. Across the ...
feeding the planet in a warming world
... surface temperatures alters precipitation patterns, decreasing predictability for the 60 percent of the world’s food production that comes from rain-fed agriculture.30 Though a clear picture of the expected severity and geographic extent of climate-driven changes in precipitation remains imprecise, ...
... surface temperatures alters precipitation patterns, decreasing predictability for the 60 percent of the world’s food production that comes from rain-fed agriculture.30 Though a clear picture of the expected severity and geographic extent of climate-driven changes in precipitation remains imprecise, ...
Fall 2014
... California-San Diego, the University of Arizona, the University of Miami, and the University of Washington will participate as co-investigators at the center. With the support of NASA, researchers from the University of Maine and Rutgers University will also lead a complementary project that will eq ...
... California-San Diego, the University of Arizona, the University of Miami, and the University of Washington will participate as co-investigators at the center. With the support of NASA, researchers from the University of Maine and Rutgers University will also lead a complementary project that will eq ...
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).