Full Text - Current Science
... capita energy and 16% of the per capita protein 2. India ranks first in area under rice (about 45 m ha) and second in production next to China. Occurrences of climatic extremes especially at critical growth stages of rice significantly reduce the yield3. According to Alam et al.4, one of the signifi ...
... capita energy and 16% of the per capita protein 2. India ranks first in area under rice (about 45 m ha) and second in production next to China. Occurrences of climatic extremes especially at critical growth stages of rice significantly reduce the yield3. According to Alam et al.4, one of the signifi ...
Whangarei District Climate Change Constraints Report
... The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of so-called greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and so on) into the atmosphere traps more energy from solar sources which, in turn, can raise global temperatures. As global temperature r ...
... The theory underpinning anthropogenic climate change, put very simplistically, is that increased emissions of so-called greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane and so on) into the atmosphere traps more energy from solar sources which, in turn, can raise global temperatures. As global temperature r ...
international, national, and state responses to climate change
... likely result in widespread environmental changes, including rising sea levels, contracting snow cover, increased heat waves and heavy precipitation events, increased rates of extinction, and widespread displacement of vulnerable, low-lying communities.13 The effects of warming on water resources, ...
... likely result in widespread environmental changes, including rising sea levels, contracting snow cover, increased heat waves and heavy precipitation events, increased rates of extinction, and widespread displacement of vulnerable, low-lying communities.13 The effects of warming on water resources, ...
Adaptation to Climate Change in Management of Prairie Grasslands
... Use fields that will run out of water first (AAFC 2010). Spread cattle over more fields where water supplies are low (AAFC 2010). Ensure that cattle have adequate salt to prevent use of poisonous plants that are salt accumulators (AAFC 2010). Use portable stockwater supply (AAFC 2010). Fence off wat ...
... Use fields that will run out of water first (AAFC 2010). Spread cattle over more fields where water supplies are low (AAFC 2010). Ensure that cattle have adequate salt to prevent use of poisonous plants that are salt accumulators (AAFC 2010). Use portable stockwater supply (AAFC 2010). Fence off wat ...
Climate Change and Nutrition Security
... and probable disruptions caused by climate hazards, income generating opportunities and purchasing power will decrease for vulnerable populations. At the same time, decreases in production could lead to price increases for staple crops of 25 to 150% by 206013. According to the IPCC AR4, if current t ...
... and probable disruptions caused by climate hazards, income generating opportunities and purchasing power will decrease for vulnerable populations. At the same time, decreases in production could lead to price increases for staple crops of 25 to 150% by 206013. According to the IPCC AR4, if current t ...
DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
... Strategic and operational priorities to be pursued in 2009-10 include: ...
... Strategic and operational priorities to be pursued in 2009-10 include: ...
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... (available at http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2005/HansenNazarenkoR.html ) [NASA and Department of Energy scientists state that emission of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases have warmed the oceans and are leading to an energy imbalance that is causing, and will continue to cause, significant war ...
... (available at http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/2005/HansenNazarenkoR.html ) [NASA and Department of Energy scientists state that emission of CO2 and other heat-trapping gases have warmed the oceans and are leading to an energy imbalance that is causing, and will continue to cause, significant war ...
Hot and Hungry: How to stop climate change
... In Guatemala, the total amount of rainfall is increasing, but there is significantly less rain during critical times in the crop cycle, and this is taking a heavy toll on harvests. In the last two years smallscale producers have lost 80 percent of their maize crops because of drought. High temperatu ...
... In Guatemala, the total amount of rainfall is increasing, but there is significantly less rain during critical times in the crop cycle, and this is taking a heavy toll on harvests. In the last two years smallscale producers have lost 80 percent of their maize crops because of drought. High temperatu ...
climate change in the work of the committee on economic, social
... summary of human rights outcomes from the 2009 Copenhagen Conference on climate change. The third section provides an overview of the development of international environmental law, with a view to contextualizing the CC&HRs interface, as well as the human rights and environment juris ...
... summary of human rights outcomes from the 2009 Copenhagen Conference on climate change. The third section provides an overview of the development of international environmental law, with a view to contextualizing the CC&HRs interface, as well as the human rights and environment juris ...
Hot and Hungry: How to stop climate change
... In Guatemala, the total amount of rainfall is increasing, but there is significantly less rain during critical times in the crop cycle, and this is taking a heavy toll on harvests. In the last two years smallscale producers have lost 80 percent of their maize crops because of drought. High temperatu ...
... In Guatemala, the total amount of rainfall is increasing, but there is significantly less rain during critical times in the crop cycle, and this is taking a heavy toll on harvests. In the last two years smallscale producers have lost 80 percent of their maize crops because of drought. High temperatu ...
improving climate change reporting AN ACCA AND FTSE GROUP DiSCUSSiON PAPER
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Guidelines, and the GHG Protocol, an accounting tool developed ...
... Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Guidelines, and the GHG Protocol, an accounting tool developed ...
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... shortages, droughts or flooding. These events will increase the risk of land degradation and biodiversity loss. Climate change will also affect the length of growing seasons, and crop and livestock yields, and bring about increased risk of food shortages, insecurity, and pest and disease incidence, ...
... shortages, droughts or flooding. These events will increase the risk of land degradation and biodiversity loss. Climate change will also affect the length of growing seasons, and crop and livestock yields, and bring about increased risk of food shortages, insecurity, and pest and disease incidence, ...
Solar ultraviolet radiation in a changing climate
... Earth’s surface. These changes will, in turn, alter sinks and sources of CO2 and other trace gases that will affect future climate warming. The unequivocal warming of the climate system14 may have important impacts on future stratospheric ozone depletion independently of the concentration of ODS in ...
... Earth’s surface. These changes will, in turn, alter sinks and sources of CO2 and other trace gases that will affect future climate warming. The unequivocal warming of the climate system14 may have important impacts on future stratospheric ozone depletion independently of the concentration of ODS in ...
Climate Change in the South Caucasus
... Based on official country information from the communications to the UNFCCC, scientific papers and news reports. This is a Zoï Environment Network publication produced in close cooperation with the ENVSEC Initiative and the Governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.Valuable inputs were receive ...
... Based on official country information from the communications to the UNFCCC, scientific papers and news reports. This is a Zoï Environment Network publication produced in close cooperation with the ENVSEC Initiative and the Governments of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.Valuable inputs were receive ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... livelihoods. The commercial agricultural sector, agriculture consists primarily of livestock ranching, although some dryland cropping under irrigation also takes place. Cattle rearing is predominant in the central and northern regions of the country, while karakul sheep, goat, and ostrich farming ar ...
... livelihoods. The commercial agricultural sector, agriculture consists primarily of livestock ranching, although some dryland cropping under irrigation also takes place. Cattle rearing is predominant in the central and northern regions of the country, while karakul sheep, goat, and ostrich farming ar ...
Crisis or Adaptation? Migration and Climate Change in
... with scarce water resources where poor households are comparatively well served (McGranahan, 2002). Decreases in rainfall can, however, affect people in economic terms, for example, through a decline in agricultural productivity, and thus be a contributing factor to mobility. The links between droug ...
... with scarce water resources where poor households are comparatively well served (McGranahan, 2002). Decreases in rainfall can, however, affect people in economic terms, for example, through a decline in agricultural productivity, and thus be a contributing factor to mobility. The links between droug ...
Multiyear Rainfall and Temperature Trends in the Volta River Basin
... on the frequency and intensity of precipitation and temperature distributions and patterns for many regions of the world. Spatial and temporal variations of precipitation and temperature may be influenced by changes in land cover [1,2], land use [3], and climate [4]. Also, the influences of large da ...
... on the frequency and intensity of precipitation and temperature distributions and patterns for many regions of the world. Spatial and temporal variations of precipitation and temperature may be influenced by changes in land cover [1,2], land use [3], and climate [4]. Also, the influences of large da ...
Egypt - Met Office
... The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particu ...
... The assessment of impacts at the national level, both for the AVOID programme results and the cited supporting literature, were mostly based on global studies. This was to ensure consistency, whilst recognising that this might not always provide enough focus on impacts of most relevance to a particu ...
The earTh ScienTiST - Galen McKinley
... occurred since the year 2000. On a daily basis, we hear about extreme events and changes in our environment. In mid July, NASA discovered a surprising sudden melting of the Greenland ice sheet, with melting underway across 97% of its surface. The Alaska Highway, which was built on permafrost (and re ...
... occurred since the year 2000. On a daily basis, we hear about extreme events and changes in our environment. In mid July, NASA discovered a surprising sudden melting of the Greenland ice sheet, with melting underway across 97% of its surface. The Alaska Highway, which was built on permafrost (and re ...
as PDF - Natural Hazards Center
... the potential risks that indigenous peoples face in sharing traditional knowledge and be aware of ethical protocols required to ensure the protection of traditional knowledge (Climate Change Working Group, 2013). Since traditional knowledge is increasingly recognized, federal agencies and national ...
... the potential risks that indigenous peoples face in sharing traditional knowledge and be aware of ethical protocols required to ensure the protection of traditional knowledge (Climate Change Working Group, 2013). Since traditional knowledge is increasingly recognized, federal agencies and national ...
Cognitive and affective risk judgements related to climate change
... Current scientific knowledge indicates that the global climate is affected by human activities. The average global temperature has increased by approximately +0.7 °C during the last 100 years, and it is expected to increase more rapidly in the future. Conclusions about warming of the climate system ...
... Current scientific knowledge indicates that the global climate is affected by human activities. The average global temperature has increased by approximately +0.7 °C during the last 100 years, and it is expected to increase more rapidly in the future. Conclusions about warming of the climate system ...
11.2MB - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
... ... however, RECOGNISES that recent scientific research and work under the IPCC indicates that it is unlikely that stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations above 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent would be consistent with meeting the 2°C long-term objective ... ... and that in order to have a reasonable ...
... ... however, RECOGNISES that recent scientific research and work under the IPCC indicates that it is unlikely that stabilisation of greenhouse gas concentrations above 550 ppmv CO2 equivalent would be consistent with meeting the 2°C long-term objective ... ... and that in order to have a reasonable ...
Vulnerability of New Zealand pastoral farming to the impacts of
... 1. Introduction It is now widely accepted that some of the most significant impacts of future global warming are likely to be experienced through regional-scale impacts on the hydrological cycle. There is abundant evidence in the palaeoclimate record that relatively small past changes in climate ha ...
... 1. Introduction It is now widely accepted that some of the most significant impacts of future global warming are likely to be experienced through regional-scale impacts on the hydrological cycle. There is abundant evidence in the palaeoclimate record that relatively small past changes in climate ha ...
Projected changes in US rainfall erosivity
... data (from 30 min, to annual averages), and the approximation is used for locations with sparser data. A field of erosivity values is then extrapolated from the available data points using other physical variables as added predictors (e.g., topography, annual mean rainfall, average rainfall intensit ...
... data (from 30 min, to annual averages), and the approximation is used for locations with sparser data. A field of erosivity values is then extrapolated from the available data points using other physical variables as added predictors (e.g., topography, annual mean rainfall, average rainfall intensit ...
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).