Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... be written at the start of the project and towards the end synthesizing publications will be produced, in the form of a special issue, two international books and a number of articles. ...
... be written at the start of the project and towards the end synthesizing publications will be produced, in the form of a special issue, two international books and a number of articles. ...
NEWSLETTER
... in binding CO2 emission targets. Nevertheless, a process towards binding targets was started, but the rates of reduction are lower than those already recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This means that communities in the North Sea region are facing higher temperature ...
... in binding CO2 emission targets. Nevertheless, a process towards binding targets was started, but the rates of reduction are lower than those already recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This means that communities in the North Sea region are facing higher temperature ...
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... – Climate change policy must set an orderly and predictable schedule for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and establish a market-based system in which the regulated sectors can implement the lowest cost solutions, maximizing the ...
... – Climate change policy must set an orderly and predictable schedule for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions and establish a market-based system in which the regulated sectors can implement the lowest cost solutions, maximizing the ...
Geotourism and Climate Change Paradoxes and Promises
... The loss of Arctic sea ice cover means that it is not just the ocean that is subject to change but that it is severely affecting the coastline and hinterland. The larger heat transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere—the maritime effect—will help moderate autumn and winter cold temperatures. As ice ...
... The loss of Arctic sea ice cover means that it is not just the ocean that is subject to change but that it is severely affecting the coastline and hinterland. The larger heat transfer from the ocean to the atmosphere—the maritime effect—will help moderate autumn and winter cold temperatures. As ice ...
Smallholder Farmers` Perception of Climate Change and Variability
... in the country. Nigeria has lived with climate change and variability over some decades without given it much attention but now they have already had obvious impacts on economies, biodiversity, people and health. The highly variable rainfall (intensity, distribution, and amount), increasing temperat ...
... in the country. Nigeria has lived with climate change and variability over some decades without given it much attention but now they have already had obvious impacts on economies, biodiversity, people and health. The highly variable rainfall (intensity, distribution, and amount), increasing temperat ...
Jumping on the Human Rights Bandwagon - CiteSeerX
... “principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area.” Some, but not all regimes include tangible organizations that administer, monitor, promote, or enforce the regime’s norms. We use “regime” throughout this paper in its broadest s ...
... “principles, norms, rules and decision-making procedures around which actor expectations converge in a given issue-area.” Some, but not all regimes include tangible organizations that administer, monitor, promote, or enforce the regime’s norms. We use “regime” throughout this paper in its broadest s ...
Understanding Climate Change: Lesson Plans for
... that the sun still rises. Therefore, we have correlation but no causation among the two variables. ...
... that the sun still rises. Therefore, we have correlation but no causation among the two variables. ...
Singapore`s Second National Climate Change Study Climate
... days and nights for February to May (having the highest number of warm days in the current climate) and June to September (having the highest number of warm nights in the current climate) shows that the models project significant increases in both throughout the 21st century. In the case where the w ...
... days and nights for February to May (having the highest number of warm days in the current climate) and June to September (having the highest number of warm nights in the current climate) shows that the models project significant increases in both throughout the 21st century. In the case where the w ...
Dispersal will limit ability of mammals to track climate change in the
... home range without anticipated return (12). Dispersal may occur before the first mating (natal dispersal) or between breeding seasons in adults (breeding dispersal). Dispersal velocity, or the distance that a given species can disperse over a given time period, depends on both the distance of individ ...
... home range without anticipated return (12). Dispersal may occur before the first mating (natal dispersal) or between breeding seasons in adults (breeding dispersal). Dispersal velocity, or the distance that a given species can disperse over a given time period, depends on both the distance of individ ...
Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy
... Canada is making its contribution with ambitious GHG reduction targets, advances in adapting to the impacts of climate change, and contributions to climate change action in developing countries. First Ministers launched under the Vancouver Declaration a nationwide process with the objective of devel ...
... Canada is making its contribution with ambitious GHG reduction targets, advances in adapting to the impacts of climate change, and contributions to climate change action in developing countries. First Ministers launched under the Vancouver Declaration a nationwide process with the objective of devel ...
Ecosystem Adaptation to Climate Change in California: Nine
... Over the next century, climate change will transform the Earth’s ecosystems, and the general directions of change for California are clear (see Appendices B and C). Temperatures are warming, precipitation patterns are shifting, sea level is rising, ambient CO2 is increasing, and watershed flows are ...
... Over the next century, climate change will transform the Earth’s ecosystems, and the general directions of change for California are clear (see Appendices B and C). Temperatures are warming, precipitation patterns are shifting, sea level is rising, ambient CO2 is increasing, and watershed flows are ...
Ecological consequences of global climate change for freshwater
... Freshwater ecosystems are considered to be among the ecosystems most vulnerable to global climate change.1 Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences fo ...
... Freshwater ecosystems are considered to be among the ecosystems most vulnerable to global climate change.1 Observational records and climate projections provide abundant evidence that freshwater resources have the potential to be strongly impacted by climate change, with wide-ranging consequences fo ...
Infosylva 22/2010
... carbon emitters. The reason: it has one of the world's fastest rates of deforestation, mainly for palm oil production. As trees are felled, the carbon stored in them and the soil is released into the atmosphere. Indonesia eyeing $1bn climate aid to cut down forests, says Greenpeace Vague legal defin ...
... carbon emitters. The reason: it has one of the world's fastest rates of deforestation, mainly for palm oil production. As trees are felled, the carbon stored in them and the soil is released into the atmosphere. Indonesia eyeing $1bn climate aid to cut down forests, says Greenpeace Vague legal defin ...
Module 2 - UNFCC related Funds - Global Climate Change Alliance
... Typical supported Activities Water resources and land management, agriculture, infrastructure, health… Monitoring of diseases and vectors affected by climate change ...
... Typical supported Activities Water resources and land management, agriculture, infrastructure, health… Monitoring of diseases and vectors affected by climate change ...
Adaptation investments
... may ultimately also be used to support private adaptation. The question of allocating funding among countries is broader and more complex than the prioritisation of investments within a country, say, in the context of a National Adaptation Plan of Action (Osman-Elasha and Downing 2007). It also goes ...
... may ultimately also be used to support private adaptation. The question of allocating funding among countries is broader and more complex than the prioritisation of investments within a country, say, in the context of a National Adaptation Plan of Action (Osman-Elasha and Downing 2007). It also goes ...
Urban Planning for Climate Change – Position Paper of FIG Working
... One problem is that some of these effects are reasonably predictable (e.g. changes in global temperature, sea-level-rise), while others are not (e.g. frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, cf. example in figure 2). For urban areas, perhaps the most obvious increased risk comes from the u ...
... One problem is that some of these effects are reasonably predictable (e.g. changes in global temperature, sea-level-rise), while others are not (e.g. frequency and magnitude of extreme weather events, cf. example in figure 2). For urban areas, perhaps the most obvious increased risk comes from the u ...
Climate Change
... “Climate change is the defining challenge of our era. ITU’s work to cut greenhouse gas emissions, develop standards and use ‘e-environment’ systems can speed up the global shift to a low-carbon economy”. Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General, 12 November 2008 Committed to connecting the world ...
... “Climate change is the defining challenge of our era. ITU’s work to cut greenhouse gas emissions, develop standards and use ‘e-environment’ systems can speed up the global shift to a low-carbon economy”. Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General, 12 November 2008 Committed to connecting the world ...
Updated compilation of information on the mitigation benefits of
... emissions (5.4–5.8 Gt CO2 eq) and emissions from forestry and other land use contributing around 12 per cent of global GHG emissions (Tubiello et al., 2013; IPCC, 2014). However, while there exists a broad range of current emission estimates for forestry and other land use, most research agrees that ...
... emissions (5.4–5.8 Gt CO2 eq) and emissions from forestry and other land use contributing around 12 per cent of global GHG emissions (Tubiello et al., 2013; IPCC, 2014). However, while there exists a broad range of current emission estimates for forestry and other land use, most research agrees that ...
The Impact of Climate Change on Air Quality
... stagnation events, during which most of the air pollution episodes occur, in California’s San Joaquin Valley (SJV) will increase and the intensity of stagnation will be stronger in the future for the two main air pollution seasons (i.e., summer and winter). Increases in surface wind and planetary bo ...
... stagnation events, during which most of the air pollution episodes occur, in California’s San Joaquin Valley (SJV) will increase and the intensity of stagnation will be stronger in the future for the two main air pollution seasons (i.e., summer and winter). Increases in surface wind and planetary bo ...
Precipitation and Temperature
... to the current day’s regional average using a distance metric, the Mahalanobis distance (Yates et al., 2003; Sharif and Burn, 2006). Based on their distance from the current day, the potential neighbors are ranked and the first K are selected, the “K-NNs.” Based on the days’ ranks, a cumulative prob ...
... to the current day’s regional average using a distance metric, the Mahalanobis distance (Yates et al., 2003; Sharif and Burn, 2006). Based on their distance from the current day, the potential neighbors are ranked and the first K are selected, the “K-NNs.” Based on the days’ ranks, a cumulative prob ...
Climate Change in the Himalayas
... change on the Himalayas and there exists huge volume of literature on biophysical side. It is beyond the scope of this study to go through every available literature and judge their quality. Instead, we limited our review mostly to peer reviewed journal articles assuming that journals have a rigorou ...
... change on the Himalayas and there exists huge volume of literature on biophysical side. It is beyond the scope of this study to go through every available literature and judge their quality. Instead, we limited our review mostly to peer reviewed journal articles assuming that journals have a rigorou ...
Climate Change Corrections - Florida Department of Environmental
... The question for Floridians is not whether they will be affected by global warming, but how much—that is, to what degree it will continue, how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to ...
... The question for Floridians is not whether they will be affected by global warming, but how much—that is, to what degree it will continue, how rapidly, what other climate changes will accompany the warming, and what the longterm effects of these changes will be. Florida is particularly vulnerable to ...
Comments on target - Ministry for the Environment
... Over 3,300 submitters expressed the need for consensus to be built around climate change. A number requested a collaborative stakeholder process and many suggested the initiation of a Climate Change Commission, cross party consensus on the issue, and/or that this be underpinned by domestic climate c ...
... Over 3,300 submitters expressed the need for consensus to be built around climate change. A number requested a collaborative stakeholder process and many suggested the initiation of a Climate Change Commission, cross party consensus on the issue, and/or that this be underpinned by domestic climate c ...
Implementation of the Clean Development Mechanism in
... Preparation of its Initial National Communication to the UNFCCC Secretariat 3. Realization of the above project 4. Creation of the National Action Plan for the Climate Change 5. Creation of the Study on the Conditions for ratification of Kyoto protocol, and the Strategy of its ratification, includin ...
... Preparation of its Initial National Communication to the UNFCCC Secretariat 3. Realization of the above project 4. Creation of the National Action Plan for the Climate Change 5. Creation of the Study on the Conditions for ratification of Kyoto protocol, and the Strategy of its ratification, includin ...
Governing Climate Change in the Mediterranean: Fragmentation in
... coastal Middle Eastern countries (except for ...
... coastal Middle Eastern countries (except for ...
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).