Climate Change Adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa:
... Why is Adaptation Necessary? Mitigation: the Missed Opportunity A robust scientific consensus exists that human-induced climate change is well underway. Most climate models anticipate a doubling of pre-industrial levels of greenhouse gases, resulting in average global temperatures rising by 2-5 deg ...
... Why is Adaptation Necessary? Mitigation: the Missed Opportunity A robust scientific consensus exists that human-induced climate change is well underway. Most climate models anticipate a doubling of pre-industrial levels of greenhouse gases, resulting in average global temperatures rising by 2-5 deg ...
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... • What is the origin of Pacific multidecadal variability? • What is the predictability of decadal variability in the ...
... • What is the origin of Pacific multidecadal variability? • What is the predictability of decadal variability in the ...
The effect of experimental warming and precipitation
... Nitrogen regulates the Earth’s climate system by constraining the terrestrial sink for atmospheric CO2. Proteolytic enzymes are a principal driver of the within-system cycle of soil nitrogen, yet there is little to no understanding of their response to climate change. Here, we use a single methodolo ...
... Nitrogen regulates the Earth’s climate system by constraining the terrestrial sink for atmospheric CO2. Proteolytic enzymes are a principal driver of the within-system cycle of soil nitrogen, yet there is little to no understanding of their response to climate change. Here, we use a single methodolo ...
KEY SECTOR ANALYSIS: AGRICULTURE (Adaptation)
... building efforts of Liberia. Its mutual and important association with the overall economy is apparent. This is evident in the PRS (the national development blue print 2008-2011), which emphasizes the national priorities of peace and security, economic revitalization, rehabilitation of infrastructur ...
... building efforts of Liberia. Its mutual and important association with the overall economy is apparent. This is evident in the PRS (the national development blue print 2008-2011), which emphasizes the national priorities of peace and security, economic revitalization, rehabilitation of infrastructur ...
Request for an Online Accreditation System
... developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of the developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.1 The Green Climate Fund Accreditation Self-Assessment Tool ...
... developing countries to limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the impacts of climate change, taking into account the needs of the developing countries particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.1 The Green Climate Fund Accreditation Self-Assessment Tool ...
THE COST OF DELAYING ACTION TO STEM CLIMATE CHANGE
... permafrost and the consequent release of the potent GHG methane, which would accelerate global warming. These and other potential large-scale changes are irreversible on relevant time ...
... permafrost and the consequent release of the potent GHG methane, which would accelerate global warming. These and other potential large-scale changes are irreversible on relevant time ...
Selecting Ensemble Members to Provide Regional Climate Change
... found to eliminate any of the 17 GCMs on these grounds. Second, the range of their future projections is explored and five models that best represent the full range of future climates are identified. The subset characterizes the range of both global and regional responses, and patterns of rainfall r ...
... found to eliminate any of the 17 GCMs on these grounds. Second, the range of their future projections is explored and five models that best represent the full range of future climates are identified. The subset characterizes the range of both global and regional responses, and patterns of rainfall r ...
Transitions in climate and energy discourse between Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
... of the twenty-first century (IPCC 2014) and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, result from increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases attributed primarily to fossil fuel burning for energy. Given probable links between the increasing ocean temperature and the severity an ...
... of the twenty-first century (IPCC 2014) and more frequent and intense extreme weather events, result from increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases attributed primarily to fossil fuel burning for energy. Given probable links between the increasing ocean temperature and the severity an ...
NRDC: Hotter and Drier - The West`s Changed Climate
... WCI should ensure that a suite of comprehensive policies achieves these targets either on or ahead of schedule. Additionally, the WCI states should agree to the firm target of reducing emissions of global warming pollution at least 80 percent below current levels by mid-century. State action, howeve ...
... WCI should ensure that a suite of comprehensive policies achieves these targets either on or ahead of schedule. Additionally, the WCI states should agree to the firm target of reducing emissions of global warming pollution at least 80 percent below current levels by mid-century. State action, howeve ...
Climate Change Impacts and Vulnerability in the Eastern Himalayas
... local biodiversity, and reduced ground and surface water quantity and quality. These changes will impact on everything from the natural landscape to human health, built infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. The global community is currently trying to understand the nexus between climate chan ...
... local biodiversity, and reduced ground and surface water quantity and quality. These changes will impact on everything from the natural landscape to human health, built infrastructure, and socioeconomic conditions. The global community is currently trying to understand the nexus between climate chan ...
Republic of Guatemala
... paradigm shift in relevant sectors for both adaptation and mitigation, building on existing synergies or on possibilities to take existing initiatives to scale to reduce the country’s vulnerabilities to climate change. Guatemala has participated in a country-owned initiative aimed at creating a netw ...
... paradigm shift in relevant sectors for both adaptation and mitigation, building on existing synergies or on possibilities to take existing initiatives to scale to reduce the country’s vulnerabilities to climate change. Guatemala has participated in a country-owned initiative aimed at creating a netw ...
Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity and Community
... wind over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. The classical period often referred to in climate change studies is 30 years (Hananh et al., 2005). Climate change is largely attributed to both natural and anthropogenic factors (IPCC, 1996, 2007b). Natural factors such as solar ...
... wind over a period of time, ranging from months to millions of years. The classical period often referred to in climate change studies is 30 years (Hananh et al., 2005). Climate change is largely attributed to both natural and anthropogenic factors (IPCC, 1996, 2007b). Natural factors such as solar ...
Publications
... circulation model. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 45, 1397-1415. Bryan, K., S. Manabe, and M.J. Spelman, Interhemispheric Asymmetry in the Transient Response of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model to a CO2 Forcing, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 18(6):851-867, 1988. Manabe, S., and R.J. Stouffer, ...
... circulation model. Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 45, 1397-1415. Bryan, K., S. Manabe, and M.J. Spelman, Interhemispheric Asymmetry in the Transient Response of a Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model to a CO2 Forcing, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 18(6):851-867, 1988. Manabe, S., and R.J. Stouffer, ...
Climate change adaptation and mitigation
... is a major driver of environmental and climate change itself. It has the largest human impact on land and water resources. About 1.4 billion ha of arable land (10 percent of total ice-free land) are used for crop cultivation and an additional 2.5 billion ha are used for pasture. Roughly four billion ...
... is a major driver of environmental and climate change itself. It has the largest human impact on land and water resources. About 1.4 billion ha of arable land (10 percent of total ice-free land) are used for crop cultivation and an additional 2.5 billion ha are used for pasture. Roughly four billion ...
Case Study - Sorsogon City
... The Cities and Climate Change Initiative, a key component of UN-HABITAT’s Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net), promotes enhanced climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing country cities. More specifically, the Initiative supports the development of pro-poor innovative approa ...
... The Cities and Climate Change Initiative, a key component of UN-HABITAT’s Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net), promotes enhanced climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing country cities. More specifically, the Initiative supports the development of pro-poor innovative approa ...
Outcome of Paris Climate Negotiations
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
... importance given to adaptation, as well as the amount of finance and other means of implementation provided to support the implementation of adaptation in developing countries. The Agreement includes language that addresses both issues by establishing a global goal for adaptation, and calling on dev ...
FOUNDATION PAPER |ONE CLIMATE CHANGE Victoria: the
... and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamics through rigorous scientific inquiry and research processes relevan ...
... and analysing environmental trends – working to bring the best possible scientific knowledge to our considerations of policy direction and public debate. Each ‘discipline’ is seeking to explain biophysical changes and social dynamics through rigorous scientific inquiry and research processes relevan ...
Section 4: Investigating the changing environment
... Levels of GHGs have gone up and down over the Earth's history, but they have been fairly constant for the past few thousand years. Global average temperatures have stayed fairly constant over that time as well, until recently. Through the burning of fossil fuels and other GHG emissions, humans are e ...
... Levels of GHGs have gone up and down over the Earth's history, but they have been fairly constant for the past few thousand years. Global average temperatures have stayed fairly constant over that time as well, until recently. Through the burning of fossil fuels and other GHG emissions, humans are e ...
Earth`s Energy Imbalance and Implications
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
... Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2001, 2007) reports and by innumerable authors. Although climate change is driven by many climate forcing agents and the climate system also exhibits unforced (chaotic) variability, it is now widely agreed that the strong global warming trend of recen ...
Can Dr. Evil Save The World?
... production, leading to widespread famine. If you need to put a "sudden stop" on emissions of carbon dioxide, Weyant asked, how -- short of shutting down the global economy -- would you do it? Spinning out blue-sky scenarios is nothing new for this crowd. But there was extra urgency in this exercise ...
... production, leading to widespread famine. If you need to put a "sudden stop" on emissions of carbon dioxide, Weyant asked, how -- short of shutting down the global economy -- would you do it? Spinning out blue-sky scenarios is nothing new for this crowd. But there was extra urgency in this exercise ...
Workshop report, 3-4 December 2009
... mitigation and adaptation, even before the current UNFCCC negotiations are concluded. Forests have to be part of the national climate change strategy, as much as climate change needs to be part of the national forest programmes. Dr. Omaliss Keo, Forest Administration and national REDD focal point, t ...
... mitigation and adaptation, even before the current UNFCCC negotiations are concluded. Forests have to be part of the national climate change strategy, as much as climate change needs to be part of the national forest programmes. Dr. Omaliss Keo, Forest Administration and national REDD focal point, t ...
Young People`s Burden: Requirement of Negative CO2 Emissions
... Global temperature has just reached a level similar to the mean level in the prior interglacial (Eemian) period, when sea level was several meters higher than today, and, if it long remains at this level, slow amplifying feedbacks will lead to greater climate change and consequences. The growth rate ...
... Global temperature has just reached a level similar to the mean level in the prior interglacial (Eemian) period, when sea level was several meters higher than today, and, if it long remains at this level, slow amplifying feedbacks will lead to greater climate change and consequences. The growth rate ...
The Impact of Climate Change and Human Activity on Net Primary
... As the results have demonstrated, the NPP of the Tibetan Plateau was increasing although it is likely that the average net primary productivity would decrease in China with a warming climate [25]. Nevertheless, the distribution of NPP and annual mean temperature were similar at the temporal scale, w ...
... As the results have demonstrated, the NPP of the Tibetan Plateau was increasing although it is likely that the average net primary productivity would decrease in China with a warming climate [25]. Nevertheless, the distribution of NPP and annual mean temperature were similar at the temporal scale, w ...
- UNDP Climate Change Adaptation
... The third municipal division of Batallas, where this project takes place, lies in the north of the High Plateaus, and therefore has a cold climate that results from its high altitude (3,850-6,300 m.a.s.l.). Its scant vegetation, itself a consequence of the soil type, creates a greater evaporation-t ...
... The third municipal division of Batallas, where this project takes place, lies in the north of the High Plateaus, and therefore has a cold climate that results from its high altitude (3,850-6,300 m.a.s.l.). Its scant vegetation, itself a consequence of the soil type, creates a greater evaporation-t ...
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).