Global Climate Change and Wetlands: Issues and Awareness by
... (ii) assess the environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change, and (iii) formulate response strategies. Based on its research, the IPCC concludes that "human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, land-use change and agriculture, are increasing the atmospheric concentrations ...
... (ii) assess the environmental and socio-economic impacts of climate change, and (iii) formulate response strategies. Based on its research, the IPCC concludes that "human activities, including the burning of fossil fuels, land-use change and agriculture, are increasing the atmospheric concentrations ...
Climate Change Commission Context of NAMA Development in the Philippines Alona Arreza
... o Potential set of indicators in context of a NAMA (details to be elaborated in the proposed NAMA support project) Quantitative technical: milestones achieved Economical: funds granted, investment triggered, jobs created Process: scientific preparation in progress (milestones!) stakeholder ...
... o Potential set of indicators in context of a NAMA (details to be elaborated in the proposed NAMA support project) Quantitative technical: milestones achieved Economical: funds granted, investment triggered, jobs created Process: scientific preparation in progress (milestones!) stakeholder ...
Working Paper 7: Climate Change and Agriculture: Analysis of
... (Hassan, 2008). Given that agricultural production in Africa relies mainly on rainfall (with less than 4 percent of cultivated land under irrigation, World Bank, 2008), such fluctuations expose African agriculture to frequent production uncertainties. In recent years, nearly all African governments ...
... (Hassan, 2008). Given that agricultural production in Africa relies mainly on rainfall (with less than 4 percent of cultivated land under irrigation, World Bank, 2008), such fluctuations expose African agriculture to frequent production uncertainties. In recent years, nearly all African governments ...
s1|2008 protected areas and biodiversity conservation special issue
... mitigation and adaptation. What role do PA managers – and their risk perception and response – play in this context? A global survey with biosphere reserve (BR) managers investigated this issue using a combined quantitative and qualitative approach. Results suggest that climate change risk perceptio ...
... mitigation and adaptation. What role do PA managers – and their risk perception and response – play in this context? A global survey with biosphere reserve (BR) managers investigated this issue using a combined quantitative and qualitative approach. Results suggest that climate change risk perceptio ...
Governance of Bladen Nature Reserve in Belize
... are used for agriculture and there is continuing pressure to convert some of the reserve for agricultural purposes (Bladen Nature Reserve Management Plan, 2006). With the strict protection in place, local inhabitants are unable to harvest from the area or to hunt, and many of the indigenous people p ...
... are used for agriculture and there is continuing pressure to convert some of the reserve for agricultural purposes (Bladen Nature Reserve Management Plan, 2006). With the strict protection in place, local inhabitants are unable to harvest from the area or to hunt, and many of the indigenous people p ...
Author's personal copy On the use
... The 2007 United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stated that climate warming is ‘unequivocal’ (Solomon et al., 2007). There are two broad responses to the issue of climate change; mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation (anticipating and adjustin ...
... The 2007 United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report stated that climate warming is ‘unequivocal’ (Solomon et al., 2007). There are two broad responses to the issue of climate change; mitigation (reducing greenhouse gas emissions) and adaptation (anticipating and adjustin ...
CARIBSAVE Climate Change Risk Profile for Jamaica
... livelihoods – likely due to the larger participation of males in fishing and agriculture over women. This aspect of vulnerability is linked to the climate-sensitivity of their livelihood resources. However, one common coping strategy identified by fishers and farmers is to engage in a variety of act ...
... livelihoods – likely due to the larger participation of males in fishing and agriculture over women. This aspect of vulnerability is linked to the climate-sensitivity of their livelihood resources. However, one common coping strategy identified by fishers and farmers is to engage in a variety of act ...
Social Costs of Greenhouse Gases
... and PAGE4—have been extensively peer reviewed in the economic literature.5 Each model translates emissions into changes in atmospheric carbon concentrations, atmospheric concentrations into temperature changes, and temperature changes into economic damages.6 The IWG gives each model equal weight in ...
... and PAGE4—have been extensively peer reviewed in the economic literature.5 Each model translates emissions into changes in atmospheric carbon concentrations, atmospheric concentrations into temperature changes, and temperature changes into economic damages.6 The IWG gives each model equal weight in ...
The Geoengineering Option
... fuels, and most governments have been reluctant to force the radical changes necessary to reduce those emissions. Economic growth tends to trump vague and elusive global aspirations. The United States has yet to impose even a cap on its emissions, let alone a reduction. The European Union has adopte ...
... fuels, and most governments have been reluctant to force the radical changes necessary to reduce those emissions. Economic growth tends to trump vague and elusive global aspirations. The United States has yet to impose even a cap on its emissions, let alone a reduction. The European Union has adopte ...
Response to reviewer 1
... based on a particular year? Why was the fishing pressure assumed to be homogeneous spatially? What are the implications of the simplification? The applied fishing pressure was that as described in Blanchard et al. (2009), and as such took a value of 1.0 (fishing pressure switched on, pressure propor ...
... based on a particular year? Why was the fishing pressure assumed to be homogeneous spatially? What are the implications of the simplification? The applied fishing pressure was that as described in Blanchard et al. (2009), and as such took a value of 1.0 (fishing pressure switched on, pressure propor ...
On Applying the Test of a False Prophet to the
... Agrarian Reading of the Bible, Ellen F. Davis outlines many of the theological and ethical problems surrounding modern day land use, with particular emphasis placed on the practices of industrialized agriculture. Her book represents a dialogue between biblical studies and modern agrarianism, allowin ...
... Agrarian Reading of the Bible, Ellen F. Davis outlines many of the theological and ethical problems surrounding modern day land use, with particular emphasis placed on the practices of industrialized agriculture. Her book represents a dialogue between biblical studies and modern agrarianism, allowin ...
Lake Superior summer water temperatures are increasing more
... warms during the summer months, leading to a stronger trend in mean summer temperatures than would be expected from changes in summer air temperature alone. Citation: Austin, J. A., and S. M. Colman (2007), Lake Superior summer water temperatures are increasing more rapidly than regional air tempera ...
... warms during the summer months, leading to a stronger trend in mean summer temperatures than would be expected from changes in summer air temperature alone. Citation: Austin, J. A., and S. M. Colman (2007), Lake Superior summer water temperatures are increasing more rapidly than regional air tempera ...
Tackling climate change and promoting sustainable
... Australian NGOs are simultaneously responding to the challenges of climate change and promoting sustainable development through innovative programs, advocacy and awareness-raising. Climate change adaption: Australian NGOs work throughout the Pacific, Asia and Africa, improving the ability of poor co ...
... Australian NGOs are simultaneously responding to the challenges of climate change and promoting sustainable development through innovative programs, advocacy and awareness-raising. Climate change adaption: Australian NGOs work throughout the Pacific, Asia and Africa, improving the ability of poor co ...
Predicting species responses to climate change: demography and
... warmer conditions. A second question that can be addressed by refining bioclimate models with field data concerns whether species can persist in microrefugia, microclimates that support small populations of species beyond the boundaries of the climatic limits of their main distributions (Rull, 2009; ...
... warmer conditions. A second question that can be addressed by refining bioclimate models with field data concerns whether species can persist in microrefugia, microclimates that support small populations of species beyond the boundaries of the climatic limits of their main distributions (Rull, 2009; ...
Organisation strategy for Sweden`s cooperation with the Green
... including forestry action, in developing countries. The Fund provides support for both mitigation and adaptation investments and aims for a 50:50 balance over time. It also aims for a floor of 50 per cent of the adaptation allocation for particularly vulnerable countries, including least developed ...
... including forestry action, in developing countries. The Fund provides support for both mitigation and adaptation investments and aims for a 50:50 balance over time. It also aims for a floor of 50 per cent of the adaptation allocation for particularly vulnerable countries, including least developed ...
Marine Climate Change in Australia
... distribution and abundance of fishes in southeastern Tasmania have been attributed to a combination of climate change and fishing pressure (Last et al. 2011). While all of these changes have been observed over a period of intense warming (Pearce & Feng 2007, Ridgway 2007), the direct link to climate ...
... distribution and abundance of fishes in southeastern Tasmania have been attributed to a combination of climate change and fishing pressure (Last et al. 2011). While all of these changes have been observed over a period of intense warming (Pearce & Feng 2007, Ridgway 2007), the direct link to climate ...
... ABSTRACT: Land cover changes (LCCs) play an important role in the climate system. Research over recent decades highlights the impacts of these changes on atmospheric temperature, humidity, cloud cover, circulation, and precipitation. These impacts range from the local- and regional-scale to sub-cont ...
The Adaptation Challenge: Key issues for crop production
... advantages over other countries which are food exporters without action to adapt agriculture to the expected changes in climate and the natural environment. It should be emphasized that even in those regions where climate change impacts may be more conducive to agriculture, adaptation is still neede ...
... advantages over other countries which are food exporters without action to adapt agriculture to the expected changes in climate and the natural environment. It should be emphasized that even in those regions where climate change impacts may be more conducive to agriculture, adaptation is still neede ...
Variability and Triggering Factors of Observed Global Mean Land
... Precipitation is a major branch of the global water cycle. All water evaporated from the earth’s surface is to fall down on earth sooner or later. Evaporation itself is directly linked to the global energy cycle. Thus, global mean precipitation is a measure for the intensity of the global water and ...
... Precipitation is a major branch of the global water cycle. All water evaporated from the earth’s surface is to fall down on earth sooner or later. Evaporation itself is directly linked to the global energy cycle. Thus, global mean precipitation is a measure for the intensity of the global water and ...
Building a Resilient Energy Gulf Coast: Executive Report
... Swiss Re, which was a lead contributor to the research, and brought its natural catastrophe and climate risk assessment knowledge to bear on the challenge of quantifying climate risks. The methodology used in this study was previously devised and tested by a consortium of public and private partners ...
... Swiss Re, which was a lead contributor to the research, and brought its natural catastrophe and climate risk assessment knowledge to bear on the challenge of quantifying climate risks. The methodology used in this study was previously devised and tested by a consortium of public and private partners ...
Mapping of Climate Change Threats and Human Development
... as any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. The concentration of CO2, one of the major greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere has increased significantly since the industrial revolution. This has contributed to the enhanced greenhouse effect ...
... as any change in climate over time, whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity. The concentration of CO2, one of the major greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere has increased significantly since the industrial revolution. This has contributed to the enhanced greenhouse effect ...
Kelsey Lahr | University of Utah
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
... Climate Change, demonstrate the breadth of environmental discourses that can be mobilized in climate change communication. Personal testimony is crucial in making climate change comprehensible and narratable because it moves climate change out of the realm of the theoretical and abstract, into the r ...
Module 1
... 4. How can pine cones and seaweed help us predict the weather? 5. How reliable is technology in predicting the weather? 6. What did a recent study by an Australian psychologist suggest? 7. What’s the connection between weather and disease? 8. What are stormchasers? Climate change. Match the question ...
... 4. How can pine cones and seaweed help us predict the weather? 5. How reliable is technology in predicting the weather? 6. What did a recent study by an Australian psychologist suggest? 7. What’s the connection between weather and disease? 8. What are stormchasers? Climate change. Match the question ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – pastoral production
... Table 5.1 Summary of climate change impacts on livestock production systems. ......................................................... 8 Table 5.2 Options for adapting to climate change in the livestock industry................................................................... 8 Table 5.3 Plausible ...
... Table 5.1 Summary of climate change impacts on livestock production systems. ......................................................... 8 Table 5.2 Options for adapting to climate change in the livestock industry................................................................... 8 Table 5.3 Plausible ...
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).