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 ...
CIAS
... changes (up to 12ºC in the Arctic) and accompanying changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation. These changes would have significant impacts on human and natural systems (IPCC, 2001, Warren 2005). Concern about these serious impacts of climate change has been paralleled by a concern that m ...
... changes (up to 12ºC in the Arctic) and accompanying changes in extremes of temperature and precipitation. These changes would have significant impacts on human and natural systems (IPCC, 2001, Warren 2005). Concern about these serious impacts of climate change has been paralleled by a concern that m ...
REACT Ferruginous Hawk Climate Change Study Summary
... why and when FEHAs move within and from their home ranges on the breeding grounds as well as migration and during the winter. 44 transmittered FEHA made at least one breeding attempt, 15 of these GPS tracked birds were within 15 km of a weather station. We have used these data to determine how inter ...
... why and when FEHAs move within and from their home ranges on the breeding grounds as well as migration and during the winter. 44 transmittered FEHA made at least one breeding attempt, 15 of these GPS tracked birds were within 15 km of a weather station. We have used these data to determine how inter ...
Economics of PGRFA Management for Adaptation to Climate Change: A Review of Selected Literature
... management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) are key adaptation responses to climate change impacts in both the short and long run, however the nature of the change and the stakeholders involved vary. Houghton (2004) identifies three main ways in which climate change will a ...
... management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA) are key adaptation responses to climate change impacts in both the short and long run, however the nature of the change and the stakeholders involved vary. Houghton (2004) identifies three main ways in which climate change will a ...
implications for ecosystem function and structure
... In an ecosystem where plant growth is limited by N availability, an increase in N has the potential to enhance photosynthetic rates and carbon storage in trees (Melillo et al. 2002, 2011). This can happen through increases N deposition in precipitation (Melillo and Gosz 1983; Thomas et al. 2009). In ...
... In an ecosystem where plant growth is limited by N availability, an increase in N has the potential to enhance photosynthetic rates and carbon storage in trees (Melillo et al. 2002, 2011). This can happen through increases N deposition in precipitation (Melillo and Gosz 1983; Thomas et al. 2009). In ...
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Technology, Imatra
... use more than a few days into the future. By contrast, climate predictions focus on expected changes in average conditions, while recognizing that individual days, weeks, months or years will always buck the longer-term trend. (2.) The sun also drives our climate. Sunlight provides energy which heat ...
... use more than a few days into the future. By contrast, climate predictions focus on expected changes in average conditions, while recognizing that individual days, weeks, months or years will always buck the longer-term trend. (2.) The sun also drives our climate. Sunlight provides energy which heat ...
Protected areas, climate change and disaster mitigation
... The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment estimates that approximately 60 per cent of the world’s ecosystem services (including 70 per cent of regulating and cultural services) are being degraded or used unsustainably, and notes that: “Changes to ecosystems have contributed to a significant rise in the nu ...
... The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment estimates that approximately 60 per cent of the world’s ecosystem services (including 70 per cent of regulating and cultural services) are being degraded or used unsustainably, and notes that: “Changes to ecosystems have contributed to a significant rise in the nu ...
The Kyoto Protocol and Beyond: The World After 2012
... in national planning, donor documents and PRSPs’ (Agrawala 2004). The untenability of that position has become increasingly obvious to those charged with providing disaster relief in areas struck by extreme weather events or devastated by slower, but no less disruptive, processes of climate-induced ...
... in national planning, donor documents and PRSPs’ (Agrawala 2004). The untenability of that position has become increasingly obvious to those charged with providing disaster relief in areas struck by extreme weather events or devastated by slower, but no less disruptive, processes of climate-induced ...
Analysis and Use of Information and Communication Tools in the
... and management, to formulate policies and strategic plans, to perform risk assessment, and to put in place forecasting systems. Mitigation policies include GHG emission management, reduction and controls of emissions. Examples of adaptation policies are early warning systems (e.g. SMS broadcasts ove ...
... and management, to formulate policies and strategic plans, to perform risk assessment, and to put in place forecasting systems. Mitigation policies include GHG emission management, reduction and controls of emissions. Examples of adaptation policies are early warning systems (e.g. SMS broadcasts ove ...
CO2 short - Digging in the Clay
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
... Global warming to less than 2°C. However when the diminution effect is taken into account, whichever assessment of likely temperature increase from additional CO2 is used, that additional 2°C could never be attained by any Man-made additions of CO2 to the atmosphere however large. In fact the increa ...
Climate modelling in Bangladesh
... critical challenge to development initiatives in the country. Indeed, according to the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) the adverse impacts of climate change are already being felt in Bangladesh in various sectors. Climate model projections suggest that already committed w ...
... critical challenge to development initiatives in the country. Indeed, according to the Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP) the adverse impacts of climate change are already being felt in Bangladesh in various sectors. Climate model projections suggest that already committed w ...
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... Contemporary climate change is a consequence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities. According to the IPCC, most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations. Agricu ...
... Contemporary climate change is a consequence of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities. According to the IPCC, most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations. Agricu ...
Science - Global Policy Lab
... For centuries, thinkers have considered whether and how climatic conditions—such as temperature, rainfall, and violent storms—influence the nature of societies and the performance of economies. A multidisciplinary renaissance of quantitative empirical research is illuminating important linkages in t ...
... For centuries, thinkers have considered whether and how climatic conditions—such as temperature, rainfall, and violent storms—influence the nature of societies and the performance of economies. A multidisciplinary renaissance of quantitative empirical research is illuminating important linkages in t ...
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... An insurance scheme in which “claims” are based on agreed weather indices and not on the “actual” damages suffered by the crops. Indices are developed on the basis of a good amount of historical weather data and crop yield correlated to weather. Does not require field assessments of damages; Claims ...
... An insurance scheme in which “claims” are based on agreed weather indices and not on the “actual” damages suffered by the crops. Indices are developed on the basis of a good amount of historical weather data and crop yield correlated to weather. Does not require field assessments of damages; Claims ...
Caritas Guidelines on Environmental Justice
... Proposal from Caritas Oceania: i) Climate Change the Major Focus of Environmental Justice: There are many pressing environmental justice issues. One key issue, climate change, demands priority above all others because of its potential to disrupt the well-being of future generations. Climate change p ...
... Proposal from Caritas Oceania: i) Climate Change the Major Focus of Environmental Justice: There are many pressing environmental justice issues. One key issue, climate change, demands priority above all others because of its potential to disrupt the well-being of future generations. Climate change p ...
Reconstructing mid- to high-latitude marine climate and ocean
... and the resultant CO2 emissions, have already noticeably changed the stable carbon isotopic composition (negative trend) of the surface waters in the oceans (see Böhm et al., 2002; Butler et al., 2009a; Swart et al., 2010; Williams et al., 2011). Additionally, a recent study using a marine sediment ...
... and the resultant CO2 emissions, have already noticeably changed the stable carbon isotopic composition (negative trend) of the surface waters in the oceans (see Böhm et al., 2002; Butler et al., 2009a; Swart et al., 2010; Williams et al., 2011). Additionally, a recent study using a marine sediment ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. The uncertainties are due to the complexity of the system, ...
... Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. The uncertainties are due to the complexity of the system, ...
Public Understanding of Climate Change in the United States
... Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. The uncertainties are due to the complexity of the system, ...
... Uncertainties involve how much warming will result from a given level of emissions (called “climate sensitivity”) and, given a specific amount of warming, which effects on natural and human systems will occur when, where, and to what degree. The uncertainties are due to the complexity of the system, ...
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... While climatic conditions have varied throughout the history of the world, recent evidence suggests that since the mid-1970s the global land surface temperature has warmed at a rate about twice the ocean surface temperature and, measured over the last 50 years, the world has warmed at nearly twice t ...
... While climatic conditions have varied throughout the history of the world, recent evidence suggests that since the mid-1970s the global land surface temperature has warmed at a rate about twice the ocean surface temperature and, measured over the last 50 years, the world has warmed at nearly twice t ...
Death by Degrees - Physicians for Social Responsibility
... years, from 1987 to 2000, are among the 15 warmest years on record (4). Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the winter of 2000 was the warmest winter on record since the United States government began keeping weather statistics 105 years ago (5). A ...
... years, from 1987 to 2000, are among the 15 warmest years on record (4). Scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced that the winter of 2000 was the warmest winter on record since the United States government began keeping weather statistics 105 years ago (5). A ...
Climate change and sustainable development have given rise to a
... Monserrat noted that climate change is the single largest scientific issue in the world, and that cooperation for space monitoring of climate change for sustainable development is a new issue facing international space law. Space monitoring of climate change for sustainable is a complex of space inf ...
... Monserrat noted that climate change is the single largest scientific issue in the world, and that cooperation for space monitoring of climate change for sustainable development is a new issue facing international space law. Space monitoring of climate change for sustainable is a complex of space inf ...
A review of the consideration of climate change in the planning of
... This variability has important consequences for the management of hydropower schemes under future climate change scenarios. The lifetime of hydropower infrastructure is around 100 years, meaning that new schemes implemented in in the next decade are still likely to be operating into the next century ...
... This variability has important consequences for the management of hydropower schemes under future climate change scenarios. The lifetime of hydropower infrastructure is around 100 years, meaning that new schemes implemented in in the next decade are still likely to be operating into the next century ...
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... group of local leaders determined by the field supervisors and designed to collect information about the community where the selected households are located. One of the main reasons to use the two consecutive waves and not the the 2005/2006 one was mainly driven by the fact that starting from the U ...
... group of local leaders determined by the field supervisors and designed to collect information about the community where the selected households are located. One of the main reasons to use the two consecutive waves and not the the 2005/2006 one was mainly driven by the fact that starting from the U ...
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).