Climate finance for the Middle East and North Africa: confronting the
... The Government of Morocco has expressed an ambitious intent to promote renewable energy technology and diversify its energy mix. In this context, it has established a number of programmes to develop wind and solar energy technology, both of which are receiving substantial finance from the World Bank ...
... The Government of Morocco has expressed an ambitious intent to promote renewable energy technology and diversify its energy mix. In this context, it has established a number of programmes to develop wind and solar energy technology, both of which are receiving substantial finance from the World Bank ...
6. Atolls in the ocean— canaries in the mine?
... Harvey was theorising space as it exists prior to any given act of human agency. Henri Lefebvre was interested in the social production of space (1991 [1974, 1984]). His conceptualisation is also tri-dimensional, encompassing material space, the representation of space and spaces of representation, ...
... Harvey was theorising space as it exists prior to any given act of human agency. Henri Lefebvre was interested in the social production of space (1991 [1974, 1984]). His conceptualisation is also tri-dimensional, encompassing material space, the representation of space and spaces of representation, ...
Local Adaptation Plan of Action District Multan
... How is climate change affecting the area? Climate change is affecting nearly all the segments of our economy, predominantly water resources, energy, health and biodiversity, with a major impact on agricultural productivity. For a developing country like Pakistan, with its high population growth rate ...
... How is climate change affecting the area? Climate change is affecting nearly all the segments of our economy, predominantly water resources, energy, health and biodiversity, with a major impact on agricultural productivity. For a developing country like Pakistan, with its high population growth rate ...
Climate Change: Law, Policy, and Business
... Shed light on a law review note or a real-world case on which you might be working; Are designed to submit to another law journal or other publication. Many students don’t realize that their publication opportunities are not limited to Hastings law journals! (I’d be happy to continue working wit ...
... Shed light on a law review note or a real-world case on which you might be working; Are designed to submit to another law journal or other publication. Many students don’t realize that their publication opportunities are not limited to Hastings law journals! (I’d be happy to continue working wit ...
Radiative Forcing and Climate Feedbacks
... quantified. Their combined RF is a positive value and CO2 is the largest contributor to the RF. The climate system gains energy surface warming Several feedbacks are activated in the climate system in response to the radiative forcing. They determine the sensitivity of the climate system: Po ...
... quantified. Their combined RF is a positive value and CO2 is the largest contributor to the RF. The climate system gains energy surface warming Several feedbacks are activated in the climate system in response to the radiative forcing. They determine the sensitivity of the climate system: Po ...
Measuring Climatic Impacts on Energy Consumption
... For example, how do military families’ energy expenditures change when they are relocated to a new climate? This approach raises identification concerns regarding the reason why people move, and why they chose a new housing type. No paper has attempted to explicitly deal with the sorting approach to ...
... For example, how do military families’ energy expenditures change when they are relocated to a new climate? This approach raises identification concerns regarding the reason why people move, and why they chose a new housing type. No paper has attempted to explicitly deal with the sorting approach to ...
High Resolution - Responses to Climate Change
... statements on climate change adaptation by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the USACE Climate Change Adaptation Plans, and agency policy and guidance. USACE is undertaking its climate change preparedness and resilience planning and implementation in consultation with internal and ...
... statements on climate change adaptation by the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, the USACE Climate Change Adaptation Plans, and agency policy and guidance. USACE is undertaking its climate change preparedness and resilience planning and implementation in consultation with internal and ...
Traditional Livelihoods and Mining in Mongolia`s Changing Climate
... Dialogue, coordination, coherence and synergy among relevant stakeholders have been considered key instruments to strengthen risk management approaches to address L&D. In relation to building capacity to address L&D, the significance of better appreciating non-economic losses and the impacts of slow ...
... Dialogue, coordination, coherence and synergy among relevant stakeholders have been considered key instruments to strengthen risk management approaches to address L&D. In relation to building capacity to address L&D, the significance of better appreciating non-economic losses and the impacts of slow ...
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... Lawler et al. 2009b) or changes in phenology and the potential for phenological mismatches (e.g., Bradley et al. 1999, Visser and Both 2005). More recently, scientists have emphasized how key behavioral or demographic characteristics may contribute to vulnerability (e.g., Humphries et al. 2004, Jigu ...
... Lawler et al. 2009b) or changes in phenology and the potential for phenological mismatches (e.g., Bradley et al. 1999, Visser and Both 2005). More recently, scientists have emphasized how key behavioral or demographic characteristics may contribute to vulnerability (e.g., Humphries et al. 2004, Jigu ...
Climate change in Australia | Rangelands cluster report
... businesses and the environment. Australia has already experienced increasing temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns and rising oceans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC 2013) rigorously assessed the current state and future of the global climate sys ...
... businesses and the environment. Australia has already experienced increasing temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns and rising oceans. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (IPCC 2013) rigorously assessed the current state and future of the global climate sys ...
Deepening the Food Crisis? A summary of the Study `Climate
... The impacts of climate change are relevant for food security at the global, national and local levels. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) Working Group II summarized some major trends which show that many natural systems are affected by similar processes of climate change, particularly those re ...
... The impacts of climate change are relevant for food security at the global, national and local levels. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) Working Group II summarized some major trends which show that many natural systems are affected by similar processes of climate change, particularly those re ...
Climate change and respiratory diseases
... diseases or disadvantaged individuals. Adaptation and mitigation measures are strongly needed. It is now widely accepted that the earth’s temperature is increasing, as confirmed by warming of the oceans, rising sea levels, glaciers melting, sea ice retreating in the Arctic and diminished snow cover ...
... diseases or disadvantaged individuals. Adaptation and mitigation measures are strongly needed. It is now widely accepted that the earth’s temperature is increasing, as confirmed by warming of the oceans, rising sea levels, glaciers melting, sea ice retreating in the Arctic and diminished snow cover ...
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... their implications for a wide set of economic outcomes ranging from economic growth, to migration and agriculture (Dell et al. 2014). The earlier research on the topic mostly relied on cross sectional variation in outcomes and weather realizations (Gallup et al. 1999; Sachs 2001; Dell et al. 2009; N ...
... their implications for a wide set of economic outcomes ranging from economic growth, to migration and agriculture (Dell et al. 2014). The earlier research on the topic mostly relied on cross sectional variation in outcomes and weather realizations (Gallup et al. 1999; Sachs 2001; Dell et al. 2009; N ...
Detecting an external influence on recent changes
... by 2100 (Sarmiento et al., 1998; Bopp et al., 2002; Matear and Hirst, 2003; Frölicher et al., 2009). Global [O2 ] decreases have also been simulated over longer timescales in response to protracted ocean warming. For example, model simulations using Intermediate Complexity Earth System Models (EMIC ...
... by 2100 (Sarmiento et al., 1998; Bopp et al., 2002; Matear and Hirst, 2003; Frölicher et al., 2009). Global [O2 ] decreases have also been simulated over longer timescales in response to protracted ocean warming. For example, model simulations using Intermediate Complexity Earth System Models (EMIC ...
Temperature Variability over Africa - Weather Center
... that most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the midtwentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Hegerl et al. 2007). Brown et al. (2008) also indicate that extreme daily maximum and minimum temperatures have w ...
... that most of the observed increase in globally averaged temperatures since the midtwentieth century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Hegerl et al. 2007). Brown et al. (2008) also indicate that extreme daily maximum and minimum temperatures have w ...
Urban heat island effects on estimates of observed climate change
... transport more solar heat downwards than soil; this heat is then available for release overnight. Reduced ventilation can hinder the dispersal of urban heat islands. An important contribution to some urban heat islands is the emission of heat by human activities such as transport, and by heating and ...
... transport more solar heat downwards than soil; this heat is then available for release overnight. Reduced ventilation can hinder the dispersal of urban heat islands. An important contribution to some urban heat islands is the emission of heat by human activities such as transport, and by heating and ...
Climate Change Survey Measures: Exploring Perceived Bias and
... Background Climate Change The global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide has increased substantially as a result of industrialization, large-scale agriculture, and sustained fossil fuel use (ipcc 2007). Atmospheric greenhouse gas levels strongly suggest a relation ...
... Background Climate Change The global atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide has increased substantially as a result of industrialization, large-scale agriculture, and sustained fossil fuel use (ipcc 2007). Atmospheric greenhouse gas levels strongly suggest a relation ...
Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems
... substantial change is evident already and susceptibility to further change is likely. IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
... substantial change is evident already and susceptibility to further change is likely. IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change ...
The University of Miami`s Rosenstiel School of Marine and
... Can Dust Drive Abrupt Climate Change? The paleoclimate record shows significant changes in dust in both high and low-‐la=tudes associated with changes in climate. In turn, changes in the amount of dust ...
... Can Dust Drive Abrupt Climate Change? The paleoclimate record shows significant changes in dust in both high and low-‐la=tudes associated with changes in climate. In turn, changes in the amount of dust ...
for International Climate Action? - Penn Law
... clear by the U.S. Administration's hostility to the Kyoto Protocol and by the history of the negotiations themselves, reliance on nations to address local emissions is subject to national and local politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in ...
... clear by the U.S. Administration's hostility to the Kyoto Protocol and by the history of the negotiations themselves, reliance on nations to address local emissions is subject to national and local politics that often shift with electoral changes. Non-state actors are now as important as nations in ...
indigenous strategies and empirical models for adaptability of the
... Sudan, pruning and fertilizing to double tree densities and prevent soil erosion in semi-arid Senegal, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Zimbabwe; manipulation of land use leading to land use conversion e.g. a shift from livestock farming to game farming in Southern Africa. The farmers used water conserv ...
... Sudan, pruning and fertilizing to double tree densities and prevent soil erosion in semi-arid Senegal, Burkina Faso, Madagascar and Zimbabwe; manipulation of land use leading to land use conversion e.g. a shift from livestock farming to game farming in Southern Africa. The farmers used water conserv ...
Chapter 1 - Open Knowledge Repository
... A cycle of descent into poverty could emerge from the confluence of climate change, environmental degradation, and market and institutional failures. The cycle could be precipitated by the gradual collapse of a coastal ecosystem, less predictable rainfall, or a more severe hurricane season.35 While ...
... A cycle of descent into poverty could emerge from the confluence of climate change, environmental degradation, and market and institutional failures. The cycle could be precipitated by the gradual collapse of a coastal ecosystem, less predictable rainfall, or a more severe hurricane season.35 While ...
21st century runoff sensitivities of major global river basins
... experiments generated for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4). In contrast to previous studies, we estimate the runoff sensitivity using global mean temperature change as an index of anthropogenic climate changes in temperature and precipitation, ...
... experiments generated for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4). In contrast to previous studies, we estimate the runoff sensitivity using global mean temperature change as an index of anthropogenic climate changes in temperature and precipitation, ...
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).