Cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa: measuring the impact on climate change adaptation
... There is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the earth is warming due to increases in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Together with higher temperatures, climate change is expected to result in increasingly unpredictable and variable rainfall both in amount and timin ...
... There is a growing consensus among the scientific community that the earth is warming due to increases in greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. Together with higher temperatures, climate change is expected to result in increasingly unpredictable and variable rainfall both in amount and timin ...
Physical and ecological impacts of climate change relevant to
... observed in recent decades, a small increase in global primary production is expected over this century, but with very large regional differences. Changes in the dominant phytoplankton group appear possible. In general terms, high-latitude/altitude lakes will experience reduced ice cover, warmer wat ...
... observed in recent decades, a small increase in global primary production is expected over this century, but with very large regional differences. Changes in the dominant phytoplankton group appear possible. In general terms, high-latitude/altitude lakes will experience reduced ice cover, warmer wat ...
1 - Feedback Reigns
... our very own Emerald City. We've been breaking all sorts of climate records, both in this country and globally, but those of you who've wondered if the run of tropicalesque storms we've been experiencing was also something out of the ordinary were not mistaken. Monday was the first time in (recorded ...
... our very own Emerald City. We've been breaking all sorts of climate records, both in this country and globally, but those of you who've wondered if the run of tropicalesque storms we've been experiencing was also something out of the ordinary were not mistaken. Monday was the first time in (recorded ...
Climate change challenges for European regions
... There is now unequivocal evidence that climate change is taking place, and it is very likely, that increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations resulting from human activity are causing global warming.2 Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years ever recorded since global ...
... There is now unequivocal evidence that climate change is taking place, and it is very likely, that increases in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations resulting from human activity are causing global warming.2 Eleven of the last twelve years rank among the warmest years ever recorded since global ...
A Self-Assessment to Address Climate Change Readiness
... A!Self"Assessment!to!Address!Climate!Change! Readiness!in!Your!Community! Communities!within!the!Midwest!have!and!always!will!be!impacted!by!climate,!whether!it!is!an! extreme!rainfall!event,!drought,!intense!heat!wave,!or!some!other!type!of!event.!!Climatologists! have!found!that!the!climate!in!th ...
... A!Self"Assessment!to!Address!Climate!Change! Readiness!in!Your!Community! Communities!within!the!Midwest!have!and!always!will!be!impacted!by!climate,!whether!it!is!an! extreme!rainfall!event,!drought,!intense!heat!wave,!or!some!other!type!of!event.!!Climatologists! have!found!that!the!climate!in!th ...
Climate Change and Natural Disasters Affecting Women Peace and
... feasible (and, therefore, war more likely); it may also alter the dynamics of conflict itself by encouraging combatants to direct their activities towards securing the assets that enable them to continue to fight. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report affirms that t ...
... feasible (and, therefore, war more likely); it may also alter the dynamics of conflict itself by encouraging combatants to direct their activities towards securing the assets that enable them to continue to fight. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report affirms that t ...
Phillip_Staddon___Winter_Mortality
... Asking the question at a different time scale (i.e. season or year, rather than day) is fundamentally interesting, therefore research in temperature-health outcomes needs to move beyond time-series analysis and develop and test metrics for "long-term cold weather" and for "long-term health outcomes" ...
... Asking the question at a different time scale (i.e. season or year, rather than day) is fundamentally interesting, therefore research in temperature-health outcomes needs to move beyond time-series analysis and develop and test metrics for "long-term cold weather" and for "long-term health outcomes" ...
Climate Change and Poverty
... frequency and magnitude of extreme weather event such as droughts, floods and storms. More specifically for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) published by the Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), indicates that initial estimates of the projected mean wa ...
... frequency and magnitude of extreme weather event such as droughts, floods and storms. More specifically for Latin America and the Caribbean, the Fourth Assessment Report (FAR) published by the Interdisciplinary Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), indicates that initial estimates of the projected mean wa ...
venezuela - World Bank Group
... that the government has already taken and the analytical basis for its policy response to climate change and its commitment to take future actions within an official international framework. The Communication established the First National GHG Inventory with 1999 as its base year, it includes sector ...
... that the government has already taken and the analytical basis for its policy response to climate change and its commitment to take future actions within an official international framework. The Communication established the First National GHG Inventory with 1999 as its base year, it includes sector ...
north dakota - National Conference of State Legislatures
... producers to sell livestock as well as land, and many cattle did not survive.12 Drought conditions cost the state on average an estimated $228 million annually, resulting in the loss of approximately 360 jobs each year.13 Droughts also are costly because they increase the probability of fire. During ...
... producers to sell livestock as well as land, and many cattle did not survive.12 Drought conditions cost the state on average an estimated $228 million annually, resulting in the loss of approximately 360 jobs each year.13 Droughts also are costly because they increase the probability of fire. During ...
Observed Cloud Cover Trends and Global
... system is oneSW of radiation have increased in over midlatitude oceans the biggest uncertainties understanding future climate change • low-level stratiform cloud cover and reflected SW • satellite and surface data have been radiationradiation have decreased overcloud eastern subtropical combined to ...
... system is oneSW of radiation have increased in over midlatitude oceans the biggest uncertainties understanding future climate change • low-level stratiform cloud cover and reflected SW • satellite and surface data have been radiationradiation have decreased overcloud eastern subtropical combined to ...
Powerpoint - Climate Finance and Markets
... Adaptation Debt • Impacts have real-world economic and development impacts • Responsibility to compensate all damages • Full compensation for the negative impacts and opportunity costs • Investment (with funding and technology) in the prevention of major impacts ...
... Adaptation Debt • Impacts have real-world economic and development impacts • Responsibility to compensate all damages • Full compensation for the negative impacts and opportunity costs • Investment (with funding and technology) in the prevention of major impacts ...
PPT
... • As state GHG registries emerge companies are confused about where and how to report leading to: • decreased participation • lack of standardization in accounting standards and procedures • competition between voluntary programs ...
... • As state GHG registries emerge companies are confused about where and how to report leading to: • decreased participation • lack of standardization in accounting standards and procedures • competition between voluntary programs ...
Impact of climate change on food production
... and exporting countries. While some global level studies have been conducted, meaningful policy action cannot be taken without an understanding of the local level impact of climate change (downscaled analysis). Downscaled climate analysis is imperative to inform farmers and policy makers of the adap ...
... and exporting countries. While some global level studies have been conducted, meaningful policy action cannot be taken without an understanding of the local level impact of climate change (downscaled analysis). Downscaled climate analysis is imperative to inform farmers and policy makers of the adap ...
the cop in action - Ministère de l`Environnement, de l`Énergie et de la
... to clean up plastic waste in the sea, with the coalition of countries and cities that ban single-use plastic bags, such as France, to take action against the serious pollution threatening coastal ecosystems, • initiatives to reduce the impact of activities related to maritime transport, which is in ...
... to clean up plastic waste in the sea, with the coalition of countries and cities that ban single-use plastic bags, such as France, to take action against the serious pollution threatening coastal ecosystems, • initiatives to reduce the impact of activities related to maritime transport, which is in ...
International governance mechanisms and actors
... the Arctic Council. SAOs then assumed responsibility for the drafting of these policy recommendations. ...
... the Arctic Council. SAOs then assumed responsibility for the drafting of these policy recommendations. ...
Use of models in detection and attribution of climate change
... recent greenhouse gas levels far exceed previous levels (‘The combined radiative forcing due to increases in carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide is +2.30 [+2.07 to +2.53] W m−2 , and its rate of increase during the industrial era is very likely to have been unprecedented in more than 10,000 y ...
... recent greenhouse gas levels far exceed previous levels (‘The combined radiative forcing due to increases in carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide is +2.30 [+2.07 to +2.53] W m−2 , and its rate of increase during the industrial era is very likely to have been unprecedented in more than 10,000 y ...
regional climate model intercomparison project for asia
... mostly between –40% and +80%, but exceed 100% in some regions. Thus, a high priority for climate research is to improve the downscaling of GCM climate change to regional scales so that potential impacts can be adequately assessed (Houghton et al. 1995, 2001). As one of the downscaling techniques, re ...
... mostly between –40% and +80%, but exceed 100% in some regions. Thus, a high priority for climate research is to improve the downscaling of GCM climate change to regional scales so that potential impacts can be adequately assessed (Houghton et al. 1995, 2001). As one of the downscaling techniques, re ...
Small Satellite Constellation for Global Aerosol Monitoring of the
... stratospheric aerosol burden was mainly caused by a series of moderately sized volcanic eruptions occurring at high northern latitudes. Anthropogenic pollution sources, however, can contribute to changes in the regional loading (e.g., over the Asian monsoon region), and large wildfires contribute a ...
... stratospheric aerosol burden was mainly caused by a series of moderately sized volcanic eruptions occurring at high northern latitudes. Anthropogenic pollution sources, however, can contribute to changes in the regional loading (e.g., over the Asian monsoon region), and large wildfires contribute a ...
glaciers - Cambio Climático Bolivia
... dangerously with the global climate system. • Political consensus: 2 degrees C as a limit • Reality: This is no more possible („warming in the ...
... dangerously with the global climate system. • Political consensus: 2 degrees C as a limit • Reality: This is no more possible („warming in the ...
Strengthen the capacity of Least Developed Countries to negotiate
... to extreme events, problems like drought ...
... to extreme events, problems like drought ...
Global model confirms: Cool roofs can offset carbon
... not reduced," says Surabi Menon, staff scientist at Roofs and pavements cover 50 to 65 percent of Berkeley Lab and lead author of the paper. urban areas. Because they absorb so much heat, dark-colored roofs and roadways create what is Co-author Hashem Akbari emphasizes that cool called the urban hea ...
... not reduced," says Surabi Menon, staff scientist at Roofs and pavements cover 50 to 65 percent of Berkeley Lab and lead author of the paper. urban areas. Because they absorb so much heat, dark-colored roofs and roadways create what is Co-author Hashem Akbari emphasizes that cool called the urban hea ...
Lecture 1.1 - The Natural Edge Project
... been shown by the IPCC to result in global warming, which has the potential to significantly alter the Earth’s climate long term. The main anthropogenic greenhouse gases being added to the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluoroc ...
... been shown by the IPCC to result in global warming, which has the potential to significantly alter the Earth’s climate long term. The main anthropogenic greenhouse gases being added to the atmosphere are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluoroc ...
Insights and responses from respondents on what
... what their communities are doing to prepare for extreme weather. In previous call backs, participants have pointed out tree planting, adapting appropriate agricultural practices, water harvesting & storage and food storage as preparation measures. What is your community doing to prepare for extreme ...
... what their communities are doing to prepare for extreme weather. In previous call backs, participants have pointed out tree planting, adapting appropriate agricultural practices, water harvesting & storage and food storage as preparation measures. What is your community doing to prepare for extreme ...
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).