Assessing adaptation and mitigation options at multiple scales in the
... • Which are the robust options that may offer benefits at different levels under a range of different plausible futures? • What are the limits to adaptation: when/how do stressors become so great as to induce transformative change? • Importance of assessing synergies, trade-offs (making sure we have ...
... • Which are the robust options that may offer benefits at different levels under a range of different plausible futures? • What are the limits to adaptation: when/how do stressors become so great as to induce transformative change? • Importance of assessing synergies, trade-offs (making sure we have ...
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
... is only current as of its date. Certain statements made in this presentation may not be based on historical information or facts and may be “forward looking statements", and future developments and the competitive and regulatory environment. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-lo ...
... is only current as of its date. Certain statements made in this presentation may not be based on historical information or facts and may be “forward looking statements", and future developments and the competitive and regulatory environment. Actual results may differ materially from these forward-lo ...
PRACTICE TOWARD A DEEPER ENGAGEMENT OF THE U.S.
... of those worrying “a great deal” and “a fair amount” (65% in 2007) was only 2% higher than when the measure was first taken in 1989 (Nisbet and Myers 2007: 455456). ...
... of those worrying “a great deal” and “a fair amount” (65% in 2007) was only 2% higher than when the measure was first taken in 1989 (Nisbet and Myers 2007: 455456). ...
Presentation: Gender and Climate Change
... rain starts and we try to sow seeds, by then there is flood. We are engulfed by trouble from all sides. Komela Khatun, 56, female headed household, Char Banktarpur, Pabna. Source: Gender, Climate Change and Human Security by WEDO and ELIAMAP ...
... rain starts and we try to sow seeds, by then there is flood. We are engulfed by trouble from all sides. Komela Khatun, 56, female headed household, Char Banktarpur, Pabna. Source: Gender, Climate Change and Human Security by WEDO and ELIAMAP ...
Climate Change: Is It Becoming A Reality In South Africa?
... What is the role of our atmosphere in Earth’s radiation budget? Does today today’s s climate differ from what we have experienced before? Are we responsible for greenhouse warming and climate change? According to the IPCC report – what can we say about southern Africa? Are there any observed rainfal ...
... What is the role of our atmosphere in Earth’s radiation budget? Does today today’s s climate differ from what we have experienced before? Are we responsible for greenhouse warming and climate change? According to the IPCC report – what can we say about southern Africa? Are there any observed rainfal ...
REGISTER NOW! Environmental Change Institute Annual Summit
... I-Hotel and Conference Center University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1900 South First Street, Champaign, IL 7:45 a.m. breakfast and registration The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois is assembling a colloquium of research scholars, business leaders, and policy makers to d ...
... I-Hotel and Conference Center University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1900 South First Street, Champaign, IL 7:45 a.m. breakfast and registration The Environmental Change Institute at the University of Illinois is assembling a colloquium of research scholars, business leaders, and policy makers to d ...
Emerging Issues-Melissa Antoine
... tailpipe emissions can move forward. Long Term Impact - EPA’s position that it does not have regulatory authority over GHGs overruled by Supreme Court easing the way for regulations at a Federal level. ...
... tailpipe emissions can move forward. Long Term Impact - EPA’s position that it does not have regulatory authority over GHGs overruled by Supreme Court easing the way for regulations at a Federal level. ...
Terms of Reference for Antonio M Bento
... farmland has below average climate and soils and is a marginal investment opportunity. This study aims to test the importance of each of these hypotheses and determine which variables are having the largest influence on farm productivity. The paper seeks to ...
... farmland has below average climate and soils and is a marginal investment opportunity. This study aims to test the importance of each of these hypotheses and determine which variables are having the largest influence on farm productivity. The paper seeks to ...
Introduction Growth, Punctuation, and Human Well-Being
... with the idea that natural forces in some way circumscribe human agency. Fearful of being labeled “environmental determinists,” we opt for a model of change in which all of the significant causal agents in historical processes are internal – or endogenous – to human culture, society, and economy. Gi ...
... with the idea that natural forces in some way circumscribe human agency. Fearful of being labeled “environmental determinists,” we opt for a model of change in which all of the significant causal agents in historical processes are internal – or endogenous – to human culture, society, and economy. Gi ...
Extending ozone treaty would support GHG
... scientists in a recent analysis. HFCs are currently part of the Kyoto Protocol as greenhouse gases, but this protection will end with the expiry of Kyoto commitments this year. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, was a global agreement to stop using ozone-depleting chemicals, prima ...
... scientists in a recent analysis. HFCs are currently part of the Kyoto Protocol as greenhouse gases, but this protection will end with the expiry of Kyoto commitments this year. The Montreal Protocol, which came into force in 1989, was a global agreement to stop using ozone-depleting chemicals, prima ...
Presentation
... case, many insular countries, notably in the Indian and Pacific oceans, are threatened by this natural phenomenon. The impacts are the same for South America where the increasing frequency of natural disasters is disrupting the local economic system and spurring in the ...
... case, many insular countries, notably in the Indian and Pacific oceans, are threatened by this natural phenomenon. The impacts are the same for South America where the increasing frequency of natural disasters is disrupting the local economic system and spurring in the ...
Full references list
... *Correspondence to: [email protected] Abstract: Deltas are highly sensitive to increasing risks arising from local human activities, land subsidence, regional water management, global sea-level rise, and climate extremes. We quantified changing flood risk due to extreme events using an integrat ...
... *Correspondence to: [email protected] Abstract: Deltas are highly sensitive to increasing risks arising from local human activities, land subsidence, regional water management, global sea-level rise, and climate extremes. We quantified changing flood risk due to extreme events using an integrat ...
- ERA - University of Alberta
... expert opinion with an explanation which proved to be a better one. In scientific disagreements, attacks on personal qualifications are an implicit admission of defeat. They are invariably only resorted to when there are no credible answers to a better argument. But vilification of anyone who doubts ...
... expert opinion with an explanation which proved to be a better one. In scientific disagreements, attacks on personal qualifications are an implicit admission of defeat. They are invariably only resorted to when there are no credible answers to a better argument. But vilification of anyone who doubts ...
Activity 1: Climate timeline (PDF 70KB)
... number of years ago the event happened to a distance that you can plot on the toiletpaper timeline. This worksheet takes you through the steps to do this, using the following scale: 1cm = 1 million years This means that if your toilet paper sheets are 10 cm long, each one represents 10 million years ...
... number of years ago the event happened to a distance that you can plot on the toiletpaper timeline. This worksheet takes you through the steps to do this, using the following scale: 1cm = 1 million years This means that if your toilet paper sheets are 10 cm long, each one represents 10 million years ...
UNDP
... • Durban represents the culmination of negotiations on one of the most important issues under the UNFCCC: Financing. • It also represents a critical juncture in the history of the climate change negotiations: two separate negotiation tracks continuing resulting in 2 separate outcomes or merging into ...
... • Durban represents the culmination of negotiations on one of the most important issues under the UNFCCC: Financing. • It also represents a critical juncture in the history of the climate change negotiations: two separate negotiation tracks continuing resulting in 2 separate outcomes or merging into ...
Highly contrasting effects of different climate forcing agents on
... impacts on the physiological functioning of ecosystems, and thus the ‘ecosystem services’ that humankind relies upon. CO2 increases have most probably increased river runoff and had generally positive impacts on plant growth where nutrients are non-limiting, whereas increases in near-surface ozone ( ...
... impacts on the physiological functioning of ecosystems, and thus the ‘ecosystem services’ that humankind relies upon. CO2 increases have most probably increased river runoff and had generally positive impacts on plant growth where nutrients are non-limiting, whereas increases in near-surface ozone ( ...
An Abrupt Climate Change Scenario and Its Implications for United
... affecting local areas as storms, droughts, and hot spells impact agriculture and other climate-dependent activities. (More French doctors remain on duty in August, for example.) The weather pattern, though, is not yet severe enough or widespread enough to threaten the interconnected global society ...
... affecting local areas as storms, droughts, and hot spells impact agriculture and other climate-dependent activities. (More French doctors remain on duty in August, for example.) The weather pattern, though, is not yet severe enough or widespread enough to threaten the interconnected global society ...
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND
... desertification, urbanization and others leading to change in the hydrological and biogeochemical components of the environment. The core component of the cumulative environmental change is the land use and land cover. Land use and land cover are linked to climatic and weather changes in complex way ...
... desertification, urbanization and others leading to change in the hydrological and biogeochemical components of the environment. The core component of the cumulative environmental change is the land use and land cover. Land use and land cover are linked to climatic and weather changes in complex way ...
Strongly increasing heat extremes in the Middle East and North
... westward Rossby wave pattern, which enhances subsidence over the MENA with a maximum near the eastern Mediterranean (Rodwell and Hoskins 1996; Tyrlis et al. 2013). According to IPCC (2013) global mean warming is projected to reach about 2 °C around 2050, i.e., slightly less for the RCP4.5 and slight ...
... westward Rossby wave pattern, which enhances subsidence over the MENA with a maximum near the eastern Mediterranean (Rodwell and Hoskins 1996; Tyrlis et al. 2013). According to IPCC (2013) global mean warming is projected to reach about 2 °C around 2050, i.e., slightly less for the RCP4.5 and slight ...
Corporate EPA Presentation
... the EU's territory Hold large stocks of carbon, preventing its escape into the atmosphere. Draining of peat land, felling of forest or ploughing up grassland generates emissions Actions such as afforestation or conversion of arable land into grassland can protect carbon stocks or result in car ...
... the EU's territory Hold large stocks of carbon, preventing its escape into the atmosphere. Draining of peat land, felling of forest or ploughing up grassland generates emissions Actions such as afforestation or conversion of arable land into grassland can protect carbon stocks or result in car ...
A North Carolina Citizen`s Guide to Global Warming
... of CO2 is now about 385 parts per million (ppm), or 43 percent above the estimated pre-industrial level of 270 ppm.5 The increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration is due to human CO2 emissions, which come mainly from the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Total human CO2 emissio ...
... of CO2 is now about 385 parts per million (ppm), or 43 percent above the estimated pre-industrial level of 270 ppm.5 The increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration is due to human CO2 emissions, which come mainly from the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas. Total human CO2 emissio ...
IOSR Journal Of Environmental Science, Toxicology And Food Technology (IOSR-JESTFT)
... Nordhour (1993) is of the opinion that the earth’s climate system has been demonstrated to change on global and regional scales since the pre industrial era, with some of these changes attributed to human activities. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activities continue to alter the ...
... Nordhour (1993) is of the opinion that the earth’s climate system has been demonstrated to change on global and regional scales since the pre industrial era, with some of these changes attributed to human activities. Emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) due to human activities continue to alter the ...
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).