Climate Change and International Protocols
... emissions trading among Annex I countries that resolves around projects that reduce or remove emissions, referred to as “Joint Implementation.” • Thus, an Annex I party may invest in an emissions abatement project in the country of another Annex I party. The country hosting the project transfers a p ...
... emissions trading among Annex I countries that resolves around projects that reduce or remove emissions, referred to as “Joint Implementation.” • Thus, an Annex I party may invest in an emissions abatement project in the country of another Annex I party. The country hosting the project transfers a p ...
Changing weather and climate in Northern Ghana
... timing of the rainy season in the Volta Basin has shifted since the 1980s toward later onset dates and that the number of rainy days in Northern Ghana may be decreasing in both the wet and dry seasons (Laux et al. 2008). Future rainfall projections for the region are highly uncertain due to disagree ...
... timing of the rainy season in the Volta Basin has shifted since the 1980s toward later onset dates and that the number of rainy days in Northern Ghana may be decreasing in both the wet and dry seasons (Laux et al. 2008). Future rainfall projections for the region are highly uncertain due to disagree ...
Updated compilation of information on the mitigation benefits of
... There are low-cost opportunities in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector that link food security, environmental sustainability, climate adaptation needs and socioeconomic development into a coherent package. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2013a) estimates that at mar ...
... There are low-cost opportunities in the agriculture, forestry and other land use sector that link food security, environmental sustainability, climate adaptation needs and socioeconomic development into a coherent package. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2013a) estimates that at mar ...
impacting the climate through land restoration
... are already taking measures to prevent environmental degradation and desertification, and to restore ecosystems and reduce related poverty, such as the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative is doing in Mozambique (UNEP, 2014). According to Liu and Lawton (2012 and 2014) it is a fundamental princi ...
... are already taking measures to prevent environmental degradation and desertification, and to restore ecosystems and reduce related poverty, such as the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative is doing in Mozambique (UNEP, 2014). According to Liu and Lawton (2012 and 2014) it is a fundamental princi ...
Dietz et al. 2007. Support for CC Policy
... U.S. participation raises a number of interesting questions regarding the political dynamics of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. The efforts of conservatives and some industrial sectors, such as the fossil fuel industry, to shape elite and media debate about climate change ar ...
... U.S. participation raises a number of interesting questions regarding the political dynamics of efforts to protect the environment in the United States. The efforts of conservatives and some industrial sectors, such as the fossil fuel industry, to shape elite and media debate about climate change ar ...
Australian rangelands and climate change – pastoral production
... changes in rainfall variability are likely to have the most profound effects on cattle production. Direct effects include magnified pasture responses to rainfall changes, for both increases and decreases. For example, a 5% decline in rainfall could reduce pasture production by 7% (see McKeon et al. ...
... changes in rainfall variability are likely to have the most profound effects on cattle production. Direct effects include magnified pasture responses to rainfall changes, for both increases and decreases. For example, a 5% decline in rainfall could reduce pasture production by 7% (see McKeon et al. ...
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
... more to global mortality and global burden of disease. Moreover, the state-of-theart British-sponsored fast track assessments (FTAs) of the global impacts of climate change show that through 2085-2100, climate change would contribute less to human health and environmental threats than other risk fac ...
... more to global mortality and global burden of disease. Moreover, the state-of-theart British-sponsored fast track assessments (FTAs) of the global impacts of climate change show that through 2085-2100, climate change would contribute less to human health and environmental threats than other risk fac ...
Verma, N. M. 2014. Dynamism of building people
... substantial initiatives at national and local government levels to make adaptation a local priority. This needs a significant paradigm shift in conventional wisdom where adaptation and mitigation mechanisms have to be developed at people’s level - a bottom upward momentum for adaptation and mitigati ...
... substantial initiatives at national and local government levels to make adaptation a local priority. This needs a significant paradigm shift in conventional wisdom where adaptation and mitigation mechanisms have to be developed at people’s level - a bottom upward momentum for adaptation and mitigati ...
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... Crop productivity is projected to increase slightly at mid- to high latitudes for local mean temperature increases of up to 1 to 3 C depending on the crop, and then decrease beyond that in some regions (medium confidence). {WGII 5.4, SPM} At lower latitudes, especially in seasonally dry and tropical ...
... Crop productivity is projected to increase slightly at mid- to high latitudes for local mean temperature increases of up to 1 to 3 C depending on the crop, and then decrease beyond that in some regions (medium confidence). {WGII 5.4, SPM} At lower latitudes, especially in seasonally dry and tropical ...
Urban Transit Systems and Conditions of Enhanced Climate Variability
... Besides sea level rise and storm surge vulnerability, steel rail and overhead electrical wires in transportation systems are particularly vulnerable to excessive heat. Overheating can deform transit equipment, causing steel rail lines to buckle and throwing them out of alignment, which can cause tra ...
... Besides sea level rise and storm surge vulnerability, steel rail and overhead electrical wires in transportation systems are particularly vulnerable to excessive heat. Overheating can deform transit equipment, causing steel rail lines to buckle and throwing them out of alignment, which can cause tra ...
How do carbon cycle uncertainties affect IPCC temperature
... represent the full range of potential model uncertainty, as there remain issues of model independence, limited validation and so forth (for a more detailed discussion refer Tebaldi and Knutti, 2007). In this article, we explore how carbon cycle uncertainties affect the AR5 temperature-change project ...
... represent the full range of potential model uncertainty, as there remain issues of model independence, limited validation and so forth (for a more detailed discussion refer Tebaldi and Knutti, 2007). In this article, we explore how carbon cycle uncertainties affect the AR5 temperature-change project ...
TIEE Global Temperature Change in the 21 Century ISSUES : DATA SET
... dioxide and other greenhouse gases (Figure 1). Greenhouse gases are ones that allow electromagnetic radiation (light) at the wavelengths emitted by the sun to pass through to the Earth’s surface, but absorb the radiation that is emitted by the Earth out toward space. In this fashion, they act to hea ...
... dioxide and other greenhouse gases (Figure 1). Greenhouse gases are ones that allow electromagnetic radiation (light) at the wavelengths emitted by the sun to pass through to the Earth’s surface, but absorb the radiation that is emitted by the Earth out toward space. In this fashion, they act to hea ...
Effects of Climate Change on Crop Production in Thaba-Tseka
... Mokhotlong district. The error bars shown in Figure 1 and 2 indicated the standard deviation of rainfall of each month every year. Big standard deviation (SD), shown by long error bar indicates high variation of rainfall in a particular month every year. In contrary, the short error bars indicates l ...
... Mokhotlong district. The error bars shown in Figure 1 and 2 indicated the standard deviation of rainfall of each month every year. Big standard deviation (SD), shown by long error bar indicates high variation of rainfall in a particular month every year. In contrary, the short error bars indicates l ...
FAO - NWP: Adaptation Planning and Strategies 2009 (pp. 42-50)
... the legal and political framework of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the technical work of the IPCC. This includes the promotion of practices for climate change mitigation, the adaptation of agricultural systems to climate change, the reduction of emissions from the agricu ...
... the legal and political framework of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the technical work of the IPCC. This includes the promotion of practices for climate change mitigation, the adaptation of agricultural systems to climate change, the reduction of emissions from the agricu ...
Hydroclimatic change and connections to aquatic ecosystem
... of the wet season, large increases in the late spring due to snowmelt runoff, and substantial reductions by the late summer period. Colorado River flows were highly variable, famously marked by large floods that would scour banks, cause debris flows, and transport sediment. Though the historical lon ...
... of the wet season, large increases in the late spring due to snowmelt runoff, and substantial reductions by the late summer period. Colorado River flows were highly variable, famously marked by large floods that would scour banks, cause debris flows, and transport sediment. Though the historical lon ...
Building Resilience and Reducing Emissions
... accumulation of anthropogenic GHG emissions. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) fourth assessment report (AR4) found that over the last 20 years, the average warming in LAC has increased to about 0.1 degree Celsius per decade, the glacier retreat has intensified, and sea ...
... accumulation of anthropogenic GHG emissions. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) fourth assessment report (AR4) found that over the last 20 years, the average warming in LAC has increased to about 0.1 degree Celsius per decade, the glacier retreat has intensified, and sea ...
Report - UNHCR
... communities or groups over scarce resources and an overburdening of local or national governance capacities. Such trends can manifest themselves in the form of localized conflicts or spill over into the international arena in the form of rising tensions or even resource wars. 17. A fourth channel, p ...
... communities or groups over scarce resources and an overburdening of local or national governance capacities. Such trends can manifest themselves in the form of localized conflicts or spill over into the international arena in the form of rising tensions or even resource wars. 17. A fourth channel, p ...
Social and cultural issues raised by climate change in Pacific Island
... increase in GMST, and further warming of ocean waters over the next century that is virtually certain given the heating effect of the current concentration of GHGs (Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2014: FAQ30.1). The impacts indicated in Table 1 could be even worse if the global climate system passes certain ...
... increase in GMST, and further warming of ocean waters over the next century that is virtually certain given the heating effect of the current concentration of GHGs (Hoegh-Guldberg et al. 2014: FAQ30.1). The impacts indicated in Table 1 could be even worse if the global climate system passes certain ...
eoi maría moliner listening february 2011
... It is absolutely crucial that the world’s forests need to be seen for what they are – giant global utilities, providing essential services to humanity on a vast scale. Let’s just look at the facts for a minute. Amazonia’s forests, for instance, help store the largest body of flowing freshwater on th ...
... It is absolutely crucial that the world’s forests need to be seen for what they are – giant global utilities, providing essential services to humanity on a vast scale. Let’s just look at the facts for a minute. Amazonia’s forests, for instance, help store the largest body of flowing freshwater on th ...
Historical responsibility for climate change: science and the science-policy interface
... terrestrial carbon uptake. Instead of giving less weight to early emissions, nonlinearity between radiative forcing and concentrations of CO2 gives more weight to early emissions. Giving objective policy advice is further challenged by the fact that historical contributions to climate change are not ...
... terrestrial carbon uptake. Instead of giving less weight to early emissions, nonlinearity between radiative forcing and concentrations of CO2 gives more weight to early emissions. Giving objective policy advice is further challenged by the fact that historical contributions to climate change are not ...
PDF - AMS Journals - American Meteorological Society
... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
... copyedited, formatted, or processed by AMS Publications. This preliminary version of the manuscript may be downloaded, distributed, and cited, but please be aware that there will be visual differences and possibly some content differences between this version and the final published version. The DOI ...
climate change adaptation in serbia: the role of information networks
... final goal is a CO2 neutral planet by the end of this century (IEA, 2012). The European Union set its own targets, announcing the reduction of GHG emissions by at least 20% compared to 1990, while increasing the production and consumption of renewable energy by 20% until 2020. However, due to contex ...
... final goal is a CO2 neutral planet by the end of this century (IEA, 2012). The European Union set its own targets, announcing the reduction of GHG emissions by at least 20% compared to 1990, while increasing the production and consumption of renewable energy by 20% until 2020. However, due to contex ...
Challenging the current climate change – migration nexus: exploring
... change is often correlated with the change of seasons or a-typical weather patterns. These quantitative results are in line with our own taken from interviews as they share the general tendency to frame the abstract entity climate change by way of more concrete and experienced phenomena. However, a ...
... change is often correlated with the change of seasons or a-typical weather patterns. These quantitative results are in line with our own taken from interviews as they share the general tendency to frame the abstract entity climate change by way of more concrete and experienced phenomena. However, a ...
Climate Models for the Layman - The Global Warming Policy
... Climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide Human-caused warming depends not only on how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to that carbon dioxide. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of car ...
... Climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide Human-caused warming depends not only on how much carbon dioxide is added to the atmosphere, but also on how ‘sensitive’ the climate is to that carbon dioxide. Climate sensitivity is defined as the global surface warming that occurs when the concentration of car ...
Climate change in the United States
Because of global warming, there has been concern in the United States and internationally, that the country should reduce total greenhouse gas which is relatively high per capita.In 2012, the United States experienced its warmest year on record. As of 2012, the thirteen warmest years for the entire planet have all occurred since 1998, transcending those from 1880.From 1950 to 2009, the American government's surface temperature record shows an increase by 1 °F (0.56 °C), approximately. Global warming has caused many changes in the U.S. According to a 2009 statement by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), trends include lake and river ice melting earlier in the spring, plants blooming earlier, multiple animal species shifting their habitat ranges northward, and reductions in the size of glaciers.Predicting future climate changes are fraught with difficultly. Some research has warned against possible problems due to American climate changes such as the spread of invasive species and possibilities of floods as well as droughts. Changes in climate in the regions of the United States appear significant. Drought conditions appear to be worsening in the southwest while improving in the northeast for example.President Barack Obama committed in the December 2009 Copenhagen Climate Change Summit to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the range of 17% below 2005 levels by 2020, 42% below 2005 levels by 2030, and 83% below 2005 levels by 2050. In an address towards the U.S. Congress in June 2013, Obama detailed a specific action plan to achieve the 17% carbon emissions cut from 2005 by 2020. He included such measures as shifting from coal-based power generation to solar and natural gas production.