ECOSYSTEM-BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE
... This research project is part of the Urban Protected Areas (UPA) Network program: “Urban National Parks in Emerging Countries and Cities” (UNPEC). UNPEC is an interdisciplinary program of both basic and applied research (2012-2015) working about Cape Town, Mumbai, Nairobi, Rio and their national par ...
... This research project is part of the Urban Protected Areas (UPA) Network program: “Urban National Parks in Emerging Countries and Cities” (UNPEC). UNPEC is an interdisciplinary program of both basic and applied research (2012-2015) working about Cape Town, Mumbai, Nairobi, Rio and their national par ...
Modeling the Effects of Climate Change on the Supply of Phosphate
... Greater levels of empiricism are found in other models of the phosphorus cycle i.e. REALTA (Schoumans and Silgram, 2003) or AGNPS (Young et al., 1986). Some models focus almost entirely on mechanistic descriptions of the hydrologic cycle, and use the observed relationships between concentration and ...
... Greater levels of empiricism are found in other models of the phosphorus cycle i.e. REALTA (Schoumans and Silgram, 2003) or AGNPS (Young et al., 1986). Some models focus almost entirely on mechanistic descriptions of the hydrologic cycle, and use the observed relationships between concentration and ...
Publication: Hydrologic Impacts of Climate Change on the Nile River
... The climate of Africa is both varied and varying. Varied, because climate ranges from humid equatorial to seasonally arid and sub-tropical Mediterranean and varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal and spatial variability. At the sub-regional scale, Africa is vulnerab ...
... The climate of Africa is both varied and varying. Varied, because climate ranges from humid equatorial to seasonally arid and sub-tropical Mediterranean and varying because all these climates exhibit differing degrees of temporal and spatial variability. At the sub-regional scale, Africa is vulnerab ...
CESifo Working Paper 3959
... accommodate the costs incurred by an increase in average temperature in summer; pushing farmers to re-optimise their portfolio of inputs, the variety of their products and their production technologies more generally as a reaction to changes in temperature and in the quantity or timing of rainfall. ...
... accommodate the costs incurred by an increase in average temperature in summer; pushing farmers to re-optimise their portfolio of inputs, the variety of their products and their production technologies more generally as a reaction to changes in temperature and in the quantity or timing of rainfall. ...
Will groundwater ease freshwater stress under climate change?
... Global temperature changes are accompanied by changes in other climatic variables. Patterns of precipitation change are more spatially and temporally variable than temperature change. Based on sparse observation records, there is no statistically significant long-term trend in the time series of glo ...
... Global temperature changes are accompanied by changes in other climatic variables. Patterns of precipitation change are more spatially and temporally variable than temperature change. Based on sparse observation records, there is no statistically significant long-term trend in the time series of glo ...
Abrupt intensification of ENSO forced by deglacial ice-sheet
... early deglaciation, when the climate is forced by the varying melt water fluxes, insolation, greenhouse gasses and the continental ice sheets. The model-data and inter-model comparisons are challenging because of rare and less robust observations and worse agreement between models, while the latter ...
... early deglaciation, when the climate is forced by the varying melt water fluxes, insolation, greenhouse gasses and the continental ice sheets. The model-data and inter-model comparisons are challenging because of rare and less robust observations and worse agreement between models, while the latter ...
Global Warming and Climate Change
... lution of the air have already been taken: in the Trail Smelter arbitration of 1935 and 1938; Principle 21 of the 1972 Declaration of the UN Conference on the Environment; the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Convention on the Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocol for sulphur r ...
... lution of the air have already been taken: in the Trail Smelter arbitration of 1935 and 1938; Principle 21 of the 1972 Declaration of the UN Conference on the Environment; the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Convention on the Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution and its Protocol for sulphur r ...
Climate Change Scenario Simulations over Area Climate Model:
... (for Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) and sea-ice) and its improved atmospheric component (HadAM3H GCM). The latter simulations provided boundary conditions for the A2 and B2 future emission scenarios (Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES)) to simulate a 20-year (2070-2090) projection of future ...
... (for Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) and sea-ice) and its improved atmospheric component (HadAM3H GCM). The latter simulations provided boundary conditions for the A2 and B2 future emission scenarios (Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES)) to simulate a 20-year (2070-2090) projection of future ...
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... 1.1.1 Scientific Background on Climate Change There is an overwhelming consensus among scientists, that man causes climate change mainly by green house gas emissions stemming from combustion of fossil fuels.1 The concentration of CO2, the most important green house gas, has increased by 31% compared ...
... 1.1.1 Scientific Background on Climate Change There is an overwhelming consensus among scientists, that man causes climate change mainly by green house gas emissions stemming from combustion of fossil fuels.1 The concentration of CO2, the most important green house gas, has increased by 31% compared ...
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
... growing recognition that anthropogenic climate change is the greatest environmental issue facing humanity today. It is crucial, therefore, that countries rise to meet this challenge in the form of a new comprehensive and stringent international agreement, which avoids the pitfalls that have plagued ...
... growing recognition that anthropogenic climate change is the greatest environmental issue facing humanity today. It is crucial, therefore, that countries rise to meet this challenge in the form of a new comprehensive and stringent international agreement, which avoids the pitfalls that have plagued ...
- Surrey Research Insight Open Access
... Effects of Destination Climate Variability on Seasonal Tourism Demand By using statistical models, Agnew and Palutikof (2006) analyzed the effect of climate variability, including both intra- and interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tour ...
... Effects of Destination Climate Variability on Seasonal Tourism Demand By using statistical models, Agnew and Palutikof (2006) analyzed the effect of climate variability, including both intra- and interannual scales, on the UK tourism demand. The results showed that the United Kingdom’s outbound tour ...
Hydroclimatic Variability and Predictability: A Survey of Recent
... is now largely being addressed through sensitivity studies using such climate models. With climate models, one can artificially modify the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, among other climate elements, and quantify the model’s long term responses. Dirmeyer et al. (2014a), for example, analyze ...
... is now largely being addressed through sensitivity studies using such climate models. With climate models, one can artificially modify the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere, among other climate elements, and quantify the model’s long term responses. Dirmeyer et al. (2014a), for example, analyze ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Final Report
... sensitive habitats, physiological tolerance), and the adaptive capacity to recover or adjust following change (e.g., reproductive rate, dispersal capability). This report proposes a simple, transparent framework for application to BC. Existing assessment frameworks produce inconsistent results, requ ...
... sensitive habitats, physiological tolerance), and the adaptive capacity to recover or adjust following change (e.g., reproductive rate, dispersal capability). This report proposes a simple, transparent framework for application to BC. Existing assessment frameworks produce inconsistent results, requ ...
Air pollution, climate change and ozone loss
... the Earth's Temperature If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences : Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years—to 300,000 people a year. Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coas ...
... the Earth's Temperature If the warming continues, we can expect catastrophic consequences : Deaths from global warming will double in just 25 years—to 300,000 people a year. Global sea levels could rise by more than 20 feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and Antarctica, devastating coas ...
Anthony Patt ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
... (eds), Successful adaptation: linking science and practice in managing climate change impacts. New York: Routledge. Komendantova, Nadejda, and Anthony Patt (2011). Could corruption prove a barrier to roll-out of renewable energy in North Africa? In Transparency International Global Corruption Report ...
... (eds), Successful adaptation: linking science and practice in managing climate change impacts. New York: Routledge. Komendantova, Nadejda, and Anthony Patt (2011). Could corruption prove a barrier to roll-out of renewable energy in North Africa? In Transparency International Global Corruption Report ...
REGULATING GREENHOUSE GASES UNDER THE CLEAN AIR
... Conference of Parties (COP21) agreement in Paris represents a unique and historic opportunity for the international community, including the US and China, the world’s largest emitters, to decrease GHG emissions. In the US, however, policy responses to reduce GHG emissions have been obstructed by Con ...
... Conference of Parties (COP21) agreement in Paris represents a unique and historic opportunity for the international community, including the US and China, the world’s largest emitters, to decrease GHG emissions. In the US, however, policy responses to reduce GHG emissions have been obstructed by Con ...
improving climate change reporting AN ACCA AND FTSE GROUP DiSCUSSiON PAPER
... Market economies react to various drivers: to the threat of legislation, to the emergence of new and previously unforeseen risks and threats, and to the promise of profits. Professional bodies such as ACCA can (and should) be active in influencing in each of these areas. The starting point is simple ...
... Market economies react to various drivers: to the threat of legislation, to the emergence of new and previously unforeseen risks and threats, and to the promise of profits. Professional bodies such as ACCA can (and should) be active in influencing in each of these areas. The starting point is simple ...
Latest version - Broads Authority
... We notice changes in our day-to-day weather, and short-term variations in our climate such as the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally around 30-50 years ...
... We notice changes in our day-to-day weather, and short-term variations in our climate such as the recent winter storm events. Climate change science, on the other hand, analyses the average weather trends or cycles at a particular place over much longer periods of time – generally around 30-50 years ...
early human health effects of climate change and stratospheric
... expertise represented included biology, climatology, epidemiology, geology, infectious disease, mathematics and public health. A separate policy document contains the recommendations of the Working Group for actions to reduce or prevent the impacts of climate change on the health of populations in E ...
... expertise represented included biology, climatology, epidemiology, geology, infectious disease, mathematics and public health. A separate policy document contains the recommendations of the Working Group for actions to reduce or prevent the impacts of climate change on the health of populations in E ...
Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and
... fuel and reacts to seasonal droughts (time lag of 52 days). The fire severity ratings combine information from the fuel moisture codes to give an indication of the fire danger or rate of fire spread. The Build-up Index (BUI) combines DMC and DC and is an indication of the availability of fuel for co ...
... fuel and reacts to seasonal droughts (time lag of 52 days). The fire severity ratings combine information from the fuel moisture codes to give an indication of the fire danger or rate of fire spread. The Build-up Index (BUI) combines DMC and DC and is an indication of the availability of fuel for co ...
NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES EMERGING LIABILITY CHALLENGE
... from losses to tourism activities, but the disaster killed over 280,000 people and constitutes the second most deadly natural disaster event over the past 100 years (a storm and flood killed ...
... from losses to tourism activities, but the disaster killed over 280,000 people and constitutes the second most deadly natural disaster event over the past 100 years (a storm and flood killed ...
Pan-Arctic Climate and Land Cover Trends Derived from Multi
... climate system and are influenced by changes in temperature and precipitation regimes, as well as snow and vegetation dynamics. Temperature conditions in the arctic regions have never been as high, compared to the last 300 years [1]. Predictions from climate models forecast a significant increase in ...
... climate system and are influenced by changes in temperature and precipitation regimes, as well as snow and vegetation dynamics. Temperature conditions in the arctic regions have never been as high, compared to the last 300 years [1]. Predictions from climate models forecast a significant increase in ...
Decadal-Scale Temperature Trends in the Southern Hemisphere
... data were drawn directly from the Argo Global Data Assembly Center. PALACE and Argo data have been used for a variety of different types of studies of ocean circulation and climatology (e.g., Davis et al. 1996; Davis 1998; Lavender et al. 2000; Gille 2003; Davis 2005). The floats follow ocean curren ...
... data were drawn directly from the Argo Global Data Assembly Center. PALACE and Argo data have been used for a variety of different types of studies of ocean circulation and climatology (e.g., Davis et al. 1996; Davis 1998; Lavender et al. 2000; Gille 2003; Davis 2005). The floats follow ocean curren ...
Climate Change and Vector-borne Diseases: An Economic Impact
... habitat is a function of the ambient temperature [12,19]. Rainfall rises the abundance of the breeding habitat while higher temperature increases the malaria risk by shortening the malaria parasites development-cycle [20]. The average life span of a mosquito carrying malaria parasites is about 21 da ...
... habitat is a function of the ambient temperature [12,19]. Rainfall rises the abundance of the breeding habitat while higher temperature increases the malaria risk by shortening the malaria parasites development-cycle [20]. The average life span of a mosquito carrying malaria parasites is about 21 da ...