2 20 Century Portuguese Climate and Climate Scenarios
... Climate change scenarios have been produced for decades, at the global scale, almost as soon as global circulation models (GCMs) became available. In the early days of climate change research, those scenarios were obtained by comparisons between a control run, representing present day climate, and a ...
... Climate change scenarios have been produced for decades, at the global scale, almost as soon as global circulation models (GCMs) became available. In the early days of climate change research, those scenarios were obtained by comparisons between a control run, representing present day climate, and a ...
Climate Change Affirmative - St. Louis Urban Debate League
... In 2012, China and the U.S. are the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world and accounted for over 35% of global emissions. Cooperation between the two over climate change is critical to any successful approach to deal with global warming. The U.S. currently fears that economic concerns wil ...
... In 2012, China and the U.S. are the two largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world and accounted for over 35% of global emissions. Cooperation between the two over climate change is critical to any successful approach to deal with global warming. The U.S. currently fears that economic concerns wil ...
Recent and future changes in the combination of annual
... (http://cdc.nmic.cn/home.do). Data quality control, especially for data homogeneity tests, is important for detecting climate changes. Data quality control efforts were comprised of two parts: (1) checking for erroneous data (e.g. negative precipitation, days on which the maximum temperature was les ...
... (http://cdc.nmic.cn/home.do). Data quality control, especially for data homogeneity tests, is important for detecting climate changes. Data quality control efforts were comprised of two parts: (1) checking for erroneous data (e.g. negative precipitation, days on which the maximum temperature was les ...
Ecological controls on net ecosystem productivity of a seasonally dry
... in seasonally dry grasslands are therefore important ecological controls on NEP. Botta et al. (2000) used an index derived from modelled relative soil water content (RSWC) to estimate leafout in tropical deciduous ecosystems. Jolly and Running (2004) used precipitation vs. potential evapotranspirati ...
... in seasonally dry grasslands are therefore important ecological controls on NEP. Botta et al. (2000) used an index derived from modelled relative soil water content (RSWC) to estimate leafout in tropical deciduous ecosystems. Jolly and Running (2004) used precipitation vs. potential evapotranspirati ...
Municipal Climate Change Action Plan Guidebook
... Mitigation is defined as a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. Examples include using fossil fuels more efficiently for industrial processes or electricity generation, switching to renewable energy (solar energy or wind power), improving the insulation ...
... Mitigation is defined as a human intervention to reduce the sources or enhance the sinks of greenhouse gases. Examples include using fossil fuels more efficiently for industrial processes or electricity generation, switching to renewable energy (solar energy or wind power), improving the insulation ...
Food Security and Climate Change Assessment: Sudan
... more narrative approach is taken to the food security analysis due to constraints of data availability. The first step was to ensure a good understanding of the baseline climate and its relationship with current livelihoods and food security. Three climatologically similar zones were defined for th ...
... more narrative approach is taken to the food security analysis due to constraints of data availability. The first step was to ensure a good understanding of the baseline climate and its relationship with current livelihoods and food security. Three climatologically similar zones were defined for th ...
Written submissions received for the Adapting to Climate Change in
... vulnerability and increasing the resilience of terrestrial, freshwater and marine systems. Protecting natural systems would provide Tasmania with a significant opportunity to capture and store carbon. To minimise impacts on natural systems, it was indicated that there should be an ongoing commitment ...
... vulnerability and increasing the resilience of terrestrial, freshwater and marine systems. Protecting natural systems would provide Tasmania with a significant opportunity to capture and store carbon. To minimise impacts on natural systems, it was indicated that there should be an ongoing commitment ...
Review of the White Paper on the contribution of the GFCS to
... Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (SDG 12) - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns - Climate variability and change is one of a number of factors that will influence sustainable consumption and production and thus needs to be taken into consideration as appropriate. ...
... Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (SDG 12) - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns - Climate variability and change is one of a number of factors that will influence sustainable consumption and production and thus needs to be taken into consideration as appropriate. ...
climate change: realities of relocation for alaska native villages
... effects. Traditionally, many communities would adapt to the seasonal variability by migrating between hunting grounds throughout the year. However, beginning around the turn of the 20th century, Alaska Natives were forced to settle by the U.S. government, creating a dependence on the immediate are ...
... effects. Traditionally, many communities would adapt to the seasonal variability by migrating between hunting grounds throughout the year. However, beginning around the turn of the 20th century, Alaska Natives were forced to settle by the U.S. government, creating a dependence on the immediate are ...
ALC Working Paper Climate Change, Gender and Human Development:
... In patriarchal communities of West Africa, cultural stereotypes and religious practices further serve to entrench gender inequality3These practices have in many ways disempowered women by denying and/or limiting their right of access to resources, opportunities and entitlements, particularly in: em ...
... In patriarchal communities of West Africa, cultural stereotypes and religious practices further serve to entrench gender inequality3These practices have in many ways disempowered women by denying and/or limiting their right of access to resources, opportunities and entitlements, particularly in: em ...
Contrasting urban and rural heat stress responses to climate change
... Consequently, they lead to heat stress and can increase both morbidity and mortality [Basu and Samet, 2002]. [5] Urban air temperatures are substantially higher than corresponding temperatures in the surrounding rural areas. This so-called urban heat island (UHI) effect that arises from the differen ...
... Consequently, they lead to heat stress and can increase both morbidity and mortality [Basu and Samet, 2002]. [5] Urban air temperatures are substantially higher than corresponding temperatures in the surrounding rural areas. This so-called urban heat island (UHI) effect that arises from the differen ...
Vivid Economics
... The first step in a strategic approach to adaptation is to develop an understanding of the main areas of vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities ...
... The first step in a strategic approach to adaptation is to develop an understanding of the main areas of vulnerability to climate change. A broad sense of the main vulnerabilities will help policy makers to set the right sector and geographic priorities. Developing this sense of key vulnerabilities ...
Public open house summary
... inform the province’s action plan on climate change. The engagement process was led by Alberta’s Climate Change Advisory Panel with support from the Climate Change Secretariat, within the Department of Environment and Parks. The engagement process included Aboriginal engagement, public open houses, ...
... inform the province’s action plan on climate change. The engagement process was led by Alberta’s Climate Change Advisory Panel with support from the Climate Change Secretariat, within the Department of Environment and Parks. The engagement process included Aboriginal engagement, public open houses, ...
CURRICULUM VITAE Personal data Academic background
... network for water and sanitation). El Salvador. 2004. •! Consultant for the Italian cooperation funded program Antipoverty Partnership Initiative for Central America (UNOPS/UNDP) in collaboration with the Tropical Agriculture Centre for Research and teaching (CATIE). Scientific research on the relat ...
... network for water and sanitation). El Salvador. 2004. •! Consultant for the Italian cooperation funded program Antipoverty Partnership Initiative for Central America (UNOPS/UNDP) in collaboration with the Tropical Agriculture Centre for Research and teaching (CATIE). Scientific research on the relat ...
Sarah E. Light
... both the executive branch (Defense Department contracts and appointments of military contractors to government positions) and the legislative branch (lobbying by military contractors, campaign contributions, and the desire of members of Congress to protect and expand military spending that benefits ...
... both the executive branch (Defense Department contracts and appointments of military contractors to government positions) and the legislative branch (lobbying by military contractors, campaign contributions, and the desire of members of Congress to protect and expand military spending that benefits ...
Long-term Temperature Trends at Four Largest Cities of India during
... all the cities (Fig.3a.) This change was significant at Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai with a temperature increase of 1°C, 0.6°C and 0.56°C respectively (Table 1). A steeper significant increase in annual TMAX was observed at these three cities, whereas Delhi recorded a significant decrease in annual T ...
... all the cities (Fig.3a.) This change was significant at Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai with a temperature increase of 1°C, 0.6°C and 0.56°C respectively (Table 1). A steeper significant increase in annual TMAX was observed at these three cities, whereas Delhi recorded a significant decrease in annual T ...
Impact of bark beetle (Ips typographus L.) disturbance on timber
... climate series based on observed climate data of the period 1961– 1990 (mean annual temperature 7.6 8C, mean annual precipitation 1013 mm) which had been interpolated from nearby weather stations of the Austrian weather service. This generic approach was chosen in order to obtain a baseline for the ...
... climate series based on observed climate data of the period 1961– 1990 (mean annual temperature 7.6 8C, mean annual precipitation 1013 mm) which had been interpolated from nearby weather stations of the Austrian weather service. This generic approach was chosen in order to obtain a baseline for the ...
II. Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability: Technical Summary
... locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natural variability of temperatures or natural variability of the systems [1.4]. For physical systems, (i) climate change is affecting natural and human systems in regions of snow, ...
... locations of significant observed changes in many systems consistent with warming is very unlikely6 to be due solely to natural variability of temperatures or natural variability of the systems [1.4]. For physical systems, (i) climate change is affecting natural and human systems in regions of snow, ...
The Promises and Perils of Geoengineering Simon Nicholson
... the Philippines erupted in 1991, a gaseous plume containing an estimated 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide enveloped the planet. The Earth’s average temperature fell by a remarkable 0.5 degrees Celsius for 18 months.14 The trick, for geoengineers, would be to reproduce something like the Pinatubo ef ...
... the Philippines erupted in 1991, a gaseous plume containing an estimated 20 million tons of sulfur dioxide enveloped the planet. The Earth’s average temperature fell by a remarkable 0.5 degrees Celsius for 18 months.14 The trick, for geoengineers, would be to reproduce something like the Pinatubo ef ...
Changing role of local institutions to enable individual and collective
... management systems. Andersson and Agrawal (2011), examining the relationship between socio-economic inequalities and ecological sustainability related to forest commons, found that socio-economic inequalities had negative effects in forest outcomes; however, such inequalities were found to be signif ...
... management systems. Andersson and Agrawal (2011), examining the relationship between socio-economic inequalities and ecological sustainability related to forest commons, found that socio-economic inequalities had negative effects in forest outcomes; however, such inequalities were found to be signif ...
Coffee and Climate Change
... Nam. Farmers actually achieve over 3.5 tonnes/ha. Productivity and yields are much higher than in other south east Asian countries. Robusta can be very profitable if grown intensively, with large inputs of fertilizer (2 t per ha and year), water and labour (Marsch, 2007). D’Haeze found out in 2004, ...
... Nam. Farmers actually achieve over 3.5 tonnes/ha. Productivity and yields are much higher than in other south east Asian countries. Robusta can be very profitable if grown intensively, with large inputs of fertilizer (2 t per ha and year), water and labour (Marsch, 2007). D’Haeze found out in 2004, ...
Bolivia: Climate change, poverty and adaptation
... rainforest. The diversity of Bolivia’s ecosystems means that climate change can have various impacts in different parts of the country. ● Deforestation: contrary to many people’s perceptions of Bolivia as an essentially Andean country, it is also an Amazonian country. More than 60 per cent of its su ...
... rainforest. The diversity of Bolivia’s ecosystems means that climate change can have various impacts in different parts of the country. ● Deforestation: contrary to many people’s perceptions of Bolivia as an essentially Andean country, it is also an Amazonian country. More than 60 per cent of its su ...