NRCan/CIP Projects and Initiatives on climate
... The IPCC has recently completed its Fourth Assessment Report entitled “Climate Change 2007”, commonly referred to as AR4. The report, including a Summary for Policy Makers, is available at http://www.ipcc.ch/press/index.htm. Some of the key findings include: Given current mitigation policies and sus ...
... The IPCC has recently completed its Fourth Assessment Report entitled “Climate Change 2007”, commonly referred to as AR4. The report, including a Summary for Policy Makers, is available at http://www.ipcc.ch/press/index.htm. Some of the key findings include: Given current mitigation policies and sus ...
Diabetes and Climate Change Report
... is now unequivocal evidence for humaninduced climate change. The process of industrialisation has led to widespread increases in the use of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere.4 In conservative estimates, global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) ...
... is now unequivocal evidence for humaninduced climate change. The process of industrialisation has led to widespread increases in the use of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases (mostly carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere.4 In conservative estimates, global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) ...
RESIN-D1.3-Conceptual Framework
... The process of moving between stages within the cycles is variable. The connection between climate hazards and climate risks is automatic; a climate hazard will impact on certain elements of the urban system and generate risk. In contrast, moving from assessing climate risk to developing and impleme ...
... The process of moving between stages within the cycles is variable. The connection between climate hazards and climate risks is automatic; a climate hazard will impact on certain elements of the urban system and generate risk. In contrast, moving from assessing climate risk to developing and impleme ...
Climate Change Impacts on the Mediterranean Coastal Zones
... Nitrous oxide concentrations have increased since pre-industrial times from 275 ppbv to 312 ppbv. Many sources contribute to the generation of N2 O emissions. The most important souces are natural ones which are probably twice as large as human induced ones. The main anthropogenic sources are repre ...
... Nitrous oxide concentrations have increased since pre-industrial times from 275 ppbv to 312 ppbv. Many sources contribute to the generation of N2 O emissions. The most important souces are natural ones which are probably twice as large as human induced ones. The main anthropogenic sources are repre ...
International Tundra Experiment ITEX
... because of long-term carbon storage in recalcitrant moss tissue and high reflectivity when covered with snow. Climate change may alter these functions, by affecting the composition and functioning of tundra plant and soil communities. Analyses of previous research have shown that warming effects on ...
... because of long-term carbon storage in recalcitrant moss tissue and high reflectivity when covered with snow. Climate change may alter these functions, by affecting the composition and functioning of tundra plant and soil communities. Analyses of previous research have shown that warming effects on ...
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... Migration as a resource for resilience and innovation in climate adaptation: Social networks and co-development in Northwest Africa Jürgen Scheffran 1 , Elina Marmer and Papa Sow Abstract: Human migration has been described as one of the conflict constellations in regions severely affected by clima ...
... Migration as a resource for resilience and innovation in climate adaptation: Social networks and co-development in Northwest Africa Jürgen Scheffran 1 , Elina Marmer and Papa Sow Abstract: Human migration has been described as one of the conflict constellations in regions severely affected by clima ...
Projected effects of climate change on water supply reliability in Mid
... In terms of seasonal changes, the largest projected increases in precipitation for the headwaters are in winter and spring, while small changes in seasonal rainfall patterns on the Plains are projected to occur. Seasonal warming is least in spring and early summer; otherwise the warming is uniform ...
... In terms of seasonal changes, the largest projected increases in precipitation for the headwaters are in winter and spring, while small changes in seasonal rainfall patterns on the Plains are projected to occur. Seasonal warming is least in spring and early summer; otherwise the warming is uniform ...
The trade-off between intra- and intergenerational equity in climate
... long-run return to capital. However, Heal (2009) shows that equality between CDR and the return to capital only holds under idealized conditions, such as a one-good model and perfect market assumptions such as lack of external effects, which obviously do not hold in the presence of climate change. ...
... long-run return to capital. However, Heal (2009) shows that equality between CDR and the return to capital only holds under idealized conditions, such as a one-good model and perfect market assumptions such as lack of external effects, which obviously do not hold in the presence of climate change. ...
global warming, climate change and tourism: a review of
... the theme. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) declared that ‘warming of the climate system is unequivocal’ (IPCC 2007 a). The global mean temperature has increased by 0.76°C between 1850–1899 and 2001–2005 and the IPCC concluded that most of the observed increase in global average ...
... the theme. The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) declared that ‘warming of the climate system is unequivocal’ (IPCC 2007 a). The global mean temperature has increased by 0.76°C between 1850–1899 and 2001–2005 and the IPCC concluded that most of the observed increase in global average ...
Global Warming False Alarms
... mounting taxes and controls. It is strikingly similar to the dire predictions of 40 years ago of an imminent ice age and to other past doom forecasts due to alleged overpopulation, depletion of food and fuel supplies, and chemical pollution. There are serious doubts about the measurements, assumptio ...
... mounting taxes and controls. It is strikingly similar to the dire predictions of 40 years ago of an imminent ice age and to other past doom forecasts due to alleged overpopulation, depletion of food and fuel supplies, and chemical pollution. There are serious doubts about the measurements, assumptio ...
Long-Term Climate Change Commitment and Reversibility: An EMIC Intercomparison Please share
... ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the results of an intercomparison project with Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) undertaken in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The focus is on long-term climate projections designed to ...
... ABSTRACT This paper summarizes the results of an intercomparison project with Earth System Models of Intermediate Complexity (EMICs) undertaken in support of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5). The focus is on long-term climate projections designed to ...
Outline of implementation plan of Semi
... Up scaling of site data from satellite observation; Development of land surface model and aerosol-chemical model specifically for semi-arid region Background: Semi-arid area is a transitive zone between arid continent climate and humid monsoon climate, which is very sensitive to the climate and ...
... Up scaling of site data from satellite observation; Development of land surface model and aerosol-chemical model specifically for semi-arid region Background: Semi-arid area is a transitive zone between arid continent climate and humid monsoon climate, which is very sensitive to the climate and ...
Mainstreaming Early Warning Systems in Development
... economic drivers of vulnerability, these changes could amplify risk and damages. The SFDRR sets out four priority actions to counter this trend: (1) understanding disaster risk; (2) strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (3) investing in disaster risk reduction for resilienc ...
... economic drivers of vulnerability, these changes could amplify risk and damages. The SFDRR sets out four priority actions to counter this trend: (1) understanding disaster risk; (2) strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (3) investing in disaster risk reduction for resilienc ...
Effects of climate change on an emperor penguin population
... climate models and by a parametric bootstrap procedure that includes parameter uncertainty due to both model selection and estimation error. The median of these simulations predicts a decline of the Terre Adélie emperor penguin population of 81% by the year 2100. We find a 43% chance of an even gre ...
... climate models and by a parametric bootstrap procedure that includes parameter uncertainty due to both model selection and estimation error. The median of these simulations predicts a decline of the Terre Adélie emperor penguin population of 81% by the year 2100. We find a 43% chance of an even gre ...
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... new category, 141, to identify those areas which will be subject to excessively high temperatures (>35 °C for at least three months per year). These areas first appear in 2050 and increase substantially by 2070, although they make up only a small percentage of area suitable for banana. This broad ov ...
... new category, 141, to identify those areas which will be subject to excessively high temperatures (>35 °C for at least three months per year). These areas first appear in 2050 and increase substantially by 2070, although they make up only a small percentage of area suitable for banana. This broad ov ...
Climate Change: Implementation of the
... France: +1 France has fully complied with its commitment to implement all of the provisions of the Copenhagen Accord by taking significant legislative and funding actions on both adaptation and mitigation strategies. France has implemented a verifiable system for measuring and reporting greenhouse g ...
... France: +1 France has fully complied with its commitment to implement all of the provisions of the Copenhagen Accord by taking significant legislative and funding actions on both adaptation and mitigation strategies. France has implemented a verifiable system for measuring and reporting greenhouse g ...
Climate Change, Agriculture and Aid for Trade
... • all scenarios show declining yields in Africa in the long run, but the level and rate of this decline differs amongst scenarios; and • most scenarios show relatively similar impacts on agriculture in the next 1‐2 decades and predict impacts to be moderate during t ...
... • all scenarios show declining yields in Africa in the long run, but the level and rate of this decline differs amongst scenarios; and • most scenarios show relatively similar impacts on agriculture in the next 1‐2 decades and predict impacts to be moderate during t ...
Global Warming False Alarms - Institute of Economic Affairs
... predictions of 40 years ago of an imminent ice age and to other past doom forecasts due to alleged overpopulation, depletion of food and fuel supplies, and chemical pollution. There are serious doubts about the measurements, assumptions and predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang ...
... predictions of 40 years ago of an imminent ice age and to other past doom forecasts due to alleged overpopulation, depletion of food and fuel supplies, and chemical pollution. There are serious doubts about the measurements, assumptions and predictions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chang ...
Claiming and adjudicating on Mt Kilimanjaro`s
... Questions of expertise with respect to climate change have become more contentious in recent years if only because of the ‘high stakes’ and ‘urgent decisions’ characteristics of post-normal science. In their 1993 article ‘Science for the Post-normal Age’, Funtowicz and Ravetz forsee four strategic r ...
... Questions of expertise with respect to climate change have become more contentious in recent years if only because of the ‘high stakes’ and ‘urgent decisions’ characteristics of post-normal science. In their 1993 article ‘Science for the Post-normal Age’, Funtowicz and Ravetz forsee four strategic r ...
France - Met Office
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
Climate: Observations, projections and impacts
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...
... to a particular country. Although time available for the project was short, generally all the material available to the researchers in the project was used, unless there were good scientific reasons for not doing so. For example, some impacts areas were omitted, such as many of those associated with ...