Trends in river floods: why is there no clear signal in observations?
... There are two primary factors that determine how human activities change climate: first, the rate of greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, and second, the response of the climate to these emissions. The rate of emissions depends on many different assumptions about how the world’s population ...
... There are two primary factors that determine how human activities change climate: first, the rate of greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants, and second, the response of the climate to these emissions. The rate of emissions depends on many different assumptions about how the world’s population ...
ICES J. Mar. Sci.-2011-McCay-1354-67
... locations, suggesting that warmer temperatures continued to affect surfclam nutrition negatively. These results have been interpreted as lending further support to the conclusion that surfclams are negatively affected by warming in their southern and inshore range (Marzec et al., 2010). ...
... locations, suggesting that warmer temperatures continued to affect surfclam nutrition negatively. These results have been interpreted as lending further support to the conclusion that surfclams are negatively affected by warming in their southern and inshore range (Marzec et al., 2010). ...
CGE Training Materials for Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessment
... other sectors. Cross-sectoral integration involves examining a small number of sectors that are strongly interrelated, such as water and health. For example, human health can be affected by changes in water resource management. Similarly, human health can be affected by decreases in food security, a ...
... other sectors. Cross-sectoral integration involves examining a small number of sectors that are strongly interrelated, such as water and health. For example, human health can be affected by changes in water resource management. Similarly, human health can be affected by decreases in food security, a ...
A Critical Analysis of the Kyoto Protocol using Monte Carlo
... and cloud cover at higher altitudes and lower temperatures is a reduction in the efficiency with which energy is lost to space with a thermal influence on the troposphere analogous to the glass walls of a greenhouse (Pethica et al., 2010). The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon im ...
... and cloud cover at higher altitudes and lower temperatures is a reduction in the efficiency with which energy is lost to space with a thermal influence on the troposphere analogous to the glass walls of a greenhouse (Pethica et al., 2010). The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon im ...
Comparative biology of different plant pathogens to estimate effects
... Although climate change threatens food security in many regions of the world including southern Europe (Beddington 2010; Stern 2007). (Beddington 2010; Stern 2007), it presents an opportunity, if managed correctly, to increase crop productivity in northern Europe (Barnes et al. 2010), with new arabl ...
... Although climate change threatens food security in many regions of the world including southern Europe (Beddington 2010; Stern 2007). (Beddington 2010; Stern 2007), it presents an opportunity, if managed correctly, to increase crop productivity in northern Europe (Barnes et al. 2010), with new arabl ...
Tuvalu and Climate Change in the Sydney Morning
... the concern that localised adaptation to climate change is marginalised by two dominant discourses. These are a managerial discourse and a moral discourse with underpinnings in concerns about profligacy. Adger et al. (2001) also identify an established discourse of denial that is somewhat influentia ...
... the concern that localised adaptation to climate change is marginalised by two dominant discourses. These are a managerial discourse and a moral discourse with underpinnings in concerns about profligacy. Adger et al. (2001) also identify an established discourse of denial that is somewhat influentia ...
report 2009 final - Inter
... bilateral meetings on both high-level and technical level. A joint group on communications provided the opportunity to share campaign resources and work on joint messaging. Technical papers submitted to the UNFCCC by groupings of agencies provided in-depth information on issues of humanitarian conce ...
... bilateral meetings on both high-level and technical level. A joint group on communications provided the opportunity to share campaign resources and work on joint messaging. Technical papers submitted to the UNFCCC by groupings of agencies provided in-depth information on issues of humanitarian conce ...
Small Island States
... The small island states considered in this chapter are located mainly in the tropics and the subtropics. These island states span the ocean regions of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic, as well as the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. Because of the very nature of these states, the ocean exerts a ma ...
... The small island states considered in this chapter are located mainly in the tropics and the subtropics. These island states span the ocean regions of the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic, as well as the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. Because of the very nature of these states, the ocean exerts a ma ...
Workshop Report - Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and
... temperatures in the winter and spring, increased variability in the weather (range of temperature change in one day) and an increase in wind. The area has experienced milder and shorter winters. Over the last few years the snow has been very heavy (i.e. lots of moisture in the snow). Like the other ...
... temperatures in the winter and spring, increased variability in the weather (range of temperature change in one day) and an increase in wind. The area has experienced milder and shorter winters. Over the last few years the snow has been very heavy (i.e. lots of moisture in the snow). Like the other ...
Communicating climate change in mainstream
... preparing climate change disclosures for mainstream reporting, as set out in the Framework. This guide aims to help reporters draw on existing data and analysis and hone it to meet the specific needs of their investors, who are looking to appraise the significance of climate change for the business ...
... preparing climate change disclosures for mainstream reporting, as set out in the Framework. This guide aims to help reporters draw on existing data and analysis and hone it to meet the specific needs of their investors, who are looking to appraise the significance of climate change for the business ...
chisoro elizabeth - Midlands State University
... parts of the word. In view of climate change and gender it can be noted that it has contributed immensely to change in carrying out of masculine livelihood strategies by men in rural communities. This is so because most men are usually bread winners of families, and the effects are more pronounced i ...
... parts of the word. In view of climate change and gender it can be noted that it has contributed immensely to change in carrying out of masculine livelihood strategies by men in rural communities. This is so because most men are usually bread winners of families, and the effects are more pronounced i ...
US re-engagement? -
... critical to the success of any international effort to prevent man-made global climate change (DeSombre, 2005; Tamura, 2006). It was therefore a huge step-back for the international community when President Bush soon after taking office in 2001 announced that the Kyoto Protocol was “fatally flawed i ...
... critical to the success of any international effort to prevent man-made global climate change (DeSombre, 2005; Tamura, 2006). It was therefore a huge step-back for the international community when President Bush soon after taking office in 2001 announced that the Kyoto Protocol was “fatally flawed i ...
Guidance to the interaction between POPs and climate change and
... The guidance is divided in three main parts; a general part with background information, a part with recommendations on how to evaluate and weight evidence of climate impact in the different review processes and a more practical step-by-step manual on how to collect and evaluate data. Section 4 desc ...
... The guidance is divided in three main parts; a general part with background information, a part with recommendations on how to evaluate and weight evidence of climate impact in the different review processes and a more practical step-by-step manual on how to collect and evaluate data. Section 4 desc ...
Warm Words II
... actions, events and people. Repertoires are not fixed entities, but do represent discernible patterns among the cacophony of voices in the wider discourse. More importantly for the public, and indeed for all of us, they provide sense-making devices: ways of talking and ways of thinking that can be d ...
... actions, events and people. Repertoires are not fixed entities, but do represent discernible patterns among the cacophony of voices in the wider discourse. More importantly for the public, and indeed for all of us, they provide sense-making devices: ways of talking and ways of thinking that can be d ...
Climate policy under sustainable discounted utilitarianism
... al. (2010, Section 4) present a formal analysis showing how imposing on the set of all streams the separability property of DU mentioned under (ii) is in conflict with equity conditions that respect the interests of future generations. The present paper proposes SDU as an alternative criterion to DU ...
... al. (2010, Section 4) present a formal analysis showing how imposing on the set of all streams the separability property of DU mentioned under (ii) is in conflict with equity conditions that respect the interests of future generations. The present paper proposes SDU as an alternative criterion to DU ...
No Refuge from Warming - Defenders of Wildlife
... larger and more effective hunters than arctic foxes, and also directly kill the latter. Red fox expansion may have been responsible for the decline of the arctic fox during the last ...
... larger and more effective hunters than arctic foxes, and also directly kill the latter. Red fox expansion may have been responsible for the decline of the arctic fox during the last ...
Do the stock markets price climate change risks?
... Part I - What is climate change What is climate change The Earth’s climate is affected by several factors, among which solar radiation, land cover, and the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. GHGs are important as they affect the amount of solar energy that is trapped on Earth and t ...
... Part I - What is climate change What is climate change The Earth’s climate is affected by several factors, among which solar radiation, land cover, and the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. GHGs are important as they affect the amount of solar energy that is trapped on Earth and t ...
Geological Evidence of the Cause of Global Warming and Cooling
... natural features that provide a record of past climates, scientist know that changes in climate, including abrupt changes, have occurred throughout history. But these changes all took place with natural variations in carbon dioxide levels that were small than the ones we are now causing. Cores taken ...
... natural features that provide a record of past climates, scientist know that changes in climate, including abrupt changes, have occurred throughout history. But these changes all took place with natural variations in carbon dioxide levels that were small than the ones we are now causing. Cores taken ...
Elizabeth Marino - Initiative on Climate Adaptation Research and
... Climate change in the Arctic is having profound effects. From 1954 to 2003, the mean annual atmospheric surface temperature in Alaska and Siberia has risen between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius (ACIA 2005: 992). Along with warming, studies have shown that many parts of the arctic have experienced greater ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is having profound effects. From 1954 to 2003, the mean annual atmospheric surface temperature in Alaska and Siberia has risen between 2 and 3 degrees Celsius (ACIA 2005: 992). Along with warming, studies have shown that many parts of the arctic have experienced greater ...
climate change - the National Sea Grant Library
... the world. Averaging about 1,000 feet above sea level and halfway between the equator and the North Pole, our state historically has had cold, snowy winters and warm summer days with cool summer nights. In northern parts of the state, temperatures 30 degrees below zero or colder occur almost every w ...
... the world. Averaging about 1,000 feet above sea level and halfway between the equator and the North Pole, our state historically has had cold, snowy winters and warm summer days with cool summer nights. In northern parts of the state, temperatures 30 degrees below zero or colder occur almost every w ...
2012 Gulf Coast Climate Change Survey
... How would you describe the effect of changes to the climate on your local community? Would you say the effects of the changes have been very negative, somewhat negative, neither negative nor positive, somewhat positive, or very positive? Looking first at the overall results, a plurality of responden ...
... How would you describe the effect of changes to the climate on your local community? Would you say the effects of the changes have been very negative, somewhat negative, neither negative nor positive, somewhat positive, or very positive? Looking first at the overall results, a plurality of responden ...
Market and policy driven adaptation: an alternative perspective. Smart Solutions to Climate Change (opens in new window)
... sufficient adaptation funding to developing countries is a key concern that goes well beyond costeffectiveness considerations. Second, practically all the available evidence on adaptation effectiveness concerns adaptation to a “moderate” amount of climate change of perhaps 2–3◦ C. Very little is kno ...
... sufficient adaptation funding to developing countries is a key concern that goes well beyond costeffectiveness considerations. Second, practically all the available evidence on adaptation effectiveness concerns adaptation to a “moderate” amount of climate change of perhaps 2–3◦ C. Very little is kno ...
Why countries move on with kyoto protocol w/o the US, Global
... The global cost of fully implementing the Kyoto Protocol is estimated to be more than $ 700 billion in present value. n11 While any figure of this sort is bound to be highly uncertain, the costs of implementing Kyoto will almost certainly be substantial. Yet, most observers expect that, without the ...
... The global cost of fully implementing the Kyoto Protocol is estimated to be more than $ 700 billion in present value. n11 While any figure of this sort is bound to be highly uncertain, the costs of implementing Kyoto will almost certainly be substantial. Yet, most observers expect that, without the ...
Climatic controls and climate proxy potential of Lewis Glacier, Mt
... Africa is of particular interest because they exist in elevations between approximately 5 and 6 km a.s.l. (above sea level) and therefore capture climate signals from the midtroposphere (Mölg et al., 2009b), where our knowledge of climate change is scarce and controversial (e.g. Hartmann et al., 201 ...
... Africa is of particular interest because they exist in elevations between approximately 5 and 6 km a.s.l. (above sea level) and therefore capture climate signals from the midtroposphere (Mölg et al., 2009b), where our knowledge of climate change is scarce and controversial (e.g. Hartmann et al., 201 ...
Climateâ•`induced changes in the distribution of freshwater fish
... warming scenario within each study to a rate of change that was assumed to be constant over the time covered by the study. If not explicitly reported in the study, the time span for observed effects was converted to an overall temperature increase according to the estimated rates of global mean temp ...
... warming scenario within each study to a rate of change that was assumed to be constant over the time covered by the study. If not explicitly reported in the study, the time span for observed effects was converted to an overall temperature increase according to the estimated rates of global mean temp ...