
Project Concept and PDF-B Document
... agriculture. In general inter-annual climate variability is high. Rainy seasons can be extremely wet and associated with floods and landslides, but can also arrive late or fail, introducing considerable uncertainty in agricultural practices. The rural poor are the most vulnerable to the impacts of K ...
... agriculture. In general inter-annual climate variability is high. Rainy seasons can be extremely wet and associated with floods and landslides, but can also arrive late or fail, introducing considerable uncertainty in agricultural practices. The rural poor are the most vulnerable to the impacts of K ...
Investigation - Earthjustice
... testimony regarding the science of climate change. The changes to the recent climate change testimony of Dr. Julie Gerberding, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have received considerable attention. A year earlier, when Dr. Thomas Karl, the Director of National Climacti ...
... testimony regarding the science of climate change. The changes to the recent climate change testimony of Dr. Julie Gerberding, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have received considerable attention. A year earlier, when Dr. Thomas Karl, the Director of National Climacti ...
DICE 2013R - Yale Economics
... levels and growth of major economic and environmental variables as would occur with current climate-change policies. It does not make any case for the social desirability of the distribution of incomes over space or time of existing conditions, any more than a marine biologist makes a moral judgment ...
... levels and growth of major economic and environmental variables as would occur with current climate-change policies. It does not make any case for the social desirability of the distribution of incomes over space or time of existing conditions, any more than a marine biologist makes a moral judgment ...
Role of volcanic forcing on future global carbon cycle
... 2008). Both the simulated short-wave and long-wave reductions as well as the general global cooling after the eruption compares favourably with observations. In addition, the observed winter warming pattern over NH land is well captured. This winter warming was caused by an anomalously positive phas ...
... 2008). Both the simulated short-wave and long-wave reductions as well as the general global cooling after the eruption compares favourably with observations. In addition, the observed winter warming pattern over NH land is well captured. This winter warming was caused by an anomalously positive phas ...
declining mountain snowpack in western north america
... temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), and 1930, . . . 1960), but in the interest of space we focus precipitation are the only variables needed; for this on 1 April 1950–97 (Fig. 1). For the model, trends are study, a new meteorological dataset has been devel- not shown at low elevations, w ...
... temperature (Tmax), minimum temperature (Tmin), and 1930, . . . 1960), but in the interest of space we focus precipitation are the only variables needed; for this on 1 April 1950–97 (Fig. 1). For the model, trends are study, a new meteorological dataset has been devel- not shown at low elevations, w ...
FAQs - A Convention For Persons Displaced By Climate Change
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Stern Review, among many other studies, warn that the effects of climate change – including rising sea levels, heavier floods, more frequent and ...
... The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Stern Review, among many other studies, warn that the effects of climate change – including rising sea levels, heavier floods, more frequent and ...
Regional Power Shifts and Climate Knowledge Systems: South
... gue that domestic, local and transnational governance levels need to be more explicitly inte‐ grated with respect to both state and non‐state initiatives. While there is some danger to the complexity of the GIGA concept, it should serve as an overall framework inside of which more specific approac ...
... gue that domestic, local and transnational governance levels need to be more explicitly inte‐ grated with respect to both state and non‐state initiatives. While there is some danger to the complexity of the GIGA concept, it should serve as an overall framework inside of which more specific approac ...
Why Have the Leading Journals in Management
... Nevertheless, Figure 1 shows that many articles referring to climate change and global warming are being published in the social sciences. Therefore, the small number of papers in management journals, and the other traditional social science disciplines, cannot be explained by a general lack of work ...
... Nevertheless, Figure 1 shows that many articles referring to climate change and global warming are being published in the social sciences. Therefore, the small number of papers in management journals, and the other traditional social science disciplines, cannot be explained by a general lack of work ...
Uncertainty in climate change projections: the role of internal
... opportunity for estimating uncertainty in climate change. This archive, consisting of forced twentieth and twenty-first century integrations from 23 coupled ocean-atmosphere models, forms the basis for much of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of Working ...
... opportunity for estimating uncertainty in climate change. This archive, consisting of forced twentieth and twenty-first century integrations from 23 coupled ocean-atmosphere models, forms the basis for much of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of Working ...
Understanding Climate Induced Changes in Arctic Ice
... region would be correlated to the changing sea ice extent since that is one of the areas close to the most substantial losses in September sea ice. As shown in the graph below, the ice extent decreased by approximately 2 million km2 over the period for which we have data (1994-2008). The rate of los ...
... region would be correlated to the changing sea ice extent since that is one of the areas close to the most substantial losses in September sea ice. As shown in the graph below, the ice extent decreased by approximately 2 million km2 over the period for which we have data (1994-2008). The rate of los ...
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... we use produces the same actions as in a decentralized solution which internalizes the environmental externality among coalition members and uses an international market of carbon to distribute abatement effort.2 We also experiment with weights proportional to population, which give more emphasis to ...
... we use produces the same actions as in a decentralized solution which internalizes the environmental externality among coalition members and uses an international market of carbon to distribute abatement effort.2 We also experiment with weights proportional to population, which give more emphasis to ...
GILDED WP3 report – draft
... identify lifestyles in the energy demand context, and to study individual, social and contextual factors influencing energy demand. As we covered both rural and urban areas in several EU countries, it is likely that contextual factors vary considerably, and consequently, we can study the significanc ...
... identify lifestyles in the energy demand context, and to study individual, social and contextual factors influencing energy demand. As we covered both rural and urban areas in several EU countries, it is likely that contextual factors vary considerably, and consequently, we can study the significanc ...
3 Climate change and the Law of the Sea Convention
... The fact that our planet has witnessed 4.5 billion years of climate change could lead one to wonder why the sudden commotion about it. In order to understand what is happening and why the issue of climate change requires urgent attention, a brief summary of the history of the Earth is helpful. When ...
... The fact that our planet has witnessed 4.5 billion years of climate change could lead one to wonder why the sudden commotion about it. In order to understand what is happening and why the issue of climate change requires urgent attention, a brief summary of the history of the Earth is helpful. When ...
Climate Change in Prince George - Canadian Institute of Planners
... the Province and annual day-time high (maximum) temperatures increased between 0.5°C and 1.5°C. Seasonal trends of minimum temperature increases of as much as 3.5°C were detected in the winter and spring in Northern BC (Rodenhuis et al., 2007). These changes are greater than the average global tempe ...
... the Province and annual day-time high (maximum) temperatures increased between 0.5°C and 1.5°C. Seasonal trends of minimum temperature increases of as much as 3.5°C were detected in the winter and spring in Northern BC (Rodenhuis et al., 2007). These changes are greater than the average global tempe ...
- Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
... In presenting these findings, the stated likelihood of particular impacts occurring is based on expert evaluation of results from multiple lines of evidence including field and laboratory experiments, observed trends, theoretical analyses, and model simulations. Judgments of likelihood based on thes ...
... In presenting these findings, the stated likelihood of particular impacts occurring is based on expert evaluation of results from multiple lines of evidence including field and laboratory experiments, observed trends, theoretical analyses, and model simulations. Judgments of likelihood based on thes ...
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... crucial stage of implementing the “moderate prosperity” program, and increasing climate risks have to be seen in the context of accelerating urbanization, industrialization and rising residential energy consumption. In this context, reducing development costs, preventing potential risk and improving ...
... crucial stage of implementing the “moderate prosperity” program, and increasing climate risks have to be seen in the context of accelerating urbanization, industrialization and rising residential energy consumption. In this context, reducing development costs, preventing potential risk and improving ...
2. Global warming is occurring
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has solidified the scientific understanding that key heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere "have increased markedly as a result of human activities," and the "net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming." The report states that evidence of the cli ...
... Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has solidified the scientific understanding that key heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere "have increased markedly as a result of human activities," and the "net effect of human activities since 1750 has been one of warming." The report states that evidence of the cli ...
Carbon-nitrogen interactions regulate climate
... positive feedback that enhances radiatively-forced climate change (Matthews et al., 2007; Friedlingstein et al., 2006). These studies, however, have not included an explicit treatment of nutrient dynamics within land ecosystems. Carbon uptake in land ecosystems depends on the availability of nutrien ...
... positive feedback that enhances radiatively-forced climate change (Matthews et al., 2007; Friedlingstein et al., 2006). These studies, however, have not included an explicit treatment of nutrient dynamics within land ecosystems. Carbon uptake in land ecosystems depends on the availability of nutrien ...
National Programme for Spatial Adaptation to Climate Change (ARK)
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
... simultaneous shift will take place towards more local decision making in the area of spatial planning, there will be major questions to contend with in matters of organisation, direction and participative decision making. After all, climate change, being a global problem and having countless facets ...
Annual and seasonal mean temperatures in Finland during the
... to a regular grid, a stochastic interpolation technique known as kriging was used (Matheron, 1963). Vaajama (1966) already presented in the 1960s maps of maximum and minimum temperatures in Finland based on the highly smoothing method of averaging station values lying at a distance less than 50 km f ...
... to a regular grid, a stochastic interpolation technique known as kriging was used (Matheron, 1963). Vaajama (1966) already presented in the 1960s maps of maximum and minimum temperatures in Finland based on the highly smoothing method of averaging station values lying at a distance less than 50 km f ...
No Slide Title - WWF
... Global warming potential (GWP) is a measure of how much a given mass of greenhouse gas contributes to global warming. It is a relative scale which compares that gas to the same mass of carbon dioxide. The GWP depends on the following factors: • the absorption of infrared radiation by a given species ...
... Global warming potential (GWP) is a measure of how much a given mass of greenhouse gas contributes to global warming. It is a relative scale which compares that gas to the same mass of carbon dioxide. The GWP depends on the following factors: • the absorption of infrared radiation by a given species ...
How does fishing alter marine populations and ecosystems
... of fishing (removal of large-old individuals) can have substantial consequences on the capacity of populations to buffer climate variability through various pathways (direct demographic effects, effects on migration, parental effects). In a similar way, selection of population sub-units within metap ...
... of fishing (removal of large-old individuals) can have substantial consequences on the capacity of populations to buffer climate variability through various pathways (direct demographic effects, effects on migration, parental effects). In a similar way, selection of population sub-units within metap ...
Changes in magnetic susceptibility and grain size of
... grain size is closely related to the change of climate. When the rainfall increases, the hydrodynamic power increases, and the more particles have been moved in the river. According to the sea level change curve of Pearl River Estuary since 8000yr BP finished by Fang Guo-xiang, the change frequency ...
... grain size is closely related to the change of climate. When the rainfall increases, the hydrodynamic power increases, and the more particles have been moved in the river. According to the sea level change curve of Pearl River Estuary since 8000yr BP finished by Fang Guo-xiang, the change frequency ...