Implications of climate change for Australia`s World Heritage properties
... significance, these sites are listed as World Heritage properties. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their values, are under threat from global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007) states that ‘global warming is unequivo ...
... significance, these sites are listed as World Heritage properties. However, Australia’s World Heritage properties, and their values, are under threat from global climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC 2007) states that ‘global warming is unequivo ...
Climate change and
... productivity (Ludwig et al., 1993). Thus, even without any changes attributable to climate change, there is a generally perceived need to reduce fishing capacity and fishing effort in most fisheries. High profile collapses of Peruvian anchovy stocks, the North West Atlantic cod and sea cucumber fish ...
... productivity (Ludwig et al., 1993). Thus, even without any changes attributable to climate change, there is a generally perceived need to reduce fishing capacity and fishing effort in most fisheries. High profile collapses of Peruvian anchovy stocks, the North West Atlantic cod and sea cucumber fish ...
The Precautionary Principle: Relevance in International Law
... inherent in a complex system, early signs of a changing climate due to anthropogenic influence are beginning to be manifested. As much as we are a part of the natural system, uncertainty is a reality in the climatic system. The complexity of the climate system and prediction on the impact of climate ...
... inherent in a complex system, early signs of a changing climate due to anthropogenic influence are beginning to be manifested. As much as we are a part of the natural system, uncertainty is a reality in the climatic system. The complexity of the climate system and prediction on the impact of climate ...
Climate Change Adaptation by Federal Agencies: An Analysis Jane A. Leggett, Coordinator
... This report reviews current actions (as of January 2015) of selected federal departments and agencies to adapt their own missions, infrastructure, operations, and personnel to projected climate change. (It does not address federal programs meant primarily to assist others to adapt, although the boun ...
... This report reviews current actions (as of January 2015) of selected federal departments and agencies to adapt their own missions, infrastructure, operations, and personnel to projected climate change. (It does not address federal programs meant primarily to assist others to adapt, although the boun ...
Climate change on annual runoff dynamics
... solely be attributed to climate changes because non-climatic factors such as land-use changes started showing significant impacts on the river runoff dynamic. For example, expansion of built-up area due to urbanization has commonly caused city flooding because of incapability of impervious area abso ...
... solely be attributed to climate changes because non-climatic factors such as land-use changes started showing significant impacts on the river runoff dynamic. For example, expansion of built-up area due to urbanization has commonly caused city flooding because of incapability of impervious area abso ...
Geoengineering Governance
... through natural activity such as volcanic eruptions or through human activity that generates SO2 and other pollutants, produces a cooling effect by causing more sunlight to be reflected into space.16 Chemical and micro-physical processes convert the SO2 into light-reflecting particles (or aerosols) ...
... through natural activity such as volcanic eruptions or through human activity that generates SO2 and other pollutants, produces a cooling effect by causing more sunlight to be reflected into space.16 Chemical and micro-physical processes convert the SO2 into light-reflecting particles (or aerosols) ...
Climate change adaptation in Norway
... Climate change is already happening: environmental change is being observed on all continents and in all the major oceans. The climatic changes that have been observed over the past 150 years cannot be explained unless anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are taken into account. The combustion of ...
... Climate change is already happening: environmental change is being observed on all continents and in all the major oceans. The climatic changes that have been observed over the past 150 years cannot be explained unless anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions are taken into account. The combustion of ...
Zimbabwe`s National Climate Change Response Strategy
... damages to our planet. Reports of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) state that Africa will suffer the most from the impacts of climate change. The serious under-development of the continent signifies high vulnerability to climate change impacts. The global nature of climate chang ...
... damages to our planet. Reports of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) state that Africa will suffer the most from the impacts of climate change. The serious under-development of the continent signifies high vulnerability to climate change impacts. The global nature of climate chang ...
Modeling dynamics of tundra plant communities on the Yamal
... a function of both foliar nitrogen concentration and reindeer forage preference. We found that grazing is important, in addition to the latitudinal climate gradient, in controlling tundra plant community composition, explaining about 13% of the total variance in model simulations for all arctic tund ...
... a function of both foliar nitrogen concentration and reindeer forage preference. We found that grazing is important, in addition to the latitudinal climate gradient, in controlling tundra plant community composition, explaining about 13% of the total variance in model simulations for all arctic tund ...
Basic physical mechanisms for monsoon failure in past and future
... In this work, I first present simulations with a coupled climate model of intermediate complexity, CLIMBER-3α, that project monsoon rainfall around the world to increase quasi–linearly with global warming in the coming centuries. While this is generally consistent with many other studies, the atmosp ...
... In this work, I first present simulations with a coupled climate model of intermediate complexity, CLIMBER-3α, that project monsoon rainfall around the world to increase quasi–linearly with global warming in the coming centuries. While this is generally consistent with many other studies, the atmosp ...
Theme3_summary_Strong
... ozone is potentially sensitive to climate change and to natural variability, and will not necessarily follow strictly the chlorine loading. There is uncertainty in even the sign of the dynamical feedback to WMGHG changes. … Progress will result from further development of CCMs [chemistry-climate mod ...
... ozone is potentially sensitive to climate change and to natural variability, and will not necessarily follow strictly the chlorine loading. There is uncertainty in even the sign of the dynamical feedback to WMGHG changes. … Progress will result from further development of CCMs [chemistry-climate mod ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
arctic climate feedbacks: global implications
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
... Climate change in the Arctic is affecting the rest of the world by altering atmospheric and oceanic circulation that affect weather patterns, the increased melting of ice sheets and glaciers that raise global sea level, and changes in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (by altering release an ...
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... households, and communities to climate change is exacerbated by rising energy costs and a regulatory system that constrains the adaptive flexibility needed to cope with impacts on livelihoods. Socioeconomic and cultural change notwithstanding, the well-being of rural native communities is still depe ...
... households, and communities to climate change is exacerbated by rising energy costs and a regulatory system that constrains the adaptive flexibility needed to cope with impacts on livelihoods. Socioeconomic and cultural change notwithstanding, the well-being of rural native communities is still depe ...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates
... across all the IPCC models). The less energy-intensive SRES B2 scenario features a lower emission path, projecting a 2.2 1C temperature increase on average across all models. These two scenarios played a central role in the 3rd IPCC assessment (Cubasch et al., 2001) and are commonly used in climate ...
... across all the IPCC models). The less energy-intensive SRES B2 scenario features a lower emission path, projecting a 2.2 1C temperature increase on average across all models. These two scenarios played a central role in the 3rd IPCC assessment (Cubasch et al., 2001) and are commonly used in climate ...
- Deltas in Times of Climate Change
... home to many millions of people. However, deltas also face problems. Sea levels are rising and land is subsiding. As floods become more frequent, as salt water intrudes more aggressively and as heat waves become routine, these dangers combined with increasing populations put larger numbers of people ...
... home to many millions of people. However, deltas also face problems. Sea levels are rising and land is subsiding. As floods become more frequent, as salt water intrudes more aggressively and as heat waves become routine, these dangers combined with increasing populations put larger numbers of people ...
The State of Marine and Coastal Adaptation in North America: A
... Marine and coastal areas in North America already experience a multitude of climate change related impacts. These changes are beginning to affect ecological and socioeconomic aspects of marine and coastal systems. In this section, we provide a brief overview of the current and projected manifestatio ...
... Marine and coastal areas in North America already experience a multitude of climate change related impacts. These changes are beginning to affect ecological and socioeconomic aspects of marine and coastal systems. In this section, we provide a brief overview of the current and projected manifestatio ...
Climate Change Adaptation Manual
... scenarios, seven 30-year time periods and a range of probability levels, to show the spread of possible outcomes. UKCP09 also provides maps of climate projections for the UK at different levels of global average temperature rise. This enables you to see, for example, what the ‘safe’ limit of a 2°C g ...
... scenarios, seven 30-year time periods and a range of probability levels, to show the spread of possible outcomes. UKCP09 also provides maps of climate projections for the UK at different levels of global average temperature rise. This enables you to see, for example, what the ‘safe’ limit of a 2°C g ...
Climate change in Strategic Environmental Assessment
... the use of a wider range of impacts and better possibilities to cover uncertainties are regarded to better fit with climate change than EIA’s characteristics do. However, SEA has been found to struggle with the coverage of climate change in its assessment of strategic plans. The objective of this re ...
... the use of a wider range of impacts and better possibilities to cover uncertainties are regarded to better fit with climate change than EIA’s characteristics do. However, SEA has been found to struggle with the coverage of climate change in its assessment of strategic plans. The objective of this re ...
- Konrad-Adenauer
... and historical concerns due to universal participation from the outset. In the early 1990s, the “bloc of G-77 (the group of 77 developing countries) plus China,” which comprised about 90 percent of the developing countries within the UNFCCC, argued for equity on historical grounds, placing the blame ...
... and historical concerns due to universal participation from the outset. In the early 1990s, the “bloc of G-77 (the group of 77 developing countries) plus China,” which comprised about 90 percent of the developing countries within the UNFCCC, argued for equity on historical grounds, placing the blame ...
China in the International Politics of Climate Change
... looks into the developments in China’s political response to the threat of climate change from the late 1980s when the problem emerged on the international political agenda, until 2004. Three theoretically based explanatory models are employed to identify the factors that have influenced Chinese for ...
... looks into the developments in China’s political response to the threat of climate change from the late 1980s when the problem emerged on the international political agenda, until 2004. Three theoretically based explanatory models are employed to identify the factors that have influenced Chinese for ...
Climate Change: An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential
... guide has been substantially updated with relevant summaries of the latest international and Australian observations, scientific developments, and studies regarding the impacts of, and adaptation to climate change in Australia. While much progress in understanding the climate change issue has been m ...
... guide has been substantially updated with relevant summaries of the latest international and Australian observations, scientific developments, and studies regarding the impacts of, and adaptation to climate change in Australia. While much progress in understanding the climate change issue has been m ...
Climate Change Adaptation Manual
... scenarios, seven 30-year time periods and a range of probability levels, to show the spread of possible outcomes. UKCP09 also provides maps of climate projections for the UK at different levels of global average temperature rise. This enables you to see, for example, what the ‘safe’ limit of a 2°C g ...
... scenarios, seven 30-year time periods and a range of probability levels, to show the spread of possible outcomes. UKCP09 also provides maps of climate projections for the UK at different levels of global average temperature rise. This enables you to see, for example, what the ‘safe’ limit of a 2°C g ...
Chapter 4—Adaptation and Mitigation
... recommended, such as models built with different assumptions, process interactions, and input data. Quantitative (algorithm-based) as well as qualitative models, such as flow charts, indices, and verbal tools, should also be considered, and differences and similarities in projected futures can be ev ...
... recommended, such as models built with different assumptions, process interactions, and input data. Quantitative (algorithm-based) as well as qualitative models, such as flow charts, indices, and verbal tools, should also be considered, and differences and similarities in projected futures can be ev ...