Protecting Cultural Heritage and Adapting to Climate Change
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
... sustainable planning and adaptation to climate change. Using the concept of indigenous blue infrastructure, the aim is to present and raise questions concerning contemporary planning and stormwater management of the urban core, and the consequent flooding incidents in the surrounding countryside. ...
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... Deressa et al. (2009) show that 58 percent of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia have adapted to climate change. Results from the multinomial logit model indicate that the level of education, gender, age, and wealth of the head of household, access to extension and credit, information on climate, ...
... Deressa et al. (2009) show that 58 percent of farmers in the Nile Basin of Ethiopia have adapted to climate change. Results from the multinomial logit model indicate that the level of education, gender, age, and wealth of the head of household, access to extension and credit, information on climate, ...
Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Cambodia
... About two thirds of communes/barangays in the studies sites were identified as highly vulnerable. These are mostly communities in lowland and coastal areas; especially communes/barangays with relatively high incidence of poverty, with large areas devoted for agricultural activitiesand with poor infr ...
... About two thirds of communes/barangays in the studies sites were identified as highly vulnerable. These are mostly communities in lowland and coastal areas; especially communes/barangays with relatively high incidence of poverty, with large areas devoted for agricultural activitiesand with poor infr ...
The Week That Was: 2015-11-28 (November 28, 2015) Brought to
... global warming in an effort to control human use of fossil fuels. The NIPCC Report distinguishes how its purpose is different from the IPCC. NIPCC tries to examine all the causes of changes to global climate. The IPCC was limited to finding and disseminating the human impact on climate. It does not ...
... global warming in an effort to control human use of fossil fuels. The NIPCC Report distinguishes how its purpose is different from the IPCC. NIPCC tries to examine all the causes of changes to global climate. The IPCC was limited to finding and disseminating the human impact on climate. It does not ...
Geographical restructuring of Arabidopsis thaliana`s
... infer species distributions by working at the genetic level (e.g. Razgour et al, 2013; Valladares ...
... infer species distributions by working at the genetic level (e.g. Razgour et al, 2013; Valladares ...
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... are similar, and for the Near East & North Africa, where EPIC shows a slightly more significant grass yield increase than LPJmL. Although there is a wide variation in the results of each individual crop model across the GCMs, the domain of results of one crop model rarely overlaps with the domain of ...
... are similar, and for the Near East & North Africa, where EPIC shows a slightly more significant grass yield increase than LPJmL. Although there is a wide variation in the results of each individual crop model across the GCMs, the domain of results of one crop model rarely overlaps with the domain of ...
Doubled length of western European summer heat waves since 1880
... used either the standard error of the RLM slope parameter or Kendall’s Tau, a nonparametric statistic suitable for detecting the significance of trends in data sampled from nonnormal distributions. All trend confidence intervals assume a t-distributed estimate of standard error of the RLM slope para ...
... used either the standard error of the RLM slope parameter or Kendall’s Tau, a nonparametric statistic suitable for detecting the significance of trends in data sampled from nonnormal distributions. All trend confidence intervals assume a t-distributed estimate of standard error of the RLM slope para ...
Historical responsibility for climate change: science and the science-policy interface
... terrestrial carbon uptake. Instead of giving less weight to early emissions, nonlinearity between radiative forcing and concentrations of CO2 gives more weight to early emissions. Giving objective policy advice is further challenged by the fact that historical contributions to climate change are not ...
... terrestrial carbon uptake. Instead of giving less weight to early emissions, nonlinearity between radiative forcing and concentrations of CO2 gives more weight to early emissions. Giving objective policy advice is further challenged by the fact that historical contributions to climate change are not ...
Strategic Framework 2014–2017: SDC Global Programme Climate
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
... Climate Change 1 is a major global challenge and a key underlying factor in many global risks including food shortage, water supply crises and the impacts of extreme weather events. Additionally, Climate Change is a most relevant development challenge, as it affects developing countries far more tha ...
Smith et al. 2008
... They adapted to climate shifts over this period by phenotypic changes in body mass, as has been demonstrated for other areas within their range; during colder episodes they were larger, and during warmer intervals, animals were smaller. Their presence may have been tied into a much more widespread h ...
... They adapted to climate shifts over this period by phenotypic changes in body mass, as has been demonstrated for other areas within their range; during colder episodes they were larger, and during warmer intervals, animals were smaller. Their presence may have been tied into a much more widespread h ...
Climate Change Impact Assessment 2010
... the Southern Annual Mode (SAM) over Antarctica, Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
... the Southern Annual Mode (SAM) over Antarctica, Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures, and northern circulation patterns more closely correlated with the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). This interaction is more complex than climate drivers in the north or south of the country. Note, also, that ...
Climate variability and change and their health effects in small
... A variety of adverse health outcomes are climate sensitive; that is, weather and climate affect their incidence and distribution. Some adverse health outcomes are related directly to weather, such as drowning and injuries in floods or increased morbidity and mortality during heat-waves. Other health ...
... A variety of adverse health outcomes are climate sensitive; that is, weather and climate affect their incidence and distribution. Some adverse health outcomes are related directly to weather, such as drowning and injuries in floods or increased morbidity and mortality during heat-waves. Other health ...
Plants and climate change: complexities and
... at ESA 2014 with additional manuscripts submitted by researchers from around the globe. We highlight ways in which increased ability to interrogate long-term data sets with sophisticated statistical and modelling techniques is generating evidence that many apparently counter-intuitive changes can in ...
... at ESA 2014 with additional manuscripts submitted by researchers from around the globe. We highlight ways in which increased ability to interrogate long-term data sets with sophisticated statistical and modelling techniques is generating evidence that many apparently counter-intuitive changes can in ...
February 9 NGO Presentations - Task Force on Climate
... • Climate risk weighting in index-/fund- performance • Cost of capital review for “Green” infrastructure ...
... • Climate risk weighting in index-/fund- performance • Cost of capital review for “Green” infrastructure ...
1. COUNTRY PROFILE: CLIMATE CHANGE AND VARIABILITY
... Burkina Faso is a flat landlocked country with an area of 274,200 sq km. Located between 10 and 15 degrees northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered by six countries from the sub-region (s ...
... Burkina Faso is a flat landlocked country with an area of 274,200 sq km. Located between 10 and 15 degrees northern latitude, the country is found in the Niger River Loop, despite a close link to the Gulf of Guinea through Volta River. Burkina Faso is bordered by six countries from the sub-region (s ...
presenting - InterAcademy Council
... Dominant (“best”) authors are no longer responsible for describing consensus (as “lead authors”) – (otherwise they assess their own work). Political and economic interests are not informing the process of assessing the legitimate scientific knowledge. An independent “ombudsman”-system takes care of ...
... Dominant (“best”) authors are no longer responsible for describing consensus (as “lead authors”) – (otherwise they assess their own work). Political and economic interests are not informing the process of assessing the legitimate scientific knowledge. An independent “ombudsman”-system takes care of ...
Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Agriculture and Food Security in Central Asia and the Caucasus
... Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate chang ...
... Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate chang ...
Project Document for CEO Approval
... 26. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory is based on 1993 data, as it had more data than any other year and uses the 1996 Revised Guidelines (IPCC. OECD.IEA, 1997). Meanwhile, not all emission categories of the Guidelines are reported on, due to lack of data, or to the non-existence of the activity in ...
... 26. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory is based on 1993 data, as it had more data than any other year and uses the 1996 Revised Guidelines (IPCC. OECD.IEA, 1997). Meanwhile, not all emission categories of the Guidelines are reported on, due to lack of data, or to the non-existence of the activity in ...
The net climate impact of coal
... extant measurement techniques are reliable only in clear-sky (cloud-free) conditions. Sampling clear-sky areas only, the model’s global total AOD for all species is 0.14, while observations give global mean values of 0.135 (ground-based AERONET) or 0.15 (satellite composites), though these have subs ...
... extant measurement techniques are reliable only in clear-sky (cloud-free) conditions. Sampling clear-sky areas only, the model’s global total AOD for all species is 0.14, while observations give global mean values of 0.135 (ground-based AERONET) or 0.15 (satellite composites), though these have subs ...
- Wiley Online Library
... fixation of atmospheric CO2 may occur during Phase IV (PIV) towards the end of the photoperiod under wellwatered conditions (Osmond, 1978). The primary uptake of CO2 at night, when temperatures are low, reduces evaporative demand across the open stomata and is a key WUE adaptation of the CAM pathway ...
... fixation of atmospheric CO2 may occur during Phase IV (PIV) towards the end of the photoperiod under wellwatered conditions (Osmond, 1978). The primary uptake of CO2 at night, when temperatures are low, reduces evaporative demand across the open stomata and is a key WUE adaptation of the CAM pathway ...
- Wiley Online Library
... of decreased precipitation and increased evaporation (Mariotti et al., 2008). A study of temperature and precipitation extremes in northern Israel using a regional model suggested that under an A2 scenario, temperature will increase and precipitation will decrease over Israel during the 21st century ...
... of decreased precipitation and increased evaporation (Mariotti et al., 2008). A study of temperature and precipitation extremes in northern Israel using a regional model suggested that under an A2 scenario, temperature will increase and precipitation will decrease over Israel during the 21st century ...
Scientific aspects - Wageningen UR E
... practical governance issues in the hotspots and theoretically-informed analysis. It will assess governance arrangements that could strengthen adaptation in the eight hotspots and in international case studies, and draw lessons for governance of adaptation more broadly. In our view good governance of ...
... practical governance issues in the hotspots and theoretically-informed analysis. It will assess governance arrangements that could strengthen adaptation in the eight hotspots and in international case studies, and draw lessons for governance of adaptation more broadly. In our view good governance of ...
Monitoring Chemical Climate Change in America
... NH4 increased at ~90% (42% significant) of sites & SO4 decreased at ~95% (76% significant) of sites between 1985 and 2002. These trends, accompanied by locally significant changes in NO3, have increased the ammoniaexcess, altering the SO4/NH4/NH3/NO3/HNO3 chemistry in air and precipitation in the ...
... NH4 increased at ~90% (42% significant) of sites & SO4 decreased at ~95% (76% significant) of sites between 1985 and 2002. These trends, accompanied by locally significant changes in NO3, have increased the ammoniaexcess, altering the SO4/NH4/NH3/NO3/HNO3 chemistry in air and precipitation in the ...