Differential effects of temperature change and human impact on
... requirements (Martinez-Meyer et al., 2004). In addition, we assume that ecotypes that shared a large percentage of their ranges with early humans should be subject to greater anthropogenic pressures than ecotypes that shared small portions of their ranges with humans (Pushkina & Raia, 2008). We crea ...
... requirements (Martinez-Meyer et al., 2004). In addition, we assume that ecotypes that shared a large percentage of their ranges with early humans should be subject to greater anthropogenic pressures than ecotypes that shared small portions of their ranges with humans (Pushkina & Raia, 2008). We crea ...
State of the Jamaican Climate 2012:Information for
... Special Report on Emissions Scenarios SST Sea Surface Temperature ...
... Special Report on Emissions Scenarios SST Sea Surface Temperature ...
An Analysis of the Dismal Theorem - Yale Economics
... effective climate change policies are taken (perhaps zero net carbon emissions over the next two centuries), and f(P) = 1 for a business-as-usual case of rapid growth in carbon emissions over the next two centuries. Weitzman does not introduce an explicit policy variable such as P, but it is implici ...
... effective climate change policies are taken (perhaps zero net carbon emissions over the next two centuries), and f(P) = 1 for a business-as-usual case of rapid growth in carbon emissions over the next two centuries. Weitzman does not introduce an explicit policy variable such as P, but it is implici ...
Tuesday 1 December Wednesday 2 December
... AFD & I4CE side event: Climate Change Integration by Public and Private Financial Institutions: What Progress and What Challenges Ahead? (Climate Generations Areas, Room 5) With Anne Paugam, Chief Executive Officer of AFD ...
... AFD & I4CE side event: Climate Change Integration by Public and Private Financial Institutions: What Progress and What Challenges Ahead? (Climate Generations Areas, Room 5) With Anne Paugam, Chief Executive Officer of AFD ...
Climate policy and uncertainty: the roles of adaptation versus
... countries having large carbon emissions. Moreover, that absence of a rigid upper limit on carbon emissions would also increase the possibility of significant participation by developing countries. The hybrid policy would have many other desirable attributes as well. These are summarized briefly belo ...
... countries having large carbon emissions. Moreover, that absence of a rigid upper limit on carbon emissions would also increase the possibility of significant participation by developing countries. The hybrid policy would have many other desirable attributes as well. These are summarized briefly belo ...
Climate Change and the World Council of Churches
... The most direct lineage for the WCC Climate Change work comes from the work of the former WCC Church in Society which convened a pivotal consultation in Budapest in 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
... The most direct lineage for the WCC Climate Change work comes from the work of the former WCC Church in Society which convened a pivotal consultation in Budapest in 1974 to launch a study on science and technology which culminated in a major conference at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) ...
USA–NPN Attributed Publications - USA National Phenology Network
... Jeong, S. - J., Medvigy, D., Shevliakova, E. & Malyshev, S. Predicting changes in temperate forest budburst using continental-scale observations and models. Geophysical Research Letters 1-6 (2013). Liang, L. & Schwartz, M. Testing a growth efficiency hypothesis with continental-scale phenological va ...
... Jeong, S. - J., Medvigy, D., Shevliakova, E. & Malyshev, S. Predicting changes in temperate forest budburst using continental-scale observations and models. Geophysical Research Letters 1-6 (2013). Liang, L. & Schwartz, M. Testing a growth efficiency hypothesis with continental-scale phenological va ...
1. Introduction
... To become a member of the CCP campaign, local governments pass a city council resolution or other formal declaration of the city’s intention to address the threat of global climate change by controlling local GHG emissions (ICLEI 2000). Members also commit to passing through a series of five “milest ...
... To become a member of the CCP campaign, local governments pass a city council resolution or other formal declaration of the city’s intention to address the threat of global climate change by controlling local GHG emissions (ICLEI 2000). Members also commit to passing through a series of five “milest ...
Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and
... (b) associated LAI (leaf area index—that is, area of leaves per unit area of ground, MAPSS) or biomass (MC1) and the interannual variations of the C fluxes (MC1), and (c) the resulting change in the extent and location of the stress areas (defined as areas of vegetation density reduction) in the con ...
... (b) associated LAI (leaf area index—that is, area of leaves per unit area of ground, MAPSS) or biomass (MC1) and the interannual variations of the C fluxes (MC1), and (c) the resulting change in the extent and location of the stress areas (defined as areas of vegetation density reduction) in the con ...
Impacts of leaf phenology and water table on interannual variability
... • Interannual variation (IAV) in carbon fluxes from land to atmosphere is significant at the ecosystem scale, but we know little as we scale to the region – Regional fluxes are hard to observe and model but we’ve made progress – Still: IAV (years-decade) is currently poorly observed and modeled, whi ...
... • Interannual variation (IAV) in carbon fluxes from land to atmosphere is significant at the ecosystem scale, but we know little as we scale to the region – Regional fluxes are hard to observe and model but we’ve made progress – Still: IAV (years-decade) is currently poorly observed and modeled, whi ...
Fairness on the Day after Tomorrow: Justice, Reciprocity and Global
... have a range of impacts on the quality of human life, and will continue to do so for many centuries. Evidence collected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that there is no longer any reasonable doubt that the 0.6°C global warming witnessed in the last 100 years was caused ...
... have a range of impacts on the quality of human life, and will continue to do so for many centuries. Evidence collected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows that there is no longer any reasonable doubt that the 0.6°C global warming witnessed in the last 100 years was caused ...
Rapporteurs Report - Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia
... warming. Based on the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has been concluded that the climate will be warmer in the future independent of the scenario assumed. However, the degree of the warming, particularly during the latter half of the century, is determined by ...
... warming. Based on the projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), it has been concluded that the climate will be warmer in the future independent of the scenario assumed. However, the degree of the warming, particularly during the latter half of the century, is determined by ...
Building a Climate-Resilient City
... in the coming decades. Alberta’s mean annual temperature could rise by 2.0°C by 2030s and 4.0°C by 2060s (compared to the 1990s) should global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase at their current pace.1 This level of warming is greater than the projected increase for the Earth as a whole. ...
... in the coming decades. Alberta’s mean annual temperature could rise by 2.0°C by 2030s and 4.0°C by 2060s (compared to the 1990s) should global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase at their current pace.1 This level of warming is greater than the projected increase for the Earth as a whole. ...
Rapid climate variability during warm and cold periods in
... Antarctica The ice composition, air bubbles composition, dust content and chemical species of Greenland ice cores document the rapid climate variability during the last glacial period. These records give access to hemispheric scale reorganisations of the atmospheric hydrological cycle and transport. ...
... Antarctica The ice composition, air bubbles composition, dust content and chemical species of Greenland ice cores document the rapid climate variability during the last glacial period. These records give access to hemispheric scale reorganisations of the atmospheric hydrological cycle and transport. ...
Why recognising variability and scale matters for t
... monsoon climate and geological structure, the temperature, precipitation and the vegetation are characterizing of zonality in Mongolia Plateau, consistent with the field study data calculated in the MP in 2013. Non-vegetated area (NDVI<0.1) and sparsely vegetated area (0.1
... monsoon climate and geological structure, the temperature, precipitation and the vegetation are characterizing of zonality in Mongolia Plateau, consistent with the field study data calculated in the MP in 2013. Non-vegetated area (NDVI<0.1) and sparsely vegetated area (0.1
Americans` Knowledge of Climate Change
... In some cases, there is a clear “correct” or “incorrect” answer, strongly supported or strongly rejected by well-established scientific evidence. In other cases, there is a “best” answer reflecting broadly held scientific agreement, but somewhat more subjective. We provide references to peerreviewed ...
... In some cases, there is a clear “correct” or “incorrect” answer, strongly supported or strongly rejected by well-established scientific evidence. In other cases, there is a “best” answer reflecting broadly held scientific agreement, but somewhat more subjective. We provide references to peerreviewed ...
Dispersal will limit ability of mammals to track climate change in the
... and the south–central United States, the subset of species that will likely be unable to reach suitable climates will experience high velocities of climate change. For example, in some locations in the Amazon, the average dispersal velocity for this subset of species is about 1 km/y, but the average ...
... and the south–central United States, the subset of species that will likely be unable to reach suitable climates will experience high velocities of climate change. For example, in some locations in the Amazon, the average dispersal velocity for this subset of species is about 1 km/y, but the average ...
Climate change impacts on global agriculture | SpringerLink
... with economic models. We use the new version of the GTAP-W model, which accounts for water use in the agricultural sector, to analyze expected climate change impacts on global agricultural production. The GTAP-W model (Calzadilla et al. 2011) distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated crop producti ...
... with economic models. We use the new version of the GTAP-W model, which accounts for water use in the agricultural sector, to analyze expected climate change impacts on global agricultural production. The GTAP-W model (Calzadilla et al. 2011) distinguishes between rainfed and irrigated crop producti ...
An Initial Assessment of Winter Climate Change Adaptation
... by the International Panel on Climate Change and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).3 These assessments have emphasized summer season impacts, especially the impacts of longer and ...
... by the International Panel on Climate Change and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).3 These assessments have emphasized summer season impacts, especially the impacts of longer and ...
Slide 1
... • The international political response to climate change began with adoption of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) in 1992. • Calls for all signatories including developing countries: – to develop their inventories of GHG emission; – formulate and implement national and regional p ...
... • The international political response to climate change began with adoption of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) in 1992. • Calls for all signatories including developing countries: – to develop their inventories of GHG emission; – formulate and implement national and regional p ...
Biogeosciences
... M. Liu et al.: What is the importance of climate model bias? year investment payback periods, and perennial crops have investment horizons of 10 to 30 years. Although the deficiencies of BC are known, the effects of BC on the climate change signal and hence the consequences of BC on hydrometeorology ...
... M. Liu et al.: What is the importance of climate model bias? year investment payback periods, and perennial crops have investment horizons of 10 to 30 years. Although the deficiencies of BC are known, the effects of BC on the climate change signal and hence the consequences of BC on hydrometeorology ...
The global warming hiatus: Slowdown or redistribution?
... in accumulation of heat in the Earth’s system, the lower-than-predicted GMST rise can be traced to a redistribution of heat within the Earth’s system [Balmaseda et al., 2013; Chen and Tung, 2014; Trenberth et al., 2014a, 2014b; von Schuckmann et al., 2016]. The Earth’s system includes not only the a ...
... in accumulation of heat in the Earth’s system, the lower-than-predicted GMST rise can be traced to a redistribution of heat within the Earth’s system [Balmaseda et al., 2013; Chen and Tung, 2014; Trenberth et al., 2014a, 2014b; von Schuckmann et al., 2016]. The Earth’s system includes not only the a ...
iprc climate vol14 no1
... Until recently, the intense public and official interest in climate change in Hawai‘i perhaps was not matched by the activity of the climate research community. The physical science working group contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in ...
... Until recently, the intense public and official interest in climate change in Hawai‘i perhaps was not matched by the activity of the climate research community. The physical science working group contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in ...