34 pages - World bank documents
... climate changes that had taken place over the previous 30 years (see IPCC, 2001a; Zwiers, 2002) were causing 154,000 deaths annually (WHO, 2002). Health impacts are likely to intensify given the anticipated speed of anthropogenic climate change (the scientific bases for which are discussed in detail ...
... climate changes that had taken place over the previous 30 years (see IPCC, 2001a; Zwiers, 2002) were causing 154,000 deaths annually (WHO, 2002). Health impacts are likely to intensify given the anticipated speed of anthropogenic climate change (the scientific bases for which are discussed in detail ...
The influence of climate change on flood risks in France
... especially on the most extremes floods that are also the rarest. It makes it more difficult to apply statistical methods, calibrate and validate models. Second, there is an uncertainty on future emissions of greenhouse gases, which translates into an uncertainty on the intensity of future global cli ...
... especially on the most extremes floods that are also the rarest. It makes it more difficult to apply statistical methods, calibrate and validate models. Second, there is an uncertainty on future emissions of greenhouse gases, which translates into an uncertainty on the intensity of future global cli ...
Link to Chapter 5
... One reason for the debate about this issue is the misperception that climate change refers solely to human induced change. Rather, climate change is defined as: “…changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan ...
... One reason for the debate about this issue is the misperception that climate change refers solely to human induced change. Rather, climate change is defined as: “…changes in long-term trends in the average climate, such as changes in average temperatures”. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Chan ...
Buddhist Contributions to Climate Response
... challenging topic of climate change. I briefly review the impacts of climate change, framing the discussion in terms of people and places already suffering from climate crises. My focus then turns to the disturbing questions, why aren’t people more concerned? and how ...
... challenging topic of climate change. I briefly review the impacts of climate change, framing the discussion in terms of people and places already suffering from climate crises. My focus then turns to the disturbing questions, why aren’t people more concerned? and how ...
Financing adaptation
... costs of activities that provide benefits to the global environment. All other costs that confer benefits locally/nationally are considered to be baseline and must be covered from other sources. The concept of incremental costs is challenging and the costs are often difficult to estimate with the fu ...
... costs of activities that provide benefits to the global environment. All other costs that confer benefits locally/nationally are considered to be baseline and must be covered from other sources. The concept of incremental costs is challenging and the costs are often difficult to estimate with the fu ...
Who should pay for climate? The effect of burden-sharing mechanisms on abatement policies and technological transfers: Working Paper 96 (997 kB) (opens in new window)
... agreement on emissions reduction and burden sharing. On one side, developing countries tend to consider the access to energy services and consequent emissions as necessary means to expand their economic systems, ensuring higher standards of living for their population. They usually regard the intern ...
... agreement on emissions reduction and burden sharing. On one side, developing countries tend to consider the access to energy services and consequent emissions as necessary means to expand their economic systems, ensuring higher standards of living for their population. They usually regard the intern ...
Kevin Bliss, ( 657 KB) - Governors` Biofuels Coalition
... forcing, thus tending to warm the Earth’s surface. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, Summary for Policy Makers, February 5, 2007. ...
... forcing, thus tending to warm the Earth’s surface. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis, Summary for Policy Makers, February 5, 2007. ...
Making Climate Data Relevant to Decision Making:
... Throughout the world, there is a major need for climate change science to inform on-the-ground adaptation planning. However, a big gap exists between the well-developed state of climate science and decision-makers preparing for a future climate. There is no shortage of scientific data that has been ...
... Throughout the world, there is a major need for climate change science to inform on-the-ground adaptation planning. However, a big gap exists between the well-developed state of climate science and decision-makers preparing for a future climate. There is no shortage of scientific data that has been ...
Climate of the Past
... data – i.e. climate proxy records – are further needed for validation of climate models, to assure that the models are able to reproduce the observed climate change. Reconstructions of past climate changes can be obtained by analyzing different types of proxy data from natural archives, like biologi ...
... data – i.e. climate proxy records – are further needed for validation of climate models, to assure that the models are able to reproduce the observed climate change. Reconstructions of past climate changes can be obtained by analyzing different types of proxy data from natural archives, like biologi ...
herpetofauna text 37-2
... species has been recorded from Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales (Cogger, 2000). In New South Wales, it is typically associated with cool climates and moderate to high elevations (Swan et al., 2004) with most records confined to a number of disjunct populations centered around ...
... species has been recorded from Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales (Cogger, 2000). In New South Wales, it is typically associated with cool climates and moderate to high elevations (Swan et al., 2004) with most records confined to a number of disjunct populations centered around ...
Natural Hazards and Climate Change in European Regions
... at particular risk for example coastal areas for sealevel rise or river basins for flooding, considering also the increasing incidence of both storms and extreme temperatures. Although affecting a larger area, these events still retain regional characteristics. Drivers of climate change include natu ...
... at particular risk for example coastal areas for sealevel rise or river basins for flooding, considering also the increasing incidence of both storms and extreme temperatures. Although affecting a larger area, these events still retain regional characteristics. Drivers of climate change include natu ...
Pedro DiNezio: Climate Response of the Equatorial Pacific to Global
... positive and negative, are superposed on this multimodel EEW. The majority of models, nonetheless, show a very subtle weakening of the east–west contrast of less than 0.1 K between Niño-3 and Niño-4 regions, consistent with the results of Collins et al. (2005). The spatial signature of the SST cha ...
... positive and negative, are superposed on this multimodel EEW. The majority of models, nonetheless, show a very subtle weakening of the east–west contrast of less than 0.1 K between Niño-3 and Niño-4 regions, consistent with the results of Collins et al. (2005). The spatial signature of the SST cha ...
Proceedings of all the plenary sessions
... and temperatures. He explained that mountains are more sensitive to changes than other areas. He also presented model outputs of forecast changes in mountain areas for the coming century. Over the last 30-40 years, temperatures in the Alps increased more rapidly than at the global level. However, so ...
... and temperatures. He explained that mountains are more sensitive to changes than other areas. He also presented model outputs of forecast changes in mountain areas for the coming century. Over the last 30-40 years, temperatures in the Alps increased more rapidly than at the global level. However, so ...
14 Climate change: science and the precautionary principle
... is proportional to the logarithm of the carbon dioxide increase'. Arrhenius's estimate that the global surface temperature would rise by 3–5 °C if atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations doubled is close to present day knowledge. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 20 ...
... is proportional to the logarithm of the carbon dioxide increase'. Arrhenius's estimate that the global surface temperature would rise by 3–5 °C if atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations doubled is close to present day knowledge. For example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 20 ...
VILLAGE AT PLAYA VISTA – SEA LEVEL RISE, MESTRE GREVE
... areas is 2100. Looking at greenhouse gas consequences that far in the future requires many assumptions. While it is appropriate to think about climate consequences that far in the future, it needs to be recognized that there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the forecasts and that, typically, ...
... areas is 2100. Looking at greenhouse gas consequences that far in the future requires many assumptions. While it is appropriate to think about climate consequences that far in the future, it needs to be recognized that there is a tremendous amount of uncertainty in the forecasts and that, typically, ...
Decline in Kelp in West Europe and Climate
... Some seaweeds such as Laminaria digitata are also economically important, being exploited for their alginate and iodine content. Although some studies have shown that kelp ecosystems are regressing and that multiple causes are likely to be at the origin of the disappearance of certain populations, t ...
... Some seaweeds such as Laminaria digitata are also economically important, being exploited for their alginate and iodine content. Although some studies have shown that kelp ecosystems are regressing and that multiple causes are likely to be at the origin of the disappearance of certain populations, t ...
COP15 side event
... Uncertainty is intrinsic to complex systems: permanent Uncertainty can be result of new ways of knowledge production Acknowledge that not all uncertainties can be quantified Openly deal with deeper dimensions of uncertainty Tools: Knowledge Quality Assessment ...
... Uncertainty is intrinsic to complex systems: permanent Uncertainty can be result of new ways of knowledge production Acknowledge that not all uncertainties can be quantified Openly deal with deeper dimensions of uncertainty Tools: Knowledge Quality Assessment ...
Iyigun et al._2013_Clustering climate regions of
... work, five different hierarchical clustering methods, namely, single, complete, centroid and average linkage as well as the Ward’s minimum variance clustering analysis were performed for air temperature (mean, minimum and maximum) and total precipitation variables. But for the detection of the clima ...
... work, five different hierarchical clustering methods, namely, single, complete, centroid and average linkage as well as the Ward’s minimum variance clustering analysis were performed for air temperature (mean, minimum and maximum) and total precipitation variables. But for the detection of the clima ...
IELRC.ORG - Cultural Legitimacy and Regulatory Transitions for
... greater increases. Additionally, governments’ public provision in services such as health, water, food and others are highly dependent on geographic location. Consequently, coping with climate change impacts will depend on the nations in which citizens find themselves. For example, the ability of th ...
... greater increases. Additionally, governments’ public provision in services such as health, water, food and others are highly dependent on geographic location. Consequently, coping with climate change impacts will depend on the nations in which citizens find themselves. For example, the ability of th ...
here - Global Social Observatory
... address the challenges and opportunities that have been identified in this 2015 context. Inclusiveness and being open to different points of view were highlighted as guiding principles. Several participants mentioned that there is an important role for the private sector – even beyond private sector ...
... address the challenges and opportunities that have been identified in this 2015 context. Inclusiveness and being open to different points of view were highlighted as guiding principles. Several participants mentioned that there is an important role for the private sector – even beyond private sector ...
Deepening the Food Crisis? A summary of the Study `Climate
... livestock and fishing. Poor and vulnerable people in developing countries who are already threatened by or suffering from hunger and malnutrition will be hit worst, as numerous studies and first hand experience show. The steep and scandalous increase of the number of hungry people in the world from ...
... livestock and fishing. Poor and vulnerable people in developing countries who are already threatened by or suffering from hunger and malnutrition will be hit worst, as numerous studies and first hand experience show. The steep and scandalous increase of the number of hungry people in the world from ...
Assessing the Effect of Rising Temperatures
... Middle Atlantic – the region with the highest median jump in demand - we find likely increases of 4-15%, with a 1-in-20 risk of an over 20% increase in electricity demand across the region on average by 2040. Even under a low global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pathway (i.e. RCP 2.6, explained in ...
... Middle Atlantic – the region with the highest median jump in demand - we find likely increases of 4-15%, with a 1-in-20 risk of an over 20% increase in electricity demand across the region on average by 2040. Even under a low global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions pathway (i.e. RCP 2.6, explained in ...
1264010 - Advanced DGEF Database Information System
... local, such as changes in the surface properties and land use, and global such as the changes in the large scale atmospheric circulation associated with global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), tropical monsoon and El Niňo Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The range of climate variability ov ...
... local, such as changes in the surface properties and land use, and global such as the changes in the large scale atmospheric circulation associated with global warming, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), tropical monsoon and El Niňo Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The range of climate variability ov ...
Flowering time of butterfly nectar food plants is more
... taxonomic differences in phenological sensitivities to temperature and the potential for changes in phenological synchrony in response to climate change. At present, it is difficult to make general predictions about the differences in butterfly–plant phenological sensitivities to temperature. Severa ...
... taxonomic differences in phenological sensitivities to temperature and the potential for changes in phenological synchrony in response to climate change. At present, it is difficult to make general predictions about the differences in butterfly–plant phenological sensitivities to temperature. Severa ...