Farmer beliefs and concerns about climate change and attitudes
... methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) (Climate Change Position Statement Working Group 2011; IPCC 2007b). Application of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, a critical input in modern farming systems, results in direct and indirect emissions of N2O (Lal et al. 2011). Agriculture contributes substantia ...
... methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) (Climate Change Position Statement Working Group 2011; IPCC 2007b). Application of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, a critical input in modern farming systems, results in direct and indirect emissions of N2O (Lal et al. 2011). Agriculture contributes substantia ...
View/Open - Sokoine University of Agriculture
... to provide coffee stakeholders and policy makers with evidence to justify immediate action. Using data from the northern Tanzanian highlands, we demonstrate for the first time that increasing night time (Tmin ) temperature is the most significant climatic variable responsible for diminishing C. arabic ...
... to provide coffee stakeholders and policy makers with evidence to justify immediate action. Using data from the northern Tanzanian highlands, we demonstrate for the first time that increasing night time (Tmin ) temperature is the most significant climatic variable responsible for diminishing C. arabic ...
Coffea arabica yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change
... there is substantial missing data (>8%) within the Mbeya series. As the observed trends are significantly comparable to the remaining areas, this dataset was excluded from the analysis so as to preserve the number of observations, rather than undertaking data interpolation. Thus, in combining the are ...
... there is substantial missing data (>8%) within the Mbeya series. As the observed trends are significantly comparable to the remaining areas, this dataset was excluded from the analysis so as to preserve the number of observations, rather than undertaking data interpolation. Thus, in combining the are ...
4.3.1. Atmospheric changes - Ensembles RT3
... The SRES emission scenarios (Nakićenović et al., 2000) were used in CMIP3 that is the basis for IPCC (2007). Hence, most existing climate change scenarios builds on these emission scenarios that are based on different storylines for the future development of world population and economy. All SRES sc ...
... The SRES emission scenarios (Nakićenović et al., 2000) were used in CMIP3 that is the basis for IPCC (2007). Hence, most existing climate change scenarios builds on these emission scenarios that are based on different storylines for the future development of world population and economy. All SRES sc ...
Understanding the Social Cost of Carbon
... Diagnostic Scenarios: We standardize the set of emissions & radiative forcing inputs (CO2 & non-CO2) and run deterministic and probabilistic scenarios ...
... Diagnostic Scenarios: We standardize the set of emissions & radiative forcing inputs (CO2 & non-CO2) and run deterministic and probabilistic scenarios ...
Agriculture and climate change: A prairie perspective
... produce the food and fibre necessary to sustain human life. Not surprisingly, agriculture is deemed to be an economic activity that is expected to be vulnerable to climate variability and change. The vulnerability of agriculture to climate variability and change is an issue of major importance to th ...
... produce the food and fibre necessary to sustain human life. Not surprisingly, agriculture is deemed to be an economic activity that is expected to be vulnerable to climate variability and change. The vulnerability of agriculture to climate variability and change is an issue of major importance to th ...
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment Policy Document
... adopted, and established the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), requesting it to “evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability and change and increased ultraviolet radiation, and support policy-making processes and the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); f ...
... adopted, and established the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), requesting it to “evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability and change and increased ultraviolet radiation, and support policy-making processes and the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); f ...
the european investment bank
... Setting out the climate vulnerability context of the project. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity Making an explicit statement of intent to address climate vulnera ...
... Setting out the climate vulnerability context of the project. Vulnerability is a function of the character, magnitude, and rate of climate change and variation to which a system is exposed, its sensitivity, and its adaptive capacity Making an explicit statement of intent to address climate vulnera ...
A Just Climate: Our Responsibility To Act
... This report seeks to highlight the urgency of action required by the Australian and international community to ensure that the world’s poor are not adversely affected by climate change and environmental degradation. It seeks to forge a pathway of reasoned dialogue, detailing key policy recommendatio ...
... This report seeks to highlight the urgency of action required by the Australian and international community to ensure that the world’s poor are not adversely affected by climate change and environmental degradation. It seeks to forge a pathway of reasoned dialogue, detailing key policy recommendatio ...
CEQ Draft Guidance on Consideration of the
... – Provided that climate change was a “reasonably foreseeable” impact of emitting greenhouse gases – “Federal agencies must determine whether and to what extent their actions affect greenhouse gases. Further, federal agencies must consider whether the actions they take, e.g., the planning and design ...
... – Provided that climate change was a “reasonably foreseeable” impact of emitting greenhouse gases – “Federal agencies must determine whether and to what extent their actions affect greenhouse gases. Further, federal agencies must consider whether the actions they take, e.g., the planning and design ...
Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural
... impacts on biodiversity should not delay practical conservation action; Recognising the need to take account of the five-year Nairobi work programme (2005-2010) on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, adopted by Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); R ...
... impacts on biodiversity should not delay practical conservation action; Recognising the need to take account of the five-year Nairobi work programme (2005-2010) on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, adopted by Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); R ...
Today
... There is unequivocal evidence that the Earth is warming. This warming can be seen in increases in global-average surface air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, rising sea level, and changes in many other climate-related variables and impacts. 1 Most of the observed increases ...
... There is unequivocal evidence that the Earth is warming. This warming can be seen in increases in global-average surface air and ocean temperatures, widespread melting of snow and ice, rising sea level, and changes in many other climate-related variables and impacts. 1 Most of the observed increases ...
The Philippine Adaptation and Mitigation Initiative for Agricultur
... the solution: helping our people to feed themselves and adapt to changing conditions while mitigating climate change. We need agriculture that will strengthen food and water security, adaptation and mitigation. We need agriculture that can contribute to sequestering GHG emissions and capturing carbo ...
... the solution: helping our people to feed themselves and adapt to changing conditions while mitigating climate change. We need agriculture that will strengthen food and water security, adaptation and mitigation. We need agriculture that can contribute to sequestering GHG emissions and capturing carbo ...
Climate Change in Thailand_TransRe Fact Sheet No.2
... massive flood between August and December 2011 (Okazumi and Nakasu, 2015). The flood’s impacts on the country were manifold, as they claimed over 740 lives, affected over 13.6 million people and caused over US$ 40 billion in loss and damages (Abe and Ye, 2013; Kaewkitipong et al., 2012; Okazumi and ...
... massive flood between August and December 2011 (Okazumi and Nakasu, 2015). The flood’s impacts on the country were manifold, as they claimed over 740 lives, affected over 13.6 million people and caused over US$ 40 billion in loss and damages (Abe and Ye, 2013; Kaewkitipong et al., 2012; Okazumi and ...
The Effect of Potential Future Climate Change on the Marine
... Advective heat transport is ignored as fluid flow is typically slow in marine sediments and heat transfer is conduction dominated (Xu et al. 2001). Sea level is held constant for all experiments, although it is a simple exercise to simulate higher sea levels by increasing the hydrostatic pressure. T ...
... Advective heat transport is ignored as fluid flow is typically slow in marine sediments and heat transfer is conduction dominated (Xu et al. 2001). Sea level is held constant for all experiments, although it is a simple exercise to simulate higher sea levels by increasing the hydrostatic pressure. T ...
Full text
... As one of the countries most severely affected by climate change, Vietnam considers response to climate change issues is vital. This is because rising temperatures, rising sea levels will cause flooding, salinity. As a result, water affects agriculture, creating great risks for industry and socio-ec ...
... As one of the countries most severely affected by climate change, Vietnam considers response to climate change issues is vital. This is because rising temperatures, rising sea levels will cause flooding, salinity. As a result, water affects agriculture, creating great risks for industry and socio-ec ...
decadal climate variability, predictability and prediction
... initialization of coupled general circulation models with the best estimates of the current observed state of the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, and land surface – a state influenced both by the current phases of modes of natural variability and by the accumulated impacts to date of anthropogenic r ...
... initialization of coupled general circulation models with the best estimates of the current observed state of the atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, and land surface – a state influenced both by the current phases of modes of natural variability and by the accumulated impacts to date of anthropogenic r ...
Spatial models reveal the microclimatic buffering capacity of old
... forests (for example, heterogeneous canopies, high biomass, and complex vertical structure) increase site-scale thermal buffering capacity over more structurally simple, but mature plantation forest stands. The substantial biomass associated with western old-growth forests might be expected to resul ...
... forests (for example, heterogeneous canopies, high biomass, and complex vertical structure) increase site-scale thermal buffering capacity over more structurally simple, but mature plantation forest stands. The substantial biomass associated with western old-growth forests might be expected to resul ...
The Paris Agreement is a sham: Nicaragua`s perspective
... greenhouse gas emissions; the Convention by itself only encourages them to do so. It sets binding emissions reduction targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European Union; they would cut their emissions by at least 5 % relative to 1990 levels by 2008-2012 (the first commitment period)10 ...
... greenhouse gas emissions; the Convention by itself only encourages them to do so. It sets binding emissions reduction targets for 37 industrialized countries and the European Union; they would cut their emissions by at least 5 % relative to 1990 levels by 2008-2012 (the first commitment period)10 ...
Updating the World on the Latest Climate Science
... models. The area of sea-ice melt during 2007-2009 was about 40% greater than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate models. Current sea-level rise underestimated: Satellites show recent global average sea-level rise (3.4 mm/yr over the past 15 years) to be ~80% above past IPCC predictions. Thi ...
... models. The area of sea-ice melt during 2007-2009 was about 40% greater than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate models. Current sea-level rise underestimated: Satellites show recent global average sea-level rise (3.4 mm/yr over the past 15 years) to be ~80% above past IPCC predictions. Thi ...
Rodent's rambles
... The body involved had five ex-cabinet ministers, was all-party, and its report was unanimous. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the body mainly responsible for putting out very strong views to the effect that climate change is a major problem. Yet the House of Lords Committee a ...
... The body involved had five ex-cabinet ministers, was all-party, and its report was unanimous. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the body mainly responsible for putting out very strong views to the effect that climate change is a major problem. Yet the House of Lords Committee a ...
s ustainability
... organizational capacity through education and partnerships, assess vulnerability, and implement adaptation into management. Similarly, the NPS Climate Change Response Strategy provides direction for responding to climate change within the agency [9]. It includes goals for science, adaptation, and co ...
... organizational capacity through education and partnerships, assess vulnerability, and implement adaptation into management. Similarly, the NPS Climate Change Response Strategy provides direction for responding to climate change within the agency [9]. It includes goals for science, adaptation, and co ...
The Copenhagen Diagnosis - Climate Change Research Centre
... models. The area of summertime sea-ice during 2007-2009 was about 40% less than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate models. Current sea-level rise underestimated: Satellites show recent global average sea-level rise (3.4 mm/yr over the past 15 years) to be ~80% above past IPCC predictions. ...
... models. The area of summertime sea-ice during 2007-2009 was about 40% less than the average prediction from IPCC AR4 climate models. Current sea-level rise underestimated: Satellites show recent global average sea-level rise (3.4 mm/yr over the past 15 years) to be ~80% above past IPCC predictions. ...
COP 17 and accountants: where next? AccountAncy futures
... the last few years. Insipid growth and domestic political developments have forced some developed economies to recalibrate their goals and efforts in their approach to international climate negotiations. Meanwhile, developing economies have found their hands strengthened. With fast-growing economies ...
... the last few years. Insipid growth and domestic political developments have forced some developed economies to recalibrate their goals and efforts in their approach to international climate negotiations. Meanwhile, developing economies have found their hands strengthened. With fast-growing economies ...