Climate Change Policy
... collaborates with ACSI and Regnan to engage with companies, regulators and other rule making bodies on climate change issues. Membership of and participation in climate change related collaborations involves the expenditure of resources – financial, human or both. HESTA’s decision to participate or ...
... collaborates with ACSI and Regnan to engage with companies, regulators and other rule making bodies on climate change issues. Membership of and participation in climate change related collaborations involves the expenditure of resources – financial, human or both. HESTA’s decision to participate or ...
Climate change justice and the global policy mix
... Recent research indicates that achieving a 29-70 per cent chance of avoiding dangerous climate change by meeting the 2oC objective would require policies being adopted that result in no more than 2000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)-equivalent being emitted in the 2000-2050 period, of which r ...
... Recent research indicates that achieving a 29-70 per cent chance of avoiding dangerous climate change by meeting the 2oC objective would require policies being adopted that result in no more than 2000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)-equivalent being emitted in the 2000-2050 period, of which r ...
Ua `afa le Aso Stormy weather today: traditional ecological
... active during the wetter months (October to April). The SPCZ therefore plays a major role in influencing Samoa’s microclimate and its location and movement at any given time are crucial in understanding local weather and climate conditions. Beucher (1997) demonstrated that the location and movement ...
... active during the wetter months (October to April). The SPCZ therefore plays a major role in influencing Samoa’s microclimate and its location and movement at any given time are crucial in understanding local weather and climate conditions. Beucher (1997) demonstrated that the location and movement ...
impact of climate change on the runoff regime of an eastern
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
... Recent rise in global mean air and ocean temperatures, extensive melting of snow and ice, and rising global average sea levels are indicators of climate change and global warming. In the last century, historical data analyses have illustrated an overall rise in global surface air temperature by abou ...
Cold surge activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate
... simulation, the model generates around 283 cold surges in 10 years (around 28 cold surges per year), which shows a slight increase of the synoptic wave activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate. This increase in the number of cold surges may seem relatively small (around 10%), but it is c ...
... simulation, the model generates around 283 cold surges in 10 years (around 28 cold surges per year), which shows a slight increase of the synoptic wave activity over the Gulf of Mexico in a warmer climate. This increase in the number of cold surges may seem relatively small (around 10%), but it is c ...
Annex C: Simulated Changes in Vegetation Distribution under
... Estimation of the potential impacts of global warming should utilize several future climate scenarios, since the magnitude, timing and spatial details of global warming vary among climate models. Most published impacts studies were based on atmospheric General Circulation Model (GCM) doubled CO 2 ra ...
... Estimation of the potential impacts of global warming should utilize several future climate scenarios, since the magnitude, timing and spatial details of global warming vary among climate models. Most published impacts studies were based on atmospheric General Circulation Model (GCM) doubled CO 2 ra ...
How Does Climate Change Affect Agricultural Stability in Southeast
... reduced agricultural production and also led to widespread malnutrition the following season. This report and others state that greater unreliability of the rains is affecting farmers. The current production risks in agriculture could be exacerbated from changes in temperature, rainfall trends or fr ...
... reduced agricultural production and also led to widespread malnutrition the following season. This report and others state that greater unreliability of the rains is affecting farmers. The current production risks in agriculture could be exacerbated from changes in temperature, rainfall trends or fr ...
Global Increasing Trends in Annual Maximum Daily Precipitation
... This study also noted that models appear to underestimate the sensitivity of annual maximum daily precipitation relative to observations, based on land areas with data coverage, with important implications for how we interpret model-derived projections of future extreme precipitation. The present ob ...
... This study also noted that models appear to underestimate the sensitivity of annual maximum daily precipitation relative to observations, based on land areas with data coverage, with important implications for how we interpret model-derived projections of future extreme precipitation. The present ob ...
The power spectral density of atmospheric temperature from time
... giving rise to the observed warming over the past century. However, their stochastic model for the natural variability of climate was an autoregressive model which had an exponential autocorrelation dependence on time lag. We present evidence for a power-law autocorrelation function, implying larger ...
... giving rise to the observed warming over the past century. However, their stochastic model for the natural variability of climate was an autoregressive model which had an exponential autocorrelation dependence on time lag. We present evidence for a power-law autocorrelation function, implying larger ...
Climate Change and its Implications for the Nile Region
... Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution around 1750, the concentration of carbon dioxide – a major greenhouse gas – in the atmosphere has risen from 280 to 396 ppm. Most of this increase results from the burning of fossil fuels in the industrialized world, while Africa’s contribution to thi ...
... Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution around 1750, the concentration of carbon dioxide – a major greenhouse gas – in the atmosphere has risen from 280 to 396 ppm. Most of this increase results from the burning of fossil fuels in the industrialized world, while Africa’s contribution to thi ...
Science Stories - ComunicaRSE | ComunicaRSE
... Secretariat’s office is quite difficult to get hold of. And when you do, they tend to speak in very scientific terms, which are very difficult for journalists to interpret for the public.” However, as Mike Childs, Head of Policy, Research and Science for Friends of the Earth argues: “The IPCC is between a ...
... Secretariat’s office is quite difficult to get hold of. And when you do, they tend to speak in very scientific terms, which are very difficult for journalists to interpret for the public.” However, as Mike Childs, Head of Policy, Research and Science for Friends of the Earth argues: “The IPCC is between a ...
Global Climate Science, Uncertainty and Politics: Data
... point mass. One- and two-dimensional EBMs also exist. In addition, there are two-dimensional models called ‘radiative—convective mod els’, which give a picture of the atmosphere’s vertical temperature structure. In these models, temperature is computed as a function of latitude and either longitude ...
... point mass. One- and two-dimensional EBMs also exist. In addition, there are two-dimensional models called ‘radiative—convective mod els’, which give a picture of the atmosphere’s vertical temperature structure. In these models, temperature is computed as a function of latitude and either longitude ...
onp_draft_112011 - University of Washington
... return frequency (7Q10) were estimated from the fitted probability distribution for each time period. The Q100 and 7Q10 analyses were also executed at the spatial scale of the 12-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUCs), or the 6th level watershed classifications, as delineated by the US Geological Survey ...
... return frequency (7Q10) were estimated from the fitted probability distribution for each time period. The Q100 and 7Q10 analyses were also executed at the spatial scale of the 12-digit hydrologic unit codes (HUCs), or the 6th level watershed classifications, as delineated by the US Geological Survey ...
Early effects of climate change: do they include changes in vector
... increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report states that `most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely to be attributable ...
... increased, there has been a disproportionate increase in the frequency of the heaviest precipitation events (Karl & Knight 1998). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Assessment Report states that `most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is likely to be attributable ...
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... levels of inflation, wealth, and population distribution (Pielke et al. 2008). These natural disasters clearly have a significant societal impact so it is important to understand how climate change could lessen or increase the influence of these storms. Thus far, there is agreement in the literature ...
... levels of inflation, wealth, and population distribution (Pielke et al. 2008). These natural disasters clearly have a significant societal impact so it is important to understand how climate change could lessen or increase the influence of these storms. Thus far, there is agreement in the literature ...
Open Access - Lund University Publications
... for the Member States and an altering change in energy use. Can increasing change in EU environmental policy be explained by the actions of the nationstates, is it the pressure from Member State and internal targets, which has led to the higher level of ambition or are the supranational actors such ...
... for the Member States and an altering change in energy use. Can increasing change in EU environmental policy be explained by the actions of the nationstates, is it the pressure from Member State and internal targets, which has led to the higher level of ambition or are the supranational actors such ...
Protected Area Policies and Climate Change: The Case of the
... fragmented landscape where protected areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. We modeled the impacts of climate change through the application of climate scenarios and vegetation models on nineteen protected areas of the prairie ecozone in Saskatchewan. This was intended t ...
... fragmented landscape where protected areas are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. We modeled the impacts of climate change through the application of climate scenarios and vegetation models on nineteen protected areas of the prairie ecozone in Saskatchewan. This was intended t ...
climate change adaptation in nigeria
... marked instability just before the point, magnification of semi-periodic oscillations around bifurcation points and variations in the strength of teleconnections with distance from equilibrium. He discussed these properties and illustrated the climatic system using both the historical, Holocene and ...
... marked instability just before the point, magnification of semi-periodic oscillations around bifurcation points and variations in the strength of teleconnections with distance from equilibrium. He discussed these properties and illustrated the climatic system using both the historical, Holocene and ...
Exploring the relationship between climate change and rice yield in
... air temperature and higher atmospheric CO2 concentration on rice yield. However, these studies were confined to simulation modelling to assist in identifying the physiological effects of high temperatures on crop yield (Schlenker and Roberts, 2008). Regression models that use historical data on both ...
... air temperature and higher atmospheric CO2 concentration on rice yield. However, these studies were confined to simulation modelling to assist in identifying the physiological effects of high temperatures on crop yield (Schlenker and Roberts, 2008). Regression models that use historical data on both ...
An overview of regional land-use and land
... the dominant crop cultivated during the warm season months (Williams and Murfield, 1977). Much of the corn area replaced the tall grass prairie. Irrigated corn, which represented about 10% of total corn-producing areas during the early 1950s, now comprises nearly 60% of the total corn-producing area ...
... the dominant crop cultivated during the warm season months (Williams and Murfield, 1977). Much of the corn area replaced the tall grass prairie. Irrigated corn, which represented about 10% of total corn-producing areas during the early 1950s, now comprises nearly 60% of the total corn-producing area ...
Print - Climate Change Knowledge Portal
... The number of warm days increased by 2.5 percent and nights by 1.7 percent, while the number of cold nights and cold days decreased by -2.2 and -2.4 percent per decade Temperature extremes increased by between 0.2 and 0.3°C per decade; While most climate data show positive trends (increased precipit ...
... The number of warm days increased by 2.5 percent and nights by 1.7 percent, while the number of cold nights and cold days decreased by -2.2 and -2.4 percent per decade Temperature extremes increased by between 0.2 and 0.3°C per decade; While most climate data show positive trends (increased precipit ...
Effect of climate change on the thermal stratification of the baltic sea
... future climate. These cause-and-effect experiments basically studied the influence of wind changes between period P1 and P2, or the effect of any change of the forcing like relative humidity, cloudiness, etc. The experiments, which are not detailed in the present study, permitted to conclude that th ...
... future climate. These cause-and-effect experiments basically studied the influence of wind changes between period P1 and P2, or the effect of any change of the forcing like relative humidity, cloudiness, etc. The experiments, which are not detailed in the present study, permitted to conclude that th ...
... the dominant crop cultivated during the warm season months (Williams and Murfield, 1977). Much of the corn area replaced the tall grass prairie. Irrigated corn, which represented about 10% of total corn-producing areas during the early 1950s, now comprises nearly 60% of the total corn-producing area ...