Senate Environmental Quality Committee
... The Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA) was formed in early 2012 out of the urgent need to prepare California’s urban centers for the emerging impacts of climate change, including extreme storm events, heat waves, droughts, and sea level rise. ARCCA currently brings to ...
... The Alliance of Regional Collaboratives for Climate Adaptation (ARCCA) was formed in early 2012 out of the urgent need to prepare California’s urban centers for the emerging impacts of climate change, including extreme storm events, heat waves, droughts, and sea level rise. ARCCA currently brings to ...
Analyzing Vulnerability of the Belize Coastal Tourism Sector
... Sea level rise could have adverse effect on different sectors and infrastructure along the coast with the most vulnerable sectors being coastal communities and coastal tourism infrastructure15. Climate variability and change, coupled with human-induced changes, may also affect ecosystems; for exampl ...
... Sea level rise could have adverse effect on different sectors and infrastructure along the coast with the most vulnerable sectors being coastal communities and coastal tourism infrastructure15. Climate variability and change, coupled with human-induced changes, may also affect ecosystems; for exampl ...
June 2012 - International Association for Urban Climate
... will have to adapt,” said Hall, an associate professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations. “Every seaso ...
... will have to adapt,” said Hall, an associate professor in UCLA’s Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences who is also a lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, which, among other things, assess global climate-change simulations for the United Nations. “Every seaso ...
Greenhouse Effect - Stephen Schneider
... atmosphere and that the atmospheric CO2 level has increased by some 25 percent since 1850 because of fossil fuel combustion and land use (largely deforestation) are not controversial; levels of other trace greenhouse gases such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons have increased by even larger factors ...
... atmosphere and that the atmospheric CO2 level has increased by some 25 percent since 1850 because of fossil fuel combustion and land use (largely deforestation) are not controversial; levels of other trace greenhouse gases such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons have increased by even larger factors ...
Environmental prices, uncertainty and learning
... Section six concludes. It notes that, in climate change, we have seen a progression in shadow pricing approaches that in many respects mirrors our story. Price setting has evolved from an approach based on modelling the marginal benefits (or symmetrically the social costs) of environmental protectio ...
... Section six concludes. It notes that, in climate change, we have seen a progression in shadow pricing approaches that in many respects mirrors our story. Price setting has evolved from an approach based on modelling the marginal benefits (or symmetrically the social costs) of environmental protectio ...
Environmental refugees: The impact of climate change on emigration
... impact of an altered climate (Nordås and Gleditsch 2007). When the climate changes, this in turn directly affects the country as a whole. Climate change also influences multiple political and economic characteristics of a state. Climatic change might affect both economic (e.g., unemployment) and pol ...
... impact of an altered climate (Nordås and Gleditsch 2007). When the climate changes, this in turn directly affects the country as a whole. Climate change also influences multiple political and economic characteristics of a state. Climatic change might affect both economic (e.g., unemployment) and pol ...
Indicator and data needs - Eionet Forum
... recent environmental trends and policy developments at EU and national levels and the progress towards the EU’s key environmental goals as set out in the 6th Environment Action Programme. It contains about 30 key environmental indicators for EU environment policy and includes environmental goals as ...
... recent environmental trends and policy developments at EU and national levels and the progress towards the EU’s key environmental goals as set out in the 6th Environment Action Programme. It contains about 30 key environmental indicators for EU environment policy and includes environmental goals as ...
MS Climate 1AC Jiao-Taori Tournament
... thing isn’t up for debate: the evidence for climate change is unequivocal. We still control the future, however, as the magnitude of shifting weather patterns and the frequency of extreme climate events depends on how much more greenhouse gas we emit. We aren’t facing the end of the world as envisag ...
... thing isn’t up for debate: the evidence for climate change is unequivocal. We still control the future, however, as the magnitude of shifting weather patterns and the frequency of extreme climate events depends on how much more greenhouse gas we emit. We aren’t facing the end of the world as envisag ...
Poverty and Climate Change
... limiting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We also reaffirm that industrialized countries should take the lead in combating climate change and its adverse effects. We share a commitment to assisting and working with poor people, partner governments, civil societies, and the private sector in copin ...
... limiting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. We also reaffirm that industrialized countries should take the lead in combating climate change and its adverse effects. We share a commitment to assisting and working with poor people, partner governments, civil societies, and the private sector in copin ...
A Global Model of Climate Change Impacts on Timber Markets
... regions. The analysis, however, has several important limitations. First, we use only two climate scenarios and one ecological model. Consequently, we cannot present a full range of possible ecological predictions. There is considerable uncertainty about future economic, climate, and ecological cond ...
... regions. The analysis, however, has several important limitations. First, we use only two climate scenarios and one ecological model. Consequently, we cannot present a full range of possible ecological predictions. There is considerable uncertainty about future economic, climate, and ecological cond ...
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... that the extinction of the Golden Toad was due to the chytrid fungus that thrived as a result of changes in climate. The available data did not support the hypothesis that climate change alone could drive the spread of pathogens, and therefore this theory was later dismissed (Lips et al., 2008). The ...
... that the extinction of the Golden Toad was due to the chytrid fungus that thrived as a result of changes in climate. The available data did not support the hypothesis that climate change alone could drive the spread of pathogens, and therefore this theory was later dismissed (Lips et al., 2008). The ...
Climate Change Projections over India by a
... components, such as its dynamical flow, the atmospheric sulphur cycle, clouds and precipitation, radiative processes, boundary conditions, initial conditions at the limits of the model domain, have been described in detail by Jones et al. (2004). In our study, a series of controlled sensitivity expe ...
... components, such as its dynamical flow, the atmospheric sulphur cycle, clouds and precipitation, radiative processes, boundary conditions, initial conditions at the limits of the model domain, have been described in detail by Jones et al. (2004). In our study, a series of controlled sensitivity expe ...
Detectability of Anthropogenic Changes in Annual Temperature and
... forcing. Such ‘‘imperfect’’ model studies should help us identify indices of climate change that permit both early and robust detection of changes in climate extremes. Ideally, a large number of models need to be used to get a complete estimate of model uncertainty. While this is beyond the scope of ...
... forcing. Such ‘‘imperfect’’ model studies should help us identify indices of climate change that permit both early and robust detection of changes in climate extremes. Ideally, a large number of models need to be used to get a complete estimate of model uncertainty. While this is beyond the scope of ...
Tree-species range shifts in a changing climate
... in distribution. For many of the species, this analysis indicated higher regeneration success at the northern edge of their ranges. Compared to mean latitude of tree biomass, mean latitude of seedlings was significantly farther north ([20 km) for the northern study species, while southern species ha ...
... in distribution. For many of the species, this analysis indicated higher regeneration success at the northern edge of their ranges. Compared to mean latitude of tree biomass, mean latitude of seedlings was significantly farther north ([20 km) for the northern study species, while southern species ha ...
Interannual variability and expected regional climate change over
... A fair question regarding advantages of using RCMs over GCMs may be raised, especially for surface temperature which evolves in general at scales well resolved by global models. This discussion is part of a more general debate about the value added by RCMs with respect to GCMs (see for example Di Lu ...
... A fair question regarding advantages of using RCMs over GCMs may be raised, especially for surface temperature which evolves in general at scales well resolved by global models. This discussion is part of a more general debate about the value added by RCMs with respect to GCMs (see for example Di Lu ...
About the Guide - American Chemical Society
... industrial processes that increased emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are causative factors. By the 1870s most of the major technological changes that enabled these industrial processes—like mass production, increased fossil fuel production and use, railroad expansion and similar large ...
... industrial processes that increased emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are causative factors. By the 1870s most of the major technological changes that enabled these industrial processes—like mass production, increased fossil fuel production and use, railroad expansion and similar large ...
Predicting species distribution of Sierra Nevada butterflies in
... set aside to be used in evaluating model performance. This evaluation data was compared with model output to test if models correctly predicted a presence or absence at the location of the evaluation presence/absence data. In order to avoid bias associated with withholding 25% of presence records fr ...
... set aside to be used in evaluating model performance. This evaluation data was compared with model output to test if models correctly predicted a presence or absence at the location of the evaluation presence/absence data. In order to avoid bias associated with withholding 25% of presence records fr ...
Policy Brief: Opportunities and Challenges for - CCAFS
... witnessed in the 20th century.9 Projections of price rises range from about 30 percent for rice to over 100 percent for maize, with about half or more than half of this rise due to climate change. Under a pessimistic high-end projection of temperature rise, the impacts on productivity and prices are ...
... witnessed in the 20th century.9 Projections of price rises range from about 30 percent for rice to over 100 percent for maize, with about half or more than half of this rise due to climate change. Under a pessimistic high-end projection of temperature rise, the impacts on productivity and prices are ...
Stern Review
... to the temperature outcomes and impacts on the natural environment associated with different levels of stabilisation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Scientists also now understand much more about the potential for dynamic feedbacks that have, in previous times of climate change, strongly ampl ...
... to the temperature outcomes and impacts on the natural environment associated with different levels of stabilisation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Scientists also now understand much more about the potential for dynamic feedbacks that have, in previous times of climate change, strongly ampl ...
