Clever Name, Losing Game?
... implementation to focus on agroecology, improve the practices of agribusinesses, or perhaps even benefit from greater outreach or funding. Many organisations, however, are extremely sceptical of the wisdom of joining these Alliances, or even engaging with them at all. A major concern is that by join ...
... implementation to focus on agroecology, improve the practices of agribusinesses, or perhaps even benefit from greater outreach or funding. Many organisations, however, are extremely sceptical of the wisdom of joining these Alliances, or even engaging with them at all. A major concern is that by join ...
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... Iceland and Greenland. So that is what we are worried about in terms of changes in the salinity at the present time. Do we have another question from Coundon Court? An effect of global warming is the rise in air temperature, but with melting ice caps, the ocean temperature will reduce. To what exten ...
... Iceland and Greenland. So that is what we are worried about in terms of changes in the salinity at the present time. Do we have another question from Coundon Court? An effect of global warming is the rise in air temperature, but with melting ice caps, the ocean temperature will reduce. To what exten ...
Accounting for Extreme Events in the Economic Assessment of
... economic growth models, designed to capture the long-term features of the economy (Nordhaus (1994), Tol (1997), Peck and Teisberg (1992), Ambrosi et al. (2003) or Hallegatte (2004)). In these models, however, climate change impacts on the economy are represented only through continuous and regular c ...
... economic growth models, designed to capture the long-term features of the economy (Nordhaus (1994), Tol (1997), Peck and Teisberg (1992), Ambrosi et al. (2003) or Hallegatte (2004)). In these models, however, climate change impacts on the economy are represented only through continuous and regular c ...
Multi-Model Projection of July–August Climate Extreme Changes
... This is the second part of the authors’ analysis on the output of 24 coupled climate models from the Twentieth-Century Climate in Coupled Models (20C3M) experiment and 1% per year CO2 increase experiment (to doubling) (1pctto2x) of phase 3 of the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP3). The s ...
... This is the second part of the authors’ analysis on the output of 24 coupled climate models from the Twentieth-Century Climate in Coupled Models (20C3M) experiment and 1% per year CO2 increase experiment (to doubling) (1pctto2x) of phase 3 of the Coupled Model Inter-comparison Project (CMIP3). The s ...
impact of climate change on the management of district heating
... 3. The annual mean maximum temperature anomaly corresponds to the difference between the annual mean maximum temperature and its mean value calculated for the reference period 1961-1990. This definition also applies to the minimum temperature anomaly and the diurnal temperature range anomaly. The an ...
... 3. The annual mean maximum temperature anomaly corresponds to the difference between the annual mean maximum temperature and its mean value calculated for the reference period 1961-1990. This definition also applies to the minimum temperature anomaly and the diurnal temperature range anomaly. The an ...
ECMWF`s activities in atmospheric composition and climate
... MACC-II provides daily 5-day global forecasts with a horizontal resolution of 80 km and a time resolution of 3 hours, using a “chemistry-enabled” version of ECMWF’s forecast model. Slide 7 ...
... MACC-II provides daily 5-day global forecasts with a horizontal resolution of 80 km and a time resolution of 3 hours, using a “chemistry-enabled” version of ECMWF’s forecast model. Slide 7 ...
Small global-mean cooling due to volcanic radiative forcing
... (Fig. 1a), and is projected to continue to rise during the present century at a rate which depends on the emissions scenario. For example, the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change considered a set of scenarios under which the nominal radiative forcing at 210 ...
... (Fig. 1a), and is projected to continue to rise during the present century at a rate which depends on the emissions scenario. For example, the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change considered a set of scenarios under which the nominal radiative forcing at 210 ...
Journal of Climate (Proof Only)
... noted a reduced pole-to-equator temperature gradient, reduced temperature seasonality, and a reduced intensity of hydrologic cycle compared with a preindustrial control. Matthews and Caldeira (2007) investigated the transient response of the climate to insolation reduction in a model with an interac ...
... noted a reduced pole-to-equator temperature gradient, reduced temperature seasonality, and a reduced intensity of hydrologic cycle compared with a preindustrial control. Matthews and Caldeira (2007) investigated the transient response of the climate to insolation reduction in a model with an interac ...
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... stranded with strong Trade winds pushing the floats while they are transmitting their data at the surface. …expecting some Iridium floats • Sattelite altimetry is being used, with some adaptation to improve the resolution near the coast/around islands. • There are a few stations of surface ocean tem ...
... stranded with strong Trade winds pushing the floats while they are transmitting their data at the surface. …expecting some Iridium floats • Sattelite altimetry is being used, with some adaptation to improve the resolution near the coast/around islands. • There are a few stations of surface ocean tem ...
Climate Change and Global Health: What are the Governance
... This intersection of global health, climate change policy, and governance set the stage for the public event held on 27 October 2014 at the Graduate Institute and jointly organised by its Global Health Programme and the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva. This conference brought ...
... This intersection of global health, climate change policy, and governance set the stage for the public event held on 27 October 2014 at the Graduate Institute and jointly organised by its Global Health Programme and the Institute of Global Health at the University of Geneva. This conference brought ...
Getting It ExpErt pErspEctIvEs on thE corporatE rEsponsE to clImatE chanGE
... suggests that many could do better – through improved data quality, better assessment of risks and opportunities, more thought through long-term carbon reduction strategies and the strengthening of currently weak emissions reductions targets. Ultimately, he suggests that international agreement on e ...
... suggests that many could do better – through improved data quality, better assessment of risks and opportunities, more thought through long-term carbon reduction strategies and the strengthening of currently weak emissions reductions targets. Ultimately, he suggests that international agreement on e ...
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... Currently, as decades of disaster risk data show, more than 226 million people globally are affected on average by disasters associated with natural hazards every year. These include both geo-physical events (e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos) and hydro-meteorological events (e.g. floods, cyclone ...
... Currently, as decades of disaster risk data show, more than 226 million people globally are affected on average by disasters associated with natural hazards every year. These include both geo-physical events (e.g. earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanos) and hydro-meteorological events (e.g. floods, cyclone ...
ITPGR
... While climate change is one of the drivers of crop diversity loss, it is also an important reason to conserve agricultural crop varieties, exchange them and use them in a sustainable way. The broader the genetic base our civilization can rely on, the better equipped it will be to adapt to changing c ...
... While climate change is one of the drivers of crop diversity loss, it is also an important reason to conserve agricultural crop varieties, exchange them and use them in a sustainable way. The broader the genetic base our civilization can rely on, the better equipped it will be to adapt to changing c ...
Dealing with Climate Change: Palaeoclimate Research in Australia
... Nerilie Abram, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Leanne Armand, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Zanna Chase, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Patri ...
... Nerilie Abram, Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia Leanne Armand, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Zanna Chase, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Patri ...
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... While climate change is one of the drivers of crop diversity loss, it is also an important reason to conserve agricultural crop varieties, exchange them and use them in a sustainable way. The broader the genetic base our civilization can rely on, the better equipped it will be to adapt to changing c ...
... While climate change is one of the drivers of crop diversity loss, it is also an important reason to conserve agricultural crop varieties, exchange them and use them in a sustainable way. The broader the genetic base our civilization can rely on, the better equipped it will be to adapt to changing c ...
Water Climate Change Impacts
... We have attached a confidence level – high, medium or low – to each of the statements of change. This confidence level, assigned by scientific experts, reflects both the degree of agreement of scientific studies and the amount of information available. For example, we would have low confidence in an ...
... We have attached a confidence level – high, medium or low – to each of the statements of change. This confidence level, assigned by scientific experts, reflects both the degree of agreement of scientific studies and the amount of information available. For example, we would have low confidence in an ...
climate engineering: which role for space?
... Global efforts made by the international community to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have not been successful yet to adequately address the challenge posed by climate change. On the contrary, global carbon emissions are still rising, raising the need to consider alternative back-up op ...
... Global efforts made by the international community to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have not been successful yet to adequately address the challenge posed by climate change. On the contrary, global carbon emissions are still rising, raising the need to consider alternative back-up op ...
Gore rebuttal comments
... meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterso ...
... meaningful correlation between CO2 levels and Earth's temperature over this [geologic] time frame. In fact, when CO2 levels were over ten times higher than they are now, about 450 million years ago, the planet was in the depths of the absolute coldest period in the last half billion years." Patterso ...
A Rocha Eco-Congregation (USA) module 13
... upon which humanity is building towards highly dangerous temperature levels that will lead to thresholds better left uncrossed. Those who have done the least to create our current situation, the poor in developing countries, are the most vulnerable to the impact of global warming……The simple fact is ...
... upon which humanity is building towards highly dangerous temperature levels that will lead to thresholds better left uncrossed. Those who have done the least to create our current situation, the poor in developing countries, are the most vulnerable to the impact of global warming……The simple fact is ...
A globally coherent fingerprint of climate change
... advancement of spring events by 2.3 days per decade. We define a diagnostic fingerprint of temporal and spatial ‘sign-switching’ responses uniquely predicted by twentieth century climate trends. Among appropriate long-term/large-scale/multi-species data sets, this diagnostic fingerprint was found fo ...
... advancement of spring events by 2.3 days per decade. We define a diagnostic fingerprint of temporal and spatial ‘sign-switching’ responses uniquely predicted by twentieth century climate trends. Among appropriate long-term/large-scale/multi-species data sets, this diagnostic fingerprint was found fo ...
Climate change - Public Documents Profile Viewer
... have grown accustomed to driving particular kinds of automobiles, living and working in comfortable indoor temperatures, and raising and eating methaneemitting animals. Many people in developing countries also engage in “high-carbon behaviors,” or they aspire to do so. In addition, farmers around th ...
... have grown accustomed to driving particular kinds of automobiles, living and working in comfortable indoor temperatures, and raising and eating methaneemitting animals. Many people in developing countries also engage in “high-carbon behaviors,” or they aspire to do so. In addition, farmers around th ...
The Sun – A Mercurial Star - Max-Planck
... caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. But Krivova dismisses this: “Current scientific work and the reports of the IPCC clearly show that greenhouse gases have contributed many times more than the Sun to the change in the Earth’s heat balance in the past decades.” ...
... caused by human emissions of greenhouse gases. But Krivova dismisses this: “Current scientific work and the reports of the IPCC clearly show that greenhouse gases have contributed many times more than the Sun to the change in the Earth’s heat balance in the past decades.” ...
Tales of future weather
... conditions, and the interdisciplinary construction of storylines which is discussed in the penultimate ...
... conditions, and the interdisciplinary construction of storylines which is discussed in the penultimate ...