extremes
... upward pressure on food prices, thereby having a significant poverty impact. Therefore, in order to create informed policy responses to the threat of increased poverty vulnerability as well as better quantify potential damages associated with varying greenhouse targets, it is imperative to understan ...
... upward pressure on food prices, thereby having a significant poverty impact. Therefore, in order to create informed policy responses to the threat of increased poverty vulnerability as well as better quantify potential damages associated with varying greenhouse targets, it is imperative to understan ...
Health Co-benefits of Climate Change Mitigation
... accumulation of greenhouse gases associated with the burning of fossil fuels, along with other activities, such as land use change, are the principal causes of climate change. Depending on how fast greenhouse gas emissions increase, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that ...
... accumulation of greenhouse gases associated with the burning of fossil fuels, along with other activities, such as land use change, are the principal causes of climate change. Depending on how fast greenhouse gas emissions increase, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that ...
Holocene periodicity in North Atlantic climate and deep
... ¯ow. The study site is under the in¯uence of Iceland±Scotland Over¯ow Water (ISOW), the ¯ow of which is an important component of the `thermohaline' circulation that modulates European climate. Flow changes coincide with some known climate events (the Little Ice Age and the Mediaeval Warm Period), a ...
... ¯ow. The study site is under the in¯uence of Iceland±Scotland Over¯ow Water (ISOW), the ¯ow of which is an important component of the `thermohaline' circulation that modulates European climate. Flow changes coincide with some known climate events (the Little Ice Age and the Mediaeval Warm Period), a ...
Adaptation and Mitigation Reponses to Climate Change
... assessing their perceptions and beliefs about climate change and their behavioral intentions to reduce their personal energy use (a mitigation action, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions). Some of the individuals (about 20 percent) had experienced recent flooding in their local area, while ot ...
... assessing their perceptions and beliefs about climate change and their behavioral intentions to reduce their personal energy use (a mitigation action, as it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions). Some of the individuals (about 20 percent) had experienced recent flooding in their local area, while ot ...
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... Climate change impacts on health: comments 1. EV is a welfare indicator: “Equivalent variation is the compensating payment that in the absence of the economic change moves the consumer to the welfare level associated with the change. For example, if we have a price increase, the equivalent variation ...
... Climate change impacts on health: comments 1. EV is a welfare indicator: “Equivalent variation is the compensating payment that in the absence of the economic change moves the consumer to the welfare level associated with the change. For example, if we have a price increase, the equivalent variation ...
Oxfam`s post COP21 analysis
... billion people have been injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance as a result of weather related disasters [3]. The overwhelming majority of lives lost have been in developing countries. The capacity of ...
... billion people have been injured, left homeless or in need of emergency assistance as a result of weather related disasters [3]. The overwhelming majority of lives lost have been in developing countries. The capacity of ...
Suppakorn Chinvanno - START - SysTem for Analysis Research
... Plateau and Southern Lowland, especially in September and October ...
... Plateau and Southern Lowland, especially in September and October ...
Regional assessment of climate change impacts on maize
... Of these, the efficiency of yield formation, which at 350 ppmv atmospheric CO2 concentration is of the order of 0.07 t ha–1 (W m–2)–1, is considered to be specific not only for the crop but also for different cultivars, reflecting among other things disparities in leaf-area development and harvest i ...
... Of these, the efficiency of yield formation, which at 350 ppmv atmospheric CO2 concentration is of the order of 0.07 t ha–1 (W m–2)–1, is considered to be specific not only for the crop but also for different cultivars, reflecting among other things disparities in leaf-area development and harvest i ...
Environmental Refugees in Africa - Devon Calhoun
... facing now and will be facing in the near future are seemingly impossible to overcome, so what then? The focus of this paper is see the difference between the resilience of these tribes in harsh climates in the past and how that resilience is being tested today and going into the near future. It is ...
... facing now and will be facing in the near future are seemingly impossible to overcome, so what then? The focus of this paper is see the difference between the resilience of these tribes in harsh climates in the past and how that resilience is being tested today and going into the near future. It is ...
Teaching Notes: Impacts of Global Climate Change on Tribes in
... from an array presented them, and to electronically record their responses. The clicker software allows the instructor to immediate feedback regarding student understanding of the array of questions the instructor poses for the students, or to have students participate in a decision-making process, ...
... from an array presented them, and to electronically record their responses. The clicker software allows the instructor to immediate feedback regarding student understanding of the array of questions the instructor poses for the students, or to have students participate in a decision-making process, ...
Responses to Survey of the private sector
... attracting private sector investment in size applies to both developed and developing countries. In some emerging economies investors may face additional risks, for example more limited transparency, third party dependency, transaction costs and higher financial as well as political uncertainties ...
... attracting private sector investment in size applies to both developed and developing countries. In some emerging economies investors may face additional risks, for example more limited transparency, third party dependency, transaction costs and higher financial as well as political uncertainties ...
Climate evolution in the last five centuries
... level of natural variability, either caused by the internal dynamics of the climate system or induced by variations in the external forcing, forms the framework in which the global tropospheric warming observed in the 20th century has to be interpreted. Although the evidence of an anthropogenic infl ...
... level of natural variability, either caused by the internal dynamics of the climate system or induced by variations in the external forcing, forms the framework in which the global tropospheric warming observed in the 20th century has to be interpreted. Although the evidence of an anthropogenic infl ...
PDO Annual has a period of 55-60 years
... Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations. Climate model simulations suggest natural forcings alone (e.g., changes in solar irradiance) cannot explain the observed warming. L ...
... Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG concentrations. Climate model simulations suggest natural forcings alone (e.g., changes in solar irradiance) cannot explain the observed warming. L ...
Slide 1
... ecosystems appear to be absorbing the remainder. Atmosphere-land and atmosphere-ocean fluxes of CO2 are sensitive to climate. Most GCMs prescribe atmospheric CO2 and therefore neglect climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. How important might these be for future climate change? ...
... ecosystems appear to be absorbing the remainder. Atmosphere-land and atmosphere-ocean fluxes of CO2 are sensitive to climate. Most GCMs prescribe atmospheric CO2 and therefore neglect climate-carbon cycle feedbacks. How important might these be for future climate change? ...
Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim?
... vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was 3.5 ± 1 W/m2 [14] relative to the Holocene. Additional forcing due to reduced amounts of long-lived GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including the indirect effects of CH4 on tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor (Fig. S1) was -3 ± 0.5 W/m2 ...
... vegetation distribution, and continental shelf exposure, was 3.5 ± 1 W/m2 [14] relative to the Holocene. Additional forcing due to reduced amounts of long-lived GHGs (CO2, CH4, N2O), including the indirect effects of CH4 on tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapor (Fig. S1) was -3 ± 0.5 W/m2 ...
Mao et al., 2016. - Site BU
... growth has broad implications for surface energy, water and carbon budgets, and ecosystem services across multiple scales6–8 . Discernible human impacts on the Earth’s climate system have been revealed by using statistical frameworks of detection–attribution9–11 . These impacts, however, were not pr ...
... growth has broad implications for surface energy, water and carbon budgets, and ecosystem services across multiple scales6–8 . Discernible human impacts on the Earth’s climate system have been revealed by using statistical frameworks of detection–attribution9–11 . These impacts, however, were not pr ...
diseases - Pesticide Action Network
... on the development “strategy” of an insect species, temperature can exert different effects (Bale et al 2002). Some insects take several years to complete one life cycle – these insects (cicadas, arctic moths) will tend to moderate temperature variability over the course of their life history. Some ...
... on the development “strategy” of an insect species, temperature can exert different effects (Bale et al 2002). Some insects take several years to complete one life cycle – these insects (cicadas, arctic moths) will tend to moderate temperature variability over the course of their life history. Some ...
KNOWLEDGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND CAUSES OF CLIMATE
... Cycle 4 (January 2010) - New variable Cycle 6* (September 2010) - Variable name changed from a1 to cc_knowledge1 Cycle 19 (January 2015) – Interviewer prompt changed from “By climate change we mean a change in the average weather that a given region experiences” to “Only if asked, by climate change ...
... Cycle 4 (January 2010) - New variable Cycle 6* (September 2010) - Variable name changed from a1 to cc_knowledge1 Cycle 19 (January 2015) – Interviewer prompt changed from “By climate change we mean a change in the average weather that a given region experiences” to “Only if asked, by climate change ...
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... The damage created by Human-caused climate change costs us money! We have to pay to clean up the aftermaths of deadly storms, heat waves, drought, and flooding, and we have to pay for the loss of biodiversity that climate change is bringing about. Businesses incur costs in manufacturing for, among o ...
... The damage created by Human-caused climate change costs us money! We have to pay to clean up the aftermaths of deadly storms, heat waves, drought, and flooding, and we have to pay for the loss of biodiversity that climate change is bringing about. Businesses incur costs in manufacturing for, among o ...
JOURNEY TO PLANET EARTH Plan B: Mobilizing to Save Civilization
... The damage created by Human-caused climate change costs us money! We have to pay to clean up the aftermaths of deadly storms, heat waves, drought, and flooding, and we have to pay for the loss of biodiversity that climate change is bringing about. Businesses incur costs in manufacturing for, among o ...
... The damage created by Human-caused climate change costs us money! We have to pay to clean up the aftermaths of deadly storms, heat waves, drought, and flooding, and we have to pay for the loss of biodiversity that climate change is bringing about. Businesses incur costs in manufacturing for, among o ...
Possible impacts of a shutdown of the thermohaline circulation
... This model is based on Maier-Reimer and Hasselmann (1987). Its parameters are taken from Hammitt et al. (1992). According to this model, 13 per cent of total emissions remain in the atmosphere indefinitely, while 10 per cent are removed within an average time period of two years. The radiative forci ...
... This model is based on Maier-Reimer and Hasselmann (1987). Its parameters are taken from Hammitt et al. (1992). According to this model, 13 per cent of total emissions remain in the atmosphere indefinitely, while 10 per cent are removed within an average time period of two years. The radiative forci ...
Read The Debate - Environmental Law Institute
... fleeing. Desertification in Africa threatens the homes and livelihoods of millions. There are many practical challenges in addressing environmental displacement. The existing legal framework protecting refugees is not designed to address so-called “climate refugees.” The number of people displaced b ...
... fleeing. Desertification in Africa threatens the homes and livelihoods of millions. There are many practical challenges in addressing environmental displacement. The existing legal framework protecting refugees is not designed to address so-called “climate refugees.” The number of people displaced b ...
Means and extremes: building variability into
... (Parmesan et al. 2000) to the ecosystem (shifts between states) (Allen & Breshears 1998; Scheffer & Carpenter 2003). Although mean trend effects may be moderated by evolutionary change (Sgro et al. 2011), event effects are likely to have immediate consequences which may result in extinction even whe ...
... (Parmesan et al. 2000) to the ecosystem (shifts between states) (Allen & Breshears 1998; Scheffer & Carpenter 2003). Although mean trend effects may be moderated by evolutionary change (Sgro et al. 2011), event effects are likely to have immediate consequences which may result in extinction even whe ...
Lesson Plan—Global Warming: How did we get here and what
... contribute and have them put their results in a large table on the board (carbon footprint). They then implement some personal actions and journal “Energy Efficiency Moments” for two weeks (after choosing three things to change in their lives) and come up with picture and paragraph that describes ho ...
... contribute and have them put their results in a large table on the board (carbon footprint). They then implement some personal actions and journal “Energy Efficiency Moments” for two weeks (after choosing three things to change in their lives) and come up with picture and paragraph that describes ho ...
Downscaling Tools - University of Victoria
... • SDSM provides a parsimonious technique of scenario construction that complements other methods • SDSM should not be used uncritically as a “black box” (evaluate all relationships using independent data) • Local knowledge is an invaluable source of information when determining sensible combinations ...
... • SDSM provides a parsimonious technique of scenario construction that complements other methods • SDSM should not be used uncritically as a “black box” (evaluate all relationships using independent data) • Local knowledge is an invaluable source of information when determining sensible combinations ...