Who`s holding us back?
... Company, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips all made the top 20 list of lobbyists.8 The climate campaign organisation 350.org estimates that 94% of US Chamber of Commerce contributions went to climate denier candidates.9 • Sector-specific trade associations such as the American Petroleum In ...
... Company, ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP and ConocoPhillips all made the top 20 list of lobbyists.8 The climate campaign organisation 350.org estimates that 94% of US Chamber of Commerce contributions went to climate denier candidates.9 • Sector-specific trade associations such as the American Petroleum In ...
Agricultural Technologies for Climate Change Mitigation and
... to the development, diffusion and use of relevant technologies can surface at several levels – from the inception and innovation stages to the transfer of technologies and the access to agricultural innovations by vulnerable smallholders in developing countries. Potential constraints to innovation i ...
... to the development, diffusion and use of relevant technologies can surface at several levels – from the inception and innovation stages to the transfer of technologies and the access to agricultural innovations by vulnerable smallholders in developing countries. Potential constraints to innovation i ...
The colour of climate: changes in peat
... A comparison between a peat humification record from Värmland, south-central Sweden, and a dendrochronological record from Jämtland, north-central Sweden, indicates several synchronous changes between drier and wetter climate. This implies that changes in hydrology operate on a regional scale. In a h ...
... A comparison between a peat humification record from Värmland, south-central Sweden, and a dendrochronological record from Jämtland, north-central Sweden, indicates several synchronous changes between drier and wetter climate. This implies that changes in hydrology operate on a regional scale. In a h ...
Sharing responsibility to divest from fossil fuels
... Neither was meant to confront a changing climate. Governments were formed to address a wide range of issues and climate change is just one that they consider among many. Sometimes groups are slow to act because it takes time to recognize, incorporate, and prioritize new values in their decision-maki ...
... Neither was meant to confront a changing climate. Governments were formed to address a wide range of issues and climate change is just one that they consider among many. Sometimes groups are slow to act because it takes time to recognize, incorporate, and prioritize new values in their decision-maki ...
Methods of assessing human health vulnerability and public health
... There is growing evidence that global climate is changing and will have profound effects on the health and well-being of citizens in countries throughout the world.As the climate changes in Canada, we may experience more extreme weather events, an increase in contamination of our air, water and food ...
... There is growing evidence that global climate is changing and will have profound effects on the health and well-being of citizens in countries throughout the world.As the climate changes in Canada, we may experience more extreme weather events, an increase in contamination of our air, water and food ...
Identifying adaptation options
... Adaptation measures will need to be fit for purpose. Ensuring that a specific measure is fit is simpler said than done. First of all, determining fitness is often only possible after the measure has been implemented and in place for some time. Additionally, the desired outcome, regardless of whether ...
... Adaptation measures will need to be fit for purpose. Ensuring that a specific measure is fit is simpler said than done. First of all, determining fitness is often only possible after the measure has been implemented and in place for some time. Additionally, the desired outcome, regardless of whether ...
GEOGRAPHY
... change and environmental impacts. It covers the history of Earth's climate, causes of climate change and current research attempting to forecast change. The biotic, economic, and social implications of climate change are discussed. (AY) Restriction(s): Can enroll if Class is Freshman or Sophomore or ...
... change and environmental impacts. It covers the history of Earth's climate, causes of climate change and current research attempting to forecast change. The biotic, economic, and social implications of climate change are discussed. (AY) Restriction(s): Can enroll if Class is Freshman or Sophomore or ...
Policy Tools for Local Adaptation to Sea Level Rise
... Recent research on climate and social change has shown that even if communities and individuals have high levels of knowledge, climate change has been largely disconnected from people’s daily lives (e.g., Moser et al 2007a, Moser et al 2007b). These studies also suggest that communities are beginnin ...
... Recent research on climate and social change has shown that even if communities and individuals have high levels of knowledge, climate change has been largely disconnected from people’s daily lives (e.g., Moser et al 2007a, Moser et al 2007b). These studies also suggest that communities are beginnin ...
Understanding and Reducing the Risks of Climate Change for
... today’s generation of digital mappers has never used. In the 1978 assessment, only “first order” basins, or those that drain directly to the final water body (the ocean or a closed inland sea or lake) were included to distinguish them from tributary basins. This approach is still used today, even th ...
... today’s generation of digital mappers has never used. In the 1978 assessment, only “first order” basins, or those that drain directly to the final water body (the ocean or a closed inland sea or lake) were included to distinguish them from tributary basins. This approach is still used today, even th ...
Climate and Climate Change
... 29) What best describes how Carbon Dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have changed in the last 500 years? A) Concentrations were steady until 1900 when they began to increase B) Concentrations increased until 1900 when they began to decrease C) Concentrations decreased until 1900 when they be ...
... 29) What best describes how Carbon Dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere have changed in the last 500 years? A) Concentrations were steady until 1900 when they began to increase B) Concentrations increased until 1900 when they began to decrease C) Concentrations decreased until 1900 when they be ...
Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for the Treaty of Olympia
... 6.2 Climate Change Drivers ................................................................................................................................................................ 191 6.2.1 Ocean Acidification ................................................................................. ...
... 6.2 Climate Change Drivers ................................................................................................................................................................ 191 6.2.1 Ocean Acidification ................................................................................. ...
Will climate change increase ozone depletion from low
... However, such effects are still under discussion. Schmidt et al. (2006) found a weakening in the meridional circulation using model simulations, but long-term radar measurements have not yet been able to unambiguously identify a trend (Baumgaertner et al., 2005; Keuer et al., 2007). If climate chang ...
... However, such effects are still under discussion. Schmidt et al. (2006) found a weakening in the meridional circulation using model simulations, but long-term radar measurements have not yet been able to unambiguously identify a trend (Baumgaertner et al., 2005; Keuer et al., 2007). If climate chang ...
Impactsof climate variability and change inthe Pacific Northwest University of Washington
... low flows and high temperatures in many Northwest streams. These conditions in turn caused sever difficulties for salmon. However, 1997—98 also had benefits for the region, which avoided the damage and disruption caused by heavy snow fall and winter flooding during the previous two winters. Climate ...
... low flows and high temperatures in many Northwest streams. These conditions in turn caused sever difficulties for salmon. However, 1997—98 also had benefits for the region, which avoided the damage and disruption caused by heavy snow fall and winter flooding during the previous two winters. Climate ...
climate variability and change in canada
... led to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. That Protocol included ...
... led to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997. That Protocol included ...
Erler, A.R., Peltier, W.R., dOrgeville, M. Dynamically downscaled
... (CORDEX; Giorgi et al. 2009) is now also encouraging the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challengi ...
... (CORDEX; Giorgi et al. 2009) is now also encouraging the use of higher resolutions, close to 10 km or finer (Arritt and Rummukainen 2011). While it is relatively simple to perform regional climate simulations with reanalysis data as boundary forcing, downscaling climate projections is more challengi ...
LCCARL394_en.pdf
... There are significant, fundamental changes taking place in global air and sea surface temperatures and sea levels. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted that many of the warmest years on the instrumental record of global surface temperatures have occurre ...
... There are significant, fundamental changes taking place in global air and sea surface temperatures and sea levels. The Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted that many of the warmest years on the instrumental record of global surface temperatures have occurre ...
gcos regional action plan for south and southwest asia
... often falling as snow. Relatively few travelling depressions affect these drier regions during the summer months. However, some of the more intense Mediterranean low pressure systems move southeastward to India during winter and provide the main source of precipitation for areas of Iraq, Iran, Pakis ...
... often falling as snow. Relatively few travelling depressions affect these drier regions during the summer months. However, some of the more intense Mediterranean low pressure systems move southeastward to India during winter and provide the main source of precipitation for areas of Iraq, Iran, Pakis ...
A Review of Drought in the Middle East and Southwest Asia
... Katiraie-Boroujerdy et al. (2015), for a range of different data sets and sources. In general, data ...
... Katiraie-Boroujerdy et al. (2015), for a range of different data sets and sources. In general, data ...
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) publication: Rising to the Urgent
... received your (FOIA) request, dated February 22, 2017 and assigned it control number FWS-201700465. Please cite this number in any future communications with our office regarding your request. You requested the following: " ... a digital/electronic copy ~f the FWS Climate Change Strategic Plan, whic ...
... received your (FOIA) request, dated February 22, 2017 and assigned it control number FWS-201700465. Please cite this number in any future communications with our office regarding your request. You requested the following: " ... a digital/electronic copy ~f the FWS Climate Change Strategic Plan, whic ...
Climate change adaptation in the boardroom
... faces a phenomenal challenge. Presented with the challenge of short-term industry lobbying and political fear associated with private property values, the risks associated with adaptation trade-offs have resulted in a slow uptake of climate resilient development. As the extreme events increase, the ...
... faces a phenomenal challenge. Presented with the challenge of short-term industry lobbying and political fear associated with private property values, the risks associated with adaptation trade-offs have resulted in a slow uptake of climate resilient development. As the extreme events increase, the ...
Climate change in the northeastern US: regional climate model
... Empirical orthogonal functions analysis and K-means clustering analysis are applied to divide the northeastern US region into four climatologically different zones based on the surface air temperature (SAT) and precipitation variability. The RCM simulations tend to overestimate SAT, especially over ...
... Empirical orthogonal functions analysis and K-means clustering analysis are applied to divide the northeastern US region into four climatologically different zones based on the surface air temperature (SAT) and precipitation variability. The RCM simulations tend to overestimate SAT, especially over ...
Explaining Extreme Events of 2013 from a Climate
... and one that is currently undergoing considerable evolution. In this paper, 20 different research groups explored the causes of 16 different events that occurred in 2013. The findings indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this rep ...
... and one that is currently undergoing considerable evolution. In this paper, 20 different research groups explored the causes of 16 different events that occurred in 2013. The findings indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this rep ...
explaining extreme events of 2013
... greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this report. How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a much larger role in these extremes. Multiple groups ch ...
... greatly increased the risk for the extreme heat waves assessed in this report. How human influence affected other types of events such as droughts, heavy rain events, and storms was less clear, indicating that natural variability likely played a much larger role in these extremes. Multiple groups ch ...