Beyond Known Worlds: Climate Change Governance by Arbitral
... With temperatures constantly rising since the industrial revolution, climate change has brought extreme heat waves, ...
... With temperatures constantly rising since the industrial revolution, climate change has brought extreme heat waves, ...
Chapter 2: Climate and Air Quality of Dutchess County, NY
... Much of the precipitation in the northeastern United States comes from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and is transported by major atmospheric storm systems. These systems develop less frequently during the summer, but local convective activity in the form of thunderstorms produces signif ...
... Much of the precipitation in the northeastern United States comes from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and is transported by major atmospheric storm systems. These systems develop less frequently during the summer, but local convective activity in the form of thunderstorms produces signif ...
Climate Change in Southern South America During the Last
... Abstract Paleoclimate records from southern South America can be used to address important questions regarding the timing and nature of late-Holocene climate variability. During the last 30 years, many areas of southern South America have experienced rapid climatic and ecological changes that are dr ...
... Abstract Paleoclimate records from southern South America can be used to address important questions regarding the timing and nature of late-Holocene climate variability. During the last 30 years, many areas of southern South America have experienced rapid climatic and ecological changes that are dr ...
Ho Chi Minh City Adaptation to Climate Change
... This study was done to assist Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee in adapting to and coping with climate change and variability.1 HCMC is at serious risk of flooding, both from regular and from extreme climatic events such as tropical storms and typhoons. In response to the flooding challenge ...
... This study was done to assist Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) People’s Committee in adapting to and coping with climate change and variability.1 HCMC is at serious risk of flooding, both from regular and from extreme climatic events such as tropical storms and typhoons. In response to the flooding challenge ...
Climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction strategies
... adding new risks such as accelerated sea-level rise. The impacts of these climate events especially affect land-based resources sectors in Fiji, including forestry, agriculture, livestock and water management and biodiversity/natural ecosystems. These sectors provide the basis for Fiji‟s primary ind ...
... adding new risks such as accelerated sea-level rise. The impacts of these climate events especially affect land-based resources sectors in Fiji, including forestry, agriculture, livestock and water management and biodiversity/natural ecosystems. These sectors provide the basis for Fiji‟s primary ind ...
Chapter 13 - Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
... 13.1.1.1 Life history strategies Sharks have very different life history traits compared with teleost fishes and have evolved K-selected life histories (Figure 13.1). This means that sharks have reproductive strategies geared towards producing a small number of well-developed young that have high su ...
... 13.1.1.1 Life history strategies Sharks have very different life history traits compared with teleost fishes and have evolved K-selected life histories (Figure 13.1). This means that sharks have reproductive strategies geared towards producing a small number of well-developed young that have high su ...
climate change and the protection of guatemalan marine
... UNISDR. The 2009 Global Assessment Report was coordinated by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Secretariat, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteor ...
... UNISDR. The 2009 Global Assessment Report was coordinated by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) Secretariat, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Bank, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Meteor ...
Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas - HimalDoc
... It is widely understood that the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is one of the most ecologically sensitive and fragile areas in the world. This mountain system is also geographically, geologically, and culturally unique. It features immense mountains and extraordinary landscapes which are the sour ...
... It is widely understood that the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region is one of the most ecologically sensitive and fragile areas in the world. This mountain system is also geographically, geologically, and culturally unique. It features immense mountains and extraordinary landscapes which are the sour ...
Katsman et al (2011)
... In the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4, Meehl et al. 2007a), a global mean sea level rise of 0.18–0.59 m for 2090–2100 with respect to 1990 was projected in response to various scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions. These results are based on deta ...
... In the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4, Meehl et al. 2007a), a global mean sea level rise of 0.18–0.59 m for 2090–2100 with respect to 1990 was projected in response to various scenarios for greenhouse gas emissions. These results are based on deta ...
Asia - IPCC
... affect cotton production, increase water demand for irrigation, and exacerbate desertification). In the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia there could be a decrease of about 50% in the most favorable and high-yielding wheat area as a result of heat stress at 2 times CO2. Sea level rise will inundate ...
... affect cotton production, increase water demand for irrigation, and exacerbate desertification). In the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia there could be a decrease of about 50% in the most favorable and high-yielding wheat area as a result of heat stress at 2 times CO2. Sea level rise will inundate ...
REPORTS A CLIMATIC DRIVER FOR ABRUPT MID-HOLOCENE VEGETATION D
... evidence for an increase in effective moisture coinciding with the post-decline increases in oak and hemlock at ca. 3300 cal. yr BP. The Hemlock Hollow record shows that spruce (Picea), a northern or montane taxon that occupies wetlands in southern New England, increased in abundance at that time. A ...
... evidence for an increase in effective moisture coinciding with the post-decline increases in oak and hemlock at ca. 3300 cal. yr BP. The Hemlock Hollow record shows that spruce (Picea), a northern or montane taxon that occupies wetlands in southern New England, increased in abundance at that time. A ...
Climate Change Adaptation: What Federal Agencies are Doing
... There is a growing consensus that regardless of our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, significant climate change is unavoidable. Although climate mitigation remains critical, we must also be thinking about and planning for ways to limit the adverse impacts from unavoidable changes in our ...
... There is a growing consensus that regardless of our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, significant climate change is unavoidable. Although climate mitigation remains critical, we must also be thinking about and planning for ways to limit the adverse impacts from unavoidable changes in our ...
Climate Impacts in Europe The JRC PESETA II Project
... Table 2. Climate change simulations from the A1B scenario (25 km resolution) ...................... 35 Table 3. Climate change simulations from the E1 scenario (50 km resolution) ......................... 36 Table 4. Climate models chosen for the JRC PESETA II core simulations ...................... ...
... Table 2. Climate change simulations from the A1B scenario (25 km resolution) ...................... 35 Table 3. Climate change simulations from the E1 scenario (50 km resolution) ......................... 36 Table 4. Climate models chosen for the JRC PESETA II core simulations ...................... ...
Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific - iied iied
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
... The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. Over half of those live near the coast, making them directly vulnerable to sea-level rise. Disruption to the region’s water cycle caused by climat ...
Mechanism of Interdecadal Thermohaline Circulation Variability in a
... ated first principal component (PC1). This mode explains 58.4% of the variance in the bandpass-filtered OHT. The heat transport mode reaches peak amplitude around 35°N—where the mean meridional temperature gradients are greatest—decaying rapidly to the north of this latitude and more gradually to th ...
... ated first principal component (PC1). This mode explains 58.4% of the variance in the bandpass-filtered OHT. The heat transport mode reaches peak amplitude around 35°N—where the mean meridional temperature gradients are greatest—decaying rapidly to the north of this latitude and more gradually to th ...
Keywords: climate change, land use, gravel-bed rivers
... from both land use and climate changes. Our approach involves comparing model predictions of fluvial response to these two scenarios to help clarify the extent of disturbances from a combination of both climate and land use changes. The Managed Growth / No Climate Change scenario is based on climate ...
... from both land use and climate changes. Our approach involves comparing model predictions of fluvial response to these two scenarios to help clarify the extent of disturbances from a combination of both climate and land use changes. The Managed Growth / No Climate Change scenario is based on climate ...
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... tool to simulate the impacts of changes in climate and socioeconomic conditions on farming. The modelled region includes 74 districts (NUTS3 level2), 16 of which are located in Austria. However, the present study was carried out only for the part of the catchment lying within Germany. ACRE is a comp ...
... tool to simulate the impacts of changes in climate and socioeconomic conditions on farming. The modelled region includes 74 districts (NUTS3 level2), 16 of which are located in Austria. However, the present study was carried out only for the part of the catchment lying within Germany. ACRE is a comp ...
Inter-comparison of two land-surface models applied at different
... In order to describe the discrepancies and inconsistencies between a classical LSM used within a RCM and a LSHM, we applied the fifth-generation Mesoscale Model (MM5) (Grell et al., 1994) together with the NOAH-LSM (Chen and Dudhia, 2001a, b) at a spatial resolution of 45 × 45 km. Besides, from the ...
... In order to describe the discrepancies and inconsistencies between a classical LSM used within a RCM and a LSHM, we applied the fifth-generation Mesoscale Model (MM5) (Grell et al., 1994) together with the NOAH-LSM (Chen and Dudhia, 2001a, b) at a spatial resolution of 45 × 45 km. Besides, from the ...
From Davos to Copenhagen and Beyond
... In 2007, the Inter‐Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that warming of the global climate system is “unequivocal” and that it is “very likely” that anthropogenic (human‐made) greenhouse gases (GHG) have caused most of the observed global temperature rise ...
... In 2007, the Inter‐Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that warming of the global climate system is “unequivocal” and that it is “very likely” that anthropogenic (human‐made) greenhouse gases (GHG) have caused most of the observed global temperature rise ...
Synergies between adaptation and mitigation in a nutshell
... Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), an initiative now at the top of the international negotiation agenda, is based on financial incentives to preserve forests and thus maintain or increase carbon stocks. A REDD+ approach has been proposed for financing not only fores ...
... Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD), an initiative now at the top of the international negotiation agenda, is based on financial incentives to preserve forests and thus maintain or increase carbon stocks. A REDD+ approach has been proposed for financing not only fores ...
The age of consequences—the foreign policy and national security
... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that climate change will not be a problem for affluent countries, including the United States. Such nations may also face dire conditions such as permanent agricultural disruptions, endemic disease, ferocious storm patterns, deep droughts, the disappearance ...
... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that climate change will not be a problem for affluent countries, including the United States. Such nations may also face dire conditions such as permanent agricultural disruptions, endemic disease, ferocious storm patterns, deep droughts, the disappearance ...
The Age of Consequences - The Web site cannot be found
... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that climate change will not be a problem for affluent countries, including the United States. Such nations may also face dire conditions such as permanent agricultural disruptions, endemic disease, ferocious storm patterns, deep droughts, the disappearance ...
... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that climate change will not be a problem for affluent countries, including the United States. Such nations may also face dire conditions such as permanent agricultural disruptions, endemic disease, ferocious storm patterns, deep droughts, the disappearance ...
The Age of Consequences: The Foreign Policy
... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that climate change will not be a problem for affluent countries, including the United States. Such nations may also face dire conditions such as permanent agricultural disruptions, endemic disease, ferocious storm patterns, deep droughts, the disappearance ...
... It would be a mistake, however, to assume that climate change will not be a problem for affluent countries, including the United States. Such nations may also face dire conditions such as permanent agricultural disruptions, endemic disease, ferocious storm patterns, deep droughts, the disappearance ...