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... the disciplines of their origin (Adger, 2006). Nelson et al. (2010) pointed out that definitions of vulnerability should not be confused with conceptual frameworks. While definitions describe the components of vulnerability, conceptual frameworks give meaning to the definitions so that they can be a ...
... the disciplines of their origin (Adger, 2006). Nelson et al. (2010) pointed out that definitions of vulnerability should not be confused with conceptual frameworks. While definitions describe the components of vulnerability, conceptual frameworks give meaning to the definitions so that they can be a ...
Future risk of record-breaking summer temperatures and its
... advancements (Lobell et al. 2011). Motivated by the notion that present-day society and agricultural systems are vulnerable to record-breaking summer temperatures, Battisti and Naylor (2009) examined the probability that summers at the end of the 21st century will be warmer than the record to date. ...
... advancements (Lobell et al. 2011). Motivated by the notion that present-day society and agricultural systems are vulnerable to record-breaking summer temperatures, Battisti and Naylor (2009) examined the probability that summers at the end of the 21st century will be warmer than the record to date. ...
2015 Conference Final Program - Climate Change: Impacts and
... It is now widely accepted that the most recent phase of human society has had an impact on the earth’s climate. Greenhouse gases are heating up the earth. Ice that was permanent until recently, is rapidly melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are occurring with greater frequency. Di ...
... It is now widely accepted that the most recent phase of human society has had an impact on the earth’s climate. Greenhouse gases are heating up the earth. Ice that was permanent until recently, is rapidly melting. Sea levels are rising. Extreme weather events are occurring with greater frequency. Di ...
This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The
... loggers, and the root mean square error (RMSE). The average across all days was then used as a measure of model error. As with previous attempts to model intertidal organisms (e.g., Gilman et al., 2006b; Denny and Harley, 2006; Szathmary et al., 2009), on average the model performed quite well in pr ...
... loggers, and the root mean square error (RMSE). The average across all days was then used as a measure of model error. As with previous attempts to model intertidal organisms (e.g., Gilman et al., 2006b; Denny and Harley, 2006; Szathmary et al., 2009), on average the model performed quite well in pr ...
Mountain Tourism and Climate Change
... hurricanes, floods and wildfires at scales not anticipated before. These events have also exposed the vulnerability of even the most resourceful nations like the USA. Fourthly, immediate benefits may be gained from better adaptation, for example, increased investments in climate-neutral technologies ...
... hurricanes, floods and wildfires at scales not anticipated before. These events have also exposed the vulnerability of even the most resourceful nations like the USA. Fourthly, immediate benefits may be gained from better adaptation, for example, increased investments in climate-neutral technologies ...
The coordination of climate finance in India
... not convened a meeting in more than three years (Pai 2014). Therefore, in the last few years, its role as the main coordinating entity overseeing all climate policy in India remains unclear. In a significant move, however, the new government has reconstituted the PM’s Council on Climate Change in a ...
... not convened a meeting in more than three years (Pai 2014). Therefore, in the last few years, its role as the main coordinating entity overseeing all climate policy in India remains unclear. In a significant move, however, the new government has reconstituted the PM’s Council on Climate Change in a ...
Assessing Vulnerabilities to the Effects of Global Change: An Eight
... participants discussed methodological guidelines for researching vulnerability to the effects of social and environmental changes. The idea to hold this workshop flowed from discussions held under the auspices of two research projects, Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability (Sustainabili ...
... participants discussed methodological guidelines for researching vulnerability to the effects of social and environmental changes. The idea to hold this workshop flowed from discussions held under the auspices of two research projects, Research and Assessment Systems for Sustainability (Sustainabili ...
RI Climate Change Commission 2012 report
... Our state is beginning to discern the impacts of climate change upon Rhode Island’s economy. Rhode Island farmers are experiencing lengthened seasons but less predictable rainfall patterns. The most common fish species in Narragansett Bay are shifting from cold-water, bottom-dwelling species to warm ...
... Our state is beginning to discern the impacts of climate change upon Rhode Island’s economy. Rhode Island farmers are experiencing lengthened seasons but less predictable rainfall patterns. The most common fish species in Narragansett Bay are shifting from cold-water, bottom-dwelling species to warm ...
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... When atmospheric scientists describe the “weather” at a particular time and place or the “climate” of a particular region, they describe the same characteristics: air temperature, type and amount of cloudiness, type and amount of precipitation, air pressure, and wind speed and direction. Why are the ...
... When atmospheric scientists describe the “weather” at a particular time and place or the “climate” of a particular region, they describe the same characteristics: air temperature, type and amount of cloudiness, type and amount of precipitation, air pressure, and wind speed and direction. Why are the ...
Tipping elements and climate-economic shocks: Pathways toward
... temperatures may be about 6–9 m of GMSL rise [Kopp et al., 2009], but if these 6–9 m were to take millennia to be realized, humans and ecosystems might readily adapt to them at minimal cost – in which case they will be of little socio-economic consequence. (In Figure 2g, the rate at which the system ...
... temperatures may be about 6–9 m of GMSL rise [Kopp et al., 2009], but if these 6–9 m were to take millennia to be realized, humans and ecosystems might readily adapt to them at minimal cost – in which case they will be of little socio-economic consequence. (In Figure 2g, the rate at which the system ...
IPCC 5: Synthesis - Summary
... There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of CO2 and other long-lived GHGs by the end of the century. Implement ...
... There are multiple mitigation pathways that are likely to limit warming to below 2°C relative to preindustrial levels. These pathways would require substantial emissions reductions over the next few decades and near zero emissions of CO2 and other long-lived GHGs by the end of the century. Implement ...
Source IPCC 2012
... extreme climatic events is far less than prediction of dryness. • Although these events are local and statistically much harder to predict on large scale (territory, timeframe), the climate science is now able to predict an increased occurrence for both types of extreme • See: IPCC 2012, Managing th ...
... extreme climatic events is far less than prediction of dryness. • Although these events are local and statistically much harder to predict on large scale (territory, timeframe), the climate science is now able to predict an increased occurrence for both types of extreme • See: IPCC 2012, Managing th ...
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... agriculture and other market sectors is multi-fold. First, we are able to address how future threats to food security from climate change affect the SCC. Given the policy importance of the SCC, capturing a fundamental fear of climate change, such as escalating food insecurity and food prices, is ess ...
... agriculture and other market sectors is multi-fold. First, we are able to address how future threats to food security from climate change affect the SCC. Given the policy importance of the SCC, capturing a fundamental fear of climate change, such as escalating food insecurity and food prices, is ess ...
An Ounce of Prevention
... disasters and slow-onset disasters, as well as the way in which climate change will affect instability and complex emergencies. Using a variety of sources, we were able to establish broad trends and principles for how the causes of rapid- and slow-onset disasters will evolve in the future, as well a ...
... disasters and slow-onset disasters, as well as the way in which climate change will affect instability and complex emergencies. Using a variety of sources, we were able to establish broad trends and principles for how the causes of rapid- and slow-onset disasters will evolve in the future, as well a ...
Examining climate-biome - Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
... SNAP-EWHALE (2012) produced projected spatial configurations of the 18 cliomes across Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territories using Random ForestsTM (Breiman, 2001) based on climate model outputs from five CMIP3 GCMs selected for their accuracy in northern regions (ECHAM5, MIROC, CCCMA, GDFL, MIROC; ...
... SNAP-EWHALE (2012) produced projected spatial configurations of the 18 cliomes across Alaska, Yukon and Northwest Territories using Random ForestsTM (Breiman, 2001) based on climate model outputs from five CMIP3 GCMs selected for their accuracy in northern regions (ECHAM5, MIROC, CCCMA, GDFL, MIROC; ...
Rethinking Support for Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
... World Vision International and Care International. It was established in 2009 with the aim of understanding how development interventions can contribute to adaptive capacity at the community and household level, and to inform the design and implementation of development planning by governments and n ...
“The role of conflict for optimal climate and immigration policy
... the North would take in the GDP maximizing level of immigrants. Policy making becomes more complicated if there is reason to be believe that both conflicts co-exist. In this case multiple steady states exist and they are all subject to an active mitigation policy. More specifically, depending on par ...
... the North would take in the GDP maximizing level of immigrants. Policy making becomes more complicated if there is reason to be believe that both conflicts co-exist. In this case multiple steady states exist and they are all subject to an active mitigation policy. More specifically, depending on par ...
Media coverage of climate change: current trends, strengths
... McClusky, entitled ‘Is the World Getting Warmer?’, exploring links between atmospheric temperature change and agricultural shifts as well as sea level rise (Abarbanel and McClusky 1950). In 1956, Waldemar Kaempffert wrote for the New York Times, “Today more carbon dioxide is being generated by man’s ...
... McClusky, entitled ‘Is the World Getting Warmer?’, exploring links between atmospheric temperature change and agricultural shifts as well as sea level rise (Abarbanel and McClusky 1950). In 1956, Waldemar Kaempffert wrote for the New York Times, “Today more carbon dioxide is being generated by man’s ...
International Legal Protection for Climate Refugees: Where Lies the
... Rising levels of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, have warmed the earth and are the driving force behind the changes in the earth’s climate.9 Carbon dioxide concentrations amount to about 80 per cent of the total caused by greenhouse gases.10 Carbon dioxide emissions are ...
... Rising levels of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, have warmed the earth and are the driving force behind the changes in the earth’s climate.9 Carbon dioxide concentrations amount to about 80 per cent of the total caused by greenhouse gases.10 Carbon dioxide emissions are ...
Climate Change Impacts on Wetlands in Victoria and Implications for
... deforesting large areas of land, is occurring (Solomon et al. 2007). Changes in the long-term climate will be superimposed on large daily, seasonal and yearly variability, leading to significant changes in extreme weather events. As greenhouse gases introduced into the atmosphere today will remain t ...
... deforesting large areas of land, is occurring (Solomon et al. 2007). Changes in the long-term climate will be superimposed on large daily, seasonal and yearly variability, leading to significant changes in extreme weather events. As greenhouse gases introduced into the atmosphere today will remain t ...
Inter-hemispheric linkages in climate change
... The focus for much of this work has centred on the termination of the last ice-age. The primary reason for this is that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Wats ...
... The focus for much of this work has centred on the termination of the last ice-age. The primary reason for this is that the warming associated with this termination is of similar or even larger magnitude than the human-induced climate modification expected under future greenhouse-gas scenarios (Wats ...
Climate Change Presentation
... Alter the way solar radiation is distributed over Earth Modify patterns of atmospheric heating, triggering climate variation: periods of cold and ice (glaciation) and warm interglacial times ...
... Alter the way solar radiation is distributed over Earth Modify patterns of atmospheric heating, triggering climate variation: periods of cold and ice (glaciation) and warm interglacial times ...
Towards Policy Integration of Disaster Risk, Climate Adaptation, and
... In 2011, Brunei Darussalam National Council on Climate Change was established.14 The Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation Ministry of Development serves as the national focal point for UNFCCC. The Ministry of Development was in-charge of submitting the Intended Nationally Determined Contr ...
... In 2011, Brunei Darussalam National Council on Climate Change was established.14 The Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation Ministry of Development serves as the national focal point for UNFCCC. The Ministry of Development was in-charge of submitting the Intended Nationally Determined Contr ...